Dear Parents and Carers,
Great News!!
Our Attendance now stands at 92.2% (slightly up from last week)
Swansea Target 95%
Llanrhidian Target 96%
What a start to this half of the term! A huge DIOLCH YN FAWR from Team Llanrhidian for supporting our Marchnad Dydd Gwyl Dewi on Wednesday. Your support with community events really does make such a difference to our school. The Marchnad is a fantastic opportunity for our pupils to understand the working world and provides a genuine and authentic learning experience. Our additional Caffi Cynefin was really busy and our pupil team worked professionally and confidently - da iawn, we are really proud of you! All money raised will go directly to the pods to enhance our learning environment even further - diolch! Pictures from our Marchnad Dydd Gwyl Dewi can be found on our website.
St David's Day was a huge success! We enjoyed our whole school Eisteddfod and launched our 'leek week'... what a week! The pupils worked extremely hard on designing their very own dragons and sounded beautiful singing as a whole school, it was a real treat to hear them all singing together. Head over to Twitter to see pictures and videos from the event.
We are looking forward to having Mrs Caswell back with us next week. She has been on a two week "Education Leadership Course" in Sydney. She will be sharing her work at both a pupil, staff and governor level next week and I know she has lots of great ideas to further improve our school. We will also be welcoming international visitors from Zambia and New South Wales next term, where we can share our curriculum and good practice.
We are currently looking for some wheelie bins for our outdoor spaces, if anyone can help with this, please let us know. Here are the other headlines this week:-
Parent Support Videos - Our Staff have been working on a bank of videos to help parents support learning at home. Our videos can be found on our school website. This is a new channel that staff will be adding to over time so please bear with us while we add to the content. If you have any ideas for videos that you would like to see on our website, please be in touch!
Amser Tost - A kind reminder that payment for amser tost is due for this half term. We ask for a voluntary donation of £10 per family to help support the school to keep it going. We know that the pupils love amser tost and we have seen big improvements in their energy levels and enjoyment during relax and refuel. Your support is greatly appreciated, this contribution can be made through your sQuid account.
North Gower Partnership Music Festival March 27th - Our Llanrhidian Choir and Drumming Group will be performing in the North Gower Partnership Music Festival at the Brangwyn Hall on the 27th March 2023. This event will start at 6:30pm. Parents of the pupils involved will be contacted by Mr Goremano and Miss Weatherley. However, anyone is able to purchase tickets for this event. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased from our school office. Tickets are £2, under 12s are free.
Easter Eggstravaganza Day March 30th - This day will include our Easter Bonnet Parades, and Caffi Cynefin will be open all day. We will let you know what time your pods will be parading and keep you informed as we plan this event. Let's hope for sunshine. We will be holding an Easter raffle that week and are asking for donations of "Easter Themed Items" for our hampers as prizes. E.g., an easter egg, bottle of wine, toy etc.
Mr G's Internet Safety Tip of the Week - This week we are thinking about the controls that we can put on devices to keep our children safe online. We know that the internet can give us a huge amount of information and services, but this also means that there is inappropriate content out there for our children. Find more about parental controls by visiting the following website:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/parental-controls/
Dates at a Glance:
Parent Workshop - Emotional Regulation - 15th March
North Gower Partnership Music Festival - 27th March
Easter Eggstravaganza Day and Easter Bonnet Parade - March 30th
Summer Term's Launch Day & Planting Day - 17th & 18th April
Thank you again for making our St David's week so successful, have a brilliant weekend.
Mrs Archard