A fabulous week at Waunarlwydd where the festive atmosphere is in full swing. On Thursday, we held our Christmas Fair which was kicked off in style by our amazing school choir. It was a huge success and testament to the wonderful whole school community that we are lucky to be part of. The success of these events rest on 2 things. Firstly, our incredible PTA, children and staff, without whom these events wouldn’t happen. Secondly to the parents, families and friends within our community for their ongoing support. It is very much appreciated! A massive thankyou to everyone involved. The amount raised was an incredible ***£1214.82***
Another big well done to the school football team. A superb effort this week, showing a great attitude and team spirit in their fixture against Parkland School! Ardderchog!
Next week is performance week with our Christmas concerts that children and staff have been working so hard on. You’re in for a real treat and we have some tickets left over if you have any family or friends that would like to come and watch.
Wow, it’s hard to believe December is upon us. The term is flying by but our school remains full of learning, laughter and music everyday. Concert practice is in full swing and the children and staff are doing a wonderful job in their preparations for what I’m sure will be unforgettable performances. We ended the week with a magnificent class assembly performed by Miss Shaw’s class all about WWII. Gwaith wych!
A few reminders for next week. Our Christmas Fair will take place after school on Thursday 7th December. We hope you will be able to support the event and visit the amazing stalls and games as well as listen to songs performed by our incredible choir. A big thanks to our amazing PTA that have worked so hard and will continue to do so before, during and after the event. DIOLCH! As there will be a Christmassy photo booth at the fair, Thursday will be non-school uniform and, don’t forget that Friday 9th December is our annual Christmas Jumper Day.
Christmas Concert Tickets
You should have received a letter to claim your initial allocation of tickets. The deadline for completing and returning the form is 15.30 today. Remaining tickets will go on general sale on Tuesday 5th December at 3pm.
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair (non school uniform day)
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Thursday December 21st – Christmas Dinner Day
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Another fantastic week at Waunarlwydd, with the children continuing to make us all proud every day. It was great to welcome parents and carers from Year 4, 5 and 6 into school on Wednesday for some wonderful singing and a WWII workshop led by the children. We will be holding several events similar to this throughout the year.
Christmas Concert Tickets
You should have received a letter to claim your initial allocation of tickets. Please could the form and money be returned by Friday 1st December. Remaining tickets will go on general sale on Tuesday 5th December at 3pm.
Loads of highlights again this week. Nursery loved learning new rhymes and they enjoyed singing some on a large scale during Welly Wednesday. They wore elephant masks and performed ‘One Elephant went out to Play’ and jumped off the logs in the woods pretending to be the speckled frogs. They made ‘5 Little Speckled Frogs’ pictures to take home and found it very funny having their feet painted to make footprints. The new fire station role play is a bit hit. Reception have been learning all about the colours of the rainbow. They have been painting rainbows, joining up numbers to make a rainbow and using the ipads to take photographs of objects around the room to match all of the colours of the rainbow. They have been talking about the properties of squares and circles using vocabulary such as ’round’, ‘straight’, ‘edges’ and ‘corners’, sorted shapes into different hoops and made some shape pictures using circles and triangles. We have also used language such as ‘on’, ‘under’, ‘beside’ and ‘in between’ to describe the position of a teddy and to give instructions to our friends.
The highlight of the week for year 1 has got to be the visit to the fire station where the children witnessed a real-life emergency call-out! They asked some very thoughtful questions as well as impressing the fireman with their excellent vocabulary. The sun shone for them during their autumn walk through Singleton Park where they enjoyed looking for signs of autumn. In class, they have been very busy putting the finishing touches to their amazing 3d models of houses from The Great Fire of London. Year 2 also loved their brilliant trip to the fire station learning about the equipment the fire fighters use. It was very exciting when there was a real life emergency and the fire crew were called out to at the end of our visit. We then had lunch in the park and a beautiful autumn walk. Year 3 loved their school trip where they found out about how fire engines work and even saw the firefighters leave on an active call! Back in class the children have learnt how sound is made from vibrations and made predictions about our slinky sound science experiment. Then they all had a go at hearing how a metal slinky makes secret laser sounds!
Year 4 really loved taking part in the parents workshop, showing their parents all of the WWII activities they have been doing this term. They are also enjoying learning the songs ready for the Christmas concert- ‘Aladdin Trouble’. Year 5 have enjoyed practising for the Christmas panto, finding the etymology of words and starting to plan an additional chapter for Goodnight Mister Tom. On top of this they loved the parents’ workshop, adding and subtracting fractions and finishing their work on propaganda. WoW! Year 6 loved sharing their learning with their parents and carers this week – singing, cooking and learning. As always, swimming is a highlight – although may be not next week as they have to swim in clothes! Year 6 have also taken the challenge of multiplying AND dividing by fractions in their stride. This week, the children have been busy planning a story based on ‘Carrie’s War’, our class story. Ms Williams can’t wait to read them.
