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Parentmail November 25th, 2022
Mon 28 Nov 2022Parentmail November 25th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
As the children arrived in a sea of red, there was much excitement ready for the Wales v Iran match today… it was just a shame that it was not the result that Wales wanted! With only a month to go until Christmas, we can now turn our attention to getting ready for all the fun festivities that we have planned at Lakeside.
Children in Need
Last week’s fundraiser raised a phenomenal £361.36 in just half an hour on the gate! Thank you so much to Lakeside families for your continuing generosity.
Dancefit Christmas Show
Best wishes to all the pupils who are taking part in the Dancefit Christmas at Barry Memorial Hall this Sunday – I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time!
Digital Leaders Autumn Competition
The Digital Leaders presented a video in assembly today showcasing all the lovely entries to the Autumn Nature competition and announcing the winners. Thank you so much to families for entering this; there was such a lovely variety of colours and places to look at.
Christmas sharing timetable
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 12th December
Tuesday 13th December
Nursery AM Christmas sharing
Nursery PM Christmas sharing
Wednesday 14th December
Reception Christmas sharing
Year 3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December
Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December
Year 6 Christmas sharing
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 19th December
Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December
Year 2 Christmas sharing
Wednesday 21st December
Thursday 22nd December
Year 5 Christmas sharing
Friday 23rd December
For the morning performances, teas and coffees will be served from 9.00am, ready to start at 9.30am.
For the afternoon performances, teas and coffees will be served from 2.00pm, ready to start at 2.15pm.
You will be able to take photos and videos during the sharing, but they are not to be uploaded on any social media sites (just please be respectful of the view of those behind you!)
PTA News
- Thank you to the PTA for organising the Table Top Sale today – it was a great success!
- Christmas Fayre - Friday 2nd December, after school – hope to see you all there.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
November 2022
Friday 25th November – PTA Table-top sale
December 2022
Friday 2nd December – PTA Christmas Fair
Friday 9th December – Christmas Jumper Day (Save the Children fundraiser)
Tuesday 13th December – Nursery Christmas sharing AM & PM
Wednesday 14th December - Reception Christmas sharing; Y3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December – Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December – Year 6 Christmas sharing
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Monday 19th December – Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December – Year 2 Christmas sharing
Thursday 22nd December – Year 5 Christmas sharing
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 November 18th, 2022
Mon 21 Nov 2022Parentmail November 18th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
Thank you to parents and carers for attending our Curriculum information meetings. Please remember that if you have any questions, please see the teachers at the end of the day or contact the school email. We have had some great offers from parents to come into school and be our ‘Curriculum Experts’, although we are still waiting for an astronaut to come forward for Year 1! We will shortly be sharing our Spring term topics with you and look forward to hearing about your skills and talents that could help our learning journey.
Children in Need
Thanks to everyone for engaging with this fun fundraiser. We were so impressed – as usual! – with the excellence and variety of the costumes. Such a wonderful splash of bright, vibrant colours on a dull November morning! We’ll confirm the amount raised by your generous donations as soon as we’ve counted it.
Anti-bullying week
Children have been taking part in lots of Anti-bullying activities this week, particularly on the theme of Reaching Out – this year’s Anti-bullying Week focus. Children had an assembly and talked about being Anti-bullying Superheroes and shared an anti-bullying poster which is on display around the school. The poster is attached. If you would like more information on this year’s theme, here’s a link https://anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk/anti-bullying-week/anti-bullying-week-2022-reach-out
Safe parking
As the weather is getting colder and wetter and more parents/carers are using their cars to drop-off and pick-up, a gentle reminder to park safely and considerately when doing so. Please be aware of residents’ driveways and of making sure that you leave plenty of room for pushchairs and prams on pavements. Thank you.
Christmas sharing timetable
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 12th December
Tuesday 13th December
Nursery AM Christmas sharing
Nursery PM Christmas sharing
Wednesday 14th December
Reception Christmas sharing
Year 3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December
Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December
Year 6 Christmas sharing
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 19th December
Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December
Year 2 Christmas sharing
Wednesday 21st December
Thursday 22nd December
Year 5 Christmas sharing
Friday 23rd December
PTA News
THANK YOU!!!
Last Friday’s Cake Sale raised a phenomenal £341 – thank you to Years 1 and 5 for all the cakes and to all of you who bought. Great result!
Upcoming PTA events
- Table Top Sale - Friday 25th November 3.30 - 5pm
- Christmas Fayre - Friday 2nd December, after school
Autumn Nature competitions
The Digital Leaders have judged the competition and the results will be announced in next week’s assembly. All of us were amazed and impressed by the quality of all the entries – thank you to all who took part for engaging with this lovely competition. A showcase video of all the entries will be available after the results have been shared.
Poetry Competition
Our next competition was officially launched by the School Council today and they informed pupils about the Greenpeace Poems for the Planet Poetry Competition. Children aged between 7 and 11 are invited to write a poem of up to 400 words long about anything to do with nature. The deadline for entering is 23rd November, to give School Council time to collate the entries for sending on to the national competition.
