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Parentmail 17.3.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Parentmail 17.3.23
Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you all for joining in with Red Nose Day and for your generous donations to Comic Relief. We have raised £272.29 on the gate and online so far. The school was a sea of red today – a welcome brightness in this dull weather! Special thanks to Year 5 pupils, families and staff for the huge and wonderful charity stall to raise money for Comic Relief. ‘Stall’ is too small a word – there were about 10 stalls, selling cakes, cookies, drinks, sweets, friendship bracelets, henna and much more. We don’t yet know how much the stalls raised but will share this with you as soon as we can. Thank you again for supporting this fundraiser.
Ramadan
Ramadan will be starting next week. If your child is going to be fasting (or partial fasting) and/or praying please send a letter in with your child to give to the class teacher. It’s important that we know children have your permission for this. Thank you, and we wish you all the blessings of the holy month.
Parents’/Carers’ Consultations: week beginning Monday 27th March
You will shortly be sent a link to sign up for face-to-face parents’/carers’ consultations in school. We look forward to sharing your child’s progress with you, and you will have the opportunity to look at some of their work.
Sharing Sessions with Parents/Carers
Thank you to Year 1 parents/carers for coming into school to share their children’s work on their Learning Project: Rio de Vida. We hope that you all enjoyed your visit to Brazil!
Year Group
Date and time
Location
Event
Year 2
2.30pm: Thursday 23rd March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Visiting Wales
Year 4
9.10am: Friday 24th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Presentations of different American states
Year 5
2pm: Thursday 30th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Planting seeds to grow over Easter
PTA Uniform Recycling – Friday 31st March 3.15pm
The PTA will be hosting a stall for preloved school uniform on the last Friday of term from 3.15pm. Come along if you wish to stock up on extra uniform, summer uniform or your child has grown out of what they have. If you have any good condition uniform that you wish to donate, especially KS2-size uniform, it will be gratefully received. Thank you.
Walk Once a Week Challenge
We are delighted to share with you that Lakeside is one of 10 schools on the Walk to School Challenge Wall of Fame. This means that Lakeside pupils are doing an excellent job of walking to school at least once a week. Thank you parents/carers for making this happen!
Safety in the Foundation Phase playground
Please may we respectfully ask parents and carers to be extra vigilant of safety in the playground, especially if you bring bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc., with you. We would also like to remind parents/carers that children are not permitted to use the play equipment before or after school hours for Health & Safety reasons. Thank you.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins
Thursday 23rd March, 2.30pm - Year 2 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Friday 24th March, 9.10am – Year 4 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March: Parents’ Consultations
Thursday 30th March, 2pm - Year 5 Sharing Session for parents/carers
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
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 8th May – BANK HOLIDAY for Coronation
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June – Half Term break
June 2023
Monday 5th June – INSET DAY
Monday 12th June - Year 5 Cycling Proficiency Week 1 – one Year 5 class
Monday 26th June – Year 5 Cycling Proficiency Week 2 – the other Year 5 class
July 2023
Friday 21st July – last day of 2022-23 academic year for pupils
Monday 24th July – INSET DAY
SUMMER BREAK
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Parentmail 10.3.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Parentmail 10.3.23
Dear Parents/Carers,
I am sure that you will all join me in wishing Ms Charlotte Lucocq a wonderful day and huge congratulations for next week when she is getting married! She will return as Mrs Giangrandi. We hope that she and her new husband have a lovely time on their wedding day.
Lots of praise for our Year 3 pupils who have completed their first week of swimming lessons. Staff at Splash Central, members of the public and our staff have been universally impressed by pupils’ behaviour, attitude and commitment. Well done Year 3!
Comic Relief Day – Friday 17th March & Year 5 charity stall
Pupils and staff are invited to wear red / non school uniform on this day. We will be collecting donations on the gate as usual. Year 5 pupils will be hosting a charity stall in the KS2 Hall at 11.30am for pupils in Years 4 and 6. Please ensure that they have a small amount of money if they wish to buy anything from the stall. Thank you
PTA Uniform Recycling – Friday 31st March 3.15pm
The PTA will be hosting a stall for preloved school uniform on the last Friday of term from 3.15pm. Come along if you wish to stock up on extra uniform, summer uniform or your child has grown out of what they have. If you have any good condition uniform that you wish to donate, especially KS2-size uniform, it will be gratefully received. Thank you.
Special Options on school lunches menu
A few parents have asked what Special Options 1 and 2 are on the school lunches menu. They are what parents/carers can choose if their child is on a hospital-prescribed diet for medical reasons.
Can you help?
Mrs Vanstone, Year 3, is looking for clean and empty margarine tubs and shallow ice cream containers please. If you have any of these, please send them into school with your child. Thank you.
Parent Consultations survey
Thank you to those of you who completed the survey on whether you prefer face-to-face or virtual parent consultations. The overwhelming response was in favour of face-to-face parent consultations. We will be sending out booking information for these next week.
