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After School Club provision in September 2024

Dear Parents and carers

The temporary governing body of Ysgol Golwg Pen Y Fan would like to seek your views on the wrap around care provision for ‘After School Club’ for September across the three school campuses.

Please could you complete the online survey attached by Tuesday 7^th May 2024 at 17:00.

Ysgol Golwg Pen Y Fan - Afterschool club parent survey - April24

Thank you for your time completing the survey.

Jess Williams and Sarah Court

Chair of Governors         Headteacher Designate 

Ysgol Golwg Pen y Fan 

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Learning in Dosbarth Heather

PTA meeting- All welcome

Open letter from Brecon Cluster of Schools

15th- 19th April

Beep Beep Day- April 2024

 
On Wednesday 24th April we would like to walk as a group from the co-op car park to school. We will be meeting at 8:40am ready to leave at 8:45am. Please meet us by the bottom of the steps by the college building (the old tourist information centre). We will then walk to school together. Please note you must walk with your child. 
Remember car park passes are available from the school office. It would be wonderful to see as many people as possible on our road safety walk to school on Wednesday. 

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With April being the ‘Month of the Military Child’ we have been looking at the flower that represents these amazing children.

We began by drawing a dandelion from memory, then reflected on our drawings by looking at real dandelions close up, and other artist drawings. We then went on to improve our art work using our new knowledge.

As we having been looking closely at ‘dandelion clocks’ we thought is would be a perfect opportunity to look at real clocks. We began by looking at the parts of a clock before making our own clocks.

We have also starting to think about time this week. How long is a second? How long is a minute?

What can you actually do in one minute?

Maybe you can try this challenge at home too!

We have also been finding out about ‘Eid’ this week. 

There’s always time for a bit of musical fun too!

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Smarties Newsletter

School Logo Competition

Does your child have a restricted diet?

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We had lots of fun on our last week before the Easter break.

We listened to Easter stories in the woods before going on an egg hunt.

We made yummy  🐣 Easter nests 🐣 too.

We supported a very important charity too this week. In support of ‘World Down Syndrome Day’ we wore odd socks to school and planted our very own sunflower. 
‘Just like sunflowers, every child grows and blooms uniquely’

We wish to thank the PTA for supporting this very special day with their donation to enable us to carry out this activity. 

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Ysgol Golwg Pen Y Fan Newsletter - edition 7

World Down Syndrome day

World Down Syndrome Day

On Thursday 21st March we are asking children to come to school wearing odd socks. This is in celebration of World Down Syndrome Day. We will be supporting the wonderful charity ‘21 Plus’ and so any donations will be passed on. More information about the work ‘21 Plus’ carry out will be sent out in the next couple of days.

Rainbow Raffle Winners

Rainbow Raffle - thank you!

School dinner menu April - July 2024

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This week we began to think about the meaning of Easter and how new life in spring reminds Christians of Jesus. We went on a walk to look for new life around our school grounds and creatively interpreted a spring poem.

We had great fun supporting Comic Relief. We held our very own talent show, made funny faces and even completed some Comic Relief maths challenges.

Thank you for your donations.

March the 21st World Down Syndrome Day

Comic Relief

Year 2 Fire Safety Education talk

• Identify fire hazards in and around the home.
• Understand the importance of testing smoke alarms.
• Discuss and plan fire escape routes with their parents.
• Be empowered to resist peer pressure, in relation to fire crimes such as arson and hoax calls.
• Explore the roles of the Fire Service 
• 

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Rainbow Raffle

The PTA are holding a Rainbow Raffle and will be drawn on Monday 18th March 2024.
 
What do I need to do?
The idea is that the hamper is full of the same colour items. Please see the poster above for your child's class colour. If you able to help donate items for your class hamper then please hand them into your class teacher - all donations gratefully appreciated. All donations to have been bought in by Monday 18th March. 
 
How can I get a raffle ticket?
Tickets are £1.00 each. We will be selling raffle tickets on Parent Pay or alternatively cash can be sent to the school office in a named envelope. All names will be allocated a raffle ticket.  Please follow the instructions below.

 
How will I know who who has won?
Keep your eyes peeled on SCHOOP - all winners will be announced there. 
 
Many thanks for your continued support.
 

Applications open for Early Years admissions - apply for your child's place in Smarties

Activities from last week

World Book Day

Happy World Book Day!

What’s the time Mr Wolf?

Daffodil Fun

Dydd Gwyl Dewi Celebrations 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

World Book Day

Child Measurement Programme

World Book Day Celebrations - FRIDAY 8th MARCH

We will be celebrating World Book Day on Friday 8th March. Pupils will be encouraged to either dress in comfy clothes to read a book in or to dress up as their favourite character.

If pupils would like to bring a book in then please ensure their name is written inside.

A book voucher will be given to each child on the day.

