11th
July 2016
YEAR
6 LEAVERS ASSEMBLY
Last week we
were treated to the Year 6 Leavers’ assembly, where the children shared all
their skills, memories and dreams for the future. Unfortunately, I was not able to be at the
actual assembly, but caught bits of the rehearsal and the whole assembly for
the school on Friday afternoon. What a
privilege it has been to have been a part of the children’s school lives – they
are all a credit to you all and we will be sorry to see them move onto their
new schools!
We will
also be treated to a Year 2 assembly on Thursday 14th at 2pm. This assembly marks the end of the
children’s time in the ‘infants’ or
Foundation Phase and just before they start to make many new friends as we are
joined by pupils from Trallwng Infants in Year 3. Parents are invited to the assembly and to
share a cup of tea!
NEW
CLASSES
The
children all had the opportunity to meet their new class teachers last
week. They enjoyed the session and
everyone is now looking forward to the new term in September. Please note, that whilst we work hard to
keep these classes as they are, in some circumstances changes may occur throughout the Summer, as the
local authority may introduce new admissions to the school during the holidays. I would endeavour to let parents know as soon
as possible should any changes need to be made … although I would work to avoid
this wherever possible.
SCHOOL
REPORTS - will be
sent to parents on Tues 19th July.
The report will also include a piece of work from the children, the
Welsh Government Test results for pupils in Years 2-6, and end of phase results
for pupils in Year 2 and Year 6. There
will also be a parents’ response section if you wanted to fill it in and return
to school. All comments received are
considered whenever possible.
STAFF CAR PARK
- Please take care with small children when walking through our staff
car park. Some staff who arrive at work
when the children are accessing the school grounds are concerned that children
could be at risk, especially when they need to reverse their cars. It is advised that the car park is only used
for families who have prams and that the steps access is used wherever possible
to avoid walking through the car park.
Thanks.
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/)
Fixed Penalty Notices are part of our school’s policy.
As always, we need your help
with our attendance target! Congratulations to Ash class (AGAIN!!) for
the best attendance last week! However,
our school attendance is still only 94.5%. As you are aware, this
is below our target of 95.3% - we cannot meet this target without your
continued support. As we did last year, pupils with 100%
attendance will receive a prize at the end of term. We look forward to giving these prizes out
over the next few days.
11th July Ash
& Cherry class – school trip
12th
July Yr5
pupils to HHS (pm) preparation for ‘Disney
Showcase’. Performance at 5pm.
13th
July All
Year 2 – Trallwn and Coedpenmaen – picnic and team games on the field
13th
July Yr6
Prom–arranged by Sadie’s Mum.
14th
July Sycamore,
Holly and Hazel classes to Southerdown
14th
July Yr6
Curriculum Day – Hawthorn High transition – plus parents’ evening
at HHS.
14th
July Yr2
Assembly – 2pm (parents invited)
14th
July (am)
Ash class to Tesco – Food for Fuel
15th
July Yr5
to Hawthorn High visit and activities
18th July Children in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 to Hawthorn High School for final rehearsals of Pirates of the Curry Bean - Please provide a packed lunch and plenty to drink.
18th
& 19th July Coedpenmaen’s
Key Stage 2 - Summer Performance–Pirates of the Curry Bean ***tickets
now on sale.
19th
July Reports
due to parents
20th
July Last
day of term
A
reminder that there will be 2 INSET days on 1st and 2nd
September – with the children returning to school on Monday 5th
September
We
also have an INSET Day booked in for January 13th 2017
Sports Day - As you are aware, we needed to
cancel sports day due to the weather. We
haven’t forgotten his, but the weather has continued to be very poor and make
it difficult to use the field with the ground wet. We have also had a very busy diary, with very
few days where the whole school is in, due to school trips and visitors to the
school. As a result, we hope to take
the children out to the field for their sports, should the weather allow this. Alternatively, we may plan sports’ day for
early in the Autumn Term as the weather is often quite good at that time of
year.
This has
been such a busy year at Coedpenmaen – and there are already a number of
exciting things lined up for the Autumn Term!
Look out for the newsletters in the new term – and I will also be adding
dates to the calendar on Moodle. We wish
all the children who are moving to pastures new in the Autumn lots of luck in
their futures (and to the parents who may have come to the end of their time
coming back and fore to Coedpenmaen!)
Have a fantastic,
safe and hopefully sunny Summer break and we look forward to seeing you in the
Autumn term.
Yours
Mrs J
Loveridge
