Here is where you can keep up to date with any events happening in school.

• Pupil School Essentials Grant

  Wed 02 Oct 2024

  Have you claimed all the support you can get with school costs?

  At Pentre'r Graig Primary School we want to ensure that every child receives the help they need.

  The Welsh Government offers support with Free School Meals and School Essentials such as uniform, kit and stationery.

  Make sure you’ve checked your child’s eligibility for Free School Meals. Even if they receive Universal Primary Free Schools Meals, more help could be available!

  If eligible, you can get up to £200 per child for School Essentials, plus extra funding for our school.

  Check eligibility: www.gov.wales/get-help-school-costs

   

  If you have any queries please contact Mrs Hughes in the school office.

   

• Entry and Exit Points - September 2024

  Fri 06 Sep 2024 P Hughes

  Please note the entry and exit points on the attached for Reception to Year 6 classes from Wednesday 7th September.

   

  Class	Entry Where?	Exit Where?
  Reception/Year 1 Rainbows: Mrs Evans	8.40am Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard	3.05pm Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard
  Rec/Year 1 Rockets: Miss Hope	8.40am Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard	3.05pm Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard
  Year 1/2 Spaceships Ms Gamston	8.40am Soar Terrace Parents drop off at the Soar Terrace gate – pupils will be met by a member of staff and taken into class	3.05 pm Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard
  Yr 1/2 Neptune Mrs Roseblade   Yr3 Venus Mrs Price/Mrs Brooks   Y4 Mercury Mrs Stevens	8.40am Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard	3.10pm Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard
  Y4/5 Mars Miss Purcell   Yr6 Saturn Mrs Edwards   Yr6 Jupiter Mr Saunders	8.40am Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard	3.10pm Please use Red Lion/Soar Terrace gates and enter the yard

• Community Recycling Scheme

  Thu 16 May 2024

  We are very grateful to the Community Recycling Scheme (info below) for donating a sail shade to the school.  We hope to have this installed in the next couple of weeks ready for the summer.

   

  Community Recycle Scheme

  This new scheme donates second-hand, overstocked and end-of-line equipment to schools across the UK. A range of items has already been given away, including shade sails, post pad protectors and colourful fence pales. The full range of items can be viewed online, where requests can also be submitted. Several companies are involved with this initiative, including A&S Landscape who work with schools, builders & architects, and commercial end users to provide bespoke canopy solutions.

• Latest News

  Thu 16 Feb 2023

  **NEWS FLASH**
  SLEEPOVER - MONDAY 27TH FEB
  Please can you let your childs' teacher know if they are staying for the sleepover so that we know what refreshments to buy. Thank you.

   

  WORLD BOOK DAY - **NEW DATE**
  We have decided to move our 'World Book Day' celebrations to Friday 3rd March so that its a 'Fun Friday' for the 1st week back.

  Have a good half term.

• Children in Need 2022

  Thu 24 Nov 2022 Rosie T, Isla D, Mrs R

  On Thursday 17th November the whole school celebrated Children in Need.  All the children wore something yellow for Pudsey bear. In the weeks leading up to Children in Need, we had special assemblies learning about how Children in Need supports welsh young carers and the children's hospice Ty Hafan in Cardiff. There was fun across the school. Some classes made Pudsey bears from the coins they collected, others had penalty shoot outs and football fun and others designed posters for Pudsey and had fun in-class games. The school raised over £200 for Children in Need. Well done everyone! Bendigedig!

  

• Anti-bullying week 2022

  Wed 16 Nov 2022 Ethically Informed Pupil Voice Group

  There were lots of activities going on in antibullying week!

   

  Designing our own odd socks, showing our own odd socks; inside and outside in the garden !! We watched anti-bullying lessons live on BBC, joined in with circle time, role-play and made hands to 'Reach Out' to people who can help us!

   

  Dosbarth Mercury even had a visit from PC Chris to talk about the 'sticks and stones' story. 

   

  We also learnt about Rosa Parks in Dosbarth Neptune.

   

  Dosbarth Venus showed us their colourful odd socks and were very mature discussing some scenarios on 'bystanders/upstanders'.

  

• Odd Sock Day fun!

  Wed 16 Nov 2022 Ethically Informed Pupil Voice group

• Anti-bullying week 2022

  Wed 16 Nov 2022 Ethically Informed Pupil Voice Group

  Anti-Bullying week was Nov 14th

   

  Dosbarth Mars were very lucky and they were chosen to have a free Anti-bullying drama workshop courtesy of the Helen O'Grady Drama School. Steph Budski came along to work with the children. 

   

  

• Free School Meals and School Uniform Grant

  Thu 07 Jul 2022 P Hughes

  Free School Meals and Uniform Grant

   

  As you might be aware from September 2022 all pupils in Reception classes will be receiving a universal free school meal, however the School Uniform Grant is only available for children who are currently entitled to free school meals, therefore if you haven’t already applied you need to do so.  Pupils who receive free school meals due to transitional protection arrangements do not qualify for this funding.

  This grant applies to the following year groups:

  • Reception to Year 11.

  • Looked After Children (LAC), who attend a Swansea school.

   

  Funding available is £225 for each eligible learner with the exception of those in Year 7, who will be entitled to £300.

  This is the link to apply for free school meals https://www.swansea.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals.

  The grant should be spent on:

  • School uniform including coats and shoes;
  • School sports kits including footwear;
  • IT equipment: laptop and tablets ONLY
  • Uniform for enrichment activities, including but not limited to, scouts; guides; cadets;

              martial arts; sports; performing arts or dance;

  • Equipment, for example, school bags and stationery;
  • Specialist equipment where new curriculum activities begin such as design and

             technology;

  • Equipment for out of school hours trips, such as outdoor learning, for example, waterproofs.

   Applications can be made from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 and take up to 7 days to process.

  There is a helpful section on Swansea Councils public website that gives advice on eligibility for FSM, help with applying online, school uniform grants and there is also a benefits calculator which will tell you if you are eligible to claim etc., further information can be found here https://www.swansea.gov.uk/schooluniformgrant.

   

  If you think you may be eligible for free school meals please apply online as soon as possible, if you have any issues with applying online, please contact Mrs Hughes in the school office.

   

  Please note that if your child is eligible for free school meals (not ‘transitionally protected’) there will also be a reduction in some school trips such as residential stays.

   

  If you have any queries on benefits in general please use this link https://www.swansea.gov.uk/benefits

   

• The School Bank was Officially Open on 12/5/22

  Fri 13 May 2022 Mrs A Martin