The Llangewydd Junior School Blog

Eco Newsletter Edition 9.  4^th February 2010.

Croeso, hello and welcome to the second eco newsletter of the year. 

Some Eco dates for February and March for your diary.

1^st Feb – Bird Watch Week, log onto www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch for more information.

22^nd Feb – Fair Trade fortnight.

Gregory Brothers Healthy Schools and Recycling road show.

25^th Feb – Daffodil Day to raise funds for Marie Curie.

3^rd March – Celtic Evening and Fair Trade night.

10^th March – No Smoking Day.

21^st March – World Forestry Day.

22^nd March – World Water Day.

More details of these events closer to the dates.

A reminder that Eco club meets every Thursday afternoon, after school in J1’s classroom, 3.30 to 4.30.  New members are welcome.  Parents, grandparents – do you have an eco skill or interest?  Are you good at gardening?  An expert in wildlife?  Would you like to help out now and again? If so please contact the school. 

We are working hard to reduce the amount of paper we use.  If you have a valid e-mail address you can receive this green letter and other school letters by e-mail.  Please send an email to it@llangewydd.co.uk with your name, your childs name and their class. We will then add it to our ever growing list.

Remember stay ‘Green Today to Save Tomorrow’,

Miss Jones, Miss Jury and Eco club.

Eco Newsletter Edition 8.  28^th January 2010.

Croeso, hello and welcome to the first eco newsletter of the year.  Llangewydd Junior School is a proud Eco school and we strive to work and play by our Eco code –

‘Green today to save tomorrow’.

Eco club meets every Thursday afternoon, after school in J1’s classroom, 3.30 to 4.30.

New members are welcome.  Parents, grandparents – do you have an eco skill or interest?  Are you good at gardening?  An expert in wildlife?  Would you like to help out now and again? If so please fill in the form below and return it to school.

We are working hard to reduce the amount of paper we use.  If you have a valid e-mail address you can receive this green letter and other school letters by e-mail.  Please complete the form below if this applies to you (even if you completed it last year).  We are in the process of updating our e-mail group.

Reycling reminders.

We recycle the following items –

Stamps for the charity ‘Hearing Dogs for Deaf people’.  (We have been advised they need a quarter of an inch edge all the way around the stamps).  The charity also collect old postcards and have a clever way of removing the address! 

Plastic – this can be recycled in the container in the school car park. 

Mobile phones – recycling box outsideMiss Jury’s room.

Printer ink cartridges – as above.

If you would like to receive all school newletters by email, please send an email to it@llangewydd.co.uk with your name and your child’s name and class. We can then add you to our ever growing list. Emails are sent out on the same day that the letters are given out.

Remember, stay ‘Green Today to Save Tomorrow’,

Miss Jones, Miss Jury and Eco club. 

Annwyl Rieni/Gwarchodwyr,

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are all delighted that the snow has finally disappeared. It has been a very difficult two week period. My concern is always for the children and staff and what is safe for them. If and when the snow comes again in the future there will be several ways to ensure you know if the school is open or not.

• I would suggest very strongly that you listen to Bridge FM radio on those days as they will list the schools closed from early morning (apparently the web site is not updated so quickly so is not as reliable).
• If you ring the school, the answer phone message will be updated daily.
• The school web site will be updated daily.
• The BBC will be contacted and the school will be listed on BBC Wales who then place it on the web site.

Let’s hope we do not need these processes too often and certainly not again this year.

On Monday we are holding a fund raising event for the Haiti Earthquake. We are writing the word Haiti on our school yard and are looking to cover it with coins. If you could send some coins to school on Monday for us to contribute to the very important fund raising effort we would be very grateful. Any amount will be very gratefully received.

On the back of the letter we have included a flyer from our MP Mrs Madeleine Moon. Mrs Moon came to speak with Year 6 in December and she is now hoping to speak with parents to stress the importance of internet safety.

Our eisteddfod is being held on March 1^st. On March 3^rd we will be holding our Celtic Evening so you will be able to view the usual excellent work that is produced to celebrate our national day.

Diolch yn Fawr, Thank you very much,

Yr eiddoch yn gywir, Yours sincerely,

S.C.Davies

To support the ‘RSPB Big Schools Birdwatch’ this week, Year 3 are making bird cake in Forest School and feeding our feathered friends.  Hope everyone enjoys!

Pupils brought in bags of coins this week to support the relief effort following the earthquake in Haiti.
We spelled out the word Haiti with the coins we all brought in. After counting the mountain of money, we found that we had collected a total of £260!

Well done to everyone who supported the fund raising. The money will be sent to the Disasters Emergency Committee who are an umbrella organisation for 13 fundraising organisations in th UK. This is one of the fastest ways of getting aid to where it is needed. Click on the link if you would like to donate money yourself.

Dear Parents and Carers,    

Christmas concert preparations are now in full swing. We are all looking forward to the performances next week. Tickets are flying out of school. Times for performances are as follows:

Tuesday 8^th December:

Year 3 and 4 - 1.30pm
Year 5 and 6 – 6.30pm

Wednesday 9^th December:

Year 5 and 6 – 1.30pm
Year 3 and 4 – 6.30pm

Tickets for the Year 3 and 4 evening performance are now sold out. So many thanks to all for supporting us. We are very grateful and I can assure you the money will be put to very good use. The choir and orchestra will perform at the start of each concert.

 Unfortunately we are going to have to postpone our Christmas Fayre until the New Year. Santa rang to say that he was so busy that he could not find the time to attend and we had some problems with the catering for the afternoon, so we have decided to wait until the New Year and enjoy the afternoon then.

 We are selling a calendar designed by the very talented Ben Deere in Year 4. This is a colouring in calendar with a Fairy Tale stories theme. The quality of the drawings is superb and I am sure the calendar will be extremely popular and useful for the forthcoming year. The calendar will be £2 and will be on sale from Friday December 4th and before the Christmas concerts.

On Monday  14^th December, the school choir are singing in the Civic Offices in Bridgend and on Tuesday there will be our traditional Lessons and Carols Service at Newcastle Church (6.30pm start). All parents are very welcome. It really is the start of Christmas for all of us here in school.

On the 4^th December our MP Madeleine Moon is coming to school. She will be speaking to Year 6 about Internet Safety. We are looking forward to welcoming her to school.

We look forward to seeing many of you over the coming weeks

Many thanks for your continued support,

Yours sincerely,

S.C.Davies

Tickets for the Christmas concerts are now on sale.

£3 for Adults
£1 for Children

Performances are as follows:

Tuesday 8th December:
Year 3&4 – Afternoon (1pm).
Year 5&6 – Evening (6.30pm).

Wednesday 9th Decembe.r:
Year 5&6 – Afternoon (1pm).
Year 3&4 – Evening (6.30pm).

Tickets are selling fast, so book soon.

Fancy dress for Pudsey

Pupils dressed in fancy dress and brought in donations for the privilege. We managed to raise a total of £207 for the very good work done by the causes supported by Children in Need.

SOS Christmas parcel appeal

Our pupils spent a couple of busy weeks putting together boxes for the Support or Soldiers Christmas Parcel Appeal 2009. We were very happy to donate over 70 parcel for the cause. Click here to learn more.

The Llangewydd Schools Fantasy Football league is beginning in 2 weeks.

At the moment, we are handing out team list forms for those who have paid their entry fees (£3.50). We need as many pupils, parents and teachers to get involved to make this the best season ever. If you are interested, see Mr Smith for an entry form. To find out more about Schools Fantasy Football, check out the home page: www.schoolsfl.com