Y Felin Wynt Mrs Bull

Week Beginning - 22nd April 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

We have had a busy fun filled week making our own kites and flying them in this lovely weather we've been having, The children have also enjoyed learning about things that float and sink and testing them out themselves. This week we will be learning about magnets and investigating which objects are magnetic. We will also be making our own cars using lego/duplo and exploring how we can get the car to move learning all about Forces.

Monday -  Dydd Llun

Homework to be completed on J2homework. 

Forest Walk - Pupils are going to take part in a litter picking walk to celebrate Earth Day.

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

New homework will be uploaded to J2Homework (Maths)

Friday - Dydd Gwener

PE - Pupils to wear PE kit to school please.

Diolch

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

See you all tomorrow

Mrs Bull and Team

Week Beginning -15th April 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

New homework will be uploaded to J2homework (Language)

Friday - Dydd Gwener

PE - Pupils to wear PE kit to school

Can you please make sure all your child's items of clothing are labelled and if you have accidently taken another child's item home could you please return it to school. Thank you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, See you all tomorrow

Diolch

Mrs Bull

Foundation Phase Film Night

Please see poster below for information

Week Beginning - 8th April 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

Monday - Dydd LLun

INSET DAY - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday - Dydd Mawrth

Pupils to return back to school. We are looking forward to welcoming you back after the Easter holidays. I hope you have all had a lovely break and have enjoyed spending time with your families. The Pre - Nursery pupils (Ladybirds) will now have a Sut wyt ti board which will be placed outside every morning alongside the cinio/brechdanau board (which is completed by the rest of the nursery pupils). Can you please encourage your child to find the correct photo and place it on the emotion picture. Thank you. The Nursery pupils will continue to do this in class. Diolch.

Friday - Dydd Gwener

PE - Pupils to wear their pe kit to school please.

I am looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday for our final term in Y Felin Wynt.

Diolch

Mrs Bull and Team.

Thank you all for coming to the Parents Evening/Mornings this week it was lovely to meet with you all and share your child's progress with you. We have had a wonderful term where the children have enjoyed learning about their new topic. We would like to wish you all a Happy Easter and we hope you enjoy spending time with your family. We are looking forward to seeing you all back in school to start the Summer Term on Tues 9th April.

Diolch

Mrs Bull and Team

Week Beginning 18th March 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

The book fair has arrived in school today and all the children have had an opportunity to see what books are available and have chosen one book for their wish list. The name of the book they have chose and the price will be written on a post-it note and will be sent home. If you would like to purchase the book please send the money in a sealed envelope with your child's name on between Monday and Thursday next week. This is based on a first come first served basis, so if the book your child has chosen has sold out, please let us know whether you are happy for your child to purchase a different book instead.

Diolch

Next week we are going to be doing lots of Easter Craft and making a Bunny using socks. Could you please bring in one plain sock for your child to take part in this task. The sock will be filled with rice and made into a bunny.

Can you please ensure that all your child's belongings are labelled as we have lots of jumpers/ cardigans in the box that have no names on. 

Monday - Dydd Llun

Forest School - Pupils to wear a warm coat.

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

New homework will be uploaded to J2Homework (Language)

Thursday - Dydd Iau 

What is World Down Syndrome Day?

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), 21 March, is a global awareness day that has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.

The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.

#WorldDownSyndromeDay

Why mark WDSD?

On this one day we have a chance to make a change. A better chance than any other day!

So, on 21 March we create a single global voice advocating for rights, inclusion, and well-being. Please join us in raising awareness of Down Syndrome by wearing either lots of socks or odd socks to school on this day! 

Friday - Dydd Gwener

 PE - Pupils to wear pe kit to school.

Open Evenings - Thank you to everyone who has booked an appointment for parents evening next week, if you haven't yet booked a time please log into the school cloud to book an appointment.

Any questions please ask. 

I hope everyone has a lovely weekend see you all on Monday

Diolch

Mrs Bull

Week Beginning 11th March 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

Monday - Dydd Llun

Homework to be completed on J2homework. 

Forest School - All pupils to wear a warm coat please.

All pupils will come home today with a personal QR code for you to access Seesaw. It will go live for all parents to view at 4pm.

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

Homework will be uploaded to J2homework. (Maths)

Friday - Dydd Gwener

PE - Pupils to wear pe kit to school please.

Open Evenings - Thank you to everyone who has booked an appointment for parents evening.

If you haven't yet booked a time please log on to school cloud to secure your time slot.

Any questions please feel free to ask me.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Diolch 

Mrs Bull and Team.

Week beginning 4th March 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

We have had another busy week in Y Felin Wynt taking part in our school Eisteddfod. The pupils Art work is now displayed on the hall window by our Nursery entrance if you would like to have a look. 

If you are giving your child grapes or an apple at snack time can you please ensure that it is cut appropriately we have had a few children this week that have struggled to eat their apples if they are uncut as we only have a short time to eat our snack. Grapes should always be cut length ways please.

If your child has taken any Nursery spare clothes home could you please return them back to school as we are running low.

Monday - Dydd Llun

Forest School - Please can you ensure your child has a warm, waterproof coat.

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

World Book Day - Pupils to come to school dressed as their Heroes. Please see poster below.

Homework will be set on j2homework (language). My apologies for the error with the week before last there was an issue where no one could access it but it is now resolved. 

Friday - Dydd Gwener

PE - Pupils to wear pe kit.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend see you all tomorrow.

Diolch

Mrs Bull and Team.

Week Beginning 26th February 2024

What is happening this week?

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

Monday - Dydd Llun

Homework to be completed by today on J2homework

PTA Coffee Morning and uniform swap (see poster below)

Forest School - Please can you ensure your child has a warm, waterproof coat.

Wednesday - Dydd Mercher

School St David's Day Eisteddfod. Pupils are to come to school dressed in their welsh costumes/welsh tops/jerseys.

New homework will be set on j2homework (maths)

PTA Colour Disco (see poster below)

Friday - Dydd Gwener

St David's Day photographs. Pupils are to come to school dressed in their Welsh costumes/welsh tops/jerseys.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend. See you all on Monday.

Diolch

Mrs Bull

World Book Day 2024

A special message from Curriculum Committee :

This year we will be celebrating World Book Day on Wednesday 6th March. The theme is 'Reading is my super power'. We would like you to dress up as your hero. Here are some suggestions of what this could be:

• Superheroes
• My hero in my family 
• Celebrity hero 
• Sporting heroes
• Hero from a story
• Hero from a film or TV programme 

Week Beginning 19th February 2024

Beth sy'n digwydd wythnos hon?

What is happening this week?

I hope you have all enjoyed your half term holidays and are looking forward to returning back to school on Monday. I am looking forward to hearing all your news and what you have been doing during your week off.

This week the children will be completing work in class in preparation for our Eisteddfod. As a class we will also be performing the song 'Mr Hapus' so will continue to practice this too.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Children will be going for a walk down the forest so can you please make sure your child has a pair of wellies in school and a waterproof/warm coat.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Homework will be uploaded to j2homework. Your child was given their own username and password to log into the Hwb on Friday to enable you to access this. Any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Homework will be uploaded every Wednesday to be completed by the following Monday. Diolch. (Pre Nursery children don't yet have a password.)

Dydd Gwener - Friday

PE - Children to wear pe kit to school please.

Enjoy the rest of your holidays and i look forward to seeing you all on Monday.

Week Beginning 5th February 2024

Beth sy'n digwydd wythnos hon?

What is happening this week?

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Safer Internet Day - Pupils will be completing activities in class.

Dydd Gwener - Friday

PE - Please can children wear their PE kit to school on this day.

We will also be busy practising our Mr Hapus song for the Eisteddfod and continuing to learn about the weather. The children particularly enjoyed making a cloud in the bottle last week and making it rain.

Next week will be Half Term (12th Feb) and pupils will return to school on the 19th Feb.

 If you have any questions regarding your child please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Mrs Bull

Week Beginning 29th January 2024

We would like to say a huge Well done to all the new Pre Nursery children who have recently joined us. They are all adapting well to school life and are enjoying being part of our Nursery class. They are all starting to become familiar with our class rules and have all settled really well.

