Llangors C in W School

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Harvest Newsletter

Llangors Church in Wales School

Friday 16^th October 2020

Dear Parent

Sadly we were unable this half term to welcome you to our annual harvest festival in Llangors Church, due to Covid restrictions.

Instead, our classes have prepared our harvest celebration for you to view here –

One for the Infants https://hwbwave15-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/godfreyg2_hwbcymru_net/EfVNaTyZtUJBsnkPSSWRGZYB4AmMg6h2PLzX7Frw_MRZMQ?e=ZrlAED

One for the Juniors https://hwbwave15-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/godfreyg2_hwbcymru_net/EcjpnCy9yEFNuDuNsgT3UKQBqhqp2k77UDikRn4Mm5vUPA?e=qvgxcy

As usual our children have worked very hard this term and I know you will praise them.

All the best wishes for the half term break. We hope to see everyone back on Monday 2^nd November.

Mark Williams

Acting Headteacher

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Crickhowell ADMISSION ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2021

This year the Authority has the facility for parents/carers to make an application for a place in Year 7 in September 2021 at a secondary school on line.  This is available on the Powys website –www.powys.gov.uk – Schools & students – apply for a school place. Under the secondary heading an on-line application can be made and it will also outline the procedure and advantages of making an on-line application which includes:

• On submission of an on-line application an acknowledgement e-mail is sent with an application number.  This enables the parent/carer to access the application at any time and make amendments, such as change of address or preferences.
• No worry regarding the application getting lost in the post.  Also, it is secure, therefore, cannot be viewed by the wrong source.
• On the morning of offer date (Monday 1^st March 2021), the parent/carer will receive an e-mail by no later than 09.00, informing them if their child has been successful in gaining a place in their 1st preference school.  On receipt of this e-mail the parent/carer can accept/decline the offer of the place.  When the Local Authority receives an e-mail accepting the offer of the place, the child has secured their place in Year 7 in September 2021 at a high school.

Parents can make an application between Monday 21st September 2020 and Friday 13th November 2020.  Any application received after this date, unless there is a valid reason for it being late, will be dealt with as a LATE APPLICATION.  Legislation states that those parents/carers who have not expressed a preference for a secondary school place by the published date are placed in the lowest order of priority when allocating places.

Each parent/carer will be forwarded a letter, via their child’s primary school, outlining all the above information and how they can contact the Admissions Team if they have any concerns.  

If parents/carers have any concerns regarding making an application for a secondary school place they can contact the Admissions Team – admissionsandtransport@powys.gov.uk  (01597 826477)

 
 
MONMOUTHSHIRE
 
If you are a Council Tax payer in Monmouthshire, you must complete a Monmouthshire admission form even if your child attends a primary school in Powys.  The Monmouthshire form will be available from 23rd September 2020 onwards and can be completed online. The closing date for the Monmouthshire admission process is 25^th November 2020. Applicants should send their forms to the School and Student Access Unit who will then forward them to Powys although it may also be beneficial to send a second copy straight to the Powys admissions team.  If you require any further information regarding the Monmouthshire application process, please contact the School and Student Access Unit on 01633 644508 or email contact@monmouthshire.gov.uk
Thank you.
 
 
BLAENAU-GWENT
 
If you are a Council Tax payer in Blaenau-Gwent, you must complete a Blaenau-Gwent admission form even if your child attends a primary school in Powys.  The Blaenau-Gwent form will be available from 28th September 2020 onwards and can be completed online. The closing date for the Blaenau-Gwent admission process is 16^th November 2020. Applicants should complete an online application found at Blaenau-Gwent Secondary applications.  These will then be forwarded to Powys although it may also be beneficial to send a second copy straight to the Powys admissions team.  If you require any further information regarding the Blaenau-Gwent application process, please contact the Education Transformation team, School admissions on 01495 355493 or email schooladmissions@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk
Thank you.
  Jackie Parker
Headteacher

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Dear Parents 

Individual School Photographs 

The school photographer will be coming into school on Friday 6th November.  Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sibling photographs this year due to class bubbles.  

All risk assessment measures will be followed. 

Flu Immunisation (Not Mes Bach)

The school nurses will be coming into school on Friday 13th November.  If you haven’t already returned your consent form, please do this by Thursday this week.  Even if you do not wish your child to have the flu vaccine, the form still needs to be returned indicating you do not wish your child to have it. 

Keeping Safe 

Can we please remind you that in order to keep the school as COVID secure as possible there are certain measures we all need to follow. 

Please check your child has everything they need for their day.  If, however your child has forgotten to bring something into school, deposit your things in the large black ‘quarantine’ box in reception.  Once sanitised we will get it to your child.  Please ensure things are clearly labelled. If you feel you need to contact the school please do so by either phoning or emailing.  There is an answer phone and we will always get back to you. Please be aware I work both in the office (am) and the classroom (pm) so please relay messages in the morning rather than later in the afternoon. 

We break up this Friday for half term and will return on Monday 2nd November.   

Hope you all have a lovely break.  

Kind regards 

JS Freeland 
 

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Newsletter 06.10.20

Llangors Church in Wales School

October 6^th 2020

Dear Parents

We break up for half term next Friday - October 13^th for two weeks, returning on Monday November 2^nd.

You will recall the extra half term holiday is due to Powys schools remaining open for an additional week at the start of the summer holidays in July.

We break up for Christmas on Friday 18^th December and return on Monday January 4^th 2021.  Friday 15^th January is now a Non Pupil Day (instead of January 4^th) enabling primary schools in the Gwernyfed Cluster to undertake staff training.

We have a job vacancy for a Cleaner – 2 hours daily, each evening in school.  If you are interested please contact the office for an application form.  The closing date for this will be Monday 12^th October 2020.

After half term we will be welcoming Miss M Jenkins back after her maternity leave, to Class 1, where she will initially be sharing teaching with Miss B Price.

Please find attached the latest message from the Welsh Government which we have been asked to pass on to parents.   Data Collection

Llangors Privacy Notice 

All best wishes

Mark Williams

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Cofion cynnes / Warm regards

Sarah Quibell

Uwch Reolwr – Gwasanaethau Addysg | Rheolwr Gwella Strategol

Senior Manager – Education Services | Strategic Improvement Manager

01597 827394

sarah.quibell@powys.gov.uk

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Year 4 and Year 5 homework

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Primary school admissions

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Secondary School Admission

The Secondary School Admission Round for learners born between 01/09/2009 – 31/08/2010 opens on Monday 21 September 2020.  

Parents/Carers need to complete an online application at https://en.powys.gov.uk/article/1158/Applying-for-a-School-Place

Applications need to be made by the deadline of Friday 13 November 2020.

Secondary Common Offer Date is Monday 1 March 2021

If are parent / carer is unable to apply online they can contact admissions@powys.gov.uk

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Guidance from PCC

Important information from Public Health Wales

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Newsletter 11.09.20

Llangors Church in Wales Primary School

Friday 11^th September 2020

Dear Parents

I am writing to update you on the measures we are taking to make our school as COVID secure as possible. We are operating under clear guidance directed by the Welsh Government and Powys County Council.

Thank you for your cooperation re the staggering of our arrival and departure times. This is in place in order to minimise congestion at the gates and in the car park. Our intention, necessarily, is to discourage large groups of people at the same time at the same place. Please do stick to the times as closely as possible. Remember also that if you are dropping children off at the earlier time, we will happily take children with a later time, in order for you to get off and free up a car parking space!  Please respect social distancing at all times on the school site.

Visitors to the school are being minimised and discouraged. They will have a temperature check on arrival. Please phone or email if at all possible.

If your child has forgotten to bring something to school, we now have a large black box, our quarantine box for you deposit things, like a forgotten packed lunch. Once sanitised we will get it to your child. Please make sure any items are labelled clearly.

In order to minimise the risk of transmission we are discouraging children from bringing anything but essential items. This should usually only be a packed lunch. Children will be supplied with their own basic pens, pencils, rulers etc. If you child does bring a pencil case, then it for their use only, and will have to remain in school indefinitely. Class teachers will be in touch re reading book arrangements. 

Our school day is organised in class bubbles - the bubble being the class. There is no mixing between the classes and we maintain staggered playtimes and lunchtimes. Sadly, we cannot have collective worship together and so assemblies take place in the classroom.

We are receiving an increasing number of calls from parents seeking advice on coughs and colds etc. Obviously at this time of year and increasingly so, we would normally expect the usual seasonal illnesses, but the Government advice of Covid-19 is clear.

If your child is displaying possible Covid 19 symptoms, they must stay at home, self-isolate and you seek a Covid 19 test and then notify school. Those symptoms are: a high temperature of 37.8C, a persistent new cough, the loss of taste and smell.

