Cycle, Scoot or Walk to school

On Friday the PTA organised a fund raising Cycle, Scoot or Walk to school. It was a huge success and raised over £420 for school funds. The children all enjoyed the day and had lots of fun. The school would like to thank the children for taking part, the parents for supporting the day (we really recognise and  appreciate the efforts that you went to last Friday) and our fantastic PTA for organising such a successful event. Thank you.

  

Country Dancing at St Fagan's

Dear Parents and Country Dancers

This is a quick reminder for your diaries to confirm that the date for the Country Dancing Festival is Saturday 23 June.  We will meet that morning at the entrance to St Fagan's (time to be arranged nearer date) and the Festival will be finished by approximately 1pm.   It is an event that all family and friends are encouraged to attend, with a picnic if you wish.  It always proves to be a successful and enjoyable event. 

If it is a wet day, an alternative venue will be planned and you will receive that information nearer the time.

We would like to say how pleased we are with the  dancers' efforts and commitment over the school year so far and look forward to this event where their hard work will be rewarded along with other schools from all over South Wales.

Mrs Abel and Mrs Brown

Double Sporting Success

Here is combination of photographs from the Regional and National finals of the Urdd Football tournament 2012. We entered three teams in the regional tournament, two boys teams and one girls team. The girls lost in the final after an amazing performance. They only conceded one goal all day, unfortunately that was in the final. The boys teams came first and fourth, our best combined result ever. Pontyclun Primary School are now the Mid Glamorgan regional champions 2012. Both teams played fantastically well and represented the school admirably. Our champions then traveled to Aberystwyth on a beautifully sunny day to represent the region in the national finals. Here they played their best football of the year. After some tight matches and superb performances the boys made it to the national final. With only two teams left in the competition, the boys once again gave 100% but unfortunately it was not to be their day. Pontyclun came runners up in the All Wales competition. Well done boys the school is proud of you.


 


 Today our Rugby Team became Taff Ely "large schools" champions. After wining the sevens competitions earlier in the year, this is the second trophy that the school has won this season. The boys also won the year 5 title in 2011, making this team champions in all competitions over the last two years.

An impressive performance today as Pontyclun beat Dolau Primary in the final 49-40. Equally impressive is their winning record over the last two years. Well done and congratulations to the entire squad, the school is very proud of you.

 

Late Procedures and Important Dates

Dear Parents,

Here are some dates for the term and an update.

Late procedures

Thank you all for your patience while we try out our new procedure. As with all new systems there will be ‘teething’ problems. Our intent is not to cause upset to the children- we want to find the most effective way to monitor lateness.  To improve the system, the bell will ring at 9 o’clock, so that the juniors and the infants use the same time. If you are late, please take your child to the main reception, where there will be a member of staff who will sign in your child for you and take them over to their individual class as soon as possible.  (This applies from nursery to yr 2. Junior pupils can be signed in by the administrative staff). This should reduce any delay in the reception area. We ask you to drop them off instead of taking them over to class, as this has reduced disruption to the start of the lesson. The benefits so far have been quicker registration time, which means pupils start their activities on time and dinner numbers are being recorded accurately.  Your child will be marked as late on the class register as before- this hasn’t changed. We realise that some mornings don’t go according to plan and on such occasions we will understand and do everything we can to help if there is a problem. This system means that we will be able to monitor persistent lateness effectively. We realise that there may be some inconvenience, and we take all comments on board. Please be assured that we are continuing to refine the process so that we have an accurate picture that addresses this Welsh Government priority.

Many thanks for your continued co-operation.

Dates for your diary- a busy term!

·         16^th May                Year 4 football coaching with CCFC for 6 weeks

·         18^th May                Year 6 to Cardiff University – Fascination of plants day (PM)

·         18^TH May                PTA Walk, scoot or cycle to school – participants to bring £1 (non uniform)

·         21^st May                 CCFC tour for pupils who raised £50+ last year

·         24^th May                Year 6 to undertake a fitness project at the University of Glamorgan

·         25^th May                Year 5 trip to Llangrannog

·         29^th May                Year 6 trip to Cilfynydd

·         31^st May                 Year 3 trip to Cilfynydd

·         1^st June                  Jubilee Day (details to follow)

·         4^th- 8^th June           Half term

·         11^th June                Inset Day – School closed for literacy review

·         12^th June                Inset Day  - School closed for literacy review

·         14^th June                Year 1 and Year 2 trip to Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo

·         19^th  June               Infant Sports Day

·         20^th June                Junior Sports Day

·         22^nd June               Year 6 pupils to visit Morfa Bay – cluster transition

·         26^th June                Nursery and Reception trip

·         27^th June                Year 5 sports fitness project University of Glamorgan

·         29^th June                Year 6 taster day at Y Pant

·         29^th June                Transition - All pupils Nursery to year 5 to visit next year’s  classes

Art Club

Dear Parents

Please note that there will be no Art Club after school on Monday 14th May.

Art Club will resume as normal the following week.

Thank you
S Harwood

Country Dancing Festival

Dear Parents

Just to remind you that the Dancing Festival at St Fagan's is on Saturday 23rd June 2012. Mrs Abel will be going to a meeting in the next few weeks and she will be able to give you all the details after that time.

Thank you for your continuing support.

S Harwood
Acting Headteacher

Rugby

Dear Parents

I am writing to inform you that the Rugby this afternoon has had to be cancelled due to the weather and pitch conditions.

Thank you for your continuing support.

S Harwood
Acting Headteacher