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The following are the newsletters that have been sent home
to parents and guardians by the Headteacher, Mrs Battrick.
If you would like to receive your copy by e-mail, send a request to admin.corneliprimary@bridgend.gov.uk
and you will be added to our mailing list.
7.10.08
Harvest
Service
We shall be holding our Harvest Service this Friday, 10th
October, 2008. We should be
grateful for any fruit, vegetables, tins, packets etc that you can spare.
As usual, the produce will be collected and distributed to the elderly
members of the community.
Lollipop
Lady
Please note that there will be no Lollipop Lady on the crossing by the
Clinic in Heol y Parc from the 14th to the 22nd October.
PTA
The PTA will be holding their first meeting on Tuesday, October 14th
at 3.30 in the School Hall. All are
welcome and support is much needed. In
addition to all the other events that they organise on behalf of the school,
this year the PTA are hoping to arrange a Prom for the pupils of Year 6.
If you have a child in Year 6 please reply to the letter that is also
going out today. The PTA need to
know numbers to ascertain whether this event is viable.
Book
Fair
Many thanks for your support of the Book Fair which was held recently.
Over £300 of new books can be purchased as a result of the commission gained.
19th September, 2008
Start of School Day
We are hoping that you can help us to admit the children from the yard in
the mornings with the least amount of disruption.
At the moment parents are lining up with their children in the infant
yard – and in some cases in the junior yard.
It is important that the class teacher can see who is present as the
class are taken in so that no-one is left behind.
This is difficult when parents and pushchairs are in the line.
Would you please therefore take your child to the line
when the buzzer sounds and then leave the yard.
On very wet mornings when it is not feasible for the children to line up
outside, they can be admitted through the main door at Reception only and then
go into the Hall until the buzzer sounds. Parents,
children and pushchairs in the corridors on wet mornings make for very slippery
conditions and we have already had an accident as a result of this.
Please be assured that these arrangements are for the safety of your child. If
you need to speak to a teacher please do so at the end of the day, pass a
message to the class teacher via the office or make an appointment.
The Headteacher is usually available at the start of the day but can be
seen at any time if an appointment is made in advance.
Newsletter
11th September, 2008
Welcome Back!
It has been good to see improved punctuality so far this term in spite of the
awful weather we have had.. As you
know, lateness was one of the key issues mentioned in our inspection last term
and we are keen to ensure an improvement this school year.
Breakfast Club
Breakfast Club is open each morning from 8.10 a.m. to all children.
The meal is free and they can have cereal, toast and fruit juice.
Breakfast Club gives our children a great start to the day, allows them
to meet their friends before school and ensures they are in school on time.
Please take advantage of this free Welsh Assembly initiative.
ICT
Review
The inspectors found the teaching of Information Technology and the children’s
skills in this subject to be good throughout the school, but we constantly aim
to improve our teaching and the children’s learning.
For this reason we are participating in the BECTA Self Review Framework
and hope to gain a Quality Mark this year. Accompanying
this letter is the I.C.T. Co-ordinator’s news sheet to update you on the
facilities available to your children in school and the areas we hope to
develop.
I am very aware that newsletters do not always get home and we are also keen to
cut down on the amount of paper we use in school.
If you have access to the internet and would like to receive letters
electronically, please e.mail your child’s name and class to admin.corneliprimary@bridgend.gov.uk
and we shall add your family to a mailing list for future newsletters.
Autumn
Term Dates
Book Fair
15th September for week
Safari Day
18th September
Staff Inset Day
26th September
Harvest Festival
10th October
Parents Evening
16th October (except classes 7 & 8)
Newsletter
11th July, 2008
Sports Days
Providing the
weather is favourable, the Infants Sports will take place on Monday, 14th
July at 9.30 a.m. The Junior Sports
will take place on Tuesday, 15th July at 10.30 a.m.
Unfortunately, if the weather is inclement, these events will have to be
cancelled.
Unison
Strike Action
It now appears
that strike action will go ahead and this being the case, the school will be
closed to pupils on Wednesday 16th and Thursday 17th July.
No pupils will be allowed on site on those days.
School will re-open for the final day of term on Friday 18th
July.
Dinner
Money
Please ensure
that any outstanding dinner money is paid in full by the end of term.
Finally,
may I thank you all for your support this year and wish you and your children a
great summer holiday.
Newsletter
2.7.08
Reports
Reports will be
sent out on Friday. If there is a
split in the family and you need an extra report please advise the school so
that we can amend our records.
Tiles
There are still
some tiles made at the Art Café stall at the Summer Fayre waiting for
collection.
