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• Fundraising for National Autistic Society, Swansea

  Tue 12 Apr 2022 Carly Jackson

  Thank you for your donations sent in for 'Onesie Wednesday'. We raised £182.47 for National Autistic Society - Swansea. 

   

  @NASSwansea

  https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/branches/nasswansea-branch

   

   

   

   

  

• Year 2 'Keepfitathon' raising money for RNLI

  Fri 08 Apr 2022

  We want to say a huge well done and thank you to Year 2 for such a fantastic effort in the Keepfitathon, the children raised an incredible £1178.70.  

   

  Thank you all for your ongoing support and generosity!!!

  

• Callum Powell Y6SW receives a The High Sheriff of West Glamorgan Special Award - 'The Colin Rees Award'

  Thu 07 Apr 2022 Miss Lewis

  On Wednesday 6th April 2022, Callum Powell Y6SW, received The High Sheriff's Special Award for his fundraising efforts to support Ifan Phillips.

   

  After hearing the news last November, that one of his rugby heroes, Ospreys player, Ifan Phillips, had suffered a life changing motorcycle accident, Callum was devastated. He wanted to help Ifan get a state of the art prosthetic leg. He thought that the £20 that he had donated was not enough and told his Mum he wanted to donate more. He decided he was going to train to run 5K, and get family and friends to sponsor him. He set up his own Just Giving account and started training every night after school with his Mum.

   

  Callum's main run was January 30th 2022. From this, he had many promises of donations. He also promised Ifan he would continue to do a 5K parkrun every week - he has run the Swansea Bay, the Gloucester, and the Gnoll parkruns. Callum wears his 'Ifan' t-shirt and tells people on the runs about his fundraiser. He has written messages to every RFC in Wales, England, Scotland and Ireland to tell them what has happened and asks if they would like to help him help Ifan. This has brought a lot of new donations.

   

  The Just Giving page has raised £5210, in addition to this, with cheques from local rugby clubs and amounts of cash, the total will probably be well over £5,600.

  Callum is driven by his love of rugby, the bravery shown to him by Ifan Phillips that he wants to do everything he can so that Ifan will be able to walk again.

   

  The High Sheriff of West Glamorgan thanked Callum for all his efforts and said he richly deserved the High Sheriff's Special Award and was proud to have met him.

   

  Well done Callum we are all very proud of you at Sketty Primary School, many congratulations on your award and good luck with your future fundraising

   

   

  https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/callum-ifan?utm_term=WyGBWAwAw 

   

  

• Pasg Hapus - Happy Easter

  Thu 07 Apr 2022 Carly Jackson

  Happy Easter to our pupils, parents and carers.

   

  It has been a busy term, with a very busy final week. We have been delighted to have family members visiting the school this week for the Queen's Green Canopy, the Book Fair and the Y5 Enterprise Gallery. 

   

  We wish you all a very enjoyable and safe Easter break. 

   

  From all the staff at Sketty Primary School. 

  

• Message from our Director of Education regarding Covid and Schools

  Thu 07 Apr 2022 Helen Morgan-Rees, Director of Education

  Dear Parent / Carer, 

   

  I want to provide you with a short update as we approach the end of the Spring term and enter the last term of this academic year.

   

  First of all, I want to thank you for your continuing support. These past two years have been enormously challenging for you, your children, teachers and all staff connected with our schools. Your assistance has been key in ensuring education services have been there for our young people during the pandemic and now, as we move on from it.

   

  The last half-term has once again put extra pressure on our schools who have worked hard to ensure face-to-face learning continues as far as possible, despite staff shortages across many our schools. As officers, we see daily the effort that goes in from headteachers and their staff to keep our learners on site and I thank them for all they continue to do.

   

  The Welsh Government has confirmed that as a minimum, a face covering should continue to be worn by secondary aged learners/ staff when moving around communal areas. This requirement will be reviewed by the Welsh Government after Easter. The Local COVID-19 infection control decision framework for schools sets out arrangements for the delivery of learning in schools and enables us to tailor interventions to reflect local risks and circumstances. I am pleased to confirm that for the return of pupils after Easter we will move to operate at a LOW alert level. In practical terms, this would place schools in a similar situation to the general public.

