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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 27 Oct 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : October - Article 25
Right to meet with friends and join groups
Our Harvest Festival Service in Tabernacle was delightful. We’d like to thank our Tabernacle friends for such a warm welcome and all our families/carers who were able to attend. We hope you enjoyed the service.
Many thanks to parents/carers who donated items to the North Gower Food Hub for Harvest. I'm sure they will be very grateful.Learning at Penclawdd this term - please enjoy the class blogs from this term - click here
Our Penclawdd Primary School anthem
The children love singing our school song and I especially love listening to them singing. Their passion is incredible. Please have a listen by clicking the link below. We hope you enjoy it !
Ysgol heb iaith, Ysgol heb galon -“ A school without a language, is a school without a voice”
A special young lady …❤️
On Sunday 29th October at 17.05pm Izzy will be appearing on CountryFile for a special episode called
Ramble for Children in Need 2023. Please give it a watch. We are so incredibly proud of her. Izzy will also be speaking on Radio Wales on Monday 30th October at 2.40pm Approx. Please tune in to listen to how incredibly brave and inspirational she really is.
Urdd Cooking Competition
Congratulations to Morgan who was the winner of the Urdd cooking competition.
Tom Francis from the Roma Fish Bar, came to visit our school and judged all the entries. He was overwhelmed by the standard and enthusiasm, and said it was a very difficult decision to choose a winner! Morgan's Awesome Salad is shown below and will be on the menu as a special in Cafe Carid - how AWESOME is that!
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip seven encourages parents/carers to be aware of age restrictions on Apps and games, linking to a parent and carer guide on Hwb
Click here for tip of the week
Shoe Box Appeal
Polite reminder that the decorated and filled shoeboxes will be collected from the school on 8th November. Perhaps this could be a project for children over the half term holidays.
I will be decorating mine and filling with useful items for a small child. Remember items can be inexpensive. We are always grateful for your support towards this incredible charity.
Inconsiderate/dangerous parking around the school
A few parents have brought it to my attention that some parents/carers are parking illegally and /or obstructing the pavements. Please park responsibly and take notice of the letter below from South Wales Police. The children`s safety is paramount!
World Science Day Friday 10th November
Our Science Sparks Pupil voice group have been planning an exciting whole school investigation ! See our X profile here for the pictures! Record winners from each class and winner from each class will have prize.
Mrs Rees, Ms Hopkins and the Sparks!
Child's Play
Please see the link on our website to Child's Play. If you need to make a booking please contact them on the numbers shown.
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Rec - Y6 - INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Flu Vaccination date: 16th November 2023 Please see the website under Nursing Services for further information.
Nursery - Our First Nativity 1st December - further details to follow.
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millennium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Nursery -visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
N- Y6 - Elf School (our annual tradition) - only Elves allowed in school !! - 20th December 2023
R- Y6 - 🎄Penclawdd Primary “A Merry Musical Christmas” Concert 🎄.
Performance 1 : Monday December 18th at 1.30pm
Performance 2 : Tuesday December 19th at 5.00pm
More details to follow after half term
Friends of Penclawdd ( FoP)
Many thanks to the Friends of Penclawdd for organising the OctoberFest disco. What a wonderful way to finish our end of half term.
Date for your diary - Christmas Fayre - 6th December 2023- more details to follow
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
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 : 28/10/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
Halloween 🎃 fun at Penclawdd RFC. Organised by the Junior section - please see the attached poster.
Have a lovely half term.
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAYS
Friday 22nd December 2023
Monday 8th January 2024
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 20 Oct 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : October - Article 25
Right to meet with friends and join groups
Parents' evening will commence next week on Monday and Tuesday, I trust parents and carers have made arrangements to meet with staff. Telephone consultations are also an option should parents /carers need this option . I am sure you are all looking forward to receiving feedback on your child's progress.
We are looking forward to our Harvest celebrations next week. As you know our main celebration will be held in Tabernacle on 26th October at 10am. We are very grateful to our Tabernacle Friends for welcoming us, once again. If you are able; don't forget to bring in any tins/toiletries for the North Gower Food Hub , we would be grateful to receive these.
A special young lady …
On Sunday 29th October at 17.05pm Izzy will be appearing on CountryFile for a special episode called
Ramble for Children in Need 2023. Please give it a watch. We are so incredibly proud of her.
