Dear Parents/Carers,

We have enjoyed a lovely week with plenty of sunshine. This has been a good opportunity for our outdoor learning and many classes have visited 'The Forest'.  

Urdd

We welcomed Jo from 'Shine Drama Workshop' to share a wonderful Welsh Assembly.  Jo told us the Welsh tale of how the Welsh flag came to have a dragon on it.  We invited our Cluster schools to bring members of their Criw so that our schools can go back and share the learning with our learners.  Jo told us the tale of the White dragon and the Red dragon - we heard all about the honey mead that was made to entice the dragons back from the sky - the children were enthralled.  This was such a rich learning experience for our learners.  We also welcomed Welsh Co-Ordinators from Swansea City Council and they enjoyed sitting in on a brainstorming session with all Criw's.  We cannot wait to share the learning in our next visit to another school.

 

National Fitness Day

National Fitness Day was the perfect day to host our Autumn Sports day in Y3 - 6.  The sun shone and we were able to highlight the important role that physical activity plays in helping us lead a healthier lifestyle.  We also discussed the importance of physical activity and how it helps us stay mentally healthy.  Lots of house points scored and lots of fun too!

 

GREAT NEWS!  THE BOOK FAIR IS BACK!

The book fair will be in school next week.  

Monday - The children will have the opportunity to browse the books with their class.

Tues - Thurs - The children can bring money into school to buy a book during the school day or if you'd prefer to browse the books with your child, the book fair will be open straight from school Tues - Thurs.

All books purchased will earn rewards for our school which we can use to buy new books for our class libraries.

Many thanks for your continuing support.

 

Cash Pot for School

We have signed up for Cash Pot for school with ASDA supermarket. We would be grateful for your support.  

Between 2nd September and 30th November 2024, every time customers shop with Asda using their Rewards app, the supermarket will donate 0.5% of the value of their spend to their chosen primary school.  PENCLAWDD PRIMARY SCHOOL

For every customer who chooses your school, Asda will put £1 into your school’s Cashpot, and another £50 when your school’s first opted-in customer spends in-store or online!

 

Staff led clubs 

Our clubs commenced this week and we had some great activities and experiences on offer. After school cooking club with Mrs Beynon and Ms Smith was a great hit and so was the fresh apple 🍏 crumble, they made for tea ! Click here 

 

Just a reminder of the following:

Applications for Reception places for September 2025 ( Nursery )

Applications with Swansea Council will open on Monday 7th October and close on Friday 29th November. Click here. 
 

IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR RECEPTION PLACES
7th October - 29th November 2024: Parents are invited to apply for a School place.
N.B. Any application received after 29th November 2024will be considered as a late application.
16th April 2025: Local Authority (LA) notifies applicants.
14th May 2025: Date by which parents lodge an appeal. 

Year 7 Applications for Gowerton Comprehensive September 2025

Parents/Carers of children in Year 6 were invited this week to a roadshow. This took place at the end of the school day at our school. 

Bookings for personal guided tours will commence on shortly , please contact Gowerton school to find out more.

There will an open morning on 24th September at 9.00 Main Hall.    

Applications with Swansea Council will open on Monday 7th October and close on Friday 29th November.

 

IMPORTANT DATES FOR APPLICATIONS FOR YEAR 7 PLACES
7th October - 29th November 2024: Parents are invited to apply for a School place.
N.B. Any application received after 29th November 2024will be considered as a late application.
3rd March 2025: Local Authority (LA) notifies applicants.
28th March 2025: Date by which parents lodge an appeal.

Click here 

 

Calendar events

23rd September- Book Fayre week ( more details to follow )

 23rd September-  Polar bear class : -Harry Potter Studio Tour

24th September - Sharks class : Wetlands Centre

27th September - MacMillan coffee morning / FoP meeting ( all welcome)

30th September- Y4-6 Urdd cooking competition - see poster 

8th October - 5pm -Friends of Penclawdd meeting ( all welcome ) 

 

Child's Play after school child care and wraparound (11.20am-5.20pm) 

This wonderful after school wrap around / after school child care facility is now up and running.  

We are very excited to hold this facility at our school and hope that it helps parents/carers with childcare.  

Rhyme Time  

Our fabulous Rhyme Time sessions started back this week. They are held every Thursday 10.15am - 11am.  

 

Little Learners’ - play and discover sessions 

Our teacher led toddler group started this week and the toddlers had a lovely time playing outdoors and enjoying sensory activities. See pics below. 

We look forward to welcoming you. Details are on our poster.  Please give the school office a call to book your place. 😀

 

Community News 

BIG Thanks to Crofty garden 🪴 centre ❤️

Many of our classes were so fortunate in summer term to receive generous donations of plants and soil from our local garden centre.
 

In early summer classes were busy planting tomatoes and leeks and looked after them diligently during the term. This week our youngest learners have been harvesting their crops. We have had some amazing leeks and tomatoes. Our sealions made delicious leek and potato soup and our flamingos enjoyed their juicy tomatoes. 🍅 

Diolch Crofty Garden 🪴 Centre ❤️

 

Click here to see our sealions 

Click here to see our flamingos 

 

Community Christmas 🎄 events 
Christmas 🎄 shopping trip to Bath - see poster 

Christmas 🎅🏼 Wreath Making - in school - see poster

Charity work

Please come and join us on Friday 27th  September for the world’s biggest coffee morning in support of MacMillan Cancer. We`d be grateful for any donations of cakes on the day.  

All funds raised will be donated to this wonderful charity.

 

Have a fabulous weekend.

Mrs R-M

Next INSET days :

Friday December 20th 2024

Monday January 6th 2025