Parent Consultations

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We began our week by finding out why and how people in Wales celebrate St. David’s Day.

We made a delicious leek soup.

We listened to the story of Dewi Sant before completing a 16 piece puzzle.

We were very excited to perform for our families during our St. David’s Day celebration. 
We hope you enjoyed it!

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We began our week by finding out how and why people in Wales celebrate St. David’s day. 

We used this opportunity to look at symmetry. We looked at range of symmetrical items and explored symmetry through a range of activities.

We were fortunate to have a visit from ‘Bannau Brycheiniog’ National Parks Officers this week too. We learned all about the wildlife that lives in and around the River Usk and how plastic pollution affects their habitats. We played a fun game to gain an understanding of how important trees are to the wildlife, made bird feeders and used our ‘beaks’ to create nests and find food.

We had a great day on St. David’s day. We were so excited to perform for our families. We hope you all enjoyed our celebration. We even had time to prepare a delicious leek soup too as we waited for you to come.

Saint David's Day 2024

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What a busy week

As Saint David’s day is approaching we have started to think about aspects of Wales and it's traditions. We went on a lovely walk around our school grounds to look for daffodils before finding out a little more about the parts of this lovely plant.

We have been busy learning lots of welsh songs and even created our very own ‘welsh dance’ too.

During maths this week we have been carrying out repeated patterns. 

We have been finding out a little more about our local environment. We began by thinking about the River Usk, which led us on to finding out about ‘the water cycle’. 

All the children made the staff very proud this week during their swimming lesson. An extra huge well done to the Reception children who went with school for the first time. 

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We have been finding out a little more about our local environment this week. We began by thinking about the River Usk, which led us on to finding out about ‘the water cycle’. We also had a visit from ‘Bannau Brycheiniog National Park’ who came to help us find out all about the wildlife that live near our local rivers and how they are working hard to protect them.

As St David’s day is approaching we have also started to think about other aspects of Wales and and its traditions. We went on a lovely walk around our school grounds to look for daffodils before finding out a little more about the parts of this lovely plant.

We have been busy learning lots of welsh songs and even created our very own ‘welsh dance’ too.

New School Logo Competition - DEADLINE 12.00PM TODAY

• It must be in colour.
• It must include the new school name: Ysgol Golwg Pen y Fan.
• It can be on paper or submitted electronically.
• Please use size A4.

• Entry is open to everyone in the school community.
• The prize will be for one winner only and will be a £40.00 voucher for WH Smith.
• We will announce the winner early in the summer term. (After Easter).

Child’s Forename………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Child’s Surname…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..........................

School/Year Group ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Age…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Class………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Parent or guardian name…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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

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Brecon Family Information Service Fun Day

Three Little Pigs at Theatr Brycheiniog

Once upon a time, in a muddy field by the farm, there lived THREE LITTLE PIGS.

Following the huge success of ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, Lost The Plot Theatrical hit the road with another family classic... 

It's time to get blown away in this brand-new musical adventure of The Three Little Pigs! 

Join our three pigs as they excitedly leave the family sty in search of new adventures! Will they make a pig’s ear out of it, or will they raise the roof? It’ll take brains, bravery and curly-tails to build bridges and forge friendships with each other and those they meet along the way.

Get those trotters tapping and those snouts a-squealin’ with new catchy songs, dancing and plenty of audience participation for piglets of all ages.

There’s snout left to do but book your tickets for this OINK-TASTIC musical!

• 15 Feb 2024, 13:00 
• 15 Feb 2024, 15:00 

Book Here:

https://theatrbrycheiniog.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873640138/events/128492941

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Last week we focused on recycling. After a windy night, we were shocked to find so much litter in our school grounds. We worked as a team to collect all the litter, and sort it for recycling. We made a tally chart to show how many of each material we collected and then used the data to create a graph.

We had fun in Forest School helping the birds find wiggly worms to eat.


We were very grateful to the PTA. They bought a special tool kit for the school in order that we could recycle old cardboard. This week we practiced using the tools to create our own birds before having a go all by ourselves. 

We even had time for a few visitors. 
Mrs Cornelius came to help us learn some new Welsh playground games.

Help the Homeless Wales also popped in to collect the lovely hamper that we created to help others in need.  They were very grateful. 

Da iawn Dosbarth Fern! 

Name of the new school press release

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This week we have been focusing on recycling. After a windy night, we were shocked to find so much litter in our school grounds. We worked as a team to collect all the litter, and sort it for recycling. We made a tally chart to show how many of each material we collected and then used the data to create a graph.

We are very grateful to the PTA. They bought a special tool kit for the school in order that we could recycle old cardboard. This week we practiced using the tools to create our own birds.

We had a special visitor this week who came to show us some new Welsh playground games. It was lots of fun. 