Promoting Independence

We are working on independence with your children in the class. Please could you help support us by allowing your child to complete as many of the following at home regularly:

1. Putting on their coat

2. Packing their drinks bottle and snack box

3. Putting their rubbish in the bin

4. Cleaning up their toys after they have finished playing with them.

5. Dressing themselves

Friday/Dydd Gwener - 

PE -  Pupils to wear PE kit to school. This should include navy/black tracksuit bottoms/leggings, plain white t-shirt, a navy/black jumper and trainers.

If your child has not brought wellies to school yet, please can these be brought in as after half term the pupils will be taking part in Forest activities every Tuesday and will need their wellies.

Diolch

Mrs Bull 

Week Beginning 22nd January 2024

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon?

What's going on this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday - Can you please return the See saw permission slips if you haven't yet done so and the All about me profiles. Once all the forms are returned you will be able to view all the photos of your child and will see what they have been doing so far during their time in the class. Diolch.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday -  PE 

We have had another great week in class learning about the weather, going on a weather walk and helping Tedi Twt to choose what to wear everyday. This week we will be encouraging the children to use the Sut wyt ti board where they will find their photo and put it on the appropriate emotion every morning when they come into the classroom.

We have also started to learn our sounds this week using the RWI scheme. 

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to come and speak to me.

Diolch

Mrs Bull 

Week Beginning 15th January 2024

What a great week back in school we all had last week, all the children were happy to be back in class and our new Pre Nursery pupils were amazing. They all enjoyed exploring the class room and getting to know one another and learning our class rules. 

We spend quite a lot of time outside so could you please ensure that your child has a warm coat to wear. 

Promoting Independence - Can you please encourage your child to learn to put their coats on and zip them up independently and if they choose to wear gloves/mittens that they are able to put these on independently too. We will also encourage this in school as much as possible.

Seesaw - Pre Nursery pupils can you pls return the seesaw permission slips asap if you haven't already done so. 

Beth sy'n digwydd wythnos hon?

What  is going on this week?

Dydd Llun / Monday 

Mrs Bull teaching

All pupils will be given a blank 'All About Me' profile to complete with your support. Please complete the sheet together and return to your class teacher.

Dydd Mawrth /Tuesday

Mrs Bull teaching

Dydd Mercher / Wednesday

Mrs Bull teaching

Dydd Iau / Thursday

Mrs Bull teaching

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

PE - Please ensure your child is wearing plain navy/black joggers or leggings, with a white t-shirt and navy/black jumper with trainers on this day.

Diolch

Mrs Bull and Team

Week beginning 8th of January 2024

 Welcome back Y Felin Wynt

Wishing you all a happy New Year

 I hope you have all had a lovely Christmas break and would like to wish you all a Happy New Year. 

I hope you are all looking forward to coming back to school on Tuesday. We have an exciting first week back welcoming our new Pre School pupils who will be joining us. This is the beginning of a new journey filled with new friendships and adventures and we will be having lots of fun together.

I am looking forward to seeing you all and welcoming you all back especially our new friends.

(Pre Nursery)

Our Topic this term is going to be Science and Technology and we have lots of fun activities planned for you to do but this week are going to be focusing on settling you back and getting to know each other. We will be doing lots of circle time, telling Christmas news and playing team building games.

The Staff in Y Felin Wynt will be Mrs Bull, Miss Binding and Miss Brown.

 Pre - Nursery Information:

Drop off and pick up times :

 All pupils will be dropped off and picked up at the main Nursery door which is situated opposite the main reception/office door.

Drop off - 8.50am

Pick up - 12.00pm

Dropping your child off during the first few weeks will be very busy and emotional. We would highly appreciate if you could drop off your child and leave promptly. We expect some tears however, from many years of experience, we find it allows us to settle the children much faster.

If your child is extremely unsettled, we will always contact you so please don't panic.

Snack :

Please can your child bring to school their own healthy snack to school. Please can it be labelled clearly and placed in a container or bag to prevent other children touching it directly. Even if it is a banana, it will need to be put into sealed food bag with a name on it.

Outside the classroom there will be a labelled snack/drinks box can you please put your items in the correct box every morning.

Pre Nursery pupils will all be in the Ladybirds group.

Spare Clothes & Wellies 

Please can your child bring in a spare set of clothes and a pair of wellies which will stay in school.

Please can you make sure all items of clothing are labelled including the wellies and they can be left on their peg.

Permission Letters

Please can you ensure that the contact information and permission slips are returned to the school office as soon as possible.

Nursery - The pupils who are in the Butterflies group will no longer be putting their snacks in the box. Can they please keep them in their bags and will take them out and put them on the trolley once they've entered the class. 

Caterpillars - Can still continue to put their snacks and water bottles in the appropriate boxes.

PE will be every Friday. Please ensure your child is wearing plain navy/black joggers or leggings with a white t-shirt and a navy/black jumper with trainers.

Communication - Every weekend, we will update our class page with any information regarding the following week along with any updates and pictures of your child learning and playing. Please check it weekly so you don't miss out on important information .I will be at the door during morning drop - off and pick up so please don't hesitate to speak to us if you have any questions or call the office on 01443 237834

Diolch - Mrs Bull and Team

Well, we have made it to the end of the first term!  We want to thank you for all the lovely cards and gifts we have received this week, you are all so kind.  We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, enjoy family time and we look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday, the 9th of January.

Nadolig llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Mrs Farrell, Mrs Black, Mrs Bull and Miss Binding

Reminder - Reception children we will be moving over to Y Garth web page in January.

Wythnos 16 - Week 16 (Week beginning 18th of December)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We hoped that you enjoyed our Nativity last week, the children worked so hard, we are so proud of them all.

We can't believe that this term has gone by so quickly! And with the news of the classes changing, this has been the first and last term that we will be spending with the Nursery children. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them all, seeing their personalities developing, growing in confidence and making new friends. We will be excited to hear all about the rest of their time in Nursery as we hand them over into Mrs Bull's very capable hands. A big thank you to you all for all your support this term.

WEBPAGE CHANGES - 

Nursery Parents - you will still follow this webpage and Mrs Bull will now keep you updated moving forward.

Reception Parents - from January we will have a new webpage for the newly merged Reception class 'Y Garth'. You will find a new link on the 'Class Pages'. 

We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a healthy and happy new year. Enjoy spending time with your families and (after this week!) we will see you all in January. (Please remember the first day back is an INSET day and children return on the Tuesday.)

Nadolig Llawen,

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Reception reading books coming home today - you can keep these until after Christmas holiday.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Reception children will be joining the other FP classes for a Christmas Party in the afternoon. They can wear Christmas party clothes to school.

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

Nursery children will be having their Christmas Party today. They can wear Christmas party clothes to school.

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Last day of the term - Nadolig Llawen!

Wythnos 15 - Week 15 (Week beginning 11th of December)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

CHRISTMAS CONCERT - We had a fantastic dress rehearsal last week and the children are so excited to show you all their hard work. Monday's performance is at 2pm and Thursday's performance is 9:30am. Please remember to bring your tickets with you. As Monday's performance is in the afternoon, we are happy for you to collect your children straight after it has finished. Please wait by your usual door and when we have helped the children to change back in to their uniform, we will start to send them out to you.

SCHOOL TRIP - Our school trip is TUESDAY. Children will need to bring a packed lunch as we won't be back in school in time for school lunch. Please ensure the children have weather appropriate clothing for the day.

RECEPTION HOME LEARNING - Maths home learning was uploaded last Wednesday, please ensure that you practise this skill with your child.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Nativity performance - 2pm. You are welcome to take your child home after it has finished.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

School trip - please bring  packed lunch and suitable coat.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Black teaching

No more home learning until the new term, but please continue to revisit last week's skill until they are confident.

Welsh Whisperer visit - Visitor to classes which will concentrate on singing in Welsh. Reception children will be joining with the other Reception children for this.

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

Nativity performance - 9:30am

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! Please ensure that you comment on your child's reading at home in the reading diary.

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Christmas dinner today - please wear a Christmas jumper today.

Reception reading bags sent home

No PE kit needed this week due to class performances.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 14 - Week 14 (Week beginning 4th of December)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

CHRISTMAS CONCERT TICKETS - We have lots of spare tickets for our performances, so if anyone would like to order more, then please send money in to school in a labelled envelope stating your child’s name and which days you would like, tickets are £2 each. 

CHRISTMAS COSTUMES - Our dress rehearsal for the other classes is on Wednesday, so please can all costumes be sent in tomorrow? Please label the bag AND ALL parts of the costume. Reminder - some nursery children have been asked to wear Nativity costumes, they have had letters, all other children need a Christmas jumper. All costumes/Christmas jumpers will be kept in school until our last performance next Thursday.
 

