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Parentmail October 21st, 2022
Wed 26 Oct 2022Parentmail October 21st, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
Diwali
We wish all our families who are celebrating Diwali a very prosperous and joyful time next week. We are celebrating this in school with a Diwali dance and Diyas workshop for Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. Please also enjoy and share our Diwali story on the school website:
https://lakeside-primary-school-cardiff.primarysite.media/media/diwali-story-2021
Curriculum information meetings for parents
We enjoyed another Parents’/Carers’ meeting yesterday as Mrs Burgin, assisted by Mrs Nessbert and myself, took Year 1 parents through how and what their children will learn and experience this year under the new Curriculum for Wales. It was such a pleasure to be able to welcome parents/carers into school again and I look forward to many more opportunities to do this. Please see below for dates and times of other Curriculum Meetings
- Year 2 meeting will be Thursday 10th November at 2.30 pm
- Year 3 meeting will be Friday 11th November at 2.45 pm
- Year 4 meeting will be Wednesday 16th November at 2.45 pm
- Year 5 meeting will be Friday 18th November at 2.45 pm
- Year 6 meeting will be Tuesday 15th November. 2.45 pm
Parents’ consultations
Thank you to all of you who have booked an appointment with class teachers for next week. We look forward to sharing how your child has settled into the new school year, how they are getting on with their learning and how you can support them at home. In case of any technical glitches, please have your mobile phone to hand for the online meetings.
Can you help?
Thank you to those of you who have offered to come into school to share your skills and talents with us. The topics are below if you would like to take part. Please contact me at mitchellr28@hwbcymru.net and I will put you in touch with the class teacher for the related topic.
Year Group
Learning Projects
Reception
Do you want to be friends? All about what makes a good friend and how we are all similar and different.
Year 1
Moon Zoom, where the focus is on learning all about space and space travel.
Year 2
Brilliant Betsi, the story of Betsi Cadwaladr, a Welsh nurse who lived at the same time as Florence Nightingale; Beat, Band, Boogie: all about music.
Year 3
Scrumdiddlyumptious – all about healthy eating; Contrast & Complement – all about the colour wheel, colour theory and complementary colours.
Year 4
Burps, Bottoms & Bile, looking at the body’s processes, including the digestive system, including teeth and how to look after them.
Year 5
Roses and Royals, looking at history during Tudor times and exploring the lives of ordinary people in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Year 6
A Child’s War – World War 2 in Wales and its impact on children; Frozen Kingdom: the creatures of snowy lands and a focus on the story of the Titanic.
Thank you in anticipation of your help and support.
PTA Preloved costume sale
A huge thank you to the PTA for organising the costume sale in readiness for our Spooks and Sparkles disco on Thursday 27th October. £129 was raised and many children went away excited with costumes ready for the upcoming events. Thank you to everyone for donating and helping out on the day. Attached is a poster for next week’s Spooks and Sparkes Disco.
Children’s Birthdays
Please could I request that when it is your child’s birthday, you DO NOT send cake and treats into school. This is because we have a number of staff and children in each year group with allergies and we need to keep them safe. Thank you.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend and warm Diwali wishes,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
October 2022
October is World Mental Health Month
Monday 24th October – Diwali and Diwali Dance & Diyas Workshops for Reception, Y1 & Y2
Wednesday October 26th - flu vaccinations for pupils.
