School News
Christmas Dates
Please see page 7 to see the upcoming dates for Christmas activities and concerts. These have also been shared on Dojo. Further details will be shared with you closer to the time.
Please note that school will finish at 1:30pm on the last day of term (Friday, 20th December). All children are expected to be collected at 1:30pm.
Pantomime
On Monday (25th November), the children will be watching a pantomime paid for by the PTA. The children are allowed to bring in one small bag of sweets to eat whilst they watch the panto. Please only send one small bag in, we don’t want the children to spoil their lunch and fill themselves up with sugar! We would like to say a huge thank you to our PTA for providing this free opportunity for our children. We are truly grateful for their ongoing support.
Lunch Orders
Please click this link to order school dinners for your child for week beginning Monday 25th November.
Please look at the form carefully and choose which dinner option for each day your child would like to order. Your child does not need to have a school dinner every day. Please fill out the form even if your child brings sandwiches from home everyday.
You will need to order your child’s dinners by Friday. Ordered meals will be passed to the school kitchen every Monday morning.
Please discuss the menu with your child and order with their knowledge. From a wellbeing point of view, we are dealing with lots of upset children who have had food ordered for them that they don’t like. Many thanks.
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Monday, 25th November – PTA in school Panto performance
Saturday, 7th December – PTA breakfast with Santa
Tuesday, 10th December – Foundation Phase Nativity Performance (10am)
Tuesday, 10th December – After school Junior Christingle Performance (4pm)
Wednesday, 11th December – Foundation Phase Nativity Performance (10am) and
Junior Christingle Performance (2pm)
School Holiday Dates
Friday, 20th December – Break up for Christmas, 1:30pm
Monday, 6th January 2025 – Return to school
Thursday, 20th February 2025 – Break up for half term
Monday 3rd, March 2025 – Return to school
Friday, 11th April 2025 – Break up for Easter
Monday, 28th April – Return to school
Friday, 23rd May – Break up for half term
Monday, 2nd June – Return to school
Friday, 18th July – Break up for Summer Holidays
INSET Dates 2024-25
Friday, 24th January 2025
Friday, 21st February 2025
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Evie & Lily
Dosbarth Oren: Hatley & Bodhi
Dosbarth Melyn: Willow & Delilah
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: Leo & Willow
Dosbarth Glas: Millie & Afon
Dosbarth Porffor: Erin & Lucah
Dosbarth Enfys: Imaani & Alex
Headteachers Award
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Hatley. H
Poppy. S
Ava. J
Halle. P
These children were chosen for displaying our school values and will be treated to a hot chocolate and a chat with Mrs Wangiel. Da iawn bawb!
Weekly Photos
Attendance Matters
The United Nation Article 28 states ‘every child has the right to have a primary education’. We are linking our attendance performance to this article.
We want our children to have the best possible education to give them the best chance in life. If your children aren’t in school we can’t give them this opportunity and can’t give them the opportunity to ‘be the best they can be.’
School target: 93%
Annual % to date: 93%
Weekly total
(Week ending 15th Nov): 94%
Dosbarth Oren: 93%
Dosbarth Melyn: 95%
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: 96%
Dosbarth Glas: 95%
Dosbarth Porffor: 94%
Dosbarth Enfys: 93%
Congratulations to most of our classes for surpassing our school target of 93%. It is important all of the children are in school every day to ensure they aren’t missing out on important learning.
Weekly Items
This half term’s value is
Kindness
Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:
| Coach Nursery | |
| Oren – Reception | |
| Melyn – Year 1 | Melyn – Year 2 |
| Gwrydd – Year 2 | Gwyrdd – Year 3 |
| Glas – Year 3 | Glas – Year 4 |
| Porforr – Year 4 | Porfor – Year 5 |
| Enfys – Year 5 | Enfys – Year 6 |
Online Safety- Energy Drinks
This week’s guide is slightly different and focuses on the risks of energy drinks. Energy drinks can cause health issues, particularly in younger children, including sleep issues and heart problems and they can also lead to other addictions later in life.
Please click here to find out more.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Croeso i Derwendeg Primary
Welcome to Derwendeg Primary
Click here to see a video of our children reading this phrase.
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Week beginning 25th of November will be Week 2
