Please will all the children who are in the choir wear their school uniform on Friday and bring in a change of clothes for non-uniform day.  This is because we will be going to Llwyncrwn Primary School for a rehearsal on Friday morning.  Thankyou for your co-operation.
Mrs Jones.

Eco week

We would like to say a huge thank you to the Eco committee and the whole school for helping to organise and support Eco week. It was a great success and we learnt lots about saving energy and water and making our school more Eco friendly.

Please visit the Eco blog page to view the newly elected Eco commitee members and the wonderful PowerPoint presentation that the Year 6 Eco members created for the Eco assembly.

We appreciate your support with Eco focused activities and look forward to many more fun learning opportunities.

Thank you
Mrs Street and Mrs Price

After School Clubs

After School Clubs for Football, Rugby and Hockey have now finished for this term due to dark evenings and inclement weather.

All other clubs - choir, badminton and infant ball skills will continue until week ending 7th December.

Pyramid, spy club and dance will conitue to the end of term

Many thanks
Mr Roberts

PTA Christmas Fayre -Fri 30th Nov - 3.30pm start

Dear Parent/Guardian,

Christmas is nearing quickly, meaning that it`s soon time for the Maesybryn Christmas fayre. Join us to support the school and see Santa in his Grotto, browse amongst our many stalls and try your luck at our raffles and Lucky Dip.

Also on the 30^th November, we will be holding a
 non-uniform day. Forfeits for this are:

•      Nursery – pre-packaged (bought) cakes
•      Rest of school – selection boxes 

We are also collecting toys, games and books (in good, resalable condition) – donations will be gratefully received ON THE MORNING OF 30^th NOVEMBER please. 

There is still some space for stalls, so if you would like to take a table at the fayre, please enquire at the main school office. 

Many thanks for your continued support & Merry Christmas

The PTA Team

Echo Wish 2012 – Cash for Your Community

Maesybryn School has registered to be part of the Echo Wish 2012. The percentage of tokens a group submits out of the total number of tokens submitted will determine the percentage of the prize pot they receive. All groups on the Wish List will receive a share of the prize. The £25,000 prize pot will then be allocated to the groups in January 2013
The final tokens were printed in Saturday 17^th November Echo.  If you have any tokens please can you send them in to school by Monday 26^thNovember.

Thank you for your continued support

Mr Roberts

Children In Need - non school uniform- PJ's

Dear Parents/Guardian

We are having a Children In Need afternoon in the hall on the Friday 16th November 2012. On Wednesday 14th ,if you have any toys or books you don’t want or need any more please bring it in so we can sell it in the hall. All the products will not be any more than £1.00

Last year we raised £428.77 for Children In Need.We hope to raise over £500 this year.

On the Friday please wear PJ’s and please bring a forfeit (50p).

Thank you                                 Tomas Lynch, Kierra Hosking              Class 1

Reminder of events in next 2 weeks

Wednesday 7th November.
TRIP. Classes 8 & 9 trip to St Fagans leaving at approx 9.30am

PHOTOS. Tempest photgrapher will be taking photos of pupils with pre-school siblings starting at 8.30am. At 9am Classes 8 & 9 will have their individual photos before they go on their trip.

PTA Meeting. 6pm

Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th November
PARENT OPEN EVENINGS start at 3.30pm. There will be NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS on these days.

Thursday 15th November
PTA JUNIOR FILM NIGHT starts 5pm

Friday 16th November
Children-in-need Day

All these events are on the diary of parentmail and are also on the Blog/Website google calendar.
If you wish to sign up for Paremail we will be issuing new code numbers this week [first code has now expried].
Many thanks for your continued support.
Mr Roberts

ECO WEEK - Mon 23rd Oct -Fri 26th Oct

Travelling to school (Walking bus from Spar)
• Think about your journey to school. For the eco week we will be having a walking bus from the Spar shop at 8:45am lead by Mr Roberts to the school. Can infant children please be handed to staff by an adult as normal. So if you live locally bring your child to the spar and support us for the week.

Recycled Fashion Day
• Please support your child/children in making a recycled t-shirt to wear to school on Friday 26th October. This could be made of recycled materials e.g. cardboard, paper, plastic. The more imaginative the better. If you are struggling for ideas dress your child in a green t-shirt.

