Friday April 12th

Croeso Nol! A big welcome back to everyone after the Easter break! It has been amazing to see all the smiling faces as the children settle back into school life with their friends and teachers. New topics have begun with enthusiasm and the children fully involved in planning their learning for the summer term. Our mission to improve our outdoor areas has begun and, with the help of our awesome PTA, you will see changes within our grounds as the term progresses. If you feel you can offer any support with this, please get in touch.

Our Reception, Year 1, 2 and 3 classes thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Singleton Park today and they did us all proud with their behaviour, manners and attitude towards each other.

We’ve welcomed our newest pupils to afternoon Nursery this week and it has been great to see them begin their time at Waunarlwydd so successfully. We look forward to welcoming more children to Nursery as the term continues!

Attendance

Our Education welfare officer (EWO), Lyndsay Jones, will be in school next week to conduct her latest review of individual pupil attendance. Our whole school attendance currently stands at 93%. Please remember that if you have any concerns, or require support, with regards to your child’s attendance you should get in touch so that we can work together. Diolch!

Dates for the diary

24th – 26th April  – Year 6 Residential

Monday 29th April  – Cricket Engagement Wales (Years 1 to 6)

Thursday 9th May – Technocamps workshops (whole school)

Friday 10th May – Worthwhile Walk and fun day in Dunvant Park

27th to 31st May – HALF-TERM

Monday 3rd June – INSET DAY

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday March 22nd

It’s hard to believe we’ve come to the end of another term at Waunarlwydd! We hope you’ll agree it’s been a successful one as we strive to work together in making ‘Our School’ the best it can possibly be for our superstar pupils. A big thanks to the children, staff and families for their efforts this term. We have thoroughly enjoyed welcoming families into school for various events during the term and look forward to building further on this in future. Let’s hope we have some sunshine during the Summer term so we can work on some exciting projects, notably the development of our wonderful school grounds. Our PTA continues to go from strength to strength and a big thanks to all involved. Our new school website will be launched in the first 2 weeks of Summer.

A massive well done to our ‘Eco Team’ on the successful achievement of ‘Platinum’ Eco School status (the highest possible accolade). During the assessment and presentations, the children were outstanding and a credit to the school. Diolch!

We say goodbye to Miss Emma Williams this term as she heads off to start her new job. Miss Williams is a former Waunarlwydd Pupil and has been an incredibly valued member of the team over the last 3 years or so, supporting many children. We wish her every success in her new role. Diolch yn fawr!

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a wonderful Easter Break! Pasg Hapus! See you all on Tuesday April 9th!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday March 15th

It’s been a busy but wonderful week at Waunarlwydd. It’s been great to see so many parents and carers at the school this week as our Year 1, 2 and 3 classes opened our first ever ‘Cafe Cynefin’ and shared their learning. We really hope you enjoyed the experience as much as the children and staff enjoyed hosting you! We’d love to receive your feedback! We had a treat on Thursday when ‘Sammy the seagull’ visited school for an assembly to remind us about the importance of recycling. We’ve ended the week in style with Comic Relief (a big thanks for the donations) and a wonderful assembly performed by Mr Reid’s class. I’m sure everyone that came to watch would agree they were brilliant!

The Nursery have been finishing off their ‘J week’ work by drawing pictures of their favourite jungle animal, moving like jungle animals in Gym and having great fun playing in their new jungle role play area. Easter has also come to Nursery this week and on Welly Wednesday the children hunted for patterned Easter eggs and found partners with the same pattern. They went to the recycling assembly on Thursday and sat and listened so well. Reception we have started some Easter fun. They have learned about the life cycle of a hen and watched a very cute video of some eggs hatching into little chicks! They have been using their phonic knowledge to write some simple words on eggs, matching the Easter Bunny’s pictures and using Numicon to help with addition to 10. In Drawing Club this week we listened to the story of Rosie’s Walk, learned some new vocabulary linked the story and drew the main character, Rosie, with some wonderful secret codes! Children also drew a map of Rosie’s walk around the farm and continued to practice the question ‘Pwy wyt ti?’ in Welsh. 

