The Art Gallery at Gelli Primary

Today we held an art exhibition in our school hall.

Thanks to all the children for contributing their work; to the staff for their patience while the work was being undertaken; to Mrs. Davies, our subject leader for art for organising the event; to Mr. Russell for his ideas, framing the exhibits and displaying them. Thank you parents, grans, grandads and family members for your support. Your attendance made the event very special for the children. I am very proud to say that we have some very talented artists in Gelli. Well done everybody. llongyfarchiadau bawb.

Changes to some end of term arrangements

I have needed to make some changes to some arrangements for some activities before the end of term as a contingency for the possible industrial action being taken during the last week of term.

The INFANT SPORTS AFTERNOON will now take place on FRIDAY 11th July.

The INFANT CONCERT to celebrate Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Dunn's retirement will now take place on Tuesday afternoon July 15th at 1.30 p.m.

Further details will be posted here and sent home by pupil post.

School Tooth Brushing Project

A tooth brushing project will be starting in your child’s class on Monday 28th April. An Oral Health Educator from Rhondda Cynon Taff Teaching Local Health Board will visit the school regularly to talk to the children about the correct tooth brushing methods, diet advice and visiting the dentist.
Each child involved in the project will be given their own tooth brush to keep in class and will participate in supervised tooth brushing as part of the school day.
Each child will be provided with an information leaflet and fun sticker
If your child is taking fluoride supplements e.g. tablets or drops please contact an Oral Health Educator
If you have any queries please contact us on 01685 878601
A parental consent form must be completed before participation in this project.
This can be downloaded fom the Prospectus page on the school website.

Newsletter 4 for Summer Term 2008

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Use of digital images on school publications

At Gelli Primary School we take the issue of child safety very seriously. This includes the use of images of pupils in the media, in school publications and on the school website. You may also have seen a number of articles in the Rhondda Leader.
The inclusion of these images in such publications is motivating for the pupils involved, and provides a good opportunity to promote the work of the school.
However, schools have a duty of care towards pupils, which means that pupils must remain unidentifiable, reducing the risk of inappropriate contact, if images are used in this way.We ask for parental consent in order that the school can take and use photographs and images of their children. It is our policy never to include the full name of the pupil alongside an image. Wherever possible we will frame the shot to minimise the potential for the image to be inappropriately used.
If you DO NOT CONSENT to the school using digital images of your child in any publication that Gelli Primary School will produce, please complete, sign and return a form that is available from the secretary and is downloadable from here and return to school as soon as possible. We shall assume that if you do not return a form to us you are happy to abide by our policy.
The images will be used only for educational purposes and that the identity of the child will be protected. I also acknowledge that the images may also be used in and distributed by other media, such as CD-ROM, printed publications etc., as part of the promotionalactivities of the school