Fair Trade snack stall
• The school is hoping to run a fair trade snack stall this week. It will be open to KS2 children only and we would love for all children to try them. Details of price to follow.

Many thanks for your continued support and helping us to raise the environmental awareness of the children in school and at the home both this week and beyond.

Mrs Street. Eco Coordinator

Parentmail2 - registering problem

Don't worry I've had a few teething problems as well, but we've getting there! Please make sure you use www.parentmail2.co.uk/register - the first screen is bright green, if it is you're on track - please do not use bing/google to find site as it will only find the original parentmail site. If you still have problem please give me a ring or call in the office and I'll sort it out.
Many thanks for your patience
Mrs Rees, school clerk

Friday Night!

Don't forget your tickets for Friday evening in the community centre! An evening of entertainment in aid of or partner school in Uganda.....If you are not able to come you might want to peek in the foyer at the "promises" for the auction - and if you wold like to bid for a promise - drop your offer, together with your name and phone number in the large envelope.
Hope to see a good crowd on Friday! Diolch yn fawr!

Parentmail2

          Communicating with parents is an important part school life, making sure you get the correct information about activities, events and things that really matter is something we care about.

         Traditionally we have used printed letters but delivery of these can be unreliable; they are also expensive, take time to produce and are not environmentally friendly.

           From 1^st October we will be using ParentMail, a service used by over 5,000 schools,nurseries and children’s clubs to communicate to parents. ParentMail will be beneficial to you because:

- Messages will get to you reliably and on time

- We can send messages directly to mums, dads and other carers at the same time

- Emergency or important information can be sent by text message

Registering on ParentMail is simple, it only takes a minute and you can do this from a computer o rmobile phone:

How to Register:
From PC/Mac or Mobile visit www.parentmail2.co.uk/register, then just follow the instructions on the screen and enter the unique code at the top of the letter you were given last week. If you have lost or misplaced this letter please let us know and we will give you a new number to register.
              If you have any difficulty registering again let us know and we will sort it out.

 Please be assured that ParentMail is registered with the Data Protection Registrar and guarantees that all information you provide will be kept private and will not be passed on to any other organisation.

Important note: The activation code will work for 6 weeks after ParentMail goes live -please register soon.

Thank you     Mr Roberts

Afterschool Clubs - badminton and infant ball skills

Unfortunately I have had to cancel badminton and infant balls skills this week.

For those registered with Parentmail you will have a text message.

Please can everyone make a concerted effort to register with Parentmail to help us with communications.

regards
Mr Roberts

Charity Fun Night

Don't forget to get your tickets for our Sikusi fundraiser - Friday October 12th , 7pm onwards at Crown Hill Community Centre. It should be a fun evening - with entertainment from the Garth Mountain Boys , the Matizu Cymru (African themed choir), an appearance from some of the cast of "Being Human", stalls, refreshments, raffle, and an auction of promises. If you want to bid to have your dog walked by Mr Roberts, your shopping done by Mrs Bennell,  a beginners Welsh lesson from Mrs Decaro,  an evening of babysitting by various staff members  or many other marvellous offers -.....come along! Tickets are only £5- this includes a glass of wine and nibbles....Don't miss it! Tickets available at the school . For more information, contact Mrs Decaro, Mrs Dobbins, Mrs Bennell or Mrs J Richards. If you can't come yourself and you would like to donate something to a stall/ raffle/ or would like to bid for a promise...let us know! A list of promises will be put up in the foyer  shortly and we will accept bids in sealed envelopes before hand!
As they say in Sikusi- Mwlembe!

OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TICKETS

We have been kindly given 200 tickets for the Football Game on 25th July 2012 at the Millennium Stadium 16.00start. The ticket are free and are not for resale. They will be issued on a first come. A note will go out this afternoon. Max of 5 tickets per family. There is  an INSET day tomorrow, you can collect them up to 12noon tomorrow.

There are also 65 tickets for the game on 31st July 14.30 start

Mr Roberts

40th Birthday Party!

The children have been brilliant today! The concert was great and thank you to all the parents for all their efforts - the costumes were fabulous. We have taken lots of photographs! These will be available to view shortly.
Again well done and thank you.