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
WB 20th November – Book Fair in School
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Thursday December 21st – Christmas Dinner Day
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
We’ve finished the week with lots of colour around the school as we celebrate another children in Need Day. Thanks for all your donations. We will let you know how much we’ve raised next week. There’s been lots of odd socks on parade this week as we’ve celebrated anti-Bullying week, reminding the children of the importance of kindness and what to do if they feel someone is being unkind. We ended today with a wonderful assembly as Year 5 took us on a journey through WWII in superb style. A big thanks also to Kevin Johns for his hilarious visit to promote the Pantomime.
The Nursery have been doing lots of work about the story “Elmer the Elephant” and all his different colours. It was a very exciting day on Wednesday when the children found giant footprints and followed them to find frozen eggs with baby dinosaurs inside. They investigated ways to help them hatch and looked after them until their Mum came to get them. Reception have had great fun with light and colour. They have been using the overhead projector to create firework pictures using coloured shapes and tried out different sources of light in a dark room to find out which was the brightest, as well as thinking about the sources of light that we all have in our bedrooms at night. Children thought about Autumn colours and have written their own Autumn poems based on colour. They loved using Autumn leaves to create some fantastic creatures and have had lots of fun playing with leaves in the wind! In class they have been making homes for woodland creatures using pinecones and logs as well as counting out acorns and leaves to match the number pumpkins.
Year 1 have been learning about Diwali. They have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the story of Rama and Sita and have been able to sequence pictures and retell the story as a recount. During discovery time they have discussed and sorted which pictures were sources of light. This is the first week that the children have brought home spelling words to learn and they worked super hard on their formation of letters when writing them in class. Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed their Pudsey bear maths word problems and designing their Tudor houses. they’ve also loved starting their rehearsals and auditioning for parts in our Christmas show. Year 3 have enjoyed getting creative this week by recreating Mr Twit’s beard using collage materials. They’ve also loved choosing their Times Table Rockstar names and beginning to use the different maths games.
Year 4 have really enjoyed starting to sew their stockings, ready to sell at the Christmas Fayre. They have also been busy learning the 6 times tables and using these to help them with division facts. Year 5 this week have enjoyed learning fractions in maths, planning an additional chapter for Goodnight Mister Tom, learning about propaganda and designing their own posters, making prototypes of gas mask boxes, practicing sewing stitches and practicing our class assembly. the highlight in year 6 has been making gas masks during their ‘Discovery time’ as well learning stitch techniques and, of course, their awesome progress in swimming.
Attendance
Our Education welfare officer (EWO), Lyndsay Jones, will be in school next week to conduct her termly review of pupil attendance. Our whole school attendance currently stands at 94%, which is a great start to the year. Please remember that if you have any concerns, or require support, with regards to your child’s attendance you should get in touch so that we can work together. Diolch!
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
WB 20th November – Book Fair in School
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Thursday December 21st – Christmas Dinner Day
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Once again we were filled with pride at the children’s respectful and thoughtful approach to our Remembrance service. The addition of children’s songs and class wreaths made it a particularly memorable occasion.
Another wet but wonderful week at Waunarlwydd, full of learning and laughter! We’ve got a busy term ahead and the school is full of excitement as the children and and staff continue to plan and work together. Inevitably thoughts have started to drift towards our Christmas plans and I can assure you all that you in for a treat with what lies ahead.
A big well done to our football teams for their efforts in their matches against Gowerton this week. Great skills and teamwork on show as always!
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week (*Odd socks theme*)
Friday 17th November – Children in Need (*Non-uniform, spots or fancy dress*)
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
WB 20th November – Book Fair in School
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Thursday December 21st – Christmas Dinner Day
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
We’ve come to the end of our first half term of the year and it’s been a pleasure to come to school and be around our superstar children every day. The children have settled really well into their new classes and the school has been full of learning and laughter. As always, a big thanks to all the staff for continuing to put the needs of the children as their number one priority and thanks to all our parents and families for their support as we work together to make ‘Our School’ the best place possible. Unfortunately, we had to postpone our first ‘Community Day’ due to the weather. Plans centred around painting on the yards and the wet conditions made this impossible. We will rearrange the day at the earliest opportunity after half term. Thanks to those that were coming to support, we hope you can make it next time. Also, a big thanks to those that have donated to the ‘Shoebox appeal’. They have been collected and are on their way.
