Another busy week at Brynmill Primary!

Attendance – Congratulations to Y1/2L with 98%, and Y4/5J with 95.8% attendance this week. Llongyfarchiadau! And congratulations to Mrs Timaeus class who won the class attendance award for last term, they have celebrated with a pyjama party and lots of goodies to eat and drink.

The Netball Team competed in a tournament – On Wednesday night  a welsh coach came to our Netball training session. We practised our passing and footwork. On Thursday , we went to a Netball Tournament. There were eight teams and we played a five minute game against each team . We won one game and lost a couple but overall we did  well. I think everyone was proud of each other . The atmosphere in the room was great. We had fun watching the other matches.. We are looking forward to our next tournament. – Hazel

Y1/2 had a visit from Animal Zone as part of their topic on Mini Zoo – We had an amazing time when Animal Zone visited us on Wednesday. he brought snakes, tarantulas, a tortoise, millipedes, cockroaches, toads and more. We could hold the animals and we were taken photos of with the animals on a green screen. The animals were from the rain forest but some of them weren’t. It was a fantastic visit. He was funny, smart and kind. We were amazed, he taught us a lot.  – Ralph & Tamerlan

Blue Peter Book  Awards – A few months ago our school was picked to be one of 12 schools to be judges for this year’s Blue Peter Book Awards.  30 of us had 6 books to read, they were a mix of fiction and non-fiction.  I absolutely loved to read all the books especially ‘Rise Up’ because it really inspired me.  I couldn’t believe those young people changed our world.  In fact one day I want to be like them.  We are looking forward to finding out the winning books on Blue Peter on World Book Day.  I loved having the opportunity to read the books and be a part of Blue Peter. – Ishaaq

World Book Day – Thursday 5th March is World Book Day, we would like to invite children to dress up as a book character and/ or bring a favourite book to school.

Eco Club – Our Eco Club have been learning about the negative effects of cars idling outside schools and have designed posters. Facts include:-

• An idling vehicle emits more pollution than a vehicle travelling at 30mph
• Idling your engine for just 10 minutes releases a pound of CO2 into the air
• Turning your engine off and on again causes less pollution than keeping the engine running. 

I am writing to inform you about turning your car of when you are waiting to pick up your child. It lets of a lot of fumes that is not good for your health.  Did you know that if you keep your car running for longer than 10 seconds it lets off more fumes than it would if you turned your car of and then back on again. We as an eco-council and club are trying hard to keep our environment healthy and are school plastic free. If your child would like to join eco club, you can get a letter from the office. Sincerely, Nia –  on behalf of the Eco club and Eco Council 

 

 

 

Eirlys, the lollipop lady – Unfortunately Eirlys our School Crossing Patrol will be retiring next week after many years of service,  if you would like to contribute towards a leaving gift we would be happy to accept donations.

Whats on Next Week?

Monday – Choir

Monday – Cross Country Meet

Tuesday – Drama

Wednesday – Road Safety Assembly for KS2

Wednesday – Netball

Wednesday – Cross Country

Thursday -Meeting for Y5/6 parents re Llanmadoc Residential 3.20pm to 3.45pm

Friday – Y1/2L Class Assembly

What’s Coming Up ?

Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st Feb – Half Term

Thurs 27th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for School – All children asked to wear Welsh Costume, or a red T-shirt/Jumper.

Friday 28th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for Parents  – Classes taking part are Y1/2L, Y5/6D, Y4/5J, Y1/2H, LFPM (morning Nursery & Reception) & Y5/6E. All children are asked to wear Welsh Costume or a red T-Shirt/jumper.

Thursday 5th March – World Book Day – we would like to invite children to dress up as a book character and/ or bring a favourite book to school

Fri 6th March – Class Assembly Y3/4N at 9.00am

Fri 13th March – Rags 2 Riches Collection  – Collection of clean old clothing

Fri 13th March – Sports Relief

Week beginning Mon 16th March – Parental consultations

Fri 20th March – Class Assembly Y1/2B at 9.00am

Fri 20th March – Science exhibition

Fri 27th March – Class Assembly Y3/4T at 9.00am

Inset Day 5 – Monday 1st June

Inset Day 6 – Monday 20th July

 

 

What’s on next week?

