INSET DAY – On Monday we have our third Inset Day when school will be closed to children for staff Training. School reopens on Tuesday.

Choir – Due to clashes with other After School Activities we  are changing Choir from a Wednesday to a Monday. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any queries please contact Mrs Howard. Choir will start on Monday 14th October, and will be open to anyone in Year 3 to Year 6 – KS2. Forms will be sent home next week.  For children who are also in Eco Club on a Monday, we will be flexible as to which one they can attend.

PTA Disco – On Wednesday 23rd Oct the Friends of Brynmill Primary will be putting on a Halloween Disco.

• Foundation Phase Children can attend from 5.00pm to 6.00pm and must be accompanied by an adult.
• KS2 children can attend from 6.00pm to 7.00pm.
• Entry costs £1.00.
• There is a pumpkin competition and children can bring in a pumpkin they have carved at home.
• Prizes for the best costume
• Hot Dogs and snacks on sale.

Swansea Fringe  – some pupils and ex pupils from the school are performing at Swansea Fringe tonight from 5.00-6.30 at the Perch on Wind Street and would love some support if you are available.

Parking – There have been some complaints from residents about parents parking in residents spaces. We know that parking around the school is a problem but would be grateful if you do not park in residents parking.

Flu Vaccine – Letters  and forms have been sent home, please complete the form and return stating whether you do or do not give your consent. The School Nurses will be with us on Friday 25th October to give the vaccine to those who have had consent.

Absence from school – Please remember to contact the School Attendance Officer Miss Rees if your child is absent from school. You can either leave a message on our phone 01792 463019, email brynmill.primary@swansea-edunet.gov.uk or text 01792 720076. Please do not send a message via Class Dojo, as messages may not been seen until after school has finished. Thank you

Children late for school – We have a number of parents/pupils who are frequently late and arrive after school started. This causes disruption to the office staff, the class teacher, the class, and any assemblies/concerts or school trips, and can be a cause of  anxiety for the child. School starts at 8.50am, and children should either be attending the Breakfast Club, or in the yard by 8.40am ready for the start of school. Please remember that Foundation Phase Children (Nursery to Y2) should be accompanied by a parent whilst they are in the yard before school starts. If your child arrives after the register has closed they will be classified as having unauthorised absence. If their attendance drops to under 90% you may be liable to a penalty notice.

What’s On Next Week?

Monday – INSET DAY – School closed to children for staff training

Tuesday  –  After School –  Helen O’Grady Drama Academy -Contact 07944 430123/01792 899155 for a free trial lesson

Wednesday –  After School –  Cross Country

Wednesday –   After School – Netball

Thursday – Mad Science call 01792 348205 or book online at https://bit.ly/2mS0rl5

Friday – Y5/6E Class Assembly

Friday – Y5/6D & Y3/4N – Visit to Swansea Museum for WW2 topic

Rags to Riches Appeal – Bags have been sent home today, but please can you hold off returning them until the week beginning the 14th of October. The collection is due on Wednesday 16th October. Thank you

 

 

Goodbye – Today we said a fond farewell to Mrs Liane Davies  who is leaving us after many years at Brynmill Primary School, we wish you all the best in your new venture.

Book Fair – Many thanks to everyone who supported the Scholastic Book Fair. We have raised a total of £477.78 for the school to spend on books – a fantastic result!

The secondhand uniform sale also raised a further £21. Thanks to all the volunteers and supporters!

What’s on Next Week?

Monday  – Deadline for deposits for residential trips

Tuesday – Drama After School Club

Wednesday  – Y5/6 Netball Tournament at Bishop Gore

Wednesday  – Netball After School Club

Wednesday – Cross Country After School  Club

Thursday – Y3/4T & Y5/6E  Trip to Swansea Museum WW2

Friday –   Class Assembly Y1/2H

Friday – Y4/5J  Trip to Swansea Museum WW2

What’s Coming up ?

Monday 7th October –  Inset day 3 – School is closed to children for staff training.

