Gwersyllt CP

Another busy week filled with festive activity this week. Tuesday saw our annual Reindeer run. All classes took part in this, wearing antlers and chasing Santa. Those that took part were then treated to a biscuit and drink for their efforts. All money raised was for Nightingale House. Great job all involved!

Thursday saw all the staff mucking in and serving the pupils Christmas dinner. We are proud to say that all pupils were served, with request of gravy or no gravy, in double quick time. Everyone got a brussell sprout. Thanks to the dinner team for making this such an easy task.

We also got a visit from St John’s Ambulance teaching the Year 5 and 6 pupils some very important First aid skills. Hopefully we will have some photos to follow this.

Finally, yet again, Family learning have been very busy. Please visit their section of the site to see what they have been up to this week.

Have a great weekend

Mr J Moore

So the final week of November has been completed and when the pupils arrive back in school on Monday we will have started December. Advent calender’s will be opening and decorations will start going up ( if they haven’t already). Next week will be the reindeer run, held for Nightingale hospital and then the following week will bring a whole host of performances.  I look forward to seeing many of the pupils parents at these concerts and I can only say that from what I have heard so far they sound fantastic.

Our first festive event of the year was held in the foundation phase hall on Wednesday and was a pleasure to be at. It was my first Christmas Fayre at Gwersyllt CP and I was really delighted to see how many people came to support the event and, in doing so, support the school and the PTA’s efforts. Everything raised by the PTA and supported by you goes back into the school, funding further PTA events and ultimately benefits and helps the pupils. The money helps fund pupil excursions and without it many of the trips the school puts on would not be possible. So once again, a huge thank you to everyone who came, helped out and a big thank you to the PTA for their time, effort and hard work.

On a personal note it was great to finally meet Santa.

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Elsewhere around the school it has been business as usual. There have been plenty of Site meetings, many of which have been focusing on keeping aspects of the old school and preserving the buildings history. The old sign will remain as part of the buildings outer wall and the old school bell will have pride of place in a presentation box internally within the school.

STEM club has commenced and I was fortunate enough to see Mr McAteer and the pupils enjoying getting stuck into the machinery and parts that were available to them.

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Finally, we had a great turn out for the Crafternoon held for Year 3/4 in the KS2 build. Thank you to Miss Edge, Mrs O’Toole and all those that came for making this a success.

Welcome to the new website for Gwersyllt Cp. Hopefully over the coming weeks, months and years there will be a variety of information added to this site which will enable all those linked to the school to access information easily and present a clear view of the what is going on in the school environment.

As you can imagine we have reached the time when the school, the teachers and the pupils are gearing up for the festive season and the halls and corridors are starting to fill up with songs and excited chatter. Over the coming weeks we have fayres, trips and concerts being held in and out of school. I am sure there will be more than a little hard work as well.

Thank you to all that made the kind donations to the PTA today for non uniform. I know it is greatly appreciated and goes along way to helping with the Christmas fayre. I look forward to seeing everyone there on Wednesday from 2.30pm.

Also thank you for your patience with the traffic lights outside of the school I have been informed that they will be going soon (if they haven’t already, by the time you read this) and haven’t helped the traffic on what is already a very busy road. Speaking of which, the school and staff really appreciate the understanding and continuing help shown by all those parking and walking to the school using the designated route.

I have had the opportunity to visit the new build site regularly over the last few weeks and I am very excited by what the project promises. It seems to have moved at a good pace recently and there should be visible signs of extension work starting soon.

Please find some photos and the build plan below

Finally, it was lovely to be able to pop into the Book and Brew morning on Thursday and have a cup of tea. The event was organised by Miss Edge and was a great way to start a very cold morning in November.

 

Introduction

Welcome one and all too Gwersyllt CP’s new website. Here you will be able to access weekly updates as well as handy items such as forms, lunch menus and newsletters.

There will also be a short Headteacher’s blog each week alongside a link to the weekly newsletter.