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip six warns of the risks of sharing account details with others, linking to a parent and carer guide on Hwb
Click here for tip of the week
Shoe Box Appeal
Polite reminder that the decorated and filled shoeboxes will be collected from the school on 8th November. Perhaps this could be a project for children over the half term holidays.
I will be decorating mine and filling with useful items for a small child. Remember items can be inexpensive. We are always grateful for your support towards this incredible charity.
Social media
It has been brought to my attention that some pupils in Y4,5 and Y6 have set up Whatsapp groups and are apparently using inappropriate language .
Please can I remind parents/carers the school asserts the following guidance:
* The minimum age to use WhatsApp’s is 16 +.
* Pupils should NOT be adding contacts and creating groups for the purposes of sharing offensive posts with pupils.
* Passing on offensive material is considered legally to be on a par with initiating it.
* Making multiple groups/ multiple Admins is inadvisable at best.
*Should parents feel that their child is emotionally responsible enough to use apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook and games like Fortnite etc, despite being considerably underage, we advise that you discuss this with your child and agree boundaries.
Please be assured that your child’s emotional well- being is important to us and we are keen to work in partnership with parents on a range of digital concerns. During the year several E-safety lessons are taught and in addition the school police service has a teaching programme including such topics .
However:
Our key message
“Whilst we are duty bound to pass on any offensive material that is shared with us, our role is NOT to police the use of Social Media amongst pupils outside school.”
Roy`s annual pumpkin competition - design a face for the Halloween 🎃 pumpkin
Children can enter this fun competition and donate 50p. They need to design a pumpkin - please see the poster below. All monies raised will go towards outdoor play resources.
Child's Play
Please see the link on our website to Child's Play. If you need to make a booking please contact them on the numbers shown.
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Nursery - Harvest Celebration - 24th October 2023 - School Hall 11am start.
Nursery - Our First Nativity 1st December - further details to follow.
Nursery -visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millennium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 - INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Flu Vaccination date: 16th November 2023 - letters will be sent home after half term.
Friends of Penclawdd ( FoP)
FoP October Fest
On Friday 27th the Friends of Penclawdd have organised a disco. This will take place on the school playground 2pm - 3pm. Children can bring in their halloween costumes or party clothes and change in school (please make this easy for children). Treats such as drinks, sweets will be for sale and children will to bring in a couple of pounds. In addition children may enter a pumpkin carving competition and bring them into school on Friday 27th October. The friends of Penclawdd will judge the best carved pumpkin and award prizes. Please see the poster below.
Date for your diary - Christmas Fayre - 6th December 2023- more details to follow
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
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 : 21/10/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
If you have any news, please let Mrs Beynon know.
Have a fabulous weekend
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAYS
Friday 22nd December 2023
Monday 8th January 2024
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 13 Oct 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Shwmae Day was a great success and our children really embraced our Welsh culture.
Many thanks to Mrs. Davies an our new Criw for organising the event.
Being ready for school
Come on parents/carer`s and children - please try and remember, wellies, swimming kit, fruit money, coats, reading books and water bottles!
Top Tip - Pack your school bag the night before.
Parents` evening
This takes place on Monday 23rd October and Tuesday October 24th. Staff will send appointments via Seesaw.
Bath Trip
If you are interested in the visit to Bath on Saturday 25th November - leaving at 8am and leaving Bath at 5pm please ring the office.
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip five warns of the risks of sharing personal details online, linking to a parent and carer guide on Hwb.
Click here for tip of the week
Baby and Toddler Rhythm and Rhyme Time.
This will take place every Thursday 10.15am - 11.15am in our new library, which will include a 30 min rhythm and rhyme time and 30 mins to chat with new parents/carers, browse the books and choose a book to borrow. If you would like to sign up for our first 6 week block which will start on Thursday 9th November and end on Thursday December 14th, please contact Mrs Beynon at the school office on 01792 850239.
Limited spaces available - spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We look forward to welcoming you to our fabulous school.
Miss Smith
Rhythm and Rhyme Time Lead
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.
We have already had some items, if you are able to donate we would be very grateful.
Child's Play
Please see the link on our website to Child's Play. If you need to make a booking please contact them on the numbers shown.
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Nursery -visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millennium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 - INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Flu Vaccination date: 16th November 2023 - letters will be sent home after half term.
Friends of Penclawdd ( FoP)
We are very grateful to our wonderful group of parents/carers namely Friends of Penclawdd who support and raise much needed funds for our school.
The team are currently organising the events listed below.
