FAST Evaluation

Families and School Together for children aged 3-8

FAST Reminder

Just a reminder that all of our FAST families are invited into school at 9am on Friday 27^th March, for a cup of tea or coffee and a biscuit. Whilst at school, we would like to present you with a complimentary family photograph from the graduation.

We would kindly ask that you fill in the evaluation form whilst you are at the school. I MUST STRESS that the evaluations are CONFIDENTIAL, ANONYMOUS and are intended to evaluate the success of the programme.

We really hope that you can join us, however if you cannot please give the school a call on 01443 473747 and we can rearrange a convenient time for you to complete the evaluation.

If you would like to view additional photographs from the graduation please visit

http://www.johnreesphotography.com/gallery-parties.html 

You can order any photos directly through the website or by giving the correct money and photograph number to Mrs. Doolin who will order the prints for you.

Thank you for taking part in FAST 2015, the school thoroughly enjoyed working with you.

Yours sincerely,

Mr A. Llewellyn

Acting Head Teacher

March Newsletter

Dates for your diary

Wednesday 18^th March

• Glassbrook Football Competition

Thursday 19^th March

• FAST Graduation. Parents are invited to come along with additional family members to celebrate graduation.

Friday 20^th March

• Cycle / scoot / Walk to school 

Children are invited to cycle, scoot or walk to school and wear non school uniform to raise money for our new school yard. A £1 donation would be gratefully received and go towards our new yards. Work will begin on the yards over the Easter holidays.  

Thursday 26^th March

• YEAR 6 – PC  Rogers - Cyber Safety
• Year 4 – PC Rogers  - Friend or Foe

Friday 27^th March

• Easter Fayre

We are holding our Easter Fayre on Friday 27^th of March at 1:30pm. We would like to receive donations of tins, bottles, gifts, toys, and chocolate items as soon as possible. We would also be grateful for any cakes on the morning of the Fayre.

We will be having an Easter Bonnet/Hat parade in the morning, and the children should bring their hats/bonnets to school in the morning.

Raffle tickets are on sale and can be bought from Mrs Doolin in the office or Mrs Dixon in class 2

Monday 13^th April

• School reopens after the Easter Holidays

Monday 27^th April

• INSET DAY – School closed to pupils.

Nursery Places

WE are delighted to inform you that despite the council’s decision to cut funding for Nursery Education to part time, Glenboi Primary School will be providing full time education for all nursery age children (3 -4 years old) from September 2015-16.  We still have a few places left for September 2015, please contact the school should you wish to take up a place. 

School meals

The new financial year has seen school meal prices increase from Monday 13^th April 2015 is  £2.40 per day.

Miss.Stone

At the end of the Spring Term Miss. L. Stone will be leaving Glenboi Primary School to pursue a career opportunity. Miss. Stone has worked at the school for 7 years and given a great deal to the whole school community and of course most of all to the children.  On behalf of the school I would like to thank her for her hard work and wish her every success for the future.

Attendance Update

I would like to thank you for your efforts in improving attendance and punctuality.

Our attendance target this year is 95%, and we are on target to achieve it, if we achieve our goal, we will be alongside the best schools in Wales.  It is clear that high attendance supports high achievement and as a school we have evidence which clearly supports this.

Please remember to:

• Pick your child up from reception not the class if your child has a medical appointment.
• Notify the school if your child is absent.

School Values

As a school we have identified 7 core values that we want to ensure that our pupils understand and demonstrate. Our Value for February is Equality, we are discussing the importance of freedom of speech, equal rights for all and equal opportunities for all. I  would appreciate your support by talking to your children at home about

This will support all of the work we are doing in class and in assemblies.

School Website and Twitter

All school dates, information and pictures can be found on our website. If you have a smart phone, tablet or PC why not follow us on twitter, the staff are updating the twitter feed with important messages, information and photographs each week. Alternatively you can always stay updated via the website. Our new school website http://glenboiprimary.weebly.com

follow us on twitter @primary_glenboi.

