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• Parentmail 15.10.21

  Tue 19 Oct 2021

  Parentmail 15.10.21

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  Shwmae Day

  Another fun arrival at school today on Shwmae Day as the children came to school dressed in red and to a medley of Welsh music.  There were fun activities throughout the day and even jammie dodger biscuits as a treat! We have also received some videos of pupils and families speaking Welsh, and look forward to receiving more at MitchellR28@Hwbcymru.net.  See this video made by Year 6 for some tips:          

  https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/shwmae-day-2021

   

  Virtual Parents’ Consultations

  These will take place for Reception to Year 6 during the week commencing 18^th October.  Most of you will have made your ten-minute appointments via SchoolCloud.    Your child will be given some pieces of work to bring home before the consultations that the teachers will go through with you during your appointment. Hopefully the technology will be glitch free on the night, but any issues, please contact the school office.

   

  PTA -  Spooks and Sparkles Day: Friday 22^nd October

  Next Friday is yet another dressing up day!  This time pupils and staff are invited to dress in spooky costumes, sparkly costumes, or both!  Next week a spooky story by Mrs Williams and some great Halloween science experiments with Mrs Gamble will be available for you to watch and have a go at over the half term break. The PTA will be collecting donations on the gate in the morning.

   

  Swimming Lessons

  We’re delighted to be able to accommodate sessions for the year groups that have missed swimming due to the pandemic, so swimming lessons will take place for Years 3, 4 and 5.  Lessons will take place at Splash Central in Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff every day over two weeks.  Pupils will travel by coach and the sessions will last 30 minutes.

   

  YEAR 4 Swimming

  Monday 7^th to Friday 11^th February 2022

  Monday 14^th to Friday 18^th February 2022

   

  YEAR 5 Swimming

  Monday 28^th March to Friday 1^st April 2022

  Monday 4^th to Friday 8^th April 2022

   

  YEAR 3 Swimming

  Monday 13^th to Friday 17^th June 2022

  Monday 20^th to Friday 24^th June 2022

   

  After-school Clubs in Key Stage 2

  We are pleased to announce that Football and Choir will be starting back after Half Term for Years 5 and 6.

  I can confirm that:

  • Choir for Years 5 and 6 will be on Mondays in the Foundation Phase Hall with Mrs D Wilkinson
  • Football for Years 5 and 6 will be on Tuesdays on the field

   

  We are awaiting final confirmation of days and session times from the gymnastics and multisport coaches but are anticipating that they will also be up and running  after half term and should include sessions for years 3, 4, 5 and 6.  Letters for all clubs will go out next week

   

  Residential visits

  We are in conversations with Stackpole at the moment to book residential trips for Year 5 and Year 6 for a week each in the Summer term.  More information to follow.

   

  Parking

  We have been advised that there has been some potentially dangerous parking during drop off and pick up times where children have been unable to walk safely on the pavements on the roads near to the school. Please remember to park safely, particularly at this busy time of day. Thank you

   

  Nut Allergies

  Allergies: please do not send your child(ren) into school with any food that contains nuts as we have a number of pupils and staff who have allergies.  These include muesli bars, some chocolate spreads (e.g. Nutella) and some cakes.  Please check the ingredients on food you are unsure about.  Unfortunately, if your child does bring food containing nuts into school we will not be able to let them eat it.  Thank you.

   

  Upcoming Events

  October

  • Friday 22^nd October - Spooks & Sparkles Dress Up Day.  We know how much the children used to love to dress up for our Spooks & Sparkles Disco, so like last year, we are inviting pupils and staff to wear their best spooky or sparkly outfits on the last day of the Half Term. 
  • Friday 22^nd October – Y5 trip to Llancaiach Fawr
  • Half Term – Monday 25^th – Friday 29^th October

   

  November

  • Monday 1^st November – INSET Day
  • Thursday 4^th November – Hindu Festival of Diwali
  • Monday 8^th November – Diwali Dance and Art day (Reception, Year 1, Year 2)
  • Wednesday 10th November - individual photo day 
  • w/c Monday 15^th – 19^th November – Anti-bullying Week
  • Monday 15^th and Tuesday 16^th November: Anti-Bullying VR workshops for all of Key Stage 2
  • Thursday 11^th November – Remembrance Day
  • Monday 29^th November – Christingle celebration
  • 29^th  Nov to 6^th Dec – Jewish Festival of Hanukah

   

  December

  • Friday 10^th December – Christmas Jumper Day £1 Donation for Save the Children
  • Friday 17^th December – Last day of term

   

  2022

  • W/C 24 January - Cycling proficiency Year 5
  • 7-18 February - Year 4 Swimming
  • 28 March to 8 April - Year 5 Swimming
  • 13 - 24 June Year 3 Swimming

   

  INSET Days:

  Below are the rest of the INSET dates for this year:

  Monday 1^st November - INSET Day

  Friday 28^th Jan – INSET Day

  Monday 6^th June 2022 - Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (Bank Holiday for schools)

  Tuesday 7^th June 2022 - INSET Day

   

  Break up for summer holidays – Friday 22^nd July 2022

   

  Best wishes,

   

  Rachel Mitchell

• Parentmail 08.10.2021

  Mon 11 Oct 2021

  Parentmail 8.10.21

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  ‘Wear Yellow for World Mental Health’ Day

  There was a fabulous atmosphere on the gate today as the children came into school dressed in yellow and to the music of ‘Walking on Sunshine’. Thank you all so much for your generous donations to our wishing well for Bronwen’s Wish Charity. The children had a fab day, sharing happy thoughts and completing some lovely activities around mental health, alongside their usual learning.

