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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 23 Feb 2024Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : February 2024 - Article 2 -All children have rights
St David's Day/Dydd Gwyl Dewi Sant
A message from Mrs D a Criw
Criw Cymraeg are excited to be launching our 'Welsh Week'. This Friday , the week will be kicked off as the children will go into their school houses to begin to plan the forthcoming week.
Next week each day the children will go to their 'house class' at 2.30pm each day to practice a poem recital, song and Twmpath dance with their 'house teacher'.
The children will be encouraged to make posters to support their house and they will also take time to work on our Welsh language skills.
On St David's Day we will host our very own 'Welsh Talent' and each house will take it in turns to share their performance with the rest of the school. Judges will be invited into school to judge the performance and the winning house will receive our Welsh trophy.
We hope the week will continue to embed our love of Wales, the language and culture and of course make memories that the children will fondly look back on. During the week each class will look at the story of St David. The children are encouraged to enter our Welsh competition ( see pic below) to gain extra points for their house - please can all entries be in to Mrs Davies by Wednesday.
Diolch! Mrs D a Criw Cymraeg.
Rhythm and Rhyme
These sessions are held every Thursday 10.15am - 11.15am for anyone who wishes to join.
Community Kitchen
This week The Sharing Table taught our pupils and parents how to make a tasty and healthy of pasta and fresh vegetables. Click here
World Book Day -“ Read and Relax/ Darllen ac ymlacio “
This year on Thursday March 7th we are celebrating by reading , reading , reading in a school readathon. Please see poster below ( which will also be sent via SeeSaw ) for all the details.
Our final INSET days of this academic year are:8th April 2024
3rd June 2024
Dates for your diary:
February 29th - Health Visitor for drop ins. (please pop in if your are interested)
February 29th - Y5/6 Girls NGP Cluster tournament at the Elba - 1pm
1st March - St David`s Day in school celebrations- see poster
7th March - World Book Day celebrations - Theme is “relax and read “ - see poster
8th March - Friends of Penclawdd - Family Event at the Rugby Club
11th - 15th March - Y5/6 Residential to Borfa
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week is a reminder from last week
Tip 18 asks parents/carers to encourage their children to report uncomfortable encounters online and links to a guide from Hwb- click here
Golden Time Disco
A huge thanks to the Friends of Penclawdd we raised £219.41 and the children had a great time.
Friends of Penclawdd - Race Night on Friday 8th March 6pm
Friends of Penclawdd have organised a Race Night at Penclawdd Rugby Club.
This will be a fun evening. The racing tickets are available from school at £5 for an adult which includes pizza and chips. Child tickets are £3 which includes a hotdog and some sweets. All profits will be donated to our school.
Community Event
Please see below a poster relating to a Toddler & Baby event on Sunday 3rd March 2024 at the Community Centre.
Have a lovely weekend.
Mrs. L R-M
Headteacher
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 09 Feb 2024Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : February 2024 - Article 2- All children have rights
We’ve had lots of wonderful celebration events taking place this week.
A big well done to our Y5/6 boys and girls mixed netball team who attended the cluster tournament at Gowerton Comprehensive last week. We topped the leader board !! Well done all and Mrs Thomas for all the lunchtime training sessions.
Dydd Miwsig Cymru/Welsh Music Language Day celebrations commenced on Dydd Llun , Monday morning with our own private gig from Iestyn Gwyn Jones. It was incredible and the children absolutely loved it. Click here
All classes also took part in children’s mental health week and time to talk day. An array of activities has been going on. Some classes even developed their sign language! See here.
Safer Internet Day
Classes across the school have taken part in this key curriculum event , which we do every year. Our Digital Wizards led a very important whole school assembly.
Roz and Kirsty Photographers
Roz and Kirsty will be with us on Thursday 22nd February 2024 to take your child's photograph.
In order to comply with GDPR laws, and so that the photographers have your details to email you your child's photo, please can you complete the link below.
https://schools.rozandkirsty.co.uk/register/penclawdd?pin=5967
All consents must be completed by 20-02-2024
Please note - No consent, no photo.
Photographs will be taken of those who attend our school only.
NSPCC Number Day
Classes took part in this annual school event and had lots of fun exploring number bonds and numerical fluency - click here
Mr Miller has sent via Seesaw a form to be filled in , if you are interested in attending parent /carer workshops at school , to help your child with Maths. Please sign up ! This is a great opportunity from Gower College.
