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Updates from Mrs Phillips
Fri 04 Mar 2022Dear Parents/ Carers,
School update.
I hope this update finds you well. We are hopeful that we shall carefully return to “normal” times, which means we could be looking at a summer term filled with lots of activities that parents/carers will be able to attend! Watch this space!
Staffing News
Mrs Sander, one of our year 1 teachers, has decided to take a career break. Mrs Palmer will continue in her place and Miss Baldwin will continue as class teacher in Reception. We wish Mrs Sander well and wish her luck with any new ventures.
Exciting news!
We have been invited by the Local Authority on Wednesday 9th March, to be part of the opening ceremony for the cities new Arena. We are limited to taking 10 children to the opening. It is never easy to choose just 10 children from our fabulous school! In this instance, 10 members of our School Council will represent the school. The Countess of Wessex will be present and the children will have a chance to talk to her during the opening ceremony.
On Thursday 10th March, the school will be visited by, The Lord Lieutenant, High Sheriff and Lord Mayor to plant a tree commemorating the Queens Jubilee. They will also officially open our new well-being shed outdoor reading area and our long awaited play area! I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has attended any event organised by our wonderful, hard-working PTA. The money raised has made the new play area and out-door reading space possible. Thank you so much.
Helping Hand
We really seem to be moving to the other side of the pandemic with much relief. As one global incident comes to and end we know are faced with news of the terrible conflict in the Ukraine. As a school, we would like to contribute to the efforts of the Red Cross who work tirelessly in areas of conflict. On Friday 11th March, every child will be plant a Sunflower seed. They will care for the plant and bring it home just before the Easter break. We have chosen Sunflowers, as they are the Ukraine’s national flower. We ask, if you are able to, please contribute a £1 per child to this venture with money collected going to the Red Cross.
And finally…
We have had a great week in school. Year 5 and 6 have been on their first residential to LLangrannog. It is the first time in over 2 years that we have had this opportunity. Many thanks to our wonderful staff who tell me they too had a great time! Our Cynefin fortnight, a celebration incorporating our Eisteddfod and visitors to school celebrating being Welsh is in full swing. The school is buzzing with welsh music, singing, ukuleles and poetry. All children have enjoyed taking part in the Eisteddfod competitions and wait with baited breath for the results to be announced next Friday.
We really do seem to be moving toward school normality. Let us hope the very welcome end is in sight.
Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Bev Phillips
Head Teacher
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World Down Syndrome Day
Fri 04 Mar 2022Monday 21st March is World Down Syndrome Day …. It falls on 21st March each year as all people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of chromosome 21 – hence 21/3!
It is a day to raise awareness and acceptance and for our community to join together … one way of doing this is to Rock Your Socks! Wear odd socks, bright socks, long socks .. any socks at all.
The socks are representative of chromosomes and this is a really fun & colourful way to share our individuality and celebrate that we are all unique.
This years theme is What does Inclusion Mean? The children will be focusing on what Inclusion is and how important it is for everyone to be included
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TOF Awareness Week!
Thu 03 Mar 202228th February – 6th March 2022 is TOFS awareness week, along with rare disease day on 28th February and Swallowing Awareness Day on 16th March.
Over 5% of the world's population are affected by rare diseases. OA/TOF is a condition that affects 1 in every 3,500 babies born. Please help us raise awareness of #oa #tof and share this post. https://www.tofs.org.uk #tofs #oatof #RareDiseaseDay
Please spread the word! Press achieved through awarness raising last year:
https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/swansea-mum-finds-lifeline-over-sons-rare-medical-condition/
The press achieved last year in awareness week brought a TOF families together. A grandmother of a TOF child saw the article in the paper and sought others on social media, and they are now active members of the TOF charity and community. The two boys (just 4 months apart in age) are now in contact with each other and will support each other through their lives. What an achievement! Here are the boys recently down the beach.
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We've been featured in the CAMHS newsletter
Tue 01 Mar 2022We are delighted to share with you the first newsletter from CAMHS, Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
Take a look and read about our Wellbeing Shed.
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World Book Day
Fri 18 Feb 2022World Book Day 2022!
Due to clashes with residential trips and Welsh fortnight, we will be celebrating from Monday 14th March - Friday 18th March this year.
The whole school will be uniting around one book: Journey by Aaron Becker. Our literacy-based activities will be based on this for the whole week. Keep an eye out for pictures of our activities!
Our community window trail can be played all week. Can you find all the windows dotted around Sketty that are decorated with children's books? Can you collect all the letters and unscramble them to spell out an author's name? Prizes are up for grabs! £1 per family to play. Collect scavenger packs from school on Friday 11th March.
Friday 18th March: Dress Up for World Book Day! Children can come to school dressed up as their favourite children's book character.
Send your child in with a pre-loved book to take part in a book swap!
Don't forget your £1 book vouchers are valid from Thursday 17th Feb - Sunday 27th March at participating book shops!
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Welsh Fortnight at Ysgol Sgeti!
Fri 18 Feb 2022Shwmae bawb!
This year, we're going bigger than ever with Welsh Week; it's been upgraded to a fortnight of Welsh activities! This is a great chance for children to engage with the Welsh culture, learn about traditions and look at Wales as it is in 2022.
We have lots of exciting things going on in school including:- Welsh folk dancing with Julie Hobday,
- Storytelling with Phil Stockton,
- A pedal-powered Welsh music disco for Y3-6 with Ynni Da (a chance to enjoy Welsh language music, whilst also thinking about the environment),
- Visits to local landmarks,
- and much more!
Please encourage your child to take part at home too by entering our competitions and activities. Please see the attached file for details of whole school activities. Each year group will have an additional competition that will be posted on Class Story on Dojo.
We are re-introducing our Cerrig Cymraeg (Welsh stones) challenge too. It was brilliant to see how creative the children could be with just a stone and some paint! Keep a look out over half term as the first few stones appear!
We can't wait to see all the wonderful work that this fortnight will inspire.
Pob lwc bawb!
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Rags 2 Riches Clothing Collection
Wed 12 Jan 2022Our next Rags2Riches collection will be from School on the week beginning 7th February (Covid restrictions permitting) Further details will be sent closer to the time.
We are collecting good quality clothing, footwear, jewellery & accessories. Sorry- No uniform. Bags won't be supplied for this collection. You can use green kerbside bags (or any other plastic bags)
Your donations would be greatly appreciated, to help raise funds for resources for our School.
Thank you
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Welsh Blood Service - If giving is in your blood, please help!
Thu 06 Jan 2022🩸 | The Welsh Blood Service aims to have at least 7️⃣ days of each blood type to help patients in need across Wales.
💉 | Can you help by giving blood?
❤ | Book today! https://wbs.wales/SwanseaSchools
It’s been another challenging start to the year for us all as the Omicron strain rises to a peak….we’re doing all we can to protect our blood stock levels and to get as many donation sessions in your area fully booked as we’re anticipating lots of short notice cancellations as people have to isolate. It is vital that we maintain healthy blood stocks to support patients in need and to meet the demand from the 20 Welsh hospitals that we supply.
