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Parent/Teacher Evenings March 2024

Dear Parent/Carer,

Our Parent/Teacher Meetings begin on Monday 11th March to Thursday 14th March.  We are trialling an on-line booking system for face-to-face appointments with your child's teacher.

A guide is attached below for your information, please contact the school office if you have any queries/problems.  The web address for booking is https://PCPS.schoolcloud.co.uk  

In the absence of Miss Bartlett and Miss Edwards, teachers covering these classes will be Miss Oliver/Mrs Gwilt and Mrs Ireland, respectively.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible.

Kind regards,

Ms L John

Headteacher

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          Parents/Carers of Nursery Children starting with us in April 2024

We would like to invite you and your child to our Open Afternoon on

                  Friday 23rd February 2024 

                        1:30pm to 3:00pm

This will be an opportunity to meet our Nursery staff and ask any questions

regarding your child's time with us.

We look forward to meeting you all.

Prendergast C. P. School

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** IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR YEAR 6 PARENTS**
The bus will leave tomorrow at 7:30am. Please ensure your child is dressed in warm clothing. Please ensure your child has a packed lunch, drink and snacks. We aim to return for 5pm, but we will keep you updated via Class Dojo. If you wish to send your child with spending money, they can bring a maximum of £10. If you haven't already filled in the permission form, please do so ASAP. https://forms.office.com/e/SZnQd1pKVd

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Dear Parent/Carer, 

Re: Safeguarding: School Attendance & Pupil Information Details

Please report all school absences and reasons for absence with Family and Community Engagement Key Workers, Elaine and Kay Reynolds on: 01437 771580 or via admin.prendergast@pembrokeshire.gov.uk.

In addition to this, it is also vitally important that all personal information is kept up to date, therefore please ensure that any change to phone numbers, addresses, contact and medical details are shared with the school office.

Thank you for your support with the above matters.

Ms John

Headteacher

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Dear Parent,

URDD MEMBERSHIP

We, as a school, are registered with the 'Urdd' - a fantastic organisation for Welsh Learners that gives our children numerous opportunities to participate in sporting, musical, creative events and trips throughout the school year.  Recently, we had success at regional and national level in the Urdd Eisteddfod 2022, and wish our children to continue to have these experiences.

We want to join in with as many of the events that the Urdd host throughout this year e.g. the upcoming rugby, football tournaments and cooking competition as well as many others to come.  Please note in order to attend the trips and events the Urdd host your child MUST be a members.  Urdd membership is open to all, but more activities do take place for ages 8 upwards.

Fees are:

£1 for free school meals children (there is a box to tick at the bottom of the digital form)

£10 individual

£25 for a family of 3 children or more

Please click on the link below to register for the Urdd.  You can click on the top right of the screen if you require the English translation.  Any questions please contact your class teacher via Class Dojo or the school office on 01437 771580.

Join | Urdd Gobaith Cymru  

Diolch! Thank you! 

Mrs Edwards

Welsh Co-ordinator 

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Macmillan Coffee Morning - FRIDAY 30th SEPTEMBER 2022

Come along and support this fantastic cause over a tea/coffee and a sweet treat!

In our school hall from 9.15am this Friday.

Cake donations needed. Please bring them to school either Thursday afternoon or Friday morning.

Any cakes not sold at the coffee morning will be available to buy at pick-up on Friday.

Any volunteers to help serve tea/coffee on the day, please let us know.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you.

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Sports Day Information

Dear Parent/Carer,

Due to inclement weather forecast for tomorrow and staff incidences of Covid, we wish to keep Nursery/Reception/Years 1 & 2 event as planned.

Unfortunately, we will have to postpone Years 3 to 6 Sports Day to the reserve date of

Friday 1st July, timings as follows:

9.30am - Years 5 & 6
1.15pm - Years 3 & 4

Should we need to postpone Nursery/Reception/Years 1 & 2, we will let you know first thing in the morning.
Many apologies for the short notice.

Changes to Dinner Menu

• Thursday 26th May 2022   -  Pizza/Fish stars
• Friday 27th May 2022        -  Meatballs/Veggie balls

Message from Met Officer Advisor

We have been advised of 2 Yellow Weather warnings for Wales, the first for strong winds across parts of North Wales for Wednesday night/Thursday due to Storm Dudley which have been graded as Low likelihood of Medium impacts, and a second warning for Friday for the whole of Wales due to Storm Eunice.

Welsh Government Winter Fuel Payments

Who can apply?

The scheme is open to households where one member is in receipt of certain welfare benefit. You must have been claiming these benefits at any time between 1 December 2021 and 31 January 2022.

·        Income Support.

·        Income Based Job Seekers Allowance.

·        Income Related Employment and Support Allowance.

·        Universal Credit.

·        Working Tax Credits.

You must also be responsible for paying the energy bills for the property.

How to apply

Local councils have written to eligible households they are aware of, inviting them to make a claim to the scheme. Individuals may also choose to submit a claim via their local council’s website.

https://gov.wales/find-your-local-authority 

All applications must be received by a local council by 28 February 2022.

Payments will be made from January until 30 April 2022.

You may still be experiencing severe financial hardship. If so, you may wish to make a claim to the https://gov.wales/discretionary-assistance-fund-daf .  

If you have already successfully applied for the scheme and are awaiting or have received a £100 payment then you do not need to re-apply. Your local council already has your details and will pay the additional £100 directly into your bank account before the end of April.

For applications  https://gov.wales/winter-fuel-support-scheme

Please see updated guidance on five-day isolation

CORONAVIRUS GUIDANCE for PARENTS

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Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope that you have an opportunity to watch the latest video which we shared with you earlier today which shows examples of the children's learning during the week around the topic, Harvest. We will continue to support the local charity, Patch and welcome any donations of food to school for the local food bank (a trolley usually located in the foyer will be outside the school entrance at the start and end of school days).