   

  It is important we continue to wash our hands regularly and get the vaccine when offered. Please remember, if your child has any of the three key symptoms, please do not send your child to school, they should self-isolate and take a lateral flow test (LFT). You can order LFTs online https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests or call 119 between 7am and 11pm (calls are free). They should continue to self-isolate until they get their LFT test result.

   

  As always, if you have any questions, please get in touch with your child’s teacher or headteacher for further advice and support.

   

  Thank you all once again for your continual support to our schools.

   

  Regards

   

  Helen Morgan-Rees

  Director of Education

   

  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS LETTER

• Onesie Wednesday

  Wed 06 Apr 2022

  We would like to say thank you for your generous donations towards Onesie Wednesday and helping us raise money for the National Autistic Society.  We managed to raise £182.47!!

   

  Thanks once again for your generosity and support.

   

   

   

  

• Dylan Day '22!

  Thu 31 Mar 2022 Mr Crofts

  Dear Parents, 

   

  As part of this year’s International Dylan Thomas Day, which is celebrated on 14 May each year, DylanED invites school children aged 8-11 to take part in a very special competition.

  The competition, which is entitled ‘My Imaginary Place,’ is based around extracts from Dylan Thomas' beloved stories.

  Following in the footsteps of Swansea’s foremost writer and storyteller, the competition looks for school children aged 8-11 to submit a short story (100 words), poem or picture of their own imaginary place. 

  
  The overall winner will receive a goody bag. Selected entries will feature in an online exhibition in celebration of 'Dylan Day.'

   

  Please follow the link below to download the file to complete your entry. 

   

  Please can entries be sent to CroftsJ11@hwbcymru.net by Wednesday 27th April with the title 'My imaginary place'.  Please note: All entries must be submitted via the child's teacher / school.

   

  Pob lwc!

   

  Mr Crofts :) 

   

  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE ENTRY FORM

• Red Nose Day 2022

  Thu 31 Mar 2022

  We would like to say a huge thank you for your generous donations towards Red Nose Day 2022.  We managed to raise a wonderful £267.55!!

   

  Thanks once again for your generosity and support.

• Creating the Queen's Green Canooy event

  Tue 29 Mar 2022 Carly Jackson

  Queens Jubilee Celebrations

  Creating the Queens Green Canopy

   

  As part of the celebrations for our Queens Jubilee, we are joining the “Queens Green Canopy”.

   

  Our school has been given a tree for every child to plant. As part of the celebration and school tentatively returning to normal activities, we would like to invite you into school next week to plant a tree with your child. Each class will be allocated a time slot, please let class teachers know if a parent is going to attend, and arrive at the beginning of the timeslot to help with organisation of the week. If you are able, please bring a spade and trowel with you.

   

  To ensure this event is successful and Covid safe we ask:

  Please only attend if you are Covid symptom free.

  Only plant a tree with your child.

  Attend school during your child’s class time slot.

   

  Please look out for the timetable via classdojo and the school website.

  It will be lovely to see parents/carers back on school premises!

   

  Thank you for your continued support.

   

  Cofion

  Mrs Bev Phillips

  Head Teacher

  Sketty Primary

   

• COVID and Schools update from the Director of Education.

  Fri 25 Mar 2022

  Local authority advice on control measures for risk infection in schools remains until the end of term.

   

  Following this week’s meeting of the local Incident Management Team schools are advised to remain at HIGH on the Welsh Government’s Framework until the end of term. As soon as we have a further update from the Welsh Government, especially on the wearing of face masks, twice weekly-testing and the current self-isolation period following a positive test, we will write to you again. Control measures in schools will remain the same until after Easter, at least.

   

  Cofion/Regards

   

  Helen Morgan-Rees

  Cyfarwyddwr Addysg

  Director of Education

  01792 633944

  helen.morgan-rees@swansea.gov.uk