School News - Friday 19th December ‘25
19 Dec 2025
We have reached the end of another very busy and productive term in school. The children have worked hard and have experienced and enjoyed a range of activities through our ‘cynefin’ themed class projects. They have benefited enormously from these experiences and have developed new skills and grown in confidence and independence; we are so proud of everything they have achieved.
Here are some of the highlights from this week…
Choir Visit to Home Valley
This week Glasllwch School Choir and our Community Committee visited Home Valley, one of our local community residential homes. The children sang a number of Christmas songs for the residents, delivered a Christmas hamper and Christmas cards made by the children. The children and the residents thoroughly enjoyed the morning, singing along together to some Christmas favourites. It was a fantastic intergenerational experience for everyone and enabled our children to spread some festive cheer within our local community! Da iawn pawb!
A big thank you to the residents of Home Valley for being so welcoming, and to Miss Summers and Mrs Ash for all their hard work supporting the choir this term.
Trinity Church Christingle Service
A HUGE thank you to our friends at Trinity Church for kindly putting together a super Christingle Service on Wednesday of this week. The children, staff and parent helpers thoroughly enjoyed singing carols and Christmas songs as well as hearing about the Christmas Story. We all came away with a Christingle and a book to take home. It was lovely for the children to actually be in the church for the service. Thank you to all our parents who helped walk the children to and from the church.
Year 6 Trip with Newport Rising
Year 6 were invited to visit the Newport Rising Hub in town to learn all about the Chartist march for voting rights. They used a map to visit significant locations around Newport town centre linked to the march and then got creative by creating a collaborative map for their own dream city! Da iawn!
Christmas Parties
The children thoroughly enjoyed their Christmas parties this week. Father Christmas visited the Reception to Year 2 children during their party on Thursday afternoon and all children across the school received a Christmas present from the PTA. Diolch PTA!
Christmas Assembly
This week the children Year 3 to Year 6 enjoyed a special Christmas assembly with Mrs Kemp and Mrs Thomas from Bethesda Church. The children enjoyed learning about the Christmas story. Diolch!
Thank you PTA!
A BIG thank you to the PTA committee for organising and running the events this term – Spooky Discos, Break the Rules Day, PJ Day, wreath making, Winter Wonderland, and much more! These events have been a HUGE success with the Winter Wonderland and Christmas Raffles raising over £2,600 - amazing!!! This is an incredible achievement! Thank you to everyone for your support! The money raised by the PTA will be used directly to enhance our school environment and the learning experiences of all the children in school. We look forward to many more events in 2026!
Attendance
Attendance figures this year so far are as follows. Well done to Year 5 for having the highest attendance this academic year. Our whole school attendance for this term is 94.3%, below our whole school attendance target of 96% - we can only achieve this with your support!
Year Group | Attendance - Autumn Term |
|---|---|
Reception | 93.8% |
Year 1 | 93.4% |
Year 2 | 93.8% |
Year 3 | 95.1% |
Year 4 | 94.0% |
Year 5 | 95.6% |
Year 6 | 94.1% |
Whole School | 94.3% |
Good attendance at school is vital if your child is to achieve their full potential. We monitor individual pupil attendance on a regular basis. All holidays should be taken during the school holidays and not in term time. Any planned absence from school must be requested in writing. Such requests will be considered on an individual basis.
It is vital that all children are in school and ready to learn by 9am. The school doors are open from 8.50am for the children to filter into classrooms and will close at 9am. The teachers start lessons promptly, as soon as the register has been called. Children arriving late are missing out on vital learning opportunities. Once again thank you for your continued support.
Welsh Phrase of the Week
‘Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb.’ – ‘Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.’
Upcoming Dates
Please visit our school calendar to access diary dates for the year ahead. We will continue to add dates to the calendar as we move through the school year.
Thank you for your ongoing support this term. The partnership between home and school is vital if the children are to flourish, reach their full potential and if we are to continue to strive towards our vision to be a ‘Centre of Excellence’.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn Newydd Dda i bawb.
Enjoy a restful and relaxing break with friends and family.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs J. Munslow
Headteacher
‘Today’s Learning for Tomorrow’s Stars’
BELIEF - OPPORTUNITY - EXPECTATIONS