Should you be in any doubt and need clinical advice go online to 111 Wales or call 111.

Should you be exhibiting and Covid 19 symptoms please keep clear from school premises yourself.

Should your child show symptoms at school, your child will be isolated, under supervision, and you will receive a call from us. If you have not yet returned your child contact details form, please do so tomorrow or as soon as possible.

Should your child contract Covid we are legally obligated to share contacts data with the Test Track and Protect Strategy.

“Personal data being processed under the TTP strategy is done on the basis of GDPR Article 6 (e). We need it to perform a public task." Information Commissioner.

 Under the Health Protection(Local Authority Powers) (Wales) Regulations 2010 -2The Head teacher of a school can be required to provide the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all pupils attending that school when certain circumstances apply. For example, when there is or has recently been a person on the premises who is or may be infected or contaminated." Coronovirus/ Covid 19 falls into that category.

Whether parents have advised the school that contact information cannot be shared outside of school, or explicitly asked that it cannot be shared with the TTP scheme, we would be committing a criminal offence if we refused to provide the information when asked for it.

Finally, we continually, on arrival, before and after lunch, before and after play and after toileting ensure your children wash and sanitise their hands, and the school is now cleaned at lunchtime as well as after school. 

Please continue to reiterate these messages to your children. We also empathise to them, the need to respect social distancing from the adults around them.

I have been really impressed with the way in which all our children are coping with these new protocols and procedures. Please do praise them, and thank them from the staff of school.

All best wishes,

Mark Williams,
Acting Headteacher

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Class 4 Newsletter

School Information 03.09.20

Dear Parents

Thank you very much for your cooperation today.  We as a staff have been delighted to have the children back with us in school.

Staggered Arrivals / Departures

As you are aware, following Welsh government and Powys County Council advice, we are staggering arrival and departure times.  This is to avoid congestion and to ensure all our children’s hands are washed in an orderly and safe way without excessive delay.

To avoid congestion at the junior gate, could junior children/parents queue to the left hand side of the gate and the nursery children/parents to the right.

Class teachers will collect their children from the gates, so in order to avoid these queues, please stick to the assigned times as far as possible and bring your child when you see the teacher.

Obviously if siblings of different classes are being dropped off, we would not expect parents to wait outside for twenty minutes, and both/all children can be left at the earlier or later time.

We are keen to help where we can!

Now that the Hub to which we were all used to last term has finished with its extended hours, can I remind you that Breakfast / Afterschool Club is functioning again.  This may be of help to some parents.

Pick up and Drop off times:

Classes 2 and 5         8.50am           3.20pm

Classes 1 and 6         9.00am           3.30pm

Classes 3 and 4         9.10am           3.40pm

With thanks again for your cooperation

Mark Williams

School information 02.09.20

Dear Parent 

We are all looking forward to welcoming you back to school tomorrow and would also like to welcome Mr Thomas Williams who is the new Year 4/5 teacher and also Mrs Bethan Price who will be covering Miss Jenkins’ maternity leave until half term.

School Meals (exc Mes Bach)

Free school meals pupils will continue to be given vouchers until September 14^th so they will either need to bring a packed lunch or pay for school dinner via Parent Pay.

Please note the water fountains will not be in use but water will be provided.

Parent Pay

All new children will be issued with information and an activation code before the end of the week.  If anyone has any problems regarding Parent Pay please contact JS Freeland in the office. Tel: 01874 658663  or email: office@llangorse.powys.sch.uk

Fruit Money (exc Mes Bach)

We encourage all children to eat fruit as a snack during morning break.   Your child can bring a piece of fruit from home or alternatively you can buy fruit from the school which is the preferred option.

For Infant children (Classes 1, 2 and 3) the cost is £5 per term (eg. September to December 2020).  The children are given half or quarter of an apple.

For Junior children (Classes 4, 5 and 6 ) To help us to keep track of the money we would like you to pay for the whole term in advance.  Sept ember to December is 13 weeks at a cost of 60 pence per week the total amount to be paid is £7.80.   The junior children are given a whole apple.

If payment isn't received, fruit will not be given.

Please pay via Parent Pay under the ‘Fruit’ option.

Contact details

An emergency contact form will be sent home today.  It is very important that everyone fills in this form and return it to school even if your details have not changed.

Allergies, Medication and Bus

Could you please let the school know asap if your child has any allergies food or other. Also please let your child’s teacher know if your child will be taking the school bus to or from school and on which days.

Finally, can we please ask for parents to collect their children promptly at their relevant time.  If you are going to be late or have any problems please contact the school asap.  We would also ask parents not to congregate on the school grounds when picking up or dropping off.

Your sincerely

JS Freeland

School Secretary

Free School Meal Information

Return to school on September 3rd

Return to school on September 3rd

Childcare offer being re-instated

1. The Offer will be opening again for applications during August and September. Parents who would have been eligible for the Offer in the summer term, but who missed out on a full term because they had not started taking up the Offer before the pandemic, will be able to take up the Offer from the start of the autumn term in their local authority, if still eligible - Applications for these children will open August 10th.

• If families had already been accepted for the offer previously, Ceredigion are in the process of contacting them asking them to just send them updated information. They do not need to complete the whole application again.
• Families who had not applied previously will need to complete a full application.

2. For those parents whose child becomes eligible for the Offer in their authority from the autumn term, they will be able to apply from 21st September and can take up a funded place once the authority has processed their application and if they are found to be eligible.

• An application for the Offer needs to be approved before a child is allowed to take up the Offer.
• A parent can use childcare whilst they are waiting for their application to be processed but they should do so at their own cost; childcare payments under the Offer are not backdated.

• Parents who do not attach evidence as part of their application will delay the approval process. As request for evidence will result in applications being pushed to back of the queue.
• Priority will be given to fully completed applications.

• Please be aware, even if you have submitted an application for the Offer - If a parent uses childcare before their application is approved, the parent is liable for paying the costs of the childcare and no childcare funding can be back-dated to account for the period before an application is approved.

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Important Newsletter 22.07.20

Following on from my previous newsletter regarding staffing and classes for next year I am writing to update you on new developments.

As stated previously our school budget struggles to support 6 teachers plus the non-contact time for headteachers and this time last week we were in a position where we could only afford 5.7 teachers plus myself returning to support Mr Mark Williams for one day per week.

Having heard of the £29 million support for schools in Wales as announced by Kirsty Williams,  I started to look at the budget again to identify areas where we could possibly make savings in order to fund the 6^th teacher and keep classes as they are now.  Working with the finance team in Powys I am delighted to say that we have come up with a solution at least for the next academic year  -  this was ratified by Governors last evening.  It is a tight squeeze on the budget but it thankfully does not create an overspend on this year’s budget.  Whether or not we will sustain this for future years is uncertain but I think in these unusual times we will work on 1 year at a time!!

I know some of you will be wondering why I sent out the staffing structure last week and am now changing it this week  -  but without the promise of the Covid monies to support returning to school we could not have achieved this.   Exactly how much we will receive is not yet known and some schools will receive more than others, but there is an expectancy that we will receive an amount in September.

To understand the constraints on the budget you need to understand the Powys Funding Formula.

Schools do not now receive a set amount per pupil as in the past. 

31 pupils generate funds for 2 teachers ( there always has to be 2 teachers however low the  

                                                                         numbers in a school)

You then have the funds for an extra teacher every 30 pupils so:

31 pupils  =  2 teachers

61 pupils  =  3 teachers

91 pupils  =  4 teachers

121 pupils = 5 teachers

151 pupils  =  6 teachers     and so on……

Until we reach 151 pupils in the school  (we start in September 2020 with 139 pupils) we will not have the money in the budget for 6 teachers so this is why it has been difficult over the years to maintain 6 teachers and was only made possible by me giving up my 2 days headteacher non-contact time.

However, with a thriving nursery (Mes Bach) we start September 2021 with 147 pupils  -  another 4 and we have our 151  -  so get out there and advertise our school!!!

