Dear Parent/Carer,

A warm welcome to the 2023-24 Academic Year to our existing Lakeside families and to our new pupils and their families!  I hope that you all had an enjoyable summer break.  The staff and I are looking forward to welcoming your children back to school on Wednesday 6^th September. 

Here’s a little reminder of all the fun and exciting times we had last year:

Link: https://vimeo.com/861204690?share=copy

Password:  He11o2324Sep5

Good luck Year 7!

We send best wishes to all our former Year 6 pupils as they start at their new high schools – we will be thinking of you and know that you will be amazing!

Warm weather

It is typical that the hot weather has return as the children are returning to school! Please remember to put sunscreen on your children and send them in with hats and refillable water bottles to ensure they keep cool and get plenty to drink.

Year Group Information meetings

Year group curriculum information meetings for parents and carers will be held in September and October as follows.  These are where you find out what learning projects the children will be doing, which visits and trips are planned, and how you can help your child at home.

School Drop-off

Reception and Nursery pupils’ parents/carers will be notified of separate arrangements for drop-off and pick-up as they start school, but for all other year groups, the arrangements will be the same as last year:

The school gates open @ 8.45am

Year 1 parents/carers to walk their children round to the FP Playground;

Year 2 parents/carers to drop their children at the path to 2P;

Years 3 to 6: parents drop pupils at school gates to make their own way to their classes between 8.45 and 8.55am.

Late arrival at school

The school gates and doors are open between 8.45 and 8.55am.  Excluding Nursery, any pupils who arrive at school after 8.55am must go to the office in order to enter the school and be signed in, as class teachers will be busy taking registers and introducing lessons after 8.55am.  Thank you.

School Pick-up

Nursery and Reception parents/carers will be given separate information on collecting their children as they start school.

Year 1 pupils are handed over via the Year 1 decking at 3.25pm

Year 2 pupils will be brought to the Foundation Phase playground steps at 3.25pm

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 pupils can be collected from outside the main gates at 3.30pm

Free School meals

Free meals will be available for all Reception, Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 pupils in September. The remaining year groups will be added to Universal Free School Meals later on in the year.

School Uniform Grants and information

We have received information about various grants/discounts from the local authority: please paste the following into your browser for Welsh government help https://gov.wales/get-help-school-costs

No PE sessions this week

Please note that there will be no PE sessions this week.  Class teachers will let children know which day of the week they will have PE.  Pupils can continue to come to school wearing their PE kit on the appropriate day.  School PE kit is available from YC Sports, alternatively children can wear navy/white T-shirts and navy shorts/leggings/jogging bottoms.  Children MUST wear white or dark coloured trainers on PE days please.  Please don’t send your children to school in expensive / designer sports kits or trainers.  If your child wears stud earrings, please cover them with a plaster or micropore tape before school on PE days, or take them out if possible. Thank you.

Snack

Children may bring snack into school each day. Please remember it needs to be healthy fruit or vegetables – thank you. Please note, we are a NUT FREE school (this includes products that contain nuts eg Nutella) - please abide by this at all times. Thank you.

After-school clubs

All after-school clubs will begin the week commencing Monday 18^th September.  More information will follow soon.

I look forward to seeing everyone back at school tomorrow morning (Wednesday 6^th September).

Best wishes,

Rachel Mitchell

Headteacher

Upcoming events / Term dates

September 2023

Monday 4^th September – INSET DAY

Tuesday 5^th September – INSET DAY

Wednesday 6^th September – Y1 – Y6 Pupils back to school

Thursday 14^th September – Year 5 Trip to Llancaiach Fawr Manor

October 2023

Thursday 5^th October – flu vaccinations

Friday 27^th October - Break up for half term

Monday 30^th October – Friday 3^rd November – half term break

Friday 22^nd December – Break up for Christmas

Term dates

2023-2024 academic year

Additional INSET days TBD