A massive thanks to all those involved in making the school discos such a huge success. These events don’t happen overnight and are testament to the hours of hard work put in by the volunteers within our PTA. The message we want to portray is that this is ‘OUR’ school and the efforts of the ever-growing PTA certainly support this ethos. There are exciting plans ahead and if you feel you could support in any way, don’t hesitate to get in touch with the school or a member of the PTA. A reminder that the PTA Chair is Lara Sturgess and Vice-Chair Claire Burnes. This week’s discos raised the astonishing amount of £1017.80, all of which will go directly to the benefits of our amazing children. After half term, we will be outlining exactly how funds raised have been spent and action planning for future spends. Diolch pawb!
The Nursery had a very exciting end to D week with the annual Nursery dog show. They had great fun with their dogs, including an obstacle course in the hall. When the children went to have their snack, all the dogs were naughty and went to hide around the classroom! Mr Evans came to judge the dog show and everyone won a certificate. On Friday, the children from Reception came to tell them the story of The Three Little Pigs that they had been learning. It was lovely to see our Reception friends .This week in Reception we have been learning through the story of the 3 Little Pigs. We retold the story and then innovated on the story by thinking of new characters and settings, we had some super ideas like ‘The 3 Little Turtles and the Big Bad Crocodile!’ We have used egg shakers to keep a steady beat whilst singing a song about the 3 little pigs and learned how to tell the story using ‘Pie Corbett’ actions – to end the week we performed our story for the nursery and Mr Evans!
Year 1 have been using their creative skills when listening and responding to music and re-enacting scenes from the Great Fire of London. They have also made amazing 3d models of the houses. They have discussed what is special to them and how the people must have felt when the fire destroyed their belongings. Fantastic explanations were made when they predicted and tested what materials would be waterproof. There has been a lot of creativity in year 2 this week with some amazing Fire of London printing. The children have also enjoyed learning how to send an email, while they were brilliant when learning about perseverance, empathy and thinking of others. This week Year 3 have enjoyed designing and making their own pumpkin decorations as well as using See Saw to explore images and adjectives associated with the Great Fire of London.
Year 4 have loved learning about WWII this term with particular highlights this week being Anderson Shelter model building and their amazing Blitz art. Year 5 have loved creating Blitz art, multiplying and dividing in maths, writing diary entries and looking at key events building Anderson shelters and looking at key events of the blitz. Year 6 are loving their ‘Discovery time’ and building air raid shelters has been a highlight this week, with lots of co-operation and innovation on show. The children have also thoroughly enjoyed finishing their class read ‘Carrie’s War’ and showed incredible progress during their swimming session. Da iawn!
Events in the Community
**We can now confirm that Friday 22nd December and Monday January 8th are INSET days. Children will break up for Christmas on Thursday 21st December and return in the Spring term on Tuesday 9th January.**
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Friday 10th November – Remembrance Day in school
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week
Friday 17th November – Children in Need
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Another wonderful week of learning and laughing together at Waunarlwydd. It was great to see so many Nursery parents join us yesterday morning to find out, firsthand, all about life in Waunarlwydd Nursery. We hope you all enjoyed!
Parent / teacher meetings have been taking place this week and will continue next week. Teachers have really enjoyed getting a chance to meet together and discuss your superstar children.
Our incredible school choir have been busy practising this week in preparation for Seion Chapel’s 150 year anniversary celebration, which will take place on Sunday 22nd October.
Reminder – Next week’s school Discos will be ticket only. If you wish to buy a ticket, please come to the school office. Diolch!
Community Friday
Your School Senedd Need You!
The children in the Senedd have decided on a project for this half term – they want to make their playgrounds brighter and more engaging. They have already received a donation of £400 from the PTA to buy new playground equipment. Diolch yn fawr!
Now they are asking for your help. If you have any outdoor paint that you could donate to the school, they will use this to paint games, like hopscotch, onto the yard. On the afternoon of Friday 27th October, they are also asking for parents and carers to donate some time to help them with this painting. If you are able to offer any help from 13.00 on Friday 27th October, please give the school a ring to let us know! Much appreciated!