Christmas Role Play Area - Thank you to everyone who has sent in things for our Christmas role play. We still need Christmas wrapping paper, labels and cards if anyone finds any when getting your decorations out! Also, any small boxes that you might recycle eg toothpaste boxes, coffee sachet boxes, Paxo boxes etc would make great boxes to to wrap up as 'presents'. Diolch.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

All costumes to be sent in today.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

No Forest School activities for the rest of this term due to Christmas rehearsals.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

New Reception home learning uploaded to Hwb. (last one for this term, apologies for not uploading any last week)

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Farrell teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! Please ensure that you comment on your child's reading at home in the reading diary.

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

No PE kit needed this week due to class dress rehearsals.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 13 - Week 13 (Week beginning 27th of November)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We have another very busy week ahead of us. Lots of important information below:

FOUNDATION PHASE TRIP - Diolch to everyone who put their name forward to help on our trip. Staff will meet this week to check the numbers and I will get back to you asap at some point this week.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT TICKETS - Everyone has now had the opportunity to order their tickets. All tickets will be given out tomorrow. 
We have lots of spare tickets for our performances, so if anyone would like to order more, then please send money in to school in a labelled envelope stating your child’s name and which days you would like, tickets are £2 each. 

CHRISTMAS COSTUMES - Just a reminder, after some confusion last week: all Reception children and the children who started with us last January have lines to learn and need to wear a Christmas jumper. All Nursery children who started in September need a Nativity costume and have had a letter to state which one. Any confusion, please speak to one of us at the door.
When you send them in, please label both the costume and the bag. Thank you.  
 

Christmas Role Play Area - We are starting to make a Christmas role play area in class. If you have anything that would help us to develop it, then please send it in! For example, any Christmas wrapping paper, spare Christmas cards, envelopes, bows, small boxes that could be wrapped, gift tags etc Thank you. 

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Christmas concert tickets to be sent out today.

Please send in money for any extra tickets required. 

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

No Forest School activities for the rest of this term due to Christmas rehearsals.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

New Reception home learning uploaded to Hwb.

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Farrell teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

CHRISTMAS FAYRE- please support our Christmas Fayre after school today. The PTA sell tokens that the children can use in the Fayre rather than cash. Please see the poster below:

Diolch

Mrs Black and Mrs Farrell

PTA School Lottery

Click for more lottery information

Wythnos 12- Week 12 (Week beginning 20th of November)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We have another very busy week ahead of us. Lots of important information below:

FOUNDATION PHASE TRIP - On Tuesday 12th December, all of Foundation Phase (Yrs N-2) are going to visit Father Christmas at Collier's Farm. As a class, we will need lots of helpers for this day. If you are able to help, please let us know by the end of this week as risk assessments need to be completed. If we have more names than we need then we will pull names out of a hat to make it fair for everyone. Packed lunch will be needed for this day.  Permission slips and more information will follow shortly.

CHRISTMAS CONCERT - A link to the order form for tickets was sent out via text last week. Our concerts will take place on Monday 11th December at 2pm and Thursday 14th December at 9.30am. Please order your tickets via the form and then send the money in a labelled envelope. Tickets will be sent out at the beginning of next week. 

Here is the link: Nursery and Reception Christmas Concert (office.com)

CHRISTMAS COSTUMES - Reception children and the Nursery children who were with us last year have already received their letter concerning their costumes for the concert. The Nursery children who started with us in September will receive their costume letters tomorrow. We do have a small selection of Nativity costumes in school. If you have any issues getting hold of what you need, please get in touch with us and we will see if we can help.

HAPPINESS PARTY - This term we have concentrated our Expressive Arts topic on different emotions and what makes us happy. This week we will complete our topic by sharing what we have learned with each other by holding a happiness party this THURSDAY. On Thursday, children are able to come to school dressed in party clothes and are able to bring an extra 'party' snack to eat during our party.  We would like everyone to tell a joke in the party, so please practise a joke that your child can remember and say out loud in a big voice to their friends.

Thank you all for your co-operation. 

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Reception home learning to be completed and uploaded to HWB

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

No Forest School activities for the rest of this term due to Christmas rehearsals.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

New Reception home learning uploaded to Hwb.

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Farrell teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

HAPPINESS PARTY - wear party clothes to school, bring an extra 'party' snack and learn a joke to share with your friends.

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

Diolch

Mrs Black and Mrs Farrell

Wythnos 11- Week 11 (Week beginning 13th of November)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We have a very busy week ahead of us. This week is Antibullying week. Everyone in school is going to wear odd socks on Monday to celebrate that everyone is different and then we will be completing some antibullying activities in class later in the week with a special Jigsaw session.

Friday is Children in Need. Please see the information posted by our School Council underneath this post.

We are also starting our Christmas concert practise this week, get ready to hear some very catchy Christmas songs from your children over the next few weeks! They are stuck in my head already! As soon as we know what costumes the children will need, we will be in touch to give you as much time as possible.

Thank you all for your co-operation. 

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Please wear odd socks to school today to celebrate our differences and mark the beginning of Antibullying Week.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception pupils to complete their homework

Reception homework will be uploaded to HWB

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Farrell teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

Children in Need - please see information below. If your child would like to take part in any paid activities, please send some loose change in a wallet labelled with their names - diolch.

Diolch

Mrs Black and Mrs Farrell

When? Friday 17th November 2023

What to Wear? Bright colours, spots or PJs

Donation? 50p for non-uniform

What's Happening? There will be a range of activities run by Super Ambassadors and The Rights Rangers for the children to enjoy in the school hall throughout the day.

Activities? 

* Pin the bandana on Pudsey (free)

* Colouring station (free)

* Nail Art station (20p donation)

* Glitter Tattoo station (20p donation)

* Decorate a cupcake station (50p donation)

* Decorate a biscuit station (20p donation)

* How Many Sweets in The Jar? (20p donation)

* Name the Teddy (20p donation)

* Find Pudsey Games (free)

Wythnos 10- Week 10 (Week beginning 6th of November)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We hope you have all had a lovely half term, despite the weather being awful. We are sure that you all enjoyed lots of activities and days out.  We look forward to hearing all about it tomorrow.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Return to school

Reception pupils to complete their homework 

Mrs Farrell teaching

Coffee afternoon and Mental Health Drop in support session.  Does your child suffer with worries or anxieties?  We are holding an informal information session in conjunction with CAHMS in the school hall at 2.15pm.  Please come along if you feel that this would benefit your child.  We look forward to seeing you.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs  Farrell teaching

Reception Language homework will be uploaded to HWB

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

Thank you to everyone who attended the parents evenings during the last week before half term.  It was lovely to see so many of you, and discuss how your child has settled in this year. Thank you for all the lovely and positive feedback.

Diolch

Mrs Black and Mrs Farrell

Wythnos 8- Week 8 (Week beginning 23rd of October)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

Dydd Llun - Monday

Reception pupils to complete their homework 

Mrs Farrell teaching

Parents Evening 1 - If you haven't booked your appointment already, please can we ask that you book ASAP.  

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Parents Evening 2

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

For this week only - PE kit to be worn for Forest Wednesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Black teaching

Reception Maths homework will be uploaded to HWB

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

Harvest Assembly

Diolch

Mrs Farrell & Mrs Black

Wythnos 7 - Week 7 (Week beginning 16th of October)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

Dydd Llun - Monday

Reception pupils to complete their homework 

Mrs Farrell teaching

Book Fair in school

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Farrell teaching

Book Fair in school

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Reception Language homework will be uploaded to HWB

Book Fair in school

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today! 

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Reception reading bags sent home

PE kit to be worn to school

This week the time slots will be opened for you to book a 10 minute time slot for Parents Evening on Monday 23rd or Tuesday 24th of October.  More information will be sent out shortly on how to book.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 6 - Week 6 (Week beginning 9th of October)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

 Dydd Llun - Monday

Reception pupils to return their homework bags

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

School photographs

Mrs Black teaching

Reception homework will be uploaded to HWB

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

All Reception pupils to return reading bags today!

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Shwmae Day - All pupils to wear Welsh top/colours into school and bring an extra snack (Welsh themed if possible) for a Snac a Sgwrs session. We will be spending the afternoon speaking Welsh and learning some Welsh songs.  As this is our PE day, please wear tracksuit bottoms/leggings to school with your Welsh top. 