Leavers’
Evening
As there is a
strong possibility of a Unison strike on the 16th & 17th
July, we are holding Leavers’ Evening for Year 6 children on Tuesday 15th
July at 6.00 p.m.
Balloon
Race
We shall be
launching the balloons at 3.00 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday 3rd July and
hoping the weather will be kind for us.
Sports
Photographs
Due to popular
demand, can additional orders please be in by Friday, 4th July?
Many thanks.
Whole
School Photograph
If you want a 50th
Celebration whole school photograph delivered this term please order as soon as
possible. The company will be
collecting orders on Monday 7th July.
There will be a second collection at a later date but orders taken then
will not be delivered until September.
Newsletter
17.1.08
Investors
in People
I am delighted to inform you
that the school was recently assessed by Investors in People and judged to be
still worthy of the standard. This award, together with the Eco Schools Green Flag and the
Basic Skills Quality Mark (2) all reflect the standards of teaching and learning
at Corneli Primary and are a credit to both staff and children.
P.T.A.
Meeting
Just a reminder that there
will be a meeting of the P.T.A. in the school hall at 3.30 this afternoon.
Christmas
Pantomime DVDs
If you failed to see the
pantomime before Christmas (or if you would like to watch it again) DVDs are
available to order from the school office at a cost of £11 each.
Gazette
Photograph
As usual, the Gazette will be
taking photographs of the Nursery and Infant children in Welsh National Costume
on Monday, 28th January.
Re-cycling
The school is currently
collecting old Yellow Pages and Ringos (the plastic pieces that hold groups of
drink cans together at the top) for re-cycling.
Please help us by sending in these items rather than putting them in the
bin.
Sunday
School
Sunday School is held in the
Play Pod on site every Sunday afternoon between 3.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m.
New members are urgently wanted!
Future
Inset Days
Friday, February 22nd
and Monday, 28th April will both be staff training days when the
school will be closed for children.
Thank you, as ever, for all your help and support.
Newsletter
14.12.07
Thank
you!
Thank you all so much for your
tremendous support for the Christmas Concerts and the Christmas Fair.
We really appreciate it! DVDs
of the Concert will be on sale in the New Year.
Christmas
Dinner
School Christmas Dinner will be
on Wednesday, 19th December
at the earlier time of 12.00 o’clock. The cost of the meal is £1.65 but free to those children who
are eligible for free school meals.
P.T.A.
Disco
The last disco of the year will be held on Thursday, 20th
December.
5.30 – 6.30 for Infant children
6.30 – 7.45 for Junior children.
Outstanding
Dinner Money
Please ensure that all dinner
money is paid by Monday, 17th December.
Term
Dates
School will finish for children
at the normal time on Friday, 21st December, 2007.
School will recommence for children on Monday, 7th January 2008.
The staff and I would
like to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
The 5 to 9 Challenge
Newsletter
2.10.07
Harvest
Service
Thank you all so very much for
the generous donations to the Harvest Service.
The Senior Citizens were delighted both by the gifts and by the
children’s singing during the service. It
all goes to prove what a strong community Cornelly is.
Book
Fair
The recent Book Fair raised
over £120 worth of commission in new books for the school.
Thank you for your support.
P.T.A.
We desperately need new
members for the Parent Teacher Association.
The first meeting of the new school year will be held at the School on
Thursday, 4th October at 3.30 p.m.
Please come along. We can
provide a video for the children in the School Hall if it makes it easier for
you to attend.
A
local company has recently ceased trading and the new owners have some brand new
Corneli uniform in sizes 24 – 28 for sale at greatly reduced prices.
They will be available for purchase at the P.T.A. meeting.
Newsletter
12th September, 2007
Welcome back!
It was sad to see our Year 6 children leave at the end of last term but
wonderful to greet so many new faces at the start of the new school year.
School Book Fair
We shall be holding the Autumn
Book Fair in the Library for a week from Monday 17th September.
Books can be purchased at lunchtimes and at the end of the school day,
from 3.30 – 4.15. There will be a
wide range of fiction and non fiction available to suit all ages.
The competition theme this time is “Fantasy” and the children will
have the opportunity to win a book to the value of £5.
On Monday all children can dress up as princesses, dragons or fairy tale
characters if they so wish. There
is a rumour that some of the staff will be dressing up too!
Lost Property
We have a great deal of lost
property left from last term. Please
check the box in the entrance for school uniform and the bags in the Library for
lost coats. We cannot hold these
clothes indefinitely. Any unclaimed
uniform will be re-cycled in a uniform sale to be held shortly.
If you have any outgrown uniform and no more children to hand it on to,
please send it in for this sale.