Wednesday – Y1/2 visit to school from Animal Zone.

Thursday – Netball Tournament

After School Clubs Next week –

Monday – Choir

Monday – Eco  (for Eco Club & Eco Council)

Tuesday – Drama

Wednesday – Cross Country

Wednesday – Netball – Please make sure to come if you are going to the Netball Tournament as we have arranged for a Wales Coach to attend.

What’s coming up?

Wed 12th February – KS2 – Road Safety Assembly

Thursday 13th Feb – Meeting for Parents of Y5/6 children going to the Llanmadoc residential. 3.30 to 3.45pm

Fri 14th February – Y1/2L Class Assembly at 9.00am

Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st Feb – Half Term

Thurs 27th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for School – All children asked to wear Welsh Costume, or a red T-shirt/Jumper.

Friday 28th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for Parents  – Classes taking part are Y1/2L, Y5/6D, Y4/5J, Y1/2H, LFPM (morning Nursery & Reception) & Y5/6E. All children are asked to wear Welsh Costume or a red T-Shirt/jumper.

Fri 6th March – Class Assembly Y3/4N at 9.00am

Fri 13th March – Rags 2 Riches Collection  – Collection of clean old clothing

Fri 13th March – Sports Relief

Week beginning Mon 16th March – Parental consultations

Fri 20th March – Class Assembly Y1/2B at 9.00am

Fri 20th March – Science exhibition

Fri 27th March – Class Assembly Y3/4T at 9.00am

Inset Day 5 – Monday 1st June

Inset Day 6 – Monday 20th July

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.

Attendance – Congratulations to Y1/2L with 98%  and to Y4/5J with 98.7% attendance this week. Llongyfarchiadau!

Y3/4 Urdd Trip –  Estelle & Abbey were very enthusiastic about the trip.  “The bowling trip was fun, and we loved the speedboat ride. The food was really good, especially the hash browns. In the evening we watched Toy Story 4  and ate all our snacks. We were tired out by all the activities and had a good nights sleep” Diolch girls, we are glad you enjoyed it.

Assembly – Thank you to the Ocean Conservation Trust for our Slimy Seas Assembly this week, we learnt lots of disgusting facts about Hag Fish, Parrot Fish,Limpets and Octopi and pretended to be Sharks!

School Dinners – Parents are reminded that there has been a zero debt policy in place for school meals since September 2017. School dinners must be paid for in advance. It is a parent’s responsibility to either make sure that there are sufficient funds in their child’s account to enable them to order a school dinner at morning registration, or to provide them with a packed lunch. Going forward; allowing an unpaid meal, even from day one, will require approval by the head teacher. Some parents may find it useful to enable the auto top-up function on sQuid – if you need any help with this please ask at the school office.

Eco Club – Last year our Eco Club was filmed for Swansea Bay TV about our Plastic Free Day, you can watch the clip here

Lateness – We would like to remind parents that school starts at 8.50 am. Children are encouraged to arrive between 8:40 am and 8:50 am  so that they are  ready to line up and enter school with their class at the beginning of the school day.  Foundation Phase Parents should wait with their child(ren) until the teacher comes on duty.

If you find that the roads are busy at the start of the school day please consider using our  Free Breakfast Club which  starts at 8.10am, when then is less traffic.

We understand that people can have occasional problems which means they are late, however some parents are late on a regular basis, causing disruption for office staff, teachers and class mates.

Being 5 minutes late every day gives a total of

25 minutes every week

316 minutes a term

2 full days a year

What’s on Next Week?

Monday – Choir

Tuesday – Drama

Wednesday – tbc

Wednesday – Netball

Friday – Y1/2H Class Assembly at 9.00am

What’s Coming Up ?

Wed 5th February – Animal Zoo for Y1/2 classes

Fri 14th February – Y1/2L Class Assembly at 9.00am

Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st Feb – Half Term

Thurs 27th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for School – All children asked to wear Welsh Costume, or a red T-shirt/Jumper.

Friday 28th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for Parents  – Classes taking part are Y1/2L, Y5/6D, Y4/5J, Y1/2H, LFPM (morning Nursery & Reception) & Y5/6E. All children are asked to wear Welsh Costume or a red T-Shirt/jumper.