Fun at Smarties

NHS Wales advise for Scarlet Fever

Do you know the difference between and E-bike and an Electric Motorcycle?

Brecon Primary Newsletter - sixth edition

Yr Hen Galan

Bluebell’s Learning

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This week we have been preparing for our big birdwatch

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This week we have been preparing for our big Birdwatch.

We have been drawing and painting garden birds too this week. This will help us to identify the birds that we see.

We were fortunate to have another visit from the author Tessa Gearing this week too. She helped us create a dance based on her book.

In maths this week the reception children focused on ‘missing numbers’ within 10 and the Year 1 children focused on ‘tens and units’.

Learning in Dosbarth Heather

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Rags 2 Riches - Wednesday 28th February 2024

Please do not drop bags off before 26th February 2024

Family Info Fun Day

PTA meeting- All welcome

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Our topic for this term is 

‘You are never to small to make a difference’

Throughout the term we will be focusing on the different ways that we can help to look after our town and our countryside, which will help us to look after our world.

After finding out about the different ways that we could help, we worked together to create a list of things that we and others could do. 

To help look after our local wildlife, we will be making bird feeders to ensure that the birds have plenty of energy in the cold winter months. In order to take part in the Big School’s Birdwatch we also took part in a virtual event to find out what we needed to do.

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Our topic this term is

’You are never too small to make a difference’

Throughout the term we will be focusing on the different ways that we can help to look after the our town and our countryside, which will help us to ‘look after our world’.

After finding out about the different ways that we could help, we worked together to create a list of things that we and others could do.

We went for a lovely winter walk around the school grounds. It was a beautiful frosty day!
We talked about all the wonderful things that we could see along the way.

We joined a virtual event as part of the RSBP Big School’s Birdwatch to find out we could join in with the big Birdwatch.

Then went for another walk to find out where the best place would be to do our Birdwatch. We wondered why there were not many birds…then we found out why! We realised that we needed to take better care of the birds this winter (a job for next week).

In maths we have been practicing ordering, counting and forming our numbers correctly.

In Welsh, we have been learning about the weather. We made our own audio books so that we could practice at home too. Click on the links to hear.

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG4513.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG4511.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG4512.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG4514.MOV/ 

Tonight’s phrase is definitely ‘Mae hi’n wyntog iawn!’

Smarties activities

Healthy snacks and packed lunches information

Brecon's Got Talent

❄️Winter Walk❄️

Children's Flu Vaccination message from School nurses

Letter from the Head of Education

Smarties

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TYFU Parent Bulletin

      tyfu@powys.gov.uk   |   Ffôn / Tel 01597 827108 
 

Smarties Newsletter

Click to see some of our Christmas activities

Westenders Pantomine

Term Dates

A quick reminder about term dates:

Thursday 21st December - Last day of term

Monday 8th January 2024 - Inset Day

Tuesday 9th January  -  School re-opens for pupils

Friday 9th February - Last day of term

Monday 12th - Friday 16th February - HALF TERM

Monday 19th February - School re-opens to pupils

Elfridges 2023

Christmas fun at Smarties

We want to hear from parents and carers – can you help?

Help this Christmas

School Dinners next week

Christmas Concert TODAY!

• Doors to the cathedral open at 6.10pm and we will need your child to be there no later than 6.20pm. The concert will start at approx. 6.30pm.
• Children will be need to come in their dark clothes this evening. We will have the costumes ready for them.
• Raffle tickets will be available on the door (cash only).
• We have our dress rehearsal this afternoon from 1.30pm. The children will be back in time for the usual pick up from classroom doors.

Brecon Nativity Trail

I'm writing on behalf of the Churches in Brecon. You may already have heard but this year the churches in Brecon have set up a Nativity Trail around the town. Hidden in shop and business window displays are 19 characters associated with the Nativity Story. The idea is that children (with their parents) can wander around Brecon and when they spot a character they can scan the QR code which will take them to a page on the Kensington Baptist Church website. There they will find out a bit more about each character and the role they play in the Christmas narrative. They will also be able to access a Christmas craft to do at home which relates to each character!  
 
Characters are going to be in the windows until Christmas Day but the closing date to win a prize for finding all 19 characters remains open until 1st January 2024. 
 
I attach a poster, should you wish to pop one up in school or maybe send out to parents and a participation form that children can fill in should they decide to take on the challenge.  
 
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy and blessed Christmas. Anna Bessant and I will be in touch again very soon to share with you exciting news about the Live Nativity taking place on Christmas Eve, with real camels!
  
Thank you again and God bless
Rev Emma Franks 
(new minister of Kensington Baptist Church)
 
Rev Emma Franks
revem895@gmail.com
07739 722842
https://schoop.co.uk/UploadFiles/5721/nativity-trail-participation-sheet.pdf

Helping Hands at Christmas

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Christmas concert

We are collecting batteries!

