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Summer Term 2025 Letter 1
Fri 23 May 202519th of May 2025
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.
28/04/25
Back to school – start of summer term
All
29/04/25
Mini London Marathon -sponsor forms
All
30/04/25
Y6 Junior Proms practice – Theatr Ffwrnes
Y6
First Confession
FHC pupils
02/05/25
Start of term Mass with Fr Martin
All
05/05/25
MayDay Bank Holiday – school closed to pupils and staff
All
08/05/25
VE Day 80th anniversary – Tea Party on the field
All
09/05/25
LLAMAS’ Coffee afternoon at school 2pm
All
12/05/25
School Nurse Reception Class Health Screening
Reception
Film Workshop
Y3
13/05/25
Llanelli School Cricket Tournament – Llanelli Cricket Club
Y5/6
14/05/25
Film Skills Launch Day – Waterfront Swansea
For Y3
14/05/25
Y6 Junior Proms practice – Theatr Ffwrnes
Y6
16/05/25
First Holy Communion Practice at OLQP
FHC Y4
18/05/25
First Holy Communion Day at OLQP
FHC Y4
19/05/25
First Holy Communion celebration party at school
FHC Y4
Llanelli Schools Girls Cricket Tournament – Llanelli Cricket Club
Y5/6
Film Workshop
Y3
20/05/25
No Drama Club
Drama
Y2 Class Assembly at 10am – parents invited
Y2
21/05/25
Entrecomp Games session at SJL
Y5
22/05/25
May Procession (FHC children to wear outfits)
FHC Y4
23/05/25
Last day of half term
All
River Studies trip
Y6
Own Clothes Day - £1 donations please
All
26/05/25-30/05/25
Whitsun Half Term – school closed all week
All
02/06/25
All pupils and staff return to school for last half term of the year
All
03/06/25
Y7 Form Teacher to see Y6
Greenfutures Day Y5/6
Y6
Y5/6
04/06/25
River Studies trip
Y5
10/06/25
Sports Day *new date* see information below
All
13/06/25
Y1 Class Assembly – parents invited to attend * new date
Y1
13/06/25
Y5 transition morning at SJL
Y5
16/06/25-27/06/25
Personalised Assessments will take place over the next two weeks for all pupils in Years 2 to 6
Y2-6
20/06/25
School Nurse to see Y6
Y6
27/06/25
Own Clothes Day - £1 donations please
All
Bronze Young Ambassador (BYA) Celebration Day
BYA
01/07/25
Moving up date – Y6 will go to SJL for the day, all other classes move up
All
02/07/25
PTA Summer Disco (Nursery-Y2 5pm-6pm, Y3-6 6.15pm-7.30pm)
All
03/07/25
Nursery/Reception Class Assembly
NR
04/07/25
School Reports out
All
08/07/25
Open evening to discuss school reports (if required)
All
11/07/25
Y6 Leavers Show
Y6
14/07/25
Film Skills Wales Y3 Film Launch Day
Y3
16/07/25
Y6 Leavers Mass
Y6
18/07/25
Y6 Leavers Celebration Assembly
Y6
Last day of school year
All
21/07/25
Inset day – school closed to pupils
All
Some further information regarding some upcoming dates:
18th May: Congratulations to all children who made their First Holy Communion at Our Lady Queen of Peace. We are all very proud of you. Thank you to our pupils, families, friends and staff for supporting you in this wonderful celebration.
20th May : Y2 Class assembly starts at 10am. Parents of Y2 pupils are welcome to attend.
20th May : There is no drama club this week due to Jo (drama club leader) being away on holiday. This is already included in your parent pay payments for the term.
22nd May : As part of our celebration of May as the month of Our Lady, the school will be holding a May Procession on the 22nd of May. 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.
23rd May: Y6 River Studies trip to the Gower. Please be on time to leave for the trip. Please make sure you have read the information letter. If a child is asthmatic, they MUST have their pump or they will not be allowed to attend (organiser rules) and if they have an open cut, please inform class teacher asap. This information will also apply when Y5 go on their trip on the 4th of June.
There will be no school led after school clubs after Whitsun half term (week commencing 26th May).
Jujitsu and drama will continue to run on a Tuesday.
10th June New Date: Sports Day. The event will start at 9:30am and run until 12pm with all pupils taking part. Parents/Guardians/Grandparents etc are all invited to attend. Feel free to bring your own seating /blankets to sit on the grass bank. £1 entry for adults which includes a raffle ticket for prizes to be drawn on the day. We are aiming to start at 9:30am and finish by 11:30/12pm. Children are to wear their house colours. Cold refreshments will be on sale for adult spectators.
11th June: Y1 Class assembly starts at 10am. Parents of Y1 pupils are welcome to attend.
From the 16th 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.
1st July: Moving up day Year 6 will spend the day at St John Lloyd (parents will soon receive information directly from SJL regarding arrangements). All other pupils will arrive at St Mary’s and go into their current classrooms and move up to their next year groups after registration to spend time with their new teachers.
2nd July: PTA Summer Disco. Foundation Phase pupils (Nursery, Reception, Year 1 & 2 Disco is at 5-6pm Parents to stay and supervise their child. The Year 3-6 Disco starts at 6:15pm and finishes at 7:30pm. Parents are welcome to stay but don’t have to.
4th July: Annual school reports will be sent home with your child.
8th July: Teaching staff will be available between 4pm and 6pm to discuss your child’s school report if required. No appointments needed – drop-in sessions only.
Y6 Leavers information: At we approach the end of the Y6 pupils’ final term at St Mary’s, there will be three key events that parents and families of Y6 pupils are invited to attend. The Leavers Show will be on the 11th of July at 10am. Leavers Mass is on the 16th of July at 1:45pm and the final event will be the Awards Ceremony on the 18th of July at 9:30am. Please could you let us know if you are able to attend these events and how many seats you require so that we can make the necessary arrangements. Thank you in advance.
Tip Tops will be on sale every Friday until the end of term. If you would like your child to purchase a tip top, please send in 20p on Fridays.
Further dates will be added as the term progresses.
More information regarding some of the future events will be released as soon as possible. Please visit our school website and social media pages for information relating to school life (details below).
As always, my door is open if you have any queries.
Yours faithfully
Mrs Howells
Headteacher