Mr Roberts

Sport Day - cancelled

Unfortunately sports day is again cancelled this week due to the weather. Thank you for your patience. Mr Roberts.

Penblwydd hapus Maesybryn - 40 oed!

Don't forget  we will be celebrating Maesybryn's 40th birthday on Friday July 13th  with a 70s themed afternoon.  Does anyone have any 70s memorabilia to lend us....toys, books, posters, clothes etc?  If you do - please let us know....
Diolch yn fawr
Mrs Decaro

Dance Class

Dance Class is taken by an outside instructor. The dance class will contiue to the end of term. We will confirm the last class day when we speak to the instructor on Friday this week. Sorry for confusion. Mrs Rees. School Clerk

After School Clubs - finished for term

Just a reminder that all After School Clubs have now finished for the term.
Mrs Rees. School Clerk

Infant Ball Skills Club

I am sorry but due to an urgent meeting arranged today, I am not able to run Ball Skills on Thursday as planned. This was due to be the last one this term so I am very disappointed. Can I say well done to all of the children who have attended this year as they have made so much progress and we have all enjoyed the sessions. The club will be back in September for all Yr1 and Yr2 pupils. Thank you Mr. Roberts

Sports Day

Due to the weather and the forecast for tonight, I have taken the decision to cancel Sports Day tomorrow. The field is very wet and is not going to get any better. The only alternative day that is free is next Friday, 6th July. As this is also the day of the Year 6 prom, we will hold the races for Yr1 - Yr6 in the morning from 9.30am and the Nursery/Reception events will be in the afternoon from 1.30pm. This will allow the Yr6 pupils time to recover before their Prom in the evening and will also enable their parents to watch their last Sports Day and prepare the Community Centre in the afternoon. If weather stops us from holding the event on this date, then I am afraid that we will have to postpone Sports Day for this year so fingers crossed for good weather next week. Many thanks, Mr. Roberts

SPORTS DAY _ CANCELLED

Sports day for Wed 27th June is cancelled. New date Friday 6th July!

Powershot

The 'goody bags' have arrived today for those children who raised £30 or more sponsorship. These prizes will be given out next week. Sorry for the delay. Many thanks to everyone who sent in sponsorship money - no matter how much it all counts and most importantly the children really enjoyed the event! Thank you again for your support.

Pink to think......

Diolch yn fawr everybody for taking part in our "Pink to think" day on Wednesday. Mr Phil Rickard from "PONT" the organisation linking RCT with Mbale came to talk to us about his recent Mbale visit - and brought us news from our friends at Sikusi Primary School. A massive £390 was raised to launch our "Electricity for Sikusi" appeal. Well done all! It really is a worthy cause. Diolch yn FAWR!!! Mrs Decaro and the Friends of Sikusi Committee

Tesco School Vouchers

Last call for Tesco School Vouchers, I will be placing the order on Monday afternooon - so if you have any vouchers lying around please send them in on Monday! We have collected 32,500 vouchers so far this year!Thank you, Mrs Rees

School Security

I understand from Facebook entries that there is concern about a person in the bushes near to the school. I spoke to a parent on Thursday about an incident after school the night before at about 6pm where a person was seen at the end of the drive next to the school. The police were informed and i spoke to them on Thursday when they promised to increase patrols after school. As this was an isolated report it was felt best not to create the kind of panic that has been caused now by making this known to the children. The children have also been scaring each other in school about voices from the drains and elsewhere! This has added to the story, I feel. No sighting of anyone has taken place during school time and Mr. Hole has not reported anyone near the school since Wednesday. I was at school until 7pm on Thursday and again saw no evidence of anybody either. I can assure all parents that their children are perfectly safe in school and would only advise that if you are concerned about after school times, you keep your children near to the house where you can supervise them. If I thought that there was any risk to any child in school, I would inform you straight away as I have in the past with reports of cars etc. I hope that this puts minds at rest and I would suggest that the report on Wednesday evening is dealt with by the police in the correct way. I will continue to follow the police advice. Thank you for your concern. Mr. Roberts

June is going to be a busy month!

There are lots of events happening in June!

