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Headteacher's Blog
Fri 28 Oct 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Half term is almost upon us and I'm sure everyone is looking forward to a well deserved break. The children and staff have worked very hard this half term and I'm very proud of them. Fingers crossed that we have a dry weather and children can get out and about and enjoy the autumnal weather.
Harvest Collection Thank you to everyone who donated to our Harvest Collection. (picture below) The food will be donated to Matthew's House and the North Gower Food Hwb as voted for by the children. Even when times are very hard we are overwhelmed by the generosity of our parents/carers. A huge thank you.
The service at Tabernacle on 27th October was a huge success. The children sang beautifully and received many compliments. The children listened carefully to the kind and thoughtful words spoken by Stuart.
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Well-being support
Please click here to find out more about the support that we can offer our pupils, if needed.
Class blogs
What a great half term - click here to find out what each class has been up to. Then click on 22-23 blog for each class.
Attendance / Lateness
We need to maintain good attendance. Please ensure that your child attends school regularly. If there is a reason for non attendance it is vital that you ring the office, leave a message or contact us via the website contact us form.
We have noticed that we have children who are regularly late. This impacts on their learning but is also disruptive to the class teacher and office staff. Please, please do your best to leave 5 minutes early and arrive before 8.50am. Good time keeping is a valuable life lesson!
Octoberfest
Many thanks for Mrs. Garcia and the Friends of Penclawdd who helped make the disco a huge success. They worked tirelessly serving hotdogs and drinks. The decorations were lovely and the children enjoyed seeing the carved pumpkins displayed around the playground. The children looked fabulous in their costumes and Mrs. Garcia as DJ did a great job. Congratulations to children whose pumpkins were chosen for prizes. We raised over £250! Well done.
Breakfast Club
Please note that the final entry into Breakfast Club is at 8.30am. After this the door will be closed. If you are a few minutes late, please ring the intercom or bring your child around to the Main Reception Office. Please remember that your child is to be dropped at the door and that parents cannot bring them down into the hall. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.
Roy`s annual `guess the weight` of the pumpkin - prize a beautiful white pumpkin
The winner of the White Pumpkin was Rory in Reception. His answer was spot on at 16.5kg. Well done Rory. He will take home the pumpkin for his family to enjoy.
ESTYN
As you are aware the Estyn Inspection will take place after half term. We are excited and maybe a little nervous to have important visitors in our school. We are very proud of our wonderful children and know that they will shine during this week.
Parents will have the opportunity to meet with inspectors on Monday 7th November in the hall at 3.45pm. If you need childcare please let Mrs. Beynon know as have a provision for this.
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
November 7th - 10th Estyn Inspection (parent/carer meeting 7/11 at 3.45pm)
November 15th - Tabernacle Toddler group to visit Nursery/ Reception
November 18th - Y6 Film at the Odeon
November 22nd - Rec - Y2 Film at the Odeon
November 23rd - Y3 - 5 Film at the Odeon
November 29th - Nasal Flu Vaccination for Rec - Y6
Every Tuesday - Penclawdd Pennies - community bank run by Year 6
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can. The next drawer is October 29th Click here for our lotto details.
As a token of appreciation for all our amazing supporters, this Halloween the School Lottery is giving our supporters the chance to win a fantastic prize – a family ticket for the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, AND a theatre voucher for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’d make the perfect trip for fans of the wizarding world! And of course, that’s on top of your chance to win the £25,000 jackpot! See poster below.
This special draw takes place on 29th October. There's no need for existing supporters to buy a separate ticket for this draw, as you'll be entered automatically. Of course you're welcome to buy extra tickets to increase your chance of winning, and give your school a valuable fundraising boost!
Good luck in the lottery and thank you for supporting our school.🗞Community 🗞
Tabernacle
We are delighted to tell you about our community event when the toddlers from Tabernacle Church Playgroup will visit us on Tuesday 15th November at 10am - 11am. The toddlers and babies will get the opportunity to meet our staff and to enjoy some exciting activities. More details to follow.
Christmas Shoe Box Appeal 2022
Many thanks to those who donated to the shoe box appeal. Yvonne and Peter collected them today.
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. We have our first collection this week. Thanks for your support.
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
Have a lovely half term,
Mrs R-M x
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Headteacher's blog
Fri 21 Oct 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
We have had a very busy week especially since the news of our Estyn inspection after half term. We hope that parents/carers attend the meeting on 7th November at 3.45pm in the school hall. Childcare will be available, please contact Mrs. Beynon for more info. Thank you for everyone who has completed the Estyn questionnaire, your feed back is very much appreciated.
Shwmae Day was a huge success and children really embraced learning Welsh phrases and interacting with each other in our 'speed chatting game'.
