St Francis RC Primary School
St Francis RC Primary School Wilson Road, Ely, Cardiff, CF5 4JL
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Ysgol Gynradd Gatholig Sant Francis Wilson Road, Trelai, Caerdydd, CF5 4JL Headteacher – Mr M J Williams Tel/ Ffôn: 02920 591666 Fax/ Ffacs: 02920 670996 Email/ Ebost: [email protected] “Ynghyd â Iesu wrth ein bodd a dysgu.”
12th October 2016 No 5 Dear Parent/ guardian Year 2 – 6 classes It is very important that if a child is late, they are dropped at the main entrance and not accompanied to the class by a parent or guardian. This is to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff. If you need to leave a message please do so with Mrs Jones who will pass it on. Teaching and learning is in progress! Keep Our School Safe At St Francis, we welcome all visitors to our school. We will act to ensure it remains a safe place for pupils, staff and all other members of our community. If parents and guardians have concerns we will always listen to them and seek to address them. However, please be aware, that abusive, threatening or violent behaviour will not be tolerated in this school. Any visitors behaving in this way are likely to be removed from the premises and prosecuted. The school works in conjunction with Cardiff City Council, Central South Consortium and South Wales Police in this matter. Dogs It is particularly important that dogs are not brought to school at any time. The school follows the Council’s policy on dogs on school premises. There have been a number of cases in the newspapers and on television recently where children have been attacked by dogs. We want to keep our children safe. Parents’ Evening Our Autumn parent consultation meetings this term will be on Wednesday 19th October 2016 from 3.15pm onwards. The meetings will be held in the classrooms. (Please note that Mrs Worrall will see Nursery parents through the day.) Harvest Celebration We are thinking about people in our local community who are in need. We are collecting tins, cans, packets and boxes etc for Foodbank .They are providing emergency food for people in crisis. We can all get involved! Please help us to help and support others. Just bring in your donations and we will pass them to Foodbank. Our Harvest Celebration will be after half term. Cardiff Blues Ticket Raffle Cardiff Blues play French side Pau in the European Rugby Challenge Cup on Friday 21st October 2016 at the BT Sport Arms Park. We have had two tickets (seated) donated to the school. We will raffle these next week with the winner getting both tickets. 50 pence a strip. Good luck!
Dates… Dates.. Half term is the week starting Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October 2016. Please note that we return to school on Monday 31st October 2016. Parent Governor If any parent is interested in becoming a parent governor at the school please contact the office for further details. We need your support! Mary Immaculate High School Year 6 pupils from the 4 feeder primary schools – St Francis, St Patrick’s, St Mary’s and St Cuthbert’s attended a sports day at our high school yesterday. Pupils participated in a range of activities including football, netball, tag rugby, basketball, even trampolining and a visit to their fitness suite! Attendance 100% attendance = attending every day 90% attendance = 4 weeks missed a year 80% attendance = half a term missed per year or 2 full years missed in education 70% attendance = 3 years missed in education 60% attendance = 4 years missed in education What is your child’s attendance? Attendance @ School = Very important. Schoop After half term, we will be going paperless! We will not be producing weekly newsletters. Instead all information will be schooped to parents and guardians regularly. (However, some copies will be kept in the foyer. If parents prefer a paper copy of the newsletters please ask Mrs Jones, Secretary, for a copy.)
M J Williams Headteacher
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Ysgol Gynradd Gatholig Sant Francis Wilson Road, Trelai, Caerdydd, CF5 4JL Headteacher – Mr M J Williams Tel/ Ffôn: 02920 591666 Fax/ Ffacs: 02920 670996 Email/ Ebost: [email protected] “Ynghyd â Iesu wrth ein bodd a dysgu.”
12th October 2016 No 5 Dear Parent/ guardian Year 2 – 6 classes It is very important that if a child is late, they are dropped at the main entrance and not accompanied to the class by a parent or guardian. This is to ensure the health and safety of pupils and staff. If you need to leave a message please do so with Mrs Jones who will pass it on. Teaching and learning is in progress! Keep Our School Safe At St Francis, we welcome all visitors to our school. We will act to ensure it remains a safe place for pupils, staff and all other members of our community. If parents and guardians have concerns we will always listen to them and seek to address them. However, please be aware, that abusive, threatening or violent behaviour will not be tolerated in this school. Any visitors behaving in this way are likely to be removed from the premises and prosecuted. The school works in conjunction with Cardiff City Council, Central South Consortium and South Wales Police in this matter. Dogs It is particularly important that dogs are not brought to school at any time. The school follows the Council’s policy on dogs on school premises. There have been a number of cases in the newspapers and on television recently where children have been attacked by dogs. We want to keep our children safe. Parents’ Evening Our Autumn parent consultation meetings this term will be on Wednesday 19th October 2016 from 3.15pm onwards. The meetings will be held in the classrooms. (Please note that Mrs Worrall will see Nursery parents through the day.) Harvest Celebration We are thinking about people in our local community who are in need. We are collecting tins, cans, packets and boxes etc for Foodbank .They are providing emergency food for people in crisis. We can all get involved! Please help us to help and support others. Just bring in your donations and we will pass them to Foodbank. Our Harvest Celebration will be after half term. Cardiff Blues Ticket Raffle Cardiff Blues play French side Pau in the European Rugby Challenge Cup on Friday 21st October 2016 at the BT Sport Arms Park. We have had two tickets (seated) donated to the school. We will raffle these next week with the winner getting both tickets. 50 pence a strip. Good luck!
Dates… Dates.. Half term is the week starting Monday 24th October to Friday 28th October 2016. Please note that we return to school on Monday 31st October 2016. Parent Governor If any parent is interested in becoming a parent governor at the school please contact the office for further details. We need your support! Mary Immaculate High School Year 6 pupils from the 4 feeder primary schools – St Francis, St Patrick’s, St Mary’s and St Cuthbert’s attended a sports day at our high school yesterday. Pupils participated in a range of activities including football, netball, tag rugby, basketball, even trampolining and a visit to their fitness suite! Attendance 100% attendance = attending every day 90% attendance = 4 weeks missed a year 80% attendance = half a term missed per year or 2 full years missed in education 70% attendance = 3 years missed in education 60% attendance = 4 years missed in education What is your child’s attendance? Attendance @ School = Very important. Schoop After half term, we will be going paperless! We will not be producing weekly newsletters. Instead all information will be schooped to parents and guardians regularly. (However, some copies will be kept in the foyer. If parents prefer a paper copy of the newsletters please ask Mrs Jones, Secretary, for a copy.)
M J Williams Headteacher