Classes next year will now be as follows:

Class 1:            16 reception pupils                 Miss Meg Jenkins (with cover until her return)

                                                                        Mrs S Harbour LSA

Class 2:            21 Year 1 pupils                       Ms S Quine

                                                                        Mrs Charlotte Belcher  LSA (newly appointed)

Class 3:            22 Year 2 pupils                       Mrs C Henry-Davies

                                                                        Mrs Rebecca Tarquilio LSA (newly appointed)

Class 4:            31 Y3 / Y4 pupils                     Mr G Godfrey

                                                                        Mrs A Barber LSA

                                                                        Within this class there will be 20 Y3 pupils and

                                                                               11 Y4 pupils born between 19.01.12 / 31.08.12

Class 5:            31 Y4 / Y5 pupils                     Teacher to be appointed

                                                                        Mrs P Mcintosh LSA

                                                                        Within this class there will be 23 Y5 pupils and

                                                                               8 Y4 pupils born between 01.09.11 / 18.01.12

Class 6:            18 Year 6 pupils                       Mr M Williams

                                                                                (Mrs Griffiths 2 days per week support)

Total on roll September 2020:                        139 pupils

I will be returning to support Mr Williams for 1 day per week up until Easter 2021 inititally.

I am sure this will be good news especially for parents of Reception / Year 1 and Year 2.  However can I just ask you all to have confidence in the school, the staff and governors, if we are in a situation where we have to reduce teacher numbers in the future.  This is happening in nearly all schools and unfortunately the cost of Covid 19 may jeopardise future budgets  -  who knows?   We will always do the best for your children and put them first.

I am so pleased that we have managed to find the funding for our 6^th teacher.  May I wish you all a great Summer and a good start to September 2021.

With best wishes

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

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Important New Letter

Llangors Church in Wales School

17^th July 2020

Dear Parents,

THIS IS QUITE A LONG NEWSLETTER BUT IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT NEXT YEAR AND THE RETURN TO SCHOOL. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY. THANK YOU.

I write this letter on what should have been the last day of school for the academic year 2019 / 2020. Who knew when we started in September what the end of the year would bring. I would like to thank staff, parents and pupils for all their efforts and hard work over lockdown. It has not been the easiest of times but I hope by all ‘pulling together’ we have got through it.   Let us hope we see a little more normality in September.

However September will bring changes to staffing in the school and I want to update you on the staff and classes for next year.

As you are all aware I am retiring on 31^st August 2020. It has not been an easy decision and I am sad to be leaving the school but I leave it in good hands.

From September 2020 Mr Mark Williams (our Deputy Head) will become Acting Headteacher for the next academic year.

Mr Williams is an excellent teacher and will make an excellent Headteacher - I am glad to be leaving the school in such ‘good hands’.

To support him in this, the Governing Body have invited me back as a part time ‘Assistant Headteacher’ and I will be spending 1 day a week in school over the next few terms, not teaching but helping and supporting Mr Williams in leadership and management. I am thrilled to be able to keep in contact with the school and it now seems less of a ‘wrench’ to be retiring.

Unfortunately due to budget restraints and the need for Mr Williams to have his entitled ‘management days’ we are dropping from 6 to 5.7 teachers.   This means that the Foundation Phase will now have 2 not 3 classes and next year’s Y1 pupils will be split between Reception and Year 2. I know we have not seen this for many years but there is nothing to worry about in having mixed classes.   The children will be taught according to year groups and there will be opportunity for the Year 1 children to come together to be taught as a class on some occasions.

The junior classes will remain as now with a Y3/Y4 class, a Y4/Y5 class and a Y6 class.

To cover the 2 days management time for Mr Williams I am delighted to say that we have ‘persuaded’ Mrs Liz Griffiths to return to the school. Mrs Griffiths taught in the school for many years and has returned several times to teach and support pupils in Y5 and Y6. We are delighted that she will now be supporting Mr Williams and his class.

Mrs Dando and Mrs Hudman who ‘job share’ in Class 3 are also retiring. They will both be really missed but we wish them a long and enjoyable retirement and thank them for their hard work and commitment to the school over many years.

The vacancy left by them has been filled and I am delighted to inform you that last Wednesday evening Mrs Henry Davies was appointed as a full time teacher in the school.

Four candidates were interviewed and Mrs Henry Davies was selected.   She has proved herself time and time again as a great teacher and we are delighted that she is to remain in the school.

On Tuesday evening interviews were held and we appointed 2 Learning Support Assistants to work in Foundation Phase. They will begin work in the school in September subject to their DBS approval - therefore I will not name them now but will leave Mr Williams to introduce them in September.

Miss Jenkins is to return to the school after maternity leave in November 2020 - until such time we will appoint a temporary teacher to cover her absence.

The class structure for next year will be as follows:

Class 1:            Reception / Year 1                  Miss Jenkins (a temporary teacher will cover  

                                                                               until her return in November 2020)

                                                                        Mrs Harbour LSA

Class 2:            Year 1 / Year 2                        Mrs Quine

                                                                        1 newly appointed LSA + a second newly

                                                                               appointed LSA to work between Class 1 and

                                                                               Class 2

Class 3:            Year 3 / Year 4                        Mr Godfrey

                                                                        Mrs Barber LSA

Class 4:            Year 4 / Year 5                        Mrs Henry-Davies

                                                                        Mrs Mcintosh LSA

Class 5:            Year 6                                      Mr Williams

                                                                        Mrs Griffiths supporting 2 days per week

At the beginning of next week we will let you know which class your child will be in for each of the ‘mixed’ classes.   When a year group is split we do so by age not ability - this is the policy of the school.

If any parent would like to discuss any of the above please do not hesitate to contact me at the school. All staff are in school next week looking after the children who are eligible to access the childcare Hub.

Hub children:

Can I please remind parents that the childcare hub is for parents who are unable to keep their children at home due to being key workers. Next week is going to be very busy for the staff in moving and re-organising classrooms, looking at ways of keeping children in their own class ‘bubble’ for meals and playtimes, working out a staggered approach to the beginning and end of each day, completing school reports and end of term assessments and many other things besides.

The booking for next week has now closed but if you are able to keep your child/children at home then you must do so. We only want children in school of parents who have to go out to work and have no other childcare. We are very happy to look after these children - that is what the Hub is for.   I thank you for your co-operation in this.

Also, each week we look at the information from Powys about the number of children booked in and set up work stations for them on a daily basis.   Sometimes they do not all turn up. If you find that you don’t need the Hub but have already booked into it please let us know the day before that you will not need to use this facility.   This will help us to arrange the appropriate number of staff to cover. Thank you.

Back to school:

There is a lot of talk about returning to school in September and how this will happen.   As it stands now we have decided in the Gwernyfed Cluster that schools will start back on Thursday 3^rd September 2020 - arrangements from the cluster are as follows:                            You will be aware that the Minister for Education, Kirsty Williams, announced last week, that schools would re-open to all pupils in Wales by 14th September 2020.
Further guidance was issued earlier this week and after consideration and much discussion with all of the head teachers in the Gwernyfed Cluster, we have decided to open our schools to the children from Thursday 3rd September.
Guidance from Welsh Government is being updated almost daily. We are going to take the first two days of the new school year to ensure that our schools and our staff are ready. We want to open our doors to the children on Thursday 3rd September, confident that all of the necessary risks have been addressed and that we are all ready for the new academic year.
Within the most recent guidance, there is also the expectation that start and finish times will be staggered, individual school’s uniform policy will be reinstated and school meals will provided.   Further information on this will follow next week.
We have also attached is a copy of the calendar for the Gwernyfed Cluster of schools for the next academic year – (at end of letter). You may spot two changes to the calendar.
The first change is that there is an additional week of half term holiday in October. This is to re-pay the additional week taken at the end of the summer term. This means that the half term in October now runs from Monday 19th – Friday 30th October.                           The second change is that we have moved a training day from Monday 4th January to Friday 15th January 2021. School will be OPEN on Monday 4th January, but CLOSED on Friday 15th January.

Y6 Pupils:

This is the time of year when we say ‘good-bye’ to our Y6 pupils. It is so sad that they are unable to do the ‘fun’ things associated with their last week or so.   There will be no leavers service, no short concert expertly put together by Mr Williams, no BBQ, no presentation of Record of Achievements and no good-bye to friends and staff in the school and no opportunity to wish them well and thank them for their hard work. Therefore I will say it now. We are very proud of our Y6 pupils - they have worked so hard throughout the year and achieved so much, from work on various committees in the school, a brilliant Christmas concert performance, success at the Black Mountains Lions Quiz, success with the Brecknock History society projects to the work and progress they have made in class. Back in March 2020, every child in the class was destined to achieve Level 5 in end of year assessments with a % achieving Level 6.   100% Level 5 - what and achievement that would have been. I hope as parents, you are as proud of them as we are and I wish them well in their respective High Schools and for the future.

Lastly can I say a big thank you for my 30 years in Llangors School. To pupils, parents and staff, past and present, who have helped me make the school what it is today - one of the top performing schools in Wales with a recognition throughout Powys as being such. It was always my ambition to have pure year group classes in the school and this was realised for a few years. Sadly, cuts to nursery education and school budgets meant we moved from 7 teachers to 6.