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Clubs next week W/C 24th October
Due to 2 nights of parents` evenings and the Halloween disco all clubs are cancelled next week. Clubs restart after half term and the info will be shared next week.
Colorfoto
Colorfoto will visit us on Tuesday 25th October 2022 to take individual photos and sibling photos. Photos for families with babies/toddlers will take place at 8.45am. Parents will need to sign in and wait in the school gym.
Attendance
We are proud to announce that we have the second highest attendance in the Swansea Primary Schools for Autumn term 1 with 96.2%. It is vital that children attend school regularly to receive the best possible education and to mix and socialise with their peers. Well done children and parents/carers.
Breakfast Club
Please note that the final entry into Breakfast Club is at 8.30am. After this the door will be closed. If you are a few minutes late, please ring the intercom or bring your child around to the Main Reception Office. Please remember that your child is to be dropped at the door and that parents cannot bring them down into the hall. Your cooperation in this matter is appreciated.
Roy`s annual `guess the weight` of the pumpkin - prize a beautiful white pumpkin
To win the beautiful white pumpkin, please submit your guess and £1 in a clearly marked envelope! All monies raised will be be used for plants for our garden. The winner to be announced in our `OctoberFest` disco.
Parents` evening appointments - 24th and 25th October 2022
Have you booked your appointment?
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
October 24th/25th - Parents` evening
October 25th - Colorfoto school portraits for all children ,including younger siblings (not yet in school)
October 26th -3.10pm-4.10pm `OctoberFest` Halloween disco
October 27th - Reception - Y6 to visit Tabernacle 10.15am (parents invited)
November 7th - 10th Estyn Inspection (parent/carer meeting 7/11 at 3.45pm)
November 15th - Tabernacle Toddler group to visit Nursery/ Reception
Every Tuesday - Penclawdd Pennies - community bank run by Year 6
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can. The next drawer is October 22nd. Click here for our lotto details.
As a token of appreciation for all our amazing supporters, this Halloween the School Lottery is giving our supporters the chance to win a fantastic prize – a family ticket for the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, AND a theatre voucher for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’d make the perfect trip for fans of the wizarding world! And of course, that’s on top of your chance to win the £25,000 jackpot! See poster below.
This special draw takes place on 29th October. There's no need for existing supporters to buy a separate ticket for this draw, as you'll be entered automatically. Of course you're welcome to buy extra tickets to increase your chance of winning, and give your school a valuable fundraising boost!
Good luck in the lottery and thank you for supporting our school.🗞Community 🗞
Tabernacle
We are delighted to tell you about our community event when the toddlers from Tabernacle Church Playgroup will visit us on Tuesday 15th November at 10am - 11am. The toddlers and babies will get the opportunity to meet our staff and to enjoy some exciting activities. More details to follow.
Christmas shoe box appeal 2022
Our friends of Tabernacle came into school and spoke to children about the Shoebox appeal. If you would like to fill a box, please can it be returned no later than Friday 28th October 2022 when members from Tabernacle Church will collect them from the school. Thanks for your support. See pic.
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. We have our first collection this week. Thanks for your support.
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs R-M x
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HT Weekly blog
Mon 10 Oct 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Matthew Bunt the Eco Schools Officer for Swansea set Y1/2 a challenge a few weeks ago and they have loved it ! Click here to see what they have discovered!
📣Weekly headlines📣
Shwmae Day - Friday October 14th
We are celebrating this event on Friday. Please see the poster below.
Parent/carer questionnaire
Each class has sent the link via Seesaw. Your views are very important and we`d appreciate your spending 5 minutes to complete. Thanks in advance.
Roy`s annual `guess the weight` of the pumpkin - prize a beautiful white pumpkin - see pics
Yes , it`s back !! Look what Roy and the Wombles discovered today! Our very own PPS Pumpkin patch has yielded some marrows and some wonderful pumpkins!
To win this beautiful white pumpkin, please submit your guess and £1 in a clearly marked envelope! All monies raised will be be used for plants for our garden. The winner to be announced in our OctoberFest disco,
Parents` evening appointments - 24th and 25th October 2022
Acting on the views of parents, this term we are offering either a face to face appointment or a telephone appointment - to meet the needs of all our families. Staff will be arranging this via Seesaw over the next few days.
Y1-Y6 Fruit tuck shop
Our fruit tuck shop has now been extended to Year 1/2. For 30p a day children can independently come and purchase fresh fruit at morning break. The Y6 children are responsible for the tuck shop and are doing a great job!