Thursday October 27th – PTA Halloween Disco (see attached poster)
Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November – Half Term break
November 2022
Monday 7th November – INSET DAY
Tuesday 8th November – Year 6 trip to Cardiff Castle
Wednesday 9th November – Colorfoto individual photos
Thursday 10th November -Year 2 curriculum information meeting for parents
Friday 11th November – Remembrance Day
Friday 11th November – Year 3 curriculum information meeting for parents
Friday 11th November – PTA Cake Sale – Years 1 and 5
14-18 November Anti-Bullying Week
Tuesday 15th November – Year 6 curriculum information meeting for parents
Wednesday 16th November – Year 4 curriculum information for parents
Friday 18th November – Year 5 curriculum information meeting for parents
Friday 18th November – Children in Need
Friday 25th November – PTA Table-top / Car Boot Sale
December 2022
Friday 2nd December – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 9th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Friday 23rd December – last day of term
CHRISTMAS BREAK
January 2023
Sunday 22nd January – Chinese New Year
February 2023
Friday 3rd February – NSPCC Number Day
Tuesday 7th February – Safer Internet Day
Monday 20th February to Friday 24th February – Half Term break
March 2023
Wednesday 1st March – St David’s Day
Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)
Friday 31st March – break up for Easter
April 2023
EASTER BREAK
Sunday 9th April – Easter Day
Monday 17th April – back to school
Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd April – Eid ul-Fitr (exact dates TBC)
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June – Half Term break
June 2023
July 2023
Monday 24th July – last day of term
SUMMER BREAK
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Parentmail October 14th, 2022
Mon 17 Oct 2022Parentmail October 14th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
We’ve had a VERY busy week at Lakeside – dressing in Yellow on Monday for World Mental Health Day, dressing in red for Shwmae Day on Friday, and celebrating Harvest. Again, I thank you, Lakeside families, for your amazing generosity. Over £363 was raised for Bronwen’s Wish on Monday and Cardiff Food Bank were overwhelmed by the amount of donated food they were able to collect on Thursday. Thank you to the School Council pupils for helping pack the donated items into bags and transport them to the Food Bank car.
Parents’ consultations
Parents’ consultations will take place on Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th October. There will be an option of a face-to-face appointment (Tuesday) or an online appointment (Wednesday). You will receive an email at 11am on Saturday morning inviting you to book an appointment. The same information will be shared whether you have booked a face-to-face or a virtual appointment which includes how your child has settled into the new school year, how they are getting on with their learning and how you can support them at home. There will be opportunities for your child to share their work with you later in the year.
Curriculum information meetings for parents
We have arranged more curriculum information meetings for you to find out what the children are learning about under the new Curriculum for Wales, and also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
- Year 1 meeting will be Thursday 20th October at 2.30 pm
- Year 2 meeting will be Thursday 10th November at 2.30 pm
- Year 3 meeting will be Friday 11th November at 2.45pm
- Year 5 meeting will be Friday 18th November at 2.45pm
Other year group dates to follow
Can you help?
Part of the new Curriculum for Wales involves connecting with the world of work and our community around us. If you have skills, talents or an interesting job or hobby that you think would be useful and engaging for the children to hear about, please contact me on mitchellr28@hwbcymru.net. This could involve talking to a class or assembly (either face-to-face or remotely), or simply being involved in our learning projects. Our Autumn term Learning Projects are:
Year Group
Learning Projects
Reception
Do you want to be friends? All about what makes a good friend and how we are all similar and different.
Year 1
Moon Zoom, where the focus is on learning all about space and space travel.
Year 2
Brilliant Betsi, the story of Betsi Cadwaladr, a Welsh nurse who lived at the same time as Florence Nightingale; Beat, Band, Boogie: all about music.
Year 3
Scrumdiddlyumptious – all about healthy eating; Contrast & Complement – all about the colour wheel, colour theory and complementary colours.
Year 4
Burps, Bottoms & Bile, looking at the body’s processes, including the digestive system, including teeth and how to look after them.
Year 5
Roses and Royals, looking at history during Tudor times and exploring the lives of ordinary people in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Year 6
A Child’s War – World War 2 in Wales and its impact on children; Frozen Kingdom: the creatures of snowy lands and a focus on the story of the Titanic.
Thank you in anticipation of your help and support.