  We raised a total of £382 (with still some to count).

   

  Virtual Parents’ Consultations – for Reception to Year 6

  These will take place during the week commencing 18^th October and will be online via video call.  Similar to many schools, the consultations will be facilitated by SchoolCloud, which makes the process of registering and accessing very straightforward.  You will have had a separate email with instructions.  Sessions will be limited to ten minutes with your child’s class teacher.  Your child will be given some pieces of work to bring home with him/her prior to your consultation to share with you and that the teacher will refer to during your conversation.  Please let us know if you have any difficulties booking an appointment.

   

  Shwmae Day

  Next Friday is another dressing up day!  This time in red, as we mark Shwmae (How’s it going) Day.  In a video that will be available from Monday, you will see why we are celebrating.  There’s a poster competition, a ‘guess the number of sweets in the jar’ competition and we’re challenging parents to speak Welsh and share a short video of this with us (MitchelR28@Hwbcymru.net).  Pupils and staff are invited to wear anything red next Friday to join in. Please note, there is no donation needed for this.

   

  Swimming Lessons

  I realise that for two years we have missed out on swimming lessons due to Covid restrictions. I am currently engaging with a few leisure facilities to see what we can do to catch up the year groups that have missed out.  I will be in touch as soon as I have further information on this.

   

  Home Learning and Isolation

  Below is an updated Home Learning grid that details how you can access Home Learning if your child is isolating at home but still feeling well. Please note that we do not expect any child that is feeling poorly to access home learning.

   

  	Nursery & Reception	Year 1 & 2	Year 3 & 4	Year 5 & 6
  	Every week a home planner will be posted on the website with suggested activities.	Every week, suggested Literacy, Numeracy and CfL (Context for Learning) activities will be posted on the website. Work can be set on Seesaw for individual children if requested (via a message on Seesaw).	Every week a home planner will be posted on the Google Classroom stream.	Every day, activities will be posted on Google Classroom for the children to access and complete.
  Where to find the work the suggested activities for the week:	School website https://www.lakesideprimaryschool.co.uk/ Click on: Children/ Class Pages Scroll down and click on the year group. There will be a link at the top for the work that has been set.	School website https://www.lakesideprimaryschool.co.uk/ Click on: Children/ Class Pages Scroll down and click on the year group. There will be a link at the top for the work that has been set.	Google Classroom Your child will need to log into their Hwb account: Click on the stream Click on the link for the planner.	Google Classroom Your child will need to log into their Hwb account. Then log into their Google Classroom and click on the Classwork tab, just as they do when they’re in school. Click on the activity they would like to complete (on paper).

   

  In KS2, children need to know their Hwb account details to log into Google Classroom. They are used to logging in using their Hwb account in school, but if you have any problems, please contact the class teacher.

   

  Nasal Flu immunisation

  A final reminder to please complete the consent for the flu immunisation for your child(ren), even if you do not wish to take up the offer of the vaccine.  The immunisations take place at school on Tuesday (October 12^th).

   

  Parking

  We have been advised that there has been some potentially dangerous parking during drop off and pick up times where children have been unable to walk safely on the pavements on the roads near to the school. Please remember to park safely, particularly at this busy time of day. Thank you

   

  Nut Allergies

  Allergies: please do not send your child(ren) into school with any food that contains nuts as we have a number of pupils and staff who have allergies.  These include muesli bars, some chocolate spreads (e.g. Nutella) and some cakes.  Please check the ingredients on food you are unsure about.  Unfortunately, if your child does bring food containing nuts into school we will not be able to let them eat it.  Thank you.

   

  Upcoming Events

  October

  • Tuesday 12th October - Nasal Flu immunisations
  • Friday 15^th October – Shwmae Day – wear red to school to celebrate the Welsh language
  • Friday 22^nd October - Spooks & Sparkles Dress Up Day.  We know how much the children used to love to dress up for our Spooks & Sparkles Disco, so like last year, we are inviting pupils and staff to wear their best spooky or sparkly outfits on the last day of the Half Term. 
  • Half Term – Monday 25^th – Friday 29^th October

   

  November

  • Monday 1^st November – INSET Day
  • Thursday 4^th November – Hindu Festival of Diwali
  • Monday 8^th November – Diwali Dance and Art day (Reception, year 1, year 2)
  • Wednesday 10th November - individual photo day
  • w/c Monday 15^th – 19^th November – Anti-bullying Week
  • Thursday 11^th November – Remembrance Day
  • 29^th  Nov to 6^th Dec – Jewish Festival of Hanukah

   

  December

  • Friday 10^th December – Christmas Jumper Day
  • Friday 17^th December – Last day of term

   

  2022

  • Cycling proficiency Year 5 – w/c 24 January 2022

   

  Best wishes,

   

  Rachel Mitchell

• Parentmail 01.10.2021

  Mon 04 Oct 2021

  Parentmail 1.10.21

   

  Dear Parents/Carers,

   

  It’s been a very autumnal week and we’re all putting away our summer sandals and replacing them with thermals!  A reminder that windows and/or doors are kept open in school for effective ventilation, so warm layers is the way to go – for pupils and staff.