It’s been easy to pick the highlight in Years 1, 2 and 3 this week. The children absolutely loved hosting family members at ‘Cafe Cynefin’. Visitors were treated to first class service from the children with an array of drinks and sweet treats on offer. There was some great use of Welsh and it was also a great opportunity to share learning and complete activities across a range of areas. Well done all and thanks to families for supporting!

This week year 4 have loved making their cam toys and showing the finished product to the year 1 class. They have also been busy filming their playscripts using a green screen app. We can’t wait to see the finished film. It’s been a great week in Year 5 with the children enjoying their decimal and percentage work in maths, writing a playscript, swimming, creating Cam toys, basketball skills in PE and their wordle challenge. The Year 6 children have been very busy this week building their cam toys for their Year 3 friends. They have been sawing, sticking, cutting, constructing and collaborating. During their PE lessons, they explored balance on the apparatus. Ms Williams has been most impressed with their vaulting skills.

Teacher / Parent meetings

You should have had the opportunity to book an appointment to see their class teacher. Online booking is now closed so if you haven’t made an appointment, and wish to do so, please contact the school.

Nursery Admissions

Keeping safe online

Dates for the diary

 (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Week beginning 18th March – Teacher / Parent meetings

Friday 22nd March – Community Friday – If you can spare any time to work on projects to develop our school grounds, please get in touch. Diolch!

Friday 22nd March – Non-School Uniform – Easter bonnets optional / Discos in school)

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on: Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday March 8th

An awesome week at Waunarlwydd with a high point being ‘World Book Day’ on Thursday when the school was filled with an array of characters from all sorts of stories. The sun joined us to add to a wonderful day full of book related activities. The ‘Book swap’ was a great success and our ‘Senedd’ are keen to make it a monthly event. The week has ended superbly today with a very impressive assembly based on ‘Hugo’ presented by Mrs Wallace and Mrs Horseman’s class. I’m sure everyone in attendance enjoyed! There have been lots of other highlights this week.

The Nursery have been reading the story “Jack and the Beanstalk” this week. They jumped on giant numbered leaves to reach the giant’s castle, sorted magic beans to find the right number, made a colour graph of the different colour jelly beans in a packet and played cooking in the jelly. They jumped in hoops and jiggled through the tunnels on Welly Wednesday and finished the week by eating the jelly and ice cream they made themselves. This week in Reception children have been having fun thinking about stories for World Book Day. They have acted out different stories in Forest School, matched characters and their phrases to well known traditional tales and watched a performance of Little Red Riding Hood put on by the Nursery and Reception staff. They have also been thinking about what makes mothers special and have been finding different ways to make 10 using Numicon. 

Year 1 have been busy preparing for their Cafe Cynefin. They have made menus, a banner, bunting and have been working really hard with a partner to practise greeting their grown ups in Welsh. They are so excited and we know that you are in for a real treat. World Book Day costumes were amazing and the children loved having 4 stories in one day!  Highlights in Year 2 have also been preparing for Cafe cynefin making menus, preparing order forms and practicing our serving skills. They’ve even used a music package to create jingles and adverts for their cafe. While preparing Cafe Cynefin was also a big hit in Year 3, they particularly enjoyed using the green screen to record an advert using different persuasive techniques.

Year 4 have really enjoyed making toys with cam mechanisms in. They’ve sawn the wood, created the art work for the front of the toys and attached the cam mechanisms. They’re very excited to finish them off next week and show them to Year 1. In Literacy, they have been busy writing a playscript, ready to act out next week and begin the filming process. There are lots of talented actors in the class! Year 5 have continued to enjoy their swimming sessions with other highlights being decimals in maths, writing a playscript, planning their cam toys and World Book Day. Year 6 have been busy making the frames for the Year 3 cam toys. They have worked together, showing great teamwork and co-operation skills. In maths they have started looking at area and perimeter. They have been developing their digital competence skills while researching the 22 counties of Wales. Gwaith wych!

Teacher / Parent meetings

During the weeks beginning 11th March and 18th March you will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss progress. You should receive information on how to book an appointment today.

Nursery Admissions and Toddler sessions

Keeping safe online

Follow the link for clear advice and ‘App guides for families‘

Dates for the diary

 (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Friday 15th March – Comic Relief (Non-School uniform – donation buckets)

Friday 22nd March – Community Friday – If you can spare any time to work on projects to develop our school grounds, please get in touch. Diolch!

