Welcome to our St Mary's Weekly Newsletter!
Let us Pray- Gweddiwn
Remembrance Day
Prayer for peace
Dosbarth Clywedog News
Huge congratulations to Mr and Mrs Binnersley on the birth of baby Poppy Eira Julia Binnersley on Saturday 1st November, weighing 8lb 6oz. Mummy and baby are doing really well. We wish Mrs Binnersley's family all the very best and send them our love and prayers at this very special time.
This week, we welcome Miss Peters to Dosbarth Clywedog to cover Mrs Binnersley's maternity leave. We hope that she will enjoy her time as part of the St Mary's family
Parents' Evening
Diolch to all families for attending this week's parents' evenings via Teams.
Please pass on to friends and family!
Children in Need- Friday 14th November
Christmas Concert dates and arrangements- 2025
It's that special time of year again and we are once again looking forward to inviting parents and wider family members to attend our Christmas concerts in the junior hall in school. This year, each year group will perform two concerts, giving families the opportunity to do their best to make childcare arrangements for babies and younger children. Wherever possible, we ask that you do not bring babies and pre-school children to the Christmas concerts. The staff work so hard to prepare the children for the concerts enabling them to feel confident enough to perform in front of an audience. Any background noise can be very distracting for the children, and it would be a such a shame for any parent to miss their own child's speaking part. Thank you for your understanding. Please see Mrs Acton if you have any questions or queries. Diolch.
We will be filming our concerts again this year and will provide a link to videos of each concert to all families, free of charge. Diolch o galon!
Tickets for concerts will cost £2 each and can be purchased via Parent Pay from next week.
Foundation Phase Concerts
Early Years- Tuesday 2nd December & Wednesday 3rd December- 10am
Years 1 & 2-Tuesday 2nd December & Wednesday 3rd December- 13:30
Key Stage 2 Concerts
Years 3 & 4- Tuesday 9th December at 10am and Wednesday 10th December at 13:30
Years 5 & 6-Tuesday 9th December at 13:30 and Wednesday 10th December at 10am
Erddig Rotary Club- St Mary’s Year 5 & 6 Concert evening- Thursday 11th December- 6pm in Ty Pawb
Ty Pawb- Erddig Rotary Club concert
Once again, Erddig Rotary Club have asked St Mary’s Year 5 and 6 children to perform their Christmas concert in Ty Pawb theatre and we are delighted to accept the kind offer. We will be very proud for our children to perform in a community venue in Wrexham and look forward to sharing our children’s talents, skills and enthusiasm. The Rotary Club will be selling tickets at a cost of £5 each and all proceeds will be generously given to St Mary’s. This will include a glass of festive mulled wine and a mince pie. There will be approximately 90-100 tickets on sale on a first come, first served basis via Parent Pay.
Friends of St Mary's Christmas Market & Santa Dash - Thurs 27th November
Order your Christmas Cards and generate funds with the Friends of St Mary's!
This Saturday Gavin Davies (Neave's daddy- Y3) is raising money to support our friend Archie and Young Lives v Cancer
Please see Gav's story by clicking on the link to read and donate
CLASS ASSEMBLIES
Today, we welcome Dosbarth Gwaun's parents and framily members to watch the class assembly at 2:30 in the Junior hall. Due to Flu vaccinations, our whole school assembly will take place on Monday.
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 95.8%
Dosbarth Palodau- 89.3% Dosbarth Parotiaid- 85.6%- Dosbarth Pengwiniad-88.7%- Dosbarth Dryw-88.3 % Dosbarth Robin Goch- 92.1% Dosbarth Tylluanod- 95.8%
Key Stage 2 Winners this week are:- Alyn with 96.3%
Dosbarth Clywedog-94.9% Dosbarth Conwy- 86.6% Dosbarth Alyn-96.3% Dosbarth Gwenfro-90.8% Dosbarth Dyfrdwy- 94.8% Dosbarth Gwaun- 95.7%
Our Whole School Target is 96% and our overall Whole School Attendance this week is 94.1%. Slight increase decrease again of 0.2%. Lots of chicken pox and illlness. Hope everyone is better this week!
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:-
Wednesday 12th November- Reception Open Morning- prospective families September 2026
Thursday 13th November- Book Fair delivery
Friday 14th November- Children in Need Day- more info to follow
Thursday 20th November - Children's Rights Day
Friday 21st November- Non- uniform- prizes for Christmas Market- see poster
Thursday 27th November- Christmas Santa Dash and Christmas Market- after school
Thursday 4th December- Christmas Movie night
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-.Isabella Williams is swimmer of the week!
Years 1 & 2-Oliver and Harri went to football yesterday. Nelly went to her first concert and saw Kidz Bop. Lucy is starting Art class.Lennon moved up to Wave 6 in swimming. Alice is going to park hall farm with her mum. Danny moved to Wave 2 in swimming. Yemi went to his Aunties house and went swimming.
Years 3 & 4-Nikola is really excited to move house and has been busy over half term preparing. Kiki visited Birmingham during half term and ate lots of Nigerian food! Lily-Rose watched the new Christmas lights in Liverpool. She was able to change the lights' colours by tapping a screen. Elliot celebrated his Nan graduating from Wrexham University. Jan, Lucja and Sasha spent halloween together and they went trick and treating. Joanna B went to a halloween party at her mum’s work. She dressed up as a scary vampire! Daniel went on holiday to Essex. He won two teddy bears! Lena D visited Llangollen. Seth went to York for a sleepover with his aunty. Jaden watched Manchester United beat Brighton at Old Trafford 4-2.He also watched Liverpool beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Anfield.Jaden’s dad has had a new red car. Nathan is excited to go skateboarding.Zera’s dad had a new car.Anwen completed the Halloween Maze. Hunter went to a Halloween party at Llay Welfare.Nathan spent Halloween in Liverpool.Michelle celebrated All Saints Day in her church she won a prize.Kelly went to a church party too. Melanie went to a Halloween party and saw fireworks.Evelyn went to her Godmother’s house and saw Sister Jacqueline. Lily went to her grandad’s 81st birthday dinner. Erin has moved house. We wish you lots of happiness in your new home, Erin! Sarah went to Manchester with her parents. David went to Portugal. Hanna celebrated her birthday. She had a voucher for a photoshoot. Blossom had a Halloween party. Katlyn had a sleepover at Blossom’s house. Daniela went to the Festival of Light in Liverpool. Zoja went to a park and saw deer. Nazif won Man of the Match.Gabriel went to the ballet. Oyintaena scored 11 goals in his football match. Matti went to Liverpool. Finn went to his grandad’s birthday dinner. Rylie went to a Srilankan party. We welcome our new friend, Esham to Dosbarth Alyn.
Year 5 & 6 -Dylan Richards won 5 medals in his swimming competition, Isabella came 2nd at her dance competition Julia has moved to group 2 at horse riding Dylan came 3rd at the swimming gala
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.
Credits:
Created with images by Daniel - "nativity scene on wooden background" • 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"