Dear Parent/Guardian,

Year 6 had a great time at Talybont and were a credit to you! Thank you to Miss Watkins Mrs Jarrett and Mrs Fowler, who accompanied them.

Milittlepad continue their coding session with Class 4/5B today.

There is no Newport County Football on Tuesday morning. Tomorrow afternoon, the Football Club are taking part in a Football Tournament at the Civil Service Club, in Bettws. As a result, there will be no Year 6 Transition session or Football Club after school because the coach, Ben Davies, will still be involved with the tournament.

Class 1/2S are visiting the Library on Wednesday morning.

Juniors who have completed homework regularly have their Movie Treat on Wednesday afternoon.

The GEMS Reading Café is on Wednesday and it starts at 2.45pm

Our Easter Hat Parade takes place on Thursday morning and children are asked to wear a decorated hat with an Easter theme. Afternoon Nursery children will show their hats in the afternoon. We will draw the Easter Raffle after the Hat Parade. Raffle tickets are on sale at the office at breaktime from Monday to Wednesday at 50p per strip.

On Thursday morning we have a short meeting about the Mathletics programme that your child has been able to use at home. Lee Harrison, who works for Mathletics, will be joining us to answer any questions you have and to help you find out more about this programme which runs in schools across the world. He will be joining us at 9.30am but we will be serving tea, coffee and toast from 8.50m (all free) beforehand so please join us from 8.50am onwards.  I hope that you will be able to join us. It will be really helpful to us to find out what your child thinks about it at home.

On Thursday we are joined by Dr Sue Davies, from Cardiff Metropolitan University. She will be interviewing some More Able and Talented pupils as part of her research into the social and emotional needs of MAT learners.

On Friday morning, our Easter Assembly will be taken by Class 5/6P. It starts at 9.15am and you are welcome to join us for that.

There is no Homework Club on Friday.

We break up on Friday for the Easter Holidays and school is closed for two weeks.

School resumes on Monday 24th April.

Dinner Money

School meals should only be ordered if you have sufficient credit on your child’s Parentpay/Paypoint account. Please ensure that you credit money in advance of ordering meals.

Please pay all outstanding money immediately. If you have any difficulties in using the Parentpay system, please ask at the office for help.

Foundation Phase

The Foundation Phase training event for the South East Wales Education Achievement Service was very successful. Well done to children and staff involved with this! Again, the children were a credit to you.

Resource Making and Reading Extravganza Part 2

Thank you very much to those parents who joined us to make resources

last week!

You will be able to use them and keep some at our next Foundation Phase Reading Extravaganza (Part 2) which will take place on Wedneday 26th April at 2.00pm, (the first Wednesday of the new term). More information about this will follow.

Elections and INSET Days

There is a Bank Holiday on Monday 1st May.

Our next INSET day will be taken on the Election Day on Thursday 4th May.

Bonus Ball

There is another rollover this week!

I hope that you have a restful and happy Easter!

Yours sincerely,

H Vaughan

Headteacher