Congratulations to Playworks After School Club, who passed their inspection this week with 5 stars. Llongyfarchiadau!

Battery Recycling. Our big battery is nearly full of old batteries, and we will be sending it off for recycling soon. if you have been collecting batteries at home, please send them in. Diolch

Attendance Award – Congratulations to LFPR with 98.8 % and to Y3/4N with 98.6 % attendance this week. Keep up the good work!

A big thank you to everyone for supporting us with our Sports Day this year, we hope you all enjoyed it as much as the children and staff

Next week is Brynmill Book Week, and on Friday children are asked to dress up.

Foundation Phase Children – Fairytale Characters

Year 3/4 Children – Beach/ Sea Theme

Year 5/6 Children – Sci Fi & Fantasy Theme.

 

 

Friday afternoon – Next Friday, the double gates at the back of the school on Waterloo Place will not be open at the end of the day. Nursery & Reception parents please use the gates on De Breos Street, or Trafalgar Place. The small gates next to the yard at the back of the school  (LFP  & Y1/2) will not be open either. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

 

 

Inset Days – We have two Inset Days at the start of the new academic year. We will be closed on Monday 3rd September, and Tuesday 4th September for staff training. School will open on Wednesday 5th September for pupils.

Attendance – Congratulations to Y1/2L with 99.3% and to Y5/6D with 100% attendance this week. Llongyfarchiadau!

Golden Table – Cian, Blake, Davey, Jack, Ishrat, Isabella, Steffan, Habeeba, Yazan, Tamalan, Rowan

Brynmill Book Week – On Friday 6th July children are invited to dress up to celebrate a week of activities.

Foundation Phase Children – Fairytale Characters

Year 3/4 Children – Beach/ Sea Theme

Year 5/6 Children – Sci Fi & Fantasy Theme.

 

 

 

Photo Comp – Calling all budding wildlife photographers, children can take a photo of our wonderful welsh invertebrates and email it to wales@buglife.org.uk by the 14th September for the chance to win prizes for themselves and the school.

Non Uniform Day – Children  are invited to dress up or dress down on the last day of term, and donate a £1.00 which will go towards new resources for the school.

Playground Equipment– As part of our safeguarding procedures we would like to remind parents about the Playground Equipment Rules:-

• Equipment is only to be used during school hours (8.50am to 3.20pm) and by the After School Club.
• Equipment is only suitable for school aged children.
• Do not use the equipment when wet.
• No running, pushing or shoving.
• No bare feet, please wear proper footwear.
• Do not use play equipment improperly.
• Staff supervision is required for use.

After School Clubs Next Week. – Creative Club,  Football ( No Choir)

Enterprise Fair – The classes will be selling the goods they made during Enterprise Week. Children can bring in some money to spend at the Fair. Parents are invited to pop in from 3.00pm to 3.15pm on Friday 13th July.

Shoes – Please can children wear sensible shoes, flip flops and  open toe sandals are not suitable for playtime, and we have had a few accidents and near misses caused by inappropriate footwear. Thank you

Enterprise Week – All the classes have been busy all week,  designing and making products out of recycled materials  Some of our products are being sold in a big event in Castle Square today, and the rest will be available for parents to buy at a later date. The children were also interviewed by The Wave, and represented the school very well.

 

Attendance – Congratulations to LFPM with 98.9 % attendance and to Y5/6M with 100% attendance this week. Both classes are above our attendance target of 96%. Da Iawn!

Golden Table – Carlos, Alexia, Samsoon, Lara, Lilianna, Cole, Zahra, Tadhg, Adil, Alys, Rawan.

Happy Eid to all our Muslim families celebrating today.

Class & Team Photos – Please can all children wear school uniform or school colours for our class & team photos next Tuesday.

Sports Day at St Helen’s– We are busy allocating teams, ready for our sports day on Wed 27th June from 9.30 to 12.00. Please look out for notification of which colour T shirt your child should wear. Please can children bring their own labelled bottle of water or squash ( no fizzy drinks). Don’t forget sun hats and sun screen! Parents/ Grandparents are welcome to join us.

After School Clubs Next Week – Creative Club, Choir, Football

Thursday afternoon – Next Thursday, the double gates at the back of the school on Waterloo Place will not be open at the end of the day. Nursery & Reception parents please use the gates on De Breos Street, or Trafalgar Place. The small gates next to the yard at the back of the school  (LFP  & Y1/2) will not be open either. We apologise in advance for any inconvenience this may cause.

Brynmill Book Week – This takes place from Mon 2nd July to Fri 6th July, children will be asked to dress up on Friday 6th July, and any individual, class or keystage themes will be confirmed shortly.

Are you leaving us? If you are leaving us in the next few weeks, please let us know by filling in one of our Leavers Forms, we have a waiting list for some year groups, and we would like to be able to let people know that a place may be available. (This doesn’t apply to current Year 6 children.)

Y3/4D  – We have received an update from Mrs Davey, and unfortunately she will not be returning before the end of the academic year. Miss Pardoe and Miss John will be teaching the class from the remainder of the year, both will be involved in team phase planning for the class along with Mrs Nicholas and Mrs Jenkins thus ensuring consistency and quality across the three 3/4 classes. We are aware that parent/teacher consultations which were scheduled for March and that have not taken place due to matters beyond our control and apologise for the inevitable inconvenience. We plan to hold more structured open afternoon for the parents of pupils in 3/4 D on 23^rd July 2018 however, should you wish to discuss any matters relating to your child prior to that date, please contact the school office and we will endeavour to secure a mutually convenient appointment with either Miss Pardoe or Miss John. Mrs Davey’s assembly which was supposed to be next week has been cancelled.

After School Clubs next week – Creative Club, Choir, Football.

Nursery Open Sessions –  we are very pleased that our Nursery Open sessions start next week, and we look forward to welcoming new Nursery pupils and their parents.

Fruit – Have you remembered to pay for this half terms fruit?

Class & Team photos take place on Tuesday 19th June, please could all children wear uniform or school colours.

New pupil meetings – Wednesday 4th July 9.15 to 11.00 – meeting for parents of children joining us in September.

Y6 Leavers Hoodies – These have been distributed to some very excited children, a big thank you to Bon’s mum for organising them

Y1/2 Parents – Just a reminder that parents of Y1/2 children should stay with them in the yard until the bell rings  in the morning. If you are unable to stay, please put your child into breakfast club by 8.30am. Thank you