Yours sincerely,

Mr A. Llewellyn 

Class 4 Blog

11.03.15

Pupils have been reasearching Dr Who and the characters.  Pupils this week have been writing diary entries after wathcing the episode 'Victory of the daleks'. Here are some of the extracts:


Dear Diary,

It all started in the morning when Amy and I went into my tardis and there were three guns pointed at my head. I was not scared I was happy because I saw my old friend Winston Churchill. We were on the roof top, the daleks were shooting lasers. "Tell me tell me what is that?"(Curiously). I had asked the dalek 'What are you doing here? and the dalek said "I am your soldier".

Jayden


Dear Diary,
 
I had 3 guns pointed directly at my face and I saw my old friend Winston Churchill. After, I  discovered a dalek on the rooftop shooting space ships rapidly. I asked Amy to question one. Unfortunately, she didn't find anything out (sadly).  I was disgusted when Churchill use a dalek to defend London.

Callum

Dear Diary,

I had 3 long guns pointing at my head. I wasn't scared because I saw my old friend Winston Churchill. I saw Churchill's dalek shooting at the planes. I was not happy. I asked Amy to talk to the dalek, however, he just said "I am your soldier".

Coen

Dear Diary,

Today I had three guns pointed directly at my face (I was happy to see him) because I saw my friend Churchill.  Later on, on top of a rooftop, I found out that Churchills new secret weapon was a dalek.  I was really nervous because the dalek could betray us and destroy London.

Alexander





















 

Class 3 trip to Cardiff Bay 24/2/15

As part of our Calon Lan topic we have been looking at the similarities and differences of Cardiff Bay and Mountain Ash. We have recently researched what both areas were like 50years ago and thought about how they have changed to the present day. We have noticed that the land use has changed dramatically for Cardiff Bay and wanted to find out first hand how.

 

Before the big day arrived we decided we wanted to know why people go to Cardiff Bay and how they get there. We thought the best way to do this was to create a questionnaire. We'd never done this before so thought it world be best to design one for the children in school and ask them about their favourite games. we then practiced our oracy skills by asking two children from each class to complete it.

 

 

After deciding on things we would like to find out as a class we thought of questions we could as people and possible answers. We also discussed the importance of not asking for personal information, this linked with PC Rogers' internet safety lesson. 

 

Our journey started on the 9.30 train from Fernhill, whilst on the train we met a very friendly elderly couple with a guide dog, some of us had a nap and the rest of us were just far too excited. Miss Harding was driving us nuts taking pictures to tweet to show our parents we were safe.

 

 

 

 

We had to get on another train at Cardiff Queen Street to take us to The Bay. Miss Harding was at it again 1,2,3...24,25 ok we'r all here lets go. As soon as we were there we set off exploring.

 

 

 

 

In the afternoon we made our way to Techniquest for a fun filled human body show. We also found some time to try out the other exhibits.

 

February Update

Dear parents,

I would like to inform you of the events taking place next week.

Wednesday 4^th March Film Night

The children from Reception to year 6 (Nursery pupils find the film night, too long a day at the moment) are invited to our Movie Night. The films have been chosen by the children. Reception to Year 2 – Monsters V Aliens. Year 3-Year 6 Frankenweenie.

For £1 children will watch the film and receive popcorn and a drink. Please pick your child up at 4.45pm at the main entrance. Please pass all monies onto the class teacher. 

Thursday 5^th March World Book Day

We are celebrating World Book Day once again this year. The children are welcome to come to school on Thursday 5^th March dressed as a character from one of their books.

Friday 6^th March Eisteddfod

The children will be competing in an Eisteddfod in school. As a home/school task we would like you to support your children in making a picture or model to celebrate Welsh culture and heritage. Please bring the finished work to school by Monday 2^nd March so that the work can be displayed for the Eisteddfod.

Red Nose Day (The following week)

The following Friday – 13^th March is Red Nose Day. Mrs. Jones will be selling Red Noses at the end of each day up to and including Friday 13^th March. If you would like to buy a red nose please call in to her classroom at the end of the school day.

Thank you for your continued support

A.     Llewellyn