Dear Parents/Carers,

Please see below a link to a letter sent to the school by the Minister for Education this morning. As you can see from the letter, schools will not now reopen to pupils until Thursday 6th January. The first two days of term will be used by schools to plan for increased Covid safety measures.

As you can imagine, the reviewing of the risk assessment and possible changes to the operation of the school takes a significant amount of time and organisation so, at present, I am unable to share this with you. However, please be assured that as soon as we are able we will share information with parents and carers.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy and Healthy Christmas.

With best wishes,

Mrs Woodford

School operations – January 2022 – Letter to schools – English (1)

For further information about the nasal flu vaccine, please click on the link below.

Package leaflet

Please find below links to documents from the School Health Service. This information is for the parents of pupils in Miss Roberts Reception class and Miss Hawes class.

School Nurse letter

School Entry Health Review

Nurse today

Dear Parent/Carer of Year 6 pupils,

We would like to invite you and your child to our Virtual Transition Evening which will take place on Thursday 14th October from 5pm – 6pm.

During this time we will give you the opportunity to see:

• A virtual tour of the school
• Departments/Areas of Learning and the Learning and Teaching within the school
• Our Wellbeing and Additional Needs provision and support
• Opportunities for your child to develop through enrichment experiences which are at the heart of our school

In addition to the evening, over the coming term, your child will have the opportunity to ask questions to our pupils and staff through virtual meetings during their school day.

Please click on the link below to access the meeting at 5pm on Thursday 14th October.

https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NGEzZmY3ZDgtMDgzMy00ODZiLTlhZmYtNmM2OTYxZGI1YmY4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%224f3f0e52-b734-4164-9409-1b601d147993%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22fee9ad85-75c8-4c08-a1a1-e00d3908fcbb%22%7d

We are very much looking forward to seeing you next week.

Yours sincerely,

Mr D. L. R. Cole (Headteacher)

Dear Parent/Carer

Admission to Neath Port Talbot Community Schools (2022/2023) 

This letter contains important information for parents/carers of children

• who are transferring to Secondary school (at the end of Year 6)

It is essential you apply online at www.npt.gov.uk and complete the “Admission to School” form.  Applications open 04/10/2021 with the closing date being 26/11/2021.

Alternatively, you can send a request to admissions@npt.gov.uk for the paper application form which must be returned to

 

School Admissions Officer

Directorate of Education, Leisure & Lifelong Learning

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Civic Centre

Port Talbot SA13 1PJ

 

Should you wish to apply for a school outside of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, please contact the relevant Local Authority who will advise you of their admission procedures.

All parents/carers have the right to express a preference for the school they wish their child to attend.  In most cases, parents are happy to choose their local school. If you apply for and are offered a place other than at your local school, free transport will not be considered, irrespective of the distance from home to school.  Neath Port Talbot “Home to School Transport” policy is available on the Authority’s website www.npt.gov.uk

To help make your choice, please refer to the “Information For Parents Handbook” on the Authority’s website www.npt.gov.uk

 

Failure to submit Online (or paper) School Admission form may result in being denied a place at the school of your choice.  All parents/carers will be notified in writing of the allocated mainstream school on 01/03/2022.

Dear Parent/Carer

Admission to Neath Port Talbot Community Schools (2022/2023)

This letter contains important information for parents/carers of children

• who are due to start in Reception class (for the first time)

It is essential you apply online at www.npt.gov.uk and complete the “Admission to School” form.  Applications open 04/10/2021 with the closing date being 26/11/2021.

Alternatively, you can send a request to admissions@npt.gov.uk for the paper application form which must be returned to:

School Admissions Officer

Directorate of Education, Leisure & Lifelong Learning

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

Civic Centre

Port Talbot SA13 1PJ

 

Should you wish to apply for a school outside of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, please contact the relevant Local Authority who will advise you of their admission procedures.

All parents/carers have the right to express a preference for the school they wish their child to attend.  In most cases, parents are happy to choose their local school. If you apply for and are offered a place other than at your local school, free transport will not be considered, irrespective of the distance from home to school.  Neath Port Talbot “Home to School Transport” policy is available on the Authority’s website www.npt.gov.uk

To help make your choice, please refer to the “Information For Parents Handbook” on the Authority’s website www.npt.gov.uk

 

Failure to submit Online (or paper) School Admission form may result in being denied a place at the school of your choice.  All parents/carers will be notified in writing of the allocated mainstream school on 19/04/2022.

Dear Parent/ Carer,

We are so pleased to be able to start to have visitors in school and trips for the children again this term. It will be so lovely for the children to have some normality.

As many of you will know, we ask for a termly donation to cover the costs of these trips and details of these can be found below. The school subsidises these as far as possible and we provide other treats when we can. PLEASE LET ME KNOW if you have any issues or problems with the donations – any discussions will be treated in confidence and sensitively.

For parents of children in the Lower School you will see that we are not asking for a donation this term but we are planning a ‘bigger’ trip to Folly Farm in March. This is likely to be around £16 per child and I wanted to provide you with sufficient warning so you are able to budget if needed.

The trip payments can be made via Parent Pay from tomorrow evening. We would be very grateful if you could make your donation by Friday 1^st October as the first trips are taking place in the following week.

Termly Contribution Breakdown

Year Group	Autumn
Lower School Miss Roberts Reception only, Miss Hawes, Mr Fitchett, Miss Evans, Mr Bridgman, Miss Morgan, Mr Parton	No cost as all trips and visitors are local The children will be making bread and meeting visitors from the Fire Service, nurse etc.
Year 4 Miss Todd and Mrs George   Please note: no payment is required from Year 4 pupils because the school is still holding £9 from pre Covid donations. This will cover this term’s trips and activities and the balance of £4 will be forwarded to next term.	Margam Park- Environmental Art Workshop £4.00 Craft activities £1.00   Contribution taken from balance school is holding: £5.00
Year 5 Mr Gillet and Miss Whiteway	Margam Park- Environmental Art Workshop £4.00 Craft activities £1.00 Drum workshop £1.00   Contribution requested: £6.00
Year 6 Miss Clemes and Mrs Neal	Cinema Trip (as part of film work) £2.00 Touch Rugby Festival £2.00 Cooking activities £1.00 Artist in school to work on sculpture project £5.00   Contribution requested: £10.00