PTA Preloved costume sale
A huge thank you to the PTA for organising the costume sale in readiness for our Spooks and Sparkles disco on Thursday 27th October. Thank you to everyone for donating costumes.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
October 2022
October is World Mental Health Month
Monday 24th October – Diwali and Diwali Dance & Diyas Workshops for Reception, Y1 & Y2
Wednesday October 26th - flu vaccinations for pupils
Thursday October 27th – PTA Halloween Disco
Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November – Half Term week
November 2022
Monday 7th November – INSET DAY
Tuesday 8th November – Year 6 trip to Cardiff Castle
Wednesday 9th November – Colorfoto individual photos
Friday 11th November – Remembrance Day
Friday 11th November – PTA Cake Sale – Years 1 and 5
14-18 November Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 18th November – Children in Need
Friday 25th November – PTA Table-top / Car Boot Sale
December 2022
Friday 2nd December – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 9th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Friday 23rd December – last day of term
January 2023
Monday 9th January – Return to School
Sunday 22nd January – Chinese New Year
February 2023
Friday 3rd February – NSPCC Number Day
Tuesday 7th February – Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 21st February – Pancake Day
March 2023
Wednesday 1st March – St David’s Day
Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)
April 2023
Sunday 9th April – Easter Day
Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd April – Eid ul-Fitr (exact dates TBC)
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Half Term break – Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
June 2023
July 2023
Monday 24th July – last day of term
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Parentmail October 7th, 2022
Mon 10 Oct 2022Parentmail October 7th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
It’s been a blustery week and the nights are drawing in… the good news is that our new light by the main gates has been installed! Thank you Mr Carey for arranging this for us.
World Mental Health Day: Monday 10th October, 2022
Staff and pupils are invited to wear yellow for Mental Health Day on Monday. As always, we will be raising money for Bronwen’s Wish, a charity very close to our hearts. Donations can be made on the gate at drop-off. You may know that Bronwen’s Wish is working to raise money for ‘Wellbeing Pods’ in schools: quiet places for pupils to withdraw to when they need to. Lakeside is very fortunate to be the first school that will receive one of these pods, and work has already started! We will keep you updated on its progress.
Shwmae Day: Friday 14th October, 2022
Pupils and staff get to dress up again on Friday – this time in red, for Shwmae Day. On this day we celebrate all things Welsh and there will be special activities devised by our Criw Cymraeg pupil group.
Harvest Festival
Thank you to our Lakeside families for donations that they have already sent in for the Cardiff Food Bank Harvest Appeal. The food Bank needs: tinned sponge pudding, rice pudding, custard, tomatoes, fish and fruit; long-life fruit juice, chocolate and sweets. Please send your donations by Wednesday 12th October. Thank you.
We will celebrate harvest in assemblies on Thursday 13th October, when Cardiff Food Bank will come to school to collect the donations in their van.
PTA
Please see below for a list of upcoming events. Help needed at all events please!!! Please email lakesideprimarycardiffpta@gmail.com if you can help. Thank you.
PTA Events September to December 2022
EVENT
DATE
NOTES
Halloween costume and Christmas jumper sale – ‘reduce and reuse' event
Friday 14th Oct
(same as wear red Shwmae day)
Please donate any good quality preloved Halloween costumes and Christmas jumpers, then come and grab some new ones. Thank you.
Halloween Disco
Thursday 27th Oct
Times TBC
Cake sale - Years 1 and 5
Friday 11th Nov
Donations from Years 1 & 5 please. Thank you.
Tabletop sale/car boot
Friday 25th Nov
Christmas Fair
Friday 2nd Dec
Best wishes, Lakeside Primary PTA
Curriculum information meetings for parents
Following the success of our Reception Reading Meeting, we will be holding curriculum information meetings for all year groups throughout October and November. In these meetings you can find out what the children are learning about under the new Curriculum for Wales, and also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
- Year 1 meeting will be Thursday 20th October at 2-30 pm
- Year 2 meeting will be Thursday 10th November at 2-30 pm
More dates for other year groups to follow.
