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HT Weekly Blog
Mon 26 Sep 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
A week of adventures ! Y4/5`s topic is Blue Abyss so they visited Bristol Aquarium and had an amazing experience. Y6 are learning about the frozen planet , so had a super afternoon in Cardiff ice-skating.
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Y3-Y6 Fruit tuck shop
We had a wonderful delivery of fresh fruit today. This is available for 30p. Y6 pupils sell this in morning break.
World`s biggest coffee morning - fundraising for Macmillan cancer - see poster below
Please be reminded that we have our Macmillan coffee morning this Friday 30th September at 10 am. We would be very grateful for cake donations on the day. All monies raised will be for Macmillan cancer research.We thank you for your continued support. Mrs Garcia
Christmas shoe box appeal
Leaflets have been sent home this week explaining how we are once again supporting Tabernacle Church for this wonderful appeal. We have plenty of time to fill our shoe boxes and return to school by 28/10/22. Please remember gifts should be inexpensive, but will make a huge difference to a child`s Christmas.
Christmas Concerts this year...
N/R - Friday 9th December ( details to be sent via Seesaw)
Y1-Y6
Monday 19th December (Afternoon performance - details to be sent via Seesaw)
Tuesday 20th December ( Early evening performance - details to be sent via Seesaw)
Harvest this year
The children have voted to collect for :
Matthew`s House
...is a home in the heart of the city that offers a warm space for the homeless and most vulnerable. They have a café, showers, laundry and dignity packs available for anyone who needs one.
Our Harvest donations will support our pay-as-you-feel cafe Matt’s Café, with an essential top up of food donations. These donations are essential to keeping the charity going throughout winter.
With the ever rising cost of living, they have seen a 30% increase in the numbers of people visiting Matthew’s House (just in the last month)! They are quickly running out of a few essential food items, but also toiletries/sanitary products, as these basics become harder to afford. To keep Matthew’s House available throughout this winter as a safe warm place, please help us to support this wonderful charity.
North Gower Food Hub
Our school supports our local food hub which operates from the Community Centre in Penclawdd. Items such as tins, toiletries etc can be donated to our school, they will be delivered directly to the centre. Donations need to be in by Monday 24th October. Many thanks.
Y6 Open Evening Gowerton
It's the last week of our guided tours for Year 6 families this week. If you haven't already booked, spaces are still available. Visit www.Gowerton.com/bookatour or call 01792 873461 as soon as possible.
A reminder that applications for Year 7 places September 2023 open on Monday 3rd October
Halloween disco (R-Y6) - see poster below .Wednesday October 26th (After School)
Friends of Penclawdd (FoP) if you can help with this event, in any way, please get in touch with Mrs Garcia, so we can start planning.
Attendance : Nursery - Year 6
If your child is unwell and can't attend school please can you ring/email the school office or use the link on the school website to report non attendance. Please can parents/carers of Nursery children follow this procedure too. The link from our school website is here.
The Education Welfare Service (EWO) has reverted back to the pre-covid All Wales Attendance Framework, which will also include the use of Penalty Notice and Court if appropriate. Fines are to be used in only the most extreme cases, as part of a range of options and when all efforts to engage with the family have been tried and failed and where it is evident that there are no underlying reasons that are impacting upon attendance at school.
Punctuality
The entry gate into school is closed promptly at 8.50am. Any children who arrives after 8.50am (e.g late/medical) must come into school via the side entrance and be accompanied by their parent/carer. The late book needs to be signed by an adult.
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
September 26th - Recycling week - home and school
September 30th - World`s biggest coffee morning - parents invited ( 9-10am)
October 3rd - Black History month
October 10th - World Mental Heath day
October 13th - Design to Smile Fluoride Coating
October 14th - Shwmae Day (more info from our Criw to follow via Seesaw)
w/c October 24th - Harvest celebration at Tabernacle parents invited ( awaiting Minister to confirm the date/time
October 24th/25th - Parents` evening ( more info to follow on seesaw)
October 25th - Colorfoto school portraits for all children including younger siblings
October 26th -3.10pm-4.10pm OctoberFest Halloween disco
Recycled School Uniform shop at school
We are still need good quality items of school uniform/coats/ shoes . If you'd like to donate any items we would be very grateful. Once we have a few items we will let you know via Seesaw the details of how you can access our free uniform shop.
Penclawdd Pennies - community bank
Our Penclawdd Pennies bankers are open for business, and savers can invest every Tuesday morning. If you'd like to join or if any family members would like to join please get in touch. Payment can be sent in with your child.