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
October 10th - World Mental Health 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
October 25th - Colorfoto school portraits for all children ,including younger siblings (not yet in school)
October 26th -3.10pm-4.10pm `OctoberFest` Halloween disco
October 27th - Reception - Y6 to visit Tabernacle 10.15am (parents invited)
December 3rd - Community London Trip (tbc) - contact Mrs Beynon
Every Tuesday - Penclawdd Pennies - community bank run by Year 6
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can. The next drawer is October 15th. Click here for our lotto details.
As a token of appreciation for all our amazing supporters, this Halloween the School Lottery is giving our supporters the chance to win a fantastic prize – a family ticket for the Warner Brothers Studio Tour, AND a theatre voucher for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. It’d make the perfect trip for fans of the wizarding world! And of course, that’s on top of your chance to win the £25,000 jackpot! See poster below.
This special draw takes place on 29th October. There's no need for existing supporters to buy a separate ticket for this draw, as you'll be entered automatically. Of course you're welcome to buy extra tickets to increase your chance of winning, and give your school a valuable fundraising boost!
Good luck in the lottery and thank you for supporting our school.🗞Community 🗞
Our Park
Good news we have been waiting for quite a while and on the weekend the council renewed the rope traverse wall. This has cost £1000!
We are now waiting for a date ,for the next rope wall to be renewed.
I am sure you appreciate for Health and Safety reasons this has to be out of action until then. However, we are SO lucky with our wonderful grounds.
Christmas shoe box appeal 2022
Our friends of Tabernacle will be coming in to speak to the children about this wonderful appeal in an assembly next week. Please can boxes be returned no later than Friday 28th October 2022 when members from Tabernacle Church will collect them from the school. Thanks for your support.
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. We have our first collection this week. Thanks for your support.
📣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
Mon 03 Oct 2022Dear Parents and Carers,
Last week our Reception pupils visited Castell Coch as part of their project and had an absolute ball - see here!
📣Weekly headlines📣
Year 6 into Year 7
The portal has opened for you to register a place for your child going into Year 7. The portal closes on Friday 25th November 2022. This is not done automatically and parents must apply.
The easiest way is on line :click here
Reception class for 2023
The portal has opened to register your child's place for Reception. The portal will close on Friday 25th November 2022.
This is not done automatically and parents must apply.
The easiest way is on line : click here
Y3-Y6 Fruit tuck shop
We want to extend our fruit tuck to Year 1/2 and have sent our details of a questionnaire to parents. The fruit for juniors is proving very popular.
World`s biggest coffee morning - fundraising for Macmillan cancer
Thank you to parents/carers who donated cakes and to those who managed to attend. We raised £135 for this wonderful charity. It was lovely to see you all - click here.
Harvest Festival at Tabernacle /Harvest collection
Reception to Year 6 will visit Tabernacle Church on Thursday 27th October at 10.15am for the Harvest Festival. Parents/Carers are very welcome to attend and see our children perform. This year we will be collecting for Matthew's House and the North Gower Food hub.
Donations need to be in by Monday 24th October. Many thanks.
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)
Halloween disco (R-Y6) 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.
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.
IMPORTANT DIARY DATES - Please remember to check out our website calendar for key dates this term...
October 3rd - Black History month
October 10th - World Mental Heath day - see poster
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 25th - Colorfoto school portraits for all children including younger siblings
October 26th -3.10pm-4.10pm OctoberFest Halloween disco
October 27th - Reception - Y6 to visit Tabernacle 10.15am (parents invited)
Penclawdd Pennies - community bank
Our Penclawdd Pennies bankers are open for business, and savers can invest every Tuesday morning. Many of our savers will be withdrawing their savings for Christmas - details of how to do this will be available soon.
📣Fundraising 📣
Our School Lottery - please support us, if you can.
We have reached £686.40 of £1,040.00 target
We have now sold 33 tickets of our 50 ticket goal
The next drawer is October 8th. Click here for our lotto details.
Community London Trip
Sadly,as yet, we haven't received much interest in our trip. We are a bit disappointed as we may have to cancel - if you are interested in joining us, please let us know asap. We will visit London on Saturday 3rd December leaving school at 6am and returning by 10pm. The cost is £29.00 per person.
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,
A message from Penclawdd Rfc... see poster
Come and be “A Donk”, ambition of millions could now be a reality for you!! Get in contact - see poster for details. Free hotdogs on Sundays at least, what’s stopping you!!
A message from Penclawdd AFC ... see poster
Under 9`s players wanted.
SHOUT OUT
Thanks to Hari Bowen`s dad. The N/R garden looks AMAZING!!! Thanks for your time.
📣INSET days 2022-2023📣
Friday 23rd December 2022
Monday 9th January 2023
Have a great week,
Mrs R-M x
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