Water
Iced
water is available in the Hall but children need to remember to bring their
water bottles each day.
Big Bags
Please do not send your child
to school with large bags. We
provide each child with a blue draw string bag to hold their belongings.
P.E. kit can be brought on a Monday in a disposable carrier bag, left in
the drawstring bag and taken home on a Friday for washing.
Unlike the drawstring bags which hang well below the peg, there is no
room for large bags on the clothes pegs and trying to cram one on results in
coats falling on the floor and getting lost.
Keeping belongings in their drawstring bags also reduces any risk of
pilfering.
INSET
Days
19th
September and 5th November have been designated teacher training days
and there will be no school for pupils on these days.
Newsletter
6.7.07
Sports
Days
It seems as if we shall never
manage to hold Sports Days this year! However,
we are trying for Monday (Infants) and Tuesday (Juniors) next week if the
weather is fine and the grounds are dry. I
am sorry that you, like us, have been disappointed so many times but we cannot
take children out if there is any risk of injury due to wet grass etc.
If Monday and Tuesday again prove unsuitable we shall leave it to
individual classes to find a break in the weather before the end of term.
The children will have their competitions if at all possible although we
shall not be able to notify parents.
Parents’
Evenings
We
hope to see you all next Monday and Tuesday evenings, following receipt of the
children’s reports.
Year
6 Leavers’ Evening
This will take place on
Tuesday, 17th July at 6.00 p.m.
Parents of all Year 6 children are very welcome.
Lost
Property
We have a great deal of lost
property in school at the moment. Please
call in if your children have lost any items of clothing as this will be binned
or put into a uniform sale if not claimed.
Staff
leaving
We say “Goodbye and Good
Luck” to Mrs. Rogers (Class 8), Mrs. Delgado and Miss Martin at the end of
term. They have all been wonderful
members of staff and we shall miss them
Dates
School disco
Wednesday 11th July
Leavers’
evening Tuesday 17th July
End
of term
Friday 20th July
School
starts
Monday 3rd September
Finally,
thank you all for the wonderful support you have shown this year – it is very
much appreciated.
Newsletter
29.6.07
Congratulations
to our pupils past and present
- Eleanor
Styles has just gained a First Class Degree in Geology and Geophysics from
Imperial College, London.
- Our
swimming team came fourth out of 13 schools in the Borough Swimming Gala
heats. Four children are going
through to the Finals on Sunday 8th July.
- Our
Year 5 pupils competed in the Summer Football and Netball Festival against
Yr. 6 teams at Litchard Junior School on Thursday.
Both teams did very well but the Football team made it through to the
finals where they lost to Bro Ogwr 3:1.
Sports
Day
We are hoping to hold Infant
Sports Day on Monday, 2nd July at 9.30 and Junior Sports Day on
Tuesday, 3rd July at 9.30 if weather allows.
If these dates are not possible, we shall take the first dry opportunity
available.
Disco
There
will be a final disco of the year on Wednesday July 11th.
Infants 5.30 – 6.30
Juniors 6.30 – 7.45
Parents
Evenings
There
will be a chance to meet your child’s teacher on the 9th & 10th
July.
Appointment letters will be sent out shortly.
Term
Dates
The
last day of school for children this term will be Friday, 20th July.
Children will return to school after the holiday on Monday 3rd.
September.
Newsletter
18th June, 2007
Basic
Skills Quality Mark Award
I am delighted to tell you
that the school was assessed on Friday and will retain the Basic Skills Quality
Mark Award first received in 2004. My
thanks go to all the teaching and non-teaching staff who continue to work so
hard to ensure the high quality of education in Corneli Primary School.
Sports
Days
Due to the forecast of heavy
rain on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, we have decided to cancel the Infant
and Junior Sports Days. We shall inform you of the new dates as soon as they are
arranged.
Summer
Fayre
The Summer Fayre will go ahead
on Friday of this week, regardless of the weather.
We urgently require raffle and tombola prizes, cakes for the cake stall
and, most importantly, your presence and your money!
Please do your best to support this annual event.
Newsletter
8.6.07
Green
Flag!
I
am delighted to inform you that the school has won its Green Flag Award.
This prestigious award has been given in recognition of the work of the
School Council and the Environment Club in protecting and improving the school
environment, recycling and conserving energy.
We are very proud of this achievement and hope to have an official
ceremony when the flag is presented. The
whole school has contributed to this initiative but my thanks go especially to
Mrs. Powell, Miss Robinson, Mr. Powell and all the children!
P.T.A.
I know many of the children
attended and enjoyed the Disco organised by the P.T.A. yesterday evening.