Pupil Flu Vaccinations: Wednesday October 26th
Please remember to complete you consent forms by 25th October.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
October 2022
October is World Mental Health Month
Monday 10th October – Wear Yellow for Mental Health Day
Friday 14th October – Wear Something Red for Shwmae Day
Friday 14th October – PTA Halloween costume and Christmas jumper event
Monday 24th October – Diwali and Diwali Dance & Diyas Workshops for Reception, Y1 & Y2
Wednesday October 26th - flu vaccinations for pupils
Thursday October 27th – PTA Halloween Disco
Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November – Half Term week
November 2022
Monday 7th November – INSET DAY
Tuesday 8th November – Year 6 trip to Cardiff Castle
Wednesday 9th November – Colorfoto individual photos
Friday 11th November – Remembrance Day
Friday 11th November – PTA Cake Sale – Years 1 and 5
14-18 November Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 18th November – Children in Need
Friday 25th November – PTA Table-top / Car Boot Sale
December 2022
Friday 2nd December – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 9th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Friday 23rd December – last day of term
January 2023
Monday 9th January – Return to School
Sunday 22nd January – Chinese New Year
February 2023
Friday 3rd February – NSPCC Number Day
Tuesday 7th February – Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 21st February – Pancake Day
March 2023
Wednesday 1st March – St David’s Day
Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)
April 2023
Sunday 9th April – Easter Day
Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd April – Eid ul-Fitr (exact dates TBC)
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Half Term break – Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
June 2023
July 2023
Monday 24th July – last day of term
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Parentmail September 30th, 2022
Tue 04 Oct 2022Parentmail September 30th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
Very best wishes to all of you who are entering the Cardiff Half Marathon on Sunday – we have a few staff members/governors who are taking part. Good luck all!
Cold weather
There’s a distinct autumn chill in the air now, especially first thing in the morning. Please make sure that your child is wrapped up warmly against the cold, not just for arrival at school but so that they can enjoy playtimes and all our wonderful outdoor activities (please see below for further details on these). Thank you.
Reception Reading Afternoon
This afternoon Mrs Rayer shared with Reception parents and carers how reading is taught in schools and ways that they can help at home. It was really great to have parents/carers back on site. Thank you to the PTA for serving teas and coffees, and also to three Year 6 pupils who shared their love of reading and read extracts from their own favourite books.
Outdoor Learning Information for Parents/Carers
At Lakeside, we are exceptionally lucky to have such a unique and stimulating outdoor environment available to us. From our woodland areas, vegetable patches and our vast open grass spaces, all the children at Lakeside get to experience learning outdoors; developing an adventurous and curious nature about the world around us. This year the opportunity to experience activities such as orienteering, vegetable growing and den building, is something that our school is offering as part of the PPA curriculum.
Children will be required to come to school on their allocated day with appropriate outdoor clothing including:
- Outdoor shoes – walking or wellington boots or shoes that can get wet and dirty (*wellingtons are essential if it’s muddy or raining)
- A waterproof coat
- A warm jumper or fleece
Recommended in colder weather
- An extra layer of clothing depending on the weather (long sleeve shirt, extra fleece, leggings)
- A warm hat and gloves
Waterproof coats and wellies are especially important as we go outside regardless of the weather. The only exception to this is in the presence of thunderstorms or strong winds. Wellies can be brought into school in a gym bag or carrier bag (labelled with your child’s name please). Wellies can either be left in school for the term or taken home every week.
Our timetable for Outdoor Learning sessions runs on alternate weeks:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Week A (26/9/22)
Reception
Year 2
Year 6
Year 4
Week B (3/10/22)
Reception
Year 1
Year 5
Year 3
Week A (10/10/22)
Reception
Year 2
Year 6
Year 4
Week B (17/10/22)
Reception
Year 1
Year 5
Year 3
Week A (24/10/22)
Reception
Year 2
Year 6
Year 4
Information for After-school Club parents/carers
Here is clarification for the rules for pupils going home following after-school activities:
- Year 5 and below must be met by an adult at all times following an after-school activity;
- Year 6 pupils can walk home without an adult following an after-school activity until the clocks go back (30 Oct 22), then all children must be met and accompanied home by an adult;
- Where siblings both attend after-school clubs on the same day, older siblings are not permitted to walk younger siblings home.
Thank you for respecting these rules which we have put in place to keep our pupils safe.
