Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or just having a break in the lead up to the New Year, we wish you a relaxing break. We will see you all for the start of Spring Term on Tuesday 7th January 2025.
Fruit Tuckshop
SCHOOL FRUIT can now be paid for the next 7 weeks after Christmas. It is available for pupils in Bracelet, Caswell and Oxwich classes. If you would like your child to have a daily piece of fruit at break time, please pay £7 for this half term on iPay.
Please note – the option to pay for fruit is now in the SHOP section:
– Log into iPay – Go to the menu, accounts, and select your child – Find the Shop fund and click the shop button – Choose Fruit tuckshop category – Click on Autumn Term 1 and change quantity to 1 – Save the item in your basket and then check out
Any problems, please contact the school office.
The School Nursing service are holding drop in Flu catch up clinics between 10am and 3pm on the following days. Please bring your child along to any of the sessions to receive their flu vaccine.
Here is the link for the Consent form, Please note – If you have previously completed a consent form there is no need to complete another one. Fluenz Nasal Vaccination Form
PTA News:
Thank you so much to everyone who entered and shared our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser. You helped raise £795 for our school!
This money will be spent on vital school resources. All winners have been contacted via email or text.
Thank you so much for your support during the last month and throughout 2024. We can’t wait to host more events next year!
If you would like to subscribe, click HERE using your phone, and you can automatically add all school events into your own calendar.
Christmas Parties
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Wednesday 18th December~
Children are invited to wear their party clothes to school.
Children are asked to bring in some party food for themselves on a labelled plate.
Please note that as we have some nut free classes, please do not send in anything that contains nuts.
Please note the party food is in addition to normal lunchtime arrangements, so please ensure your child has a packed lunch/ school dinner.
Christmas Café
Our Enterprise Troopers would like to invite all parents / carers to our Christmas Café on the morning of Wednesday 18th December. Come along and enjoy a hot drink and a festive snack in our Christmas grotto.
Autumn Term Reports
Next week you will be receiving a brief report to let you know how your child has settled in to their new class this year. For pupils in year 2 to year 6, further information on how your child is progressing can be found by accessing their personalised assessment progress reports on Hwb. See the link below for instructions:
This Consultation Report will be taken to Cabinet on the 12 December 2024 for a decision on whether to proceed to publish a statutory notice.
A hard copy of the consultation report is available on request.
PTA News
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas stalls during the Christmas concerts. You helped us raise an amazing £474.58 for our school!
Thank you so much to those who volunteered to run the stalls and set up. Without you, we wouldn’t have raised such a brilliant amount.
Our Christmas raffle fundraiser is still live for another few days until Wednesday 18th December when we’ll be drawing our winners. If you’re able to purchase some entries, we’d hugely appreciate it.
Entries can be purchased online via the link below:
Bracelet – Tuesday 10th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Caswell – Wednesday 11th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Oxwich – Thursday 12th December 9.30am and 4.00pm
£1 entry per adult, with all proceeds going to resources for the classes.
For the 4.00pm concerts, children will stay in school and be provided with a light snack before the concert. Children will be collected after the concert from the main hall.
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Pobbles and Bracelet Winter Wonderland
Just a gentle reminder that next Friday 13th December, is our Pobbles & Bracelet ‘Winter Wonderland’.
We kindly ask for donations on iPay or cash to support the funding of the day. Every child will visit Santa, receive a gift and take part in a day full of Christmas activities.
Internet Safety
We would like to remind parents of the importance of internet safety. We have a page of our website all about keeping your child safe online which can be accessed via the link below.
If you are visiting the school, even for a short amount of time e.g. to sign your child in or out, please ensure that the gate is closed behind you. Thank you.
Lateness
Reminder – we allow a 10 minute grace period following the start of the day to account for traffic etc. however we ask that parents do not rely on this extra 10 minutes, and try to arrive promptly for the start of the day. The poster below outlines some of the reasons that punctuality is important for pupils.
Please also remember that if your child is arriving AFTER 9AM they must be accompanied to the office by an adult to sign them in.
PTA News
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our book fair earlier in the week. You helped us secure £220 worth of books for our school!
Our Christmas stalls will be on before and after the Christmas concerts. Please remember to bring spare change with you for any tea, coffee, biscuits, mince pies, hand knitted hats, mice, stockings, jumpers and of course raffle tickets for our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser.
