School News
Year 6 Easter Raffle
A very kind group of our Year 6 parents have gathered to organise a prom for the Year 6 children. They will be selling raffle tickets at the end of school today and next week. Please support them by buying tickets. Some of the prizes are shown below
Lateness
The total number of minutes pupils arrived late to school last week was 42 mins. This is a huge improvement- well done!
Please ensure your child comes to school on time every day. Every moment a child is late = missed learning.
Children that are on time start the day settled, relaxed and ready to learn.
Children that arrive late are often stressed and embarrassed and take a while to settle into their day. Late arrivals cause disruption within the class which has an affect on everyone.
If you need any support, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Loose Money
There are a significant number of school trips for most classes at the moment. All money brought to school must be in a labelled envelope. This is to ensure all money you give us is accounted for and assigned to the right child/trip. We really appriciate your understanding of this requirement. We cannot accept loose money.
Easter Disco
The Easter disco will be held on Tuesday, 8th April.
Nursery – Year 2 – 3:30pm-4:30pm. Years 3-6 – 4:45-6pm £2 entry. Please see the poster on page 8 and Dojo for more information
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Monday, 31st March – Reception hearing screening
Tuesday, 1st April – Dosbarth Oren & Melyn trip to Fonmon Castle
Tuesday, 8th April – Glas, Porffor and Enfys showcase at Blackwood Cinema
Wednesday, 9th April – Dosbarth Enfys trip to Swansea Museum
Thursday, 10th April – Year 1 dental screening
Tuesday, 8th April– PTA Easter Disco
Friday, 9th May – VE day celebrations (more details to follow)
21st to 23rd May – Year 5 and 6 outdoor residential trip
Monday, 16th June 1.30pm – Year 3-Year 6 Sports Day
Tuesday, 17th June 9.30am– Nursery Sports Day
Tuesday, 17th June 1.30pm – Reception to Year 2 Sports Day
School Holiday Dates
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 4th July 2025
Monday 21st July 2025
Weekly photos
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Marli & Rowan
Dosbarth Oren: Nora & Eloise
Dosbarth Melyn: Teddy & Amelia
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: Evianna
Dosbarth Glas: School trip
Dosbarth Porffor: Cadence & Korey
Dosbarth Enfys: Elliot & Jerzey
Headteachers Award
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Emiah. H
Shevon. A
Isla-Mae. D
Nila. S
Jouson. W
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!
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 21st March): 92%
Dosbarth Oren: 86%
Dosbarth Melyn: 94%
Dosbarth Gwyrdd: 94%
Dosbarth Glas: 91%
Dosbarth Porffor: 91%
Dosbarth Enfys: 91%
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
Collaboration
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 |
Screen time
Please click here to read a very interesting article regarding the negative impact of too much screen time for children.
The article contains some very scary facts regarding screen time that it will benefit us all to be aware of.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Ga i ddefnyddio ……..? (Can I use…..?)
The Criw Cymreig are going to teach the staff at our local Magnum store some Welsh. They are working on a script so the staff can help our community with Welsh.
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Week beginning 31st of March will be Week 1
