Gwersyllt CP

Dear Parents/Guardians,

I hope you have all had a lovely week and have an even better weekend. Just a couple of things to update you on.

New School Intercom

Those of you who have tried to access the school during the school day will know we have a new school intercom installed. A member of staff will beep you through the gates once you have pressed the dial button. The gate which opens is the left hand gate (you may need to slide the bar across). Upon leaving can we request that visitors close the gate behind them. Many thanks.

Social Media

A couple of months ago, I wrote to parents regarding our ongoing concern about pupils in our primary school using social media and doing so, on some occasions, unmonitored.

This is an ongoing worry and we are finding that pupils are doing it at a younger and younger age. In many cases, the social media we hear about is created for children and adults aged 13 years and over. Though the school discuss these issues in class through internet safety lessons and community police sessions we can not monitor their use. 

Please do be aware of how your child may be using their phones. Previously, we have had concerns over the use of Tik Tok and the mimicking and communication channels it created but new apps are being made available constantly. Another particularly worrying app is ‘Omegle’ which randomly pair up callers around the world and allows them to talk to each other. Clearly, this is unsafe and open to misuse.

Through peers and friendship circles many children hear about apps that they don’t fully understand the details of and how they open themselves up to potential dangers. At this young age they are vulnerable and close monitoring and open communication is one way of lessening this risk.

As a school, we will do all we can to keep you informed on these aspects.

..and finally

A few lovely pictures of the pupils in action this week.

Year 3 and 4 have continued to focus on their topic of scrumdiddlyumptious this week with some wonderful bread baking being done. The smells emanating from the room was wonderful.

It has been all go in Dosbarth 5 this week. The pupils have been studying a book called Flotsam and investigating several sand covered trays. Within these trays were several hidden objects that would act as clues to whom the variety of character may be. As you can imagine there was plenty of discussion.

The class have also been using jelly babies (you heard that right) to look into sound waves. This picture and video doesn’t do the effect justice.

And every now and then I receive a piece of work that I just have to show off. This piece came from a Year 4 pupil who had spent her lunchtime in the sun drawing. I think you can agree that the pictures look great.