Harvest Festival
At this time of the year, we celebrate our good fortune in having enough food to eat and share what we have with others. Families are invited to send specific items to school that Cardiff Food Bank has requested as part of their Harvest Appeal. These include tinned items like sponge pudding, rice pudding, custard, tomatoes, fish and fruit. Also needed are long-life fruit juice, chocolate and sweets. The deadline for sending in donations with your child is Wednesday 12th October. Please see the attached leaflet and here’s a link to the Food Bank video, which we will also share with pupils in school. Thank you.
PTA
Launching into 2022/2023 we can share our planned calendar of events with you - dates for your diary for the run up to the end of the year (and yes, erm Christmas!!). As we approach each event, we will of course share more info with you. These events will only take place if we have enough happy helpers, for example the Halloween Disco needs 10+ helpers to get the green light. If you can help for a couple of hours at this event or indeed any other listed, please message lakesideprimarycardiffpta@gmail.com so we can plan.
We have already held a uniform sale at the start of term and last Friday’s cake sale was a PTA record with a massive £330 half of which will be donated to Macmillan Cancer Research. Special thanks to the Year 6 pupils who were a massive help and thanks to everyone for supporting.
Spooky Costumes and Santa sale
We are looking to reduce and reuse as well as grab a bargain, so we are going to run a Spooky Costumes and Santa Sale to sell preloved Halloween costumes and Christmas jumpers on Friday October 14th – so that we can all prepare for the PTA Halloween Disco (27th Oct) and Christmas Jumper Day (9th Dec). So, if you have any clean, reusable Halloween costumes or Christmas jumpers that you no longer need/use and are happy to donate, please send them in to school between the 10th and 13th October. This will give the PTA time to sort and prepare a sale for after school on Friday 14th October. Thank you all!
PTA Events September to December 2022
Halloween costume and Christmas jumper sale – ‘reduce and reuse' event
Friday 14th Oct
(same as wear red Shwmae day)
Halloween Disco
Thursday 27th Oct
Cake sale - Years 1 and 5
Friday 11th Nov
Tabletop sale/car boot
Friday 25th Nov
Christmas Fair
Friday 2nd Dec
Best wishes, Lakeside Primary PTA
Year 6 High School Applications
Applications for high school places are now open and the authority have sent some advice for making your applications. They emphasise the importance of making your application on time – before the deadline of Monday 21st November, 2022. They advise providing five school preferences in the application even if you only really want your child to go to one of them, as this will increase the chance of a place at one of your preferred schools. Please also include important information such as if your child has a brother or sister at the high school already, and if the child has additional learning, medical or social needs. Please use this link for further information on how to apply https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Schools-and-learning/Schools/Applying-for-a-school-place/help-to-apply/Pages/default.aspx#anchor_4
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend.
Best wishes,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
October 2022
October is World Mental Health Month
Thursday 6th October - National Poetry Day
Monday 10th October – Wear Yellow for Mental Health Day
Friday 14th October – Wear Something Red for Shwmae Day
Friday 14th October – PTA Halloween costume and Christmas jumper event
Monday 24th October – Diwali and Diwali Dance & Diyas Workshops for Reception, Y1 & Y2
Wednesday October 26th - flu vaccinations for pupils. More details to follow
Thursday October 27th – PTA Halloween Disco
Monday 31st October to Friday 4th November – Half Term week
November 2022
Tuesday 8th November – Year 6 trip to Cardiff Castle
Wednesday 9th November – Colorfoto individual photos
Friday 11th November – Remembrance Day
Friday 11th November – PTA Cake Sale – Years 1 and 5
14-18 November Anti-Bullying Week
Friday 18th November – Children in Need
Friday 25th November – PTA Table-top / Car Boot Sale
December 2022
Friday 2nd December – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 9th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Friday 23rd December – last day of term
January 2023
Monday 9th January – Return to School
Sunday 22nd January – Chinese New Year
February 2023
Friday 3rd February – NSPCC Number Day
Tuesday 14th February – Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 21st February – Pancake Day
March 2023
Wednesday 1st March – St David’s Day
Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)
April 2023
Sunday 9th April – Easter Day
Friday 21st to Saturday 22nd April – Eid ul-Fitr (exact dates TBC)
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Half Term break – Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June
June 2023
July 2023
Monday 24th July – last day of term