Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Parents, Teachers and Friends Association

Parent Teacher and Friends Association Summer Fete
on Saturday 5th July
between 11.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m.
Visit the PTA page on the school website and please print out as many copies as you can and distribute to your work colleagues, neighbours, friends and family.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

What will my child be learning this term?

During the coming days each teacher will be preparing a document which will outline what your child will be studying this term. It’ll be published on your child’s class web page on www.gelliprimaryschool.org.uk/. You will never have to ask the question "What did you do in school today?" and receive the answer "nothing!" Please ask the children what they are studying in each subject and show them that you are more aware of what went on in school. Please put comments on this page if you find this useful.

Click on each class link
Year 6
Please leave a comment on this initiative by clicking on the Post a comment link.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Advanced dates for the Summer term

Here are some advanced dates for you to put in the diary.

17th April Year 6 BT rangers project.
18th April Fair Trade Day
21st April Year 4 trip to Caerphilly Castle and Castell Coch.
22nd April Pre school club in the hall 2.30 – 3.10 p.m.
24th April Possible NUT strike action
28th April Under 5’s dental project.
5th May Bank holiday – school closed
8th May Year 5 visit Environmental show in Pontypridd Park.
12th May Focus week
20th May Governing body meeting
23rd May Sharing assembly – End of half term
2nd June Back to school
27th June School closed staff training day
5th July PTA Summer Fete
9th July Leaver’s Ball – Ton Pentre Football Club.
15th July Leaver’s Concert
18th July END OF TERM.

Further update will be posted when available.

Newsletter week beginning 14th April 2008

Jump Rope for Heart
The activities associated with the Jump Rope for Heart programme have had to be postponed at the very last minute. I do apologise for this, but several unforeseen circumstances made this decision unavoidable. We will re-schedule these during our Focus week which will take place during the week beginning Monday May 12th. More details will follow when available. If you have already filled in and returned your sponsor forms we will retain them until then.

New Lunchtime schedule
The new lunchtime schedule is proving to be very successful. We have now managed to feed all children by 12.25 p.m. and the packed lunch children can opt to eat at the tables in the hall or eat their lunch outside. My thanks go to the lunchtime supervisors and Canteen staff for their co-operation.

Dinner money
As you are aware all monies for dinners have to be received in advance. I would ask your co-operation in this matter as the Authority has issued strong guideline and are insisting that no child be issued with a meal if their account is in debt. This can sometimes be very embarrassing for the children and us. Please can we ensure that all dinner money is sent to Mrs. Thomas on Monday morning in the appropriate envelope.

Possible strike action by members of the NUT.
You may have read in the press that the NUT are proposing to take strike action on Thursday April 24th. I will inform parents of any disruption to school as soon as I have any information. This will be available by pupil post and in electronic form on the blog and on the website.

PTA
There is a meeting of the PTA in the Ton Pentre Football Club on Wednesday 16th April at 7.00 p.m. The main item on the agenda will be preparations for the School Fete on Saturday July 5th. If you are able to make this meeting we always welcome new members. Remember, many hands make light work.

Photographs
The photographs taken by the photographer are awaiting collection from the school office. Please collect them from Mrs. Thomas as soon as possible. The pack is priced at £9.50.

Website
Over the past few weeks I have been building up a website for the school which will be developed as the term progresses. It will give parents the opportunity to view important information and documents on line. In addition I hope that the children will be able to contribute some of the work that they undertake in class to the class pages. Any significant updates will be publicised in forthcoming newsletters.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Would you like e-mail updates

As there are so many of our parents who either access e-mail from home or at work, I can keep you up to date with developments at Gelli Primary School via e-mail updates. If you would like to receive e-mail updates from us, please send an e-mail to head.gellipri@rctednet.net with Receive e-mail updates in the subject box. Please put your name, your child (ren's) name and their year in the body of the e-mail and send to me. You will then receive periodical e-mails and updates. This has proved to be a very effective way of communicating up to date information to parents.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

See what our school council got up to in the Welsh Assembly




Also visit the school Council web pages by clicking here

School is closed Monday 7th Tuesday 8th April

The staff will be undertaking two days of training on Monday 7th April and Tuesday 8th.

School will recommence on WEDNESDAY.
Photographs will be available for collection on receipt of the £9.50 fee per pack. Please collect these from Mrs. Thomas.