Newsletter 4 Autumn Term

Work being undertaken outside the school by Wales and West Utilities
The work outside the school continues and the next phase will see the area beyond the school entrance affected around Carter’s Corner and into Ty Isaf Road. The road works will free access to the car park and the drop off lane outside but I would appreciate if you would make every effort to keep that area clear of vehicles and take extra care when walking on the pavement to avoid any accidents. May I also remind parents that access to the school car park is prohibited at all times and we will pass on the numbers of cars who flaunt this rule to the police along with any CCTV footage as evidence. I hope that this will not be necessary and we can rely upon your continued co-operation.
The company have assured me that the disruption will be kept to a minimum and will only last a few days until they proceed further up Ystrad Road. If you have any comments regarding this issue, please feel free to discuss any concerns with me or you may wish to contact the W&WU Customer Enquiry Team on 02920 270653 or customer.enquiry@wwutilities.co.uk who will be pleased to help you.

Collecting pupils at the end of the day

I have been asked by our Foundation phase staff to remind you of our policy for collecting pupils at the end of the day. Nursery pupils are collected from Nursery at 3.00 p.m. Reception at 3.05 p.m. from the Foundation Phase Yard, Year 1 at 3.05 p.m. from the Year 1 door and Year 2 at 3.10 p.m. at the main entrance. At present there is a lot of congestion outside the Year 1 area which is causing some problems in dismissing the pupils. I will be grateful if you could consider this when picking up your children and disperse as soon as they have been picked up.

Breakfast Club

I have been informed by Breakfast Club staff that pupils are being left on the premises at 7.50 a.m. This is not acceptable and the school or the staff cannot be held responsible for your pupils before the scheduled start of club at 8.00. a.m. I will have to write to individual parents if this continues and the LA have informed me that if this persists they will withdraw the privilege of attending Breakfast Club for those pupils.

Grandparents Concert

Our annual Grandparents concerts were a big success again this year. It is a special occasion to celebrate Grandparents Day and the special relationship that they have with your kids. We recorded each concert and I have begun to put samples on the school blog for you to see. I have been experiencing technical difficulties and hope to resolve them over the weekend (….  well after the match tomorrow morning)

Harvest Celebration

This year we will be supporting a school in Rwanda as part of our Harvest celebrations. Next week Mr Greg Reynolds from Rwanda Restored will return to collect our donations. If you have not already done so please will you send in your donation so that our plans to use any money raised to purchase mosquito nets that cost £5.00 can be achieved.

Ugly Bugs Ball

We will be holding another Ugly Bugs Ball on Thursday 20th October. The Disco will take place in the school hall from 4.30 – 5.30 p.m. for Nursery, Reception, Year One and Two pupils. Please can I remind parents that theses pupils must be accompanied by an adult to the disco as we cannot supervise any unaccompanied pupils.

The disco for the Juniors will be from 5.45 – 6.45 p.m. You can dress your child up as an Ugly Bug. An entrance fee of £1 per child will be charged. There will be food available, some party games. A further reminder will be circulated in a future newsletter. Proceeds from the evening will go to purchase equipment for the pupils.