Y4 yummy yummy chocolate stirrers

Teaser! Year 3 and 4 final preparations for next week's performance.

Lantern making

The year five and year six children are busy making lanterns for the lantern procession this evening in Crickhowell.

               

 

Come and buy our Christmas Decorations!

Year 3 have been beavering away making Christmas decorations for our stall at the Christmas Fair. Come and buy these unique adornments on Friday! They have been lovingly handmade from recycled materials. They are not just any decorations, they are Y3 decorations (because you're worth it!!)! 

Christmas has started in year2

National Park Ambassador Schools Launch

Today we hosted the launch of the Brecon Beacons National Park Ambassador Schools programme. Guests from the National Park, Natural Resources Wales, Mount Street Junior School, Talgarth Primary and Pomegranate Creative design studios joined us to mark the official launch of the scheme which we helped to devise and create. 

The scheme is an exciting initiative that encourages schools to get pupils learning in their local environment. All the planned activities that form the programme involve children working outdoors to develop their literacy and numeracy skills but also their appreciation of their local environment. The scheme will now be rolled out to all 73 schools within the Brecon Beacons.

The National Park created a short film which is being used to promote the scheme to all the schools within the Brecon Beacons. You can view the film on the National Park website or see it below!

Independent reading in Welsh at lunchtime

Autumn Poems

We have written some lovely poems in Y3 and illustrated them to demonstrate how the leaves are blown around in the Autumn breeze.

Crickhowell Choral Society Rehearsal

Today saw the second rehearsal for the performance with the Choral Society at St Edmunds on the 18th December. The children have worked hard and already sound great! Listen for yourself by watching the movie below.

Fantastic writing in Year 2!

Crickhowell Community Carol Concert

Year 5 & 6 have been invited to take part in this year's community Christmas Concert. This will take place on Thursday 18th December at 6pm at St Edmund's Church. 

Further details will be sent home today with a consent slip attached. Please could you confirm your child's attendance by Monday 1st December. 

Year One's advert for the Christmas Fair

Away Football and Netball

Art Enrichment Day.

Armistice Day

The children marked Armistice Day and 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War with a special service organised by the Open the Book Team. All the children and staff dressed in period costume and took part in the assembly which included the playing of the Last Post by one of our Year Six pupils. The classes also took part in World War One related activities throughout the day to find out more about people's real life experiences at that time.

Thanks to the generosity of the combined churches and chapels of Crickhowell, each child was presented with a replica version of the St John's Gospel as given to each soldier as they left for the front in 1914. 

Beast Creator!

Years 5 and 6 have been developing their skills in literacy, numeracy and problem solving by designing genetically modified insects to deal with an imaginary plague of aphids! What do you think of their designs?

 

Diary Sheet for 20th October

Dinners this week

Monday: Pizza
Tuesday: Pork sausages
Wednesday: Beef lasagne
Thursday: Roast chicken
Friday: Fish fingers and chips

Residential Trip Meetings

As in previous years we are organising visits to Stackpole with Year 5 and London with Year 6. In addition, we are also planning a one night residential stay for Year 4 at the Dan y Wenallt outdoor centre run by the Brecon Beacons National Park. This is part of the National Park Ambassador Schools Programme, of which we are a lead school. We have arranged the following meetings for parents to let you know more about the visits and answer any queries:

Year 6 - London meeting Monday 3rd Nov

Year 5 - Stackpole meeting Monday 10th Nov

Year 4 - Dan y Wenallt meeting Monday 24th Nov

All meetings will take place at 5pm in the school.

What’s on this week 

Monday/Dydd Llun 20

Tuesday/Dydd Mercher 21
Nursery/Reception pyjama day
Welsh Club for Year 2 at lunchtime
Wednesday/Dydd Mawrth 22
French club for Y6 at lunchtime
Running club for Y3-6 3.20pm - 4.20pm
Space2Grow for Y3&4 3.20pm - 4.20pm
3.30pm Football/netball matches Vs Llanfaes (home)
Thursday/Dydd Iau 23 
9.30 Harvest Festival at St Edmunds - all welcome
Year 6 singing at Maes y Ffynnon and Greenhill residential homes
No netball or football clubs
Friday/Dydd Gwener 24
Non-uniform day in aid of the School Council

NETBALL AND FOOTBALL

The matches planned for after school have been postponed due to weather conditions. 

Diary Sheet for week beginning 6th October

What’s on this week

Tuesday/Dydd Mercher 7
Welsh Club for Year 2 at lunchtime
Wednesday/Dydd Mawrth 8
Years 2 to 6 visiting the Vue Cinema in Merthyr to see the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (NO CREDIT UNION)
French club for Y6 at lunchtime
Running club for Y3-6 3.20pm - 4.20pm
Space2Grow for Y3&4 3.20pm - 4.20pm
Hockey Wales for Y3-6 3.20pm - 4.20pm
Thursday/Dydd Iau 9
Nursery and Reception classes visiting St Edmunds for the under 5s’ Harvest service
Football and netball matches Vs Llanfaes (at home), 3.30pm (No football/netball clubs)
Friends’ AGM - 7pm at the Dragon

Coffee Morning
Year 6 organised a very successful coffee morning on Friday in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Thank you to all of you that turned up to support the children and this good cause. The event raised
a total of £230 for the charity.

Book Fair
Book fair is open to parents in the canteen on Thursday 9th, Friday 10th and Monday 13th after
school. Volunteers needed for the Thursday slot 2pm – 4pm.

School Photos
All Colorfoto orders need to be returned to school by Friday 10th October.

Tubs for Tablets
The school is taking part in the Tesco ‘Tubs for Tablets’ scheme. We are collecting the special
tokens on Flora and Stork margarine tubs to exchange for Samsung Galaxy tablets for the school.

Dinners this week
Monday: Mini-grill
Tuesday: Roast turkey
Wednesday: Minted Lamb Grill
Thursday: Roast beef
Friday: Fish fingers and chips

After School Clubs
Please ensure that you are on time to collect your child at the end of after school clubs as staff often
have meetings to go to or their own children to collect!

Year 5 & 6 Mini beast Hunt!

Year 5 & 6 are spending the day hunting for mini beasts at Bullpit Meadow.