Blaenbaglan Primary School

December Thurs 19th Christmas Dinner Fri 20th End of Term School Closes

January Mon 6th School Closure - INSET Tues 7th School Opens 8.50am Wed 15th / 16th Cardiff Bay

Sleepover

February Thurs 13th Valentine’s Disco

Further dates to follow

Film NightPupils in KS2 enjoyed the film nights organised by Mrs. Palmer & Mrs. Bristowe. All of the money raised will be spent on playtime equipment at the request of the pupils. They are looking forward to choosing the games.

Planned INSET DaysMon 6th Jan 2020, Fri 17th July 2020 & Monday 20th July 2020. School is closed to pupils.

Cardiff SleepoverInformation regarding the Cardiff sleep over in The Millenium Centre, Cardiff Bay, on Wednesday 15th/16th January 2020 will be out in January. Parent Pay is set up to receive the remaining balance. Further information can be found at: https://www.urdd.cymru/en/residential-centres/cardiff/

Eco-Award

We are pleased to announce that we have

received the Platinum Eco-Award for our

work on:

B i o d i v e r s i t y & N a t u r e

C l i m a t e C h a n g e

E n e r g y

F o o d

G l o b a l C i ti z e n s h i p

H e a l t h & W e l l b e i n g

L i tt e r

M a r i n e a n d C o a s t

S c h o o l G r o u n d s

T r a n s p o r t

W a s t e

W a t e r

Well done to our Eco-Committee, Mrs. Morgan & Miss. Williams.

AttendanceOur attendance target is 96%. September - 96.13% October - 96.45%. November - 92.00%December - 90.93%

December had a very high number of unauthorised absences.

Please let us know if your child/ children cannot be in school for whatever reason on the day of their absence. Please notify

the office or report the absence through Schoop. phone or e-mail. Article 28 - You have the right to a good quality education.

Parent PayAfter a few teething problems, we seem to be finally up and running with the system. If you haven’t already registered, please use the code which you should have received. Copies of your unique code are held in the office – please get in touch if you are having problems.

Valentine’s DiscoThe PTA have arranged a Valentine’s disco for Thursday 13th February.

Blessing BagsMrs. Skelton received 80 Blessing Bags for the homeless –Thank you. They will be distributed over the festive period. https://blaenbaglan-primary-school.j2bloggy.com/blog/blessing-bag-appeal-thank-you-all/

SchoopMany parents have already downloaded the Schoop App. When prompted enter the code 8477 which will connect you to the school’s account. We will eventually come away from using the text system and Schoop will be our main method of contacting you. We are trying to reduce the amount of paper we use and can put consent forms for trips and visits onto Schoop. Follow the steps on the website - https://www.schoop.co.uk/

Christmas Concerts

December Newsletter

Please remember:

to ensure all uniform is clearly named to have indoor & outdoor PE kits in school to have long hair tied up at all times not to wear earrings for swimming or PE no nail varnish to fill your child’s water bottle with water – no juice please

On behalf of the staff and governors at Blaenbaglan Primary School, may I take the opportunity to thank you for your continued support throughout the Autumn Term. We wish all our pupils and families a happy Christmas and a healthy 2020. We look forward to seeing all pupils back in school on Tuesday 7th January.

Merry Christmas

Blaenbaglan Primary SchoolThank you for attending our Christmas Concerts and Carol Service. The pupils were brilliant and enjoyed performing for you. I hope you enjoyed watching them as much as they did performing for you.