Every Minute Counts
Lateness = Lost Learning
(Figures below are calculated
over a school year)
5 minutes late
each day
3 days lost
10 minutes late
each day
6.5 days lost
15 minutes late
each day
10 days lost
20 minutes late
each day
13 days lost
30 minutes late
each day
19 days lost
Please work with us to provide your child
with the best chances of learning by ensuring
they are in school, every day and on time.
Dear Parents and Carers,
Concerns regarding lateness ~ As a
school we are concerned about a
number of children who are arriving
late to school every day. Lateness
has a very negative impact on your
child’s learning as well as disrupting
the learning of other children in the
class. Mr Simon Jones, our
education welfare officer, is
currently monitoring ‘lateness’,
children must arrive for registration
at 8:50 am, lessons begin at 9 am.
Children who arrive late must report
to their teacher and their reason
for their lateness will be recorded.
Children who arrive after 9.15am
are recorded as an unauthorised
absence. The amount of time lost
through their lateness is recorded in
the register.
Year 4 News ~ This week in Year 4 we have re-created a skeleton with black
bin bags and masking tape. We used the bag
to represent the human
body and the tape to
locate and represent our
bones. We are enjoying
watching Pod DVD’s in
Welsh and then
completing activities on
the new vocabulary that we have learnt, this week the main
characters Ffion and Crad were ‘yn y parc’. We have been working
with fractions and remainders in maths and enjoyed learning about
how Harvest is celebrated across the world after thanking God for
our Harvest during our concert.
Year 6 News ~ Last week, the children competed in their
first Costain league matches in netball and rugby. The boys
played extremely well, led by Captain Lewis R. There were
outstanding performances from many boys who have never
played rugby before. They all demonstrated great
determination and perseverance and were a credit to our
school; well done boys!
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The girls won their first netball match with some great shooting from Emma and Martha
led by their captain Bethany McI; what a great start! In class, we have continued to find
out more about the Tudors by using our Numeracy skills to answer questions about a Tudor
time line. We have also carried out our first peer teaching activity which was great fun
and a really interesting way to learn. This week,
we have been revising multiplication and using
multiplication to solve problems involving Roman
Numerals. In English, we have written non-
chronological reports about Henry VIII. These
have formed part of our Tudor display in class.
Year 1 News ~ This week we have been working hard to learn
our Harvest song, 'In My Trolley.' The song is about all the
things we are fortunate to have in our supermarkets and even
more fortunate to be able to put in our trolley and take home to
our cupboards. We talked about all the
foods in our song and if we liked eating
them. We put pictures of the food
onto the interactive whiteboard and learned the Welsh words for
them. We have enjoyed looking at all the Autumn things that the
children have collected and have been busy sorting and counting
them in our Autumn tuff spot.
Nursery News ~ This week in the Nursery we have had lots of fun starting to learn about
Autumn. We enjoyed performing our songs in our harvest assembly.
We sang ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’ and ‘Under the Harvest Moon’.
We enjoyed singing together on the stage and joining in with the
actions.
We have enjoyed talking about the signs of Autumn and colouring and
painting Autumn pictures. We are looking forward to visiting the park
next week to collect lots of Autumn objects. As the weather is
getting colder, we made healthy vegetable soup this week. We helped
to cut carrots, potatoes, swede and onions and add them to our soup.
We especially enjoyed tasting the different vegetables in our soup.
Bilingualism ~ This year as part of our continued drive to improve and maintain standards
in Baglan Primary School, we are looking at the development of Welsh and bilingualism;
dwyieithrwydd. As part of this the children will be:
• discussing the weather;
• using Welsh commands in and around the school;
• using Welsh in as many different subject areas where appropriate;
• encouraged to use Welsh in the dining hall, playground and when sending messages;
• rewarded for their use of Welsh with bilingual certifcates;
• be able to attend the Welsh clubs Urdd (different age groups at different times
throughout the year).
Shining Stars
Ser Disglair
Mrs Davies ~
Nursery
Lily F ~ for her excellent singing in our Harvest assembly.
Olivia Jayne L ~ for creating a beautiful Autumn picture.
Mrs Challenger ~
Reception
Lily May J and Summer M ~ for their super singing in our Harvest
assembly.
Mr Atkins ~
Dosbarth 1
Lacey C ~ for trying really hard to sound out her letters, excellent.
Macsen W ~ for setting an excellent example of how to behave in
class.
Miss Morgan ~
Dosbarth 2
Harri P ~ for his confident and excellent work in mathematics.
Reuben D ~ for always knowing important information and words when
we have class discussions.
Mrs Roosmalen ~
Dosbarth 3
Florri D ~ for her excellent work on the ipad using the ‘poplet’ app.
Grace T ~ for the fabulous information collected about Vincent Van
Goch.
Miss Griffiths ~
Dosbarth 4
Holly E ~ for singing so well in our Harvest assembly and working
hard to complete work during all lessons this week, da iawn.
Will H ~ for working hard in maths this week and for trying his best
even when he finds something difficult, dal ati.
Mrs Giles ~
Dosbarth 5
Poppie R and Shannon O’C ~ for their excellent gymnastic sequence in
PE.
Mrs Smart ~
Dosbarth 6
Elinor K ~ for her positive attitude and being helpful.
Aimee P ~ for her excellent non chronological report, fantastic.
Let’s Grow ~ This year, once again we are collecting ‘Morrisons’
Let’s Grow Vouchers. The vouchers will enable us to receive
equipment that will allow us to continue to plant our own
flowers, fruit and vegetables. The more vouchers we collect,
the more equipment we will receive. Please could you help us
by asking all your friends and family to collect vouchers for us
too! The vouchers are available until 26th October 2014.
Thank you very much, the School Eco- Council.
Dates for the Diary:
16.10.14 PTA School Disco
27.10.14 ~ 31.10.14 Half Term Holidays
03.11.14 INSET: School closed to pupils
10.11.14 Parental Consultation Evening