COMING SOON

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 5 - Week 5 (Week beginning 2nd of October)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

 Dydd Llun - Monday

INSET DAY - No school for pupils

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Iau - Thursday

FOR THIS WEEK ONLY - Pupils to wear PE kit to school.  This should include navy/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms, plain white t-shirt, a navy school jumper/black jumper and trainers.

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Macmillan Coffee Morning - please come and join us in the school hall at 9 am.  Any shop bought cakes as donations would be greatly achieved.

Flu nasal spray for pupils.  Nursery pupils MUST have an adult with them for their nasal spray.  The Health Visitor will set up in the Nursery class, and you will be invited in with your child at 8.50 am.  Please can we ask that you leave as soon  as your child has had their spray.

See you all on Tuesday

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Some Photos

Whilst Reception children were doing their RWInc sessions, Nursery worked on their fine motor carousels. We traced patterns, built towers, made shapes in the sand with our pointing fingers and made faces from loose parts. 

We all managed to get down to the forest in between showers. We had great fun looking in all the bug houses and running in and out of the trees. We were very excited to see a worm!!

Wythnos 4 - Week 4 (Week beginning 25th of September)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

 Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Pupils to wear PE kit to school.  This should include navy/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms, plain white t-shirt, a navy school jumper/black jumper and trainers.

Macmillan Coffee Morning - please come and join us in the school hall.  Further details to follow.

Promoting Independence

We are working on independence with your children in class.  Please could you help support us by allowing your child to complete as many of the following at home regularly:

1.  Putting on their coat

2. Packing their drinks bottle and snack box

3. Putting their rubbish in the bin

4.  Cleaning up their toys after they have finished playing with them.

5. Dressing themselves

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 3 - Week 3 (Week beginning 18th of September)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

 New Nursery Pupils

We would like to say a huge Well Done to all the new Nursery children who joined us in September.  You completed your first full week last week and we could see a huge difference from the first week.  When your child left on Friday, parents/grandparents/carers were told what time to collect their child for this coming week.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Each child to have a pair of wellies in school by today.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

PE kit to be worn for Forest Tuesday.  Please ensure your child brings a waterproof coat to school with them on this day.

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Pupils to wear PE kit to school.  This should include navy/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms, plain white t-shirt, a navy school jumper/black jumper and trainers.

If your child has not brought wellies to school yet, please can these be brought tomorrow in readiness for Forest School on Tuesday.  

Snack - Please can we ask that your child's snack be brought to school in a labelled bag or snack box,  rather than a packed lunch box.  Your child only needs 1 or 2 small items as they only have 15 minutes to eat their snack.

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff on the door.

The class Newsletter will be uploaded shortly.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Wythnos 2 - Week 2 (Week beginning 11th of September)

Beth sy'n digwydd yr wythnos hon? What's happening this week?

We just want to say a HUGE well done to all the pupils this week.  Whether your child is new to Penygawsi or returning from last year, each and every one of them has settled so well and has enjoyed their first three days in Y Felin Wynt.  Once we have all the permission forms back we will start sharing some photos here and on SeeSaw.  

New Nursery Pupils

The new Nursery pupils will be staying in school until 1pm this week.  They are invited to either have school dinners or you can provide a packed lunch.  We try to encourage our pupils to have school dinners, as this also supports them in trying new foods and learning to use cutlery.  However, until the term after your child's fourth birthday, there will be a charge for school dinners.  When your child left class on Friday, all parents/grandparents were given a letter with a code to pay for the dinners on the RCT website.  If you have any problems, please see Mrs Cox in the office on Monday morning and she will be able to assist you.  If your child does decide to have packed lunch, please ensure that you do not provide any nuts or food including nuts (such as Nutella) as we do have children in the school who are severely allergic to them.  Your child will also need their daily healthy snack and a refillable water bottle.

Dydd Llun - Monday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Please bring 3 photos to school in a clearly labelled envelope showing 3 different activities that your child took part in over the Summer holidays e.g. holiday, trip to the beach, visiting family members, playing in the park, visiting a farm/zoo etc.  We will return the photos once we have completed our task.

Dydd Mawrth - Tuesday

Mrs Farrell teaching

Dydd Mercher - Wednesday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Iau - Thursday

Mrs Black teaching

Dydd Gwener - Friday

Mrs Black teaching

Pupils to wear PE kit to school.  This should include navy/black shorts or tracksuit bottoms, plain white t-shirt, a navy school jumper/black jumper and trainers.

If your child has not brought wellies to school yet, please can these be brought in next week.  As from week beginning the 18th of September, the pupils will be taking part in Forest activities every Tuesday and will need their wellies.

The weather has been incredibly hot for September.  If it continues next week, please ensure that your child is wearing sun cream to school and brings a hat to wear outdoors.

If you have any questions, please speak to a member of staff on the door.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mrs Farrell and Mrs Black

Welcome to Y Felin Wynt (Nursery and Reception)

Welcome! We hope you all had a lovely summer holiday and are looking forward to coming back to school tomorrow and an even bigger welcome to our new starters, this is the beginning of a very exciting journey. We are so excited to welcome you all and cannot wait for you all to meet one another. This year will be filled with new friendships, going on adventures, and having lots of fun! Our classroom is a fun, engaging, safe and comfortable place for your child and we strive to give your child the best start on their learning journey!

Communication

Every weekend, we will update our class page with any information regarding the following week along with any updates and pictures of your child learning and playing. Please check it weekly so you don’t miss out on important information. We will be at the door during morning drop-off and pick up so please don’t hesitate to speak to us if you have any questions.

Drop off and Pick up

Nursery children should be dropped off and picked up at the main Nursery door (opposite the main entrance).  The door will open at 8.50am in the morning and 3.15 in the afternoon.

Reception children will enter through the Foundation Phase Yard. They are dropped off at the gate where Foundation Phase staff member will be. There will be a member of staff waiting at our class door to greet them in the morning.  Please collect your child from the first door on the Foundation Phase yard (old reception class) at 3.30pm.

Staff

Mrs Farrell – Class Teacher (beginning of the week)

Mrs Black – Class Teacher (end of the week)

Mrs Bull- Teaching Assistant

Miss Binding- Teaching Assistant

Snack

Please can your child bring their own healthy snack to school. Please can it be clearly labelled and placed in a container or bag, to prevent other children touching it directly. Even if the snack is a banana, it will need to be put into a sealed food bag with a name on it. Before the children eat their snacks, they will wash their hands ready to collect them and eat them at a table.  Outside the classroom, there will be a labelled snack box and a water bottle box. Before the children enter the class please place your items in the correct box. If your child was in school last year, please place it in the ‘Butterfly’ box.  If your child is a new nursery, please place it in the ‘Caterpillar’ box.  Reception children will have a shelf to place their drinks and snacks on as they enter the classroom.  If your child is having grapes as a snack, please ensure that all grapes are cut vertically in half.

The children will also be offered milk during snack time. If you do not want your child to drink this, please can you specify at the door.

Spare clothes & Wellies

Please can your child bring in a spare set of clothes and a pair of wellies. These can be left on their peg. Please can you make sure all items of clothing and the wellies are clearly labelled.

Times

Full time Nursery Reception –

 Drop off between 8.50am - 9.00am
Pick up 3.15pm

New starters- (All week) Drop off between 8.50am - 9.00am
Pick up-11.00am

Reception - Drop off between 8.50am - 9.00am
Pick up 3.30pm

Dropping your child off during the first few weeks will be very busy and emotional. We would highly appreciate it if you could drop off your child and leave promptly. We expect some tears, however, from many years of experience, we find it allows us to settle the children much faster.

If your child is extremely unsettled, we will always contact you so please don’t panic!

Reception Pupils

Reception pupils will register as a group daily and will have an opportunity to choose what they would like to eat from the menu below.  Please discuss with your child before they come to school in the morning what they would like to have.  This week we start on week 1.   The pupils will join the other Foundation Phase pupils in Read Write Inc (phonics programme) 4 times a week.  They will also play on the Foundation Phase yard at break and lunch with children of the same age.  During class time, all children within the class will access all areas of provision and will be taught at their level.

Permission Letters
Please can you ensure that the contact information and permission slips are returned to the school office as soon as possible?