   

  Congratulations are due to Miss Compton (Year 1 teacher) for having been selected to represent the Wales National Korfball team at the European B Championships in Poland.  She leaves for Poland tomorrow morning and their first match is on Monday.  We wish her the very best of luck for the tournament! 

   

  Harvest

  Thank you so much to those of you who have shared photos of your children donating to Food Banks this week.  Please keep the photos coming – I love them!  There’s no deadline for giving – Harvest week may have ended but the need for Food Banks hasn’t, and I’m so proud when I see Lakeside families donating in this way.  Please see our Harvest Assembly video by Year 6: https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/harvest-assembly-2021

   

  Covid Update

  On Wednesday, the Welsh Government announced that all schools in Cardiff and the Vale are now in high Covid alert level as community infection rates rise.  This means we remain vigilant in school, with staff wearing masks in communal areas and continue to carry out Lateral Flow Tests at least twice weekly.  Pupils are regularly reminded to wash hands and our doors and windows are open as much as possible. Children remain in their year groups for all activities, including break and lunch times.  The high alert status is likely to continue at least until the October Half Term break. Please remain vigilant when looking out for symptoms in your children and taking them for PCR tests when needed. We continue to send out ‘Warn and Inform’ letters when positive cases are identified.  Thank you to parents for wearing masks on the school gates and as you come on site to collect your children.  We really appreciate everyone helping to keep us all safe.

   

  Next Friday, 8^th October is ‘Wear Yellow for World Mental Health’ Day.  Pupils and staff are invited to wear as much yellow as possible to school on this day.  We will be collecting money on the school gates to raise funds for Bronwen’s Wish, a cause very close to our hearts here in Lakeside. 

   

  WOW Walk to school challenge

  Cardiff Council have proposed walking and cycling routes for each area of the city and have asked us to share route information with local families for comment.  The information is attached and consists of a map and questions about the route – mostly yes/no answers with room for short comments.

   

  Nasal Flu immunisation

  You will have received a Parentmail earlier this week regarding the annual flu immunisation program which will take place on Tuesday October 12^th.  Please complete the consent required as soon as possible.  There has to be a completed form for every child even if you do not wish to take up the offer of the vaccine.  Thank you.

   

  Assemblies

  Saturday 2^nd October is Gandhi’s birthday and Year 6 have made a short video telling his story.  You can watch the video here  https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/the-story-of-gandhi or via the school website – Children > Lakeside Videos > Gandhi.

   

  Year 6 – Applications to High School

  A reminder that the application process for High School places opened this week and your child should have brought home a leaflet explaining the process.  Please email the main office if you haven’t received a leaflet.

   

  After school Clubs

  Lakeside has always enjoyed offering a range of after-school clubs, and I know that staff and children have certainly missed them during the past twelve months.  Now that we have settled into the new school year, we are looking at enrichment activities such as trips, after-school clubs and school visits. I should have some information for you next week to confirm what we are able to safely accommodate in terms of clubs and for which year groups.

   

  Nut Allergies

  Allergies: please do not send your child(ren) into school with any food that contains nuts as we have a number of pupils and staff who have allergies.  These include muesli bars, some chocolate spreads (e.g. Nutella) and some cakes.  Please check the ingredients on food you are unsure about.  Unfortunately, if your child does bring food containing nuts into school we will not be able to let them eat it.  Thank you.

   

  Upcoming Events

  October

  • Tuesday 12th October - Flu Jabs
  • Friday 15^th October – Shwmae Day – wear red to school to celebrate the Welsh language
  • Friday 22^nd October - Spooks & Sparkles Dress Up Day.  We know how much the children used to love to dress up for our Spooks & Sparkles Disco, so like last year, we are inviting pupils and staff to wear their best spooky or sparkly outfits on the last day of the Half Term. 
  • Half Term – Monday 25^th – Friday 29^th October

   

  November

  • Monday 1^st November – INSET Day
  • Around Thursday 4^th November – Hindu Festival of Diwali
  • Wednesday 10th November - individual photo day
  • w/c Monday 15^th – 19^th November – Anti-bullying Week
  • Thursday 11^th November – Remembrance Day
  • 29^th  Nov to 6^th Dec – Jewish Festival of Hanukah

   

  December

  • Friday 10^th December – Christmas Jumper Day

   

  2022

  • Cycling proficiency Year 5 – w/c 24 January 2022

   

  Best wishes,

   

  Rachel Mitchell