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on: Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday March 1st

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St. David’s Day! After a stormy night, the sun came out for us to celebrate St David’s Day in style! It’s been a sea of red in school today, with our Eisteddfod the highlight showcasing the creative, musical and literary talent we have in our school. All the children and staff thoroughly enjoyed and a big thanks must go to Mrs Melen and ‘Criw Cymraeg’ for organising the day. It was a great way to end another fabulous week at Waunarlwydd Primary School.

A huge well done to our awesome girls football team. They took part in a cluster tournament on Thursday. not only did they finish the day unbeaten but, most importantly, they played with a smile and it was a pleasure to watch! Gwaith wych!

What a lovely week the Nursery have had, learning all about Wales. They painted dragons and daffodils, made daffodils out of playdough, listened to stories about dragons, made a flag and cooked welshcakes. They tasted Welsh cheese, laverbread, bara brith and pork and leek sausages. We were very proud of them on Friday, going into the hall for the Eisteddfod, sitting beautifully and singing ‘Sut mae’r tywydd heddiw?’ with their friends in Reception. It’s been a great Welsh week in Reception. children have talked about what makes us ‘proud to be Welsh’ and made posters, cooked Welsh cakes and learnt a new ‘Pwy wyt tin?’ song. They’ve also created beautiful artwork and tasted all sorts of different welsh foods.

Years 1, 2 and 3 were lucky enough to have the ‘size of Wales’ charity working with them about the importance of looking after the rainforest and reducing the use of palm oil. They have also loved their Welsh activities and learning Welsh songs for our Eisteddfod.

Year 4 have enjoyed their Design and Technology lessons, where they have been testing out different types of cams, putting their final design of their toys into place and learning how to measure and saw their wood. They’re very excited to start making their toys next week. They have also enjoyed acting out a scene from Hugo Cabret, ready to turn it into a playscript. We have some excellent actors in Year 4! Year 5 have enjoyed swimming, equivalent decimals & fractions, creating art in the style of Dorian Spencer Davies, planning cam toys, looking at camera angles for film and acting out scenes from Hugo. This week, Year 6 have been busy designing their cam toys for the Year 3 children. They have explored different cams, learnt how to use saws safely and created designs. The children finalised their Dorian Spencer Davies Eisteddfod art pieces, which showed a lot of skill. Year 6 are building up their knowledge of third person patterns in Welsh, ready to write about a friend or celebrity in the coming weeks. 

Teacher / Parent meetings

During the weeks beginning 11th March and 18th March you will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss progress. You will be sent information on how to book appointments during the week beginning 4th March. Diolch!

Keeping safe online

Follow the link for clear advice and ‘App guides for families‘

Dates for the diary

 (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Thursday 7th March – World Book Day (dress as your favourite character or non-uniform)

Friday 15th March – Red Nose Day

Friday 22nd March – Community Friday – If you can spare any time to work on projects to develop our school grounds, please get in touch. Diolch!

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on: Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday February 22nd

Another great week at Waunarlwydd with classrooms full of ‘learning and laughter’.

This week Nursery have learnt all about insects. They moved like insects in gym and made insects on the come and make table. The biggest hit was Welly Wednesday, jumping in puddles in the rain! Reception have loved learning about pancake day and making and tasting pancakes. They have started ‘drawing club’ and drew the main character in ‘Mr. Wolf’s pancake. Odd and even numbers have been the number focus.

This week Year 1 have thought of amazing actions to help them retell the Supertato story which they are thoroughly enjoying performing in class. During their independent challenges, they sorted foods that come from plants or animals into a Venn Diagram and matched the Supertato addition and subtraction sums to the Evil Pea answers. In preparation for our ‘Cafe Cynefin’ the children have been busy making a list of items they will need and helped to write an email to local stores asking for donations. Year 2 have been learning about gender stereotypes and identifying emotions with ‘Spectrum’. In Maths they have enjoyed sharing, while they also enjoyed making nests and finding perfect locations in Forest School. Year 3 have really enjoyed looking at solids, liquids and gases. They even completed experiments on chemical reactions. In Maths they loved exploring capacity practically, by completing a can balance challenge.