Our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser is online so if you’re unable to buy tickets during the Christmas concerts you can purchase entries online via the link below:
There are a host of amazing prizes from local businesses including Bud & Bay General Store, Duck & Dough Cafe, Beer Riff Brewery and Thirty Pieces of Silver. Please do share with family and friends if you can.
All funds raised from the stalls and the raffle will go towards new school resources. We really appreciate all of your support.
Rights Respecting School
As a Rights Respecting School, we focus each month on a particular Article from the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. Assemblies, Circle time and class activities are based on these Rights. In connection with these, we also have a Value of the Month. Together, the Rights & Values encourage our learners to be respectful of each other, safe, and to be the best they can be.
Right of the Month for December
You have the right to a proper house, food and clothing. Governments must help families who cannot afford to provide this. (Article 27)
Choir (Caswell and Oxwich) – Monday 3.20-4.15pm (last one for this term) NO Netball – finished until the New Year
Christmas Concerts
Pobbles – Friday 6th December 9.30am & 2.15pm Bracelet – Tuesday 10th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Caswell – Wednesday 11th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Oxwich – Thursday 12th December 9.30am and 4.00pm
£1 entry per adult, with all proceeds going to resources for the classes.
For the 4.00pm concerts, children will stay in school and be provided with a light snack before the concert. Children will be collected after the concert from the main hall.
Dates for the Diary
Remember to check our school calendar for all upcoming events, inset days, holidays etc.
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Letter from our Chair of Governors
Dear Parents, Carers, and Pupils
Retirement – Miss J Simons – Brynmill Primary School – 31st August 2025
I am contacting you to let you know that Miss Simons will be retiring as Head Teacher of Brynmill Primary School at the end of this academic year.
It is with enormous gratitude that we can reflect on the past 18 years with Miss Simons as Head Teacher, during which she has worked tirelessly for the benefit of our school. We know that Miss Simons is immensely proud of our school community, and considers it a privilege to work alongside a superb Leadership Team and wonderful staff body for so many years. Most importantly, I know she has enjoyed seeing a large number of pupils develop and progress during their time with us.
The process will now begin to appoint a new Head Teacher, and we will keep you informed as and when we appoint a replacement.
For obvious reasons, it is important to note that Miss Simons shall remain in post and be fully committed to Brynmill Primary School until her retirement.
We understand that any period of change can be unsettling for both parents and children and we would like to reassure you that we are working with all staff to ensure stability and consistency for the school both in the short and long-term. As always, our key focus and priority is the welfare and education of our children
Yours sincerely
Anwaar Younis
Chair of Governors
Jumble Sale
Thank you for all of your generous donations so far. We look forward to welcoming you to our first jumble sale on Tuesday and Wednesday next week!
Battery Collection
Please note that we are only able to collect household batteries. Please no vapes, power banks or batteries not included on the list.
PTA News
Next week we’re super excited to be hosting another Scholastic Book Fair at school on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th December from 3:15-4:30pm. There will be an amazing selection of books on offer and as usual, the school will receive a selection of FREE books based on the percentage of sales.
Purchases can be made with cash or via a QR code using card details. This event will run the same time as the Community Room’s Jumble Sale which will have a host of second hand toys and books on offer for a small cash donation.
Thank you so much to those who have let us know they can help with our Christmas stalls this year that will be running before and after the concerts. If you’re able to help just 20 minutes before and after the concerts on a stall we’d hugely appreciate the help.
You’re welcome to reserve your seats when you come in so you don’t have to miss out getting a good spot! Please let us know if you can help out by emailing friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com We’re particularly short for helpers for the Pobbles, Caswell and Oxwich concerts in the afternoons.
Finally, our Christmas Fundraiser Raffle is now live! Entries can be purchased from the link below starting at just £2 for x10 entries:
Thank you so much to all of the local business that have donated prizes. This year we are so lucky to have incredible prizes from a host of local businesses including the likes of Thirty Pieces of Silver, Unwind Beauty Therapy, LC Swansea, Beer Riff Brewery, No.8 Project, Exist Skatepark, Broadway Hair, Beauty & Holistic Centre, Sloth Coffee Co., Duck & Dough, Square Peg, Coast Cafe, RAVS Vintage, Plants & Papers, Bud & Bay General Store, Crewders and &Mother Store!