Thursday 10th October – Mad Science After School Club starts for Y1 to Y6 (please see leaflets coming home today)

Fri 11th October  – Class Assembly Y5/6E

Fri 11th October – Y5/6D & Y3/4N Trip to Swansea Museum WW2

Wed 16th October – Rags 2 Riches appeal  for clean old clothes

Fri 18th October  – Class Assembly Y4/5J

Governors

Our Governors for this year are:-

Mrs Anwaar Younis – Parent Governor – Chair

Mrs Clare Bruce-Lloyd – Parent Governor – Vice Chair

Mrs Vanita Patel – Community Governor

Cllr. Peter May – Local Authority Governor

Mr Hywel Vaughan –  Local Authority Governor

Cllr. Mary Sherwood  –  Local Authority Governor

Mr Richard Blakeley –  Local Authority Governor

Mrs Louise Beckett – Parent Governor

Mr Graham Davies – Parent Governor

Ms Cat Davies – Parent Governor

Mrs Jeanette Howard – Teacher Governor

Mr Owen Davies – Teacher Governor

 

 

No smoking – Please remember there is no smoking in or around school property including the pavement around the school.

After School Clubs Next week – Forms have been sent home today

Monday – Eco Club until 4.15pm for KS2 pupils

Tuesday – Helen O’Grady Drama Club until 4.30pm

Wednesday – Cross Country,  pick up from Singleton Park by Brynmill Coffee House at 4.15pm or from school at 4.30pm for Y5/6

Wednesday – Netball until 4.15pm  for Y5/6

Residential Trips

We have two residential trips next Year. Y5/6 children have the opportunity to go to Llanmadoc for either half a week or a full week in April, and Y3/4 can  go on an overnight trip to Cardiff with the Urdd. Please contact the school office for more information.

Kerbcraft _ Y2 start Kerbcraft next Wednesday, please ensure you have completed and returned the form.

Thank you to everyone who supported the PTA book fair last week, we hope to buy lots of lovely books for the school with the commission raised.

Privacy Statement – Brynmill Primary School is the data controller who is responsible for holding the data you provide. We will use your data to keep you up to date with school activities such as concerts, fundraising and sports days. We will not share your data with anyone else and we hold your information on the basis of your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by contacting the school office. More information on your rights can be found in our privacy notice  and our data protection policy.

Brynmill Privacy Notice GDPR

Child friendly privacy notice schools

 

Year Group Meetings – We hope you can join us next week for the Year Group Meetings, which provide you with a chance to meet your child’s teacher, find out about KS2 residential trips, get information on what they will be learning this term, as well as lots of other useful information. We hope you can join us.

What’s on Next Week?

Year Group Meetings

Monday 16th September – UFP – Year 1 and Year 2 at 2.30pm and again at 5.30pm

Tuesday 17th September  –  KS2 – Years 3,4,5 &6 at 2.30pm and again at 5.30pm

Wednesday 18th September – LFP – Nursery & Reception at 2.30pm

FBP Book Fair

FBP Second Hand Uniform Sale

What’s Coming up?

Please have a look at our events page for future events.

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

Forms – Please complete and return the contact form that has been sent home, so we can ensure we have up to date  information for your child.

Communication from school  – 

Please ensure you are receiving messages from Classdojo, and SchoolComms, if you are having any problems please let us know.

 

 

Croeso/ Welcome – Welcome back to our existing pupils, and welcome to our new pupils, we hope we all have a great year at Brynmill Primary School.

Inspection – We are delighted to provide a link to our latest Estyn report following our school inspection last term. Many of those who’ve already read the report have told us that it is a pleasure to read and I must say that I agree.

