School News
Harvest Festival Assembly
On 3rd October 2022 the children will be having their annual Harvest Festival assembly. This year Derwendeg Primary School have partnered with Rhymney Valley Foodbank. A represenative of the Foodbank will be coming into the school to collect donations for the foodbank. Please send your child to school with a nonperishable food item to donate to the Foodbank on 3rd October 2022.
Suggested items:
Tinned Fruits, Breakfast Cereal, Tea Bags, Pasta, UHT Milk, Tinned Soup, Dried Lentils, Biscuits
Thank you!
I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone for your kind donations and messages following my sky dive last week. With your support I raised over £1100 for Rose’s Way Foundation with donations still coming in. Over £300 of this was raised through the non-uniform day and raffle held in the summer term. Your donations will go a long way in supporting families in need. Thank you so much!
Mrs Wangiel.
PTA Events
We are very excited to announce the return of our Autumn PTA events!
Please contact us if you are able to support at any of these events.
Dates below (further detail to be released soon):
Thursday, 27th October – Halloween Discos
Monday, 7th, November – Fireworks event
Thursday, 15th, December – Christmas Fere
Little Acorns After School Club
Little Acorns’ after school club is now available for children from Nursery to Year 6. Please see Mrs Greenway in Little Acorns for a form.
The club will run between 3 and 5pm at £3.50 per hour and the children are provided with a small meal/ snack such as beans on toast or sandwiches. For further information, please contact Mrs Greenway:
clairegreenway1@gmail.com / 01443 812642 / 07929 078498
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
03.10.22 – Harvest festival (please send in donations of non-perishable food items)
06.10.22 – Key Stage 2 Cross Country event
11.10.22 9am – Coffee morning with Mrs Wangiel and Mrs Wilson
13.10.22 – Year 5 and 6 footballtour nament
14.10.22 – Black history day
18.10.22 – Year 5 and 6 netballto nament
Week beginning 24.10.22 – Parents evenings
26.10.22 – Flu nasal spray
27.10. 22 – PTA Halloween Disco
07.10.22 – PTA Fireworks event
School Holiday Dates
Fri, 28th October – Break up for half term
Tues, 8th November – Return to school
Thurs, 22nd December – Break up for Christmas
Mon, 9th January – Return to school
Fri, 17th February – Break up for half term
Mon, 27th, February – Return to school
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
Fri, 21st July – Break up for summer holidays
INSET Dates 2022-23
Friday, 7th October 2022
Monday, 7th November 2022
Friday, 23rd December 2022
Friday, 17th February 2023
Friday, 30th June 2023
PTA Meeting Dates
Everyone is welcome to join any PTA meeting. You do not have to commit to all meetings, all help and support is greatly appreciated! All meetings are held at the school at 3:30pm.
Thursday, 6th October – Event planning meeting – Halloween Disco and Fireworks
Friday, 2nd December – Event planning meeting – Christmas fete
Certificates
Heroes of the Week
This week’s heroes are:
Dosbarth Coch: Thea and Vasudev
Dosbarth Oren: Isabelle and Leo V-M
Dosbarth Melyn: Emiah and Cadence
Dosbarth Glas: Penny and Ashton. M
Dosbarth Porffor: Kyelun and Rowan
Dosbarth Enfys: Veda and Molly
Headteacher Awards
Freya T
Evianna H
Alfie O
Riley 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!
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: 92.9%
Weekly total
(Week ending 23rd September 2022):
89.7%
Dosbarth Coch: 87.8%
Dosbarth Oren: 88.8%
Dosbarth Melyn: 93.9%
Dosbarth Glas: 91.2%
Dosbarth Porffor: 88.3%
Dosbarth Enfys: 88.4%
Well done to Dosbarth Melyn for surpassing the 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:
Resilience
Links to termly learning overviews and homework menus:
Please click on the correct class and year group for your child here to access the learning overview and homework menu for this term:
Coch – Nursery
Coch – Reception
Oren – Reception
Oren – Year 1
Mely – Year 2
Glas – Year 3
Glas – Year 4
Porffor – Year 4
Porffor – Year 5
Enfys – Year 5
Enfys – Year 6
Online Safety
With the recent increases in energy costs, it’s important we are considering the cost of our electronic devices. This week’s guide gives tips and advice on how to reduce energy usage when using devices at home. Please click here to access the guide.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Ar ol ti…
After you…
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
Talk about a time when you have been resilient.
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Next week (Week beginning 3rd October will be Week 2)
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