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Beautiful Jubilee products from your child's artwork.
Thu 24 Mar 20222022 will be a year that goes down in British history - The Platinum Jubilee!
The UK’s longest reigning monarch will be celebrated across the land.
In honour of this historical event, we are running a special event, where children can get creative with their artwork to celebrate this memorable occasion...and for our school to have the extra opportunity to fundraise at the same time!This will run in the same way as the personalised Christmas Cards the children have done previously at Christmas time.
Children will do their art work on the paper provided.
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Ysgol Sgeti Bard 2022
Fri 18 Mar 2022May we present our bard for 2022! Llongyfarchiadau to our Year 6JC winner! A wonderful poem all about a journey through the Welsh myths and legends! The crown was proudly passed on by last year’s winner. Diolch yn fawr! We are very proud of you!
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Dignitaries Visit to Sketty Primary School
Fri 18 Mar 2022Last Thursday, 10th March 2022, the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and the Lord Mayor of Swansea visited Sketty Primary school to plant a tree for the Queen's Canopy as part of the Queen's Jubilee and to celebrate Swansea being a Queen's Canopy "Champion city".
Our special visitors were given a tour of the school by Head teacher Mrs Bev Phillips; Vice Chair of Governors, Mr Paul Mort; one of our school Governors Mrs Emma Laycock; and Chair of the PTA Mr Tom Basset. Also present were Sketty Primary School Councillors and Rights Respecting School Ambassadors.
The dignitaries met all the pupils and staff at Sketty Primary School. The Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor are all women, so it was fantastic for them to visit on the week of International Women's Day 2022.
After our special visitors had planted the tree for the Queen's Jubilee, we moved to the official opening of our new adventure play area which our PTA have kindly raised money for. We all did a countdown and the Lord Lieutenant cut the ribbon and opened the area. We are looking forward to spending lots of time there, playing with our friends, so many thanks to our PTA on behalf of all the children and the staff, we are so grateful for all your fundraising work.
Then, the Lord Lieutenant officially opened our Well-being Shed. Rights Respecting Ambassadors and School Councillors talked to the dignitaries about the work they have been doing to support children's health and well-being in Sketty Primary School. This work includes pupils' ideas for the new Curriculum of Wales; a well-being 'Special Mission' with Sally Holland, The Children's Commissioner of Wales and UNICEF's Outright campaign to support Mental Health. Our special visitors loved the well-being shed and congratulated School Council and Rights Respecting School Ambassadors on all their hard work to help support pupils with their well-being and mental health.
Afterwards, the dignitaries met Sketty Primary Sports Ambassadors who explained their role of supporting sport across the school and teaching Physical Education lessons to fellow pupils, through the medium of welsh.
Finally, the Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff and the Lord Mayor were presented with gifts from our School Councillors and Rights Respecting Schools Ambassadors.
Savannah, Faye and Bethan presented each of the dignitaries with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Savannah explained the sentiment behind the flowers in the bouquet, sunflowers to support Ukraine as they are the Ukrainian national flower and daffodils to represent Wales. Our special visitors thanked us and said that the flowers were lovely. Freya, Macie and Isabelle presented a pack of greeting cards that our pupils had made. Freya told the dignitaries our pupils had used silk printing to make them. The Lord Lieutenant, the High Sheriff and the Lord Mayor said that the cards were beautiful and very detailed.
The dignitaries, thanked us for the gifts and said that they had thoroughly enjoyed their visit to our school meeting pupils, staff, governors and parents. They said they were very impressed and hoped to be able to visit our again in the near future.
Later that day, School Council and Rights Respecting School Ambassadors officially opened our new outdoor reading area, again funded by our wonderful PTA. Thank you all! Pupils and staff are looking forward to using it reading outdoors.
It was a great day at Sketty Primary School and one we will remember for a long time to come.
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Update from Mrs Phillips
Fri 18 Mar 2022Spring has definitely sprung in Sketty Primary.
A big thank you to everyone who contributed to our Swansea Schools Stand Up for Ukraine sunflower planting fundraiser. We raised £362 which, when added to the whole schools total, looks set to total over £22,000! A super effort from everyone, to help and support an awful situation.
March is always a busy time in school. It begins on St David's day which has now developed into a fantastic fortnight of activities finishing today with the Chairing of the Bard. Please watch the website for the name of the crowned winner.
