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• Matt's Cafe

  Tue 24 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents/Carers
  
  Many thanks for your extremely generous donations to Matt's Cafe. The volunteer who came this morning was overwhelmed with the amount collected and wanted to pass on his thanks to you all. Diolch pawb!
  
  Regards
  Simon Lloyd-Jones
  Deputy Head
  Sketty Primary School

  

• Positive Values - WB 16/10/23

  Fri 20 Oct 2023
  

• Gwaith Da - WB 16/10/23

  Fri 20 Oct 2023
  

• Swansea Parent Carer Forum Need you

  Thu 19 Oct 2023 Julie Miller

  Swansea Parent Carer Forum
  
  We Need You to Review Services that Support Children and Young People with Additional Needs.

   

  We know good services are always the result of collaboration between the people who use them and the people who provide and deliver them. The local authority have asked us, parent carers, to be a key part of reviewing the existing services that support our children and young people. We have two opportunities to come together with local authority officers and current service providers. You are more than welcome to attend both events if you wish. SPCF will be supporting both sessions.

   

  Please see the PDF attached for details

   

   

• Positive Values - WB 09/10/23

  Fri 13 Oct 2023
  

• Gwaith da - WB 09/10/23

  Fri 13 Oct 2023
  

• National Autistic Society coffee morning

  Fri 13 Oct 2023 Julie Miller

  The National Autistic Society will be holding a coffee morning in West Early Help Hub on Wednesday 13^th December, and would love for parents to attend. 

   

  Address: Gorseinon Youth Centre, Pontarddulais Road, Gorseinon, SA44FE.

   

  I am sure it will be a great opportunity to meet with other parents and get support if needed. 

• TikTok

  Tue 10 Oct 2023 M Jones

  Dear parents/ carers,

   

  We have had some messages from parents regarding 'TikTok'. TikTok is a video-sharing platform where you can watch and create videos, and livestream. The app has an age-rating of 13+.
  
  Below are some tips from the NSPCC to keep your children safe if using the app.
   

  There are six security settings that can help you to keep TikTok safe for your child and prevent them seeing anything that might worry or upset them:
   

  1. Family Pairing 
     This allows you to connect your child’s account with your own. It gives you access to parental controls to help manage who they can speak to and how long they can spend on the app.
      
  2. Private account
     Setting your child’s account to private means that only approved followers will be able to watch their videos.
      
  3. Restricted mode
     This feature helps to filter out videos that may contain inappropriate or adult topics and stop them appearing on your child’s 'For You Page'.
      
  4. Comment filters
     Enable to manage who can comment on your child’s videos and stop inappropriate comments from appearing on their feed.
      
  5. Direct messages
     This can help them manage who can contact them privately on the app. You can choose who can send them direct messages by selecting ‘Friends only’ or ‘No one’.
      
  6. Daily screen time
     This setting allows you manage how long your child can spend on the app. You can set a daily time limit, and once it’s up you’ll need to enter a passcode to keep using the platform.
     
     More information can be found here: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/online-safety/online-safety-blog/child-safe-settings-tiktok/

• Action for Elders - Thursday 26th October

  Tue 10 Oct 2023

  Dear Parents/ carers
  
  Many thanks to all the families who participated in World Mental Health Day by dressing in Yellow today. We do appreciate your support with school events.
  
  We wanted to make you aware of another fundraising opportunity, that links with the local community. October is Action for Elders, wear orange month. Action for Elders are registered charity that works to make older peoples’ lives better. They aim to end loneliness by offering local support with physical, mental and social programmes.
  
  The dedicated staff work throughout the UK helping older people remain mobile and giving them the opportunity to socialise. Please visit the website for further details.
  
  https://www.actionforelders.org.uk/
  
  'We help older people improve their lives
  People want to live well in later life. Action for Elders supports and encourages them to exercise and become active, improve their social lives and reduce their isolation and loneliness.'
  
  On Thursday 26th October - the children are welcome to wear Orange if they wish, and make a voluntary 50p donation tot he charity. All moneys raised will be donated to Action for Elders.
  
  Please do not feel the need to buy anything new for this day. We will also be celebrating with activities in class.
  
  Many thanks for your continued support

  

• Dojo Messages

  Mon 09 Oct 2023

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  IMPORTANT INFORMATION RE-DOJO

   

  Why we use Dojo?

  Dojo is the school method of contact with parents/carers with messages regarding the timetable of the day, messages regarding trips, school calendar information and messages pertinent to your child’s specific class e.g. Don’t forget your swimming kit. It’s Shw Mae day tomorrow. Remember Inset day on 27/10/23 etc. etc. It is meant to aid and support the running of the classes’ day-to-day activities, keeping everyone in the loop and well informed.

   

  Worries and concerns

  Dojo is not the platform for parents/carers to express concerns or worries. Any requests for meetings with class teachers or if you have any queries or concerns, please contact the school office and they will organise a suitable time for you to meet with the class teacher.

   

  Urgent Information

  Please remember to contact the school office to pass on any urgent information. Please do not use Dojo. Class teachers check their messages at the beginning (8.30am) and end of the day (3.30pm) and something important may be missed.

   

  Open Door Policy

  We run an “open door policy”. This means that we will endeavour to speak to parent/carers if you have any queries or concerns, as soon as we possibly can and frequently without the need of you making an appointment. Face to face meetings are always the most productive and we ask if you have any concerns to contact the school office and we will do all we can to help sort out any issues and provide relevant support if needed.

   

   

  Thank you for your support with this matter.

  Kind regards

  Mrs Bev Phillips

  Head Teacher

  Sketty Primary