Welcome/Croeso to a new school year.

Our 3rd Inset Day is on Monday 1st October, when school will be closed to pupils for staff training.

School Dinners now cost £2.30 per day or £11.50 per week. We no longer accept cash for School Dinners, and payment should be made online via sQuid, or Paypoint Card. Please contact the school office if you require assistance.

Activity Fund – We are very grateful for any voluntary contributions of £5.00 per term to our activity fund which pays for extra resources for art, food tasting, gardening, cooking, golden time activities, outdoor play equipment etc.

Fruit Tuckshop starts next week. It costs £1.00 per week for a piece of fresh fruit every day. You can pay on sQuid per half term or for the year.

Parent/Teacher Meetings – These take place the week after next. Please see our events page for more information.

Y5/6 Trip to Theatre Na Nog – On Wednesday 19th Sept Y5/6 will be going to the Dylan Thomas Theatre and Swansea Museum for a day of theatre  and workshops. We have been lucky enough to receive a grant towards most of the cost of the activity and transport, and are therefore asking for a small voluntary contribution of £2.00 to cover the shortfall.

Kerbcraft – Y2s will be taking part in Kerbcraft, learning all about road safety, it starts on Wed 19th Sept and continues every Wednesday for approximately 10 weeks.

Book Fair – The Book Fair runs after school from Monday 17th to Wednesday 18th September, please support this if you can as the school gets commission for every book sold.

Our achievement tree has shed all its leaves, we would love to see it bloom again. If your child has any achievements outside of school such as swimming, dance, karate, reading scheme etc, please ask them to bring their certificate in to show us, they will then have a leaf with their name on it to put on the tree.

After School Clubs – Football starts on Thursday for Y5/6 children.

Eid Parties – Next Friday we have our Eid Parties. Children are invited to wear their party clothes, and bring in some food to share (please see below). Please note this is in addition to school dinner/packed lunch.

Y5/6D—Crisps, sausage rolls or savoury snacks

Y5/6E—Sandwiches, pasties, samosas, or bhajis

Y5/6M—Mini Desserts, cakes or biscuits

Y3/4D—Crisps, sausage rolls or savoury snacks

Y3/4N—Sandwiches, pasties, samosas, or bhajis

Y3/4J—Mini Desserts, cakes or biscuits

Y1/2H—Crisps, sausage rolls or savoury snacks

Y1/2L—Sandwiches, pasties, samosas, or bhajis

Y1/2B—Mini Desserts, cakes or biscuits

Nursery & Reception—Individual labelled plate with a selection of party food

A big thank you to our Eco Club who did a litter pick in and around school this week, assisted by Cllr. Irene Mann. They collected 3 bags of litter, and are so enthused that they want to do a Beach Litter Pick next!

School Dinners – The price of a school dinner is increasing to £2.30 from September. Please remember we will be going cashless for school dinner payments from September, so please sign up for sQuid, or ask at the office for a payment card.

Attendance – Congratulations to Y1/2H with 96.2% and to Y3/4N with 98% attendance this week.

Congratulations to the children who achieved 100% attendance this year, they have been treated with a trip to Brynmill Coffee House, and had cake and  milkshakes, smoothies or hot chocolate. They have all promised to get 100% next year, so we can have more cake!

Open afternoon – we have our open afternoon on Monday, where parents are invited to come and have a look at their child’s work. Entry is from 2.00pm to 3.10pm, and if you are attending you can take your child home after 2.30pm (( please remember to sign them out at the school office).

Last Day of Term – On Tuesday it is Toy Day, and non school uniform day. Children are invited to dress up or dress down, and bring in £1.00 which will go towards much needed school resources.

Advance Notice – Y5 & Y6 will be going to Theatr Na Nog’s performance of The White Feather on the 19th September. The cost will be approximately £10.00, but we have applied for a grant, and if successful it will be less, we will let you know as soon as we have the price confirmed.

Leaver’s Mugs – Please can the Y6 children return the misprinted Leaver’s Mugs. Replacements are on their way, and we will arrange to get them to you in September.

Goodbye – A few goodbyes

– to Miss Pardoe and Miss John who will be leaving us for pastures new, good luck in your new jobs.

– to our wonderful Year 6’s, we will miss you, good luck in secondary school.

– to the children leaving to go back to their home country, we hope you have enjoyed your time in Wales.

– to the children moving to new schools, thank you for being a part of our school, we hope you settle in well.

Good luck to Mrs Nicholas in her cricket endeavours. For those that don’t know, Mrs Nicholas  was the first Welsh player to appear in the Kia Super League , and she was a key contributor to Western Storm’s 2017 success.

On the back of that, the children in Year 3/4 had a taster session with Cricket Wales this afternoon, which they really enjoyed!

https://westernstorm.co.uk/news/three-welsh-dragons-to-roar-for-western-storm-in-2018/

Good luck Mrs Nicholas in this years tournament – would you like a leaf on the achievement tree??!

