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Parentmail 15.7.22
Mon 18 Jul 2022Parentmail 15.7.22
Dear Parents/Carers,
Our penultimate week of the year has been another enjoyable, busy and hot one! We had our Transition Morning on Monday, where all the classes met next year’s teachers and visited their new classrooms. Some pupils from Year 6 spent the day at Cardiff High School and reported that they’d had a great time. On Wednesday, Nursery parents were invited to our new Half Acre Wood Garden where their children shared songs with them. The Nursery children used the Makaton signing system along with their singing. We finally finished filming our Year 6 Leavers’ video and this will be ready to view next week.
Weather warning
As you are aware, we are receiving warnings of extremely hot weather over the weekend and into next week. The advice from the local authority is to avoid too much physical activity, find shade where possible and drink plenty of water. Children should wear loose, light-coloured clothing if possible, and wear hats and sun cream outdoors. To this end, next week will be a non-school- uniform week.
I’d also like to thank the PTA for putting up their ‘shade’ tents that are now on both playing fields for the children to use. Children are using them every day and they have been invaluable in keeping everyone cool.
PTA Summer Fayre
As I write, the PTA and Year 6 pupils are setting up for our first Summer Fayre since 2019. The weather is perfect and we are all looking forward to a great event. There will be more on this next week, but for now, I’m going to find some homemade cake and have a go at Splash the Minion! (Mrs M). A big thank you to our wonderful PTA for organising this fabulous event.
Transition Powerpoints
Each year group has made a Powerpoint presentation to introduce you and your child to their new year group. You will find all kinds of useful information in these and you can link to them from here:
Reception to Year 1
Year 1 to Year 2
Year 2 to Year 3
Year 3 to Year 4
Year 4 to Year 5
Year 5 to Year 6
Reports
Your child will have been given their annual report this week to bring home. This is a combination of Welsh Government test results for Years 2 to 6, work across the year and teacher observation. We are delighted with the progress and standard of the learning of our pupils, particularly following the pandemic.
The following link will take you to the Welsh Government website, which has further information on the meanings of certain terms in the report and how to interpret your child’s results.
See you all at the Fayre!
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
July 2022
- Monday 18th July – rearranged Year 5 trip to Oakwood
- Tuesday 19th July – Year 6 trip to National Museum
- Evening of Tuesday 19th July – Year 6 Leavers’ Party – Infinity Trampoline Park
TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
- Pupils break up for Summer Holiday on Thursday 21st July
- INSET DAY – Friday 22nd July
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September
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Parentmail 8.7.22
Tue 12 Jul 2022Parentmail 8.7.22
Dear Parents/Carers,
Another wonderful week of sunshine in which pupils were able to get outside to play, practice for Sports Days and record the Year 6 Leavers’ video. Long may it continue.
We would like to wish Eid al-Adha Mubarak to all of you who are celebrating from Saturday. We wish you a peaceful and enjoyable festival.
Sports Days
Thank you so much to those of you who attended this week’s Sports Days at NIAC. They were wonderful events and the children really enjoyed themselves. Thank you also for taking the time to give us positive feedback about the events, this means a great deal to us all.
Tennis Wales Championship
Mr Vanstone and four remarkable tennis players from Year 5 returned from the South Wales tennis final triumphant (and hot!) this week. The team had won their regional event and then went on to win the final. They played in extremely tough hot conditions and came top in their group. They then went on to win against Oakleigh School in the semi-final and then won the final 4-2 against a strong Usk team, to be crowned Year 5 South Wales Tennis Champions. Mr Vanstone and all of us are extremely proud of the tennis they produced and how well they represented Lakeside Primary School. Well done all!
Nursery Singalong Day – Wednesday 13th July
We’re looking forward to welcoming Nursery parents and carers to our singalongs next Wednesday. If you are attending it would be great if you could bring a picnic blanket so that you can sit down in our brand new Half-Acre Wood Garden. Thank you.
Reports
Children will be bringing home their annual end-of-year reports next week. For years 2 to 6, these will also include their online personalised Welsh Government assessments for Procedural Numeracy Reasoning Numeracy and Reading.
Next year’s classes
Monday 11th July will be our transition day, where children will be visiting next year’s classrooms and meeting next year’s teachers. Please see the table below:
Current teacher and class
Next year’s teacher and class
RS – Mrs Rayer and Mrs Street
1BN - Mrs Burgin and Mrs Nessbert
RD – Mrs Davies
1C – Miss Crompton
1BN – Mrs Burgin and Mrs Nessbert
2P – Miss Page
1C – Miss Crompton
2H – Mrs Harries
2H – Mrs Harries
3VG – Mrs Vanstone & Mrs Gamble
2P – Miss Page
3D – Mrs Doyle
3D – Mrs Doyle
4V – Mr Vanstone
3VF – Mrs Vanstone and Mrs Frost
4B – Mrs Bird
4V – Mr Vanstone
5V – Mrs Vanstone
4L – Mrs Loulou Evans
5T – Mrs Tanner
5T – Mrs Tanner
6T – Miss Taylor
5V – Mrs Vanstone
6L – Mrs Loulou Evans
Staff news
We welcome back Mrs Bird from maternity leave, who will resume teaching year 4 next year, alongside Mr Vanstone. Miss Fry (year 6 teacher) is going on a 1 year secondment to develop her Welsh skills and share this training back with staff at school. Mrs LouLou will be moving to year 6 to cover this role. Mrs Frost (now Mrs Haines) is taking up a full-time secondment position to support and train Newly Qualified teachers across Wales. Mrs Burgin will continue acting up as deputy head for this time.
Lakeside Primary PTA summer fair and fun day Friday 15th July from 3pm
After being able to welcome parents and carers to both our wonderful Sports Days, we are really looking forward to everyone getting together for the first Summer Fayre since 2019. This is an event that is enjoyed by everyone: children, parents, grandparents, older and younger sibling, friends, neighbours and staff. The list of stalls looks incredibly exciting. I personally am looking forward to the many sweet treats that will be on offer. On that day we will also have the official opening of our Winnie the Pooh Half Acre Wood Garden, which is outside the front of the school. Those of you who have seen it will know what an amazing transformation has taken place. We will be visited by Winnie-the-Pooh and some of his woodland friends on the day of the Fayre.
Best wishes for a safe and pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell
Headteacher
Upcoming events
July 2022
- Monday 11th July – Transition Day
- Wednesday 13th July – Nursery sing-a-long with Parents
- Friday 15th July - PTA Summer Fayre & grand opening of our Half Acre Wood
- Monday 18th July – rearranged Year 5 trip to Oakwood
- Tuesday 19th July – Year 6 trip to National Museum
- Evening of Tuesday 19th July – Year 6 Leavers’ Party – Infinity Trampoline Park
TERM DATES & INSET DAY/Bank Holidays REMINDER
- Pupils break up for Summer Holiday on Thursday 21st July
- INSET DAY – Friday 22nd July
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September are INSET DAYS
Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September