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Dear Parents/Carers,
Following on the last week’s fundraiser for Comic Relief I am delighted and proud to say that the families of Lakeside Primary School have so far raised over £700 for the Ukraine DEC… and we are still awaiting the contribution from the PTA Uniform Sale this afternoon. Thank you all for your continued generosity.
Covid guidance
You will be aware that the First Minister has spoken today about Covid restrictions. He confirmed that the advice to schools remains the same until after the Easter break. I will be in touch with any further updates from the local authority. Thank you everybody for your continued vigilance with testing and isolating.
Year 5 Swimming
Year 5 children will take part in their swimming lessons over the next two weeks. Please make sure you have signed up on Parentpay. Thank you.
Parents’ Consultations Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 28th-30th March
Parents’ Consultations continue next week. Please be mindful that your 10-minute time slot will end automatically and teachers have no control over this. If there is anything in particular you would like to discuss with the class teacher please raise this at the start of your consultation to ensure that there is sufficient time to discuss it.
Please have your phone nearby so that in the unlikely event of any technical issues, the teacher can phone you within your allocated time slot.
Children’s school work will be available to view online via SeeSaw or Google Classroom for you to look at before the consultation. Please reserve any comments or questions on this work for your consultation as teachers won’t have had time to look at online comments or questions during the consultation period.
Earth Hour: Saturday 26th March 2022
Every year millions of people across the world show they care about the future of the planet by taking part in Earth Hour. Getting involved really is as simple as flicking a switch and turning off a light. Earth Hour takes place from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on Saturday 26th March and Cardiff Council will be supporting it by turning out the lights at Cardiff Castle, City Hall and the New Theatre. Check out the link below for more information about Earth Hour here: https://www.wwf.org.uk/wales/earthhour
Wishing a Happy Mothering Sunday to all our families.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
March 2022
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TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September
Parentmail 18.3.22
Dear Parents/Carers,
Pupils and staff were welcomed to school with music this morning and we saw some wonderful costumes for Red Nose Day. The children always enjoy a whole-school activity. Thank you for joining in and for your continued generosity in donating to Comic Relief - we raised £308. Thank you, Lakeside families.
Non-Uniform Friday – 25th March
This will be a non-uniform day and we will be collecting money on the gate for the Ukraine Disaster Emergency Committee. As part of this day, we will be looking at the UNICEF Rights of the Child, including the right to water, to a safe place to live and the right to education. The PTA is also donating 100% takings from its uniform sale to DEC on the same day (see below for details).
If you or your family have been affected by events reported in the media at the moment, please contact Mrs Mitchell.
PTA Uniform Sale: Friday 25th March from 3.15pm
Happy Spring! Lakeside PTA are holding a uniform sale on Friday 25th March from 3.15pm.
We have lots of navy school trousers and skirts to clear down for 50p each, and branded gear at £1 so please come and stock up. For this event 100% of takings will be donated to the DEC.
Should you have any super condition freshly washed uniforms to donate, please kindly drop them any time Monday to Thursday next week at Reception. Remember any logo'd gear must have the dragonfly pointing upwards to be accepted.
We're delighted restrictions have lifted and we're ‘green-lighted’ for outdoor activities. Please drop us an email at lakesideprimarycardiffpta@gmail.com if you can help on the day, or indeed can run any of the future events proposed in last month's Dragonflyer....!!
Thank you all, Lakeside PTA
Guidelines for Parents’ Consultations: 24th, 28th, 29th & 30th March
As previously, Parents’ Consultations will be via online, ten-minute slots which you can book using SchoolCloud for meetings on Thursday 24th March and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 28th-30th March. The SchoolCloud link will go live next week and you will receive an invitation via email to book your consultation date and time.
Instructions on how to use SchoolCloud to do this will also be sent at this time.
Please be mindful that your 10-minute time slot will end automatically and teachers have no control over this. If there is anything in particular you would like to discuss with the class teacher please raise this at the start of your consultation to ensure that there is sufficient time to discuss it.
Please have your phone nearby so that in the unlikely event of any technical issues, the teacher can phone you within your allocated time slot.
Children’s school work will be available to view online via SeeSaw or Google Classroom for you to look at before the consultation. Please reserve any comments or questions on this work for your consultation as teachers won’t have had time to look at online comments or questions during the consultation period.
British Science Week
Children enjoyed experiments presented by Mrs Gamble this week for British Science Week. The theme of the experiments was ‘Superpowers’ and Mrs Gamble showed how to make things invisible, make things fly and use ‘lasers’.
