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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 29 Sep 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
What a great week we have had. This week Y4/5 went on their Misty Mountains expedition to Penwyllt which lies in the upper Swansea Valley in Powys, Wales, lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park.The class had an AWESOME time and we were so fortunate to have our very own Brecon Mountain Rescue expert, Dominic Turpin, who made this such an incredible experience for our pupils. Click here
Meet the Teacher
These sessions went really well. Thanks to all the parents/carers who were able to attend.
Harvest
Our Harvest Festival for R-Y6 will be held at Tabernacle Church on Thursday 26th October 10am. Parent`s/carer`s are welcome and will be seated upstairs.
This year we will be collecting tins/toiletries for the North Gower Food Hub.
Parents/children can bring items into school week commencing 23rd October. Many thanks for your support.
Tummy bugs and infections
Please can I remind all parents that it is the time of year when all schools see lots of colds and bugs. In order to minimise the spread of infections we ask that parents do not send their child to school if they are unwell.
Schools are required to adhere to the Public Health Wales infection prevention and control guidance re the 48 hour rule for those children with gastrointestinal illness/Diarrhoea and/or vomiting.
ALL children with these symptoms must stay away from school for 48 hours from last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting
Reporting Absences
Reporting absences from school - Please ring the school office and leave a message or simply complete the form via our website.
https://www.penclawddprimary.co.uk/reporting-your-child-absent/
Admissions for Year 7 and Reception class 2024
Please see the application process for Year 7 and Reception 2024. Thanks
https://www.penclawddprimary.co.uk/admissions/
Trip to BATH
We have organised a trip to Bath on Saturday 25th November, leaving Penclawdd Primary School at 8am and leaving Bath at 5pm. Parents/friends/staff are all welcome. The cost of return trip is £20 per person. If you are interested, please contact the school office to reserve your seat on the bus or complete the following form:
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class trips for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.Please help us by making prompt payments.
Nursery visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millenium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Y6 - To visit Gowerton Comprehensive School 28th September 2023
FoP October Fest (Disco organised by FOP) 27th October 2023
FoP Christmas Fayre - 6th December 2023
Health Visitor Drop In
Our local Health Visitor will be holding a drop in session at the school on Thursday 16th November 2023 - 8.30am - 11.30am
Child's Play
We are pleased that Child's Play are taking bookings and children are enjoying the activities organised by Steph and Chloe. Cooking on a Monday is proving popular! Don't forget they have taster sessions and still have places available. Please contact them directly to book a place.
https://www.penclawddprimary.co.uk/childs-play-after-school-childcare-service/
Macmillan Cancer Support
Many thanks to parents/carers who donated cakes for our MacMillan Cancer Support coffee morning. So far, we have counted £73.95.
A huge thanks to Friends of Penclawdd who helped set up and serve.
Fundraising for our school
Please help support us to raise funds for our wonderful pupils by purchasing a school lottery ticket. Please sign up here.
The next draw is : 30/9/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News - Do you have any news to share with us? Let Mrs Beynon know
Have a fabulous weekend
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAY - Friday 22nd December 2023
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 22 Sep 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
I'm sure you are all keen to find out how your child has settled into their class and how they are getting on. Although it's early in the term, we understand that feedback is important to you and have arrange for parents/carer to Meet the Teacher, please see below for details.
Meet the Teacher
On Monday September 25th classes from R-Y6 will have the opportunity to attend a 30 minute session to meet your child`s classteacher, see the classroom , learn about the expectations for the year and find out about our home/school reading.
Sessions are at :
3.25pm or/and 3.50pm
Breakfast Club
Just a reminder our FREE breakfast club starts at 8.20am. If you are early, you will need to wait for the door to open to access this club. The Rise and Shine Breakfast Club starts at 7.50am and is £2.50 per session.
Harvest
Our Harvest Festival for R-Y6 will be held at Tabernacle Church on Thursday 26th October 10am. Parent`s/carer`s are welcome and will be seated upstairs.
This year we will be collecting tins/toiletries for the North Gower Food Hub.
Parents/children can bring items into school week commencing 23rd October. Many thanks for your support.
Weather
Don't forget to make sure your child has their coat with them. The weather is quite changeable and we don't want children to get wet.
Trip to BATH
We have organised a trip to Bath on Saturday 25th November, leaving Penclawdd Primary School at 8am and leaving Bath at 5pm. Parents/friends/staff are all welcome. The cost of return trip is £20 per person. If you are interested, please contact the school office to reserve your seat on the bus or complete the following form:
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class trips for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.Please help us by making prompt payments.
