Harvest Festival – The following classes are taking part in our Harvest Festival on Thursday at 9.15ish. Please queue at Gate 2 (after the children have been let in at the start of the day, and the gate has closed after them.)
Oxwich D, Caswell J, Bracelet L & Caswell T.
Harvest Collection, we are collecting long lasting food (tins and packets) to donate to those in need, if you have anything to donate, please send donations in from Monday.
Trips – We will make the decision on Monday as to whether the Caswell & Oxwich Trips are going ahead, at the time of writing unfortunately we haven’t received enough voluntary contributions to cover costs. If you are able to contribute please do so over the weekend. Thank you
Free School Meals & other grants. – As the cost-of-living rises, no child should go without. In Wales, nearly half of parents are not claiming the free school meals that their children are entitled to. We are writing to remind you of the three types of support you might be entitled to.
Don’t miss out on Free School Meals. School meals promote healthy eating, increase the variety of food your child might eat, and can improve behaviour and social skills. If you receive certain benefits, or your circumstances have changed, check if you’re entitled through Free school meals – Swansea
If your child already gets free school meals, there could be more help available through School Essentials (PDG Access). This helps with the costs of school essentials like uniforms and equipment to make sure they are ready for the school day.
Please note, if you are in receipt of Free School Meals, parents will still need to apply separately for School Essentials (PDG Access) to access all of the funding available.
Attendance – If you have any attendance messages please contact the school office by email/phone or School Gateway, please do not use ClassDojo.
Reminder – School Photos – The school photographer will be with us tomorrow ( with Wednesday as a reserve day) Please ensure you have registered with them to have your child’s photo taken.
School Trips – Caswell & Oxwich have trips coming up, and we are asking for voluntary contributions to cover the costs. Unfortunately trips may be cancelled if we are unable to cover the cost of admission and transport.
Vomiting & Diahorrea – The current guidance is that children must stay off school for 48 hours following any vomiting or diahorrea.
Inset Day – Reminder we have an Inset Day on Friday, when school is closed to pupils for staff training.
Caswell H – Mrs Howard’s class assembly is tomorrow, parents and grandparents are invited to come and watch. Please queue at Gate 2 (after the classes have come in and the Gate has been locked).
Building a strong community
Home school communication is important to us at Brynmill. In terms of home/ school communication, we want to ensure that:
parents and carers contact the member of staff who is best placed to respond.
important messages are not missed simply because they have not been sent directly to the ‘right’ member of staff.
Class Dojo is currently used as a means of communication. Messages can be sent to class teachers and some other school staff. Staff will try their best to check communication throughout the school day; however, the school day is extremely busy and therefore messages may not be seen until it’s too late. If there is an urgent message please contact the school office.
Please be aware that messages sent outside of the working day (approx. 8:30 am – 5:00 pm) may not be read and therefore class teachers and school staff are unlikely to respond. For this reason, we respectfully ask parents and carers to avoid contacting staff outside of the working day if at all possible
Here are a few examples of the types of things that you may want to raise or discuss and the staff member who is best placed to respond:
Class teacher
Family Wellbeing Leader
School Office/ Admin Team
Sharing important information with your child’s class teacher
Mrs Ciaburri is our Family Well Being Leader she can be contacted by phone or on class dojo.
Mrs Morgans – School Administrator Miss Rees – Attendance and Dinner money (sQuid) & general enquiries Mrs Evans/ Miss Woollacott – Resources and general enquiries.
Any worries or concerns about learning or issues directly related to your child in class
Anything relating to the mental or emotional wellbeing of your child, for example, request for support with routines at home
Important messages, for example an unplanned problem with collection arrangements.
To update Mrs Ciaburri with information that you would like to share.
Messages about your child’s attendance, any issues in relation to absence or punctuality.
Squid/ Dinner Money/ issues with Class Dojo.
Please do not send urgent messages/ messages about attendance or squid to your child’s class teacher as they will not be read whilst your child’s teacher is teaching. Please speak to our school office instead.
If you are not sure who to speak to, please speak to a member of the Admin Team, giving a brief reason for your call.
End of year concerts
Many of us have missed the end of year concerts for the past couple of years and have been eagerly awaiting news of their return in 2022. Each Bay Team will perform a morning and an afternoon concert. The after school performance (with exception of Pobbles) will start at 4 pm, which has the advantage of pupils being able to stay at the end of the school day so not needing to be collected and brought back to school. Additionally, children are less likely to be very tired the following day as the concerts will start and finish earlier. We wanted to give parents/carers/ families as much notice as possible, please find details below:
School Photographers – Our school photographers will be here on Tuesday to take individual and sibling photos of children in school. They may also be here on the Wednesday if they don’t finish taking all the photos.
They will need parental consents filled in from each child by Thursday 6th October at the latest. Please follow the link below to access the form. Thank you.
Volunteers – Thank you to everyone who responded to our volunteers questionnaire. We have a meeting on Monday 17th October at 9:15am for anyone who is interested in volunteering.
School Trip – Oxwich classes will be going to Theatre Na Nog on Wednesday 26th October, we are asking for Voluntary Contributions of £13.00. Unfortunately if we do not cover the costs we may have to cancel the trip. Please pay on sQuid.
School Trip – Caswell classes will be going to Caerleon on Monday 24th October, we are asking for Voluntary Contributions of £20.00. Unfortunately if we do not cover the costs we may have to cancel the trip. Please pay on sQuid. Please note the children will return to school at 4:00pm approximately.
Inset Day – Our next Inset Day is Friday 14th October, when school will be closed to pupils for staff training.
Half Term – Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November
Class Assembly – Oxwich J have their class assembly next week on Tuesday 4th October at 9:10am. Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend. Please start queuing at Gate 2 on Trafalgar Place from 9:00am. As that gate is in use by Caswell T & Caswell J, please let the classes enter first, and wait for the gate to close before queuing, we will reopen the gate once the classes are in.
Parent/Teacher Meetings – Meet the Bay Team. As you may be aware we have renamed our classes this year after various bays/beaches around Swansea. Therefore Year Group Meetings are now called Bay Team meetings. These take place next week:-
Oxwich D – Mr Davies Oxwich E – Mrs Evans Oxwich J – Mrs Jenkins
Monday 3rd October 2022 at 4:00pm Please use Gate 1
Caswell H – Mrs Howard Caswell T – Mrs Timaeus Caswell J – Mr Jenkins
Wednesday 5th October 2022 at 4:00pm Please use Gate 1
Bracelet L – Mrs Lewis Bracelet B – Mrs Breeze Bracelet M – Miss Maliphant
Come along to an event on: Thursday 13th October 2022 at 5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m., George Hall, Guildhall, Swansea. SA1 4PE Where you will: • Discover more about the role of a governor • Find out about the work of the B.A.M.E. governor working party • Hear from current governors and find out what it actually entails for them • Listen to a Headteacher of a Swansea school regarding the importance of the governing body being a true representation of the community the school serves • Speak to the School & Governor Team to find out how they can help you become a governor • Opportunity for a Q + A session This event is free but booking is essential. To book a place please visit https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/governors/governor-recruitment-event/e-avlpga
