6th March 2015
The first two weeks back after
half term have been so busy!
We began with our Welsh Week /
Wythnos Cymraeg and had a wonderful celebration with our Eisteddfod on
Friday. The children’s entries to the
competitions were fantastic and our very first ‘bard’ was chaired. Check out our Blog for pictures!
This week we have had a number of
school trips, including a lovely visit to St Fagan’s for Holly class as well as
a visit to Pontypridd Museum. We were
also thrilled to send a team to Coleg y Cymoedd for the Enterprise Troopers
competition. They did themselves proud
and had a great day. Our thanks go to
Tesco Tony for supporting us with so much enthusiasm throughout the competition.
Our celebration of World Book Day
has been the highlight of the week. The children
looked amazing in their costumes yesterday.
They all also thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to share their reading
with other children across the school. The
children should have come home with the World Book day tokens. Thank you for supporting us with this.
Sycamore Class
Some of you may be aware that Mr
Carter is unwell at the moment. Despite
our best efforts, we have not been able to secure consistent supply cover this
week. I apologise for this, but am
pleased to say that we have been able to ensure the children will receive
consistent teaching staff next week. The class will be covered Miss Woodyatt. We all wish Mr Carter a speedy recovery.
The pupils have displayed a love
of books and reading since the improvements to our school library and our other
literacy based activities. The Cardiff Children's Festival of Literature offers
lots of talks and workshops by the authors and illustrators of a range of books
such as 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid', 'horrible histories,' and so on. Ash and Cherry class will be taking advantage
of a school session when they visit the author of 'Giraffe Can't Dance.'
This festival runs in the Easter
holidays. Perfect for keeping the children busy!
Consideration of our Neighbours
I have received reports from our neighbours
who live very close to the school that a number of parents have been quite
unpleasant to them. Please note that these
families need continued access to their properties and are also concerned about
the safety of their own families – whether they are young children or elderly
relatives. I am particularly concerned
that some parents have spoken in anger to these neighbours and ask that we all
remember to be calm when talking to others.
Wow! This week 3 classes have achieved 100% status
for Thursday and Friday! Well done to
all the children in Ash, Hazel and Oak classes – and thank you to all parents
for supporting this. Our next 100% days will be on 26th
and 27th March – the last 2 days of term!!! Quite a challenge – but hopefully one we
can meet together!
12th Mar Sycamore Class to St Fagan’s
16th–20th Mar Maths
and Science Week
17th Mar Parents’ Evening
18th Mar Willow Class to “Easter Cracked” (Temple Baptist)
18th Mar Parents’ Evening
24th Mar Trallwn Yr2 visit Coedpenmaen (am)
Year 1/2 to
Literary Festival in Cardiff (pm)
Hazel Class to St Fagan’s
26th Mar ‘Faces’
photography – class photographs – please send your child to school in uniform.
27th Mar last
day before Easter Break – please ensure your children attend right up to the
last day
13th April Children
return to school after Easter Break
**Welsh Government tests for
Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be between 5th May and 12th May 2015. Please
avoid any absences during this time**
Remember to check out our Moodle
and Blog to keep up to date with activities in school.
Well done to our winners of Seren
yr Wythnos / Star of the Week. Check on
the Moodle to find out who has won!
Over the next few days you will
receive your invitation to our Parents’ Evenings where you will have an opportunity
to discuss the progress your chid is making.
During the evening, there will be a questionnaire for you to fill out
where you are able to share your views of the school. Also during these evenings, our attendance
and wellbeing officer will be in attendance – she will be asking to see all
those parents of children whose attendance is below 90%.
We still have a number of
Microsoft Office codes available for those families who wish to use this free
offer. Just send your email address to
school and we can forward the details to you.
It appears that there has again
been a legal challenge to the changes to Nursery provision which have been
planned by the Local Authority. We have
received very limited information from the Council with regard to this and, as previously
advised, I will endeavour to keep families as up-to-date as possible. Unfortunately, I have no further information
at this time.
It continues to be an absolute
pleasure to work with you all as parents, and of course with the children
Yours
Mrs Loveridge