Events in the Community
INSET DAYS
**We can now confirm that Friday 22nd December and Monday January 8th are INSET days. Children will break up for Christmas on Thursday 21st December and return in the Spring term on Tuesday 9th January.**
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Monday 16th October – Thursday 26th October – Teacher/Parent meetings
Thursday 26th October – PTA Autumn Discos
Friday 27th October – Community Friday
Friday 10th November – Remembrance Day in school
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week
Friday 17th November – Children in Need
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Shwmae pawb! Diolch am eich cefnogaeth! Mae wedi bod yn wythnos wych yn Waunarlwydd gyda ein plant hyfryd! Hello everyone! Thanks for your support!It’s been a great week in Waunarlwydd with our lovely children!
A lovely way to end a super week celebrating the Welsh language on Shwmae Day. We’ve enjoyed a fantastic day and seen some wonderful Welsh posters and pebble designs with the family video messages outstanding! Diolch!
There have been lots of other high points. The Nursery have been very busy during their second B week. They have loved playing in the birthday role play area, bathing the dolls, writing their own birthday cards, singing new Welsh songs and learning new ball skills in gym. Welly Wednesday was great fun as they re enacted the story “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”. We couldn’t end our work on “The 3 Bears” without making and tasting porridge. Reception had a super week, talking about sharing using the story of ‘The Little Red Hen’. They also loved using graphic modelling to draw a hen and their wonderful dance lesson based on ‘The enormous turnip.’
Year 1 loved looking for different types of houses during their walk around Waunarlwydd this week. They discussed what materials they were made of compared to the houses during the Great fire of London. After looking at pictures of the fire they used their colour mixing skills to create hot colours and recreate the pictures. Another great kerbcraft session in Year 2 this week. The children have also enjoyed researching the fire of London through websites and learning how to complete their work on a new app called seesaw. Year 3 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about firefighting in the past and present, developing their use of WoW words ready for their recount and using their communication and team work skills to stay out of the lava in PE.
Year 4 have really loved becoming bakers, following a WW2 rationing recipe to make carrot biscuits. They were a hit! They have been busy in discovery time this week, using measuring scales to weigh out rationed food amounts, completing a light experiment and creating their own rationing timeline. Da iawn! Year 5 have enjoyed learning about common multiples in maths, making carrot cookies, making their own lindy hop dances in PE, researching 1940s dances, carrying out a light experiment and weighing items around the classroom to match rationed food amounts. Wow! Year 6 have had a busy week learning all about rationing. In their discovery time, they have made carrot cookies – tastier than they sound; made a 1940s dance tutorial and have presented their learning in creative ways. Nous aimons parler francais dans notre classe – we love to speak French in our class!
Parent/Teacher meetings – Reminder
A reminder that Parent / Teacher meetings to discuss your child’s progress will be held over the next two weeks.
Community Friday – 27th October
Our first community Friday will take place on Friday October 27th. Pupils have been putting together plans for developing our outdoor areas and if you can spare an hour or two we would love to welcome you into school to help the staff and children with their projects. Full details next week.
INSET DAYS
**We can now confirm that Friday 22nd December and Monday January 8th are INSET days. Children will break up for Christmas on Thursday 21st December and return in the Spring term on Tuesday 9th January.**
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Monday 16th October – Thursday 26th October – Teacher/Parent meetings
Thursday 26th October – PTA Autumn Discos
Friday 27th October – Community Friday
Friday 10th November – Remembrance Day in school
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week
Friday 17th November – Children in Need
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Another week full of highlights at Waunarlwydd! A big thanks to our friends at St Barnabus for hosting another wonderful Harvest visit for us! It was an exciting start to B week for the Nursery children when they had a visit from baby Mali. They learnt all about what a baby needs and were lucky enough to watch Mali having a bath. They have been doing lots of things with bears and listened to “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” before they used the story as a basis for learning about the number 3 in the woods. Their first time in the hall for gym was great fun, aiming with beanbags and throwing and catching balloons. This week Reception have loved learning their sounds with Fred the Frog and were amazing at matching objects in maths. Children loved their trip to St Barnabus and enjoyed talking about their favourite fruits and vegetables.
What a lovely time Year 1 had when they visited St Barnabas to sing their Harvest songs. Then, when back in class they thought of super wow words to make their Harvest Prayers more interesting. Saying 1 more and 1 less of a number has been the focus in maths this week. It’s been a week full of Science experiments in years 2 and 3 linked to their learning all about the Fire of London. These first hand experiences of Science in action provided the children with great opportunities to show off their predicting skills.
Year 4 have loved learning about rationing this week and have also been learning the Lambeth Walk dance. Very impressive! Year 5 have enjoyed looking at addition and subtraction in maths, making predictions in science, learning about rationing and conducting their own research, retelling a story in literacy and learning the lindy hop dance. Swimming was once again a big hit in Year 6 with the children showing great improvements. They’ve also loved their first French lesson and showed super resilience when tackling long multiplication. Gwaith wych!