Primary school pupils in Powys could win a share of £500 worth of vouchers for their school if they recycle as many batteries as they can.

Powys County Council is running a free battery recycling competition and is urging primary schools to sign up to be in with a chance of winning a share of £500 worth of Amazon vouchers. The first placed school collecting the most batteries will win a £300 voucher, with the schools in second and third place claiming a £150 and a £50 voucher respectively.

The competition is being sponsored by the European Recycling Platform, the council’s compliance scheme for waste electrical and electronic equipment and batteries. Primary schools who sign up will be provided with a free battery box and will compete from the beginning of December until the end of the school year (19 July 2024) to collect as many domestic batteries as possible.

This includes the standard AA and AAA nickel cadmium batteries, button cell batteries, power packs from tools and mobile phone and laptop batteries.

Cllr Jackie Charlton, Cabinet Member for a Greener Powys, said: “This competition not only gives schools the chance to win some vouchers, but it also encourages their pupils and their families to recycle their batteries. I would urge every school in the county to sign up and take part. “Batteries are made from recyclable metals including lead, cadmium, zinc, lithium and mercury. Each battery collected by a school will be taken apart and the recovered materials used to make new batteries and other items, rather than being lost forever. “Teaching our future generations about the importance of recycling is a really important job. Participating schools will be instilling good recycling behaviours messages to the pupils and helping their communities cut carbon emissions, boost recycling rates, and inspiring everyone to recycle more.”

Eco Christmas activities

Eco friendly Christmas

Pokemon/Game Swap

Consultation seeking views on the school year

Photos of our learning

PTA meeting- All welcome

The Three little pigs

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We have been continuing our learning around the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’.

After exploring colour and colour mixing we followed instructions to draw a pig and practiced painting inside the lines.

We created our own puppet show using welsh sentence patterns that we had been practicing.

We explored the materials that the little pigs used to build their houses before taking part in our own investigation where we have to create our own house. We thought carefully about the materials that we would use, built and tested them to see if the wolf could ‘huff and puff’ and blow our houses down.

We have also been taking part in a few important events recently. We gained an understanding of ‘Remebrance Day’ and had fun raising money for ‘Children in Need’.

Class photos

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Smarties Activities

There's an Alien in my lunchbox!

As part of the visit, the hardback book can be purchased for £12. If you wish to buy a book, please fill in the order form and send cash or a cheque (made payable to Book-ish) into school in an envelope by Monday 4^th December. Tessa Gearing will come back and sign any books bought from Book-ish.

Order forms will be sent home with your child tomorrow. 

PTA meeting- All welcome

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We have been continuing or learning through the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’ this week.

We began by retelling the story using Makaton, before using dance to act out the story.

We had fun exploring ‘colour mixing’ before mixing the correct colour to paint our pigs.

We explored the materials that the little pigs used to build their houses too. We concluded that bricks really were the best materials for a house.

We even designed our own houses for the pigs too.

In maths we have been learning our number bonds.

On Friday we had a fantastic day raising money for ‘Children in Need’. 

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This weeks activities.

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PANTS-NSPCC

Name of the new school questionnaire

ALN drop in sessions

Eat Smart, Save Better

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We began our week by reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. 
At Forest School, we made pigs out of natural materials, before working together to create a giant character from the story. We voted to see which character was the most popular. 

We used the numicon to create houses for the pigs. By ordering the numicon tiles, we noticed that the ‘houses’ got bigger and bigger, and that the number of ‘windows’ got greater.

We practiced our welsh too, by creating our very own puppet shows. 

We have also been finding out about other cultures, festivals and celebrations this week.

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November 2023 newsletter

School dinner this week

Hedgehogs and more

Last week we were learning all about hedgehogs.

We began by working in teams to create our own digital information book. We learned how to find an image and upload it to our book and how to record our voices.  

We practiced the art of folding paper to make a fan in order to make our cute hedgehogs.

We had a visit from PC Beaton too, who came to remind us how to stay safe during Halloween and on Bonfire Night. 

This was a perfect time to have a fire at Forest School!
We practiced staying safe as we toasted yummy marshmallows on the fire.

We even made a giant ‘leafy’ Catherine Wheel on the field too. 

We watched videos of real firework displays. Year 1 children wrote poems using their senses to help. We also made our own colourful firework display by using scarves.

We enjoyed staying late for a movie night on Wednesday. A huge thank you to the PTA for organising it.

We made lots of repeated patterns using natural materials.

This term we have also been practicing our music and movement skills. We have been developing our dance skills and our awareness of rhythm and pulse in music.

During ‘Amser enfys’ we carry out activities to improve our fine and gross motor skills.

 

 We hope everyone is having a restful half term holiday and we look forward to seeing you next Monday.

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We have been learning all about hedgehogs this week.

