Dear Parent / Carer
PIRATES OF THE CURRY
BEAN
The children in Key Stage 2 are working extremely hard at
school in preparation of our performance of “Pirates of the Curry Bean”.
As last year, our
school hall is too small to include all the children in a production of this
size and to invite families to watch. We are, therefore, grateful to
Hawthorn High School who are allowing us to use their theatre at the school
where the children will have the opportunity to perform on a ‘real’ stage with
stage lighting and provide ample provision for parents’/family parking.
As the children
will need a chance to practice at the high school to become familiar with the
stage direction, we have arranged for the juniors to go to the High School for
the day on Monday 18th July. The buses will leave school
just after 9.00am and return in time for the end of the school day. The
children will need a packed lunch, drinks and snacks for the day as they will
not be able to access the canteen facilities at the school. They will
also need to wear school uniform.
The children are
really looking forward to the opportunities this presents and we all look
forward to seeing you at the performances on the 18th and 19th
July to share in the excitement. Tickets
will be available at £2 each. Letters
will be sent when they are available.
The school would like to
record the performances as a record of the hard work the children have put in,
and as a celebration of the performance, which I am sure will be
fantastic. You will be aware that our
school policy was updated prior to the Christmas Concerts and as a result, the
following will apply:
·
The school will record the
event and make this available to families
·
families will be allowed to
take photos/videos during the concerts - these images are for your personal use
only
·
any families recording the
performances to remain considerate to others not to block their view etc. and
find an unobtrusive space in the hall.
·
NO IMAGES TO BE SHARED ONLINE
unless of your own child, alone – not including other children whose families
may not wish their images shared.
·
The school may share a small
number of images on their website/blog/twitter account – but at all times
pupils will not be named and only those images of pupils who have parental
permission will be used.
·
If any concerns are raised
with the school, the Head Teacher will assess them and make the final
decision on whether families will be allowed to record the event
·
Any family who has a concern
with regard to their child being included in images/video of the performance,
we ask that you contact the school by Friday July 8th at the
latest
YEAR 5 PERFROMANCE
Year 5 have also been
invited to take part in a ‘cluster’ performance of a ‘Disney Showcase’.
This will be on 12th July, again at Hawthorn High. The children
will be transported to Hawthorn High for 2pm and will need to stay at the
school in readiness for the show at 5pm. I believe more information will be
made available from Hawthorn in the next few days.
ACCESS
TO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS
Over the last few weeks, we
have unfortunately had children accessing the school yard and field out of
school hours. The pupils have been reminded
that they are not allowed on school premises after school hours. Your support in also sharing this with your
children would be much appreciated. We
have also had a few incidents of older children causing damage to school
property. In all incidences of this, the
police have been informed. Again, if you
see any children on school property who should not be there, I would be
grateful if you could let me know.
YEAR
6 TRANSITION TO PONTYPRIDD HIGH SCHOOL
It has come to my
attention that parents have been informed of a transition event at Pontypridd
High School on 7th July. It
appears that this has been added on to the events the school is running,
although they didn’t let us know at school.
However, this clashes with our Leavers Assembly. I have been in touch with staff at the High
School and we now plan to collect the children from Pontypridd High at 12.00
(with lunch back at Coedpenmaen), instead of them returning to school at
2pm. We will then be able to ensure the
children benefit from the transition event and ensure our Leavers Assembly can
go ahead as planned.
STAFF
CAR PARK
Please take care with
small children when walking through our staff car park.
ATTENDANCE
It is as
important over the next few weeks as always for the children to be in school
every day. Please remember that if you are planning on going on holiday
that there are ‘Absence Request’ forms to be completed. Details of our
Attendance Policy have been shared previously, with the full policy available
on our Moodle. (https://rctmoodle.org/cpm/)
As always, we need your help with our attendance
target! Our school attendance is now only 94.5%. As you are
aware, this is below our target of 95.3% - we cannot meet this target
without your continued support.
New classes from
September 2016
Following a review of
pupil numbers, it will again be necessary to have a number of ‘mixed classes’
from September. This is normal practice in primary schools. Class
lists are currently being finalised, and parents will be informed of their
child’s next class within the next 2 weeks. Classes and their teachers are
planned to be as below. Please note that
changes may occur throughout the coming weeks.
|
Class
|
Teacher
|
Year groups
|
|
Oak Class
|
Mrs Deverill
|
Year 6
|
|
Willow Class
|
Mrs Pugh
|
Year 5/6
|
|
Beech Class
|
Ms Green/Miss Jones
|
Year 4/5
|
|
Sycamore Class
|
Mr Munday
|
Year 4
|
|
Hazel class
|
Miss Grba
|
Year 3
|
|
Ash Class
|
Mr Carter
|
Year 3/2
|
|
Cherry Class
|
Mrs Cannon
|
Year 2/1
|
|
Maple Class
|
Miss Bailey
|
Reception/Yr1
|
|
Acorns
|
Mrs Davies/Mrs Probert
|
Part time Nurs
|
|
Holly Class
|
Mrs Maher/Mrs Vukashin
|
Year 3/4/5/6
|
I am aware that mixed
classes can cause concern for some parents. However, all pupils are
taught to their stage of development, regardless of their age, whilst teachers
continue to challenge them throughout their time with us at Coedpenmaen.
We teach a skills based curriculum as demanded by Welsh Government and recently
approved by Estyn, so whilst similar age children may cover different ‘topics’,
they will be taught the same skills across the academic year.
Especially important to note
is the Year 3/2 class split. Year 3 children in this class will access
the same break times/assembly/lunchtimes as other Year 3 children. They
will also be included in Junior school activities (e.g. Junior Christmas
celebrations, Summer performances etc.) As they will be completing work
in a different ’topic’, they may occasionally access a different ‘class’ trip
related to the topic being studied. This
is also the case for our Reception/Year 1 class.
Year 2 parents are reminded of
the meeting on Thursday 23rd at 5pm, where Trallwn parents will also
attend. This will allow parents to meet
the class teachers and discuss any concerns they may have prior to the move to
the change from Foundation Phase to Key Stage 2.
We
hope to have our sports’ day for the children before the end of term. However, we have a very busy diary with
children regularly out of school on a range of different visits and activities. And of course, we need to rely on the
typically welsh weather! We will let
you know when this could be as soon as possible.
Yours
Mrs
J Loveridge
