Welcome to our St Mary's Weekly Newsletter!
Let us Pray- Gweddiwn
Our Whole School Harvest Festival
Today, our Messengers of Christ led a beautiful whole school liturgy to celebrate the harvest. We sang songs, processed with harvest goods and prayed together to thank God for the wonderful gifts of the harvest and for everyone who is involved in the growth, production and distribution of food, both near and far. Da iawn pawb and a big DIOLCH for all your kind donations. Please let us know if you would like a harvest parcel by emailing the school in confidence. All other donations will be distributed to Wxm Foodbank.
Diwrnod Shu' Mae
Diolch to everyone for dressing up and celebrating our Welsh culture and heritage on Dydd Shu' Mae. We all had lots of 'HWYL' singing, dancing, playing and Skyping in Welsh. Da iawn pawb.
Mrs Binnersley's Maternity Leave
Mrs Binnersley will be finishing school on Thursday 23rd October to start her maternity leave. We wish her and her family all the best as she awaits the safe arrival of her new little baby, and look forward to hearing the good news!
Parents' Evening - Online Teams Meetings Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th November
Please click on the LINK to book a parents' evening appointment.
Please note, due to Mrs Binnersley's maternity leave, there will be no online parents' evening for Dosbarth Clywedog. Mrs Binnersley has prepared a short written update for each child in place of a meeting which will be sent home next week. Before Christmas, there will be an opportunity for the parents to meet with Mrs Binnersley's replacement teacher either online or in person. Please await further details.
SCHOOL DISCO
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CLASS ASSEMBLIES
The first of our class assemblies to take place will be Dosbarth Gwaun on Friday 7th November. Parents are invited to join us in the afternoon to watch their children perform their assembly.
St Mary's Attendance Race 2025-26
Please note school starts 08:55 and finishes at 15:15. Please ensure that al children are in school by 08:55
Please remember that children should not worry about having to stay off school if they are poorly. Children should only attend school if they are fit and well enough to do so. Routine appointments, holidays during term-time, days off for birthdays however, are not valid reasons to stay off school.
Thank you for your continued support and understanding with this very important matter.
Foundation Phase Winners this week are:-Tylluanod with an 98%
Dosbarth Palodau- 88.5% Dosbarth Parotiaid- 88%- Dosbarth Pengwiniad-82.4%- Dosbarth Dryw-96.7 % Dosbarth Robin Goch- 94.7% Dosbarth Tylluanod- 98%
Key Stage 2 Winners this week are:- Gwaun with 98.8%
Dosbarth Clywedog-95.6% Dosbarth Conwy- 92.9% Dosbarth Alyn-89.6% Dosbarth Gwenfro-88.3% Dosbarth Dyfrdwy- 96.6% Dosbarth Gwaun- 98.8%
Our Whole School Target is 96% and our overall Whole School Attendance this week is 94.4%. Slight decrease increase of 0.2%.
Please be aware that there is no cover in the school office between these hours:-
08:30-09:00 (mornings)
11:45-13:15 (lunchtimes)
15:10-15:20 (afternoons)
Forthcoming events and dates for your diary:-
Tuesday 21st October- EY Harvest Festival - See Seesaw
Wednesday 22nd October- Friends' discos See poster
Thursday 23rd October- Last day of term, own clothes day and Aladdin production for whole school (Friends' gift to children! Diolch yn fawr iawn)
Friday 24th October- Inset day (Half term)
Back to school Monday 3rd November
Monday 3rd November- Y1 & 2 trip to Park Hall farm
Thursday 13th November- Book Fair delivery
Friday 14th November- Children in Need Day
(Please note, due to the Estyn Inspection, online parents' evenings have been rescheduled to 4th and 6th November. Invitations to book appointments will be issued in due course.)
School Dinner orders
Please ensure that school dinners are pre-ordered at home. Teachers should not be ordering meals in school, as previously advised by WCBC. Thank you
Nursery & Reception-.
Years 1 & 2-.Alice is excited to be starting Brownies., Danny, Yemi, Lennon and Nathan went to Elliot’s party., Harri got a medal in football., Loura got a green belt in Tae Kwon Do., Oliver’s football team won the match.
Years 3 & 4-Seth went to a RAF museum with Beavers., Mariana’s auntie has had a baby., Zaneta’s auntie has had a baby., Sasha’s Mum has a new car. Jaden watched Manchester United beat Sunderland at Old Trafford. Hunter’s brother is going to take him to the Liverpool match for his birthday. Lily’s sister is celebrating her birthday on Wednesday. Erin is going with her the party!
Nazif passed his Black Stripe grading and he was awarded Man of the Match in football this weekend. Oyintaena passed his Green Belt and David passed his Blue Stripe in taekwondo. Matti had a present from his parents. George and his family have just finished reading, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - he is well on his way to completing his Dosbarth Alyn Read a Pumpkin challenge!
Year 5 & 6 -Aditi took part and completed the 5K Terry Fox run UK in Bellevue Park, Wrexham on 05 Oct 2025. This was a charity run to collect funds which will be donated to the institute of cancer research, UK. Florence and Lilianna attended a dance competition and their dance school won the entire competition. Da iawn Pob lwc to Madison with her Morris Dancing competition this weekend! Abigail picked up her new guinea pig called Toast! Ariana has a Taekwondo certificate. She is now a green belt. Zion has had is Taekwondo grading and is now a blue belt. Dylan won some more medals at his swimming gala on Sunday. Benj has got into the North Wales cricket team for a year and is absolutely delighted!
Please email / Seesaw with any special good news or remind your child to tell their class teacher so that all good news can be shared on our weekly newsletter. Thank you.
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Created with images by Wendy - "A dragon, the national emblem of Wales, carved into a piece of wood." • sushytska - "Bare feet of a cute newborn baby in warm white blanket. Small bare feet of a little baby girl or boy. Sleeping newborn child." • phonlamaiphoto - "Gold star trophy" • Maya Kruchancova - "cupcake with sparkler on old wooden background" • Irina Schmidt - "Adoralbe little toddler girl with rainbow and heart painted with colorful window color during pandemic coronavirus quarantine. Child painting rainbows around the world with the words Let's all be well"