Year 4 have started a new topic in maths and have been learning all about fractions. They have enjoyed writing sentences using prepositions and identifying features of play scripts ready to write their own.  After learning all about Welsh artist Dorian Spencer Davies, the children chose an image to recreate and the artwork they have created is fantastic! Swimming has been the big hit in Year 5, while they also loved working on their football skills with Gower College in PE. Learning about Shabbat in RE was another high point. Year 6 have loved exploring the work of Dorian Spencer Davies, practising his style while copying his work. Another highlight has been exploring balancing, ways of travel and heights in gymnastics while there has been some awesome progress with rounding decimals in Maths.

Our Spring Disco raised a magnificent £1100 which is testament to all the hard work put in by our wonderful PTA and the magnificent support of our families. The PTA will be relaunching this term with newsletters and a page on our upcoming website keeping you informed of funds raised so far, purchases and current projects. Thanks to all involved!

Another big thank you to parents for supporting us through ‘My Child’s art’ Christmas purchases (70 orders).  We have just received £176.89 in commission. Diolch pawb!

After School Clubs

After School clubs will resume next week. Due to the short term and parents’ evenings they will run for 3 weeks and the last club will be on Wednesday 13th March. Clubs on offer this term are: Netball -Years 5 and 6, Coding – Years 4, 5 and 6, Dance – Year 3 and 4, Cwl Cymru – Year 1 and 2. You will have received an online form to complete if your child wants to join a club. Please ask your child before completing.

Teacher / Parent meetings

During the weeks beginning 11th March and 18th March you will have the opportunity to meet with your child’s teacher to discuss progress. You will be sent information on how to book appointments during the week beginning 4th March. Diolch!

Keeping safe online

Follow the link for clear advice and ‘App guides for families‘

Dates for the diary

 (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Friday 1st March – St David’s Day (Children can wear Welsh clothes or colours)

Thursday 7th March – World Book Day

Friday 22nd March – Community Friday – If you can spare any time to work on projects to develop our school grounds, please get in touch. Diolch!

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on: Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

Remember this is ‘OUR SCHOOL’ and, as always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday February 9th

We haven’t let the rain stop us having a great week at Waunarlwydd. A big thanks to our wonderful PTA for arranging two very successful discos. Some epic dance moves were on show and all the children had a fabulous time. Money raised will be counted and we’ll let you know the total after half term. Thanks to all our families for supporting the events. We’ve ended the week in style with an amazing ‘Truly Scrumptious’ assembly delivered by our incredible Year 2 pupils. I’m sure everyone that attended will agree they did themselves proud!

For their second H week, the Nursery have been looking at houses and homes. They have been learning about where different animals live and the different types of homes they live in. On Wednesday they walked a very long way, all around Waunarlwydd village looking at the buildings. They all walked and listened so well and were a credit to the school. Reception have been celebrating Chinese New Year. They enjoyed listening to the story of ‘The Great Race’ and putting the animals in order as well as retelling the story. They found out about the dragon dance and created their own dragon dance in forest school. The children loved discussing celebrations and trying Chinese food.

Year 1 have been learning about Chinese New Year this week. They celebrated by making lanterns, painting Chinese numerals and retelling the story of the great race in the small world area. They were very excited to find out which Chinese zodiac animal year they were born in and persevered really hard when putting all 12 animals in alphabetical order. By far, the favourite activity of the week was using chopsticks and tasting Chinese food, which was delicious! Year 2 have been working hard on their class assembly, learning their Supertato story with all the actions, their song and their individual lines. They have also enjoyed monitoring the weather this week looking at weather symbols, reading thermometers and learning about different temperatures. Year 3 have been working hard learning about different 2D shapes and vocabulary to describe them. They’ve also enjoyed having lots of discussions and finding out how to keep themselves safe online.

Year 4 have enjoyed writing explanation texts about how different kitchen appliances really work. They have also loved creating their final Andy Warhol inspired artwork. They look fantastic, with character sketches, printed in 4 different colours. Year 5 have really enjoyed multiplying fractions in maths, writing an explanation text about a clockwork mouse, swimming, rugby, creating pop art and learning greetings in French. Highlights in Year 6 have been their amazing printing linked to ‘Hugo’, talk for writing and developing their algebra skills in maths. They also thoroughly enjoyed the Addams family production..