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can.
We have reached £624.00 of £1,040.00 target
We have now sold 33 tickets of our 50 ticket goal
The next drawer is October 1st. Click here for our lotto details.
Community London Trip
We have organised a day trip to London on Saturday 3rd December 2022. Leaving school at 6am and returning by 10pm. The cost is £29 per seat on our coach. Please see Mrs. Beynon for details on how to book your place! We hope to raise much needed funds for our school.
Colorfoto
Colorfoto will visit us on 25th October 2022. We are inviting parents who have younger children to come into school at 8.50am and have their photo taken with older siblings.
🗞Community 🗞
Reduce, reuse , recycle - Our Eco Wombles
Dragon recycling : Recycle unwanted clothes and raise funds for our school!
Dragon Bags is a free fundraising scheme that helps schools across Wales raise funds through textile recycling. Please send in any clean, unwanted clothes in a carrier bag. Thanks to those who have supported us so far,
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
Have a great week,
Mrs R-M x
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HT Weekly blog
Tue 20 Sep 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Well what a great week! Dinosaurs landed in our hall and Y1/2 loved it! Y3/4 had a great day at the Wetlands. Y6 had a screen printing session with the local artist Sarah Hopkins and made fab Inuit screen prints - these stunning bags would make lovely Christmas presents (order via Squid). We also started our after school drumming club club, which is GREAT fun.
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Gowerton Transition Event - A roadshow for Y6
Gowerton School has a series of events during the year that support our pupils in the transition from Primary to Secondary. Y6 are having a presentation on the afternoon of Thursday 22nd September. Then, at 3pm Year 6 parents are invited to attend a short presentation about transition and Gowerton School. Past pupils of Penclawdd will visit Y6 and the parents on this day.
Y6 Open Evening Gowerton
Please make sure you have booked your tour visit at Gowerton as places are booking up very quickly. Visit www.Gowerton.com/bookatour or call 01792 873461 as soon as possible.
Halloween disco (R-Y6)
Wednesday October 26th (After School)
More info from Mrs Garcia to follow.
Friends of Penclawdd (FoP) if you can help with this event, in any way, please get in touch with Mrs Garcia, so we can start planning.
We need:
- FoP to decorate the hall and gym in the afternoon
- FoP to help run the disco in the hall and gym
- Donations of cakes to sell
- FoP to run a refreshment station in the hall and in the gym
Attendance : Nursery - Year 6
If your child is unwell and can't attend school please can you ring/email the school office or use the link on the school website to report non attendance. Please can parents/carers of Nursery children follow this procedure too. The link from our school website is here.
Punctuality
As per our morning arrangements our children may come into school from 8.40am - 8.50am via the Rugby Club entrance gate. In line with our safeguarding procedures, please note that this gate is closed promptly at 8.50am and children who arrive after 8.50am (e.g late/medical) must come into school via the side entrance and be accompanied by their parent/carer.
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
September 21st - Y4/5 Bristol Aquarium
September 23rd - Year 6 Ice Skating, Cardiff
September 26th - Recycling week - home and school
September 30th - World`s biggest coffee morning - parents invited ( 9-11am) more info to follow on seesaw
October 3rd - Black History month
October 10th - World Mental Heath day
October 13th - Design to Smile Fluoride Coating
October 14th - Shwmae Day (more info from our Criw to follow via Seesaw)
October 24th/25th - Parents` evening ( more info to follow on seesaw)
October 26th - After School (3.10pm-4.10pm) Halloween disco
Recycled School Uniform shop at school
We are looking for good quality items of school uniform/coats/ shoes . If you'd like to donate any items we would be very grateful. Once we have a few items we will let you know via Seesaw the details of how you can access our free uniform shop.
Penclawdd Pennies - community bank
Our Penclawdd Pennies bankers are open for business, and savers can invest every Tuesday morning. If you'd like to join or if any family members would like to join please get in touch. Payment can be sent in with your child.
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can.
We have reached £624.00 of £1,040.00 target
We have sold 30 tickets of our 50 ticket goal
The next drawer is September 24th. Click here for our lotto details.
Community London Trip
We have organised a day trip to London on Saturday 3rd December 2022. Leaving school at 6am and returning by 10pm. The cost is £29 per seat on our coach. Please see Mrs. Beynon for details on how to book your place! We hope to raise much needed funds for our school.
🗞Community 🗞
Parking concerns around our school
Please see the attached letter from our Community Police team.