Numbers coming into the nursery are very healthy and with a large group moving to Reception in September 2021 I am hopeful that we can move back up to 6 teachers.   I can assure you that I will work with Mr Williams and the Governors to achieve this as soon as possible.

Thank you to all who have sent me good wishes on my retirement - what you have said is very moving and makes my whole career worthwhile - it has been a privilege to teach and watch children grow into confident young adults knowing that you helped them at the start of their journey.

As I said earlier, you will still be seeing my face around here next year so I will not say ‘good-bye’ just yet.

Take care and have a lovely Summer

Best wishes

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

 
Gwernyfed Cluster of Schools
School Term Times 2020 – 2021
 
Autumn Term 2020
Thursday 3^rd September 2020 to Friday 16th October 2020
 
Half Term: Monday 19th Oct 2020 to Friday 30th October 2020
 
Monday 2nd November 2020 to Friday 18th December 2020
 
 
 
Spring Term 2021
Monday 4th January 2021 to Friday 12th February 2021
 
Half Term: Monday 15th Feb 2021 to Friday 19th February 2021
 
Monday 22nd February 2021 to Friday 26th March 2021
 
 
 
Summer Term 2021
Tuesday 13th April 2021 to Friday 28th May 2021
 
Half Term: Monday 31st May 2021 to Friday 4th June 2021
 
Monday 7th June 2021 to Friday 16th July 2021
 
Non-Pupil Days 20/21
Tuesday 1st September 2020
Wednesday 2^nd September 2020
Monday 21st December 2020
Tuesday 22nd December 2020
Friday 15th January 2021
Monday 12th April 2021
Plus, an additional non-pupil day to be taken during the academic year – Date TBC

Friday's video message

Learning Survey

• https://bit.ly/3faiEAw

New School Menu

Online safety at home

Monday Morning Message

Friday video message

URGENT LETTER form Powys County Council

Leaflets to support families

Childcare and holidays

New Autumn Half Term Dates

Monday morning video message

Friday Morning Video message

Online safety at home

Music Lessons

First day back

Emergency childcare Hubs

Llangors Church in Wales School

Dear Parents,

There has been a lot of discussion and information about the school based hubs for the next 4 weeks of term, and I think there is some confusion about what is being offered.

FIRSTLY

Every child who wishes to can access 4 days at the school from 9a.m. to 3.30p.m. for a Check in and Catch up session in their own classroom and with their own teacher.  This has now been organised and I hope that everyone has the necessary information that I sent out.   Apparently I ended up in most people’s JUNK mail!!!!!

THIS IS NOT THE EMERGENCY CHILDCARE HUB PROVISION

SECONDLY

There is a Hub provision at the school for key worker children  -  so if your child is not in for the Check in and Catch up session as outlined above then they can access this.

The hubs are basically ‘childcare’  -  there is no real provision for catch up work or teaching.  We will give the children the work that has been sent home for their home learning that week.

At Llangors all of our key worker children have been offered, and accepted the Check in and Catch up session for the first week.

• Do bear in mind that the hubs are for key workers (there are many more key workers now than originally as people start back to work).
• If you are able to keep your child at home then you should do so. However, if you are working and you have no other childcare then please do use our hub facility.
• Priority will be given to parents who have been using the cluster based hubs since last March.
• Priority will also be given to teachers who are having to return to work -  their children will need to access the school hub
• Anyone NEW who now needs to access the hub can apply to do so via the Powys website. These children are not guaranteed a place at their school hub unless there is room.  If the Headteacher feels that there is not enough staff / space available for the number of children requiring the Hub then these children can access the emergency hub at Brecon Leisure Centre.

I will try to accommodate all of our parents but I cannot make any promises.  I do not get access to see how many parents have booked children into the hub until a Thursday evening.  I will then make a decision about how many I can offer this facility to, based on the criteria above, and let parents know accordingly.

Again I stress, please only book your children into the Hub on the days that you are working and there is no other childcare available.     Thank you

Lynne Jones

Monday's video message

Friday's Video Message

Childcare Hubs

Monday Video Message for Class 5

Friday video message

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT RETURNING TO SCHOOL

School re-opening letter

FYI

We have been asked by PC Skyrme to send the following link to all parents.  It is in relation to live streaming and vlogging !!!!!

Some really, really good information and advice to look over. Its brief and direct.

The IWF’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation: Examining the Distribution of Captures of Live-streamed Child Sexual Abuse research found that:

•96% of victims were girls.

•96% showed a child on their own, in a home environment.

•98% of images found were of children aged 13 and under.

•28% were aged 10 or under.

•The youngest child was aged just three years old.

https://schoolbeat.cymru/en/news/article/live-stream-and-vlog-safely/

Stay safe and well, hopefully see you all soon

Geraint

School meals

Home to School/College Transport Policy

• Respond to our questionnaire online at:
  https://haveyoursay.powys.gov.uk/education/home-to-school-transport-policy/
• Send us a written response via email or post:
  school.organisation@powys.gov.uk
  School Transformation Team, Schools Service, County Hall, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5LG

Latest Update from Powys CC

Datganiad Newyddion / News Release
 
 
MR 1157

June 12, 2020
For Immediate Release
 
School-based emergency childcare hubs to close
 
School-based emergency childcare hubs are to close later this month as schools in Powys prepare to re-open before the end of the summer term, the county council has said.
 
Powys County Council is working with school leaders across the county to enable schools to re-open for a limited number of learners each day as part of ‘Check in, Catch Up, Prepare for summer and September’ – the Welsh Government’s next phase for schools in Wales which will start on Monday, June 29.
 
As part of the preparations, the school-based emergency childcare hubs will close on Wednesday, June 24.
 
For Thursday 25 and Friday 26 June, childcare will be offered by individual schools across Powys for their own pupils between 8:30am and 4:30pm.  This will be for the children of key workers and the vulnerable learners who are currently accessing childcare.  
 
From Monday, June 29, schools in the county will make childcare provision for the children of key workers who have used the emergency childcare hubs between the opening of the hubs in March and the end of May. This provision will be on school days only from 8:30am to 4:30pm from Monday,
 
Additionally, the children of schools’ staff will be able to join the childcare facility to allow their parents to work in schools. Vulnerable learners will also be able to access schools for the usual school day, and they will be informed by their schools.
 
For primary-aged children of key workers (who used the hubs between March and May) and the children of schools’ staff, parents will still need register online at www.powys.gov.uk/emergencyhubs until the end of the summer term.
 
Other learners will access as many days as schools are able to facilitate but parents and carers are being reminded that no more than 30 percent of pupils will be present at school at any one time.
 
Schools will determine the number of days and inform parents about which children will be able to attend on each day. School transport will be provided to those who usually use that service – with careful social distancing put in place on transport. 
 
For the period of the schools’ summer holidays, the council is currently exploring options to provide childcare for school-aged children of key workers. This provision will not be managed by school staff.
 
Cllr Phyl Davies, Cabinet Member for Education, said: “The school-based emergency childcare hubs have been invaluable since they were introduced at the start of the coronavirus pandemic and we are grateful to everyone who has worked in them for the extended days over the last 12 weeks – including weekends and bank holidays.
 
“As ever, our main priorities are the physical safety and wellbeing of our children, young people and staff across Powys.”
 
“We are now preparing for the re-opening of schools in Powys and this means closing the school-based emergency childcare hubs. Closing the hubs on Wednesday June 24 will allow school staff to prepare their school ahead of their re-opening as schools on Monday, June 29.”
 
ENDS
 
 

Letter from Powys County Council

Return to school questionnaire

Powys Survey

Return to School

Class 5 Home learning Letter 8

Year 6 Work Update

Year 6 Transition to Gwernyfed

Could those children going to Gwernyfed in September please ensure that the One Page Profile document I sent to you is completed and returned to me  via mwilliams@llangorse.powys.sch.uk as soon as possible.  I hope to send them all to Gwernyfed at the start of next week.

Hope you are enjoying the sunshine.

