School Calendar

Monday, 1 October 2012

Art Club

Dear Parent

There will be no Art Club after school today as Miss Robinson is required to attend a training course after school today.

Art Club will resume as normal next week.

Yours sincerely
S Harwood

Friday, 14 September 2012

Welcome Back

Dear Parents,

Welcome back to the new year and I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. We are very excited to be starting a new learning journey together.

Dinner Money

Just a reminder that the price of our school dinners has gone up to £2.08 per day, £10.40 per week. Please could you send all monies in on a Monday, cheques are to made out to Pontyclun Primary School Fund. The online payment option is available to use at www.rctcbc.gov.uk/payments

Contact details

Please could you keep us informed of any changes in contact details so that we can keep our records updated. Any changes in contact details can be written in a short letter and passed to the class teacher.

Clubs

Please find a list of clubs on the reverse of this letter that are available to children from year 2-6. We will make every effort to ensure that clubs run every week, however, if a club has to be cancelled we will let you know as early as possible. Unless otherwise stated the club will start this week commencing 17th September.

Important dates for your diary

Half term- 29th October to 2nd November

Parents’ Evening- 13th and 14th November

There is a delay in sending out our INSET days for the year, as we are awaiting a decision from the Local Education Authority for our next Reading Training event. We will advise you of these dates as soon as we receive them.

Many thanks for your continued co-operation,


Yours sincerely,

Miss S Harwood

After school clubs 3.30-4.15pm

Monday

Maths club Yr 2 Miss Spackman (Until half term) /

Games club Yr 2 Mrs Vaughan (After half term)

Boys football Yr 3/4 – Mr. Bevan

Boys football Yr 5/6 – Mr Llewellyn

Cricket Yr 4,5 and 6 – Mr Bevan (Summer Term)

Art club Yr 5/6 Miss Robinson

Tuesday

Netball Yr 3/4 Miss Wool

Netball Yr 5/6 Mrs Gardiner

Pet club Yr 3 (Autumn term), Yr4 (Spring), Yr 5 (Summer)

Rugby Yr 4/5/6 Mr Williams

Thursday

Country dancing yrs3/4/5/6 Mrs Abel/ Mrs Brown (After half term)

Lunchtime Clubs   12-12.30pm

Tuesday

Recorder club Yr2 Miss Evans (Spring and Summer term)

Needlecraft club Year 2 (Spring and Summer term)

Chess club Yr 3/4/5/6 Mr Williams

Welsh club Yr 6 Mrs Hutchings

Thursday

Girls football Yr 4/5/6 Mr. Bevan

Cross Country Yr3,4,5and 6 (Summer term)

Friday

Athletics/squash yrs 4/5/6 Mr Williams

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

End of year at Pontyclun Primary

Another school year is drawing to a close, and the children are enjoying the end of term events before looking forward to September. This is always a very busy and sad time of year at our school, we say farewell to year 6, and celebrate all that they have achieved during their time at Pontyclun Primary. This year 6 cohort have been a pleasure to teach and have been a credit to the school. We wish them all the very best as they move onto secondary school, and we will look forward to seeing them as they "pop in" to see us all in the not too distant future.  

School Prom Year 6 Year 6 Leavers Concert Pontyclun Primary School Fete 2012. What an amazing day, the PTA organised a superb fete this year. Despite the rain the fete went ahead and was well attended. There were loads of fun activities to keep the children and adults entertained, as can be seen by the photographs. The PTA raised £2500 which is a staggering amount (particularly in view of the weather). Thank you to all of the PTA members and helpers for all of their efforts, and a huge thank you to everyone who braved the weather to come along. Fingers crossed for a sunny day next year.

Friday, 13 July 2012

Car Parking Enforcement

Dear Parents

A Governor at the School has made us aware that RCT Council will now have responsibility for enforcing correct parking by fining people who park on double yellow lines or ignore parking restriction signs. 

The Scheme starts on 1 August 2012

I thought this information might be of use to you for when term begins in September 2012.

Yours sincerely
S Harwood
Acting Headteacher

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Welsh Government publication

Dear Parents

The Welsh Government has issued a booklet called "How was school today?"   This is a parents' and carer's guide to Primary School.  (Ages 7 - 11)

If you wish to access any information in this booklet, the website address is www.wales.gov.uk/educationandskills.

Yours sincerely
S Harwood
Acting Headteacher

Dates for September 2012

Dear Parents

Just a reminder of dates for the new year in September.

Monday          3 September 2012   Inset Training Day (Closed to Pupils)*
Thursday        6 September 2012   Inset Training Day (RCT)*
Monday          29 October     2012   Half Term Holiday (1 week)
Friday             21 December2012   End of Term
Monday          7 January       2013   Spring Term
Monday          11 February   2013   Half Term Holiday (1 week)
Friday             22 March        2013   End of Term
Monday          8  April            2013   Summer Term
Monday          6  May 2013   May Day Bank Holiday
Monday          27 May           2013   Half Term Holiday (1 week)
Monday          22 July            2013   Inset Training Day (RCT)
*Please note that there are two Inset Training Days in the first week.  Unfortunately, this is out of our control.

Summer Fete
Can I say a big thank you first of all to the PTA for organising a fantastic variety of stalls and entertainment.   Many parents said it has a carnival atmosphere despite the rain!  Can I also thank you, the parents for your overwhelming support during the day.   I certainly enjoyed myself, despite getting sponged by the children.

Dinner Money
If your child is having dinners next week, please ensure that money for meals is paid, together with any outstanding balances, on Monday 16 July, as all arrears have to be reported to the LEA by Wednesday at the latest.

Lost property
The last day for lost property will be Wednesday 18 July, after which it will be disposed of.

Thank you for your continuing support and will look forward to seeing you in the new academic year.

Yours sincerely
S Harwood
Acting Headteacher

Monday, 9 July 2012

Thanks

To our country dancers - thank you for your hard work this past year both practising and performing at all our events! Also a big thanks to the parents who have supported you/us. Country dancing is now finished for this school year. We will let you know when it's starting up again and look forward to seeing you all and hopefully some new children too!
Mrs Abel, Mrs Brown, Megan