It has been agreed by the Council that the cost of primary school meals will increase to £2.10 from 1^st April 2019.

As part of our ‘Active Journeys’ programme, we have decided to take part in the ‘Sustrans Big Pedal’ initiative again this year. This encourages the children to actively travel to school either by walking, cycling or scooting. Over the next two weeks we will counting how many walks, cycles and scoots each class achieves and comparing them to other schools taking part in the area. We hope all children will participate where possible and support their classes.

Raffle tickets were sent home with the children last week and unfortunately they stated Summer Fair and not Easter Raffle. Could you please help us by selling these, at the cost of £1.00 per sheet? Please write your name and number on each individual ticket. Tickets and money to be returned by Monday 8^th April. The raffle will be drawn in school on the 12^th April.  Thank you for your ongoing support.

Please can we remind parents that we operate a nut-free policy in the school for the safety of pupils.

This year, the Welsh Government have changed how some tests are administered. The Numeracy Procedural Test is now an online, personalised test and schools can administer these at different times of the year. We have decided to administer this test for all pupils over the next two weeks. The Numeracy Reasoning Test and Reading Test will still take place during the stated testing period in May.

Unfortunately, Mrs Richards will be leaving us earlier than planned to take up a headship position in Newport. She will be finishing at Easter and we are currently discussing options with governors to cover the deputy headteacher’s role in the interim before Miss Bodenham returns in July.

There will be no Code Club on Friday. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

Code club will be running as usual next week.

A reminder that due to parent consultations, Choir and Art and Craft Club are cancelled for this evening.

A reminder for children that take brass lessons with Mr Wheeler to bring their instruments to school tomorrow.  Thank you.

A reminder that a deposit of £30.00 (non-refundable) is required to secure your child’s place by Monday 18th March to attend the outdoor activity course scheduled for the end of September.  If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Luff.  The website address for the PGL centre is http://www.pgl.co.uk

The PTA has rescheduled the rugby event from last term which is set to be an enjoyable day with fun activities. The PTA has already purchased rugby balls for the children to enjoy rugby sessions during the day. Children are asked to wear sportswear to school on this day and bring £1 to fund the event.

Your child will receive their appointment time by the end of this week. If you have not yet booked an appointment, please send in your completed form as soon as possible.

Please note that due to parent consultations, Choir and Art and Craft Club will be cancelled on Tuesday 19^th March.

The children in Purple Class will be selling pots of red fruit for 50p on Friday 15^th March. Money raised will be donated to Comic Relief.

The school has been given the opportunity to take part in a project that will run jointly between schools and Gwent Police Force. Operation Encompass is the reporting to schools, prior to 9am on the next school day, when a child or young person has been exposed to, or involved in, any domestic incident. Operation Encompass will ensure that a member of the school staff, known as a Key Adult, will use the information that has been shared, in confidence, in order to support any children who have been involved in, or exposed to, a domestic abuse incident.

We are keen to offer the best support possible to all our pupils and we believe this will be extremely beneficial for all those involved.

The local Speech and Language Therapy team in Gwent/Aneurin Bevan have recently set up social media accounts to share tips and ideas to support children and young people’s speech, language and communication skills.

Like on Facebook: ABUHB Children’s Speech and Language Therapy

Follow on Twitter: ABUHB_Speech