Staff, governors, parents, carers and of course the children have always worked well together making our school a very special, caring community and we are always pleased when this is recognised by others. Staff took the opportunity to reflect upon the inspection report during one of the recent INSET day activities. I also asked the staff to identify a few highlights from the report which proved to be a difficult task as there were so many positives to celebrate. We are particularly proud that ESTYN recognised the excellent behaviour of our pupils with “Nearly all pupils display high levels of respect and tolerance to one another, staff and visitors.” We are also delighted that ESTYN noted that “teachers plan engaging topics with pupils that capture their imagination and making learning exciting” and that our pupils are supported by a “team of skilful learning support assistants provide highly effective pastoral and learning support.” ESTYN also recognised the “robust leadership” provided by schools leaders and governors, noting that our leadership “processes and opening dialogue ensures that all staff, governors, parents and pupils take full part in evaluating how well the school is performing.”

As a school that resolutely avoids complacency and both seeks and embraces challenge in our quest to be the best we can be within the scope of our resources, it is nice to take this opportunity to celebrate and heartily congratulate everyone for their contribution to making Brynmill Primary such a successful school.

https://www.estyn.gov.wales/sites/www.estyn.gov.wales/files/documents/Brynmill%20Primary%20School_0.pdf

Year Group Meetings –

Monday 16th September – UFP – Year 1 and Year 2 at 2.30pm and again at 5.30pm

Tuesday 17th September  –  KS2 – Years 3,4,5 &6 at 2.30pm and again at 5.30pm

Wednesday 18th September – LFP – Nursery & Reception at 2.30pm

Book Fair – The FBP – Friends of Brynmill Primary will be running their book fair next week to coincide with the Year Group Meetings, we are very grateful for their support and the money raised goes towards buying resources for the school.

Second Hand Uniform Sale – The FBP will also be running a second hand uniform sale at the Book Fair, and would appreciate donations of clean uniform that your children have grown out of.

Learn Welsh – The University are running some Learn Welsh Courses which may be of use to parents  –  https://learnwelsh.cymru/media/6337/dcaba-course-brochure-2019.pdf

Easy fundraising – If you shop online please join Easyfundraising https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/brynmillps/?fbclid=IwAR1dXKSBq1kvEnKJzI34LwcKKwksb5Fp25ES5kQrBa7PrgoXShBODwzk4p8, and we can receive a small donation when you shop with retailers such as Amazon, Argos, Tesco etc.

Drama Club – We have the Helen O’Grady Drama Academy starting with us on the 17th, offering an after school drama club for Years 1 to 6. Letters have been sent home, spare copies are available from the school office.

Inset Days – Our next Inset Day is on Monday 7th October, when school will be closed to pupils for staff training. Our last Inset Day will be on Monday 20th July 2020. We will let you know of our other Inset days when they are announced.

Co-op – If you shop at the Co-op, please consider nominating  Brynmill Primary School as your chosen charity.

Recycling  – Just a reminder that we collect and recycle batteries, used writing implements and empty crisp packets.

Rags2Riches – We have our next collection for the Rags2Riches appeal booked for Wednesday 16th October. Please start saving any clean dry reusable clothing. The money raised is used to buy much needed resources for the school.

ClassDojo – Please ensure you are signed up to Classdojo which lets parents and teachers communicate easily, and  we can use it for reminders and urgent messages. You should have access to the main school page, your children’s class, and any after school groups they may attend.

What’s On Next Week?

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, mini dessert

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

Y4/5J – Mini Desserts, cakes or biscuits

Y3/4T—Crisps, sausage rolls or savoury snacks, biscuits

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

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

What’s Coming Up ?

Week beginning Monday 16th September – Year Group Meetings, Book Fair & Second Hand Uniform Sale.