Nursery visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millenium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Y4/5 - Misty Mountains expedition- 25th September 2023 (fingers crossed for good weather)
Y6 - To visit Gowerton Comprehensive School 28th September 2023
NEXT INSET DAY - Friday 22nd December 2023
School Book Fair
We have organised a school book fair for next week. Children will have the opportunity to browse the books and make purchases.
Health Visitor Drop In
Our local Health Visitor will be holding a drop in session at the school on Thursday 16th November 2023 - 8.30am - 11.30am
MacMillan Coffee Morning Friday 29th Sept 9.30am - School Hall
Please join us for coffee and cake and help us raise money for Macmillan.
Child's Play
We are pleased that Child's Play are taking bookings and children are enjoying the activities organised by Steph and Chloe. Cooking on a Monday is proving popular! Don't forget they have taster sessions and still have places available. Please contact them directly to book a place.
https://www.penclawddprimary.co.uk/childs-play-after-school-childcare-service/
Fundraising for our school
Please help support us to raise funds for our wonderful pupils by purchasing a school lottery ticket. Please sign up here.
The next draw is : 23/9/23 and the jackpot is £25,000!
Community News - Do you have any news to share with us? Let Mrs Beynon know
Have a fabulous weekend - let's hope it's dry.
Mrs R-M
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 15 Sep 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
It's been a busy week and I'm sure many children will be feeling tired after completing their first full week in school.
I have visited many classes and I am happy to report that children have settled in well and are having fun and working hard!
Our school educational visits are going well, and are great way of introducing a new topic and new learning to the class as well as bringing the outdoor classroom to life! Being away from school also helps develop children's confidence as they are taken `out of their comfort zone`.
Please keep an eye out for photographs on twitter to see what other classes have been up to, as well as your own childs.
Ipay
I pay is now up and running and we hope that our teething problems have been rectified. Many thanks to Mrs. Beynon whose patience was tested!
Just to remind you - Rec - Y3 are entitled to free school lunches. It is advisable that everyone creates an ipay account so that trips/breakfast club etc can be paid for in this way. If you need any help please contact the school office. Thanks
Gowerton Y6 open events
Click here for more information
School Bank - Credit Union
Our new school bankers have embraced their new roles and are keen to recruit more savers. The bank is open every Tuesday. If you are interested in supporting our bank please download an application form from our website and bring into school along with money you wish to deposit. Thanks
Labels clothes please!
We encourage parents/carers to label their child's uniform. This makes our life at lot easier. We recommend that parents/carers visit Stikins as they produce multi purpose labels that can simply stick and stay in place. No sewing or ironing required. By using this service and quoting School Fundraising Number : 15618 you will also be supporting our school. Click here
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class trips for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.Please help us by making prompt payments.
Swimming
Swimming for Y4/5 will commence 21st September at Penyrheol Leisure Centre. Letters will be issued Friday. The remaining classes in KS2 will have lessons later in the year. Thanks
Nursery visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millenium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Y4/5 - Misty Mountains expedition- 20th September 2023
Rec/Y1 - Gower Heritage - 19th September 2023
Y3/4 - America - Dennys - 19th September 2023
Y1/2 - Gower Heritage - 15th September 2023
Dismissing children from class
For safeguarding reasons, please let Mrs. Beynon know if your child is going home with another child or being collected by another parent. We understand that you might Seesaw your class teacher, but during the school day, messages cannot be read when staff are teaching. Thanks for your support.
School Book Fair
We have organised a school book fair for week commencing 25th September. Next week teachers will be chatting to classes and letting them know arrangements.
New Library
Mrs Percival and Ms Smith have been working hard developing our new library. They are just adding a few finishing touches ready for the grand opening!
Reminder - Teacher Led School Clubs
Teacher led clubs will commence after October half term. This academic year many will be held during lunch time so children can make good use of this time. We will keep you updated.
Child's Play
We are delighted that many parents are using Child's play. We hope that parents continue to use the great facility. The taster sessions are a good way of getting to know Steph and other members of staff as well as giving your child to take part in the activities they offer.
Important - are you working at least 16 hours a week or enrolled on a course that is at least 10 weeks in length? If the answer is yes, then you could be eligible for up to 30 hours funded childcare per week for your 3 or 4 year old - check here for eligibility
Fundraising for our school
Please help support us to raise funds for our wonderful pupils by purchasing a school lottery ticket. Please sign up here.
The next draw is : 16/9/23 and the jackpot is £25,000!!!