Parent / Carer Feedback

A massive thankyou to all those that completed our parent/carer feedback form. Nearly 40% of families responded, which is a huge increase from our last questionnaire, when around 15% of families responded. Obviously we’d love 100% of families to respond but we’re going in the right direction. Your voice matters to us and is an important tool to use when looking at self-evaluation and school improvement. Some responses include:

92% feel that emotional and mental well-being is a school priority with 8% unsure.

97% know who to speak to if they need support with 3% unsure.

89% feel that the school regularly communicates with parents/carers with 9% disagreeing and 2% unsure.

82% feel that the school listens to parental voice with 2% disagreeing and 16% unsure.

94% feel that the school gives parents/carers opportunities to be part of school life with 6% unsure.

Other responses have given us lots of food for thought and we will provide an overview of your suggested strengths and your suggested areas for improvement after half term.

Keeping safe online

Follow the link for clear advice and ‘App guides for families‘

After School clubs

There will be NO clubs in the first week after half term. Clubs will begin again in Wednesday 28th February. we’ll let you know of any changes to clubs during the first week back. Diolch!

Teacher/Parent Meetings

There will be an opportunity to meet with your child’s class teacher to discuss progress between Tuesday 12th March and Thursday 21st March. Details on how to book an appointment will be sent out after halfterm. diolch!

As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a wonderful Half term, we’ll see you on Monday 19th February!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday February 2nd

Another great week at Waunarlwydd with loads of learning and laughter! A big well done to our netball team for the wonderful attitude and skills that were on show during the cluster netball festival this afternoon! As always there have been lots of highlights.

H week in the Nursery has been all about hands, hedgehogs, hoops,  hopping and lots more. They have been learning about habitats and built a home for a hedgehog on Welly Wednesday. The children have been trying to hop, playing games with hoops and thinking about what makes us ‘hapus’ and ‘drist’. The highlight of the week has been our new role play hair dressers where they have had great fun making appointments, washing, brushing and styling each others hair. Appointments available every morning! This week Reception have been thinking about birthdays and how we celebrate them. They have had fun playing birthday parties in the role play area and also explored mass and capacity, using balance scales to weigh toys in the classroom and filling different sized containers in the water tray.

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle have been the important message in Year 1 this week. The children have been learning about what items can be recycled and have sorted rubbish into the correct bins. Another important message has been Healthy Eating, the children have learned about the Eat Well Plate and enjoyed saying a rap to go with each of the different food groups. Dwi’n hoffi and Dwi’n ddim yn hoffi (I like, I do not like) have been their sentence patterns in Welsh this week and they have loved recording themselves saying their food likes and dislikes. Year 2 have loved writing their own super fruit stories based on ‘Supertato’ and also learning about fair trade. They’ve been working hard preparing for next week’s class assembly. Year 3 have had a very creative week! They’ve been designing invitations for ‘Cafe Cynefin’ as well as thinking about what goes on food packaging before designing their own. 

Year 4 have enjoyed sketching portraits of the characters from their class book – Hugo Cabret. When learning how to play the PBone and PCornet, they have loved learning how to play more notes and accompany different songs. They sound so good! Year 5 have enjoyed solving tricky word problems in maths, writing a flowchart for a clockwork mouse, learning about the story of Moses in Judaism, learning about conductors & insulators, Ospreys rugby and, of course, swimming. Highlights in year 6 have included some wonderful explanation writing, developing their sketching skills linked to the characters of Hugo and fine tuning their netball skills. They have also showed off their independent skills when presenting their understanding of healthy relationships.

Parent / Carer Feedback

We’ve had an excellent response to our Parent/carer feedback form. Thanks for taking the time to complete, it’s provided us with further plans with regards to the strengths we can build on and areas to improve as a school. Remember, this is ‘OUR’ school and, as parents or carers, we value your voice as crucial members of the school community. If you haven’t already done so, we would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete this short form. It will close on Monday. Parent / Carer feedback form

Please DO NOT park on the zig zag lines outside school!