Sharing Sessions with Parents/Carers
Thank you to Year 6 parents/carers for coming into school to share their children’s work on their Learning Project: Frozen Kingdom. We hope that you all enjoyed hearing about the polar regions from our experts and that our Year 6 travel agents persuaded you to book a holiday there this year! See below for upcoming sharing sessions.
Year Group
Date and time
Location
Event
Year 1
9.10am: Thursday 16th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
A celebration of Brazil
Year 2
2.30pm: Thursday 23rd March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Visiting Wales
Year 4
9.10am: Friday 24th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Presentations of different American states
Year 5
2pm: Thursday 30th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Planting seeds to grow over Easter
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
6th – 17th March – Year 3 Swimming Lessons fortnight
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Thursday 16th March, 9.10am - Year 1 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins
Thursday 23rd March, 2.30pm - Year 2 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Friday 24th March, 9.10am – Year 4 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th March: Parents’ Consultations
Thursday 30th March, 2pm - Year 5 Sharing Session for parents/carers
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
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 8th May – BANK HOLIDAY for Coronation
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June – Half Term break
June 2023
Monday 5th June – INSET DAY
Monday 12th June - Year 5 Cycling Proficiency Week 1 – one Year 5 class
Monday 26th June – Year 5 Cyclin Proficiency Week 2 – the other Year 5 class
July 2023
Friday 21st July – last day of 2022-23 academic year for pupils
Monday 24th July – INSET DAY
SUMMER BREAK
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Parentmail 3.3.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Parentmail 3.2.23
Dear Parents/Carers,
Thank you so much for joining in with Welsh Week. It was a delight to see so many children dressed in traditional Welsh costume on Wednesday and in house colours on Friday. I loved seeing the videos, photos and recipes that families made during the Half Term break – there were some delicious-looking cakes, biscuits and even cawl (soup) – well done Lakeside bakers! Thank you also for your generous donations to the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal. We will share the total once the money has been counted by Marie Curie.
We had two excellent Eisteddfodau this week. The Reception to Year 2 Eisteddfod took place on Wednesday and the Years 3 to 6 had their Eisteddfod today. The hall was awash with the pupils’ house colours and there was singing, reciting, dancing and playing musical instruments.
Best wishes to all who are celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi on Wednesday. We hope you have a very pleasant festival of colour.
Book Fair: Friday 10th March to Wednesday 15th March: 3.15-4.15pm
We’re pleased to be able to host a Book Fair again for the first time for a while, selling books of all kinds at a range of prices. The Book Fair will be open directly after school from 3.15 to 4.15pm in the Foundation Phase Hall. Entry is via the Main Entrance. Parents/carers are invited to bring their children to browse, buy and/or order books. You can pay for the books in cash or instantly via the Scholastic web site: www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/pay Click on the link and enter the school postcode, which is CF23 6HB. (You can also browse and buy books from Scholastic online). Your child’s World Book Day Book Token can be used toward buying a book that costs £2.99 or more.
Sharing Sessions with Parents/Carers
Thank you to Year 3 parents/carers for coming into school to look at their children’s artwork and take part in some exciting science experiments all about colour. See below for upcoming sharing sessions.
Year Group
Date and time
Location
Event
Year 1
9.10am: Thursday 16th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
A celebration of Brazil
Year 2
2.30pm: Thursday 23rd March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Visiting Wales
Year 4
9.10am: Friday 24th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Presentations of different American states
Year 5
2pm: Thursday 30th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Planting seeds to grow over Easter
Year 6
2.15 pm: Wednesday 8th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
Tourism in the polar regions
Parents’ Consultation Survey
Parents’ Consultations are planned for the week commencing 27th March. Please can you click on the following link to a survey to gauge parental views on whether to continue to offer virtual consultations, or to offer face to face consultations only https://forms.gle/aBisQcJ3jcDSLgNXA Thank you.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
6th – 17th March – Year 3 Swimming Lessons fortnight
Wednesday 8th March, 2.15pm – Year 6 Sharing Session for parents/carers
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th March – possible strike days
Thursday 16th March, 9.10am - Year 1 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins
Thursday 23rd March, 2.30pm - Year 2 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Friday 24th March, 9.10am – Year 4 Sharing Session for parents/carers
Week beginning 27th March: Parents’ Consultations
Thursday 30th March, 2pm - Year 5 Sharing Session for parents/carers
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
May 2023
Monday 1st May – BANK HOLIDAY
Monday 8th May – BANK HOLIDAY for Coronation
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June – Half Term break
June 2023
Monday 5th June – INSET DAY
July 2023
Friday 21st July – last day of 2022-23 academic year for pupils
Monday 24th July – INSET DAY
SUMMER BREAK
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Parentmail 2 16.2.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Parentmail 2 16th February
Dear Parents/Carers,
Please find attached two documents.
- Some information about World Book Day, which will now be celebrated on Tuesday 28th February.
- More Lost Property photos so that as many items as possible can be claimed before 3rd March when they will be donated.
Thank you.
