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Pen Afan Primary School Ysgol Gynradd Pen Afan Newsleer February 2019 Dear Parents/Guardians, With February half term fast approaching we are nearing the halfway point of the academic year. It’s a good me to look at what we’ve achieved so far and to plan ahead for the rest of the year. Parents’ evenings will take place straight aſter half term and we hope that you will be able to join us to discuss with your child’s teacher the progress your child is making in school and how you can best support your child at home. Please be aware of the huge difference it makes if you read with your child regularly. With regard to aendance, we must highlight how important it is for all children to be in school as oſten as possible. It is essenal that this is the case for every child to reach his or her potenal. Primary Assessment Week: Tuesday May 7 th - Tuesday 14 th May 2019 (inclusive) It is very important that all children are present during these weeks. Assessment acvies will be provided including Naonal Numeracy & Literacy Tests for Y2-Y6 in order to set educaonal targets and to assess the children’s progress. Please do not book a holiday under any circumstances between these dates as tests cannot be sat outside this me frame. We hope you have an enjoyable half term break, Mr R Appleby (Primary Phase Leader), Miss R Gierat (Lead Learner) & Mr G Groves (Acng Headteacher) Safeguarding With a significant minority, we find ourselves having to deal with issues between pupils in school which have originated from a disagreement on social media, such as Instagram, Snapchat, Oovoo and so on. We ask you to consider very carefully the social issues which arise in the use of such apps and whether they are perhaps more suitable for your child to use at a later stage of their life. It can be very difficult to monitor the use of such apps and it may be that you decide as a parent that your child will be happier if they don’t use them at all unl they are in comprehensive school. Please note that there are minimum age restricons on such sites for a reason. Diary Dates Monday 4th March—Pupils return to school Wednesday 6th March— St David’s Day - all Nursery in AM session Thursday 7th March— Y5/6 Writers Day @ Comp Friday 8th March—World Book Day Friday 15th March— Red Nose Day Monday 18th March—Y5/6—Flat Stan First Aid Monday 18th March—ECO schools day Wednesday 27th March— School nurse—Y3 & Y6 Nutrion, Y4—personal hygiene & Y5—puberty Thursday 28th March—Y1/2 & Y5/6 Fire safety assembly Thursday 4th April—Y5/6 Writers Day @ Comp Friday 12th April—End of term
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Pen Afan Primary School
Ysgol Gynradd Pen Afan
Newsletter
February 2019
Dear Parents/Guardians,
With February half term fast approaching we are nearing the halfway point of
the academic year. It’s a good time to look at what we’ve achieved so far and
to plan ahead for the rest of the year. Parents’ evenings will take place straight
after half term and we hope that you will be able to join us to discuss with
your child’s teacher the progress your child is making in school and how you
can best support your child at home. Please be aware of the huge difference it
makes if you read with your child regularly.
With regard to attendance, we must highlight how important it is for all
children to be in school as often as possible. It is essential that this is the case
for every child to reach his or her potential.
Primary Assessment Week: Tuesday May 7th - Tuesday 14th May 2019 (inclusive)
It is very important that all children are present during these weeks. Assessment activities will be provided including National Numeracy & Literacy Tests for Y2-Y6 in order to set educational targets and to assess the children’s progress. Please do not book a holiday under any circumstances between these dates as tests cannot be sat outside this time frame.
We hope you have an enjoyable half term break,
Mr R Appleby (Primary Phase Leader), Miss R Gierat (Lead Learner) & Mr G Groves (Acting Headteacher)
Safeguarding
With a significant minority, we find
ourselves having to deal with issues
between pupils in school which have
originated from a disagreement on social media, such as
Instagram, Snapchat, Oovoo and so on. We ask you to consider
very carefully the social issues which arise in the use of such
apps and whether they are perhaps more suitable for your
child to use at a later stage of their life. It can be very difficult
to monitor the use of such apps and it may be that you decide
as a parent that your child will be happier if they don’t use
them at all until they are in comprehensive school. Please note
that there are minimum age restrictions on such sites for a
reason.
Diary Dates
Monday 4th March—Pupils return to school
Wednesday 6th March— St David’s Day - all Nursery in AM session
Thursday 7th March— Y5/6 Writers Day @ Comp
Friday 8th March—World Book Day
Friday 15th March— Red Nose Day
Monday 18th March—Y5/6—Flat Stan First Aid
Monday 18th March—ECO schools day
Wednesday 27th March— School nurse—Y3 & Y6 Nutrition, Y4—personal
hygiene & Y5—puberty
Thursday 28th March—Y1/2 & Y5/6 Fire safety assembly
Thursday 4th April—Y5/6 Writers Day @ Comp
Friday 12th April—End of term
School News
Eco Schools
The Eco Committee have been very busy this half term putting our action plan into place. We were very luck to have Matt from Eco Schools Wales visit us in school. Matt taught us lots of important facts about litter, specifically plastic in our oceans. The Eco Committee have been very busy making sure that our school is a litter free zone and encouraging the chil-dren in school to use less plastic for example reusing water bottles.
PTA
Another massive thank you to our dedicated and fantastic PTA for securing a funding bid to further develop our outdoor area. We have been so fortunate to have an amazing range of agility equipment for the children to use during structured times. We have also got a brand new story telling area with tepees and log benches for story time. This has enriched our outdoor area and the children are already engrossed in the outdoor learning environment. We have got another mission in place and we are going to need all of your help. We have successfully applied to Tesco Bags of Help Scheme in the hope of securing enough money to have an outdoor classroom. We will need you to use the tokens in Tesco Maesteg to vote for "Friends of Pen Afan Primary School" from Friday 1st March to Tuesday 30th April.
N Rec Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Whole School Croeserw Glyn Cymer Fed
(No N) NPT
79.7% 88% 87.1% 89.2% 92.5% 90.7% 92.3% 94.7% 90.8% 92.5% 95.8% 94.8% 93.3% 94.4%
Figures are averages for this academic year, ie from September to present. We aim for AT LEAST 95%
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