We began by working in teams to create our own digital information books. We learned how to find an image and upload it to our book, and how to record our voices. We loved listening to each others books when they were finished. Click on the links to listen too.

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG3364.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG3365.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG3366.MOV/ 

https://www.j2e.com/mount-street-cp-infants/Mrs+O%E2%80%99Shea/IMG3367.MOV/ 

We practiced the art of folding paper to make a fan in order to make our cute hedgehogs.

We even drew our own hedgehogs by following a step by step video.

We had a visit from PC Beaton this week too, who came to remind us how to stay safe during Halloween and on Bonfire Night. 

This was a perfect time to have a fire at Forest School!
We practiced staying safe as we toasted yummy marshmallows by the fire.

We even made a giant ‘leafy’ Catherine Wheel on the field too. 

This term we have also been practicing our music and movement skills. We have been developing our dance skills and our awareness of rhyme and pulse in music.

Newsletter

New Brecon Primary School Newsletter

Smarties activities

School Menu from November

🎶WRITE DANCE🎶

🥕🥦 Our Harvest Festival 🥔🍞

Movie Night tomorrow night

PLEASE ENSURE ALL MONEY IS PAID EITHER BY PARENTPAY or by CASH before tomorrow.
 
Taking place straight after school, pupils are invited to stay and have our very own movie night!
 
Hotdogs, drinks and a cake will be available and we will all watch a movie together - £3.50 per child.
 
Payment can be in cash or done on Parentpay – please circle the t option below.
 
Children to be picked up at 5.00pm from classroom doors.

16th-20th October 2023

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Thank you!

A huge thank you to everyone who attended the school's harvest festival service in The Plough Chapel and to everyone who donated food items for Brecon Food Bank.

Ghost Light Performers

Brecon Food Bank

• Baked Beans
• Instant Mash
• Children's Shampoo & Conditioner

Harvest Festival Wednesday 18th October

• Baked beans
• Instant Mash
• Children's shampoo & conditioner

Diwrnod Shwmae, Shwmae!

Provision of Minor Injury unit services at Neville Hall Hospital

Swimwear for swimming lessons

As per our swimming policy at the school, please your child has the correct swimwear.
 
 Pupils must wear suitable swimming attire for school swimming lessons i.e. for boys, swimming trunks or shorts that do not extend over the knee (not denim shorts) and one-piece swimming costumes for girls (not bikinis).


Thank you for your co-operation.
 

School Photographs - Friday 13th October

School photographs will take place tomorrow (Friday 13th October)

• School photographs will be of children who are in School and Smarties tomorrow. This will take place in the morning.
• For pupils who normally have PE on Friday, please come in your school uniform just for this week.
• If you have more than 1 child in Mount Street Infant School, we will endeavour to get a picture of them altogether.
• We are sorry but we will not be able to accommodate other siblings from other schools or any pre-schoolers this year.
• A proof of the photograph will arrive home shortly but please note there is no obligation to buy them.

General Kitchen Assistant Vacancies

After School Club - help with childcare costs

Our After School Club (run by Mount Street Junior School) is now a registered childcare provider.

While you will still have to pay the FULL AMOUNT through ParentPay BEFORE your child attends club, you may be eligible to claim some of the cost back through Tax-Free Childcare. You will find all the information you need by following the link below, which provides information about the scheme, how to check eligibility and how to apply.

Tax-Free Childcare - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Shwmae Day - Thursday 12th October

On Thursday 12th October we we will be having a Shwmae Day -

an opportunity to have fun and share the Welsh language and we invite all the children to wear red, green or white.

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We have been busy using our senses again this week. 

On Monday we went to forest school. We played 'Go find it'. The children had to use their sense of sight to find something thin, yellow, long etc. We then used our sight to follow a ribbon around trees. We found this easy as we could see where we were going. We then worked with a partner as one of us wore a blindfold. We had lost our sense of sight but had to listen carefully to our partner. It was a lot harder to go around the trail without being able to see. 

We all looked at our eyes and noticed how we all have different eyes. Some are different sizes, shapes and colours. We then used different media to create our eyes- paint, oil pastels, rice etc. 

Thank you to all those who sent us photos of shapes they found at home. The children enjoyed sharing these with the class. We then followed this up by going on a shape hunt around our school. Shapes are everywhere. 

We then challenged the children to remember where they had seen their 2d shapes. After finding their shape, they practiced taking accurate photos on the iPad.

We even had hidden shapes to find in our maths books. The only way we could find them was to use a UV torch. 

We were very lucky to have two visitors this week too.  Specsavers came to visit us. They spoke about eye tests and they also brought us glasses to try on. These were special glasses as they showed us how different people may see. Martha Rees, a sensory support teacher came to tell us all about sight. We took part in lots of activities to help us understand what is is like to have a sight impairment. We even found out how people can see supported with special devices and braille for reading. 