Mrs Mitchell
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Parentmail 16.2.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Parentmail 16th February, 2023
Dear Parents/Carers
Industrial Action / Teacher Strike Days
As you know, industrial action (strike) is due to take place on the following dates:
Thursday 2nd March
Wednesday 15th March
Thursday 16th March
A Risk Assessment has been completed in accordance with local authority guidance. This will mean that some classes will be closed to pupils on Thursday 2nd March. Information about the other dates will be shared with you as it becomes available.
The classes that will be open on Thursday 2nd March are:
Nursery AM and PM
RD (Mrs Davies’s class, Reception)
1BN (Mrs Burgin/Mrs Nessbert’s class, Year 1)
1E (Mrs Evans’s class, Year 1)
2P (Miss Page’s class, Year 2)
4V (Mr Vanstone’s class, Year 4)
4B (Mrs Bird’s class, Year 4)
All other classes will be closed to pupils
Please note that the first session of this term’s Young Lifesavers scheduled for Thursday 2nd March will be postponed to the following week.
We will update you with regard to further planned industrial action.
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Parentmail 10.2.23
Wed 22 Mar 2023Dear Parents/Carers,
A quick reminder of today’s PTA Cake Sale to raise money for the Turkey/Syria earthquake appeal.
As most of you probably know by now - there will be no Teachers’ Strike on Tuesday 14th. School will be open as usual to all pupils and staff.
Safer Internet Day – Tuesday, 7th Feb
The Digital Leaders competition results were NOT announced in assembly today because there were so many amazing entries, we need more time to go through and judge them! The results will be announced next Friday. Thank you for helping and encouraging your children to take part in these competitions about this very important subject.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Saturday 11th February
Saturday 11th February is only the second International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Our very own scientist, Mrs Gamble, introduced a video about a friend of hers (Professor Haley Gomez) who is a Professor of Astrophysics at Cardiff University. She is studying Dark Matter, using infra-red cameras and telescopes. Mrs Gamble had an infra-red camera and shared images of our assembly, showing how heat and cold have different colours, which delighted the children. If you, or someone you know, are involved in science and would like to come and share your experience with us during British Science Week, which is between 10th and 19th March, we would love to welcome you. This could be in the form of an assembly, a talk with a group of children or a scientific demonstration (or all the above!). Please contact me on MitchellR28@hwbcymru.net. Thank you.
St David’s Day and Eisteddfod
Big School Birdwatch
Lakeside pupils submitted the results of their Birdwatch with the RSPB, so we thought we’d share them with you: pupils counted 50 blackbirds, 9 herring gulls, 210 house sparrows, 363 magpies, 41 robins and 103 doves/pigeons. Thank you to the pupils and Mrs Thomas for carrying out this study.
Books from home for World Book Day – Thursday 2nd March
Thank you to those of you who have already donated books for our reading corners. There’s room for plenty more fiction and non-fiction books for children, as well as comics and magazines. Thank you.
Parent Sharing Sessions
Your children would love to invite you into school to see some of their Spring Term work and share the things they’ve enjoyed about their Learning Projects. Below is a list of confirmed dates for these sessions.
Year Group
Date and time
Location
Event
Reception
9.10am: Friday 17th February
Key Stage 2 Hall
Come and meet our Dinosaurs
Year 1
9.10am: Thursday 16th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
(Both Halls needed)
A celebration of Brazil
Year 2
TBC
Year 3
2.30pm: Wednesday 1st March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
(Both Halls needed)
Art and Science
Year 4
9.10am: Friday 24th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
(Both Halls needed)
Presentations of different American states
Year 5
2pm: Thursday 30th March
Key Stage 2 Entrance
(Both Halls/outside)
Planting seeds to grow over Easter
Year 6
TBC
Pupil absence
If your child is unwell and not able to come in to school, please could you phone school on 029 20767050 and leave a message on the absence line before 9.30am if possible. Thank you.
And finally…
If you visit the school office from next week you may meet a new addition to our Admin Team: Ms Rebecca Strange (who some of you will know from Dragonflies). A warm welcome to her to the team.
Wishing you all a pleasant weekend,
Rachel Mitchell, Headteacher
DATES: 2022-2023 academic year
February 2023
Monday 20th February to Friday 24th February – Half Term break
March 2023
Wednesday 1st March – St David’s Day (wear national costume/sports kit)
Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day
Friday 3rd March – Eisteddfod for Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 (wear school house colours)
6th – 17th March – Year 3 Swimming Lessons fortnight
10th-19th March – British Science Week
Friday 17th March – Red Nose Day
Wednesday 22nd March – Ramadan begins (exact dates TBC)
Week beginning 27th March: Parents’ Consultations
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 8th May – BANK HOLIDAY for Coronation
Monday 29th May to Friday 2nd June – Half Term break
June 2023
Monday 5th June – INSET DAY
July 2023
Friday 21st July – last day of 2022-23 academic year for pupils
Monday 24th July – INSET DAY
SUMMER BREAK