Dear Parents/Carers,

Covid guidance

Please see attached the updated parent letter with the latest guidance from Welsh Government.

Covid Update 31.03.22 Letter to Parents and Carers March 2022

Parents’ Consultations

Thank you to all parents and carers for attending your parent-teacher consultations this week. It has been lovely to share the children’s progress with you all.

Ramadan

To our families who are marking Ramadan, which starts tomorrow, we send good wishes for a Ramadan Kareem. Please let the office know in writing if and when your child is fasting during the month of Ramadan and what they are allowed to eat or drink throughout the day. Thank you. If you would like to watch the stories we created to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr last year, here’s a link: https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/stories-for-ramadan-and-eid-ul-fitr

PTA - Uniform Sale

Well wasn’t that fab last Friday? Great fun, fab energy vibes and super weather - lovely to be outside doing this sort of thing again. We are hugely grateful to everyone who came along and grabbed a bargain, as well as those who donated their pre-loved uniforms. Together we raised a superb £150 for the Ukraine DEC appeal. Chuffed to bits and cleared down a few boxes of stock too. Well done and thank you all.

Seedling sale

Calling all green fingered growers! Lakeside PTA is inviting all parents/ carers/ grandparents to join in an early summer garden sale. Grow something from seed, or pot something ready for our day sale on Friday 13th May at school. If you get going now, or in the Easter hols, that gives you a few weeks to cultivate and thrive!

Simply label up and drop your plant on the table by the PTA container on the morning of May 13th. (Look out for details closer to the time, weather permitting). We also invite everyone, kids especially, to buy a plant and take home. Who knows, we might even be having a tomato chutney sale in Autumn!

Year 5 & Year 6 Residential visits

If your child wishes to attend this year’s residential trip to Morfa Bay, please sign up as soon as possible using Parentpay. Thank you.

Have a lovely, albeit cold, spring weekend.

Best wishes,

Rachel Mitchell

Headteacher

Upcoming events

April 2022

• Monday 28^th March – 8^th April - Year 5 Swimming

• Sat 2^nd April – Sun 1^st May – Ramadan
• Friday 8^th April – Break up for the Easter holidays
• Thursday 14^th April – Sikh festival of Vaisakhi
• Monday 28^th April – Return to school

May 2022

• Early May Bank Holiday – Monday 2^nd May
• Friday 13^th – Monday 16^th May - Year 6 residential trip
• Monday 23^rd May – Class group photos
• Break up for Summer Half Term on Friday 27^th May

June 2022

• Bank Holiday Monday 6^th June
• INSET DAY - Tuesday 7^th June
• Return to school for pupils Wednesday 8^th June
• Mon 13^th – 24^th June – Year 3 Swimming
• Sun 19^th June – Father’s Day
• Fri 24^th – Mon 27^th June – Year 5 residential trip

July 2022

• Thursday 7^th – Foundation Phase Sports Day at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cardiff Met
• Friday 8^th – Key Stage 2 Sports Day at the National Indoor Athletics Centre at Cardiff Met
• Pupils break up for Summer Holiday on Thursday 21^st July
• INSET DAY – Friday 22^nd July

TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER

• Break up for Easter Holiday on Friday 8^th April (return Monday 25^th April)
• Early May Bank Holiday – Monday 2^nd May
• Break up for Summer Half Term on Friday 27^th May
• Bank Holiday Monday 6^th June
• INSET DAY - Tuesday 7^th June
• Return to school for pupils Wednesday 8^th June
• Pupils break up for Summer Holiday on Thursday 21^st July
• INSET DAY – Friday 22^nd July

Monday 5^th and Tuesday 6^th September are INSET DAYS

Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7^th September