Dragon clothes bank
Dragon Bags is a free fundraising scheme that helps schools across Wales raise funds through textile recycling. Don`t forget we have a clothes bank in school. See the attached image for acceptable items.
Supporting this cause helps us to achieve our fundraising goals as well as diverting textiles from landfill at the same time.
What happens to the clothes?
Well, once your clothes are loaded onto our van they start a journey that could take them to any corner of the world. Different items will be more likely to end up in different climates – one thing all the clothes do have in common is that they are going to a place where they will provide affordable clothing to people who need it
Community News - Do you have any news to share with us? Let Mrs Beynon know
Supporting Penclawdd Primary
Many thanks to Cllr Andrew Williams for his donation of £1151.65 towards our new classroom chairs in Y5/6. They look fabulous!
Penclawdd RFC Junior Section are looking for players
This family friendly club welcomes all abilities. For more info contact :
Donna Williams - 07725 560927
Ellie Carpenter - 07866 714 792
Have a fabulous weekend.
Mrs R-M
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Next INSET DAY
Friday December 22nd 2023
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Welcome back to school Autumn 2023
Tue 05 Sep 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
We were thrilled to welcome children back into school it was a pleasure to see their wonderful smiling faces as they returned. We missed them!
We have a few new nursery children who have joined us, and they are settling in really well. Please take a look at our lovely new Nursery prospectus and we`d appreciate you sharing with any new parents - click here.
All classes are busily starting their exciting new topics and planning their engage visits. How exciting! Watch this space!
Our twitter account shows many photos of the weeks events, I'm sure you will be interested to follow this as you get a glimpse of what's happening in other classes.
Year 7 Applications for Gowerton Comprehensive September 2024Parents/Carers of children in Year 6 are invited to a roadshow on 15th September 2023, this will take place at the end of the school day at our school.
Bookings for personal guided tours will commence on 18th September, please contact the school to find out more.
There will also be an opening evening on 25th September at 18.00 Main Hall
Open morning on 26th September at 9.00 Main Hall.
Applications will be available open from 2nd October 2023.
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class trips for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Rec - Y6 INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Y3 - Y6 Theatre Visit - 7th December 2023
Y4/5 - Misty Mountains expedition- 20th September 2023
Rec/Y1 - Gower Heritage - 19th September 2023
Y3/4 - America - Dennys - 19th September 2023
Y1/2 - Gower Heritage - 15th September 2023
Other classes will keep you informed of trips/activities that are planned to take place.
Attendance
We are under strict guidelines to adhere to Swansea City Council's attendance policy.
Therefore, if you request a holiday during term term, these can only be granted if your child`s attendance is over 95%. (Only in exceptional circumstances will approval be given if attendance falls under 95%). Even when it's your child's birthday please ensure they attend!
In order to promote good education, please ensure your child attends everyday and is no later than 8.50am. We appreciate your support.
iPay and school lunchesReminder that children in Rec to Year 3 will receive a free school lunch regardless of whether they are in receipt of Free School Meals. However, it is advisable that ipay accounts are created in order that trips etc can be paid for. Presently, we are having an issue in our educational visits being placed on ipay. Please bear with us as we work through this technical hitch!
If you need advice/help please let us know.
Teacher Led School Clubs
Teacher led clubs will commence after October half term. This academic year many will be held during lunch time so children can make good use of this time. We will keep you updated.
Christmas visit for Rec/Y1/Y2
We are excited to confirm that the Foundation Phase full time children will visit Santa at Dan yr Ogof caves on Tuesday 12th December. Further details to follow.
Playtime snacks
Our healthy fruit trolley is up and running. We have a choice of satsumas, apples, pears, bananas and sometimes water melon. Each portion of fruit is 30p.
Child's Play after school child care and wraparound (11.20am-5.20pm)
This wonderful after school wrap around / after school child care facility is now up and running.
We are very excited to hold this facility at our school and hope that it helps parents/carers with childcare. Child's play are organising a free taster session - please see below for details.
Important - are you working at least 16 hours a week or enrolled on a course that is at least 10 weeks in length? If the answer is yes, then you could be eligible for up to 30 hours funded childcare per week for your 3 or 4 year old - check here for eligibility
Community News
I'm sure many of you have been enjoying the spectacular sunsets over the estuary.
We understand from Cllr Andrew Williams that work on the park by GG's is due to commence in October.
Charity workPlease come and join us on Friday 29th September for our MacMillan Coffee Morning. We`d be grateful for any donations of cakes on the day.
All funds raised will be donated to this wonderful charity.
Have a fabulous weekend.
Mrs R-M
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