Today our children have been focusing on health and wellbeing activities in support of Mental Health Day, #Say Hello to Yellow, which has supported their understanding of different emotions through stories, music and physical activities.

Next week all children are invited to wear the colours of the Welsh flag, (red/green/white) for Diwrnod Shwmae on Friday 15th October. This event is celebrated across Wales and is an opportunity to promote bilingualism for all children. At Prendergast School we are lucky to hear many different languages across the classes with both children and adults. Please let us know if you are able to support the development of different languages in our setting, as we would like to hear from you.

The planned meetings with parents will go ahead from Monday (with the exception of Mr Hill's Class, date to be confirmed asap) and we may expect a few teething problems with the new system, however we will address these with you. Please remember to book your appointments by Sunday 12th October.

A pupil leadership group of year 6 children has been created to support all learner voice groups across the school and their ideas and efforts will be shared with you throughout the term and year.

A reminder that a photographer will be at school next Tuesday and Wednesday to take individual photographs of all our children and these will be made available to you to order.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Ms John and Prendergast Staff

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Bike/Scoot to School Week - 27th September to 1st October 2021

During this week, we encourage families to cycle or scooter to school.  It's a great opportunity to celebrate cycling and scooting and the positive impact it has on children's health and wellbeing as well as the environment. 

Message to Parents/Carers - Tuesday 7th September 2021

Dear Parents/Carers,

Thank you for your patience and understanding in supporting daily arrival and departure times and routines. Staff will soon get to know parents/carers of all children in their new classes.

Please be aware that the weather forecast for this week is very unsettled, so after today's brilliant sunshine we may experience thunderstorms tomorrow, so have your coats and umbrellas ready!

Diolch.

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Launch of 'Blue Light Hub' gaming app from the Welsh Ambulance Service

We know from our engagement that a child’s experience of the NHS in an emergency setting can be distressing, so familiarisation is key.

As the pandemic continues and face-to-face engagement at schools and community settings for us at the Welsh Ambulance Service are put on hold, we wanted to ensure that important information was still being shared with our next generation of callers whilst seizing new innovative opportunities and influence positive behaviours. Today we are delighted to announce the launch of our new bilingual gaming app Blue Light Hub to help children & young people understand what to do in an emergency in a fun and engaging way.

Aimed predominately at 7-12 year olds, the Trust’s Blue Light Hub app which boasts four games, teach users about what happens when they call 999, the appropriate use of 999, how ambulance resources are dispatched and managed and the different uniforms they might encounter on their NHS journey. The lightly challenging games allows the player to become familiar with appearances, and take on various roles and challenges carried out by the emergency services. By rewarding players for their efforts with points, level badges, game unlocks, and the ability to accessorise their own avatar, the player is encouraged to return to the hub frequently, developing a familiarity with the theme, further encouraging them to make better choices about how to treat the emergency services, and what to do in difficult situations.

You can download the Blue Light Hub app for free on the apple app store for iOS, and on Google Play from a Google Android device by searching for either Blue Light Hub or Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.

Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

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The Summer with Haverfordwest Leisure Centre

Dear parents/guardians,

We have been away for a while but we are back with some summer activities.

Check out the web page for our timetable of summer fun.

https://pembrokeshireleisure.co.uk/haverfordwest-leisure-centre/activities-and-classes/holidays-at-haverfordwest/ 

You can book online or use our app.

We hope we will see you soon,

Best wishes,

The team at Haverfordwest Leisure Centre

Comic Relief - Friday 19th March 2021

We don't need Red Noses this year - come to school wearing Red if you wish and ready with a joke!

Please visit the website https://www.comicrelief.com/press-releases/red-nose-day-launches-free-virtual-challenge-to-bring-family-fun-this-half-term/ to find out more about Comic Relief Family Fun and how to donate towards this year's fundraising.

Dear Parent/Carer,

Please follow the link for advice on how to protect your child on line -

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/articles/Parental-controls/

Change to school menu for the week of 7th December only

Important information regarding TikTok

It has come to our attention via the BBC News that there is some extremely disturbing and upsetting footage currently being streamed on social media outlets that children may have downloaded to their mobile devices.  Whilst we are mindful of bringing attention to it, we know that many pupils use social media channels such as TikTok and there maybe no warning to the video appearing on a feed.  We just wanted to let parents and carers know so that appropriate precautions could be put in place.  Advice such as not viewing TikTok videos or deleting the App for 72 hours has been suggested while the App creators ensure the video is deleted and removed.

We would also remind parents that it is extremely important they are aware of all the Apps their children are using on mobile devices as all Apps are vulnerable to misuse by adults and can be used in this way.

Follow link for BBC coverage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54069650

Virtual Tour

To see how the classes look in our Foundation Phase and KS2 corridors, please click here:

https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=GbxYz26uaGH

real PE at home – FREE resource for schools and families

real PE at home is a FREE resource, including an online programme, which supports families to be active, play and learn together. It includes a programme for children in Early Years and Foundation Phase with 12 themes, 6 areas, over 250 activities and challenges and 1000s of hours of fun activity and learning. For children in Key Stage 2, there are carefully selected personal best challenges, skills and games designed for the home and garden.

Both programmes are fully supported with intuitive, daily and weekly guidance in addition to an option to choose your own themes and activities. Even more video, audio, imagery and interactive elements content will be added over the next couple of weeks too. All schools can sign up to real PE at home for FREE during school closures. To sign up for FREE, simply complete the form here.

National School Categorisation System

A guide for parents and carers

Please follow the link to view this document http://gov.wales/docs/dcells/publications/180130-nscs-parents-and-carers-guide-en.pdf