School News
End of Spring Term
Today is the last day of the Spring term. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to our amazing team of staff for their ongoing hard work and unwavering commitment and dedication to our children. We are incredibly lucky to have such a fantastic team of professionals working at Derwendeg striving every day to give our children the best possible start in life. Thank you also to our school PTA for their hard work and organisation of such lovely events for our children and for raising money to support our school.
We are, as always, incredibly proud of our children for demonstrating hard work, kindness and resilience in all they have done this term. They never fail to amaze us and they make us smile and laugh on a daily basis.
Thank you also to yourselves as parents and carers and to our school community for your ongoing support and faith in us as a school.
We wish you a great Easter break making lovely memories with your wonderful children.
We look forward to welcoming the children back to begin the summer term on Monday, 17th
April. Take care, Mrs Wangiel
Easy Fundrasing
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Coronation Celebration
The PTA are looking for parent volunteers to support with our planned Coronation Celebration on Thursday 4th May 2023. The event will be running from 3.15pm, with set up during the day. Roles include: set up, tidy up, manning a stall (traditional games etc), manning the bouncy castle, helping at the crafting table, bbq support, supporting with races, and much more. There is something for everyone! You don’t need to stay for the full time, even an hour of support would be most appreciated. We want to make this the best celebration yet, but we can’t do it without your help. If you’d like to sign up, or for more information please see/dojo Mrs O’Connor or Miss Hayward. Thank you.
School Dinners
The council have notified us that from 17th April 2023 the cost of school dinners will be increasing to £2.30 per day. This will not affect the Foundation Phase who are all entitled to free school meals (except Nursery/Rising 3s)
School News
Heddlu Bach
This week’s whole school assembly was led by our Heddlu Bach (Little Police) club. Heddlu Bach are a group of children from Years 5 and 6 who work with the Police to look after our school, community and environment. They taught the whole school the CPR song!
Spain
A small group of Year 6 children visited Spain last week as part of our Active School’s project. They had the most amazing time being active, making new friends, trying new foods and learning Spanish. We are looking forward to welcoming Spanish and Greek children to our school in May!
Important Dates
Upcoming Dates
Mon, 17th April– Return to school
Week beginning 17th April – Wow days! Please see class stories for specific dates and more information.
Wed, 19th April – Home visits and school visits for Rising 3 pupils
Fri, 21st April – Closing date for applications into the Caerphilly 2k/10k
Thurs, 27th April, 3:30pm– PTA Meeting
Thurs, 27th April – Year 4/5 Golf tournament
Mon, 1st May – Bank holiday – school closed
Thurs, 4th May – PTA Coronation Event and special menu
Mon, 8th May – Additional bank holiday for King’s coronation – school closed
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: Arlee & Thea
Dosbarth Oren: Isabelle & Jouson
Dosbarth Melyn: Eva-Leigh & Brooke
Dosbarth Glas: Harper & Penny
Dosbarth Porffor: LJ & Billie
Dosbarth Enfys: Kiyan & Lohan
Headteachers Award
This week’s Headteacher Awards go to:
Maddison. V
Evie. P
Teddy. H
Emily. E
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: 89.8%
Weekly total
(Week ending 17th March): 93.3%
Dosbarth Coch: 85.9%
Dosbarth Oren: 92%
Dosbarth Melyn: 95.6%
Dosbarth Glas: 96.2%
Dosbarth Porffor: 94.6%
Dosbarth Enfys: 94.1%
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- Managing Device Anxiety
The use of devices can bring many benefits to our lives, however, they can also cause a great deal of stress and anxiety particularly when used too much or by children that are too young.
Please click here to access a guide full of advice and tips on how to manage this.
Criw Cymreig: Brawddeg yr Wythnos (Phrase of the Week)
Pasg Hapus
Happy Easter
Big Talk (Please discuss with your children):
What are you most proud of this term?
Have you made any mistakes that you have learnt from?
School Menu
Click here to see the school menu.
Next week (Week beginning 27th March will be Week 3)