Please support us if you can buy either buying some entries or sharing this link with your family and friends! All of the funds raised from the book fair, the Christmas stalls and the raffle will go towards new school resources. Thank you so much for your support.
Pobbles – Friday 6th December 9.30am & 2.15pm Bracelet – Tuesday 10th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Caswell – Wednesday 11th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Oxwich – Thursday 12th December 9.30am and 4.00pm
£1 entry per adult, with all proceeds going to resources for the classes.
For the 4.00pm concerts, children will stay in school and be provided with a light snack before the concert. Children will be collected after the concert from the main hall.
Dates for the Diary
Remember to check our school calendar for all upcoming events, inset days, holidays etc.
If you would like to subscribe to the calendar, click SUBSCRIBE using your phone, and you can automatically add all school events into your own calendar.
The process of applying to a new school can take several weeks so if you are moving out of the area we would advise you to apply for a new school as soon as possible to avoid your child missing out on education.
Children in Need
Thank you for your donations to Children in Need last week. We raised £185 for good causes.
Brynmill Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland is coming to Pobbles & Bracelet!
The Pobbles and Bracelet staff along with our amazing Community group will be creating our very own Christmas experience for our children. Santa will come to visit the children on Friday 13th December and each child will receive a little treat. Throughout the day, the children will take part in lots of fun activities from baking to a scavenger hunt and Christmas stories at the park. We kindly ask for a donation to help cover the cost of running the activities and here’s to the children having an exciting day. Donations can be made on iPay (Fund ‘Brynmill Winter Wonderland Donations’) or in cash to the school office.
Let the Christmas celebrations begin! Diolch!
Jumble Sale
Our Brynmill Community group have been working hard to organise our first ‘Brynmill Jumble Sale’. If you have any donations of clothing or pre loved toys please send them into school and they will will be loved and used by other families. Thank you!
PTA News
We’ve got some fantastic prizes for our upcoming Christmas raffle thanks to some amazing local businesses! The raffle will be launching on Wednesday next week so there’s still time to donate a prize if you can.
Thank you so much to Duck & Dough cafe, Square Peg cafe, Plants & Papers shop, RAVS Vintage shop and LC Swansea for their recent prize donations! If you or your employer could donate a prize, please get in touch via friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com
Save the date for our upcoming Book Fair! This will take place after school between 3:15-4:30pm on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th December. We look forward to seeing you all there! The Community Group Jumble Sale which will have second hand toys and clothes on offer will take place at the same time.
Finally with Christmas Concerts nearing, we’d love to know of anyone who would be keen to help volunteer 20 minutes before and after the concerts to sell tea and coffee to help raise funds for our school. We are particularly short of volunteers for the Pobbles & Oxwich concerts. If you’re happy to volunteer, please can you email us on friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com
All funds raised from our raffle, the book fair and Christmas concert stalls will go towards new school resources. Thank you so much for your support!
Green Scene
Thank you to our volunteers who braved the weather for our last session of the year last month. We planted Winter veg and salad, Spring bulbs in our recycled, milk containers and took part in a ‘spooky’ Halloween trail.
A big thank you also to all our volunteers from parents and children who attend Brynmill Primary, family members, work colleagues and friends, students and members of the local community who have joined in our monthly volunteer sessions. We would also like to thank Crewders for supporting us by providing free tea and coffee for the volunteers. You guys are the best.
Finally, a reminder that our sessions will restart in Feb/March and all are welcome! From all of us at Green Scene Swansea, we hope you have a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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The school nursing team will be attending school on the 11th December to administer the nasal flu spray to pupils from Reception to Year 6. Please click on the link below and complete the form if you would like your child to receive the vaccine OR if you do not wish for your child to have the vaccine. https://forms.office.com/e/zV0bjq9QNm Further information on the vaccination has been sent via email
Coats
As we move into the winter months, please make sure that your child brings a coat to school for play and lunchtime. Remember to label it with their name so they can be easily reunited with it if lost!
Children in Need
Pupils and staff enjoyed dressing up in Spots and Stripes today to raise money for Children in Need. Thank you for your donations. If you haven’t had chance yet you can still donate on iPay.
