St Mary's Catholic Primary Ysgol Gynradd Santes Fair Weekly Newsletter- CYLchlythyr wythnosol - 14th November 2025 (Issue 10)

Welcome to our St Mary's Weekly Newsletter!

Let us Pray- Gweddiwn

Prayer for peace

Children in Need- Friday 14th November

Big thank you to everyone, especially to the School Council for organising such a fantastic Children in Need Day. We all had a great time raising money for such a worthy cause. Today a super £506.60 was raised. I have informed the BBC to keep a special look out as our fundraising efforts may be posted on the TV later this evening.

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

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

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.