In welsh, we learned the names of our the sensory parts of our face. We then listened carefully to the instructions to draw our faces.

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Activities this week

Parents Evening - 18th & 19th October 2023

Apply for a place in Primary School

Year 2 pupils - admission to Junior School now open

All About Me

'All About Me'

We have really enjoyed finding out about each other over the past few weeks. 

We began by looking closely at ourselves and our own features.

We spent time talking about our emotions. We used the 'Colour Monster' to describe how we were feeling.

We have begun to think about our senses too.

We have taken part in lots of activities to help us with our 'sense of hearing'.   

We have also enjoyed taking part in lots of activities to explore our 'sense of smell' too.

We had so much fun finding out about our 'sense of taste'.

It was also fun to taste all those 'yummy' cakes at the 'MacMillan Coffee Morning'.

Thankyou to all of you that were able to join us.

This week we will be continuing our 'senses' activities, and looking closely at our 'sense of sight'.

Macmillan coffee morning

October Newsletter 2023

Shape Challenge

Please add your child’s name and class to the email and sent it to 

learning@mountstreeti.powys.sch.uk 

The Children have had another fun packed week. We hope you enjoy the photos.

Fun at Dosbarth Bluebell

Activities this week

Macmillan coffee morning

Flu Vaccination 2nd October 2023

Ilness and school

If you have any queries then please do not hesitate to contact us.

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PTA meeting- All welcome

Dosbarth Heather

Smarties Photos

Macmillan Coffee Morning - Friday 29th September

Home-start Cymru

Becoming a Home-Start Cymru volunteer enables us to improve the lives of families by encouraging parents to develop the knowledge, skills and resilience to enable their children to thrive.
 
Following a recent rise in referrals in your community, we are now actively recruiting additional volunteers locally. Therefore, we looking for people to join our friendly team of volunteers to make a difference and help Home-Start Cymru reach more families in need.
 
 
What we're looking for

• A parent, grandparent, carer, someone with parenting experience or students who would like a career working with families
• Good communication skills including an ability to listen and understand the need for support
• A sensitive and caring attitude towards others with a non-judgemental attitude
• Time and enthusiasm for Home-Start Cymru and support for our social media campaigns
• Commitment to visit or call a family member each week at a mutually agreed time
• A positive attitude to working with people of any gender, family status or sexual identity, or who are from any ethnic origin, culture or religion, or who may have a disability.  

Make Maths homework fun

Mrs Kenchington - Headteacher

End of the day

• The end of school is 3.30pm. Please ensure someone is there to collect your child on time.

• Please make sure you make the school aware if someone different/unknown to the school are picking up your child.

• We ask that dogs are not bought onto school grounds.

• The school gates are locked at 3.45pm as After School Club children are still in school.

• If you are late, your child will need to be collected from the main reception door (through the staff carpark). 

• After School Club is available Monday-Thursday - if you would like some more information then please do not hesitate to get in touch.

This Weeks Actvities

Some pictures from this week 🌟

School Meals next week

Powys Parent Survey

Change groups on SCHOOP

South Powys Youth Music (SPYM)

Dosbarth Dandelion

Newsletter

September Newsletter 2023

Incredible Years & Gro Brain - Powys

Nasal Spray Flu Vaccination

RAAC

ParentPay for Smarties Children

We ask that all payments are paid promptly.

Dosbarth Heather Newsletter

Croeso and welcome to Brambles 😁

Welcome to Dosbarth Fern

Hello from Dosbarth Fern.

We are really looking forward to seeing you on Monday Morning. All you need to bring on the first day is a snack [fruit or vegetable] and a water bottle. 

Please bring your bookbag if you have one too.

Please bring your wellies and a coat just in case of showers.

Click on the link to see our newsletter

https://schoop.co.uk/UploadFiles/5721/fern/fern-2023-24/autumn-1/newsletter-sept-2023-24.pdf

Thank you

Press release

🐍🦎Animal Encounter Roadshow 🦎🐍

Interim Governing Body message

Dear Parents and Carers

On behalf of the Temporary Governing Body of the New Primary School in Brecon, I am delighted to inform you that we have been successful in appointing a Headteacher for the new school. This information will be released tomorrow by Powys County Council.

Over the summer holidays we will discuss the best ways in which the new head will be able to meet with the pupils and parents of Mount Street Infants School, Mount Street Juniors School and Cradoc County Primary School when they start in post.

I would also like to thank the pupils and staff at the three schools who supported with the recruitment and to wish everyone in the school communities a restful summer break.

With kind regards

Jess Williams

Chair of the Temporary Governing Body

School Essentials Grant

Brecon Frazz Parade

Number Up!