Here’s a link to the competition website https://www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/poems-planet-competition/
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
November 2022
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)
Tuesday 13th December – Nursery Christmas sharing AM & PM
Wednesday 14th December - Reception Christmas sharing; Y3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December – Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December – Year 6 Christmas sharing
18th – 26th December – Hanukkah
Monday 19th December – Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December – Year 2 Christmas sharing
Thursday 22nd December – Year 5 Christmas sharing
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 November 11th, 2022
Thu 17 Nov 2022Parentmail November 11th, 2022
Dear Parent/Carer,
Earlier this week, Year 6 visited Cardiff Castle as part of their Second World War topic and to mark Remembrance by laying poppies and reading poems. On Friday we held a minute’s silence at 11am and watched last year’s Remembrance Assembly video made by Year 6.
Anti-bullying week – Odd Sock Day – Monday 14th November
Pupils and staff are invited to wear odd socks on Monday to mark the start of Anti-Bullying Week. There will be an assembly and related activities throughout the school all week around the subject of this year’s Anti-bullying Week theme: Reaching Out.
Children in Need – Friday 18th November
This year’s Children in Need theme is Together we can change young lives. The emphasis this year is on spots for The Great SPOTacular Appeal Night. Please feel free to send children to school in non-school uniform and they are welcome to wear something spotty and their usual novelty CIN-themed items – but this is not compulsory. We will be collecting money on the school gate to support the Children in Need Appeal.
Universal Free School Meals – update
We have spoken to the local authority catering department and they replied that Cardiff Catering has not yet decided on the date for rolling out the scheme to Years 1 and 2 and will be in touch in due course.
Come and share Christmas with your children
Parents/carers are invited to come in to school for coffee, tea and mince pies and a sharing of some Christmas music, songs and stories with their children. More information, e.g. costumes, etc., will follow shortly, but we wanted to let you know the dates in good time. The dates are as follows:
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 12th December
Tuesday 13th December
Nursery AM Christmas sharing
Nursery PM Christmas sharing
Wednesday 14th December
Reception Christmas sharing
Year 3 Christmas sharing
Thursday 15th December
Year 1 Christmas sharing
Friday 16th December
Year 6 Christmas sharing
Morning
Afternoon
Monday 19th December
Year 4 Christmas sharing
Tuesday 20th December
Year 2 Christmas sharing
Wednesday 21st December
Thursday 22nd December
Year 5 Christmas sharing
Friday 23rd December
PTA News
Table Top Sale - Friday 25th November 3.30 - 5pm
We are bringing a new event to Lakeside - A Table Top Sale. This is where the PTA sells you table space and you bring your own good quality toys and items that would appeal to Lakeside families to sell yourself in the run up to Christmas. You would do the selling and any money you make is yours to keep.
We have made the decision to not have toys at the Christmas Fayre therefore we think this may be of interest to families wanting a clear out before Christmas, or maybe those who could join forces with friends who could maybe share a table and for those looking to grab a potential bargain. Alternatively, any keen Lakeside crafters, or entrepreneurs who have suitable products for a primary school who fancy having a table in the run up to Christmas.
As this is a new event we plan on charging £10 for a table (150cm x 75cm). If you are having a clear-out and wish to sell anything or have any home-made crafts or similar products you think parents and children may be interested in buying, then please contact us no later than Wednesday 15th November.
We will have a limited number of tables for this event, which will be held in the school hall after school on Friday 25th November. In terms of logistics, you will need to be available to set up your table ready for 3.30. Regrettably, we cannot offer parking therefore, all goods need to be carried into school. You will be responsible for taking home any unsold items.
Please email lakesideprimarycardiffpta@gmail.com by Wednesday 15th to register interest in a table space. This will be on a first come basis. Any further queries you have please get in touch.
We are hoping this will be a useful event for clearing stuff out before Christmas, grabbing some bargains and demonstrating again the power of recycling to our children.
Christmas Fayre - Friday 2nd December
Please save the date! Another fun PTA event that has been missed these last few years is finally back!
If anyone is able to help beforehand, during or after the fayre, even for just 30 minutes please get in touch. We are all volunteers and these events can only happen if we have the numbers to help run it - lakesideprimarycardiffpta@gmail.com
Christmas cards etc that were ordered before half term have begun to arrive and your child will be coming home with these next week if they haven’t not already done so. Thank you to all those who made an order.
Finally, thank you to all those who supported today's Cake Sale. Proceeds go to your PTA that in turn goes back to the school to support our children in fun engaging ways that the school budget doesn't stretch to. To that effect we are excited to fund a theatre company who will come and perform a panto to all children during the last week of term.
Curriculum information meetings for parents
We enjoyed two further Parents’/Carers’ meetings this week, for Year 2 and Year 3 parents/carers.
- 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 at 2.30 pm
Research project: please can you help?
A research project from Cardiff University is being conducted to learn more about parents' and their children’s home learning experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic and school’s closure period. The study aims to explore parents' and young learners’ experiences during the home learning period as well as their experience of returning to school-based learning this year. All information collected in this study will be fully confidential and your participation will be anonymous.
If you are parent of primary school children aged 8 to 11, and you could dedicate no more than 10 minutes from your time, please click here to complete a short survey: https://socsi.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eyA1HqLftLae1Bs .
If you would like to ask any questions, please email the researcher at ManiatopoulouA@cardiff.ac.uk
Autumn Nature competitions
The Digital Learners pupil group have received some wonderful photographs of things made using leaves, twigs, etc., and of the colours of autumn in all their glory. As it was such a wet Half Term break, we’ve decided to extend the competition for another week. The new deadline for entries is the end of Thursday 17th November. Thank you.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
November 2022
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