After a busy morning all of the year 6 children, their cases, and their sleeping bags are safely on their way to Llangrannog for an exciting week away. 

Mum's and Dad's please watch this space for regular updates and photographs of their amazing week! 

Don't forget to refer to your checklist before packing!!

Make sure all of the children pack with you so that they know everything they have brought with them!!

 

See you on Monday!

 

 

 

Postponement of Strike Action

 

Dear Parent,

As you will be aware from the media and previously posted information to you from the school, three Unions (Unison, GMB and Unite) had balloted members and voted to take industrial action on Tuesday 14^th October 2014.

The action, a one day strike, has now been postponed.

We are aware that class/school closures inconvenience parents and carers and so I am writing to you to confirm that school will be open to all pupils as normal.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

 

Mr. G. Parker

Deputy Headteacher

Week Commencing 13^th October 2014

As a number of teaching staff are away on a residential trip in Llangrannog next week, the following clubs will be cancelled.

 

Lunchtime Clubs:

Singing Club

Football 5/6 Girls

 

After School Clubs

Orchestra                              Thursday

Multiskills Club                    Thursday

 

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

With Llangrannog only 4 sleeps away, here is a quick reminder of everything you need!

 

Click here to read more . . . .

 

To give parents maximum flexibility, we now have an on-line booking facility for all classes from Reception to Year 6.   

 

The system is live TODAY!

 

Go to http://www.parents-booking.co.uk/llanfach to book.

School will be open as usual during the NATO summit but will be closed to pupils in Dosbarth Enfys on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September.

 

PALS will also be open as usual this week but will be closing early on Thursday 4th and Friday 5th at 4:30 p.m.

A fantastic Estyn Inspection 

 

'The school’s prospects for improvement are excellent because the headteacher provides outstanding leadership. She has a clear vision for the school that strongly promotes the wellbeing and achievement of all pupils'

 

Llanishen Fach Primary School is a good school because:

• from a young age, most pupils develop good standards in literacy and numeracy;
•  standards in reading and writing have improved considerably over time;
• pupils of all abilities make good progress in learning and using Welsh as a second language;
• behaviour is good;
• there is a rich and varied programme of learning activities;
• the good standard of teaching across the school ensures that pupils are motivated and actively engaged in their learning;
• there are rigorous processes for regularly assessing and tracking pupils’ progress;
• the positive emphasis on inclusion is apparent in the attitudes of staff and pupils and across the school’s activities;
• the caring ethos encourages pupils to develop tolerance, respect and understanding of each other; and
• the school provides a safe and stimulating environment for learning.

 

The school’s prospects for improvement are excellent because:

• the headteacher provides outstanding leadership. She has a clear vision for the school that strongly promotes the wellbeing and achievement of all pupils;
• governors have a good awareness of the school’s priorities. They understand the school’s performance data and are able to hold the school to account on matters of standards;
• the use of performance data to inform the judgements in self-evaluation processes and to identify specific targets to raise standards achieved by pupils is outstanding;
• the school improvement plan sets out the school’s priorities very effectively and acts as a high quality tool for raising standards; and
• over the last four years, the school has made significant progress in addressing its identified priorities.

 

Across Wales children in years 2 to 6 now take tests in reading and numeracy each summer. This year our pupils will be taking their test starting on Wednesday 7th May.

 

For more information visit the 'National Tests' link under the parents tab on our website.

For the last 21 days we have been waiting for our 17 fertile chick eggs to hatch.

 

4 eggs were moved into the dome incubator yesterday ready for hatching, so that we could see them more clearly, and were able to film them.The other 13 eggs remained in the large incubator to hatch.

 

In the main incubator we have:

 

• 7 Welsummers
• 3 Warrens crossed with Rhode Island Red
• 3 Rhode Island Red crossed with

 

7 have hatched already!!

 

In the dome incubator we have:

 

• 2 Welsummer
• 1 Warrens crossed with Rhode Island Red
• 1 Rhode Island Red crossed with Light Sussex

 

2 have hatched already!!

 

Now that we have 7 chicks hatched they will be transferred to a cage with a heat lamp. If they are moved too soon, the chicks may catch a chill and the other eggs may not hatch.

 

Using the i-motion app on the iPad we managed to record our first chick hatching over night. The app uses stop-frame animation which captured a photograph every 30 seconds and then converted it into a video for everyone to enjoy. Watch the short video here!