13th January 2012

Dear Parents/Guardian of Year 6 Pupils,

Y Pant Cluster Year 6 Residential Experience

Morfa Bay Adventure, Pembrokeshire.

Friday June 22^nd to Sunday June 24^th 2012

Pupils in Year 6 who will be going to Y Pant Comprehensive in September 2012 are being offered the opportunity to attend a residential experience at Morfa Bay, Pendine in Pembrokeshire. This trip is in place of the Kingswood residential trip. Over the past 4 years pupils have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know other pupils and staff in preparation for Year 7. They also have the experience of many outdoor adventure activities which aim to promote teamwork, raise individual self confidence and self esteem.

The total cost of the visit will be £125.00 (£105.00 for accommodation, food and outdoor adventure activities + £20.00 for transport).

The cost per pupil is £105.00. Pontyclun Primary School will cover the cost of transport (£20.00).

To find out more about this weekend residential experience, a representative from Morfa Bay Adventure will speak to parents at Y Pant Comprehensive School on Tuesday, 31^st January 2012 at 6.30pm.

A deposit of £20.00 will be required before half term – Friday, 10^th February 2012. Please make this payable to Pontyclun Primary School Fund. You can if you wish, pay in instalments.

For more information you can visit their website –

http://morfabay.com

Yours sincerely,

Miss S. Harwood

Acting Head Teacher

Dates for Diary

13 January 2012

Dear Parents

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

Just a reminder of dates for your diary:-

Inset Days
Thursday 19th January 2012 Teaching higher order reading skills
Friday 20th January 2012 Teaching higher order reading skills
Monday 20th February 2012 Whole cluster training
Monday 111th June 2012 Literacy review
Tuesday 12th June 2012 Numeracy review

Parent Evenings
Tuesday 20th March 2012
Wednesday 21st March 2012

Easter
Thursday 5th April 2012 Easter Bonnet and Egg Rolling
Please note that this is the last day of term.

School Meals
Please could I remind parents that all meals are to be paid for in advance on a Monday morning. I would be grateful if cheques are made payable to Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council (or alternatively RCTCBC). Just a quick reminder that dinner money can be paid for electronically should you wish to do so. There is a direct link to the Council’s paying scheme on www.rctcbc.gov.uk/payments

Yours sincerely
Miss S Harwood
Acting Headteacher

Country Dancing Club

Dear Parents

Please note that there will be no Country Dancing Club this Thursday. It will resume on Thursday12th January2012.

Regards

S Harwood

Click on the link below to view this year's amazing Junior Christmas Pantomime. The children performed brilliantly, well done to you all, it was a huge success and all who viewed it had a very enjoyable afternoon. (Be sure to choose the full screen option when fully loaded). 

Monday and Tuesday activities

16.12.11

Dear Parents,

Christmas Parties
Christmas parties will take place on Monday afternoon. Please be aware that unfortunately, any food brought in has to be bought, and not made at home. Drinks will be provided for by the school. It is also a non-uniform day.

Toy Day
Toy Day is on Tuesday and is also a non-uniform day. Please remember that any toy brought in is the pupil’s responsibility. School will close at normal time.

Staffing
Sadly, we have to say goodbye to Mrs Marlow, who is moving schools to become a Deputy Head. We wish her all the best! A warm welcome to Mr Bevan, who will be replacing Mrs Marlow. Mr Llewellyn will become Acting Deputy Head, and will be teaching part time with Mr Burgess, in order to fulfil his Deputy duties. Mrs Gardiner will be teaching full time in January.

School Meals
With the end of term quickly approaching, please could I remind parents that all meals are to be paid for in advance on Monday morning. It is school procedure to report any arrears at the end of the half term to our auditing team at the Education Office.

Christmas Concerts
A big thank you for all your support during the Christmas concerts. The children looked and sounded fantastic! We are very, very proud of them all again this year.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Yours sincerely
Miss Harwood
Deputy Headteacher

Christmas at Pontyclun Primary

Click on the link below to view this year's amazing Infant performance. The children performed brilliantly for an hour and a half. Well done to you all, it was a fantastic show. (Be sure to choose the full screen option when fully loaded).

Last Saturday was a lovely day for celebrating Christmas at Pontyclun Primary. The morning started with "Breakfast with Santa" in the main hall. The PTA did a fantastic job of organising the annual event, and over 150 children had a delicious breakfast before meeting the special man himself. Thank you PTA. 

During the morning Mrs. Able and Mrs. Brown took the school county dancers to Peterson Super Ely's Christmas Fayre. The children performed as number of dances for the crowd who all thoroughly enjoyed the show. 

Later in the afternoon Mrs. C. Davies took our Show Stoppers to perform at the Llantrisant Parish Church's Christmas Tree Festival. Three of our very talented musicians from year 6 played the violin and cornet before the children sang songs beautifully to the large crowd that had gathered. 

All of these events have really put everyone into the Christmas mood. A huge thank you to the PTA, the staff  and particularly to the pupils and parents. Diolch yn fawr.  

 

Our Eco Tee at Llantrisant Parish Church Tree Festival 2011

OUR ECO CHRISTMAS TREE 

Pontyclun Primary school is an eco school. We achieved the status four years ago, because of the lengths that the school goes to reduce, reuse and recycle. This year, we decided to decorate our Christmas tree for the Llantrisant Parish Church Tree Festival  with recycled materials. All of our pupils thought about suitable materials to use, designed the decorations and created them in Design and Technology lessons. We had so many excellent decorations that we made a second Eco Tree in the school foyer. This Saturday, pupils from our school will be singing a collection of hymns and performing music at the festival at 14.45. Our pupils will also be Country Dancing at a Christmas Fayre in Peterson Super Ely this weekend. Good luck to all of the children at both events.