• Tuesday 12th - Porthcawl Trip -Class 8.9.13
• Wednesday 13th - PTA Clothes collection
• Wednesday 13th - New nursery parents meeting - 1.30pm
• Thursday 14th - Dan-yr-Ogof Trip - Class 10,11,12
• Friday 15th - Traditional Class Photos
• Tuesday 19th - Cefn Mably Trip - Nursery
• Saturday 23rd - PTA Summer Fayre
• Wednesday 27th - Sports Day - weather permitting! -Nursery/Reception am- Years 1-6 pm
• Meeting for September Reception parents TBA

Please can we have moneys for trips if possible on Monday 11th. A BIG thank you to everyone who supported the Powershot Fundraiser, please can we have any outstanding sponsor money for Powershot as soon as possible [Kurt from Powershot will be back in June to give out prizes, etc].
Thank you for your continued support.

Sports Day - Wednesday 27th June

Hopefully [weather permitting!]our sports day will be held on Wednesday 27th June.
Nursery and Reception will be in the morning, Y1-Y6 in the afternoon. If it is warm please remember -hats, suncream and drinks!

Jubilee Celebration!

There will be a non-school uniform day on Friday 1st June in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee.
The theme will be red,white and blue!
Many thanks
Mr Roberts

Sports Day

Please can all infant and juniors bring PE every day from now on as they will be practising every day [weather permitting!!]

Ball skills- Thursday 24th May- cancelled

Unfortunately Mr Roberts has to cancel ball skills on Thursday 24th May. Apologies for any inconvenience.
Mrs Rees, Clerk

PTA Summer Fayre - Sat 23rd June

The PTA Summer Fayre is on Saturday 23rd June starting at 1o'clock. If anyone would like to book a stall at the event, please email me at tina@fish525.orangehome.co.uk or ring on 07875502026 as soon as possible. The cost of a stall will be £10.
Thank you, Tina Fish, Chairperson

Llangrannog Trip Y6 - Friday 25th May

For general information about Llangrannog please visit

http://www.urdd.org/en/llangrannog/parents-and-leaders

We will send letter general letter [downloaded from web] home today about what to take etc. Specific times, etc will be sent out later on this week when we receive more information from the Urdd.

Maesybryn Book Day

A huge thank you to all the children for their lovely costumes today (and to all the parents for helping!). They all looked fabulous! Look in PHOTO GALLERY for photos of our Book Day parade.

Also a big diolch yn fawr for all your kind book donations for Sikusi. Our Sikusi committee went round the classes today to collect them and we have a big box full!

PTA Quiz - Friday 4th May

If you haven't brought tickets yet , please come in tomorrow for them - other wise we will have to cancel the event!
The PTA Team

Bank Holiday 7th May

Don't forget that it is a Bank Holiday on Monday 7th May!

PTA FILM CLUB - Thursday 10th May 5-7pm

It's Film Club again! May's film is TANGLED. Entrance is via the purchase of a £2.50 raffle ticket [per child], which includes refreshments [drink, sweet, crisps etc]. There will also be a prize at the end of the night for the winning raffle ticket. Please note that this is an event for the children only - we ask that all parents leave after bringing their children to the Film Club.
ALL CHILDREN MUST BE COLLECTED BY AN ADULT FROM THE HALL AT THE END OF FILM CLUB.
Many thanks, The PTA Team

Maesybryn's World Book Day

On Wednesday 2nd May, Maesybryn are celebrating World Book Day. We would like the children to dress up as a character from their favourite book or nursery rhyme. We would also like donations of suitable books that we can send to Sukusi School to build up their library.

Many thanks

Summer Atfer School Clubs

Football, Athletics and Cricket start this week [30th April].
Tennis and Ball skills start next week [7th May].

PTA Quiz Night - Friday 4th May

Please come along and have a fun night at the PTA quiz. Starts at 7.30 pm in the Crown Hill Community Centre on Friday 4th May. Ticket are £6 includes chicken and chips or veggie is available option. Please note that all drinks have to be bought at our licenced bar. Tickets are now on sale from the School Office.

Afterschool Clubs

There are no afterschool clubs this week w/c 23rd April. They will start next week, a new consent form will go out this week with the clubs available this term.