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to speak to us or call the office on 01443 237834.

Diolch

Mrs Farrell & Mrs Black

Myself, Mrs Bull, Mr Woolston and Miss Malia cannot thank you all enough for all of our special gifts, vouchers and cards. We have all been truly spoilt. Thank you for all of your support this year, it has been a pleasure getting to know you all and to teach your children and watch them grow. We wish you all the best in your new class in September. We hope you have a lovely Summer Holidays and stay safe.

I would like to say a huge thank you for all your kind messages and gifts for the baby also. The children are desperate to find out if it is a boy or girl but I am sure you will all hear in September.

We would all like to wish Mr Woolston all the best in his next adventure and a massive thank you from all of us in Nursery for all your help and support this year!!

Diolch

Miss Vowles 😊

Week Beginning 17/7/23

Our last week together!! I am so proud of each and every one of you, You have all tried so hard and have grown into wonderful pupils, I canot believe it’s the end so this week we will be celebrating what a fantastic year we have had together😊

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE Kits to be worn

- Forest Friday

- Last day of term

Our Bug Hotels
We had so much fun researching, designing and creating our mini beast hotels. This week we will be going back down to see if any bugs have moved in yet.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 10/7/23

What’s happening this week

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Transition Morning

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
- PE (Please wear PE to school)

-Forest Friday 

Reports and classes for next year - Mr Davies will update the school Blog with this information.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 3/7/23 

What’s happening this week 

This week we will be going down to the forest to build our bug hotels, please can your child wear old/comfortable clothes to school on their set day. Slips were sent home stating what day will be their turn. Please can you ensure they have a spare set of clothes in their bag in case they get wet or too muddy. We are still looking for more materials for our bug houses if they can be sent in ASAP. Thank you to those that have brought in materials already.  

• Kitchen roll holders 

• Cardboard 

• Pinecones 

• Bits of bark 

• Dry leaves 

• Newspaper 

• Straw 

• Old logs 

• Soil  

• Wood chip 

• Hollow bamboo canes 

• Whatever else you think will fit😊 

Dydd Llun/Monday  

• 1st group to go down the forest. 
  Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday 

• 2nd group to go down the forest. 

Dydd Gwener/ Friday  
-No PE. 

-3rd group to go down the forest. 

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch 

Miss Vowles😊 

Week Beginning 26/6/23

What’s happening this week

This week we are starting to plan our Bug Hotels; Please can your child bring in any materials you have from the list below:

• Kitchen roll holders
• Cardboard
• Pinecones
• Bits of bark
• Dry leaves
• Newspaper
• Straw
• Old logs
• Soil
• Wood chip
• Hollow bamboo canes
• Whatever else you think will fit😊

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

• Well-being Wednesday.
• New Fred game set on J2E.  
• We are going to be making Mini Wormeries, please can your child bring an empty clean plastic 2L bottle to school.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-No PE

• Summer School Fayre - Non-Uniform Day in return for a donation for the raffle/tombola prizes. (Children to be picked up at 3.30pm)

Sports Day!!

Wow, what can I say you were all amazing and had your listening ears on, to think we only practiced a handful of times and you all knew exactly what to do. Da iawn Nursery! I am very proud of you all for being little super stars.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 19/6/23

What’s happening this week

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

• Sports Day
• Children to wear P.E kit to school (there is no house colours for Nursery, just P.E kit)
• We will be taking the bus to Llantrisant Leisure Centre, we do have enough staff for bus ratios so no volunteers will be required.
• Sports day will be between 9.30-11.30. Please ensure your child is in school on time that day as we will be taking the register and leaving straight away. We will only be there for the morning so no packed lunch is required. Lunch will be at school. Your child will need a water bottle.
• 2 adults are permitted to watch the children during the sports day event which will be run by Coach Liam (Fit 4 Fun)
• We hope to see you there.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-No PE

-Forest Friday

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Our School Trip To Cefn Mably Farm 

The children behaved brilliantly on our school trip, they used their listening ears and followed all of our rules and instructions. We are very proud of them all and the main thing all the children had a blast!

Week Beginning 12/6/23

What’s happening this week

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

• Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
- NO PE TODAY

-SCHOOL TRIP
Please can you ensure your child comes to school wearing uniform, suitable shoes (no open toes) Sun cream and a hat. Can you also make sure your child has a packed lunch and water bottle in a rucksack as this is easier for them to carry. 

We have enough parent helper's for the trip thank you.

SPORT'S DAY 

A Reminder that sports day is being held on Wednesday 21st June at Llantrisant Leisure Centre.

Children must come to school to register and will be taken to the Leisure Centre by school staff.

We have organised a bus for our younger pupils.

The Foundation Phase (Class1, 2,3 and 4) will have their sports events between 09:30 and 11:30 and will return to school for lunch.

Our Fit for Fun teacher Liam, is organizing all the events and will be leading on the day.  He always ensures that there is a mix of general participation events and competitive events to involve all pupils.  

We ask that you don't ask your children to come and see you during the sports day as we will need to keep a constant check on their whereabouts.  Thank you for your understanding.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Cefn Mably Nursery School Trip

This year’s Nursery trip will be at Cefn Mably Farm and will take place on Friday 16^th June 2023.

We will be leaving Nursery at 9:15 am and returning to school by 2.30pm.

The PTA are contributing towards this trip to help keep the cost of the trip down, however we kindly ask for a voluntary contribution of £6.50 towards the cost of the trip.  This can be made online- here is the link

https://shorturl.at/fgvUZ

Please contact the office if you have any questions or problems regarding the payment, which will be dealt with confidentially.

The children will have the opportunity feed the animals, have a train ride and play in the soft play area. Every child will need to bring their own packed lunch and a drink. Your child must wear uniform and depending on the weather, sun cream, hat etc

If you would like your child to attend this trip, please complete the permission slip and make the payment online by Monday 12^th June.

We are looking for 4 Parent helpers, please can you let me know if your available by Friday 9^th June.

Many Thanks

Miss Vowles

Week Beginning 5/6/23

I hope you all had a lovely week off enjoying the beautiful weather! I cannot believe we only have half a term left together! We have so many fun activities and experiences planned and will get you prepped ready for September.

As we have been focusing on our school as a topic the children have come up with an idea to create bug hotel's to be built down the forest as we have disturbed their homes as Bob is building us the new school so we would like to do something back for them. Keep an eye out over the next couple of weeks as we may need some natural materials to be brought in please:) 

What’s happening this week

Dydd Llun/ Monday

• Back to school

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

• Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-PE- PE kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Sun cream

Please ensure you apply suncream to your child before coming to school and they have a water bottle and hat in school.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 22/5/23

What’s happening this week

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-PE- PE kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Sun cream

As the sun is starting to make an appearance we need to think about sun protection. Please can you apply 'all day' protection sun cream on your child before they arrive to school. If further application is needed, we can reapply using the sun creams provided in the school. Please can you fill in the online permission form for your consent. Please also ensure they have a hat and water bottle in school.

Here is the link.
https://forms.office.com/e/MLzPffHtvg

Jumpers!

There are lots of jumpers/cardigans left in our jumper box with no name, please can you check if they are your child’s and take them, if they have not been collected by Friday 26^th we will move them to our spare clothes box.  

Polite reminder please can you not allow your child to bring teddies, toys, or fidgets to school in their bags or coat pockets as we have had lots of upset children and disagreements over them and I am worried they will get lost or broken.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 15/5/23

What’s happening this week?
Dydd Llun/ Monday
-All about me sheet’s due back in (New Starters)

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-PE- PE kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Pori Drwy Stori

Dear Parent / Carer Your child is taking part in the Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme. The aim of the programme is to develop your child’s speaking and listening skills and to give you the opportunity to be more involved in your child’s learning. The first part of the programme was ‘It’s time to rhyme’. The second part of the programme is ‘Book Talk’ Sharing books with your child is a great way to develop language skills, build confidence and to spend special time with your child. Reading with your child for just ten minutes a day can make a real difference as they start school. Your child will receive one picture book for you to share together. They will also receive some Book Talk activities and a question card to help you talk about the book with your child, and some fun challenges to complete at home. Cuddling up and reading quietly together is great. But reading doesn’t always have to be quiet! Talking about the books you read can really help your child with their speaking and listening skills. It will also help their reading and writing skills when they start school. On the Pori Drwy Stori website you will find information and support to help you share the book with your child

We will send the new packs home on Monday for you to explore.

