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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school and our community at the moment.
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Coronavirus through storytelling for children aged 5 - 9 years
Fri 24 Apr 2020WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS?
The link below is suitable for children aged 5 – 9 years and helps them to make sense in a friendly way of the coronavirus through storytelling. Available as a kindle read for free here.
Coronavirus: A Book for Children by [Kate Wilson, Elizabeth Jenner, Nia Roberts, Axel Scheffler]Suitable for children and young people, Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board have come up with two friendly videos that help explain the coronavirus. Follow the link and then search their videos section on social media here.
Facebook page - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Stay Safe
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Earth day 2020
Wed 22 Apr 2020Today 22nd April, is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day!
Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22nd to show support for the protection of the environment.
What can you do at home?
- Turn off lights when not needed
- Switch off and unplug at night
- Don't keep the tap running when brushing your teeth
- Use the Eco wash setting on your washing machine
- Dry clothes outside
- Walk/bike whenever you can
- Cut back on food waste
- Avoid plastic where you can
- Plant a tree
- Reduce, reuse and recycle
Start today and create a habit for tomorrow!
Why not have a go at this quiz?
The History of Our Planet - What do you know?
Many Thanks and Keep Safe!
The Eco Council
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Home learning week commencing 20th April
Fri 17 Apr 2020We hope that everyone has had a nice Easter and managed to enjoy some of the sunshine.
We will be continuing with online home learning again from Monday 20th April and new working grids and any accompanying activities will be posted on your child’s Hwb classroom shortly. They will also be sent out via ParentMail and uploaded to our “home school learning” pages on our website https://www.pontyclunprimary.org.uk/home-school-learning/
Where parents have had difficulty with internet accessible devices hard packs can be made available to collect from the school. These hard copies of the home working grids will be available for collection from outside the main school foyer on Monday 20thApril, in the morning ONLY, between 9 am and 10 am. This will then continue every Monday until further notice.
If you were isolating during the last final full week of school and have not yet picked up your child’s original home learning pack (Nursery, Reception and Year 1), these will also be available for pick up from the school on Monday 20th April between 9 am & 10 am.
Teachers will be available again from Monday, to view the work your child uploads and provide feedback directly to the child.
Any other work that your teacher has planned will be posted on to your child’s Hwb class pages, along with any discussions and announcements.
Again, activities are across the whole curriculum and your child can decide which activities they wish to complete every day. Obviously, your child does not work continuously in school throughout the day as there are opportunities for play and breaks. Please ensure your child still has opportunities for a break from their work. We appreciate that a lot of families circumstances have changed and people may be working from home and caring for others. Please do not worry if your child does not complete all activities on the grid as long as they are engaging in some home learning and keeping active. The main priority is that everyone continues to keep safe and well.
If you wish to contact staff if you have questions regarding the work, being able to access the learning, requiring hard copies of work, then please do so via their Hwbmail accounts. Teachers will respond at their earliest convenience.
If you have a technical issue or problems accessing the learning, can you please cc Mrs Hancock ( woollsS2@Hwbcymru.net) or Mrs Keeler ( Rutl-KeelC@Hwbcymru.net ) as well as they will be providing technical support.
Please continue to be aware that staff may become ill or have family members that require nursing and during these times may not be available for contact. Also, there is a very strong possibility that staff may be re-deployed to other front-line services and this too will impact on their availability. Where a member of staff is absent the other teacher in their year group will post the work to be completed but will not be able to mark the completed work. Under normal circumstances with staff absence, we would employ a supply teacher but this facility is not available under these circumstances.We would like to thank you again for your continued patience and support at this difficult time.
Stay safe and well
Kind regards
Pontyclun staff
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Celebrity video messages for school children video
Mon 13 Apr 2020Lord Andrew Lord Webber, Dame Kelly Holmes, Twist and Pulse, Sir Ben Ainslie, David Suchet and Paul O'Grady giving advice on how to find inspiration and confidence during this time spent at home. There are some great resources mentioned which promote development in both STEM and Arts subjects and Paul O'Grady has a puppy - what more does anyone need?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCOT5eSYuqI&feature=youtu.be