Snow warning

The BBC long range weather forecast is promising heavy snow showers for Tuesday. Please can I suggest that we observe the following protocol if inclement weather will force the school to be closed.

1. If there is heavy snow overnight my caretaker will advise me if it is safe for staff and pupils to attend school.


2. We will make a decision as soon as possible to avoid any unnecessary journeys to school. Breakfast club staff will need to be notified by 7.30 a.m.


3. Please tune into Radio Wales or Real Radio for school closure details.


4. The School website and the BBC Website will also carry this information.


5. We will attempt to record a message on the schol's answering service confirming school closure.

Thank you.

Spring Term 2009 is here

Monday 5th January 2009 is a SCHOOL CLOSURE DAY FOR STAFF TRAINING.
School re-commences for children on TUESDAY 6th January 2009.
Breakfast club opens at 8.10 a.m.

Where is Father Christmas?

On this special night where is Father Christmas. You can track Santa from here.

A Big Thank You from us all at Gelli Primary

May I on behalf of the staff and governors thank you for all your co-operation during the year. It has been a very eventful term with some great highlights. Please take time to browse our site to view some of the activities that the staff and children have undertaken. May I also thank you for all the cards and presents given to us this year. We are all well aware of the current economic climate and these gifts at this time have been very much appreciated. Year 5 have been writing poetry with Mr. Jones. They used the japanese form of poetry called haiku. Each haiku is made up of three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second seven and the third five. Haiku can be used very effectively to describe events such as the Nativity story. I challenged them to retell the Christmas story using haiku. They used Photo Story 3 to make a video of their work and collected images to illustrate the story, recorded their voices and added music at the end when they put their photographs on as a trailer. This was used in our Christmas assembly last Friday. This is a wonderful way of celebrting the true meaning of Christmas.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

We will return to school on TUESDAY JANUARY 6th 2009 for the new term.

Eco Schools Yellow Woods Challenge

We’re taking part in the Yellow Woods Challenge…… the environmental competition run by Yellow Pages, working with the Woodland Trust and our local council. The aim is to recycle the highest number of old Yellow Pages directories per pupil and win cash prizes for our school. And for every pound Yellow Pages awards to schools, they give a matching pound to the Woodland Trust. When your new Yellow Pages directory is delivered, please help our school and the environment by recycling your old one.
Collecting old Yellow Pages directories
Children should only collect old directories from home and from people they know, with your permission. Please ask your family, friends, work mates and community groups to help our school by donating their old directories, too.
We need to collect the old Yellow Pages directories as soon as possible. If you have any questions about the competition and our involvement, please ask at the school.
For detailed information about the Yellow Woods Challenge, take a look at the Parents’ Pages on http://www.yellow-woods.co.uk/ or write to: Public Relations, Yell, Queens Walk, Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7PT.

Dinner Money

The Local Education Authority is introducing a new dinner money collection system in the new year. ALL DINNER MONEY FOR THE WEEK WILL NEED TO BE PAID IN ADVANCE ON MONDAYS. I realise that this may prove inconvenient for some, but due to the complexities of the system Mrs. Thomas will need to input the information and balance the money on her computer each Monday. Your co-operation will be gratefully appreciated.

House Point Cup Winnners

This term’s house point initiative has been very successful. Each house has been successful in wining the weekly rounds. Here are the total points scored by each house during the term – OWAIN – 1838; GWENLLIAN – 1644; CARADOG – 1389; BUDDUG – 1246. Well done everybody. The winning house wins two weeks off school; there is also three runners up prizes of a fortnight off schools as well.