Breakfast Club for 4 year olds

Breakfast Club will be available for Nursery pupils [who have reached their 4th birthday] after Half Term w/c Monday 11th June.

Milk Bottle Igloo

Just a reminder - please  can you bring in 4 pint plastic milk bottles ASAP so that we can finish the Igloo - Before it snows again!

Diolch - the Nursery Staff

Ball Skills and Netball - After School Clubs

There will be no Balls Skills and Netball after school for this week and next as this Thursday are the Easter Parties and next week is the last day of term.

Many thanks
Mrs Rees

PTA Textile Collection

A BIG thank for all those who brought in a bag or two in our last collection.

As you can see we raised £391.92! Well done!

Our next collection will be on Wednesday 13th June.

Thank you for your support.

PTA

Cancelled - Cross country Tues 6th/Football Wed 7th

Just a reminder that Cross Country Club is cancelled today.

And Football is cancelled tomorrow - Wed 8th March because Mr Monk is going to the Pontypridd Schools Rugby Tournament and will not be back in time for football club.

Apologies for the short notice.
Mrs Rees
School Clerk

After School Clubs not taking place this week

Just a reminder that the following after school clubs will not be taking place this week -w/c 5th March

Tuesday - Music Club
Wednesday - Badminton
Thursday - Ball Skills

Don't Forget - Monday and Tuesday next week [w/c 12th March] Parent Evenings.

Many thanks

Well done to all the children in the choir who went to Craig-y-Parc School today.  As usual your behaviour was excellent and you perfomed really well. The pupils and staff thought you were brilliant.  A big thankyou to you all.  Congratulations!
Mrs Jones

Eisteddfod - Thursday 1st March

St David’s Day and Eisteddfod Thursday 1st March –All children can wear St David’s costume on this day.

S Roberts Headteacher

St David's Day Photos -Wed 22nd Feb

Photographs for Observer – Wednesday 22nd February A photographer from the Pontypridd Observer will visit school on Wednesday 22nd February at approx.10.30am to take photographs of pupils in their Welsh costumes. If you wish your child to be included in these photographs, please send your child to school wearing the Welsh costume and their school clothes in a bag on this day.
Exception to this is that nursery pupils can wear their costume all day. Only children wearing costume will be in the photographs.

St David’s Day and Eisteddfod Thursday 1st March –All children can wear St David’s costume on this day.

S Roberts Headteacher

PTA NEWS

It's time to clear out those cuboards for any unwanted clothes, shoes, bedding & books. We gave out bags before half term for return on Wednesday 22nd February.(If you have too much for one bag feel free to use any other bag) We will be paid by weight for any bags collected. All proceeds go to the PTA for our next project. Many thanks. Tina Fish PTA Chair

Bon Voyage!

I'm sure that all of us connected to Maesybryn would like to wish Mrs Bennell and Mrs Judith Richards  a safe journey to Uganda over half term. They are, of course, off to visit our friends in Sikusi Primary School, Mbale.  They will be taking with them many gifts some donated by you, and some bought with the money raised over the past few weeks by the Friends of Sikusi committee. Diolch yn fawr everybody! We hope you two have a fabuluous time there with Milka and her school. You will be taking our warmest greetings with you from us to Sikusi, strengthening our partnership and deepening the friendship between our two schools. Take care and come back safely with plenty of photographs and stories.
Mrs Decaro and all at Maesybryn.

Rugby training Cancelled - Friday 3rd February

Due to the frost we have had and the forecast for tonight we have decided to cancel rugby practice on Friday 3rd February due to the pitch being frozen.

There will however be a friendly match at Pontyclun RFC on Wednesday 8th February at 1pm. Details to follow.

Many thanks

Snow

The school is open today. Please keep an eye on the weather in case there are any further heavy falls.

Thanks

Mr. Roberts

Rugby Training - Friday 27th Jan - Cancelled

Due to the weather and unforeseen work commitments of the coaches we have to cancel rugby training for Friday 27th January.

Apologies for the short notice
Mrs S Rees, Clerk

After School Clubs

Happy New Year to you all!

After school Clubs will start this week and next, but Cross Country and Football will not start until after half-term. Details on diary page.

Please note all term dates are now on the diary together with proposed INSET days.