5th October 2015
Dear Parent/Carer
It is difficult to believe we are in October already! Hopefully you have been enjoying the sunshine! It has been a busy start of the term, with many classes going on exciting school trips, our new Nursery children settling in and Year 6 starting to feel their feet as the most responsible in the school
As usual, we would love to invite parents in to school to give the children even more opportunities to read. If you would like to volunteer, please see your child’s class teacher (or let me know) and we can sort out some days for you to come in. An extra bonus is that you would be able to earn ‘Time Credits’ for each hour you spend at school volunteering. These are vouchers which you are able to ‘cash in’ for treats either for yourself or your family (e.g. ranging from Spa Days to trips to ‘Jump’, the theatre etc.). More details about ‘Time Credits’ will be shared with parents in the next few weeks from Miss Bailey.
Please remember that the yellow lines around the school are to help your child remain safe on their way to and from school. We have also noticed that some families are using the staff carpark as a route in to school. If you are a wheelchair or pram/push chair user, this is the route for you to take. However, if all other families could use the steps, this will help enhance the safety of the children and avoid any risks related to cars being parked/reversing etc.
Thank you for such as fantastic response in your choice of the values you believe to be important for us to support in the children. The children are responding well to our first value of ‘respect’. Staff, governors and some older children have also contributed to the discussion. We now have an almost finalised list of the 12 Values we will encourage over the next 2 years. These are likely to include trust, perseverance, creativity, thankfulness, truthfulness, courage, forgiveness, responsibility, friendship and peace
Thank you for your fantastic support with our Macmillan Coffee Morning. We raised an amazing £716.73 which has been forwarded to the charity on your behalf.
Microsoft Office Codes We 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 has been a pleasure to meet many of you parents through our open-door policy. Please remember, if you have any concerns you are able to discuss them initially with the class teacher (before or after school is always best to avoid teaching times). If you needed to see me, please either pop in, or if I am not available, please make an appointment.
Please bring your dinner money in an envelope each Monday. Unless there are exceptional circumstances, we also ask that your child maintains the same arrangements for lunch throughout the week. This helps the accurate administration of dinner money.
Please also bring any money for school trips, music lessons etc. in an envelope marked with your child’s name, class and purpose of the money
After only a few short weeks at school, we have had many, many lost coats/jumpers etc. Please ensure your child’s clothing is labelled clearly with their name.
Beech Class – Unfortunately, Mrs Vukashin is not well at the moment. We are working to secure consistency for the Thursday and Friday sessions. Please be assured that all work expected of the children on these days has been carefully planned by Mrs Vukashin and Ms Green despite them not being at school on the Thursday and Friday.
6th Oct Whole School Harvest
Year 3 assembly (Year 3 Parents invited) – 2pm
8th Oct Kerbcraft – Year 2
14th Oct Year 1 audio testing
15th Oct Kerbcraft – Year 2
Faces Photography – individual & Siblings
Super Attender Assembly!
19th Oct Hawthorn High School available for a ‘clinic’ to discuss concerns for transition / filling out forms etc.
21st Oct PTA Hallowe’en Disco FP 3.45-5.00pm
KS2 – 5.00 – 6.15pm
22nd Oct Kerbcraft – Year 2
1pm - Holly, Hazel and Sycamore class exhibition – parents invited
22nd & 23rd Oct 100% Challenge Days
23rd Oct Last day before half term
HALF TERM Sat 24th Oct – Sun 1st Nov
2nd Nov Return to school after half term
5th Nov Kerbcraft – Year 2
9th and 10th Nov Parents’ Evening – in the school hall
12th Nov Kerbcraft – Year 2
13th Nov BBC Children in Need
19th Nov Kerbcraft – Year 2
25th Nov Kerbcraft – Year 2
3rd Dec PTA - Christmas Fayre – 3pm – 5pm
4th Dec School Choir singing in Pontypridd (11.00-12.00)
8th Dec Christmas Concert Yr 3&4 - 9.30am Baptist Chapel
Christmas Concert Foundation Phase 9.30 – school
Christmas Concert Yr 5&6 – 6.00pm Baptist Chapel
8th Dec Flu vaccinations for Reception
9th Dec Christmas Concert Yr 5&6 - 9.30am Baptist Chapel
Christmas Concert Foundation Phase 9.30 – school
Christmas Concert Yr 3&4 – 6.00pm Baptist Chapel
10th Dec Christmas Concert Foundation Phase 9.30 – school
16th Dec Yr1–Yr6 Panto – Muni–Dick Whittington
16th Dec Nursery and Reception – Trip to see Santa (to be confirmed)
18th Dec Last day of Autumn Term
CHRISTMAS BREAK Sat 19th Dec – Sun 3rd January
4th Jan Proposed INSET Day (to be confirmed)
Further INSET Days will be advised throughout the year.
Llangrannog The proposed dates for Llangrannog for Year 6 pupils transferring to Hawthorn High School are 16th -18th May. Details will follow when received from the High School.
WG Test dates The Welsh Government Tests for all pupils in Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are between 3rd - 10th May 2016. Please avoid taking any absences during this time.
Attendance. We have now received our attendance target from the Local Authority. This challenging target is 95.3%. As always, we ask for your support in working towards achieving this goal which, as you may recall, was a recent focus as part of the school Inspection framework. Well done to Willow class for winning our first of this year’s 100% days.
Thank you ! Mrs Loveridge