It’s our day to celebrate World Book Day! As I look out of my office, I can see lots of Hogwarts pupils who have turned up for the day. Mary Poppins and Alice in Wonderland are here too. Alongside the Little Mermaid and Willy Wonka, lots of different characters from the children's favourite books are having a wonderful day!! I believe I’ve seen some characters from Encanto… but we don’t talk about Bruno do we?? And I’m still looking for Where’s Wally?!
Just when we couldn’t be any busier it’s Comic Relief – Red nose day too!! With all this fun going on we ask, "Can the children be learning anything?" Rest assured a huge amount of learning takes place through our awareness days! Please see our website and follow us on twitter to see just some of the activities the children are taking part in.
A big thankyou to all families who took part in our community window trail based on your favourite books as part of our World Book Day celebration. A super effort was made by everyone, well done indeed! Thanks to Mr Crofts for organising!
Just when you think you can close the lid on the dressing up box, we have a few more events happening next week.
Monday is a very important day as it is the awareness day for Down's Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
To show awareness and support for Down's Syndrome, we wear odd socks and it's wear green to show awareness and support of Cerebral Palsy. It's up to you entirely if you want to join in!!
And finally, I do not have a Covid update at the moment, so we'll carry on as we are, probably up to Easter. As soon as I have any information I will pass it on to you.
Thanks to all staff for making our events such a success and thank you to all parents/carers for your continued support. A big well done to our fabulous children, it almost feels like normal school life has returned.
COFION CYNNES
Mrs Bev Phillips
Head Teacher
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Plant a Sunflower Fundraiser - Swansea Schools raise over £19,000 to support Ukraine.
Tue 15 Mar 2022#Ukraine #Sunflower @BritishRedCross
We would like to say a huge thank you for your donations made for our 'Plant a Sunflower' fundraiser to raise funds to support Ukraine.
We raised a total of £362 as a school from this event and overall, Swansea schools have raised £19,606. This money has been donated to the British Red Cross Society, delivering humanitarian aid.
Thanks once again for your generosity and support.
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A wonderful Welsh Fortnight!
Fri 11 Mar 2022We had a wonderful celebration of all things Welsh over the past two weeks in school. The children have enjoyed a Welsh music pedal powered disco with Ynni Da, storytelling with Phil Stockton, artwork inspired by Welsh artists, singing, poetry and more! It culminated in a celebratory eisteddfod today showcasing the talents we have at Sketty. Please see year group pages for photos of our fortnight!
Talent competition winners:
1st Place - Hollie Y6, Sami Y4
2nd Place - Michael Y6, Jacob Y5
3rd Place - Ella Y6, George Y2, Sofia Y5
Mae Abertawe yn arbennig achos...
1st Place - Ella Y6
2nd Place - Mabel Y3, Sofia Y5
3rd Place - Rebecca Y5, Daniel Y6
Cais da - Toby Y3, Manon Y3, Hollie Y6
It was wonderful to see so many entries this year!
Gwaith da bawb!
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School Councillors meet the Countess Of Wessex at the Swansea Arena official opening ceremony.
Fri 11 Mar 2022On Wednesday March 9th 2022, ten members of our Sketty Primary School Council, Mrs Philips our headteacher, Mrs Berry our Chair of Governors and Miss Lewis School Council co-ordinator, were invited to the opening ceremony of Swansea Arena by the Countess of Wessex. We were very excited to see the new arena and to meet the Countess.
When we arrived, we met Mr Phil Roberts the Chief Executive of Swansea Council and he gave us a tour of the arena, it was amazing! We were told the arena cost millions of pounds to create. It has moving seats that can be folded away into the wall to allow space when seating isn't needed. It can seat up to 3,500 people.
After the tour we spoke with the Deputy Lieutenant Alan Brayley, as we awaited the Countess' arrival. We met pupils and staff from other schools who were also invited; Blaenymaes; Penyrheol and Pentrehafod. They were just as excited as we were.
We were asked to greet the Countess at Swansea’s Costal Park, which is next door to the arena. We were lucky enough to be the first school to meet the Countess when she arrived. She spoke to us and asked us how we were. She was really kind. The Countess thanked us for coming to help her plant a tree for the Queen’s Canopy and to celebrate Swansea being a Queen's Green Canopy “Champion City”. Harry was asked to help plant the tree for the Queen's Jubilee, with the Countess, he even shared her trowel! The Countess asked all the children to come back to the Costal Park to check on the tree to make sure it was growing well.