Fri 6th March – Class Assembly Y3/4N at 9.00am

Fri 13th March – Rags 2 Riches Collection  – Collection of clean old clothing

Fri 13th March – Sports Relief

Week beginning Mon 16th March – Parental consultations

Fri 20th March – Class Assembly Y1/2B at 9.00am

Fri 20th March – Science exhibition

Fri 27th March – Class Assembly Y3/4T at 9.00am

Inset Day 5 – Monday 1st June

Inset Day 6 – Monday 20th July

 

Cake Sale – A big thank you to everyone who donated or bought cakes. The Criw Cymraeg raised over £150.00

Easyfundraising – just a little reminder that you can raise a little extra money for the school if you do online shopping  via the online shopping website. Please go to Easy fundraising  for more information.

Eco – Please send in your clean empty crisp packets, dead batteries and used writing implements for recycling.

Y3/4 Urdd Trip – We have set up a class dojo group for the Urdd trip so that the Teacher’s can post photos of the various activities, if your child is going on the trip please make sure you have access to the group. Diolch

Request – If you are waiting in your car to pick your child up from school, please can you turn your engine off. Thank you

Y5/6 Residential – Please remember to pay the balance of £160.00 on sQuid by the deadline of 20th March. You can either pay the full amount in one go, or pay in instalments.

What’s on next week ?

Monday – Eco Club

Monday – Choir

Tuesday & Wednesday – Y3/4 Trip to the Urdd in Cardiff

Tuesday – Drama

Wednesday – Cross Country

Wednesday – Football  Netball

Fri  – Y5/6E Class Assembly at 9.00am

What is coming up?

Fri 24th January – Y5/6E Class Assembly at 9.00am

Fri 31st January – Y1/2H Class Assembly at 9.00am

Fri 14th February – Y1/2L Class Assembly at 9.00am

Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st Feb – Half Term

Thurs 27th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for School – All children asked to wear Welsh Costume, or a red T-shirt/Jumper.

Friday 28th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for Parents  – Classes taking part are Y1/2L, Y5/6D, Y4/5J, Y1/2H, LFPM (morning Nursery & Reception) & Y5/6E. All children are asked to wear Welsh Costume or a red T-Shirt/jumper.

Fri 6th March – Class Assembly Y3/4N at 9.00am

Fri 13th March – Rags 2 Riches Collection  – Collection of clean old clothing

Fri 13th March – Sports Relief

Week beginning Mon 16th March – Parental consultations

Fri 20th March – Class Assembly Y1/2B at 9.00am

Fri 20th March – Science exhibition

Fri 27th March – Class Assembly Y3/4T at 9.00am

Inset Day 5 – Monday 1st June

Inset Day 6 – Monday 20th July

 

Happy New Year! Welcome back, we hope you all enjoyed the break.

Fruit Tuckshop – Just a reminder to pay for fruit tuckshop ( Year 1 to Year 6) if you would like your child to have a piece of fresh fruit everyday. Please pay on sQuid – please look for Fruit Spring Term 1st Half Term (Year 1 to Year 6). Alternatively you are welcome to send in a healthy snack.

Activity fund – We are very grateful to the voluntary contributions to our Activity fund, which lets us buy extra resources  for crafts and pay for activities such as cooking &  food tasting. If you would like to contribute please look on sQuid for Activity Fund – voluntary contribution – Spring Term. Thank you

Olchfa School are running a free  seminar for parents/carers of Primary Aged Children about Setting Boundaries – Keeping Relationships on Mon 20th Jan from 6.30 to 7.30pm . Tickets can be booked via Eventbrite or by emailing Hannah.Vincent@swansea-edunet.gov.uk. They are also running a serious of workshops entitled  Time Out For Parents  every Monday from 7pm to 9pm from 3rd Feb to 16th March. the cost is £10 per individual/couple. For more details please contact Hannah Vincent on 01792 534300 or 07976 724167 or hannah.vincent@swansea-edunet.gov.uk

Y3/4 Urdd Trip – Please can we have all forms and outstanding monies by Tuesday. The Criw Cymraeg are running a cake sale next Friday, with the money going towards the Urdd Trip enabling us to keep the cost as low as possible. We would be grateful if you could bake/buy cakes for this event. Thank you

After School Activities next week.