Safer Internet Day Rap video
We made a video with the winning raps from our Safer Internet competition. The video is on the school website or you can link to it here. Enjoy! https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/safer-internet-rap
New scooter racks
You may have noticed our lovely new scooter racks which are positioned next to the bike racks. We encourage children to walk, cycle or scoot to school and the racks will enable them to leave their scooters in a safe place.
***Important – Choir is cancelled for Monday 21st March, 2022***
This is because the teacher is unavailable as she is in a concert along with some of the choir - Good luck everybody!
Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
July 2022
TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September
Dear Parents/Carers
Red Nose Day: Friday 18th March 2022
This year’s Comic Relief theme is Superheroes and I’m sure that we all have our favourites. Pupils and staff are invited to dress up as a superhero or a local hero, wear a superhero T-shirt or tell a story about a hero. We will be collecting money as usual on the gate to some superhero tunes.
British Science Week
As you know, we are very lucky to have on our staff our very own Science presenter – Mrs Gamble. Next week, to mark British Science Week, she will be demonstrating experiments to all year groups. Please also see the following links to some experiments and a story that we created for our Working Together Wednesdays last year, and for Halloween 2021.
Story: https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/rosie-revere-story
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/surface-tension
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/bubbles
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/spooky-science-static
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/spooky-science-slime
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/spooky-science-skittles
Sports Days
Following Wales moving to Level Zero for Covid, we are delighted to be able to reinstate our Sports Days for Foundation Phase and Key Stage 2 and to invite parents/carers to attend. They will take place at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cardiff Metropolitan University on the following dates:
Foundation Phase: Thursday 7th July
Key Stage 2: Friday 8th July
Ukraine
We have received some information from Cardiff Council about talking to children about war and conflict. Talking to children about what’s happening in Ukraine can be really hard. The Cardiff Schools of Sanctuary has put together a resource to help your children navigate the news they may have seen or heard. You can access the resource via this link:
Speaking with Children about the War in Ukraine (cityofsanctuary.org)
Here are links for donations - we’ve added the newly launched Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal to the list.
DEC https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-humanitarian-appeal
The Red Cross https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/europe/ukraine
UNICEFhttps://www.unicef.org/emergencies/conflict-ukraine-pose-immediate-threat-children
Have a pleasant - and hopefully dry! - weekend.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September
Parentmail 4.3.22
Dear Parents/Carers,
It was lovely to see the children again on our return to school after the half Term break and especially wonderful to see them all in their Welsh costumes on St David’s Day. Marie Curie daffodils were sold on the school gate on the 1st March and as usual the generosity of Lakeside families was fully in evidence, so much so that we completely ran out of daffodils! This didn’t stop families donating. Thank you – again – Lakeside families.
Pupils and staff enjoyed Welsh-themed activities throughout this week. Each year group looked at a different Welsh artist and the children produced some fantastic artwork. Flags were made, shields were designed, folk dances were practised and performed, poems written and songs were sung in the hall as each year group in KS2 held their own mini Eisteddfod at today.
Thank you so much to those of you who sent me your Half Term Welsh-themed work. I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the photos and videos of children cooking with siblings, parents and grandparents. We had photos of everything from Bara Brith to Won Tons, with lots of different kinds of Welsh cakes, biscuits and cookies in-between. The children looked as if they were enjoying themselves a great deal and the food all looked delicious.
Thank you also for encouraging your child(ren) to join in our World Book Day celebration by bringing their favourite book to school to share with their classes.
Ukraine
I’m sure that the thoughts of many of you, like mine, are with the families of Ukraine at the moment. Donations of money can be sent to various charities, such as:
The Red Cross https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/ukraine-crisis-appeal
Save the Children https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/where-we-work/europe/ukraine
UNICEF https://www.unicef.org/emergencies/conflict-ukraine-pose-immediate-threat-children
Please be assured that any in-class conversations about the crisis in Ukraine are being dealt with delicately and sensitively, whilst addressing any of the questions the children may have.
Covid Update
As Wales remains at alert level zero, we are now able to gradually relax some of the protective measures we have in place. Therefore, from Monday 7th March we will no longer require parents / carers or staff to wear face masks on the gate or coming on to the school site. I appreciate how dedicated you have all been to following the guidance around this, and also to Mrs Nia Butler who has been on the gate each day with supplies for anyone who required them.
Parents’ Consultations: 24th, 28th, 29th & 30th March
As previously, Parents’ Consultations will be via online, ten-minute slots which you can book using SchoolCloud for meetings on Thursday 24th March and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 28th-30th March. Children’s work will be available to view online via SeeSaw or Google Classroom to share with you beforehand. A link to book your time slot will be set out nearer to the time.
After-school Clubs
These restart from Monday 7th March as follows:
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
March 2022
April 2022
May 2022
June 2022
TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September