Christmas overnight trip
We have asked parents if they are interested in visiting Bath and staying overnight in Bristol weekend 30th November. At this moment we are just asking for interest. Further details are on the form link:
Children eat for free or reduced price over half term
...check with your local store/eatery to confirm they are participating 😃. See poster below for participating stores.
Dates for your diary:
Half Term - 12th - 16th February 2024
February 22nd - Individual photos by Roz & Kirsty
February 29th - Health Visitor for drop ins. (please pop in if your are interested)
March 1st - St David's Day (see poster)
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week is a reminder from last week
Tip 17 asks parents/carers to teach their children about good online behaviours and links to a guide from Kidscape.org- click here
Happy half term. Let’s hope we have some dry weather!
Mrs. L R-M
Headteacher
INSET days
2 tbc for Summer term
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Weekly HT Blog
Fri 02 Feb 2024Dear Parents/Carers,
Rights of the child : February 2024 - Article A -All children have rights
This week we celebrated our love of Literature by supporting National Story Telling week. It has been lovely to see staff sharing favourite stories with other classes - click here, children listening to a story up in the forest - click here and our oldest pupils reading stories to our youngest - click here
Rhythm and Rhyme
Our baby and toddlers had a great session this week. We enjoyed welcoming all the new children and their grown-ups. The sessions are held every Thursday 10.15am - 11.15am for anyone who wishes to join.
Community Kitchen
This week The Sharing Table taught our pupils and parents how to make a tasty and healthy version of a pot noodle ! It was a great hit and the children even used chopsticks ! Click here
After School and Lunch clubs
Feedback from the children is that they love the variety of clubs and especially at lunch time as they have a choice. Lunchtime film club is proving to be super popular.
Led by Mrs Thomas our lunchtime netball club players head to Gowerton comprehensive today for a cluster tournament. We hope they have a great time.
After school cooking for Y6 - click here
Lunch time sports club R-Y2 - click here
Free activities on a Saturday in Singleton ParkPlease see poster below for further information about some fun activities every Saturday between 17 February and 30 March.
Dates for your diary:
February 5th - Y6 to visit Gowerton Comprehensive to watch the Addams Family production
February 6th - Y4/5 to visit The Big Pit
February 9th - Dydd Miwsig Cymru/Welsh Music Language Day (see below)
February 9th - Golden time DISCO in the hall - FoP. (during school time)
Half Term - 12th - 16th February 2024
February 22nd - Individual photos by Roz & Kirsty
February 29th - Health Visitor for drop ins. (please pop in if your are interested)
Safer Internet Day
On Tuesday 6th February we will be joining schools and youth organisations across the UK in celebrating Safer Internet Day 2024. Safer Internet Day is a global campaign to promote the safe and responsible use of technology, which calls on young people, parents, carers, teachers, social workers, law enforcement, companies, policymakers and more, to help to create a better internet. This year the campaign will be focusing on change online, this includes covering:
• Young people’s perspective on new and emerging technology
• Using the internet to make change for the better
• The changes young people want to see online
• The things that can influence and change the way young people think, feel and act online and offline
Using the internet safely and positively is a key message that we promote in school and celebrating Safer Internet Day is a great opportunity for us to re-emphasise the online safety messages we deliver throughout the year.
We would be delighted if you could join us in celebrating the day by continuing the conversation at home. To help you with this, the UK Safer Internet Centre have created some free activities and information for parents and carers which are available at:
Whether you have 5 minutes to start a conversation or hours to spare, there are top tips, quizzes and films which you can use at home with your child.If you have any concerns or questions about keeping your child safe online, please do get in touch with your child’s class teacher or myself as our Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Swansea Council Keeping Safe Online – Tip of the week is a reminder from last week
Tip sixteen asks parents/carers to stay updated about the technology their children are using (particularly prevalent after Christmas when many will have had new internet enabled devices) and links to a guide from the Hwb team -- click here
Golden Time Disco
During Golden time on Friday 9th February, Friends of Penclawdd will be holding a disco in the school. Foundation phase 2.00pm - 2.30pm and KS2 2.30pm - 3pm. There will be drinks, hotdogs and sweets available for the children to buy.
Have a relaxing weekend.
Mrs. L R-M
Headteacher
INSET days
2 tbc for Summer term
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