Web site disaster

Over the summer holidays I have been experiencing severe technical problems accessing our website and it's contents. I fear that I am running out of options to recover the files that were destroyed when the hard drive of my laptop decided to give up the ghost. I am in the process of redesigning the site but fear that it will be some time before the whole site will become fully operational. Please excuse the interuptions while this is being dealt with. I will endevour to replace the several documents and pages which were useful for parents such as the letters pages and prospectus. I will continue to update you on events when they become available.

This week we will launch information about our after school clubs and arrangements for the Grandparent's Concert. In addition we will announce our new School Council members and who were awarded head teacher awards this week.

A newsletter was distributed on Friday and will be published as soon as possible.

School Reopens on Tuesday 2nd September

The long wait is nearly over. Mums in all parts of Gelli and the surrounding villages will be breathing a sigh of relief when school re-opens for the Autumn Term next Tuesday 2nd September. It'll be time to set the alarm clocks and get up in time to join breakfast club then begin the new term in your new classes.
We will welcome our new Deputy head teacher Mr. Hughes who takes up his appointment. Mr. Hughes will teach in Year 6. We will also welcome back Miss Rachel Jenkins who will succeed Mrs. Dunn as our Language Support Teacher.

Due to technical problems the School Website is temporarily unavailable and cannot being updated. I hope to resolve this situation very soon. The content remains the same as last term.

Good luck and Goodbye Year 6

Today is our Class of 2008's last day in Gelli Primary. During their time with us they have always been excellent role models, they have excelled academically and been great ambassadors on the sports field – not only rugby, football (boys and girls), cricket, cheerleading and of course our hockey squad who became the first team from Gelli to qualify for a national final. They have also welcomed a number of pupils into their class as a result of those children moving into our school. They now leave us with our thanks and best wishes for the future and hope that they fulfil their potential in Treorchy Comprehensive. We look forward to reading about their achievements. I would like to thank on their behalf Mrs. O’Gorman, their current class teacher, and all the other members of staff the have taught them during their time at Gelli. They will always be a special group of people to me as they will be the only group of children that I will have taught here and they will be always my first year 6 cohort as a head teacher.
To borrow a “Big Brotherism” as we evict them from Gelli Primary here are their “BEST BITS.”Click on the video below to see if you agree.

Leaver's Assembly and Award Winners

During the Leaver's Ball we awarded the annual Gelli Primary Year 6 awards.
The recipients this year were -


Sports Personality of the Year - Tom Dunning, Liftime Award - Stacey Symons, Achievement Award - Megan Atkin and the "Star of the Year" - Josh Wilson.
Congratulations Llongyfarchiadau.

Congratulations Mrs. Date

Mrs. Date, our Intervention Learning Support Assistant, has been participating in a literacy intervention project this year in partnership with the LEA Support Services and Cumbria LEA. The project has given us a strategy for supporting children to improve their literacy skills and has been very successful.
On Monday 14th July Mrs. Date was presented with a certificate for completing the accreditation for the course at a presentation in the Conservatory at the Rhondda Heritage Park Hotel. She is pictured here receiving her certificate from Richard Edwards, the Education Psychology Service and Gaynor Cynan Jones Senior Co-ordinator Learning Support Service.

More Ball News

We also had plenty of other guests - click here to see who was also on the guest list

Year Six Leaver's Ball

Saying goodbye to Year 6 is always a difficult thing to do.... BUT in Gelli we do it in style. This year like the previous leavers, our top class hit the catwalk and strutted their stuff..... put on their party gear and boogied down all night in the Football Club.
See which local celebs were on the A list by clicking on the video below.

We also had plenty of other guests - click here to see who guest list