Best wishes,

Mr Williams

Activity Packs

Some activity ideas for half term

On at Hay today

Liz Pichon

TOM GATES: SPECTACULAR SCHOOL TRIP (REALLY)
Here is your chance to meet Liz Pichon, the awesome illustrator/author of the Tom Gates series. She’ll introduce her new book about Tom, and there’ll be quizzes, readings and doodles from Liz.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16739-liz-pichon.aspx?skinid=16
 

Bali Rai

NOW OR NEVER
Learn about a little-known side of the Dunkirk evacuation story with bestselling author Bali Rai. Now or Never – A Dunkirk Story is part of the Voices series, which aims to showcase authentic, unsung stories of British history from the perspective of BAME protagonists. In this session, you will discover the tale of a young Muslim soldier during this crucial milestone of World War Two.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16740-bali-rai.aspx?skinid=16
 

Michelle Paver

VIPER’S DAUGHTER
Travel back six thousand years into the Forest of the Stone-Age: a world of myth, menace, natural magic and exhilarating adventure. Michelle Paver reveals the secrets behind her bestselling Wolf Brother series and what’s next for Torak, Wolf and Renn in book seven: Viper’s Daughter.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16742-michelle-paver.aspx?skinid=16

Newsletter May 2020

On at Hay today

Christopher Edge

THE LONGEST NIGHT OF CHARLIE NOON
Christopher Edge’s critically acclaimed fiction blends heart-warming stories with scientific knowledge. Following on from The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, his new book about time proves again that science can be thrilling and fun. Join him for an interactive event packed full of mind-bending facts and sensational science as he introduces The Longest Night of Charlie Noon.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16735-christopher-edge.aspx?skinid=16
 

Eloise Williams

WILDE
Wilde is desperate to fit in at her new school, but strange things keep happening around her. When the witch from the old, local legend of ‘A Witch called Winter’ starts sending frightening letters to the other students, Wilde is the first to be blamed. A new spooky, contemporary story of witches and curses from the Children’s Laureate Wales.
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16736-eloise-williams.aspx?skinid=16
 

Staff video message

On at Hay today

Chae Strathie

SO YOU THINK YOU’VE GOT IT BAD? ANCIENT ROME
 
If you’ve got a passion for horrible history, then join award-winning author Chae Strathie as he takes you back in time to ancient Rome to find out what life was like for kids. You might be picturing sunshine and togas, but think again! From washing clothes in wee to snacking on dormice and even fighting in gladiatorial combat, get ready for a hilarious, interactive trip back in time to discover all things raucous in Rome!
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16731-chae-strathie.aspx?skinid=16
 
 

Pamela Butchart

ICARUS WAS RIDICULOUS
 
Join Blue Peter Award-winning author Pamela Butchart as she returns to Hay for more laugh-out-loud fun.There’s plenty to giggle at as Izzy and the gang take on the Greek myths in Icarus Was Ridiculous – not to mention the hilarious stories Pamela herself has to tell! She might even need your help inventing a new one…
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16732-pamela-butchart.aspx?skinid=16
 
 
Other events that are available to watch include:

Cressida Cowell

THE WIZARDS OF ONCE: KNOCK THREE TIMES
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16723-cressida-cowell.aspx?skinid=16
 

Onjali Q Rauf

THE BOY AT THE BACK OF THE CLASS
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16724-onjali-q-rauf.aspx?skinid=16
 

Konnie Huq

COOKIE AND THE MOST ANNOYING BOY IN THE WORLD
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16727-konnie-huq.aspx?skinid=16
 

Emma Carroll

THE SOMERSET TSUNAMI
https://www.hayfestival.com/p-16728-emma-carroll.aspx?skinid=16
 

Children's Commissioner for Wales survey

Decision Framework

Powys Distance Learning Plan

Another week begins

Letter from the Chair of Governors

Caring for teeth

Class 5 Home learning Letter 7

School Beat activity booklets

Class 5 Home learning letter 6

Again, some of the resources have a lot of pages and I would recommend not printing these out. The activities can be completed in the exercise book that was given out before school’s closed or on paper. If you need another book, please let me know and I will arrange for one to be available for you to collect from school. If you feel you need to print something, just select the pages needed and not the whole document. 

Similar to last week, some of the resources have differentiated activities where the children can choose the piece of work they think suits them and how they are feeling about the subject area. They don't need to complete all the activities. 
 

I hope that you all have a good week. Please let me know if you have any questions. I look forward to seeing some more of the excellent work the children get up to this week. 

Thank you again for your hard work. 

Mr Godfrey

Year 6 Work Update

Letter from Powys County Council

Year 6 Work Update

Class 5 Home learning letter 5

Class 4 Update

Year 6 Work Update

Class 5 Home learning Letter 4

Raven Drama

Emotional Health and Wellbeing contact list

Year 6 Giglets Work Update

Class 4 Update

1. Retell the story, or a section of the story, from the point of view of the Iron Man.

2. Make a chart to describe the Iron Man’s emotion and the colour of his eyes. It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember the colours just make up some colours and match it to the appropriate emotion.

3. Watch the film “The Iron Giant” or clips on YouTube. Draw up a list of similarities and differences between the book and the film.

4. Log onto Giglets and complete the work set.

Free School Meals Update

Catch up from Mr Williams

Blank Timetable attempt 2

Blank Timetable

Home learning Update for Class 5

Letter from Lynne Jones - Please read

Llangors Church in Wales School

Tuesday 24^th March 2020

Dear Parents

FAO CHILDREN OF KEY WORKERS ONLY:

I write to update you on the recent news from the LEA about arrangements to care for the children of key workers.  For tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday they are to come to their local school  -  please continue to bring a packed lunch.

From Friday they will attend a HUB school.   There is a designated school in each Cluster.

Gwernyfed Cluster           Llyswen Primary School (Archdeacon Griffiths C in W School)

Brecon Cluster                  Priory C in W School

Crickhowell Cluster          Crickhowell Primary School

You should have received an email this afternoon asking you to register which setting you wish your child/children to attend.  Llangors staff will be covering the Llyswen Primary school setting.  These centres will provide 3 meals a day and will be open from 8a.m. until 6p.m. and will cover week-ends as well.

Although I am not totally in favour of Hubs, this is the choice for Powys and many local authorities.  It does not sit easy with me to put so many children together in a setting where they will be exposed to a high number of staff and other pupils.  Therefore I ask you to only send your child to these HUBS if there is no other form of childcare available to you. 

I want to stress that the whole staff at Llangors are 100% in favour of providing cover and support for your children and will do so gladly.  We envisage that this will increase not decrease but we are totally committed.  It’s just a shame that it is not in our local school.  Be that as it may, don’t forget to register before tomorrow evening.  If you think you have not received the email then please get back to me and I can resend it.

Times are worryingly difficult,  but I am sure that we will get through this by working together.   Thank you to all key workers for putting themselves on the front line.

Do take care and try and stay safe

With best wishes

Lynne Jones

URGENT - Key workers ONLY

March 24, 2020

For Immediate Release

Emergency childcare hubs

Emergency childcare hubs will be operating from 13 locations across the county from this Friday (27 March), Powys County Council has said.

School sites in the county will remain open until Thursday, March 26 but only for children of critical workers and the most vulnerable children.

The hubs, which will provide childcare to support critical emergency workers, NHS staff and social care workers as well as the county’s most vulnerable children, will also operate at weekends.  The hubs will operate from 8am to 6pm.

To access provision from Friday, March 27 to Friday, April 3, critical workers will need to register their child at their nearest emergency childcare hub by filling in an online form by 9pm on Wednesday, March 25.

As part of the arrangements, meals will be provided to children three times a day and transport will be arranged for children to get to the hubs and back home.

Cllr Phyl Davies, Cabinet Member for Education and Property, said: “The advice to parents is clear – if your children can stay safely in their home, they should.

“However, critical workers will still need to have safe care arrangements for their children.  These emergency childcare hubs will be providing a vital service to support critical workers and our most vulnerable children.

“Our school sites will remain open up until Thursday as emergency childcare facilities but then they will close and these hubs will become operational from Friday onwards.

“I want to thank all professionals at our schools for their commitment during this extremely difficult period.”

The emergency childcare hubs are based in:

School cluster area – Emergency childcare hub

Brecon – Priory C. in W. School, Brecon

Builth Wells – Newbridge-on-Wye C. in W. School

Crickhowell – Crickhowell C.P. School

Gwernyfed – Archdeacon Griffiths C. in W. (A) School, Llyswen

Llandrindod Wells – Llandrindod Wells C.P. School Cefnllys

Llanfair Caereinion – Ysgol Gynradd Llanfair Caereinion

Llanfyllin – Ysgol Gynradd Llanfyllin

Llanidloes – Llanidloes C.P. School

Presteigne – Presteigne C.P. School

Machynlleth – Ysgol Bro Hyddgen – Primary Campus, Machynlleth

Newtown – Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd, Newtown

Welshpool – Welshpool C. in W. Primary School (Howell Road Site)

Ystradgynlais – Ysgol Dyffryn y Glowyr, Lower Cwmtwrch

To register your child, go to https://tinyurl.com/Emergency-childcare-hubs

ENDS

Lee Evans

Swyddog Cyfathrebu ac Ymgysylltu

Communications and Engagement Officer

Ffôn/Tel: 01597 826023

Ffôn Symudol/Mobile: 07769 640058

Croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg / We welcome correspondence in Welsh 

Mae'r e bost hwn ac unrhyw atodiad iddo yn gyfrinachol ac fe'i bwriedir ar gyfer y sawl a enwir arno yn unig. Gall gynnwys gwybodaeth freintiedig. Os yw wedi eich cyrraedd trwy gamgymeriad ni ellwch ei gopio, ei ddosbarthu na'i ddangos i unrhyw un arall a dylech gysylltu gyda Cyngor Sir Powys ar unwaith. Mae unrhyw gynnwys nad yw'n ymwneud gyda busnes swyddogol Cyngor Sir Powys yn bersonol i'r awdur ac nid yw'n awdurdodedig gan y Cyngor.

