Friday 4th December
Highlights of the week
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Waunarlwydd Primary School. Thanks again for all the kind donations. The decorations are up in classrooms and the children have begun rehearsing their Christmas songs. You are in for a treat! Other highlights this week include designing, making and testing aqueducts in year 5 and 6. Children in year 3 and 4 have thoroughly enjoyed making WWII board games and writing instructions. Rewriting a Christmas story was the Year 2 highlight and making wand sticks in Forest School was a big hit with Year 1. Santa needed a new roof for his sleigh in Reception and the children loved investigating waterproof materials, while Nursery retold the story of ‘The Billy Goat’s Gruff’ during outdoor learning with some amazing troll voices.
After Christmas, we will be welcoming Mrs Horseman back to school following maternity leave. Mrs Horseman will be job sharing with Mrs Tucker and taking over the teaching of Mrs Leyshon-Breeze’s Year 3 and 4 class. I’m sure you will join me in thanking Mrs Leyshon-Breeze for her dedication during her time as a class teacher at Waunarlwydd.
Christmas reminders for next week
Please take individual responsibility for social distancing. The Welsh Government has 
updated its guidance on the use of face coverings in schools. To reduce the risk of transmission amongst parents and relatives, please wear masks when visiting school, and at drop-off and collection areas.
Can my child come to school?
Does your child or anyone in your home have one of the following symptoms?
- a high temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your temperature)
- a new, continuous cough – this means coughing a lot for more than an hour, or 3 or more coughing episodes in 24 hours (if you usually have a cough, it may be worse than usual)
- a loss or change to your sense of smell or taste – this means you’ve noticed you cannot smell or taste
anything, or things smell or taste different to normal.
If the answer is YES to ANY ONE of the above symptoms, for anyone in your household, your child CANNOT be in school, no matter how mild the symptoms are.
To arrange for a test contact https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing-and-tracing/
As always, if you have any concerns, queries or feedback please don’t hesitate in contacting the school or Mr Evans directly evansj737@hwbcymru.net
Thanks for your continued support! Have a great weekend!
Mr Jamie Evans (Acting Headteacher)