After planting, the Countess had a tour of the arena and spoke to all the schools and dignitaries who were at the event. We met the Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff of West Glamorgan and the Lord Mayor of Swansea. They were really nice.
After the Countess had officially opened the arena by unveiling the plaque Manon did a courtesy and presented the Countess with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Freya explained the sentiment behind the flowers in the bouquet, sunflowers to support Ukraine as they are the Ukrainian national flower and daffodils to represent Wales. The Countess thanked us and said they were lovely. William presented the Countess with a pack of greeting cards that our pupils had made. Bella told the Countess that our pupils had used silk printing to make them. The Countess thanked us for the gift and said that she liked the Welsh ladies which were printed on the cards.
Then, it was time for the Countess to leave so we all said goodbye, as she left for her next engagement.
We thoroughly enjoyed our day, it was an honour to meet the Countess of Wessex and help her plant the tree for the Queen's Jubilee. We were also very grateful to be invited to the official opening of Swansea Arena, it was fantastic to be some of the first people to view it. We are super excited to visit again with our families and to fulfil our promise to the Countess and see how the tree is growing!
Click on the following Swansea Online Facebook links to view a video of the Countess of Wessex's arrival and photographs of her officially opening Swansea Arena.
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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=331778142325582&set=a.309854681184595&type=3
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How to talk about Ukraine with children
Fri 11 Mar 2022Our children are constantly absorbing things they read, see, and hear and it’s completely natural for them to be picking up on the situation in Ukraine and feeling anxious and asking questions about what is going on.
Children and young people have experienced an incredibly difficult two years due to the pandemic, and now they are faced with an even more uncertain world with the threat of conflict and war. It is important that we don’t avoid talking to our children about what is going on, but you might want to try to moderate their exposure to constant rolling news and updates. As hostilities in Ukraine escalate, children may see and hear things about the crisis in the news, leading to feelings of uncertainty, anxiety, and fear, which parents and caregivers need to address. News should come from reliable sources. Avoid exposure to a constant stream of news – be mindful of whether parents/carers have the radio or TV on all day, as children will be absorbing news without us realising it.
Children around the world might not fully understand what is happening in Ukraine and may have questions about the images, stories, and conversations they are exposed to.
Visit the following page on our website for resources and information for how to talk to children about the current situation in Ukraine.
The websites below also share some useful advice:
https://schools.cityofsanctuary.org/2022/02/28/speaking-with-children-about-the-war-in-ukraine
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/13865002
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Swansea Schools Stand up for Ukraine
Wed 09 Mar 2022Thursday/Friday 10/11th March 2022
What is the Red Cross doing to help Ukrainian people now?
•So far, Red Cross teams in Ukraine have distributed over 30,000 food and hygiene parcels and provided food, warm clothes, and other aid to around 8,000 people sheltering in metro stations.•First aid training has also been delivered to over 2,000 people taking cover in metro stations and bomb shelters, so they have the skills to treat their loved ones if needed.What are Swansea schools doing?•Our money will get sent straight to the Red Cross that is on the front line of the crisis. It will be used to purchase much needed emergency medical supplies, shelter to those who have been displaced, give families access to food and water and relief items.•On Thursday/Friday 10/11th March we will be holding a ‘Stand up for Ukraine’ days across all schools in Swansea.•We in Sketty Primary are planting Sunflowers and ask for a £1 donation from each child. We will add our donation to the Swansea Schools Stand up for Ukraine just giving page.Your donations matter!•Your donation will help us reach more people.•£10 could provide a hygiene kit to a family of five, giving them supplies to stay healthy for a month•£20 could provide five blankets to families taking shelter•£33 could provide 40 chlorine tablets to ensure that families have access to clean, safe water•£72 could provide a thermometer to help treat those who have fallen ill•£210 could provide a fully equipped first aid kit, including supplies, to a first aider treating those wounded
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School Photos - Complete form by 9th March
Fri 04 Mar 2022This year, in order for your child to have an Individual photo taken, we need consent from you first. Please click on the link below and enter the PIN, to consent to your child's photo being taken. Only children with consent will be photographed.
https://schools.rozandkirsty.co.uk
PIN : 4375
