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• Parentmail 25.03.22

  Mon 28 Mar 2022

  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 28^th-30^th 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 26^th 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 26^th 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

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

   

  April 2022

  • Sat 2^nd April – Sun 1^st May – Ramadan (exact dates TBC)
  • Thursday 14^th April – Sikh festival of Vaisakhi
  • Sunday 10^th April – Palm Sunday
  • 15^th – 18^th Easter Weekend

   

  May 2022

  • Friday 13^th – Monday 16^th May - Year 6 residential trip
  • Monday 23^rd May – Class group photos

   

  June 2022

  • 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

   

   

  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

• Parentmail 18.03.22

  Mon 21 Mar 2022

  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 – 25^th 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 25^th 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: 24^th, 28^th, 29^th & 30^th 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 21^st 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

  • Sunday 27^th March – Mother’s Day
  • Monday 28^th March – 8^th April - Year 5 Swimming

  April 2022

  • Sat 2^nd April – Sun 1^st May – Ramadan (exact dates TBC)
  • Thursday 14^th April – Sikh festival of Vaisakhi

  May 2022

  • Friday 13^th – Monday 16^th May - Year 6 residential trip
  • Monday 23^rd May – Class group photos

  June 2022

  • 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

   

  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

• Parentmail 11.03.22

  Mon 14 Mar 2022

  Dear Parents/Carers

   

  Red Nose Day: Friday 18^th 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 7^th July

  Key Stage 2: Friday 8^th 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

  • Friday 11^th – Sat 19^th March – British Science Week
  • Friday 18^th March – Comic Relief Day
  • Sunday 27^th March – Mother’s Day
  • Monday 28^th March – 8^th April - Year 5 Swimming

   

  April 2022

  • Sat 2^nd April – Sun 1^st May – Ramadan (exact dates TBC)
  • Thursday 14^th April – Sikh festival of Vaisakhi

   

  May 2022

  • Friday 13^th – Monday 16^th May - Year 6 residential trip
  • Monday 23^rd May – Class group photos

   

  June 2022

  • 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

   

  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

• Parentmail 4.3.22

  Mon 07 Mar 2022

  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 1^st 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: 24^th, 28^th, 29^th & 30^th March

  As previously, Parents’ Consultations will be via online, ten-minute slots which you can book using SchoolCloud for meetings on Thursday 24^th March and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday 28^th-30^th 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 7^th March as follows:

  • Choir - Mondays – Years 5 & 6 together
  • Football - Tuesdays – Years 5 & 6 together
  • Gymnastics - Tuesdays - Year 3 (only pupils who are already going to Gymnastics can join this club currently, as it is full). 
  • Coding Club – Tuesdays – Year 4.  Letters have been sent home with Year 4 pupils this week and the club is now full.

   

  Best wishes,

   

  Rachel Mitchell

  Headteacher

   

  Upcoming events

   

  March 2022

  • Friday 11^th – Sat 19^th March – British Science Week
  • Friday 18^th March – Comic Relief Day
  • Sunday March 27^th – Mother’s Day
  • Monday 28^th March – 8^th April - Year 5 Swimming

   

  April 2022

  • Sat 2^nd April – Sun 1^st May – Ramadan (exact dates TBC)
  • Thursday 14^th April – Sikh festival of Vaisakhi

   

  May 2022

  • Friday 13^th – Monday 16^th May - Year 6 residential trip
  • Monday 23^rd May – Class group photos

   

  June 2022

  • 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

   

  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