Tuesday 17th September – Drama Club

Fri 4th October  – Class Assembly Y1/2H

Monday 7th October – Inset Day 3

Wed 16th October – Rags2Riches Collection

Fri 18th Oct – Class Assembly Y4/5J

Wed 23rd October – Harvest Festival for parents – Y1/2B, Y5/6E, Y3/4T, Y3/4N, LFPR

Monday 28th October to Friday 1st November – Half Term

Monday 4th November/ Tuesday 5th November – School Photographer for Individual and Sibling Photos

Fri 8th November  – Class Assembly Y5/6D

Fri 22nd November – Class Assembly Y 3/4T

Fri 6th December – LFP Christmas Concerts at 9.30am and 1.30pm

Tuesday 10th December – UFP Christmas Concerts at 9.30am and 5.30pm

Wed 11th December – Y3/4 Christmas Concerts at 9.30am and 5.30pm (including Y4J)

Thursday 12th December – Y5/6 Christmas Concerts at 9.30am and 5.30pm (including Y5J)

 

Goodbye to our Year 6 children , we wish them all the best in Secondary School, we will miss you. Goodbye to all the other children who are leaving us this year for various reasons, we wish you all the best in your new schools.

Goodbye to Mr Mizen, after an emotional assembly today, pupils and staff had the chance to say goodbye to Mr Mizen, we wish him well, and hope that he will be able to visit us for some Assemblies in the future.

School Dinners – From September school dinners will cost £2.40 per day or £12.00 per week, please remember to top up your sQuid Account regularly.

New Reception Class – For the children joining us in Reception in September, we have the opportunity to try a free School Dinner on the first day back – Wednesday 4th September. If you would like you child to have the free meal, please just don’t send in a packed meal that day.

We hope you have a lovely holiday and see you on Wednesday 4th September.

 

 

Goodbye and good luck

Mr Mizen has informed us that he is planning to move onto new pastures so we will reluctantly be saying goodbye. He has been offered an opportunity to undertake a pastoral role at Lifepoint Church, which after much consideration, he has decided to accept.

I’d like to thank Mr Mizen for the hardwork and commitment he has shown during his time here in Brynmill. I know that he will not only be missed by  the staff but also by the many children he has taught, helped (as a first aider), or who participated in the extracurricular clubs he ran including Code club and Football club.

We sincerely wish him the best of luck for the future and hope that he will come back to visit his ‘Brynmill Primary Family’ from time to time.

We are please that Mrs Timaeus will remain with us next term until a permanent member of staff is appointed to replace Mr Mizen.

Online Assessments

For Y2 to Y6, who have completed the online procedural tests, the results and feedback will be available online  in due course. We will keep you informed once we have further information.

After School Clubs

Monday – Eco

Thursday  – Football

Next week, and beyond!

Monday 15th July – Transition morning – Children will spend time in their new classes.

Monday 15th July – Open afternoon for Parents to come and see their children’s work 2.15pm to 3.10pm

Wednesday 17th July – Leavers’ Assembly 9.00am to approx 10.00am

Thurs 18th July – Y5/6 trip to Bishop Gore to see School of Rock

Thurs 18th July – Year 5 Festival – Children are invited to bring in a couple of pounds to spend on games etc.

Fri 19th July – Last Day of term – Toy Day –  3.20pm finish

Monday 2nd September – Inset Day 1

Tuesday 3rd September – Inset Day 2

Congratulations to Y1/2H with 95.5%, and to Y5/6E with 100% attendance this week.

 

Royal Visit – On Wednesday 30 pupils went to Victoria Park to greet Prince Charles and Camilla who were visiting Swansea as part of the 50 years celebration since Swansea was made a City.

Congratulations to Mrs Jenkins’ class, who had the highest attendance out of all the classes for the Spring Term, they have chosen a street dance lesson as their prize, this will take part next week.

Letter from Governors – Please lookout for the letter from Governors about next year’s classes which is being sent home via schoolcomms.

What’s Coming Up?

Monday 15th July – Transition morning – Children will spend time in their new classes.

Monday 15th July – Open afternoon for Parents to come and see their children’s work

Wednesday 17th July – Leavers’ Assembly 9.00am to approx 10.00am

Thurs 18th July – Y5/6 trip to Bishop Gore to see School of Rock

Thurs 18th July – Year 5 Festival – Children are invited to bring in a couple of pounds to spend on games etc.

Fri 19th July – Last Day of term – Toy Day –  3.20pm finish

Monday 2nd September – Inset Day 1

Tuesday 3rd September – Inset Day 2