If parents are able to help or make any decorations for the disco - (Halloween inspired) they would be grateful.
FoP October Fest (Disco in the school playground) 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
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 : 14/10/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
If you have any news, please let Mrs Beynon know.
Remembrance Sunday 12th November at 11am
We are delighted to have been asked by the Community Council to participate in this years service. Our choir led by Mrs. Davies will be taking part in a Remembrance Service on 12th November at the Community Remembrance Garden in the village. We will be singing at 10.50am.
Have a fabulous weekend
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAYS
Friday 22nd December 2023
Monday 8th January 2024
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Weekly HT Blog
Sat 07 Oct 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Well… do we have some very exciting news for you ! We have been very busy in school planning the grand reveal of not just one , but TWO new areas !Firstly, our brand new library area is nearly ready to be opened. See below for an update.
And secondly, in a few weeks time our newly refurbished and redesigned kitchen will be unveiled. All will be revealed shortly! We can’t wait !!This wonderful facility will be used by all classes / cooking club and also parents /carers/families as part of a community project run in collaboration with the Gower based charity `The Sharing Table` who work to support disadvantaged children and families in Gower and Swansea.
Andrew Copson Founder and Trustee at this organisation has been an incredible and integral support in the planning of this project and we`d like to thank the charity for the donations of the key appliances, crockery and utensils. We are looking forward to working with Andrew and The Sharing Table together with our families !
Shwmae Day - Friday October 15th - see poster below
We will be celebrating this next week in school. The children can wear Welsh clothes/colours and will be designing their own class poster and participating in activities including celebrating Wales 🏴 in the RWC.
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Each week Mrs Rees our school Digital Lead will include a safety tip for parents/carers in the HT Blog. This week the tip encourages the use of strong and unique passwords, linking to a family activity from common sense education
Click here for tip of the week
Exciting News - We have a launch date for our Baby and Toddler Rhythm and Rhyme Time.
This will take place every Thursday 10.15am - 11.15am in our new library, which will include a 30 min rhythm and rhyme time and 30 mins to chat with new parents/carers, browse the books and choose a book to borrow. If you would like to sign up for our first 6 week block which will start on Thursday 9th November, please contact Mrs Beynon at the school office on 01792 850239.
Limited spaces available - spaces will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. We look forward to welcoming you to our fabulous school.
Miss Smith
Rhythm and Rhyme Time Lead
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.
Attendance - LA Educational Welfare Officer - EWO
All schools’ attendance is now being closely monitored by the LA . Our EWO - Lyndsay Jenkins( Education Welfare Officer) who visits our cluster schools every 3 weeks will look at lateness , persistent absences and holiday requests. Pre Covid our attendance was excellent and was 95%. In 2022-23 it was 93.4%. Our attendance target this year is 94% and the LA monitor this closely. Please make every effort to not take holidays during term time to ensure your child does not miss important learning time .
Don’t be Late Through the Gate!
We are sadly seeing a rise in some children being late for school every day.
School starts at 8.50 am. Being late on a regular basis adds up to a loss of learning time. Please make every effort for your child to be on time.
- 5 Mins late every day = 3.4 days of learning lost every year
- 10 mins late every day =6.9 days of learning lost every year
- 15 mins late every day = 10.3 days of learning lost every year
- 20 mins late every day =13.8 days of learning lost every year
- 30 mins late every day =20.7 days of learning lost every day
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 visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Nursery -visit to Gower Christmas Trees December 15th 2023
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millennium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Rec - Y6 - INTOFILM festival Cinema visit - 8th November 2023
Friends of Penclawdd ( FoP)
We are very grateful to our wonderful group of parents/carers namely Friends of Penclawdd who support and raise much needed funds for our school.
The team are currently organising the events listed below.
If parents are able to help or make any decorations for the disco - (Halloween inspired) they would be grateful.
FoP October Fest (Disco in the school playground) 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
Please see the job advert below for Child's Play. If you know of anyone who would be interested, please contact them directly.
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 : 7/10/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
Please see below a poster for a Halloween Party at the Rugby Club.
Remembrance Sunday 12th November at 11am
We are delighted to have been asked by the Community Council to participate in this years service. Our choir led by Mrs. Davies will be taking part in a Remembrance Service on 12th November at the Community Remembrance Garden in the village. We will be singing at 10.50am.
Have a fabulous weekend
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAYS
Friday 22nd December 2023
Monday 8th January 2024
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