This e mail and any attachments are confidential and intended for the named recipient only. The content may contain privileged information. If it has reached you by mistake, you should not copy, distribute or show the content to anyone but should contact Powys County Council at once. Any content that is not pertinent to Powys County Council business is personal to the author, and is not necessarily the view of the Council.
 

Please see information attached - FYI

Contact Details for Mr Williams

Class 4 home learning update

Class 4 Home learning Letter

I will email you weekly spellings but please don’t worry or put your child under any stress to get them all correct it’s just to create some to maintain some continuity with school life. However, you will have to test them every Friday!

Maths
The password and login details TTRS are on the password list. We have worked on TTRock Stars today. I would like your child to continue working on this at home. It is great for practising table facts and good fun! I will be able to monitor their progress and increase the difficulty each week, depending on their progress.
Other maths activities that will be set include My Maths but not for the forthcoming week.
I will email the week’s activities to you on Sunday or Monday morning.
Most tasks will be completed online and the children can either email or share on Hwb…once my account is sorted!
I wish you all well during this uncertain time. Please contact me if there are any problems.
Best wishes,
 Claire Henry-Davies
claire@llangorse.powys.sch.uk

Statement from Welsh Government

Work Programme for Class 6 over coming weeks

Information for Year 2 parents

• News diary – Write about what they have done the previous day.

• Nature diaries- once a week the children can go outside and write about what they can see in nature. Maybe a bird that they saw or a new flower or snow on the mountains etc. They write at least 2 sentences and draw a picture.

• Research a wild animal – make a topic about 1 wild animal – what they look like, their young, what they eat, how they move, where they live etc. Then illustrate.

• Write a letter to a relative or friend telling them what they have been doing and asking them about what they have ben doing.

• Handwriting practice copying words neatly – remembering to write tall letters, small letters and letters with tails.

• Learn to spell 10 new words every week

• Make up a poem with rhyming words

• Write a story about a trip into space. – Remember to draw a story map with pictures first.

• Make an invitation to invite children to your birthday party or any other event – remember to include where it is, date, time and who it is from. (You could use the computer for this)

• Write a book review of a book that you have recently read.

• Make a poster to advertise a new brand of dog food etc.

• Ordering numbers to 100 or 1000 – 54, 71, 13, 27 etc.

• Addition and Subtraction to100 or 1000. 32 + 7, 25 + 36,  143 and 27 etc.

• Addition of coins

• Money problems – I have £1/£2. I buy a pencil for 26p and a pen for 38p. What change will I have?

• Data handling

• What is the most favourite animal?
• What is the least favourite?
• 2 more children like pigs …
• 3 more children like cats – can you change the graph?
• Which is the most favourite animal now?
• What is the least favourite now?
• Can you add rabbits to the bar chart? There are 6.

• Draw lines with a ruler. 8cm, 3cm, 12cm etc.

• All analogue time – 5past, 10past, ¼ past, 20past, 25past 1/2past, 25to, 20to, ¼ to. 10to and 5 to.

• Digital time – what is the analogue time for 10:15, 3:30, 4:00, 4:45

Change analogue to digital. What is the digital time for 5:30 etc.

• Fractions of shape -

• Fractions of number.

• Number doubles – double 2, 8, 10 18 36 etc.

• Money problems – Tickets cost £2 how much do 7 tickets cost

• Complete a sequence 46 – 56 – 66 - __  __  __

• 3 + 6 = 6 + __, 20 + __ = 18 + 5,       70 – 30 = 40 + __

• Problems involving money - 2 cakes cost 30p. How much do 6 cakes cost etc.

• Sharing money. Add up some coins and share between 4 people.

• 1 ladybird has 6 spots. How many spots do 5 ladybirds have? Etc

• Which 2 numbers make 20, 50, 100 etc.

• Counting in steps of 2,5,10,

• Say your 2,5,10,3,4,and 6 times table. Try and do each in 20 seconds.

• Outdoor walk – find 10 things that are pointy etc

• Make a newspaper outfit

• Mini Olympics

• Talent show

• Foot golf

• Make a collage

• Make a card for a friend and post it.

• Learn a new song (or make up your own)

• Make paper aeroplanes and measure how far they fly.

• Make a lego _________

• Plant flower or vegetable seeds.

• At the same time every day, measure the temperature outside your house. You could record this in your nature diary.

• Make up a board game or play with one that you have at home.

• Wash the car for mum or dad.

• Play ‘shop’ with a friend.

• Build a rocket with old boxes. (Don’t use too much tape!)

• Bake some cakes or make a pizza

• Look back at old photos of your family

• Take photos of different flowers or trees that you find on your walk and try and find their names.

• Phone a friend, parent or grandparent – make a list of what you want to tell them.

Class 5 Home learning Letter

School meals and parent pay

Urgent letter regarding the Corona Virus

Urgent - School closure

Urgent notice - School meals

SPYM Junior Orchestra

News Letter 16.03.20

Llangors Church in Wales School

Monday 16^th March 2020

Dear Parents

Due to the current situation with Covid-19 the following events have either been cancelled or postponed until further notice.

• Wednesday morning Playgroup
• All Cross Country events
• Welsh Eisteddfod at school
• PTA Bingo

We are also asking for all the Eisteddfod miniature gardens to be taken home by the end of this week.  If your child catches the bus please make arrangements to collect them before the end of the week.

Many thanks

New guidance from Powys - Letter attached

Llangrannog update

LLangrannog 2020

Information re Llangrannog

• Other measures in place
  • Extra hand washing facilities;
  • Hand sanitiser distributed throughout the centre;
  • All high risk areas (door handles etc.) are to be disinfected throughout the day;
  • Children reminded to wash hands regularly.

Newsletter - Please read

Llangors Church in Wales School

Friday 13^th March 2020
 
Dear parents
 
Due to the current climate regarding COVID-19 we are trying to restrict as many activities as possible which include people coming into school.  Therefore I have taken the decision to cancel next Thursdays Eisteddfod until further notice.
I think this is a sensible precaution in the light of guidance received.  We will keep you informed of any further changes.
Yours sincerely

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

Love British Food

Newsletter 10.03.20

Eisteddfod

We had a wonderful day in school last Tuesday and Wednesday and would like to thank all the children for their efforts.  Da Iawn!   The display of craft is fantastic and will be on display in the corridors and classrooms so please feel free to come and have a look any morning or afternoon.
If you would like a chance to see the children perform you are welcome to come to the Eisteddfod concert which will start at 1:30pm on Thursday 19th March at the school.  The children will be performing a class recitation, class singing and the prize winners will also perform.
 

Velindre Chicks Appeal
Once again we will be selling Easter chicks in school on behalf of Velindre Hospital.  You will be please to know they are environmentally friendly and are no longer wrapped in plastic. These are now on sale at a cost of £1 each, and are available from the school office as well as in class.
 

PTA Bingo Night

Friday 27th March - Eyes down at 6.30pm Llangors School Hall.

Please support the school by coming along to the PTA Bingo night.  Great prizes for all!

Donations gratefully received. 
 
 
Yours sincerely
 
Lynne Jones
Headteacher
 

Year 6 - Griff's Story

FYI - Bingo Friday 27th March

Newsletter 02.03.20

Llangors Church in Wales School

Monday 2^nd March
 
Dear Parents
Parking and Speed
Could we please remind you not to ‘park’ in the bus bay or drop off bay.  If you pull up in the ‘Drop off Zone’ you should not get out of your car.  This area is a drop off and move on zone only. This needs to be kept clear for the bus and for parents who pull in, children get out and then drive off again.
There has been several cars actually parked on the Zebra crossing.  This is extremely dangerous for the children crossing.  The crossing is there to enable the children to cross safely, they cannot do this if there is a car parked across it.  If you are wanting to walk your children into school then please use parking spaces available.
Speed is also an issue.  Regardless of the time of day, we are a school and children may be arriving or departing at any time, therefore please drive slowly.
 