Summer Reading Challenge 2023

South Powys Youth Music Day

South Powys Youth Music (SPYM)

Tim Cronin (Musical Director) timcronin.spym@gmail.com 07779 658635

Animal Encounter

Dosbarth Fern

Wow! 
We had the most amazing experience yesterday. We met a mongoose, a lizard, a python, an aardvark and some very cute meerkats. 
We learned so much about these animals and we even got to touch them too. 

Animal Encounters

Fun at Dosbarth Bluebell

Lots of fun at Smarties!

Fun Football Day for Girls

Wildlife Watch

The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales is really excited to announce the launch of a new Wildlife Watch Club in Brecon.  This is in partnership with Y Gaer/Brecon Library (Powys County Council).
 
We will be launching this new  Wildlife Watch group in Brecon at Y Gaer, on 26^th July, 2pm to 3.30pm Brecon
 
If you know a young person 7 years old or over and they love wildlife bring them along to try a variety of activities and sign up for future meetings.  We hope to have the virtual reality headsets to try.  You may be able to fly like a kingfisher or swim like a dolphin.  Perhaps go on a bug hunt or meet an expert.
 
Wildlife Watch is the junior branch of the wildlife trusts  for children aged 7 and over.  Activities at Watch Club meetings will range from finding wildlife outside, fun wildlife themed craft activities and finding ways we can help wildlife thrive.  To find out more about Wildlife Watch click on this link https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/
 
Future meetings are likely to be one day each school holiday with two in the summer holidays.
 
Regards
 
Pauline Hill
 
People and Wildlife Officer – Brecknock ¦ Swyddog poble a bywyd gwyllt

Help with school costs

Governors Report to Parents 2022-2023

✨🏅Gold Award🏅✨

Armed Forces Friendly School Award 🥇

🥳 Festival Friday 🥳

Summer Festival Fun 🤩

Summer Festival

🌈 Summer Festival 🌈

Wow! What an amazing day we had on Friday.
The children said ‘It was the best day ever!’ 
❤️

We danced and danced and danced!

Marshmallows and music, what more could you want!

A ‘fish and chip’ picnic…..delicious!

Refuelled and ready to go…..

 🎪 Or festival closed with a circus extravaganza ! 🎪 

😴 Where you worn out after our amazing ‘Summer Festival’? 😴 
We were!

Mount Street Infants summer festival fun

Wellbeing Open Afternoon - Tuesday 4th July 2023

Our visit from Pc Skyrme and Pc Emily

Learning in Dosbarth Heather

Smarties activities

Year 2 End of Year Celebrations

Stay and Play - Friday 16th June 2023

Stay and Play After School Friday 16th June 2023

Dosbarth Fern

What better way to begin our week!

When we entered Forest School on Monday we could hear calming music being played. We closed our eyes and listened to the world around us. We took off our wellies and socks and walked around the woodland. We could feel the ground beneath us. We walked onto the field. The grass felt very soft and very different to the woodland floor. We picked daisies between our toes and relaxed and looked up at the clouds. When we returned to the woods we put our socks and wellies back on, then used our sense of sight to look around the woods using different objects such as netting, coloured plastic, cones etc. This made us really focus on what we were looking at and how using different materials can make us see the world differently.

Feeling calm and relaxed, we were ready for the week ahead. 
We were all very enthusiastic to start our ‘growing’ topic. We read the story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ and talked about our likes and dislikes. 

We even had a go at making a plate of very healthy vegetables.

We were very excited to hear that we were going to watch a puppet show.  Puppet Wales came to perform ‘Mary’s Garden’. We followed the story of the caterpillar, met all of her friends and then watched her turn into a butterfly. We learnt how important it is to look after the minibeasts in our garden. 

We were then inspired to do a little planting ourselves. Thanks to all the wonderful donations we received this week, we had many plants, seeds and pots to begin creating our very own ‘Anywhere Farm’. We found out what plants needs to grow, and began the task of planting and caring for them, in order that we can watch them grow over the coming weeks. 

To end our very busy week we were excited to hear that there was a ‘real live snake’ in school. We even found out how snakes grow too by shedding their skin. 

Smarties

🐛 puppet theatre 🐌

Parent Pay

Please can all parents check their child's Parents Pay Account to check and clear any debts. 

Job Vacancies at Mount Street Infant School & Smarties

SSCE Cymru Gold Award

Dosbarth Fern

Dosbarth Bluebell

Dosbarth Fern

What a busy week!
We were great story tellers this week. We practiced using our story telling voices to retell the story of ‘The Billy Goats Gruff’ to an audience. 

We continued with our time telling this week too. We had great fun playing ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’ on the field, and even made giant clocks with our bodies.

We even did a bit of problem solving. We worked out how to get the ‘rugged bot’ across the bridge that we had made. The wood was too ‘smooth’ and so we predicted which material would give it enough traction to move up and over the bridge.

We completed our paper plate ‘anifailiaid’.

