Welcome to the new term, we hope you had a lovely break.
After School Activities
There are NO after school activities for the next couple of weeks. Please keep an eye on the newsletter for information on when they will restart.
Parent/Carer Workshop – Parents and Carers are invited to a workshop on how to support their child with Big Emotions- Worries, next Friday in School.
Fruit Tuckshop –
SCHOOL FRUIT can now be paid for the next 6 weeks. It is available for pupils in Bracelet, Caswell and Oxwich classes. If you would like your child to have a daily piece of fruit at break time, please pay £7 for this half term on iPay.
Please note – the option to pay for fruit is now in the SHOP section:
– Log into iPay – Go to the menu, accounts, and select your child – Find the Shop fund and click the shop button – Choose Fruit tuckshop category – Click on the offer and change quantity to 1 – Save the item in your basket and then check out
Any problems, please contact the school office.
Governors
Here is an updated list of our Governors.
Chair of Governors – Anwaar Younis – Community Governor
Vice Chair – Graham Davies – Parent Governor
Rosh Ali – Parent Governor
Balaussa Shaimakhanova – Parent Governor
Hywel Vaughan – Local Authority Governor
Cllr Peter May – Local Authority Governor
Julie Warren – Community Governor
Owen Davies – Teacher Governor
Angharad Timaeus – Teacher Governor
Kim Morgans – Clerk to Governors
Dates for the Diary
Please check our school calendar to keep up to date with all school events
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or just having a break in the lead up to the New Year, we wish you a relaxing break. We will see you all for the start of Spring Term on Tuesday 7th January 2025.
Fruit Tuckshop
SCHOOL FRUIT can now be paid for the next 7 weeks after Christmas. It is available for pupils in Bracelet, Caswell and Oxwich classes. If you would like your child to have a daily piece of fruit at break time, please pay £7 for this half term on iPay.
Please note – the option to pay for fruit is now in the SHOP section:
– Log into iPay – Go to the menu, accounts, and select your child – Find the Shop fund and click the shop button – Choose Fruit tuckshop category – Click on Autumn Term 1 and change quantity to 1 – Save the item in your basket and then check out
Any problems, please contact the school office.
The School Nursing service are holding drop in Flu catch up clinics between 10am and 3pm on the following days. Please bring your child along to any of the sessions to receive their flu vaccine.
Here is the link for the Consent form, Please note – If you have previously completed a consent form there is no need to complete another one. Fluenz Nasal Vaccination Form
PTA News:
Thank you so much to everyone who entered and shared our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser. You helped raise £795 for our school!
This money will be spent on vital school resources. All winners have been contacted via email or text.
Thank you so much for your support during the last month and throughout 2024. We can’t wait to host more events next year!
If you would like to subscribe, click HERE using your phone, and you can automatically add all school events into your own calendar.
Christmas Parties
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Wednesday 18th December~
Children are invited to wear their party clothes to school.
Children are asked to bring in some party food for themselves on a labelled plate.
Please note that as we have some nut free classes, please do not send in anything that contains nuts.
Please note the party food is in addition to normal lunchtime arrangements, so please ensure your child has a packed lunch/ school dinner.
Christmas Café
Our Enterprise Troopers would like to invite all parents / carers to our Christmas Café on the morning of Wednesday 18th December. Come along and enjoy a hot drink and a festive snack in our Christmas grotto.
Autumn Term Reports
Next week you will be receiving a brief report to let you know how your child has settled in to their new class this year. For pupils in year 2 to year 6, further information on how your child is progressing can be found by accessing their personalised assessment progress reports on Hwb. See the link below for instructions:
This Consultation Report will be taken to Cabinet on the 12 December 2024 for a decision on whether to proceed to publish a statutory notice.
A hard copy of the consultation report is available on request.
PTA News
A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Christmas stalls during the Christmas concerts. You helped us raise an amazing £474.58 for our school!
Thank you so much to those who volunteered to run the stalls and set up. Without you, we wouldn’t have raised such a brilliant amount.
Our Christmas raffle fundraiser is still live for another few days until Wednesday 18th December when we’ll be drawing our winners. If you’re able to purchase some entries, we’d hugely appreciate it.
Entries can be purchased online via the link below:
Bracelet – Tuesday 10th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Caswell – Wednesday 11th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Oxwich – Thursday 12th December 9.30am and 4.00pm
£1 entry per adult, with all proceeds going to resources for the classes.
For the 4.00pm concerts, children will stay in school and be provided with a light snack before the concert. Children will be collected after the concert from the main hall.
If you would like to subscribe, click HERE using your phone, and you can automatically add all school events into your own calendar.
Pobbles and Bracelet Winter Wonderland
Just a gentle reminder that next Friday 13th December, is our Pobbles & Bracelet ‘Winter Wonderland’.
We kindly ask for donations on iPay or cash to support the funding of the day. Every child will visit Santa, receive a gift and take part in a day full of Christmas activities.
Internet Safety
We would like to remind parents of the importance of internet safety. We have a page of our website all about keeping your child safe online which can be accessed via the link below.
If you are visiting the school, even for a short amount of time e.g. to sign your child in or out, please ensure that the gate is closed behind you. Thank you.
