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Merry Christmas 2023 🎄
Thu 21 Dec 2023Merry Christmas /Nadolig Llawen
Happy New Year/ Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
Dear Parent/Carers,
What a BRILLIANT end to a GREAT term. Thank you all for your ongoing help and support! I`d like say a special thank you to all the staff- #TeamPenclawdd ,who are an incredible team and have made this end of term so special for the classes - they definitely deserve a well earned break!
ALL our Christmas concerts were a HUGE success and gave our fab children the opportunity to perform to an audience and share their talents. Well done to the pupils and the ALL our fab staff who worked so hard to produce such excellent performances.
Our annual Elf school on Wednesday was just magical and our choir on the yard, with hot choc, cakes and a sprinkle of snow was just perfect!
🎅🏼✨🎅🏼✨🎅🏼✨🎅🏼✨🎅🏼✨Don’t forget if you’d like to participate in some “Elf spotting” our community Elf trail commences on 22/12/23 - 08/01/2024. Good luck ! The Elves are popping up click here
After a well deserved break, school will be back open for pupils on Tuesday January 9th 2024. There is an INSET day for staff on Monday 8th January.
Enjoy our special Christmas moments from this last few weeks in these tweets. Please follow us on X to see all the lovely Christmas things we have been doing
Finally, on behalf of all the staff at Penclawdd Primary, have a magical Christmas holiday! 🎄🎅🏼
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda!
Mrs R-M x
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 15 Dec 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : December - Article 14
Right to follow your own religion.
This week the flamingos and the sealions ( and the staff/parents! ) had the most magical experience at Dan Yr Ogof Caves when they went to visit Santa and his elves. Please click here and here to see us having fun!
The penguins visited Swansea Winter Wonderland today at Gower Fresh Christmas Trees , which is the home of Santa on Gower. They LOVED it and had a super time. Thanks to all our fab families for supporting us on the visit.
Christmas Concerts
Our Christmas Concerts are taking place next week. I'm sure you are looking forward to seeing your child/ren perform.
Please be aware adhering to Health and Safety advice, we will not be able to admit anyone without a ticket.
Friends of Penclawdd will be serving tea/coffee before the concert.
Christmas Raffle
Raffle tickets are available to purchase at the Christmas Concerts. Friends of Penclawdd have secured even more prizes !!!
Prizes include:
£250 Teeth Whitening at Penclawdd Dentist
£20 Voucher - Purple Badger
£50 Voucher - Denny's Dinner
Gower Heritage Centre - family pass
LC2 family pass
Plantasia family pass
Carverty for 4 at Gateway
Whiskey from Gower Timber
Champagne from Gower Flooring
Wine from Selwyns
Beer from Gower Brewery
Voucher for Harpers Penclawdd
Voucher for Howells Butcher
Voucher for Samphire Penclawdd
Voucher for The Welcome Inn
Voucher for the Roma
Voucher for Cariad
Family pass for the National Showcaves of Wales
Gemma Edwards Photography voucher £50
Champagne from Old Walls
Mini/BMW Umbrellas
Many thanks to all the local businesses who support our school, we are very grateful.
Our Choir singing Christmas Jingles on the yard
On Wed 20th December at 3pm-3.30pm we invite to join us for some carols and jingles and a hot choc - it may even snow! Don't forget this is Elf day too.
Design to Smile - Fluoride Coating
Will visit Foundation Phase on Monday 18th December for those that have completed the forms. Thanks
Carols and Craft with Nursery
This lovely Nursery event takes place at 11am on Thursday 21st December
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip 13 encourages parents/carers to consider the validity of online information with their children, linking to a video on misinformation from the Hwb team: please click link here
Polite reminder - children should be supervised when accessing YouTube
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
N- Y6 - Elf School (our annual tradition) - only Elves allowed in school !! - 20th December 2023
Jingles, Carols and Hot choc with the choir on the yard - 20th December 3pm-3.30pm
R- Y6 - 🎄Penclawdd Primary “A Merry Musical Christmas” Concert 🎄.
Performance 1 : Monday December 18th at 1.30pm - School Hall
Performance 2 : Tuesday December 19th at 5.00pm - School Hall
All tickets requested have now been allocated. We look forward to seeing you all.
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 : 16/12/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
SA4 Community Mag
We are thrilled to have a page dedicated to the opening of our new community kitchen - see pic
Rhyme Time
This week we had a lovely Christmas session. It was magical and we all enjoyed. Our next session is on Thursday 11th Jan. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Have a lovely 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 08 Dec 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : December - Article 14
Right to follow your own religion.
What a wonderful festive week we have had this week. The FoP worked really hard organising a fab Christmas Fayre and to date we have raised £920 ! How incredible! A HUGE thanks to all the FoP and to our school community for their support. Watch this short little video to see how wonderful our Fayre was.
Our choir , led by Mrs Davies sang beautifully in the Caroler`s Cabin last Friday December 1st and were BRILLIANT. We had amazing support from all our parents/carers and friends who came to see us. Thank YOU . Please click here to listen
If you`d like to listen to more please follow us on our page on X - click here
The choir also sang at GG`s Christmas event last Sunday and had a lovely time.
