Follow this link.  Can you help us solve the mystery?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qTkHGHEIX0

Dear Parents / Carers,

We have been asked to notify you that: if your child was absent yesterday, when their 'class bubble' was vaccinated, you will need to arrange with your GP practice for your child to be vaccinated.

Many thanks

Dear Parents / Carers,

As part of this year’s Children in Need appeal, the children have been looking at the theme ‘Five to Thrive’. In response to the current pandemic, ‘Five to Thrive’ focuses on making children’s mental wellbeing our number one priority.

To end the week, on Friday, we will be inviting the children to ‘Come as Yourself’. It’s all about giving the children an opportunity to express themselves and asking them to wear whatever makes them feel comfortable.

If you would like to make a small contribution to the cause, we will have collection bins in the yard, at the start and end of the day. We hope that this will make it possible for people to drop coins into the bins, without risking cross-contamination.

As always, we thank you for your continued support.

We are thrilled to announce that we have been selected to be one of this year’s Co-op Local Community Causes.  This is fantastic news, as it means that we will be working with the Co-op, over the next year, to raise funds for the school!  All funds that we raise, will be designated towards developing our outdoor / pond areas. 

We are hoping that you will be able to help us in fundraising?!  It is easy to do! 

• First, you become a Co-op member, (if you are not already one).  You can do this in store, at coop.co.uk/membership, or by downloading the Co-op app (There is a £1 fee for doing this).
• Once you are a member, you can go online and select ‘Mayals Primary School’ as your cause.
• After that, every time you shop at any Co-op – 1% of your spend will be given back to the school.  It’s as simple as that!

The more people that have chosen our school as a cause, the more funds we raise!  So, could we please ask you to share this information, with your family and friends.  Watch this space!

To all those within our local, and wider, community,

We are writing to ask for your much needed support and understanding. 

Over the past few months, (since the early stages of the pandemic crisis), we have seen a drastic increase in the number of people trespassing on the school grounds, when the school is closed.

At first, this begun with local youths jumping over the gate to use the football pitch, which was causing no real threat or damage to the school.  Unfortunately, over time, this has encouraged others to use the pitch and has further progressed to people using the play equipment and even running around the grounds, breaking teaching resources from outside our classrooms.

Last weekend, our CCTV took images of around 30 people on the school premises, between 5pm Friday and 8pm Sunday.  Some of these were using the field, but others have been captured climbing on our outbuildings, using the climbing frames, tearing up the one-way system that we have in place, and even vandalising resources that our children use.  Along with this, we had to pick up three black bags full of litter that had been left on the grounds.

For the safe keeping of our school, and for the safety of our children, could we please ask that no person enters the school grounds when the school is closed. 

We ask that you to share this message; particularly with anyone who you feel may be using the school grounds.

We have shared our CCTV footage with the local police, who will be following the matter up.  We would also like to ask if you would be so kind to report anyone that you see trespassing on the school grounds, by calling the non-emergency police number (101).

Thank you all for your continued support in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. L. Cox

We are seeking to appoint two teaching assistants, to begin after half term.

Full details can be found on the Local Authority website or by following this link:

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/article/59508/Mayals-Primary-School-Teaching-Assistant-Level-2

To find the latest school newsletter, please follow this link: https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/mayals-primary-school/UploadedDocument/baba31ff66b5489eb4c79fbad4b1c83a/lc-newsletter-17.09.20.pdf

Dear Parents and Carers,

Please find below, a link to a ‘Welcome Back to School’ video.  The video has also been uploaded to our school website.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p0cbDY8fOg

The school gates will be opened at 8.25am, in the morning, and staff will be ready to accept children from 8.30am.  We will have staff on the yard to help clarify any arrangements.

We will be continuing to review and adapt our processes, over the next couple of weeks, and we will endeavour to keep you as fully informed as possible.  As always, however, if you have any further comments, questions or queries, please do contact the school.

We are extremely excited about welcoming you all back, over the coming week.  We look forward to seeing all children from Year 1 to Year 6, tomorrow.

Have a good night’s sleep, and we will see you soon!

Best wishes,

Mr. Cox

September 2020 – Return to School Arrangements

Dear parents and carers, 

We hope that you have all managed to enjoy the summer break?!  Much like the rest of 2020, the time certainly has been ‘different’ to normal years - all apart from the weather, that is!

We are delighted to soon be welcoming back our children and families.  We hope that starting school will allow us all, the opportunity to reset our focus, and get a little closer to normality.

Despite the fact that we are thrilled to be welcoming all our children back to school; it is important to remember that we are still in the midst of a global pandemic.  In order for our pupils, staff, and families to remain safe, there are measures that we must continue to put in place. 

Please take the time to read through the guidelines below, and share them with your children.  There has been no change, since the last update I sent, during the last week of term, but we will continue to monitor updates from Welsh Government.  As always, if you have any further comments, suggestions or queries, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Enjoy the remainder of the break, and we look forward to seeing you all soon!

Best wishes,

Mr. Leon Cox

Thank you once again.  We look forward to seeing you all soon.

Best wishes,

Mr. Leon Cox

Dear parents and carers, 

As always, I hope that this letter finds you well?!

It has been another brilliant week in school.  Over the week, we have been thrilled to welcome back over 150 of our children.  Along with this, we have enjoyed a (socially-distant) Teddy Bears’ Picnic, with our Nursery pupils; and have also managed to arrange one last get together, for our Year 6 children.  It has been a fantastic way to end the school year… at the end of a very turbulent few months!

Before sharing some final messages, and outlining our plans for September, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank you all, one last time.

Your hard work, support and kindness, over the past year (and particularly over the past few months), has meant a lot to us, at the school.  Along with this, it has confirmed the strength that we have, within our school community.  Seeing how well the children have returned to school, over the past three weeks, is testament to how well our families have done!  Thank you!

We hope that you all stay well, and enjoy the summer break.  We are already looking forward to welcoming you all back in September!  Please remember that we are still available, should you need us, over the summer. 

Best wishes,

Mr. Leon Cox

(CoxL32@hwbcymru.net)

Thank you once again.  We look forward to seeing you, in September.

Best wishes,

Mr. Leon Cox