We have had an increasing number of comments from parents telling us that a few children in Year 5 and 6 are using WhatsApp irresponsibly outside of the school day. This is taking a considerable amount of school time to deal with the fallout from incidents. Whilst we are duty bound to pass on any offensive material that is shared with us, our role is not to police the use of Social Media amongst pupils outside school.
The school asserts the following guidance:

WhatsApp’s age has recently been upgraded to 16.

Pupils should NOT be adding contacts and creating groups for the purposes of sharing offensive posts with pupils.

Passing on offensive material is considered legally to be on a par with initiating it.

Making multiple groups/ multiple Admins is inadvisable at best.

Should parents feel that their child is emotionally responsible enough to use apps such as WhatsApp despite being considerably underage, we advise that you discuss this with your child and agree boundaries.

Please be assured that your child’s emotional well being is important to us and we are keen to work in partnership with parents on a range of E Safety concerns. With this in mind please follow this link for further guidance.

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/whatsapp

Thank you
Mr Davies

End of Term –  Term finishes on Tuesday 24th July at 3.20pm.

Attendance – Congratulations to LFPM with 97.3% attendance, and to Y3/4J with 98.3% attendance this week. Last week’s winners were Y1/2H with 96.2% and Y3/4J  97.9%.

Congratulations to Y5/6D who won this term’s attendance prize with 96.6%, and had a lovely morning playing Footgolf.

A Uniform Grant is available to next year’s Reception, and next year’s Year 7 children if they are entitled to Free School Meals, please contact the school office for more information.

Last week’s Golden Table -Iona, Bronnie, Bayan, Namping, Eila, Logan, Tegan, Estelle, Isha, Saara, Joanna

This week’s Golden Table – Jago, Zak, Atikah, Maggie, Maraim, Trot, Zahraa, Abbey, Isaac

Reminder – If you are taking your child out of school for a holiday,  please complete an absence notification form in advance.

Leavers. Our Y6 Leavers concert is on Wednesday, starting about 9.15, and continuing until there are no dry eyes in the house!

Open Afternoon, Our open afternoon is on Monday 23rd July,  parent’s are invited to come and and have a look at their child’s work.

Toy Day is On Tuesday 24th, children can bring in a favourite toy, but please note, we are unable to accept responsibility for any loss or damage, please do not send in a toy with lots of small parts, and please make sure an electronic equipment is fully charged as we are plug in any chargers.

Thank you to Jade Joseph for nominating us for a free assembly and workshop on global citizenship, we are looking forward to it.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Enterprise Fair, sorry we ran out of everything!

Eco – Club – Our Eco Club will be doing a litter pick in and around the school on Monday.

 

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

 

 

 

What a busy week we have had, with

• Mrs Howard’s Class & Mrs Jenkins’ Class enjoying their attendance rewards on the beach,
• Our Prefects & Blues Busters enjoying  volleyball & rounders as a thank you for all their hard work this year,
• Trips to the park for Y1/2,
• Ancient Greek Olympics for Y5/6.
• Shwmae Day
• LFP – Dressing up to celebrate the end of languages week

Next week we have a half term holiday, followed by 2 Inset days, so children are due back on Wednesday 6th June.

After School Clubs After Half Term Week – Choir & Football

Attendance – Congratulations to LFPR with 98.8% and to Y3/4J with 98.6% attendance this week, both well above our 96% attendance target. Da Iawn!

Drop in Sessions – Andy from the Family Partnership Team will be with us on Thursdays from 9-11 for advice and support for parents He will be able to offer either one to one guidance or support, or signposting,  on welfare issues, problems with children’s behaviour etc.

Chance to win a Mad Science Camp Day Voucher. – We have a voucher for a day at a Mad Science Summer Camp. If you would like to buy a raffle ticket, please send  £1.00 per strip of raffle tickets to the school office. The Summer Camps are 23rd to 27th July, 6th to 10th August, 20th to 24th August in Bryn Road Scout Hut. Deadline for raffle tickets is Friday 29th June.

Dear Year 6 parents – Following a vote by children in class last week, the Year 6 leaver party will be a Festival and is planned for Sunday 8 July. This party is organised by parents so we need everyone’s help before and on the day. Please join the Facebook group (‘Year Six Leavers 2018’) to keep updated.  You are invited to a meeting at 3:20 pm on Friday 8 June in the school hall to help plan activities and share out preparation tasks. If you can’t attend, please message the Facebook group to let us know if you can help. If you do not use Facebook, then you can email Nicole (pozasesteban@gmail.com) so details can be copied over to the Facebook group page.