PTA News
A huge thank you to the parents and local business who have helped us secure prize donations for our upcoming Christmas raffle! We have prizes from jewellers Thirty Pieces of Silver, interior design studio No.8 Project, Sloth coffee shop, Crewders doughnut & coffee shop, Bud & Bay florist & homewares shop and online shop & Mother Store to name a few!
We’d love to secure a few more prizes to help us raise much needed funds for our school, so if you or your employer could donate a gift, please get in touch via friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com
Thank you so much for your support! The raffle will go live in a few weeks time.
Artwork by Cadi Rhind.
Save the date for our upcoming Book Fair! This will take place after school between 3:15-4:30pm on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th December. We look forward to seeing you all there!
Finally with Christmas Concerts nearing, we’d love to know of anyone who would be keen to help volunteer 20 minutes before and after the concerts to sell tea and coffee to help raise funds for our school. If you’re happy to volunteer, please can you email us on friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com Thank you so much!
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Class Assemblies
Parents / carers / grandparents are welcome to join us for class assemblies. They start at approx. 9.00am and last about half an hour. Please queue at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 8.50am after the children have been let in. These are the class assemblies coming up:
15th November – Caswell N
Odd Socks Day – Tuesday 12th November
Pupils are invited to wear odd socks to school as part of anti-bullying week
Diabetes Awareness Day – Thursday 14th November
Pupils can wear blue for diabetes awareness
Children in Need – Friday 15th November
Pupils are invited to dress up in SPOTS and STRIPES and donate to support Children in Need. Suggested donation of £1 can be paid in cash or on iPay.
Parent / Carer Workshop: Big Emotions – Anger – Friday 15th November 9.15am
If you would like to book on the workshop on please fill in the online form: https://forms.office.com/e/E5T6cpLgBd or for further information please contact Mrs Ciaburri (Family and Wellbeing Lead)
Free Welsh Lessons
Clwb Cwtsh is a short, fully funded informal 8 or 7-week Welsh taster programme focussed on speaking Welsh with babies and young children (and is aimed at parents to be, parents/carers, members of the extended family). Learners won’t need any Welsh to join. To register email: clwbcwtsh@meithrin.cymru
Car Safety Reminder
For any parents / carers who transport children to school, please see the information below regarding the law on seatbelts and car seats.
You must make sure that any children in the vehicle you’re driving are:
in the correct car seat for their height or weight until they reach 135 centimetres tall or their 12th birthday, whichever is first
wearing a seat belt if they’re 12 or 13 years old, or younger and over 135cm tall
You can be fined up to £500 if a child under 14 is not in the correct car seat or wearing a seat belt while you’re driving.
PTA News
Friends of Brynmill Primary School are making a call for prize donations for our annual Christmas raffle and would love to know if any individuals or local businesses would consider donating a prize. Prizes can take the form of a physical item or a gift voucher.
We’re so lucky to have secured donations from Beer Riff Brewery, Coast Cafe, LC Swansea, Plants & Papers, Exist Skatepark and RAVS Vintage.
Please email friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com if you’re able to support with a donation. Thank you so much for all of your continued support! Raffle artwork by Cadi Rhind.
Rights Respecting School
As a Rights Respecting School, we focus each month on a particular Article from the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. Assemblies, Circle time and class activities are based on these Rights. In connection with these, we also have a Value of the Month. Together, the Rights & Values encourage our learners to be respectful of each other, safe, and to be the best they can be.
If you would like to subscribe to the calendar, click SUBSCRIBE using your phone, and you can automatically add all school events into your own calendar.
Class Assemblies
Parents / carers / grandparents are welcome to join us for class assemblies. They start at approx. 9.00am and last about half an hour. Please queue at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 8.50am after the children have been let in. These are the class assemblies coming up:
8th November – Caswell M
15th November – Caswell N
Fruit Tuckshop
School Fruit can now be paid for the next 7 weeks after half term holiday. It is available for pupils in Bracelet, Caswell and Oxwich classes. If you would like your child to have a daily piece of fruit at break time, please pay £7 for this half term on iPay.
Please note – the option to pay for fruit is now in the SHOP section:
– Log into iPay – Go to the menu, accounts, and select your child – Find the Shop fund and click the shop button – Choose Fruit tuckshop category – Click on Autumn Term 1 and change quantity to 1 – Save the item in your basket and then check out
Period Products
We have some free period packs to give out to girls in Caswell and Oxwich. They include some period product samples and an information leaflet. We will be giving these out after half term. Please contact the school office if you would not like your daughter to receive this.
