Welcome to our St Mary's Weekly Newsletter!
Let us Pray- Gweddiwn
Mrs Binnersley's Maternity Leave
Mrs Binnersley finishes school today 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 has been sent home this 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.
Please pass on to friends and family!
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
SCHOOL DISCO
Thanks to everyone for attending last night's discos and to the Friends for organising and running this great event. Diolch pawb- around £600 raised! Da iawn
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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:-Palodau with an 98.5%
Dosbarth Palodau- 98.5% Dosbarth Parotiaid- 93%- Dosbarth Pengwiniad-90.9%- Dosbarth Dryw-91.3 % Dosbarth Robin Goch- 96.7% Dosbarth Tylluanod- 95.3%
Key Stage 2 Winners this week are:- Gwaun with 100%
Dosbarth Clywedog-99.3% Dosbarth Conwy- 90% Dosbarth Alyn-96.7% Dosbarth Gwenfro-92.7% Dosbarth Dyfrdwy- 99.3% Dosbarth Gwaun- 100%
Our Whole School Target is 96% and our overall Whole School Attendance this week is 94.5%. Slight increase increase of 0.1%. Well done.
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:-
Friday 24th October- Inset day (Half term)
Back to school Monday 3rd November
Monday 3rd November- Y1 & 2 trip to Park Hall farm
Tuesday 4th and Thursday 6th November- online parents' meetings
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
(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-Oliver won a trophy in football because he scored 4 goals, Nathan has won a medal in football for scoring 3 goals, Nelly has moved up to a new class in dancing.
Years 3 & 4-Seth played in a golf competition. Joanna is starting swimming lessons at a new pool. Fiadh is going on holiday next week for her Dad’s birthday. Elliot went pumpkin picking at a farm. Kiki is going to Birmingham over the half term. Daniel is going to Essex over the holidays. Jaden watched Man Utd Vs Liverpool. Antoni is going to Mexico. Hania was excited to see the aqueduct. Nathan also went to the aqueduct and went on both sides. Salvador is going to Portugal.Katlyn went to a Taylor Swift concert. Rylie bought a new Christmas tree for her first Christmas in her house. Nicolas competed in a Taekwondo competition. He came 1st in his fight and 2nd in the pattern competition. Blossom and Gabriel went pumpkin picking. Matti’s cousin is coming from Poland to visit him. George has read 3200 pages of Wimpy Kid books. Nazif’s football team won all of their matches (1-0, 4-0,9-0). Oyintaena’s football team won all of their matches. He received a medal. Finn went to a golf competition yesterday. He competed against his brother. David spent lots of time with his cousins. He enjoyed celebrating his cousin’s birthday at AirHop. William went to Manchester with his family.
Year 5 & 6 -Florence attended a dance competition over the weekend and came home well decorated! She achieved 4th in her modern, 2nd in tap, 1st in Wizard of Oz and 1st in Ballet. Ardderchog! Vanessa attended a dance and gymnastics competition over the weekend and it went well. Dillan is very excited to be renovating the downstairs in his house. Frankie has gone to Poland this week to visit family - we hope you have a wonderful time! Julian is going to visit his family in Poland. Tony and Arthur had a play date over the weekend. Paulina went swimming with Cassiephea on the weekend and had a play date with Emilia, Madison is looking forward to getting her ears pierced soon. Dylan Richards gained multiple medals in his swimming gala. Thea came second in her gymnastics competition. Daniel and Rene got Man of the Match in their football games. Saoirse is going on holiday to Anglesey. Zion’s aunty had a baby girl. 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.
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