We even had time to have fun with a few visitors this week. ‘Upbeat Dave’ came to do a Samba Workshop with us. We practiced rhythm and tempo as we played along on our drums. We had a procession at the end of the day too. It was amazing!

We had great fun with Gruff too, who came to play welsh playground games with us.

Our final visitors of the week were two very cute chicks 🐥 Dosbarth Heather have been carefully looking after eggs in their incubator, and look what hatched out!

Have a fantastic break everyone. Well done for working so hard this term.

Dosbarth Dandelion

Newsletter

Hay Festival 2023

Home-Start Cymru

Home-Start Cymru    

T 01745 814819

E adminpowys@homestartcymru.org.uk

W www.homestartcymru.org.uk

https://schoop.co.uk/UploadFiles/5721/referral-form---powys.pdf

https://schoop.co.uk/UploadFiles/5721/posters-a4---2022.pdf

Dosbarth Fern

After returning from our wonderful trip to the farm we were inspired to find out a little more about goats. We had fun listening to the story ‘The Billy Goats Gruff’ then practiced retelling the story with our friends in the woods. 

We even had time for a little balancing on the way back to school.

We decided to add sound to the story to make it more interesting. We listened to the sounds that each instrument made, then chose the best sound to add to each part of the story.

We think we saw the troll by the bridge on our way to the swimming pool!
We decided to make some ‘Wanted’ posters to see if anyone would help us catch that nasty troll.

We have been finding out all about time. We began finding out what we know about time.

We sequenced our day from morning to night, before moving on to think about units of time. We now know that a minute is longer than a second, and an hour is longer than a minute. We had fun finding out what we could actually do in one minute. 

We then moved on to clocks. We looked at what we could see on a clock and even made our own. We then practiced making ‘o’clock’ times on our clocks.

Dosbarth Fern have been challenged to see if they can find ‘o’clock’ times both in school and at home. If you find an ‘o’clock’ time at home, why not take a photo and send it into school, and we will see if we can guess the time on your clock.

You can send your photo to learning@mountstreeti.powys.sch.uk 

Dosbarth Dandelion

Smarties activities

Brecon Military Show

May Newsletter 2023

YEAR 2 PUPILS ONLY - Junior School Transition Packs

Brecon Primary Newsletter - third edition

Smarties activities

Makaton sign of the week- Farm

Makaton sign of the week- Farm
 
 

Farmer
 
For the last couple of weeks the children have been learning the signs all to do with a farm. They have been saying all of the animals in Welsh too and have really impressed staff. 
 
Please click on the link to find out how to sign different farm animals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNm4z3mumHQ
Here is a video of 'Old MacDonald had a farm'. The children and staff had to sign very fast to do EIEIO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJvEwjK0lSQ
 

Family Bushcraft Experience Pridie Tiernan

PTA meeting

🧿 rollin’ rollin’ rollin’ 📦

Coronation Talent Show

Dosbarth Fern

What a busy week!

We began our week with a fantastic day out at the ‘Small Breeds Farm’ in Kington. Everyone had their very own favourite part of the day, from the bus ride, seeing the owls, feeding the goats or enjoying a picnic lunch with their friends.

Back in school, we took part in a fun cricket session.

To complete our fun packed week we took part in a fantastic ‘coronation’ event. We were all invited to create a performance that was ‘fit for a king’, which we performed to our friends in a fantastic ‘Coronation Concert’. We even had our very own ‘Talent Show’ too where we had so much fun watching a range of acts from magicians, dancers, singers and joke tellers. Mrs Kenchington couldn’t pick a winning act as they were all so amazing and so decided to treat everyone to a well deserved ice lolly.

To complete our royal event, we thought it fitting to write a letter to the King himself, to wish him well on his special day.

Dosbarth Dandelion

Activities this week!

Small breeds farm trip photos

Dosbarth Bluebell’s learning.

Little Troopers Cake Sale

Farm trip

New School Menu from Tuesday 9th May 2023

😋 picnic time at the farm

17th-23rd April 2023

We were very proud to help raise money for the ‘Little Troopers’ charity this week. We helped make cakes for the cake sale before choosing from all the delicious cakes on offer.

We were also very proud of one of our friends this week who has been taking part in the Nepali Workshops. 

We were very lucky to be visited by three music students from Cardiff. They played us a variety of pieces of music. Some of the music was from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker and even ‘We don’t talk about Bruno’ from Disney’s Encanto.

We have been busy finding out all about King Charles this week. Did you know that King Charles eats healthy food. He has two rescue dogs, Beth and Bluebell and loves nature. 

We looked closely at the ‘Coronation Emblem’ and the flowers that represent all four countries of Great Britain. We even made our very own ‘keepsake’ to remind us of this very special occasion. 

We even carried out a maths investigation to see how many different ways we could make a number by using two numicon pieces.