Newsletter 10.10.2025

Flags of Friendship—Celebrating Our Global Community

The Flags of Friendship project invites every family in our school to celebrate their heritage by sponsoring their home country’s flag. These flags will be raised on our school flagpole—either rotated regularly or flown on special national days chosen by families (for example, raising the Welsh flag on St. David’s Day). This simple visual display brings diverse cultures into our daily school life and sends a clear message that every culture is valued. Research confirms that children develop positive self-esteem when their families’ cultures are honoured and respected naeyc.org, so seeing their own flag at school will help every child feel proud and included.

Get Involved! 

We invite families to contribute by either:

• Donating a flag (approx. size: 5ft x 3ft) from your home country, along with a note of your national day.
• Sponsoring a flag via iPay – basic flags cost around £6.00, but any additional donations will help us purchase higher quality flags.

If we receive multiple flags from the same country, we will keep extras to replace worn-out flags over time.

You can also make a general donation to support the ongoing upkeep and replacement of flags – all contributions are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for helping us celebrate the cultures and identities that make our school so special. Please fill in the form to get involved. https://forms.office.com/e/1xvA00xqiP

Time To Talk

Harvest Collections

This year for Harvest we are collecting for the Salvation Army’s Kettle Pack ministry.  Please can you send in any donations by Friday the 17^th of October.  We are looking for things such as:

• Noodles
• Rice
• Cous-Cous
• Cup-a-Soups
• Tinned sandwich meat/fishj
• Cereals/Cereal Bars
• Long Life Milk
• Sandwich fillings (spreads,etc)
• Crisps
• Biscuits
• Tinned Fruit
• Pasta

Volunteering-Date Change, now Thursday October 23^rd

 Friends of Brynmill Primary PTA News

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to yesterday’s Brynmill Autumn Boogie!
It was wonderful to see so many new families joining the fun, and together you helped raise over £400 for our school!

A massive thank you to all our amazing volunteers, everyone who donated baked goods, and to the school staff for their support. We simply couldn’t run events like this without your help and enthusiasm.

And what a show of creativity, the costumes were incredible! It was brilliant to see everyone’s unique take on the autumn theme



 Green Scene

Our next Green Scene volunteer session will take place on Sunday 19th October, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM.

This event is open to all parents, carers and children, no experience required! We’ll be getting stuck into lots of jobs to help care for the gardens we’ve created together at school.

All tools and equipment are provided, and we’ll have tea, coffee and Rhannu Bakery’s famous vegan cinnamon buns and a selection of Exotica’s finest fruits to keep everyone fuelled.

Please register if you’re able to attend:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/green-scene-swansea-x-brynmill-primary-school-volunteer-session-tickets-1744086522739

Battery Collection Competition

Super Mascots

Creative Daisy Dog looks at the world through a creative lens.  They are enterprising and love to solve problems in novel ways.  They think outside the box and lead by example, always willing to help and explore new ways of doing things.  Reflective Ozzie Owl is the most inquisitive of the Super Mascots.  They take the time to look back on their learning and ask questions about where they’ve been and where they’re going, how to do better and how to change things for the better. 

Caswell H Class Assembly

Parents/carers of Caswell H students are welcome to come and watch their class assembly on Thursday October 9^th at 9:15.  Gate 2 will be opened at 9:00 to let parents/carers in.

Hello Yellow—World Mental Health Day

Volunteering

We always welcome volunteers in Brynmill School. We will be holding a coffee afternoon between 2pm and 3 pm on Monday October 20th for people interested in volunteering. If you are interested, please come in for a chat and find out different ways that you can volunteer in our school.  Some examples of the things our volunteers help with are – reading, games, going on school trips, classroom activities such as crafts, and outdoor learning.

We look forward to seeing you!

Friends of Brynmill PTA News

Next week is the Brynmill Autumn Boogie (Thursday 9th October), and we’d love your help to make it a fantastic evening!

Disco times:

• Pobbles & Bracelet: 3:30–4:30pm (children are welcome to come to school in fancy dress costumes if they’d like)

• Caswell & Oxwich: 4:45–5:45pm

Please note: Parents remain responsible for their children during the discos and any accompanying siblings must stay with their parents until their disco starts. 

Can you help?—we’re looking for volunteers for set-up, helping on stalls during the discos, and tidying up afterwards. Even a short bit of your time makes a big difference.

Thank you so much to those who have already signed up to volunteer.

Bake Sale—Alongside the fun, we’ll be running a bake sale. Sweet or savoury, homemade or shop-bought – all donations are warmly welcomed.

If you can help or bring along a bake, please email us at friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com.

Dress to impress!—There will be prizes for the best autumn-inspired.

Important: This is a cash-only event.

Let’s make it a brilliant evening for the children and our school community!

Family Learning Sessions

Our ‘Family Learning’ and ‘Parent/Carer’ sessions offer an opportunity for you and your child to learn together and make new connections with others in our community. 

Please let us know how we can support you and your child at home for example with, phonics, Welsh, writing, well-being etc and we will look at how we can run related sessions during the school year.  Please fill in the form below to share your ideas with us. https://forms.office.com/e/JiLcg1hKzz

EasyFundraising

These donations really mount up, so please sign up to support us here

Dates for the Diary

• Thursday October 9^th—Caswell H Class Assembly,  gate 2 will open a 9:00am
• Thursday October 9^th—Brynmill Autumn Boogie, after school
• Monday October 20^th—School Photos with Roz & Kirsty
• Wednesday October 22^nd—Flu Vaccines
• Friday October 24^th—Inset Day 3, no school for pupils

Links to Forms

Flu Vaccine Consent Form https://forms.office.com/e/zV0bjq9QNm

Choir https://forms.office.com/e/px9A19ejpW
NetBall https://forms.office.com/e/4vy3D3EVt5

Family Learning Sessions https://forms.office.com/e/JiLcg1hKzz