We are having reports of parents parking on the zig and zag lines outside school. Please remember that these are there to keep the children safe!

Dates for the diary (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Tuesday 6th February – Safer Internet Day

Thursday 8th February – School Discos (Tickets available at the school office)

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on: Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher

Friday January 26th

Another superb week at Waunarlwydd and it has been great to end it with the sun shining. We had a real treat to end the week with an epic ‘Trilingual’ assembly performed by our ‘example setters’ in Year 6. We hope parents and families enjoyed!

It has been nice to get back to Sound of the Week in Nursery, with lots of G week activities. They learnt The 3 Billy Goats Gruff and acted it out on Welly Wednesday, practised scoring goals in gym and built homes for the Gruffalo and his friends out of blocks. The Gingerbread man story was a big success as they all had a gingerbread man to eat during snack. This week Reception have been continuing their work on winter. They thought about winter through their senses and used Welsh words for winter clothes. They also celebrated Dydd Santes Dwynwen on Thursday, finding out about the story of Dwynwen and making cards. On Friday we took part in the RSPB Bird Watch, using binoculars to find birds in our grounds and count them. 

Highlight in Years 1, 2 and 3 was their fantastic immersion day for our topic ‘Truly Scrumptious’. They were busy making pizzas and sandwiches, learning about food hygiene and safety, making advertising posters and role playing how to serve in our ‘Cafe Cynefin’. Keep an eye out for your invite, parents and families!

Year 4 have enjoyed taking part in the RSPB bird watch and collecting litter to help the Eco committee gather data. They have also enjoyed developing their hockey skills further. Year 5 have enjoyed finding the etymology of words, talk 4 writing, bird watching and litter picking, a study of Andy Warhol’s art, swimming, researching a clockwork mouse, seeing how doughnuts were made and rugby with the Ospreys. Wow!

The clear highlight in Year 6 has been the preparations for their ‘Trilingual’ class assembly. The children have been incredible, planning the assembly independently, preparing resources and being all-round superstars.

A huge thanks to our PTA chair Lara Sturgess for her generosity and time this week. As part of the ‘Truly Scrumptious’ topic, Lara brought her Dinky Doughnut van into school and taught the children about food hygiene, safety and the production process. To top it off, Lara ensured that every child in the school (and some teachers) took away some doughnuts to taste. Diolch yn fawr Lara!!

Parent / Carer Feedback

At Waunarlwydd Primary School we are fully committed to supporting the children’s emotional and mental well-being and providing the best possible education and learning environment. This is ‘OUR’ school and, as parents or carers, we value your voice as crucial members of the school community. We would greatly appreciate as many parents/carers as possible taking the time to complete this short form to help us move forward as a school by identifying strengths to build on and possible areas to improve and develop.  Parent / Carer Feedback form

January Eco Update 

Before Christmas we elected an enthusiastic committee of Eco Warriors. We have elected our Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Communications officer. During January we are taking part in the RSPB big bird watch. We are gathering data on the number of birds and species in our school grounds. Leading on from this we will be making bird feeders to encourage variety of species and growth of numbers of birds. In addition we have made a leap forward in our pledge to reduce plastic consumption in Waunarlwydd Primary. We are moving from single small milk bottles to reusable cups. This means we will reduce our plastic from 500 small milk bottles every week!!!!! If you have any ideas to help our Eco cause, please get in touch.

Community Friday (9th February)

The weather affected our Autumn event but we are determined to attempt another Community Friday on 9th February. If you could spare time to work with staff and children, please let us know. Our current priorities are painting the yards, gardening and the next stage of clearing the woodland. If you feel that you could help in any way, it would be much appreciated. (Unlimited tea, coffee and biscuits on offer)

Dates for the diary (**Events involving specific classes will be sent out separately**)

Tuesday 6th February – Safer Internet Day

Thursday 8th February – School Discos (Tickets available at the school office)

INSET DAYS – We can now confirm that the remaining 2 INSET Days of the year will be on:

Monday 8th April and Monday 3rd June

As always, if you have any queries or concerns, don’t hesitate in making contact!

Have a great weekend!

Mr Jamie Evans

Headteacher