Eisteddfod

Tomorrow (Tuesday 3^rd March) we will be holding our St David’s Day Eisteddfod where all pupils sing and recite on the stage.   Please could your children dress up in traditional costume Rugby shirts or Cub, Scouts, Brownies uniform can also be worn.
If your child would like to play their instrument for Eisteddfod please ensure they bring it to school tomorrow.

Mes Bach (only) will be performing on Wednesday morning so please come in traditional costume on Wednesday.
 
Many thanks
 
Lynne Jones
Headteacher

Online Safety

Guidance on Coronavirus

FYI - Sanctuary for Refugees

Swimming after half term

Dear parents

The consent letter you received this evening will need to be brought back into school tomorrow.  This is to provide the swimming instructor with information regarding any special needs.  Even if your child doesn't have any needs this form still needs to be completed and returned or your child will not be able to take part.

Swimming for the Year 1 (Ms Quine) and Mr Williams’ class Y6 will start on the Monday 24^th February 2020 (the first Monday back after half term).  The cost for transport and lifeguard will be £12.70 for the 5 weeks. Please pay via Parent Pay. If for any reason your child is unwell I will refund payment for the session missed.  Please ensure your child brings their swimming kit with them on Monday 24^th February, shorts must be above the knee. Any queries please contact the school. Thank you

FYI Hockey

FYI

Young musicians in South Powys

Llangors Multi Activity Centre - Half Term

Parents Evening

Parents Evening

School Community Police Officer

Neon Disco FRIDAY 7TH FEBRUARY (NOT 14)

Newsletter - Eisteddfod 2020

Llangors Church in Wales School

Tuesday 4^th February 2020

We break up for the half term holiday on Friday 14^th February 2020 and we return to school on Monday 24^th February 2020.  Our St David’s Day will be on Tuesday 3^rd March and the Cookery and Craft competition day will be Monday 2^nd March.   It is good this year that it falls a week after half term which will give you an extra week in which to complete the crafts etc.

For those parents not used to our Eisteddfod, there are 2 cookery and 3 craft items to make at home and bring to school on Monday 02.03.20.  Please ensure your child’s name and class is on each item.  In school your child will be learning a poem and welsh song, doing art work, handwriting, illustrating the national anthem, writing a poem and writing a short story.  If pupils enter all of the ‘home’ competitions then they will get extra points for their house.

The competitions are as follows:

Cookery:          6 welsh cakes on a plate (no more or less than 6 please)

1 whole Bara Brith (recipes are available from school if required)

Craft:               Make a miniature Garden (no bigger than 30cms x 30cms)

                        A decorated picture frame

                        A landscape collage

On Tuesday 3^rd  March 2020 we will be holding our St David’s Day Eisteddfod where all pupils sing and recite on the stage.   Please could your children dress up in traditional costume for this day.   Rugby shirts can be worn.

 Later on in the term we will hold a ‘Welsh Eisteddfod Concert’ for parents.

Yours sincerely

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

Half Term activity booking form

Mountain Biking Half term

Half term Multi-Sport Camp

Half Term Multi skills camp

St David's Day Menu

We need your batteries

Abergavenny writing Festival 300 word writing competition

Permissions form for ENTRANTS for the

YOUTH WRITING COMPETITION 2020

We would love to display the work of our entrants for this competition where we can!  However, due to all things courteous (and GDPR) we need your permissions to do so!

Please could you complete this form and return it to us at:

entries@abergavennywritingfestival.com

Without this, we will not use any entrant details or writing.

VE Day Art Competition

Head lice - PLEASE READ

Head Lice

If everyone does this during half term there is no reason for us to have any cases of head lice when the children come back after half term.  Please Please check your child's hair during the holiday.

Can we please ask that everyone checks and treats (if needed) their child’s hair as soon as possible and to continue to be especially vigilant with combing and checking daily so we can eradicate head lice from school.  

I have attached a PDF document produced by the Welsh Assembly, ‘The facts about head lice’. 

https://schoop.co.uk/UploadFiles/14433/head-lice-guidance.pdf

Thank you

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

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Brecon Town Concert Band

PTA Neon Disco February 7th

Christmas Concert downloads

Note from PC Skyrme

SWYDDOGOL OFFICIAL

As I frequently say, every day is a school day. I have learnt something new today which our children will hate but you will love. Having issues prompting your children off the internet/screen time/gaming?  Well, listen in. Some of you may know this so I am sorry but its new to me. All wifi routers at home are set to open settings meaning continual wifi streaming. Most of the up to date routers when accessed via a desktop (own Pc/laptop) and settings for the router allow time restrictions allocated to each device using the router at your home. I know, great hey. So if your child is a little long on consoles/tablets/phones etc, you now have the power to allocate a time to each device

( yes they list them in settings, xbox/iphone etc) and you can give a set period of time for each device. So if you are concerned your child might be accessing the wifi after you’ve drifted off, or concerned they spend too long online, this can put your mind to rest and close it off after certain times of day or set usage times. You can also access handy apps from your android and ios to control the very same router and devices they are using.

Guess what I am doing when I go home this evening.

Kind Regards

Geraint

PC Geraint Skyrme 224

Swyddog Heddlu Cymunedol Ysgolion

School Community Police Officer PC Geraint Skyrme 224

Swyddog Heddlu Cymunedol Ysgolion

School Community Police Officer

Heddlu Dyfed-Powys Police

Ffon/Tel: – 101 ext 50500 or 999 in an emergency Mobile: 07970 614207

Ebost/Ebost:  geraint.skyrme@dyfed-powys.pnn.police.uk

Online Safety

Year 6 Residential Trip

Dear Parent / Guardian

 We are excited to announce that we have organised a five day residential trip at the Kingswood Centre, Colomendy in March 2020.

We would like to offer this opportunity to all 15 pupils from the present Year 6.  The trip will take place from 30th March to 3rd April 2020.  The cost of the trip will be £255 and includes return travel by coach, full board, accommodation and a full programme of activities.  To confirm the booking, an initial non-refundable deposit of £40 will be required by 30th December 2019.  

Please pay via Parentpay.  To ensure the VAT doesn't get passed on to the parents we have had to set up a split payment.  You will see the Kingswood trip on PP with a cost of £185 this is excluding VAT.  You will also see Coach travel to Kingswood at a cost of £70.   We don't pay VAT on travel but we do on residential trips, but in order for Powys to claim the VAT we need to separate the payments.  If we don't split the payments you would be charged VAT.

Any problems please contact the school.

Have a lovey Christmas and see you in the New Year

Christingle tonight

Timings to be back for the infants

Infant concert - Please read

Parent Governor Election - Request for Nominations

FYI

Head lice - PLEASE READ

 Head Lice

We seem to be getting several reports of head lice in the school.  Can we please ask that everyone checks and treats (if needed) their child’s hair as soon as possible and to continue to be especially vigilant with combing and checking daily so we can eradicate head lice from school.

As you know we do have the Christmas concerts for the next four school days, where the children will be having their hair combed and dressed for their part.  Please can the children ensure they bring their own brush on the nights of the concert.

It is suggested that long hair should be tied back and kept close to the head in a plat to help prevent any cases of head lice.  Thank you

Llangors School Tree Fund

Dear Fellow Parents,

 

A MASSIVE thank you to all those who have donated to the Tree Fund - we've already raised 80% of the target amount, which is INCREDIBLE!! 

To find out more about the project or to make a donation (every little helps -  minimum donation is just £2!!) visit https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/llangorse-tree-fund?utm_term=nKJmRA2jY

Help raise £600 to Fund a tree planting project at Llangorse Primary School Weʼre raising money to Fund a tree planting project at Llangorse Primary School. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page. www.justgiving.com

 

Thank you again and Merry Christmas!!

 

Best wishes,

Lucy Warry

Little Donkey Words

Times to be back for the concert

Newsletter 9th December

Llangors Church in Wales School

Monday 9^th December 2019

Dear Parents

Christmas Concerts

The junior and Infant tickets are now on sale.  The junior concert tickets are selling well, so if you are yet to purchase yours please do so as soon as possible.  For all tickets please send an envelope with the evenings you require and for how many.  Junior tickets are £5 and the infant tickets are £2. 

Junior Concert – Wednesday 11^th, Thursday 12^th and Friday 13^th December.

Infant Concert -  Monday 16^th and Tuesday 17^th.  All concerts will be starting at 7pm.