The event raised a considerable amount which will, as usual, be spent on
the children. Unfortunately, we are
losing many P.T.A. members this summer, as their children move on to secondary
schooling. We urgently need more
members to carry on the good work. Speaking
to some of you yesterday, it would appear that a meeting straight after school
would be preferable to an evening meeting.
The teaching staff could arrange activities for the children during this
time. Please let me know if this
would be a better alternative to the current evening meetings at the Green
Acres.
Sports
Days
Please note the following days
for School Sports Days:
June 19th , 9.30 a.m Infant
Sports Day Children return
to classes after event
June 20th , 930 a.m. Junior
Sports Day. Children return to classes after event.
July 12th 2.00 p.m. Nursery
& Playgroup Sports. Children go home after event.
Free
Dinners Form
These forms are available from
the school office. If you feel you
are eligible, please ensure that you apply straight away so that your children
can have free school meals when we return in September.
Failure to provide this will result in charges for any meals provided.
Thank
you all once again for your continued support.
Newsletter
24.5.07
Cynffig
Primary Prom
Yesterday
evening saw all the feeder schools join with Cynffig Comprehensive for a
“Primary Prom”. I should like
to inform all the parents of the children in Years 5 and 6 of how please I was
with both their performance and behaviour.
They truly were a credit to our school. Thank
you too, to all the parents who bought tickets and supported the event.
I am sure you’ll agree that it was a wonderful evening!
Walk
to School Week
Many
thanks to you all for supporting this initiative which is proving to be very
successful.
Swimming
Gala
The
annual swimming gala will be held on the 13th June.
Sports
Day
We hope to hold our Sports Day
on Tuesday, 19th June this year.
As usual, Infant Sports will be in the morning and the Junior sports will
be in the afternoon.
Details of the Nursery/playgroup Sports day will follow when they have been
finalised.
Half
term Holiday
We break up for the half term
holiday tomorrow, 25th May. Please
note that June 4th is a training day and the children do not return
to school until Tuesday, 5th June.
Newsletter
– 23.4.07
Community
Fun Day
Thank you all so much for the
tremendous support you gave to the opening of the Play Pod on Saturday.
The sun shone, everyone participated in the many activities on the yard
and on the field, the children had fun……an excellent day!
The Play Pod will now be open for 8 – 12 year olds on Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday each week from 5 – 7 p.m. and staffed by Youthworks.
Trip
to the Beach (Classes 1,2 & 3)
Unfortunately we have had to
cancel the trip to the beach today because of the inclement weather.
We will be taking the children on Thursday of this week instead.
Tray
and Display
Just a reminder that you will
be able to see your child’s work this week on Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons. Classes 1,3,5,7,9 and
11 on Tuesday and Classes 2,4,6,8,10 and 12 on Wednesday.
Vouchers
for Schools
Just a reminder that we are
still collecting Sainsbury & Tesco vouchers for schools.
Inset
Days
Please note that on May 4th
and June 4th the school will be closed for staff training.
Corneli
Primary School
- Walk to School Week
Next week we
shall be encouraging all children to walk to school in an attempt to raise
awareness of Health and Fitness as well as Global Warming.
This event is being supported by Bridgend County Borough Council Road
Safety Team. Children will be issued
with a diary for the week in which they can record their journeys and complete
activities.
If you and your children already walk to school, you are already winning points
– Well Done! For those children
who normally come to school by car, we have arranged for parents to park their
cars at the Community Centre Car Park from 8.30 a.m. each day and walk down,
together with their children, across the park to school.
The Road Safety Team will be working closely with the school on this project and
have donated prizes for all children taking part. It will be well publicised.
Bridge FM is involved and we hope to see HTV cameras on Friday.
Please join in and make this venture a success!
Star Chart Draw Winners
Every time a child earns a total of 12 points they complete a personal Star
Chart. They take their Star Charts to Mrs Battrick and gain an entry into the
Prize Draw for a £10 Woolworths voucher. They can earn as many entries into the
Draw as they can. The Draw takes place at he beginning of the new Half Term.
Half Term Spring 2007
Emilie G Class 2; Hannah M Class 9; Matthew P Class 11.
Newsletter
19.4.07
Good news!
The Easter
holidays were very busy in school and the Junior children now have a superb play
area thanks to Mr. Powell, out Site Supervisor.
You may
also have noticed a new building behind Filco.
~ this is the new open access Play Pod which will be officially opened on
Saturday. The Pod will be open 3
nights a week (Monday, Tuesday & Thursday) for all children aged 8 – 12
years of age living in Cornelly, and will be staffed by qualified youth workers.
Children pay an annual subscription of £3. The Pod
will also be used by the Police to hold surgeries.