Polite Notice

Please can you ensure that all your child’s belongings are clearly labelled.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 8/5/23

Take a look on Twitter to see what we got up to celebrate the Coronation! We had so much fun.

Beth sy’n digwydd y wythnos hon ?  What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday

-Bank Holiday
Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday

-Pupils back to school.

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
-New Fred Game Uploaded

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-PE

-Forest Friday 

New starters

We had such a busy week with it being the children’s first full days! They all tried so hard. We will send out the All about me profiles this week and please could we have them back in next Monday.

A polite request

The Foundation phase department are in need of spare pants, socks, knickers, trousers and dresses incase they need changing at school. We’re hoping to have a variety of sizes to cover the Early years classes

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 1/5/23

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday

-Bank Holiday
Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday

-Pupils back to school.

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
-New Fred Game Uploaded

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-NO PE

Kings Coronation celebrations - Pupils can wear red, white and blue coloured clothing to school today for our celebrations. In the morning we will be visiting all the Foundation Phase classrooms and taking part in a range of themed activities. We will be holding a whole school picnic in the afternoon so pupils can bring a picnic plate for this. Please ensure these are clearly labelled with their name and do not include any items that need refrigerating.

If anyone has any picnic blankets at home that they wouldn't mind us lending for the picnic, please could you send them in with your child for us to use on Friday.

New Starters

This week we will be following the rest of the school with their times, as it is going to be their first full week at Nursery!

Every child will attend Nursery for the full day to begin with however, if we do not think they are ready we will call you to decide on a shorter day with times.

All about me Profile

This week your child will given a blank ‘All about me profile’ to complete with your support.  Please complete the sheet together (parents to scribe for younger children) and return the sheet to your class teacher.

All About Me Profiles

We believe that all about me profiles are the foundation of personalisation, and can lead to positive change for people, whatever their age or circumstances. They provide us with an at-a-glance way of knowing what really matters to our pupils, that can be taken with them as they move through the school and may come into contact with other teachers or services.

What is an All About Me Profile?

A All About Me Profile captures all the important information about a child on a single sheet of paper under three simple headings: what people appreciate about me, what’s important to me and how best to support me.

How can they help us to support your child better?

All About Me Profiles are deceptively simple, and in this simplicity lies their strength. They help us to support people better by:

·         Helping us build better relationships by truly understanding what really matters to the child in their life and the way they are supported.

·         Providing a record that can move with the child as they transition from class to class or use with outside agencies that may need to work with your child.

·         Being regularly updated to reflect people’s changing circumstances and aspirations

·         When children have All About Me Profiles, the class teacher feels like they get to know the child at a deeper level.

·         All staff working with your child will have a better understanding of their needs and how they can be supported.

What to do next?

·         Please complete the profile with your child.  Younger children will need you to scribe.

·         In the box “How I want to be supported”, please record how you would support your child at home with any additional needs e.g. if your child is colour blind you may write “please refrain from using red pen on the board as I am unable to see it.”

·         Your child’s class teacher will be adding to this box over the next few weeks too.

Please return by Wednesday Tuesday 9^th May .

Polite notice- Please ensure you leave a spare set of clothing in school in case of any accidents/messy play as we have limited spares.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Enjoy the sunny bank holiday,  see you tomorrow!

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 24/3/23

It was lovely speaking to you all during Parent's Evening, it is so nice to hear that your children come home talking about school and are just as happy as we see them.

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

Rights Morning

-Well being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-NO PE

- Class photographs- Please come to school in school uniform 

Pori Drwy Stori

 We are still waiting on a few Red folders to come back in, please send them back ASAP.

Pre-Nursery

What a fantastic week the children have had at Nursery. They have all settled well into the Nursery routines and have enjoyed exploring their new classroom.

Times
This week the children will be in school 9.00am until 1pm. The children will be staying for lunch. They will go into the main dining hall to eat it, we will be there to support them this week alongside the lunchtime supervisors. This will take place at 12.30am.

Here is the menu.

School Dinner Menu

The dinner will cost £2.70 per day. You will use their unique number which allows you to pay for these online. However, if you wish to bring in a packed lunch that is also fine. The children will need to tell us each day what option they are going for.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 17/4/23

Welcome back, I hope you all had a lovely Easter holiday. We can’t wait to hear what you have all been up to.

We have one term left, so let’s make it the best one yet.

They do say time flies when your having fun😊

What’s happening this week?
Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday
-Parent’s Evening

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
-Parent’s Evening
- New Fred game will be uploaded to J2Homework

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

- PE Kit
- Forest Friday

Pori Drwy Stori

 If you haven’t done so yet, please send back your child’s red folder ASAP so we can repack and send out the next part of Pori Drwy Stori.

Our New Starters

We are so excited to welcome your children into our classroom, they are going to have so much fun! I am really looking forward to getting to know you and your child.

Here is some important information for you!

Times
This week the children will be in school 9.00am until 11am.

Snack
Please can your child bring their own healthy snack to school. Please can it be clearly labelled and placed in a container or bag. Before the children eat their snack, they will be washing their hands ready to collect it and eat it at a table.  Outside the classroom there will be a labelled snack and water bottle box. Before you enter the class, please place your items in the correct box. There will be 4 boxes; to help the children with this system we have named our groups your children will be in the Caterpillar’s group so please help them look for this image.

 The children will also be offered milk during snack time. If you do not want your child to drink this, please can you specify at the door.

Spare Clothes & Wellies
Please can your child bring in a spare set of clothes and a pair of wellies. These can be left on their peg. Please can you make sure all items of clothing and the wellies are clearly labelled. 

Letters
Please can you ensure the contact information and permission slips are returned to the school office as soon as possible.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

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End of Topic

Wow!! I am so proud of each and everyone of you, you have tried so hard with this topic and we have had so much fun singing and dancing every day! I am sure you would love to see our end product song that we had to sing extra loud today for Gerald the Giraffe and his Jungle Friends to come back today and they did, they had so much fun during our Jungle Dance.

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Week Beginning 27/3/23

What’s happening this week?
 

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
-Jungle Dance (Please can the children come to school dressed as their favourite jungle animal)
-RSE Evening at 6pm in the hall (Parent’s only)

Dydd Iau/ Thursday

• Please can you send in your child’s Pori Drw Stori folder’s back to school with the completed slips.
   

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-Forest Friday

- PE

-Last day

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I cannot believe how fast this term has gone, We hope you all have a lovely Easter holidays and we will see you back in school Monday 17^th April

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 20/3/23

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) , 21 March, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.

The date for WDSD being the 21st day of the 3rd month, was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome.

#WorldDownSyndromeDay

Why mark WDSD?

On this one day we have a chance to make a change. A better chance that any other day

Believe it or not, socks get people talking!

On Tuesday 2^nd March, choose some socks that are going to get noticed and wear them to school!

They might be mismatched socks or your craziest and most colourful socks, whatever takes your fancy!

The idea is to start a conversation, so when people ask you about your socks you can tell them, “I’m wearing them to raise awareness of Down syndrome”.

I look forward to seeing you all in your odd socks on Tuesday!

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- New Fred game will be uploaded to J2Homework

 Dydd Iau/ Thursday
-Movie evening for pupils from Nursery to Year 2.  Please see previous post for further information.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

- INSET Day - school closed to all pupils.

Pori Drwy Stori

Week 4- Little Miss Muffet 

 We hope you are enjoying learning and singing the nursery rhymes with your child. Please keep filling out the slips and we will collect them all back in on Thursday 30^th March so we can pack the all the folders to start the next part after Easter half term.

JUNGLE DANCE
To end our topic we will be having a jungle dance party, please can you send your child to school dressed up as their favourite jungle animal, if you need any help with this please come and see us. We are hoping to teach Gerald the Giraffe our new song we are learning and show him some of our dance moves, hopefully the jungle friends are going to come back and bring the disco light with them for the party!! The Jungle Dance will take place on Wednesday 29^th March.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Film Night 

Please see the attached poster for information about our Film Night for children in Nursery to Year 2.  You can pay for tickets on the door.

We ask that Nursery parents stay with your child; it will be lovely for you to cwtch up on a blanket to watch the film together.

Week Beginning 13/3/23

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday
Afon Dance Workshop permission slip due back in.
 

Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday
School book fair arriving, see below post for more information.

