6th June 2016
Dear Parent/Carer
Welcome back
to school after what has been a beautifully sunny half term break!
10th June QUEEN’S
90TH BIRTHDAY – school ‘street party’
13th June Years 5 and 6 to Oakwood Park
14th June Sports Day – KS2 (am) – FP (pm)
15th June Governing
Body ‘Open Day’ – Governors visiting to see work of the school
15th June all Year 6 – It’s Your Choice
16th June Pandemonium Theatre
Performance
17th June All Year 6 – School Nurse –
‘Growing Up’
20th – 24th June Year 6 – Pontypridd High School Transition
22nd June Beech class
Parents’ Meetings
23rd June School
used as Polling Station – European Referendum – school will remain open.
23rd June 5.00pm
– meeting with Coedpenmaen and Trallwn Year 2 parents re: transition
23rd June Beech
class Parents’ Meetings
24th June Year
5 and Year 6 GIRLS - School Nurse
24th June 5.00pm - PTA – BBQ – Great
British BBQ !
1st July Hawthorn
High School – Year 5 visit Day
1st July Hawthorn
High School Transition Disco
5th
July Hawthorn High School
- Year 6 –transition day “Healthy Body, Healthy Minds”
5th July School
transition morning – including new children due from Trallwn
7th July 2pm - Year 6 Leavers’
Assembly
8th July Bronze Ambassadors USW
Sports Park (TBC)
11th July All
Year 2 – Trallwn and Coedpenmaen – picnic and team games on the field
12th July All
Year 5 pupils to HHS
12th July All
Year 5 taking part in ‘Disney Showcase show at 5pm at Hawthorn High School
13th July Year 6 Prom – arranged by
Sadie’s Mum.
14th July Sycamore,
Holly and Hazel classes to Southerdown
14th July Year
6 Curriculum Day – Hawthorn High School transition – plus parents’ evening at
HHS.
14th July Year 2 Leavers’ Assembly –
2pm (TBC)
15th July Yr5
to Hawthorn High for visit and activities
18th
and 19th July Coedpenmaen’s Key Stage 2 - Summer
Performance–Pirates of the Curry Bean
19th July Reports due to parents
20th July Last day of term.
All this in just over 6 weeks!
**Summer trips for Ash,
Cherry, Maple and Acorn will be confirmed soon**
It appears that some parents do not
seem to have had notification of some upcoming events. Some
key dates for this term have been included in newsletters since April
2016. If you have not been receiving the
letters from school, please check in the office to ensure we hold up to date
email addresses. If you do not have
newsletters emailed to you, all other letters are sent from school by ‘pupil
post’.
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.
There are a number of visits
set for Year 5 to visit Hawthorn High.
Please note that these days are for all pupils, regardless of which
school you choose for your child at the end of Year 6. This is a usual school day, and all pupils
will be expected to attend.
New classes from September 2016
Following a review of pupil numbers,
it will again be necessary to have ‘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 and teacher
within the next 2 weeks.
Many thanks to our fantastic PTA. The recent cake day raised £165.05, the
Easter Disco £264.82 and the Christmas DVD sales £280. Much of this money has been donated to
support our developing garden and resources for each class across the
school. Thanks for all their hard
work! Don’t forget, volunteers will be
gratefully received for the ‘Great British BBQ’.
Our Value
for this half term is Responsibility.
The children will be encouraged to consider that whilst they have
‘rights’, these rights are shared by everyone and we have a responsibility to
ensure each person has access to the same rights as themselves.
The
Welsh Government tests have now been completed.
You will receive the results with your child’s report at the end of
Summer. Please remember: these tests
only give a ‘snapshot’ of your child’s attainment at school in reading and
Mathematics. Remember to celebrate ALL
your child’s skills – we are all wonderfully different!
School Uniform.
Parents are reminded that the school is very proud of our school uniform
and encourage the children to wear this uniform every day. If you require uniform with the school emblem
embroidered, this is available from Footprint Promotional Products Ltd (previously
know as Merlin Sports). Claim a 10%
reduction by quoting the code FBFPPL2016.
Please bring
your dinner money in an envelope each Monday.
Local Authority auditors monitor this – we are not permitted to allow
families to build up a ‘debt’ of dinner money. Unless there are
exceptional circumstances, children MUST
maintain the same arrangements for lunch throughout the week. This
ensures that the kitchen orders the correct amount of food as well as helps
office staff with the accurate administration of dinner money.
Microsoft Office Code - We still have Microsoft Office codes available if you wish to
use this free offer. Just send your email address to school and we can
forward the details to you.
As usual, if you have any
concerns, please pop into school where I will be happy to discuss any concerns
you have.
I hope to see as many of you
as possible over the coming weeks
Please note: Thursday
1st and Friday 2nd September will be INSET days. Term will start back in September on Monday 5th
September.
Yours,
Mrs Loveridge
