Year 6 Abernant Raffle Winners

As part of our entrepreneurial initiative in Year 6, pupils organised a raffle in order to raise funds to pay for the coach. Prizes were donated by Mrs Linda Edwards, the children and Mrs Flanary-Davies.
The prize winners were as follows:-
1st Prize - Louise Haggerty
2nd Prize - Madison Bevan
3rd Prize - Rachel Matthews
4th Prize - Dylan Roblin
5th Prize - Dylan Owen
6th Prize -  Madison Bevan
7th Prize - Roxy
8th Prize J Casey

Prizez can be collected from Mrs Thomas in the School Office. Thank you very much for supportiung us in this initiative.

End of School term arrangements

School ends at the usual time tomorrow Friday 21st December. Pupils do not need to wear school uniform. We will be presenting certificates for 100% attendance for the term and for the Winter Challenge run by the Attendance and Welfare Service in a special end of term assembly tomorrow afternoon.
May I take this opportunity to thank you for on behalf of the staff for all the cards and presents that you have given us this year. They were very much appreciated.
School recommences for all pupils on Tuesday 8th January 2013. Breakfast Club will be open at 8.00 a.m. as usual. The staff will be undertaking training in Llanelli on Monday 7th January.
I hope that you and your families will enjoy a happy, peaceful Christmas and a prosperous new year and thank you for your continued support throughout the term.

e-news e-newyddion

This term we have published an addition to our information service in the form of our e- news magazine. It can ony be downloaded from the Moodle site and is read by using the Adobe Reader programme which is contained as a plug in on most P.C's or can be downloaded from ww.adobe.com. It features articles and images about what's happened during this busy half term. Click on this link to access the Moodle site and download the Binder1 pdf file and enjoy reading. If you would like a copy emailed to you please send an e-mail to head.gellipri@rctednet.net with the words request Autumn e-news in the subject box and it will be delivered to you as soon as possible.

Wednesday 19th December 2012

Pupils in Foundation Phase (Classes 1, 2, 3, 4) come dressed in Party clothes.

Thursday 20th December 2012
Pupils in Junior departmeent (Classes 5, 6, 7, 8) come dressed in Party clothes.

School uniform is not needed for the remainder of the term.

Toy arrangements.

Your child's class teacher will text you the times when Toys are to be brought into school. Please will you ensure that the ones that are brought in are appropriate and avoid any expensive gadets and breakable items as we cannot be held responsible for loos or damage.

Arrangements for the Junior Concert

Details of arrangements for the Junior Concert will be circulated by pupil post this afternoon. It can also be accessed from our Moodle site at https://rctmoodle.org/gellipri/index.php

This year we will be using Mount Zion chapel as the venue for our two Junior concerts. We are very grateful to the Elders and Pastor for allowing us to use the chapel and it will be fitting that the pupils will perform the Nativity Cantata – Away in a manger by Roger Jones. The dates and times of the performances are listed below. We are able to accommodate up to 230 people in the audience for each performance. The majority of the seats will be upstairs with the children singing from the pulpit and front pews. We will have limited seating available for those with mobility problems who may find climbing the stair to the gallery difficult. You will be allocated TWO tickets for each concert. Tickets will be available from the school secretary from Monday 10th December onwards. Any unsold tickets will be made available for general release from Friday morning. Tickets are priced at £2.00 each we will include a donation to the Chapel for the use of the facility and for heating the building,
Costumes
Mrs Johnson has asked all pupils to wear white shirts and trousers for the performance. Our intention is to create “a heavn’ly choir of angels” around the pulpit area. As you know we don’t ask parents to buy specific clothing for any school event and should you experience difficulty in obtaining white trousers then a pair of cream, light brown or grey trousers will do.
Babies, toddlers prams and pushchairs.
We will be unable to accommodate any babies or toddlers as there will be no room to them to sit on laps during the concert or for any prams, pushchairs and buggies. I do realsi that this may be inconvenient for some but every year I have a number of comments that babies and toddlers who become unsettled during the performance causes disruption. I would appreciate your co-oporation in this matter.
Pupils are expected to attend BOTH concerts and should be in the Chapel by 5.40 p.m. for the evening performance at the latest. Pupils will be expected to be collected from the Chapel unless you give prior consent for them to walk home.
Please complete the booking form and send to school with the correct money. Your tickets will be returned by your child at the end of each day

Newsletter 5 distributed today

A newsletter was distributed by pupil post today. If you did not receive one it can be accessed from the Moodle page at https://rctmoodle.org/gellipri/. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to access it.