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- SCHOOL OPEN

 Dydd Iau/ Thursday
- SCHOOL OPEN

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-Afon Dance Workshop PE Kits to be worn.

Home work

You should all now be able to access J2Homework now. I have rescheduled our first set of fred games. If you have any questions or any trouble accessing it please let me know.

Pori Drwy Stori

Week 3- Old McDonald Had a Farm 

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Book Fair

The Book Fair is back at Penygawsi on Tuesday 14th March. Your child will have the opportunity to buy a book during the day. Please bring cash in an envelope if you wanted to buy a book. The book fair will close on Friday 17th March. 

Week Beginning 6/3/23

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- Well-being Wednesday  

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE Kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Home work
Please bear with us, we are trying to sort an I.T technical issue out. As soon as our class group is up and running, I will let you know.

Pori Drwy Stori

This week is:

Week 2- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Our Eisteddfod Art was inspired by Henry Rousseau. We stayed with our class topic theme and painted a Jungle. We looked at the colours that were used. 

Nursery 2022 - OneDrive (sharepoint.com)

Week Beginning 27/2/23

I hope you all had a lovely half term and a relaxing week off. I can’t wait to hear what you have been up to.

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday
Pori Dryw Stori packs will be sent home

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- St David’s Day – Eisteddfod- Please can children come to school wearing a traditional welsh costume/ welsh rugby or football shirt.

 Dydd Iau/ Thursday
- Strike Day (no school)

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE Kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Home work
Please can you sign in to your child’s HWB account so we can then assign them to the class Y Felin Wynt which will then allow you to access the homework which has been uploaded. If you have any problems please come and see me.

Pori Drwy Stori

 We will be sending home the Pori Drwy Stori packs tomorrow for you to start your first week- Here is a reminder of the weekly Nursery Rhymes below:

Week 1- Five Little Ducks

Week 2- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Week 3- Old McDonald Had a Farm 

Week 4- Little Miss Muffet 

Week 5- This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth

Please can you fill out the feedback forms and place it into the children's plastic files and we will collect them back in altogether on the week beginning 14th March. 

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 13/2/23

This week is Welsh week, we will be completing a piece of art, Learning the Mr Hapus song and practising our handwriting in preparation for our Eisteddfod. We will be learning all about St. David’s day.

What’s happening this week?
Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- Well-being Wednesday

 Dydd Iau/ Thursday
- PTA Disco 5pm

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE Kits to be worn

-Forest Friday

Home work
On Wednesday I will upload our first Fred Game onto J2Homework. There’s no expectation to record your child, we would like you to watch them and practise them at home.

• First log in to HWB.
• Then go to J2E.
• Then J2Homework.

If you need any help please come and see me.

Pori Drwy Stori

 Dear Parent / Carer, after half term your child will be taking part in the Pori Drwy Stori Nursery programme. The aim of the programme is to develop your child’s speaking and listening skills and to give you the opportunity to be more involved in your child’s learning. The first part of the programme is ‘It’s time to rhyme!’ Rhymes help children understand how language works. Sharing rhymes and songs helps children to learn the different sounds in a language, to feel its rhythm and to have fun with words. These things will really help your child to talk, read and write. You are encouraged to join in at home and get the whole family involved in learning the rhymes. You don’t need any musical talent or even to be in tune - just have fun learning together! We’ll let you know which of the rhymes we’ll be learning each week. You’ll get a copy of each rhyme and there are videos of the Welsh and English rhymes on the Pori Drwy Stori website to help you and your child learn and enjoy the rhymes together: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/poridrwystori-nursery-listen-to-the-rhymes Happy rhyming!

Week 1- Five Little Ducks

Week 2- Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear

Week 3- Old McDonald Had a Farm 

Week 4- Little Miss Muffet 

Week 5- This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth

There are Welsh Nursery Rhymes for each week in the pack if you feel confident to learn them also! We will be learning the Nursery Rhyme of the week in class , Please can you fill out the feedback forms and place it into the children's plastic files and we will collect them back in altogether on Thursday 30^th March.

Please click on the link below for more information.

(29) Pori Drwy Stori Nursery Programme 2022-23 - YouTube

St. Davids Day
We will be having our Eisteddfod on 1/3/23. Please wear a Welsh costume, a Welsh sports top or something red to school. The children will be performing their song for the school and taking part in some lovely Welsh activities throughout the day.

A reminder please ensure your child snack is healthy as we are an Eco School and are promoting healthy eating!

Thanks for all your support this half term, we hope you have a lovely break and we will see you back on Monday 27^th February.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles:) 

Week Beginning 06/02/23

What’s happening this week?
 

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Wellbeing Wednesday
 

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE

-Forest Friday

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Home Learning

Please can this task be completed at some point this week.

Number Hunt- Can you go on a number hunt around your home and see if you can find numbers? You could take pictures of the numbers you have found.

Numbers up to 3
Numbers up to 5
Numbers up to 10

If you are familiar with J2E then you could upload some pictures you have taken to your Hwb Account so we can see what numbers you have found in your house!

Diolch

Miss Vowles:)

Week Beginning 30/1/23

We will be learning all about the Chinese New Year celebration, which will include tasting some traditional Chinese food. If your child has any allergies that we are not aware of, please can you let us know ASAP? We will also be creating our very own dragon and so we can perform a traditional dragon dance. 

What’s happening this week?
 

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday
- No school for pupils

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

• We will be ending the week with a Chinese New Year celebration. Please can pupils wear something red to school on this day instead of PE kits? 

We will be tasting:

• Basmati rice
• Noodles
• Prawn crackers

Spring Term Topic - Move and Groove
This term we will be focusing on Expressive Arts AOLE. We will be using Safari animals as a topic theme. We will be look at fast, slow, high and low music. We 

Our theme for this term is “Move and Groove". All our skills and activities will be taught and developed under the umbrella of this theme. The children always play a huge part in the planning of our themes and we love to share and discuss their ideas, which we use to help us guide their learning for the term. This Term we will be focusing on singing and dancing and learning rhythm, we will be introducing Gerald Giraffe to begin our topic, we have a job to help Gerald and his friends learn how to dance. For our end product we will be learning a song with actions to perform for Gerald and his friends at the Jungle Dance.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us. 

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

In the next couple of weeks we will be starting homework, they will be RWI Fred Game videos for you to watch and try out with your children. This will be shared through the platform J2E Homework. This week we will send your child’s HWB logins home. I have attached a Hwb Help sheet for you to have a look through and help familiarise yourself.

HWB HELP SHEET

Diolch

Miss Vowles

Week Beginning 23/1/23

Last week we started our topic for this term, it is called Move and Groove, this topic is expressive arts and we will be focusing on singing and dancing. On Wednesday we came into class and found all the safari animals having a jungle dance. We knew straight away it was Gerald the Giraffe. We have a special job to help Gerald and his friends learn how to sing and dance, and just remember everyone can dance if you find the right song!

What’s happening this week?
 

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Afternoon  
- All about me profile due back in (pre-nursery)

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-Forest Friday

- PE

Read, Write, Inc.

 We have started the Read, Write, Inc programme. In nursery we focus on learning Set 1 sounds. We aim to learn three sounds a week, so far we have learnt M, A, S, D, T, I

 Click on the link below which will take you to a website which has videos for you watch to help you have a better understanding of RWI.

Parent guide to Read Write Inc. Phonics | Oxford Owl

Pre-Nursery

This week we will be following the rest of the school with their times, as it is going to be their first full week at Nursery!

Every child will attend Nursery for the full day to begin with however, if we do not think they are ready we will call you to decide on a shorter day with times.

All about me Profile

On Friday your child was given a blank ‘All about me profile’ to complete with your support.  Please complete the sheet together (parents to scribe for younger children) and return the sheet to your class teacher.

All About Me Profiles

We believe that all about me profiles are the foundation of personalisation, and can lead to positive change for people, whatever their age or circumstances. They provide us with an at-a-glance way of knowing what really matters to our pupils, that can be taken with them as they move through the school and may come into contact with other teachers or services.

What is an All About Me Profile?

A All About Me Profile captures all the important information about a child on a single sheet of paper under three simple headings: what people appreciate about me, what’s important to me and how best to support me.

How can they help us to support your child better?

All About Me Profiles are deceptively simple, and in this simplicity lies their strength. They help us to support people better by:

·         Helping us build better relationships by truly understanding what really matters to the child in their life and the way they are supported.

