31^st March 2023

Dear Parents/Guardians

As you can see from the school calendar below, the summer term will be another busy one! More dates will be added. Summer term will hopefully continue to bring the sunshine. As the children are outdoors for some of their learning (as well as playtimes), please ensure your child has a bottle for water with them daily, and a sun hat and sun cream on sunny days.

 

 

Some further information regarding some upcoming dates:

 

25^th April : Public Health Immunisation Team will be at school to meet with parents and children who according to their available NHS records have not had their MMR vaccine (of full course of vaccines). It is a drop-in session (no appointments required) - you may have already had a call from the nurse team or Mrs Partridge about it. Please be assured that no child will be vaccinated unless a parent is present and has given consent directly to the Immunisation Team who are running sessions at every school in the Health Board area due to the number of Measles cases currently present in the country.

 

2^nd May:  The Place 2 Be Fun Run will be at school. We invite all pupils to wear orange or yellow on the day. We kindly ask for £1 on the day to take part, and if you have any spare change to donate, each class will have a fundraising jar in their class for the rest of this half term which will all go to Place2Be.

 

23^rd May: As part of our celebration of May as the month of Our Lady, the school will be holding a May Procession on the 23^{rd of} May. Parents are invited to attend (time to be confirmed).  The children will sing Marian hymns, share in reflective prayer and process around the school to the statue of Our Lady, this will culminate in the crowning of Our Lady with flowers. Our First Holy Communion children are encouraged to wear their First Holy Communion outfits to lead this procession. It is advisable that children wear uniform to school and change into their First Holy Communion outfits at school. All pupils are welcome to bring a single flower (artificial or fresh) or a small posy of flowers to lay at the feet of Our Lady.

 

From the 17^th of June for two weeks, Personalised Assessments will take place for all pupils Years 2-6. The personalised assessments are based on the skills in the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF) and will provide information on the reading and numeracy skills of individual learners and whole classes which teachers can use to plan next steps in teaching and learning.

 

Further dates will be added as the term progresses. Please visit our school website and social

media pages for information relating to school life (details below).

 

A request regarding the Car Park: Over the last few months, the car park has become increasingly busy, particularly during the afternoon pick up times. There have been a couple of “near misses” with cars almost colliding with each other and the school gates. During one recent incident, we received reports of a parent becoming verbally abusive to another, loud enough for others to hear.

I would like to remind you that the car park is school property and when on school property, we expect ALL parties to behave in a respectful and kind manner. This behaviour is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. If the car park is full, please use alternative surrounding areas to park and walk to collect your child. Do not park in front of the staff gates or the white lines as this is the access point for emergency services. Blocking this could delay help when needed. Please be sensible when using the car park and act appropriate to your surroundings.

 

As always, my door is open if you have any queries.

 

Yours faithfully

Mrs Howells

Headteacher