Reduce, reuse , recycle - Our Eco Wombles
Dragon recycling : Recycle unwanted clothes and raise funds for our school!
Dragon Bags is a free fundraising scheme that helps schools across Wales raise funds through textile recycling. Please send in any clean, unwanted clothes in a carrier bag. Thanks to those who have supported us so far,
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
Have a great week,
Mrs R-M x
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H/T Weekly Blog
Mon 12 Sep 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Welcome back to Autumn term at Penclawdd Primary School. We missed you!
Firstly , I must share some very sad and unexpected news. Ann Lewis-Pudduck our wonderful Chair of Governors sadly passed away in the summer holidays. Ann was an experienced educator , who dedicated many years as a Governor to our school and to Llanmorlais Primary before that. Her commitment ,passion and support regarding the teaching and learning at Penclawdd Primary will be missed. We send our love to Ann`s family.
Secondly, on behalf of all the Governing Body and staff at Penclawdd Primary School, we want to express our great sadness on hearing the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
The funeral will take place at 11am on Monday 19 September. As it has been declared a bank holiday we are expecting schools will be closed. We will keep you updated once we receive information from Swansea Council.
Swansea Council have issued a statement including information regarding a book of condolences - please click here.
It's been wonderful to see everyone so happy to be back at school. We have had a great start to the school year. We have a very busy term and lots of work to be done.
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This term marks the official start of the “New Curriculum for Wales”. All schools are expected to summarise and publish their curriculum offer, and you can access ours via our curriculum summary page on our website.
We are very much hoping for a “normal” year and will therefore resume our high expectations of attendance and punctuality so that your child can reach their potential.
Attendance : Nursery - Year 6
If your child is unwell and can't attend school please can you ring/email the school office or use the link on the school website to report non attendance. Please can parents/carers of Nursery children follow this procedure too. The link from our school website is here.
Punctuality
As per our morning arrangements our children may come into school from 8.40am - 8.50am via the Rugby Club entrance gate. In line with our safeguarding procedures, please note that this gate (from Tuesday 13th September) will be promptly closed at 8.50am and children who arrive after 8.50am (e.g late/medical) must come into school via the side entrance and be accompanied by their parent/carer.
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
September 12th - Sarah Hopkins Screen Printer to visit Year 6
September 13th - Y3/4 Wetlands Centre, Llanelli
September 20th - Year 6 Ice Skating, Cardiff
September 21st - Y4/5 Bristol Aquarium
October 13th - Design to Smile Fluoride Coating
October 24th/25th - Parents` evening ( more info to follow on seesaw)
The return of swimming!!
The Polar bears (Y4/5) all have the opportunity to go swimming this term. Letters will be sent out for the Sharks (Y3/4) and the Starfish (Y6) when it's their turn.
School photos
Colorfoto will be visiting us to take individual school photos on Friday 11th November 2022. On this occasion we are able to invite younger siblings (children who have NOT started in school yet) into school to have their photograph taken too, this will take place first thing at 8.45am.
After school activities for R-Y6
A seesaw will be sent today with all the details of each club.
Penclawdd Pennies - community bank
Our Penclawdd Pennies bankers will be opening up their bank once again, and savers can invest every Tuesday morning. If you'd like to join or if any family members would like to join please get in touch. Payment can be sent in with your child.
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can. The next drawer is September 17th.
Click here for our lotto details.
Community London Trip
We have organised a day trip to London on Saturday 3rd December 2022. Leaving school at 6am and returning by 10pm. The cost is £29 per seat on our coach. Please see Mrs. Beynon for details on how to book your place! We hope to raise much needed funds for our school.
Staff news
Mrs. Parkhouse has decided to `hang up her TA badge` and her last day in school is Wednesday 14th September. We wish her well for the future and look forward to seeing her when she drops off the grandchildren.
🗞Community 🗞
Reduce, reuse , recycle - Our Eco Wombles
Dragon recycling : Recycle unwanted clothes and raise funds for our school!
Dragon Bags is a free fundraising scheme that helps schools across Wales raise funds through textile recycling. Our indoor box is here ( see pic below). Please send in any clean, unwanted clothes in a carrier bag. Thanks to those who have supported us so far,
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
As always please look out for our weekly "Headteacher Monday Blog” and keep updated via our website calendar. We are looking forward to expanding our community events eg Halloween and Christmas events etc this term and will keep you posted.
Have a great week,
Mrs R-M x
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