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Stay connected with all the latest news, events, and celebrations from Penclawdd Primary School — from classroom highlights and Criw Cymraeg adventures to community kindness and creative learning! 🌟

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💛☕ Penclawdd Primary Supports World Mental Health Day ☕💛

Last week, our school came together to celebrate 🌍💚World Mental Health Day — a special time to remind us all just how important it is to look after our mental well-being.

At Penclawdd Primary, we marked the occasion with our much-loved Tea and Talk Day, creating a warm, welcoming space for pupils to connect, share, and reflect. 🫖💬

Our classrooms were glowing with splashes of yellow — the colour of hope and happiness — as children proudly wore yellow to show their support.  Each pupil brought along a favourite mug from home, ready to join friends and teachers for a comforting chat and a cuppa..These small but powerful moments of connection help us build a community where talking about feelings is encouraged, not hidden.💛

A heartfelt thank you to all our families for supporting this meaningful day and helping us nurture a culture of kindness, empathy, and emotional well-being. 

 

🎵💬 Dydd Shwmae 2025! 💬🎵

Our amazing Criw Cymraeg organised musical chairs with a twist for everyone from Nursery to Year 6 — but there was only one rule… you had to Siarad Cymraeg! 😄

Laughter, music and lots of Welsh filled the hall — from “Shwmae!” to “Eistedd!” and “Da iawn ti!” — it was brilliant to see everyone joining in! ❤️🏴

We’re so proud of our Criw Cymraeg for spreading the Welsh spirit across the school today — pawb yn siarad Cymraeg a mwynhau! 🥳

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📚✨ Book Fair Success! ✨📚

We would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported our recent Book Fair — it was a huge success! 💖

Thanks to your generosity, we’ve raised £300 to spend on brand-new books for our school. Our Education Minister has been busy chatting with pupils to gather their ideas 📖💬 and has already placed the first order — the books will be arriving very soon! 🎉

Your support helps us continue to enrich our library and inspire a lifelong love of reading across the school. Diolch o galon! ❤️

 

🍓🎂 Urdd Cooking & Baking Competition 2025! 🎂🍓

Our Criw Cymraeg were thrilled to host this year’s Urdd Coginio a Phobi / Cooking & Baking Competition — and what a feast for the eyes (and taste buds!) it was! .Learners from Years 4–6 were invited to take part in two categories:
🥪 Open Sandwich
🎂 Celebration Cake

We were delighted to welcome Mrs Settle, our fabulous Welsh Link Governor, as our proud judge. She was blown away by the creativity, attention to detail, and the clever use of Welsh ingredients and colours throughout the entries. ❤️💚🤍

✨ Ffion wowed us with her winning Open Sandwich — a creative twist on the viral M&S Summer Sandwich! Succulent strawberries, raspberries, and a generous layer of cream on soft brioche… absolutely dreamy! 🍓🍞

✨ Hywel stole the show in the Celebration Cake category with his Bara Brith-inspired masterpiece, layered with rich butter icing — pure Welshness in every bite! 

Both winners will now go on to represent Penclawdd Primary at the Regional Round in Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr! 👏

A huge diolch to all our talented young chefs — you’ve made us so proud! 

📸 Look at some of these show-stopping creations!

 

 

Child's Play

Please see the list of activities provided by Child's Play after-school facility at our school. Please contact them directly to book your child's place.  10% off for the month of October!!  

Community News

 

🎄✨ Annual Community Trip - Bath at Christmas ✨🎄

How Many Saturdays Left ‘til Christmas? 

Why not start the festive countdown with our Annual Community Trip to Bath at Christmas! 🎅🛍️

Join us for a magical day out filled with twinkling lights, Christmas markets, and plenty of festive cheer. 🌟🎶

🎟️ Book your tickets now!
Not only is it a fabulous festive day out — but if enough seats are sold, the trip will also help fundraise for Penclawdd Primary! 🙌

Don’t miss it… fun, friends & festive fundraising all in one! 🎁🥰

Halloween Party

Don't forget the Halloween Party organised by The Friends of Penclawdd.

Fundraising

Our School Lottery - click here to support us 

Welcome to Penclawdd Primary School lottery. This lottery has been set up specifically to raise money and make a difference for our children! It's a fantastic way to bring Parents, Carers, Teachers and the wider community together, in partnership with our school, and at the same time give something back. We hope to raise funds that can support and enrich the education of our children - we aim to provide extra resources for the children, improve the school environment as well as run extracurricular activities such as music, art and sport. Your support is greatly appreciated and we wish you good luck!

Next draw prizes

Next draw prizes - Sat 18th October

£25,000 jackpot

£7.50 guaranteed prize (this will go up as tickets are sold)

Upcoming Dates for Your Diary

• 20th/21st October -Parents` Evening 
• 23rd October - Harvest in Tabernacle  10am - all families are welcome
• 4th November - Tabernacle Toddlers to visit our Forest School 10.30am - 11.20am
• 9th November - Choir to sing at Remembrance 
• 10th December - Odd Sock Day
• 11th November - Remembrance Day
• 14th November- Children in Need
• 14th November - Y1 - Y6 - Into Film, Cinema Visit 
• 20th November - Donks paint Gonks Christmas Paintalong -6.30pm 
• 26th November - Christmas Fayre organised by Friends of Penclawdd
• 28th November - Nursery Christmas for parents/carers - A Little Sparkly Christmas - School Hall
• 1st December - Elf Day - ONLY ELVES ALLOWED- Staff and Pupils
• 2nd December - Choir to visit The Cuppa Club in Penclawdd Community Centre
• 4th December - Reception - Y2 Christmas for parents/carers : Jingle All the Way – Outdoors!
• 11th December - Christmas Jumper Day / Christmas lunch
• 11th December - Nursery Christmas Visit 
• 15th & 16th December - Y3 - Y6 Christmas Show
• 19th Last day in school 

IMPORTANT : Admissions Window

As you are aware the admission window for parents to apply for Reception and Year 7 places for September 2026 is due to open on Monday 6^th October 2025 and will close on Friday 28^th November 2025.

You need to apply for a place on line. Please refer to the following link:  Admissions link

Next INSET Days 

Friday October 24th 2025

Monday January 5th 2026

Monday April 13th 2026

Monday July 20th 2026

Have a lovely weekend

Mrs R-M and staff