Friday the 13th is normally an unlucky day, but at Gelli Primary School all the staff and children "Did something funny for money"
Most of the children and staff turned up in their pyjamas and in the process raised £214.40 for Comic Relief. Year 6 decided that they wanted to do a sponsored car clean, so supervised by Mrs. Date and Mr. Evans they got the vacuum cleaners, glass spary and dusters out and got rid of all the grit, stones, stale pasties and crumbs from the inside of their cars. They paid £3 for the privilige, and by the state of some of the cars they should have paid much more. Gelli Primary children have a partner school in Mbale, Africa and in July participated in a sponsored walk with Kath and Phil Rickards from the Pont Partnership to raise money for our partner school.
Last Friday we received a certificate in the post to inform us that we had been successful in achieving our ECO-SCHOOLS BRONZE AWARD. Mr Jones and the Eco-Schools Committe have built upon some of the work established as part of our Healthy Schools activities and Focus week activities to gain this acreditation. Llongyfarchiadau bawb. We will now set our target on achieveing our SILVER AWARD soon. More news of this award can be posted on the Eco-Schools Blog Pages.
Our Eco-Schools councillors have been busy preparing the evidence for our application for the Bronze Award. They have designed their own logo which will appear on all their stationary and promotional material.
Class 1 St David's Day 2009
Friday the 13th is normally an unlucky day, but at Gelli Primary School all the staff and children "Did something funny for money"
I received a telephone call from the editor of the Rhondda Leader last Friday apologising for the oversight in publishing the duplicate photograph of the Reception class in this week's edition and omiting the photograph of Class 3 (Mrs Fraser's class). The photographer will return to retake the picture on Monday. A letter has been distributed to class 3 children via pupil post informing children to wear their Welsh costume. I am asured that the photograph will be in next week's edition and details of how to purchase prints will be placed on this blog when we receive them.