Parent/Teacher meetings
Parent / Teacher meetings to discuss your child’s progress will be held during the fortnight beginning Monday 16th October. You will receive a text message next week to let you know that you can book an appointment through SQUID. Diolch!
The first PTA event of the year will take place on Thursday 26th October with an Autumn disco. Details below. All funds raised will go directly to supporting the children!
Harvest
We have celebrated Harvest this week and we’d like to say a huge thanks for all your donations which we will be delivering to Matthew’s House! Diolch pawb!
INSET DAYS
**We can now confirm that Friday 22nd December and Monday January 8th are INSET days. Children will break up for Christmas on Thursday 21st December and return in the Spring term on Tuesday 9th January.**
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Friday 13th October – SHWMAE Day (all children can wear Welsh colours)
Monday 16th October – Thursday 26th October – Teacher/Parent meetings
Thursday 26th October – PTA Autumn Discos
Friday 10th November – Remembrance Day in school
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week
Friday 17th November – Children in Need
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
Monday January 8th – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
Another wonderful week of learning and laughing together at Waunarlwydd, full of highlights. The Nursery have started to learn a sound a week and this week has been ‘a’ week. They have enjoyed following arrows to find the apples on a tree, making pretend apple pies, hunting for different size ants in the woodland and playing with all sorts of animals in the classroom. There have been lots of accidents to sort out in the role play hospital. They also read the story ‘Avocado Baby’ and tasted avocado. This week Reception have loved thinking about what they want to be when they grow up and giving reasons why. They have talked about different emotions and used facial expressions to show those emotions. They have also created some wonderful compositions by clapping, stamping and tapping their knees.
Year 1 have been learning lots of fascinating facts about dinosaurs this week. They have made shape dinosaurs independently and were excellent at guessing the correct dinosaur when playing the ‘Who am I’ game. After being given a description they were able to draw a dinosaur using their visualisation skills. Their favourite activity this week was pretending to be a Paleontologist and looking for dinosaur bones in the sand. Year 2 really enjoyed writing settings for dinosaurs and making harvest poems and had fun looking at types of homes we have in Waunarlwydd. Year 3 have been working hard using a variety of resources to make 2 and 3 digit numbers in maths this week. They have also been working on developing independence in their EPIC activities with the dinosaur split pins being especially popular!
Year 4 have imagined themselves as an evacuee in WW2 writing letters home to their families. There has also been huge excitement learning some dances from this period. Year 5 have enjoyed learning column addition and subtraction in maths, looking at properties of materials in science, editing evacuee letters in literacy, learning how to create a strong password and to keep personal information safe online and looking at the chronology and factors of WW2. The biggest highlight of the week for Year 6 is their visit to Gowerton school. They had an amazing morning: learning new skills; trying new things; enjoying the food; seeing old friends; meeting new teachers and settling a few nerves. Other high points of the week have been learning about the leaders of World War 2 and how the war started.
Our wonderful PTA had their first meeting of the year this week and it was great to see some new faces. We really appreciate the hard work and dedication that this group have put into supporting the school in the past and the exciting plans in place for the future. Lara Sturgess has been elected as Chair with Claire Burns as Vice Chair and Treasurer. If you would like to know more about how you can help, please let us know. The first PTA event of the year will take place on Thursday 26th October with a Halloween disco. Details to follow. All funds raised will go directly to supporting the children.
Harvest
We will be celebrating Harvest next week and, as in previous years, will be making a donation to our friends at Matthew’s House. If you would like to send in a donation, the list of items requested is found below. Please could any items be brought into school by Thursday. Diolch!
Dates for the Diary
(**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)
Monday 2nd October – Harvest trip to St Barnabus
Monday 16th October – Thursday 26th October – Teacher/Parent meetings
Thursday 26th October – PTA Halloween Discos
Friday 10th November – Remembrance Day in school
WB 13th November – Anti Bullying Week
Friday 17th November – Children in Need
Thursday 7th December – Christmas Fair
Friday 8th December – Christmas Jumper Day
Tuesday 12th December – Nursery and Reception Concert (morning), Year 1, 2 and 3 concert (afternoon)
Wednesday 13th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (afternoon), Year 1, 2, 3 Concert (evening)
Thursday 14th December – Year 4, 5, 6 Concert (evening)
Friday December 22nd – INSET DAY
As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!