·         Providing a record that can move with the child as they transition from class to class or use with outside agencies that may need to work with your child.

·         Being regularly updated to reflect people’s changing circumstances and aspirations

·         When children have All About Me Profiles, the class teacher feels like they get to know the child at a deeper level.

·         All staff working with your child will have a better understanding of their needs and how they can be supported.

What to do next?

·         Please complete the profile with your child.  Younger children will need you to scribe.

·         In the box “How I want to be supported”, please record how you would support your child at home with any additional needs e.g. if your child is colour blind you may write “please refrain from using red pen on the board as I am unable to see it.”

·         Your child’s class teacher will be adding to this box over the next few weeks too.

Please return by Wednesday 25^th January.

Polite notice- Please ensure you leave a spare set of clothing in school in case of any accidents/messy play as we have limited spares.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 16/1/23

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-PE
- Forest Friday  

Pre-Nursery

What a fantastic week the children have had at Nursery. They have all settled well into the Nursery routines and have enjoyed exploring their new classroom.

Times
This week the children will be in school 9.00am until 1pm. The children will be staying for lunch. They will go into the main dining hall to eat it, we will be there to support them this week alongside the lunchtime supervisors. This will take place at 12.30am.

Here is the menu.

School Dinner Menu

The dinner will cost £2.55 per day. On Friday you were given a unique number which allows you to pay for these online. However, if you wish to bring in a packed lunch that is also fine. The children will need to tell us each day what option they are going for.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 9/1/23

What’s happening this week?

Happy New Year and welcome back Y Felin Wynt, I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and made lovely memories with your families. I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow and welcoming our new friends who are starting with us.

We have planned lots of exciting activities for us to do this half term. Our Topic this term is called “ Move and Groove”.

This week we are focusing on settling you back and getting to know the other children. We will be doing lots of circle time so we can tell each other our Christmas news and playing team building games.

Polite reminders

-We will be outdoors as much as possible, so please make sure your child has a warm coat and is dressed appropriately.

- Please can your child bring a healthy snack to school. Please can it be clearly labelled and placed in a container or bag. Outside the classroom there will be a labelled snack and water bottle box. Before you enter the class, please place your items in the correct box. There will be 4 boxes:  Bee’s, Butterflies, Ladybirds and Caterpillars (Pre-Nursery)

-Please can your child bring in a spare set of clothes. These can be left on their peg. Please can you make sure all items of clothing are clearly labelled.

- PE will be starting back Friday 13^th January. Please wear PE kits to school and ensure no jewellery is worn. They will need to wear plain black/navy leggings or tracksuit bottoms, a white t-shirt, a navy jacket/hoody and trainers. On our PE day, please can children wear trainers with Velcro/easy fastenings to help them when they are taking them on and off. We are encouraging the children to be as independent as possible.

This class page will be updated at the end of every week so please can you check it regularly for updates

Dydd Llun/ Monday

Inset day
 

Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday

-Pupils back to school.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday
-PE

-Forest Friday

Pre- Nursery

We are so excited to welcome your children into our classroom, they are going to have so much fun! I am really looking forward to getting to know you and your child throughout the year.

Here is some important information for you!

Times
This week the children will be in school 9.00am until 11am.

Snack
Please can your child bring their own healthy snack to school. Please can it be clearly labelled and placed in a container or bag. Before the children eat their snack, they will be washing their hands ready to collect it and eat it at a table.  Outside the classroom there will be a labelled snack and water bottle box. Before you enter the class, please place your items in the correct box. There will be 4 boxes; to help the children with this system we have named our groups your children will be in the Caterpillar’s group so please help them look for this image.

The children will also be offered milk during snack time. If you do not want your child to drink this, please can you specify at the door.

Spare Clothes & Wellies
Please can your child bring in a spare set of clothes and a pair of wellies. These can be left on their peg. Please can you make sure all items of clothing and the wellies are clearly labelled. 

Letters
Please can you ensure the contact information and permission slips are returned to the school office as soon as possible.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Enjoy your last day off, see you tomorrow!

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

I just wanted to say a massive thank you from all of the staff in Nursery for our wonderful Christmas presents and vouchers we really appreciate it. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas and stay safe. We look forward to welcoming you back on 10^th January and hearing all about your festive celebrations.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Diolch

Miss Vowles and Team

Week Beginning 19/12/22

We had so much for Christmas Jumper/Dinner Day!

 

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday
Class Christmas Party.
On Monday 19^th December we will be having a Christmas party- please can the children wear party clothes to school and bring a small plate of food which is covered and clearly labelled (please don’t send food that needs to be chilled or heated)

Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday
We will be making snowmen biscuits. Here is a list of ingredients, please can you check if your child can eat them. If not, please let me know via email or on the door.
- Rich tea biscuit
- Icing sugar
- Marshmallows
- Smarties
- Icing pens

Dydd Iau/ Thursday
Last day of school!!

Some of you have mention that you would of like family members to have come to the concert but was not able to make it. I have recorded the children singing the songs. Scan the QR code below to view the video. Please remember to not share this and to keep it for personal use only.

I can't believe how fast this term has gone! we have had lots of fun and made lots of new friends. I want to save a huge well done to the children as they have settled so well and massive thank you for all your support. 

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 12/12/22

We had a brilliant time on our school trip and meeting Santa. The children were amazing and we are very proud of them.

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mawrth/ Tuesday

Christmas Concert 9.30am

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

Christmas Concert 2pm

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

Christmas jumper day.  We ask that pupils pay a small donation of up to £1 towards the charity Save the Children.

Christmas dinner day.

The temperature has certainly dropped over the last few days, and it was lovely to wake up to some snow this morning.  Please ensure that your child is wearing suitable school uniform for the season as well as a hat and warm coat for play times.

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 5/12/22

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Llun/ Monday

-Please send snowman costumes into school.

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Christmas Trip to Role Up Play Village. Please ensure your child is in School Uniform. We will be back to school for lunch.

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-NO PE TODAY.

- Dress rehearsal for other classes.

HELP!! We have turned our roleplay area into an ELF WORKSHOP; please can you help us fill the boxes with resources. If you have any spare items e.g.,
-Bows
-Ribbon
-Gift Tags
- Christmas Stickers
-Wrapping Paper
We would be very grateful!!

Your children might have already told you that we have had a new friend join our classroom on Thursday. His name is Twinkle, I wonder what mischief he will get up to in our class. (Elf on the Shelf)

Check out what we have been up to over the past couple of weeks…

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 28/11/22

What’s happening this week?

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-NO PE TODAY.

Christmas Concert Tickets
If anyone hasn't purchased their allocated tickets and would like to buy some, please could you send the money in with your child tomorrow

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.

Diolch

Miss Vowles😊

Week Beginning 21/11/22

What’s happening this week?

We will be moving on to looking at Winter Weather this week, this will then lead us into our festive activities in a couple of weeks.

Dydd Llun/Monday

-Non-Uniform day in exchange of a luxury item

-Christmas Concert tickets go on sale

Dydd Mercher/ Wednesday

-Well-being Wednesday

Dydd Gwener/ Friday

-NO PE TODAY.

-World Cup Football match Wales v Iran. Please can you send your child to school in red to support Wales.

- 3:30 Christmas Fayre in school hall. (Children to be picked up at 3:30 on this day instead of 3.15)

Christmas Concert

We are very excited to welcome you back to watch our Christmas Concert in person. This year our concert will be called “Snowman at Sunset”. A letter was sent out on Friday with information regarding the tickets. They will be on sale from Monday 21^st November. The dates for our concert are Tuesday 13^th December and Wednesday 14^th December. Please send the money in an envelope with your child’s name on including the dates and quantity of tickets you require.

Your child will be dressing up as a Snowman. Please can you send their outfit in by Monday 5^th December.  If you need any help/support with this, please let us know.

Christmas Trip

We are excited to tell you we will be going on a special Christmas trip to visit Santa at the Role Up Play Village!! The children will get the opportunity to play in the role play area, meet Santa and tell him what they would like for Christmas and receive a gift. A letter was sent out last Thursday with all the information. Please can you send the permission slip back by Friday 25^th November. Here is the link to pay online.

Civica Payments Portal - Payment Type - Nursery/Rec - Role Up Village | E0002785 false (civicaepay.co.uk)

If you have any questions regarding your child, please don't hesitate to speak to one of us.