What’s coming up?
Half Term – Monday 30th October to Friday 3rd November
Friday 10th November – Caswell N – Class Assembly. Parents and Grandparents welcome from 9.00am to 9.30am approximately. Please queue at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 8.50am after the children have been let in.
Fri 17th November – Oxwich J – Class Assembly. Parents and Grandparents welcome from 9.00am to 9.30am approximately. Please queue at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 8.50am after the children have been let in.
Christmas Holidays – Monday 25th December to Friday 5th January
Inset Day – Monday 8th January – School closed to pupils for staff training.
Fruit Tuckshop – The offer for next half term’s Fruit Tuckshop is now on iPay.
Holidays & Planned Absences – please remember to give as much notice as possible and complete the form which is available on the website https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Ug4_TzS3ZEGUCRtgHRR5k9M40GLX4EVEsx4bV2V1syJUNFhTTVBDQk9XOEoxUkJFSlA4WVhVMDRNUy4u
Tesco Blue Token Scheme – If you are in either the Marina or Fforestfach branch of Tesco, please pick up the blue tokens and vote for us!
Admissions for Reception/ Year 7 for September 24 – The application process has started, and the link to the online forms has been sent out to parents. if you have recently changed address, please provide proof of address. Your application may be delayed if the address on your application does not match the one on our system.
Oxwich Classes – Residential Trip – Advance Notice – The dates of the residential are 12th to 14th June 2024, and it will be at the St Madoc Centre in Llanmadoc, Gower. Look out for more information, coming soon. Please complete the form so we can guage interest, thank you if you have already done so. https://forms.office.com/e/c8Cjm29J4M
iPay – We have had a few queries from parents who can’t find the various offers such as fruit Tuckshop/ Y6 Hoodies. The iPay home page only shows a couple of offers, to find the rest:-
Log in to iPay – ipayimpact.co.uk
Click the three horizontal lines/ menu button
Select Account
Select your child
Scroll down
You should now be able to see all relevant offers.
PTA News
Save the date: Half price book fair with Scholastic Thursday 30th November and Friday 1st December 3:20pm (after all children have been collected) until 4:30pm.
We will also be hosting a second hand uniform sale at the same time. We are very keen for any donations. This can include coats, P.E kit and shoes with lots of life left in them as well as any uniform. Please can any donations be dropped off at the school office in a bag. All donations must be washed and dried.
We 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 Thirty Pieces of Silver, Common Meeple, Brynmill Coffee House, Joio Day Nursery, Lc2 Swansea, Dr. Organic and RAVS Vintage as well as an incredibly special prize in the form of a flight with Swansea’s very own team Raven!
Please email friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com if you’re able to support with a donation. Thank you so much for all of your continued support.
Green Scene
Green Scene’s next monthly volunteer session is taking place tomorrow Saturday 28th October at Brynmill Primary School in gardening alley. Come join the fun from 10-12pm we’ll be preparing the veg beds for sowing winter veg with the children, sweeping the yard and weeding.
This will be our last session this year but don’t worry we’ll be back in February 2024.
Please contact Jodi Moss on 07910705147 if you’d like to join.
https://instagram.com/greensceneswansea
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 e.g. 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 October – You have the right to clean water, healthy food, a clean environment, and good healthcare.
Value of the Month for October – Tolerance