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Eco Reminders

Thu 24 Apr 2025 Kirsty Palmer

Eco News:
I hope you are all enjoying the Easter break. I just wanted to take the opportunity to remind you of a few things.

Batteries: Please continue to send in your used batteries to your child's class teacher. We have collected an impressive amount so far- that won't be going into landfill and the children (and teachers) are always very excited to see who will win the monthly count.

Rags2Riches: I hope some of you have had a chance to start a bit of Spring cleaning and sort some unwanted clothes for us. Unlike last term, we WILL NOT be sending home collection bags. Please use any refuse bags you have at home- please make sure these are tied up securely as it makes it easier when weighing and loading the bags. Please keep your bags at home until Tuesday 6th May. The collection crate at the school barrier will then be unlocked for the remainder of that week for you to put the bags in. They will be collected on the morning of the 9th.

Eco Code Competition: Information about the Eco Code competition was sent out before the holidays, with some of the Criw members launching it in a whole school assembly. Please see previous post on here or our dojo, for competition details and remember to have a look on the internet if your child would like some further ideas. We are hoping that as many children will enter as possible and the Eco Criw are looking forward to judging the entries later next month.
Diolch

Certificate winners

Fri 11 Apr 2025 Julie Miller

Well done to this week's certificate winners

Eco-code Competition

Thu 10 Apr 2025 Kirsty Palmer

Eco-Code Competition

It is a requirement of the Eco Schools award that we have an Eco-code. The Eco-code is our mission statement. It should demonstrate- in a positive, clear and imaginative way- our school’s commitment to improving our environmental performance.

The whole school has a key role in developing the code and that is why the Eco committee are launching a competition to create one. The Eco-Code may take the form of simple phrases, a poem or a song/rap. They can be recorded, created on the computer or hand drawn. The children of Sketty are proud to be part of a Platinum Eco School and of all the things they do to raise awareness of environmental issues here and around the world. Our Eco-Code should highlight this.

Here are some example Eco-codes from other Eco-Schools. (Look on line for more inspiration).

Closing date for entries is Friday 16^th May and the winner will be announced shortly after. The winning entry will be displayed in the school and will be part of our ongoing commitment to a greener school and world. Children can email their entries to Mrs Palmer or hand them to their class teacher. (Make sure their names are included with their entries)

PalmerK1@hwbcymru.net

Thank you for your support.

Mrs Palmer and the Eco Criw.

Rags2Riches4Schools

Sun 06 Apr 2025 Kirsty Palmer

It is that time again!! Our next collection of good quality preloved clothes will be on Friday 9th May. Collection bags will be sent out to you after Easter but if you want to get started on the Spring cleaning over the holidays you can put clothes in any refuse bag- preferably a recyclable one.
Please do not send in any bags before Tuesday 6th May.
Many thanks for your support
Mrs Palmer and the Eco Criw

MARCH NEWSLETTER

Mon 31 Mar 2025

Dear Parents/Carers,

Another month has passed and it has certainly been a busy one at Sketty Primary School. We continued our celebrations for St David’s Day during our Welsh week, culminating in a fantastic Eisteddfod where all the children had the opportunity to perform. We also celebrated Comic Relief and World Water Day. These days are so important in developing the children’s awareness of the wider world beyond Sketty and how we can help others. World Book Day was another fantastic occasion in school and it was lovely to see the children, and staff, dressed up in such amazing
costumes and bring their favourite books to school.

It has been a pleasure again to welcome Parents and Carers to school over the last few weeks for our Spring Term meetings with class teachers.

We would be very grateful if you could complete the feedback form to help us plan for next year.

https://forms.office.com/e/5u0UCkcJEf

A huge thank you to our PTA who organised the Rainbow Dress up day and to all parents and carers who supported by sending in items for the hampers. They look fantastic and we are going to have a number of very lucky winners before the end of term. If you would like additional raffle tickets, these can be collected from the school office.

Kind Regards
Mr Simon Lloyd-Jones
Acting Headteacher
Sketty Primary School

Certificate Winners

Sun 30 Mar 2025 Julie Miller

Huge congratulations to this week's certificate winners

Certificate winners

Fri 28 Mar 2025

Apologies for the lateness, but here are last week's certificate winners, a huge congratulations to these children.

Toileting support for children starting school

Mon 24 Mar 2025 Julie Miller

Hello we're ERIC, The Children's Bowel & Bladder Charity, and we're reaching out to let you know about some free resources we're making available to you all to support with toilet training children in preparation for school.

No doubt you'll be aware of recent figures that show that 1 in 4 children are now starting school still struggling with toileting. ERIC offers support and reassurance to families who are struggling with any kind of bowel and bladder issue.

We've set up an initiative called Toilet Train, to help get as many children toilet trained and ready for school as possible by offering support via email, our website and our helpline.

We have free digital assets for you, packed with advice sheets, videos, posters and leaflets which you can download.

The advice sheets include:

Potty training advice
Toilet training children with additional needs
How to tackle constipation
Bottom wiping advice
Daytime and night time wetting
Handling toilet anxiety

Parents and carers can also sign up to receive information and advice sent straight to their inbox.

We want to make toilet training fun, simple and accessible to everyone. You can access your pack now by clicking the link below and heading to our website to download it.

https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/

To download the advice sheets, click below to take you to the school ERIC page

https://www.skettyprimary.co.uk/eric/

Parent/ Carer ALN survey

Mon 24 Mar 2025 Julie Miller

Arad Research are conducting an evaluation of the ALN system on behalf of Welsh Government. As part of the evaluation, this survey will gather the views of parents and carers about the ALN system in Wales. This important research will help the Welsh Government to understand how it can continue to improve the ALN system. For further information, please contact Arad at alnevaluation@research.arad.wales. We want to hear the views and experiences of parents and carers of the Additional learning needs system

The ALN system is in its final year of transition from the special educational needs (SEN) system to the additional learning needs (ALN) system.

Arad Research are conducting the evaluation on behalf of Welsh Government. Please complete the following survey, to have your views heard.

https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/aln-parents-carers/