School News
Easter Disco!
Come and join us for the last disco of this school year! Celebrate Easter in style!
Wear your Easter bonnet or Easter tie to be in with chance to win a prize!
Foundation Phase – 3:30 – 4:30 pm (all parents must stay with their child.)
Key Stage 2 – 4:45-6:00pm (All children to be collected, no children are allowed to walk home alone)
Entrance fee £2 a child.
We will be selling:
Flashing hearts and hooks £2.50
Crème Eggs – 50p
Hot Dogs £1
Various sweets, cakes, crisps and drinks 20p – £1
We need a volunteer to sell hotdogs and a volunteer to monitor the fire exit.
Please click here to add your name to the list and what role you would like if you can help us!
Caerphilly 2K and 10K
For the second year running, Derwendeg are hoping to enter a team into the Caerphilly 2K and 10K run. This was very successful last year with all having a fantastic day.
This year the event is on 14th May 2023 (The 2k run starts at 09:15am and the 10k run starts at 10am). The cost of entry for the 2k is £7. The cost of entry for the 10k is £21.
Entrants for the 2K must be over 7 years old whilst entrants for the 10k must be over 15.
We are really hoping to enter a huge team this year and be in with a chance of winning a sports voucher for our school! Everyone is welcome to take part so please ask any friends and relatives as well.
If you wish to take part then please click here to fill in the google form with all entrants’ details and send the race fee to the office in a clearly labelled envelope. Please complete by 21st April
Be part of the #BiggestHourForEarth
On Saturday night, at 8.30pm, as many lights as possible will be switched off at Cardiff Castle, City Hall and the Barrage for 60 minutes as part of the #BiggestHourForEarth
Everyone has a part to play, and it starts with a single switch. Will you join?
It’s simple to take part, just switch off your lights during Earth Hour, starting at 8.30pm on Saturday 25th March, and spend the next 60 minutes doing something positive for the planet.
If you’re not sure what to do with your 60 minutes, you’ll find lots of inspiration and ideas, as well as more information on Earth Hour, here: https://www.earthhour.org/
School News
Congratulations to our Lego League team for winning in the regional championships this week! They will now be heading to the UK championships in Harrogate next month.
We are so proud of them!
Thank you to Mrs Packham for your hard work in leading them to victory
Well done to our netball team who represented our school at this week’s Caerphilly School’s netball tournament.
They were all very well behaved and tried their best, pushing themselves out of their comfort zones!
Da iawn bawb, well done all!
Thank you to the eco-committee led by Mrs Davies for their litter pick in our local community this week, working hard to keep our area tidy. Diolch, thank you!
Show Racism the Red Card Competition
Last week we ran the Show Racism the Red Card competition and we were blown away by the number and quality of this year’s entries!
Thank you to all of the children below who entered:
Dosbarth Melyn
Emiah
Dosbarth Glas
Imaani
Olly M
Dosbarth Porffor
Kaydo
Alfie
Luca
Toby
Dosbarth Enfys
Grace
Ruby
Tia
Summer
Roisin
Joshua
Zavien
Kehsa
Kurt
Kaylum
Megan
Congratulations to our category winners – Emiah, Imaani, Toby and Zavien whose entries have been entered into the national competition and congratulations to Zavien for being overall winner for his 3 incredible entries!
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Mon, 27th March – School nurses in for Reception vision and growth checks
Weds, 29th March – Dosbarth Oren Showcase 9am
Weds, 29th March – Dosbarth Melyn Showcase 2pm
Fri, 31st March – Dosbarth Coch Showcase 9am
Fri, 31st March – Dosbarth Glas, Dosbarth Porffor and Dosbarth Enfys Showcase 2pm
Fri, 21st April – Closing date for applications into the Caerphilly 2k/10k
Thurs, 27th April – PTA Meeting
Sun, 14th May – Caerphilly 2k/10k
School Holiday Dates
Fri, 31st March – Break up for Easter
Mon, 17th April – Return to school
Fri, 26th May – Break up for half term
Mon, 5th June – Return to school
Friday, 21st July – Break up for summer holidays
INSET Dates 2022-23
Friday, 30th June 2023
Certificates
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Asher & Hollie
Dosbarth Oren: Theo & Thea
Dosbarth Melyn: Aneira & Hollie
Dosbarth Glas: Ava & Olivia
Dosbarth Porffor: Jerzey & Layla
Dosbarth Enfys: Kiyan & Tia
Headteachers Award
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Sienna. P
Hollie. E
Isabella. M
Charlie W-A
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!
We’d also like to say a huge well done to those children receiving a Mathletics certificate.
Well done to all of our certificate winners, we are very proud of you all!
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: 92%
Annual % to date: 89.53%
Weekly total
(Week ending 17th March): 90.67%
Dosbarth Coch: 97.27%
Dosbarth Oren: 97%
Dosbarth Melyn: 84.67%
Dosbarth Glas: 98.33%
Dosbarth Porffor: 81%
Dosbarth Enfys: 88.97%
Well done to Dosbarth Oren, Dosbarth Melyn and Dosbarth Enfys for achieving our school target!
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:
Hard Work and Effort
Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:
| Coach – Nursery | Coach Reception |
| Oren – Reception | Oren – Year 1 |
| Melyn – Year 2 | |
| Glas – Year 3 | Glas – Year 4 |
| Porffor – Year 4 | Porffor – Year 5 |
| Enfys – Year 5 | Enfys – Year 6 |
Online Safety – Spotify
Spotify is a great way of streaming music used by millions of people worldwide but are
you aware of the potential risks of the streaming platform?
Please click here to access a guide sharing the risks of Spotify including inappropriate content and reports of predatory activity.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Ateb ffamtastig! Da iawn!
Fantastic answer
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
This week’s values assembly focused on our values of hard work and effort. Please click here to access the video we watched during the assembly.
Please watch this short video at home with your children to help reinforce this message.
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Next week (Week beginning 27th March will be Week 3)