Monday – Choir

Tuesday – Drama

Wednesday – Cross Country

What is coming up ?

Friday – Cake Sale. We welcome donations of cakes, children are invited to bring in £1.00 to buy cakes.

Tuesday 21st/Wednesday 22nd January – Y3/4 Trip to Urdd Cardiff.

Fri 24th January – Y5/6E Class Assembly at 9.00am

Fri 31st January – Y1/2H Class Assembly at 9.00am

Fri 14th February – Y1/2L Class Assembly at 9.00am

Mon 17th Feb to Fri 21st Feb – Half Term

Thurs 27th Feb – St Davids Day Concert for School – All children asked to wear Welsh Costume, or a red T-shirt/Jumper.

Friday 28th Feb – St David’s Day Concert for Parents  – Classes taking part are Y1/2L, Y5/6D, Y4/5J, Y1/2H, LFPM (morning Nursery & Reception) & Y5/6E. All children are asked to wear Welsh Costume or a red T-Shirt/jumper.

Fri 6th March – Class Assembly Y3/4N at 9.00am

Fri 13th March – Rags 2 Riches Collection  – Collection of clean old clothing

Fri 13th March – Sports Relief

Week beginning Mon 16th March – Parental consultations

Fri 20th March – Class Assembly Y1/2B at 9.00am

Fri 20th March – Science exhibition

Fri 27th March – Class Assembly Y3/4T at 9.00am

Inset Day 5 – Monday 1st June

Inset Day 6 – Monday 20th July

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just some brief news before we break up.
Congratulations to Mrs Timaeus who has been has been with us on long term supply, and will become a permanent member of staff from January.
Mrs Evans is due back in January so we would like to thank Miss Watts for teaching the class in her absence.
Mr Collins, our handyman will unfortunately be leaving us, and we wish him all the best.
See you all on January 6th.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This is the last newsletter of the year so we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y3/4 Urdd Trip Just a reminder to pay for the trip either in full or by instalment. The deadline for the Urdd trip is 14th January. Please complete and return the Health & Consent Form as soon as possible. There will be a cake sale at the beginning of January and we would be grateful if you would support this, as the profits will go towards keeping the cost of the trip as low as possible.

Y5/6 Llanmadoc Trip – Please pay in full or by instalment by the 20th March.

Cardboard – Thank you to everyone who donated cardboard for props etc. We have plenty to keep us going, so cannot accept any more at the moment.

Lost property – Please come and claim your items of lost property before next  Friday, anything unclaimed and unlabelled will be bagged up and donated.

Healthy Packed Lunches – Please can we remind parents that children should have healthy choices for their lunches. Please follow the link to information to the healthy-lunchboxes-leaflet

Christmas Concerts – A big thank you to everyone who supported our recent concerts, we raised over £500 for the school which will be spent on creative arts resources and activities.

FBP/PTA  – The winning raffle numbers have been picked and the prizes distributed to the winners. Diolch to all the PTA volunteers who helped provide refreshments during the concerts.

Road Safety – Following concerns raised by a neighbour of the school, we would like to remind parents about road safety, and ask that you do not park on the zig zag lines, or drop off at the school gates road safety leaflet

Christmas Jumper Day – Thank you to everyone who joined in today, we raised £115.00 for Save the Children

What’s on next week ?

Tuesday – School Christmas Carol Service

Wednesday – Xmas 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

Thursday – Mad Science

Friday – Toy Day, please do not send in anything that needs charging, is valuable, or has lots of small parts. We would prefer  if children did not bring in their phones to play on, but if they do, the sim cards will be removed and given back at the end of the day, thank you.

School finishes at 3.20pm on Friday 20th December and restarts on Monday 6th Jan

Next Term

Please remember to top up on sQuid for School Dinners,  pay for Fruit Tuckshop if required, as always we welcome donations to our Activity Fund.

Friday 24th January – Y5/6E Class Assembly

Friday 31st January – Y1/2H Class Assembly

Friday 14th February – Y1/2L Class Assembly

Friday 28th February – Y3/4N Class Assembly