Welcome to our St Mary's Weekly Newsletter!
Let us Pray- Gweddiwn
Advent
First Sunday in Advent- Hope Sunday 30th November
O Lord, as we enter this season of Advent, this time of waiting and anticipation, fill me with the hope of Christ. Help me to wait in great expectation for your great light to shine in this world, for all who are living in darkness to see the dawning of your light
Sunday 30th November- St Andrew's Day
Friends of St Mary's Christmas Fayre & Santa dash
What an absolutely fantastic event to get us all in the Christmassy spirit! A HUGE thanks to Mrs Astbury, Miss Green, Mrs Robertson and the team of Friends' committee members and school staff for all their hard work and preparation to plan such a wonderful and well-thought out event! AMAZING! Thankfully the weather was on our side and it was a truly magical experience for our school community to enjoy together. Diolch o galon pawb! A special word of thanks to Father Christmas and his cheeky elves who managed to join us for story time sessions, despite being so incredibly busy at this time of year. Thanks in particular to everyone for your patience as Santa was kind enough to stay for photos with everyone! What a job! We will let you know how much we raised next week. Raffle prizes were drawn this afternoon and parents will be notified on Seesaw. Good luck pawb!
Tempest Photographs taken 24th November 2025
Please see note from Tempest photographers below:- Dear Parents, Have you ordered your school photos yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Wednesday 3rd December 2025. Order through the Tempest website using your unique link that was emailed to you, or if you have received paper order forms visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 5). Diolch
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 Movie Night
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:-Parotiaid with an 96.1%
Dosbarth Palodau- 83.1% Dosbarth Parotiaid- 96.1%- Dosbarth Pengwiniad-78%- Dosbarth Dryw-93.3% Dosbarth Robin Goch- 93% Dosbarth Tylluanod- 86%
Key Stage 2 Winners this week are:- Alyn with 99.6%
Dosbarth Clywedog-97.5% Dosbarth Conwy- 97.6% Dosbarth Alyn-99.6% Dosbarth Gwenfro-96% Dosbarth Dyfrdwy- 98.6% Dosbarth Gwaun- 96.3%
Our Whole School Target is 96% and our overall Whole School Attendance this week is 93.7%. Slight decrease this week.
Please be aware that there is no cover in the school office between these hours:-
08:30-09:00 (mornings) 11:45-13:30 (lunchtimes) 15:10-15:20 (afternoons)
Forthcoming events and dates for your diary:-
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-Owen has moved to wave 4 swim. Alice is in a pantomime -Beauty and the Beast in Chirk, Nelly is going to perform Wizard of Oz with Delta dance academy, Zofia has won an award for gymnastics. Queensway gymnastics.
Years 3 & 4-Lena D had a double sleepover on the weekend with her best friend. Elliot went to the Christmas Factory and bought a brand new Christmas tree and put his decorations up last night. On Friday, Nikola decorated her Christmas tree. On Sunday, Jan and Lucja went to the Reindeer lodge and saw real reindeers. Ameya went to the cinema and watched a horror movie.After church on Sunday, Kiki got a brand new box of lego off her mum. Seth watched both Arsenal and Manchester City football games on the weekend and he was really happy about the results! Nathan had a new keyboard and mouse. Jaden watched Chelsea beat Burnley 2-0 at Stamford Bridge. Elena is going to be in a gymnastics competition. Dorian is having a new bunk bed and he is excited to spend Christmas in Germany. Zera went to Birmingham. Hunter made a volcano in cubs. Anwen is going to spend Christmas in Spain. Michelle watched her big brother’s football match. Franek watched his brother’s team win 5-2. Mateusz had a lovely time at AirHop celebrating his 9th birthday. Blossom’s big sister is having a baby girl. Georgie’s big sister is learning to drive - good luck, Morgann! William’s big brother celebrated his birthday on Saturday. Hanna is going to Manchester City Football Club.
Year 5 & 6 -Alfie-Jay has had a shoutout for his amazing achievements riding horses - da iawn Alfie-Jay!Florence went on a dancing photoshoot on the weekend. Scarlett is going to be an Auntie again. Llongyfarchiadau!Rupert celebrated Ralph’s birthday this week - Penblwydd Hapus Ralph! Madison is excited for her step sister to be born very soon and Madison received dancer of the year in her Morris Dancing group.Melvin O went to visit his cousins in Leeds last weekend.
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"