Aladdin at Cardiff Millenium Centre
Progression step 2 and 3 had a magical time at the opening performance of Aladdin in Cardiff. It was a wonderful start to the festive period. Click here.
Christmas dinner
We had a lovely lunch made by our fab staff Shirley and Rebecca. The children really enjoyed - please see a picture below.
Nursery First Nativity
Our Nursery were incredible and we were very proud of them all - see here
Our Choir singing Christmas Jingles on the yard
On Wed 20th December at 3pm-3.30pm we invite to join us for some carols and jingles and a hot choc - it may even snow!
Carols and Craft with Nursery
This lovely Nursery event takes place at 11am on Thursday 21st December
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip 12 encourages parents/carers to regularly update software to improve security, linking to a cyber security guide from CEOP - please click link here
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Rec - Y2 - Dan Yr Ogof Caves - to visit Santa - 12th 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
Jingles, Carols and Hot choc with the choir on the yard - 20th December 3pm-3.30pm
R- Y6 - 🎄Penclawdd Primary “A Merry Musical Christmas” Concert 🎄.
Performance 1 : Monday December 18th at 1.30pm - School Hall
Performance 2 : Tuesday December 19th at 5.00pm - School Hall
Any surplus tickets will be sorted on Monday 11th December ( parents can request 1 additional ticket on a first come, first serve basis)
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 : 9/12/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
Rhyme Time
Our weekly sessions are magical and being enjoyed by members of our community. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Have a lovely 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 01 Dec 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : December - Article 14
Right to follow your own religion.
Happy December 1st !
We are beginning to feel very festive and the school is looking wonderful with an impressive Christmas tree in our school hall. I think this adds a special atmosphere to our Christmas assemblies and concerts.
The last two weeks I have been 'listening to learners' which is a truly wonderful experience as I hear about what the children have learnt, what has been their favourite topic so far (in any subject) and monitor their progress. Some examples of their favourite learning has been : Religion, Values and Ethics, French, Welsh, Art, Science to name just a few.
Every child in our school is 'monitored' to ensure they are progressing well and achieving the best possible outcomes for them. I'm very proud of our children as I'm sure you are.
I'm sure you are aware of all the exciting activities we have planned. The dates are listed below.
Don't forget to return any raffle tickets for a chance to win some of the prizes organised by our dedicated Friends of Penclawdd.
Christmas Lunch
Arrangements are as follows
Thursday 7th December early lunch for Y3-6 in readiness for Aladdin. The menu will will chips/wrap/fish.
Friday 8th December - Christmas Roast Turkey/Veggie lunch. (wear your Christmas jumper)
Christmas Jumpers swap shop
Thank you to parents/carers who donated Christmas Jumpers. Mrs. Davies has arranged for jumpers to be recycled and collected by parents/carers. They will be displayed in the school entrances.
Penclawdd Reading Spine
Many thanks for your kind donations towards our reading spine. If you would still like to purchase a book for your child's class, please click the link here. Many thanks in advance.
🎄PPS choir goes on a Christmas tour 🎄
🎅🏼December 3rd -3.30pm - GG’s Christmas Fayre
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week
Tip 11 encourages parents/carers to discuss cyberbullying with their children, linking to parent and carer guides on Youtube - please see the poster and follow the link.
Swimming update
The last day for Y4/5 swimming will be 14th December 2023.
Y3/4 will start swimming on 11th January 2024 - a letter has been sent to parents.
Calendar events
We have organised many educational class visits for children. All of which are in the school website calendar.
Choir-3.30pm - GG’s Christmas Fayre -🎅🏼December 3rd
Y3 - Y6 - Aladdin - Millennium Centre Cardiff -7th December 2023
Christmas Jumper & Christmas Dinner - Friday 8th December 2023
Rec - Y2 - Dan Yr Ogof Caves - to visit Santa - 12th 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 - School Hall
Performance 2 : Tuesday December 19th at 5.00pm - School Hall
Don't forget to send in money with the name of the child and details of what tickets you need.
Any surplus tickets will be sorted on Monday 11th December ( parents can request 1 additional ticket on a first come, first serve basis)
Design a Christmas Card for our school
The winner of our annual 'Design a Christmas Card' for 2023 is Isabelle. This winning design will now be printed as our school Christmas Card and she has won a GG`s voucher! See pic below
Christmas Fayre
Don't forget the Christmas Fayre on Wednesday Dec 6th. If you are able to donate cakes/teddies we would be very grateful. Thanks
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 : 2/12/23 and the jackpot is £25,000 if you match all 6 numbers !
Community News
Don't forget to watch our choir perform at GG's. They were FAB in Swansea today - pics and video to follow next week.
Rhyme Time
Our weekly sessions are magical and being enjoyed by members of our community. Everyone is welcome to attend. Please see the photograph below. Thanks
Flying Start @ Penclawdd Primary School for 2-3 year olds with Child`s Play
Please spread the word - see attached poster.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs R-M
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NEXT INSET DAYS
Friday 22nd December 2023
Monday 8th January 2024
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