School Kitchen – the Local Authority has started work on the planned kitchen refurbishment, and it is expected to take four weeks. School dinners will be cooked off site, and transported to the school, so there will be minimal disruption to the service, and your child will still have a hot meal (if required). Please note, there is no disruption to Early Bird Club/ BreakfastClub.

GDPR – Please follow the link to a child friendly explanation of GDPR

Our Privacy Notice

Dates for the diary – Our Events Page

 

 

 

 

 

Diolch! – First of all a big thank you to all who donated bags of old clothes. We raised £216.35. We will be running this again on a termly basis (next date 13th November), so please remember us when you are having a sort out. Unfortunately we do not have the space to store the bags until the next collection, but will let you know when you can bring them in.

Shwmae Day – As part of our languages week, we will be having a Shwmae Day, children are invited to wear red on Monday which will be filled with fun activities in Welsh.

Attendance – Congratulations to this week’s winners LFPR with 98.2 % and Y3/4J with 98.6%, both classes are well above our target of 96%.

Next week, the winners of the termly attendance prize – Y3/4J & Y1/2H will be going to the 360 Beach & Watersports Centre for an afternoon of beach activities. Enjoy!

One way system around the school  – Just a reminder that there is a one way system around the school,  a few parents have been ignoring this. For the safety of our children, please do not ignore the no entry signs.

Parking – Please do not park on the zigzag or double yellow lines. It is illegal, and puts lives at risk.

Football Match – Our Y5/6’s played some matches against Ysgol Brynymor yesterday. There were two teams the A team and the B team that A team won 3-0 I (Somto) scored a hatrick.It was a very hard game with very small proper goals they have improved as a team and I would like to play them again we had a team of 9 so did they and to sum it up they played incredible.  Somto XD

There was a very good match held at the pitches there were A team  and a B team. Luckily the A team won 3-0 but the B team lost 4-2. It was a hard match with such small goals but it was an amazing one with a lot of chances good goals and close goals. Adam.

In the B-team we had a fantastic first half with two goals scored by Blake and Edward. So we were winning 2-1 at half time. But then Bryn-y-mor scored three more goals in the second half. The final score was 4-2. We really enjoyed the game and both of us almost scored. Jago and Jacob.

A huge thank you to Maggie & Freddie’s Dad, Tim from Cover to Cover for the donation of books. Diolch!

Prefects & Blues Busters – As a reward for all their hard work this year, on Thursday the Prefects and Blues Busters will be going to the 360 Beach & Watersports Centre for a morning of beach fun followed by refreshments.

Inset Days – Please note we have 2 inset days after the half term holidays – Monday 4th June & Tuesday 5th June, when school will be closed to pupils for staff training.

Dates for the diary – please follow the link to our events page

 https://brynmill-primary-school1.j2bloggy.com/en_GB/events/

Nursery Open sessions – Our Nursery Open sessions start in June, and we look forward to meeting the children and parents who will be joining us soon.

Sports day – Our sports day for Reception to Y6 children will take place on the morning of Wednesday 27th June, with a reserve date of Tuesday 10th July.

After School Clubs next week –

Monday Creative Club for Y1/2

Wednesday Choir for KS2

No Football or Eco Club this week.

Golden Table – Lukas, Rebecca, Mason, Lara, Fahim. Daniel, Hiba, Zane, Serah, Oisin, Lawa

Dinner Money – From September we will be going cashless for dinner money. This is in line with other Swansea Schools, and to help us comply with the council’s no debt policy. This advance notice will allow plenty of time for parents to register for sQuid, iron out any teething problems, and get used to the system. Please contact the school office if you need your registration information. If you have already registered but are experiencing problems, please go to https://www.squidcard.com/support/help

 

Thank you

 

 

Welsh Water Workshop

After School Clubs – Only football on this week.

Golden Table – Rhiannon, Edward, Evin, Emily, Evan, Al Waleed, Zach, Jasper, Sofia, Saud, Dominic

Congratulations to Y1/2PB who had 98.6% attendance this week, and to Y5/6D who had 99.6% attendance, both well above the school target of 96%.

Coming soon – Mad Science After School Club, look out for the leaflets being sent home next week.

Welsh Water – We had a Welsh Water Assembly this week for the whole school. They talked to the children about wasting water and how we could improve as a school. This was followed by workshops for Y3/4 & Y5/6 where the children learnt about how much water is used for different things. They enjoyed the measuring activities!

Rags2Riches4schools – Please bring in your clean old clothes, bedding, accessories & shoes ready for Wednesday’s Collection. If you have lost the plastic bag sent home from school, please use any bag.

Please check out the events page for dates for the diary.

 

Lovely thought provoking assembly from Y34J this morning. They talked through their group presentations that they’d worked so hard on in class about Charity and did brilliantly. They shared interesting facts on the role of important charities of Water Aid, UNICEF, BHF, Cancer Research UK, Comic and Sports Relief and Children in Need. All with very little time to practice. Well done 34J!