Christmas Dinner

Christmas Dinner will be on Wednesday 18^th December.  We do like as many children as possible to have school dinner on this day (Excluding Mes Bach).  It really is a festive time with all of the children in the dining hall together, music playing and all of the staff serve the children.  The children can wear Christmas Jumpers.  Please pay via Parent Pay.

Christmas Post Box

We will be opening the Christmas post box on Thursday 19^th December.  Your child can post their Christmas cards to friends up to this point and they will be sorted and delivered by the Y6 pupils.  Please write the child’s name and CLASS on the envelope it makes it easier for our ‘postmen’!

Christmas Parties

The Christmas parties are on Thursday 19^th December, so please remember that the children need to bring their own plate of party food (in addition to their lunch) for the afternoon.  They can also dress in party clothes.  (Excluding Mes Bach)

Christingle

The Christingle will be held at Llangors Church and will start at 6pm on Thursday 19^th December.  The children are to wear their school uniforms.  Both the junior and infant school choirs will be singing carols.  Please come along and support this lovely service and get your Christingle orange.

Second Hand Uniform

The second hand uniform is now for sale in the main reception.  There is all sorts of uniform and all sizes.  Please come along and have a look.  We ask for a donation of £2 or more. 

Yours sincerely

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

Llangors School Tree Fund

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PTA Film Night tonight 6.30pm start.

The Giving Machine

Judges Lodgings Trip

• Drawing Room - The room will be decorated in traditional Victorian fashion with greenery and a large tree. The children will learn about decorations and the Twelve Days of Christmas.
• Clerk’s Bedroom - St Nicholas and present giving - a selection of Victorian toys for the children to explore.
• Judge’s Bedroom - Pantomime - The children will be able to play with one of the most popular toys of the time- the toy theatre- and look at real Victorian clowns’ costumes. We also take the opportunity whilst upstairs to discuss the work of the maid, show how they washed and bathed, how the beds were made, bath filled and the floors kept clean.
• Dining Room - Playing traditional games.
• Servant’s Hall - A look at images on charity and the poor at Christmas, demonstration of our magic lantern and how our three types of lighting work.
• Kitchen - Discussion on Christmas dinner for both rich and poor, working out the ingredients for a soup to give out to the poor, writing menus on slates, how they cooked and a look at some of the more unusual implements they used.

PTA

The Christmas concerts are fast approaching! The PTA would be really grateful for donations for the Christmas hampers which will be raffled on the evening of each concert. Any donations would be hugely appreciated but examples include chocolates, biscuits, drinks, toiletries and gardening items. The Christmas raffles raise valuable funds for the school, many thanks in advance for your support. Please could donations be brought into the school office by Friday 6th December at the latest. Wishing you all a very happy festive period. 

Best wishes

The PTA 

PTA Christmas Wreath Making Workshop

Battery Competition

Homeless Wales Shoe Box Appeal

Newsletter 20.11.19

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LLangrannog 2020

Llangrannog for welsh Learners

16/03/2020 – 18/03/2020 £163.00 including Urdd Membership

The time has arrived to ask for the number of pupils who are going to Llangrannog on the above course.

 As you may know by now, children will have a chance to go swimming, skiing, tobogganing, horse riding, archery, sports hall, Quading, go Karts and be challenged by the ropes course, high ropes course and trampolines. At night a twmpath and a disco will be arranged and maybe even a walk to the beach, weather permitting. 

The price of £163.00 includes all activities accommodation, food, bus and Urdd membership.

Please could you return the slip to indicate if your child will or will not attend so that numbers can be submitted. The deposit of £63 a head will need to be paid as soon as possible in order to secure your child’s place on the course. Please note, deposits are non-refundable unless a Doctor’s note is submitted.

The remainder of the balance of £100 will need to be paid by February the 10th. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thanks

G Godfrey

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My child _________________________________________ will/will not be going to Llangrannog between 16/03/2020 – 18/03/2020 and I enclose a deposit of £63.

Signed …......................................................                                                Date...............................

Black Friday - Giving Machine

Parent Governor Statement

Rotary Young Photographer Competition

FYI - Winter Fair

The Giving Machine

PTA Newsletter

PTA Film Night

Newsletter

Aldi Stickers - Get Set to Eat Fresh Competition

Aldi have now stopped giving stickers for schools and unfortunately we haven’t quite filled the whole poster, we still need 60 more stickers.  Can we therefore please ask for any stickers you may have at home to be brought into school asap. 

When the poster is complete we can then enter into the competition to win £2000.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Book Fair
The book fair is only here for another day so please when you bring your children to school in the morning or when you pick them up at the end of the day, just take five minutes to pop in to the school to have a look.  There are some fantastic books this year which the children have been looking through all week, plus they make great presents for Christmas.  Don’t forget we do get a good commission for books sold, so the more you buy the more books we get for the school.

Rags2Riches

The Rag2Riches collection is tomorrow morning, so you still have time to bring bags into school first thing but no later.

Battery Competition

We are now recycling batteries as part of a competition to win £500 of Amazon vouchers.  The recycle boxes are in the main reception foyer.  This competition finishes in March 2020 but we will continue to recycle them permanently.

PTA Christmas Market to Bath

This is your last chance to book a place to the Bath Christmas Market.  The coach will be leaving from the school on Sunday 1^st December at 8.30am (also picking up at Bwlch) and returning around 7pm.  Tickets are £20 for adults and £15 for under 18’s, this includes a mince pie!!

 Flu Vaccine

Please ensure you complete and return you consent form even if you do not wish your child to have the vaccine.  All the children in the school (not Mes Bach) will be having the vaccine on Thursday 28^th November unless you have stated otherwise.

Yours sincerely

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

Battery Competition

Children in Need Day

Children in Need Day

Cycle Training next week for Y6

Any questions please contact the school.

Kind regards

JS Freeland

Christmas Menu

Newsletter

Kayleigh Rees-Jones

Justine Howard

Matthew Rees

This means that there will be an ‘election’.  Ballot papers will be sent out next week for you to vote and there will be a box in the front entrance for you to put your ballot paper in.   Please note that each parent has a vote, not just one vote per family.

STAFFING UPDATE:

As you are all aware, Miss Jenkins is now on maternity leave.  Mrs Henry-Davies was appointed last half term to cover the maternity leave  -  we are really pleased that she has joined our team. 

Mr Williams is once again standing for Parliament  -  he is the Liberal Democrat candidate for Ceredigion.   As the general election has been called for 12th December 2019, Mr Williams will be granted unpaid leave of absence from 19.11.2019 until 12.12.2019.  Mrs Liz Griffiths will be covering his leave of absence  -  we are very fortunate that Mrs Griffiths is ‘coming out of retirement’ to once again join our team. 

We wish Mr Williams really well in the forthcoming election and hope that he will be successful  -  although his success will be our loss.

FLU VACCINE:

If you have not already done so, please could you return the flu vaccine letters asap.

Many thanks

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

Urgent information - Swimming Monday

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PTA Meeting 11th November

The next meeting of the PTA is scheduled for Monday 11th November, 6.30pm at the school.  We remain eager to recruit more PTA members to support us in our fundraising efforts. It’s a small very friendly group and we recognise that you may not be able to attend every meeting. Any support you can offer is most appreciated. If you are interested in joining or would like to be added to our PTA distribution list please contact us on friends@llangorse.powys.sch.uk 
 
We hope to welcome some new faces on the 11th November. 
 
Very best wishes
The PTA 

PTA Bath Christmas Market Trip

Book Fair in School Now

FYI - School Meals

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Newsletter 25.10.19

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Parent Stakeholder Consultation for use of the School Field

Half term activities

Scholastic Book Fair Week 7th - 14th November

Y5 & Y6 Trip 'School of Rock'.

Llangors Church in Wales School

Monday 21^st October 2019
 
Dear parent
The Year 5 and Year 6 children have been invited to Theatre Brycheiniog this Wednesday 23^rd October to watch Gwernyfed High Schools production of ‘The School of Rock’.  We will be leaving school at 12 midday and returning at 3pm. 
Could we ask that all Y5 and Y6 children bring a packed lunch (no fizzy drinks) on that day as they will not be in school during lunchtime.

There is no cost for this trip but we do need signed permission for your child to attend, therefore could you please complete the tear off slip below and send it into school or complete the form on schoop before Wednesday.  Without consent your child will not be able to attend.

Kind regards

Lynne Jones

Headteacher

 
 
I give permission for ___________________________ (name of child) to attend the ‘School of Rock’ performance at Theatre Brycheiniog on Wednesday 23^rd October.
Signed __________________________________

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