Please DO NOT stop in the middle of the road to drop your child off in the mornings or pick them up at the end of the day.
Please DO NOT pull on to the pavement or stop on the corners or zig zag lines.
PLEASE find a safe space to park, and walk with your child to school (if they are in Oxwich they can walk by themselves)
We are aware that parking is an issue for parents and staff, but we need to ensure the safety of all road users and pedestrians. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated. Thank you
PTA News
A huge thank you to everyone who attended our Spooktacular disco! You helped raise just over £500 for our school. Thank you so much to all of those who helped us make the event a huge success, without you there would be no disco.
We know we’re not technically in the season just yet….but we’re trying to get organised for our annual Christmas raffle! This raffle is run to raise much needed funds for the school and will be spent on vital school resources and equipment.
We’re making a call for prize donations and would love to know if any local businesses would consider donating a prize, that could take the form of a physical item or a gift voucher. Our last Christmas raffle raised an amazing £1,000 and we’d love to match that this year! Could you help us reach that goal?
Please let us know by emailing friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com if you can donate a prize. We would be incredibly grateful and will ensure to circulate prize details via our social media channels and via the school comms channels. Thank you so much!
No Choir this week sorry Netball (Oxwich) – Thursday 3.20 – 4.15pm
Dates for the Diary
See the link below to our new school calendar for all upcoming events, inset days, holidays etc. Brynmill Primary School Calendar
Class Assemblies
Parents / carers / grandparents are welcome to join us for class assemblies. They start at approx. 9.00am and last about half an hour. Please queue at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 8.50am after the children have been let in. These are the class assemblies coming up:
24th October – Oxwich E
8th November – Caswell M
15th November – Caswell N
Great Athletes
Thank you for all your amazing fundraising efforts for our Great Athletes event with Natalie Powell. Prizes have been given out to pupils today. The final total raised for new sports equipment is an incredible £1,744.98! The Health and Wellbeing Ambassadors pupil voice team will be creating a questionnaire so that all pupils can have a say in how the money is going to be spent.
Struggling with school costs? Your child may be eligible for additional support through the School Essentials Grant. Check your eligibility today: https://www.gov.wales/get-help-school-costs
Easy Fundraising
Sign up to support Brynmill Primary School on #easyfundraising today and you’ll enter us into a prize draw to win a £300 donation. From then on, you can also raise free donations for us when you shop online with all your favourite retailers! That’s right, you can raise money for us every time you buy clothes, groceries, takeaways, insurance, holidays or anything else you buy online at no extra cost. Make every shop count, join here: https://join.easyfundraising.org.uk/brynmillps/mvmcld/s2s/hsI3VlTQ/SE875/facebook/
Local Half Term Activities
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There’s less than one week to go until our Spooktacular Disco with the amazing DJ Dan on Wednesday 23rd October! Don’t forget to get a costume ready. Disco times are as follows:
Entry to the disco is via Gate 2. So once your child has been collected, please queue up from there.
Please note that all older siblings attending the first disco session must stay with their parents to avoid overcrowding. If it’s possible for older and younger siblings to wait at home with a parent or carer then please can you do so. Children in Pobbles and Bracelet are welcome to wear their costumes to school. We will be running the pumpkin competition again, so if you’d like to take part, please don’t forget to bring yours along to the disco with a label that includes your child’s name and class.
Finally, please remember this is a cash only event and entry per child is £1.50. We’re looking for volunteers to help with our Spooktacular event, if you’re keen to lend a hand setting up, during the event, cleaning up or baking something for the bake sale, please drop us a message on friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com We’re mostly in need of helpers for the first disco from 3:30-4:30pm.
Green Scene
Our next Green Scene volunteer session will be taking place on Sunday 20th October from 10-12:30pm. This will be our last session of 2024 and we’d love to see a host of lovely faces there.
As always, there will be lots of jobs to get stuck in with and all equipment will be provided. We also provide refreshments and offer a creative activity for children after our break around 11:30am. Please let us know if you can attend by emailing jodibethanmoss@gmail.com Thank you so much!
