Annwyl Parents and Carers,
Our Whole School Attendance currently stands at
94.5% (up from last week)
Pod Pengwin - 94.3%
Pod Pysgodyn - 95.6%
Pod PryCop - 94%
(Well done to Year 3 who are still in the lead with 96%)
Swansea Target 95%
Llanrhidian Target 96%
What a difference a little bit of sunshine makes! Diolch to everyone who supported our Marchnad Dydd Gwyl Dewi (despite the rain!). The children were so proud of everything they made and every penny will definitely help support each pod with learning resources. Diolch!
If you are out shopping over the weekend, please could you support us with a small prize for our Easter hampers. A huge thank you to those who have sent in their prizes already. If you know anyone who is willing to provide a larger "stand alone" prize, please let us know. We have a great following on instagram now, and can use this to say thank you to local businesses. We will be drawing the Easter raffle on March 22nd in our special Easter assembly.
We have secured a £3000 grant to help develop a fully functioning kitchen for our pupils to learn life skills. Obviously this is not enough so we will be putting any money raised from "North Gower Knees Up" at Oldwalls towards this venture. Our Caffi is thriving, but we are ready to take the pupils' learning to the next step. Budgeting, designing and preparing food is an essential life skill, so we are extremely excited about this venture. We will be sending you more information about the evening event very soon.
This week we have started to prepare for the grand finale of our Spring topic 'Make do and Mend'. We will be holding a whole school fashion show, where pupils will parade items they have made from recycled waste. Each pod has been in touch regarding how you might be able to help at home! It really has been a fantastic topic which has captured the pupils' curiosity and interest.
Booking forms for Early Bird Craft Club and Clwb Ceirios Summer 2024 are now open! To book your spot in Early Bird Craft Club, click here. To book your spot in Clwb Ceirios, click here.
We have added some Summer dates to our 'Dates at a Glance' section, please have a look and make a note of key dates in your diary.
Here are the headlines this term:
Red Nose Day 2024 - This year Red Nose Day in on March 15th. We are asking all children to wear red on this day. We will also be collecting non perishable food items for 'Matthew's House'. If you can support this cause in any way we will be very grateful.
Easter Eggstravaganza Event - We are very excited to be holding our Easter Eggtravaganza on Thursday 21st March and are praying for a dry day. If you are able to help out with any Easter cakes, cookies, soft drinks etc, please send them in.
Here are the details:-
- 1.30pm gates and Caffi Cynefin will open. There will also be take out drinks sold from Siop Cierios. (Please note only the front gate by bus bay will be opened for safeguarding reasons)
- 2.00 - Easter Bonnet Parade begins - The route for this will be dependent on the weather, but don't worry you will all get to see your child parade in their lovey bonnet.
After the parade the pupils will return to their pods. If you would like to collect them at this point just stand in the usual pick up place and the teachers will see you. This is an opportunity for parents and community to come together for a chat and a catch up, so please feel free to use our outside benches or our caffi and enjoy the occasion.
Mr G's Internet Safety Tip of the Week: Please Watch your Screen time! Many of us spend a considerable amount of time on devices with screens such as phones, laptops, and tablets. However, there are concerns that children might spend too much time on these devices, which can negatively impact their health and wellbeing. To learn more about this topic, please read the following article by clicking here or copy and paste the link - https://saferinternet.org.uk/online-issue/screen-time
Premises Plea - We are always looking to make our environment welcoming, curious, interesting and stimulating. Can you help? We currently need:-
- Local Artwork for "Oriel Cynefin"
- Small Plastic Pots
- Shelves
- Hamper baskets
- Artificial or real house plants
- Natural objects - eg fossils, crystals, interesting drift wood
- Interesting ornaments, Unusual objects
- Old artefacts eg old phone, clock, etc
- Shelves for walls
- Cut logs for seats
- Slices of log for displays
- Bark chippings for paths
- Good quality board games, packs of cards
Dates at a Glance:
- Caffi Cynefin every Thursday 9am to 11.30am for more information click here.
- Plant Bach Llanrhidian Toddler Group every Thursday 1.30-3pm for more information click here.
- Clwb Hwyl will commence Wednesday 9th Jan at 3:30 till 4:15. Clwb Hwyl is for pupils Year 1 to Year 6. For more information click here.
- Individual School Photos March 8th
- Red Nose Day March 15th
- Easter Eggstravaganza Day Thursday March 21st
- Easter Raffle Assembly Friday March 22nd
- Llanrhidian Fundraising Event @Oldwalls Friday May 17th
- INSET DAYS - April 8th and June 3rd 2024
- Read2Relax Week - May 13th - May 17th
- Sports Day - June 26th
- Y6 Leavers Assembly - July 10th
- Pod Pry Cop Residential - July 15th - July 19th
Have a fabulous weekend
Mrs Archard and #TeamLlanrhidian