Lateness
Reminder – we allow a 10 minute grace period following the start of the day to account for traffic etc. however we ask that parents do not rely on this extra 10 minutes, and try to arrive promptly for the start of the day. The poster below outlines some of the reasons that punctuality is important for pupils.
Please also remember that if your child is arriving AFTER 9AM they must be accompanied to the office by an adult to sign them in.
PTA News
A huge thank you to everyone who came to our book fair earlier in the week. You helped us secure £220 worth of books for our school!
Our Christmas stalls will be on before and after the Christmas concerts. Please remember to bring spare change with you for any tea, coffee, biscuits, mince pies, hand knitted hats, mice, stockings, jumpers and of course raffle tickets for our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser.
Our Christmas Raffle Fundraiser is online so if you’re unable to buy tickets during the Christmas concerts you can purchase entries online via the link below:
There are a host of amazing prizes from local businesses including Bud & Bay General Store, Duck & Dough Cafe, Beer Riff Brewery and Thirty Pieces of Silver. Please do share with family and friends if you can.
All funds raised from the stalls and the raffle will go towards new school resources. We really appreciate all of your support.
Rights Respecting School
As a Rights Respecting School, we focus each month on a particular Article from the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child. Assemblies, Circle time and class activities are based on these Rights. In connection with these, we also have a Value of the Month. Together, the Rights & Values encourage our learners to be respectful of each other, safe, and to be the best they can be.
Right of the Month for December
You have the right to a proper house, food and clothing. Governments must help families who cannot afford to provide this. (Article 27)
Choir (Caswell and Oxwich) – Monday 3.20-4.15pm (last one for this term) NO Netball – finished until the New Year
Christmas Concerts
Pobbles – Friday 6th December 9.30am & 2.15pm Bracelet – Tuesday 10th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Caswell – Wednesday 11th December 9.30am and 4.00pm Oxwich – Thursday 12th December 9.30am and 4.00pm
£1 entry per adult, with all proceeds going to resources for the classes.
For the 4.00pm concerts, children will stay in school and be provided with a light snack before the concert. Children will be collected after the concert from the main hall.
Dates for the Diary
Remember to check our school calendar for all upcoming events, inset days, holidays etc.
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Letter from our Chair of Governors
Dear Parents, Carers, and Pupils
Retirement – Miss J Simons – Brynmill Primary School – 31st August 2025
I am contacting you to let you know that Miss Simons will be retiring as Head Teacher of Brynmill Primary School at the end of this academic year.
It is with enormous gratitude that we can reflect on the past 18 years with Miss Simons as Head Teacher, during which she has worked tirelessly for the benefit of our school. We know that Miss Simons is immensely proud of our school community, and considers it a privilege to work alongside a superb Leadership Team and wonderful staff body for so many years. Most importantly, I know she has enjoyed seeing a large number of pupils develop and progress during their time with us.
The process will now begin to appoint a new Head Teacher, and we will keep you informed as and when we appoint a replacement.
For obvious reasons, it is important to note that Miss Simons shall remain in post and be fully committed to Brynmill Primary School until her retirement.
We understand that any period of change can be unsettling for both parents and children and we would like to reassure you that we are working with all staff to ensure stability and consistency for the school both in the short and long-term. As always, our key focus and priority is the welfare and education of our children
Yours sincerely
Anwaar Younis
Chair of Governors
Jumble Sale
Thank you for all of your generous donations so far. We look forward to welcoming you to our first jumble sale on Tuesday and Wednesday next week!
Battery Collection
Please note that we are only able to collect household batteries. Please no vapes, power banks or batteries not included on the list.
PTA News
Next week we’re super excited to be hosting another Scholastic Book Fair at school on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th December from 3:15-4:30pm. There will be an amazing selection of books on offer and as usual, the school will receive a selection of FREE books based on the percentage of sales.
Purchases can be made with cash or via a QR code using card details. This event will run the same time as the Community Room’s Jumble Sale which will have a host of second hand toys and books on offer for a small cash donation.
Thank you so much to those who have let us know they can help with our Christmas stalls this year that will be running before and after the concerts. If you’re able to help just 20 minutes before and after the concerts on a stall we’d hugely appreciate the help.
You’re welcome to reserve your seats when you come in so you don’t have to miss out getting a good spot! Please let us know if you can help out by emailing friendsofbrynmill@gmail.com We’re particularly short for helpers for the Pobbles, Caswell and Oxwich concerts in the afternoons.
Finally, our Christmas Fundraiser Raffle is now live! Entries can be purchased from the link below starting at just £2 for x10 entries:
Thank you so much to all of the local business that have donated prizes. This year we are so lucky to have incredible prizes from a host of local businesses including the likes of Thirty Pieces of Silver, Unwind Beauty Therapy, LC Swansea, Beer Riff Brewery, No.8 Project, Exist Skatepark, Broadway Hair, Beauty & Holistic Centre, Sloth Coffee Co., Duck & Dough, Square Peg, Coast Cafe, RAVS Vintage, Plants & Papers, Bud & Bay General Store, Crewders and &Mother Store!
Please support us if you can buy either buying some entries or sharing this link with your family and friends! All of the funds raised from the book fair, the Christmas stalls and the raffle will go towards new school resources. Thank you so much for your support.
