Dear Llanmadoc Open Gardens Committee,



Newsletter 15

December 2017

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Dear Parent/carer,

I’m sure you will agree that Whoops a Daisy Angel was amazing. What a show case for the wonderful talents of our children. The woodwind and piano playing us in, the choir of hundreds and the fabulous acting all contributed to a great show. Thank you again to all the staff who have worked so hard to make it happen.

Thank you to all of you who braved the cold and wet to come along and raise a total of £914 for the school. A big thank you for the donations of raffle prizes.

Thank you all for contributing and supporting the school helping to make this such a successful term.

Please note that 8thJanuary is an INSET day and children are due back on Tuesday 9thJanuary.

Merry Christmas and see you all in the New Year.

Mr Jenkins

Work to ‘Bee’ Proud of Files

One of the points raised in our parent workshop was the need for parents to be kept informed regularly about their child’s progress. To do this, we have set up work to ‘bee’ proud of files on each child’s Hwb J2E folders.

These are named after our Busy Bee Forest 4 character and will give you a regular update with pieces of work that your child is proud. This will give you an indication of the progress they are making and the range of work they are undertaking. The children will log in using their usernames and passwords so you can share their work with them. We will make sure each child has their login details.

Range of Experiences this Term

Introduction of Enrichment Friday’s Science & coding workshops with Technocamps

Carew Castle Tudor Visit Eye of the Storm Theatre visit

Swansea Museum Science Visit from Reynoldston Fire engine

Fire fighter Andy Visit Harvest Festival

Tudor banquet Trip to Waterfront Museum

Dissection of organs Children in Need fun day

Bronze Young Ambassadors training Rights Ambassadors meeting

Christmas Jumper Day Weird Creatures Science talk at Swansea University

Christmas Panto trip Winter Wonderland trip

Attendance

Our competition winners last week were Mrs Adkins and Mrs Twitchett’s classes with 98.8%. Well done! As a school we were 97.6%. An excellent result.

108 children got 100% attendance last week. What a fantastic effort. Well done to everyone for trying to reach our target.

Our winners for 100% competition this week were Alwyn, Osian and Flo

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Pupil Voice

Bronze Young Ambassadors:

The ambassadors have started their weekly awards for promoting sport and helping others stay active in the school. Our first weekly winners were Sally Smith, Sasha Long and Joseff Furneaux.

Easy fundraising

Thank-you to everyone who has registered and joined easy fundraising to collect donations. We currently have 47 supporters and have raised a total of £975.00 So a big thank-you to everyone who is collecting donations and if you are not yet registered then please follow the steps below.

We are raising money for Knelston Primary School – Swansea via easy fundraising.

It’s so simple to get going all you have to do is:

1. Go to

2. Sign up for free

3. Get shopping and start raising

No catches, no hidden charges and Knelston Primary School - Swansea will be really grateful for your donations. It would be fantastic if you could join me and really help make a difference.

PTA Events

   

Christmas Masquerade Ball: Thank you to all those who came and supported our Masquerade Ball last Friday.  I think all who were there would agree it was a good fun night!  A huge thank you to all the parents and staff who helped plan and prepare, set up and run the event!  Also a big thank you to all those who generously donated prizes for the auction and to those who bid!  We are pleased to announce that the event made £1,742.64 for school funds.

 

Christmas Disco: 3.30-5pm Thursday 21st December - the end of term Christmas Disco promises lots of festive fun!  There will be exciting games on offer from the Year 5 & 6 children, children's handmade Christmas Crafts for sale and mulled wine for the grown-ups! Children can wear their Christmas Jumpers or costumes. As usual, please note that children in Nursery/Reception/Y1/Y2 will need to be accompanied by an adult for this event. We are asking for donations of Mulled Wine and cakes (home-made or shop brought). Entry to the disco will be £2.00 per child which includes your entry to Santa’s grotto and present.

Spring Term Events: the PTA are currently planning events for next term including a Curry & Quiz night for the grown-ups and a Spring Disco for the children.  Watch this space for more information next term!

Thank-you to all the parents, teachers and children that have supported our events this term. A huge thank-you to all our PTA helpers who give up their time and energy to organise, plan and run our events.

Music Lessons

For those pupils who are having music lessons with Mrs. Charlotte Gibbs lessons are as normal this week on Tuesday morning.

Mr X Christmas Appeal

Thank you for all of your generous donations. It really has been a great response and will make sure that those children we have collected for will have a magical Christmas. We have brought gifts and presents for 16 children so a huge thank-you for all your generous donations and efforts.

Clubs

No science football or ukulele clubs until after Christmas

|Date |Year Group |Club |

|Monday 11th December |All |Minecraft Club 3:30-4:30pm |

Forthcoming Dates

|Date |Year Group |Activity |

|Monday 18th December |Foundation Phase |School Trip to Gower Christmas Trees & Winter Wonderland |

|Monday 18th December |Y5-6 |School Trip to Taliesin Arts Centre for Science Workshop |

|Wednesday 20th December |Y3-6 |Christmas Pantomime – Jack & the Beanstalk |

|Thursday 21st December |All |Christmas Disco 3:30-5pm - £2.00 entry |

|Monday 5th February – Friday 9th February |Y5-6 |Abernant Residential |

|2018 | | |

|Wednesday 14th March –Friday 16th March 2018 |Y3-4 |St Madoc Residential |

INSET DAYS

|Date |

|Monday 8th January |

|Monday 16th April |

|Monday 4th June |

Term Dates

School term and holiday dates 2017/18

|Term |Term begins |Term ends |Mid-term holiday |Term begins |Term ends |Total days |

| | | |Begins |Ends |

|Spring 2018 |Monday |Friday |Monday |Friday |

| |8 January |16 February |19 February |23 February |

|Summer 2018 |Monday |Friday |Monday |Friday |

| |16 April |25 May |28 May |1 June |

|Total: |195 |

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