Please come along on Saturday and join in the fun from 2.00 p.m. until 5.00 p.m.
Activities will include:
Bouncy Castle
Football
Quick Cricket Basketball
Raffle
Target Games
Magician
Face Painting Fire
Engine Parachute
Balloons
Cake Stall Treasure
Hunt
Name the Teddy
BBQ
Table Tennis
Pool
Craft Activities
and lots more………
Hot
weather
Please ensure your child
brings his/her water bottle to school each day and a sun hat if possible.
Please also ensure that children’s shoulders are covered.
If they are wearing a school dress or polo shirt there is obviously no
problem.
Hope to see you all on Saturday,
Newsletter
31.1.07
Website
Our new website
can be accessed on www.corneliprimary.bridgend.gov.uk
More detail is being added each week, so log on and give it a look!
St.
David’s Day Photographs
The Gazette
photographer will be in school on Wednesday, 7th February to take
photographs of the Infant and Nursery children in National Costume.
Lollipop
Lady
The lollipop lady
will not be on the crossing near the Clinic between 7th and 14th
February.
Free
School Breakfast
We are delighted
by the good response to this new initiative where children can have breakfast
and play with their friends before school. Breakfast
is provided free to all children between 8.20 and 8.40 a.m. each morning and
gives them a really good start to the day.
Relief
Lunchtime Supervisors
We are currently
looking for relief lunchtime supervisors to cover for illness etc. on a
temporary basis. If you are
interested, please contact the school on 754870.
PTA
The PTA continue
to fundraise on the children’s behalf and have recently funded the purchase of
games for wet playtimes. Their next
disco will be held on Thursday, February 15th – 5.30 – 6.30 p.m.
for Infants and 6.30 – 7.45 p.m. for Juniors.
Newsletter
18.1.07
School Breakfast
This has proved
to be very successful. Many thanks
to all the parents who have supported this venture.
Reading
Books
We aim to ensure
that all children in Corneli Primary become fluent readers during their time
with us. We want them to become
lifelong readers, reading for information and enjoyment.
We send children home with reading scheme books and library books and
hope that you will listen to your children reading for a short time each
evening. However,
it is essential that these books are returned each day so that this work can be
continued in school. I realise
that books can become mislaid and if this is the case please speak to your
child’s teacher. If the book is
irretrievably lost, then please send in a donation of £1 to help to cover the
cost of its replacement. We lost
many books last term and are anxious to recover them if possible.
Children’s
clothing
Please make sure
that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name and
that he/she comes home with the correct clothes.
Several parents have reported lost clothing recently.
Dogs
on site
We are again
noticing people bringing dogs onto the school site.
For health and safety reasons, please leave dogs at home when you deliver
and collect your child and ensure that your dog does not escape during the day.
I shall be contacting the dog warden to collect any dogs straying into
the grounds.
P.T.A.
Meeting
The next P.T.A.
meeting will be held at the Greenacres on Tuesday, 23rd January at
7.30 p.m. I hope that as many of you
as possible will be able to attend.
Newsletter
4.12.06
Christmas Fair
I am delighted to
announce that the Christmas Fair, organised by the P.T.A. raised an amazing £824.40
last Friday. Thank you all for your
generous donations and support for this event.
Christmas
Concert
If you have not
yet ordered your two tickets for the Christmas Concert please do so immediately.
Any spare tickets will be sold on Thursday.
Christmas
C.D.
You are still able
to get copies of the Christmas CD recorded by the children of Corneli Primary.
They make super gifts at just £3 each.
Christmas
Lunch
Christmas Lunch
will be held in school on Thursday, December 14th at a cost of £1.60.
Please book early if your child does not normally have a school lunch.
Important
Dates
Infant Part
Dec. 19th
Lower junior Party
Dec. 20th
Upper Junior Party
Dec. 21st
School term ends
Dec. 22nd
Inset Day
Jan. 8th
Spring term for children starts
Jan. 9th
Newsletter
15th November, 2006
Children
in Need
The Out of School
Club will be selling “Pudsey” biscuits at a cost of 20p each on Friday
morning in aid of Children in Need.
Outstanding
Sponsor Money
Please send in any
outstanding sponsor money for the Speedmark event as soon as possible.
Reading
Helpers
If you have a
spare hour in the day, we are looking for volunteer helpers to hear readers and
should appreciate any help.
Knitting
Club
A knitting club
has been started in school and Mrs. Jones would appreciate donations of any
unwanted knitting needles and wool.
Thank you all for your support this term. Donations
for the Harvest Service were, as usual, incredibly generous.
Your gifts have been distributed amongst the elderly of Cornelly.
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