Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

What a busy and productive week at Rhos Street. We’ve enjoyed a wonderfully busy few days filled with learning, safety awareness, community spirit, and fundraising. This week saw the unveiling of our new Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt road safety banner, as well as a really constructive road safety meeting with North Wales Police that helped reinforce safe habits for all pupils.
Alongside this, the children took part in both a lockdown drill on Monday and a fire drill on Wednesday, responding calmly, sensibly, and brilliantly to each. These drills are an important part of our safeguarding practice, and we’re proud of how maturely the pupils approached them.
We also embraced an own clothes day in support of Rupert’s Rainbow, helping raise awareness and funds for a cause close to our community. And of course, we’ve been busy collecting donations for our Recycle 4 School fundraising initiative.
It’s been a packed and purposeful week, and our pupils have worked incredibly hard throughout.
Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

Safety Drills Success This Week
This week, pupils took part in two important whole‑school safety practices: a lockdown drill on Monday and a fire drill on Wednesday. We are very pleased to share that both drills were extremely successful.
Our pupils responded brilliantly in each situation. They followed instructions calmly, moved quickly and sensibly, and demonstrated a clear understanding of what to do to stay safe. These drills are an important part of our safeguarding procedures, ensuring that staff and pupils are well prepared for any situation that may arise.
Both drills were carried out efficiently and effectively, and we are proud of how maturely all children approached them. Regular practice helps us refine our procedures and maintain a safe, secure environment for everyone in our school community. Well done to all pupils and staff for their excellent response and teamwork.

Recycle 4 School – Thank You for the Fantastic Donations!
A huge thank you to everyone for the wonderful donations received today as part of our Recycle 4 School scheme.
Your generosity is helping us raise valuable funds while supporting textile recycling. Our Eco-Council will now organise collection of two full recycling containers!
We truly appreciate all the good‑quality items you’ve sent in — from clothes and shoes to accessories and other reusable textiles. Every donation will be collected, reused around the world, and will make a real difference by reducing textile waste and supporting our school.
Thank you once again for your incredible support!

Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt Banner Unveiled
We are delighted to share the next phase of our joint Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt road safety campaign, delivered in partnership with Ysgol Pen Barras and Ysgol Borthyn. This week, a new road safety banner was unveiled at our shared site, reinforcing the importance of using the school car park safely and responsibly. This continues our ongoing work to keep our school community safe. Alongside regular reminders, we are taking further actions to promote safe drop‑off and pick‑up routines, reduce congestion, and ensure that pedestrians—especially our youngest pupils—can move around the site with confidence.
Our pupils have played an important role in shaping this campaign through pupil voice activities. Their ideas and concerns have helped us understand key priorities and ensure that the messaging is meaningful to the children themselves.
Safeguarding remains at the heart of everything we do, and this campaign is another positive step in strengthening the safety of our whole school community. We look forward to updating you as further actions are introduced in the coming weeks.

Thank You for Supporting Rupert’s Rainbow
A huge thank you to all pupils, parents, and carers for your fantastic support during our Own Clothes Day for Rupert’s Rainbow. Your generosity and enthusiasm were very much appreciated and have helped raise both awareness and funds for a truly important cause.
This fundraising is in support of 7‑month‑old Rupert, who has AHC (Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood). Funds will go towards vital research taking place in the USA, helping to further understanding of this rare condition and support Rupert and his family.
We are also so proud of our pupils, who have been colouring in beautiful rainbows to decorate the hall ready for Thursday’s Bingo event. Their effort, creativity, and kindness have brought so much colour and joy to the school — thank you all!
A quick reminder that our next fundraising event — Bingo Night on Wednesday 5th February — is just around the corner. We hope to see many of you there for an evening of fun, prizes, and community spirit, all in support of this wonderful cause.
Thank you once again for your kindness and continued support.

Supporting Children to Thrive Online – Digital Resilience Sessions
We are pleased to share details of our upcoming Digital Resilience Sessions, designed to help parents, carers, and families feel confident supporting children in today’s online world.
These sessions will explore:
• How to keep children safe online
• How to build confidence in talking to your child about internet safety
• How to recognise concerning online behaviours
• How to create a practical digital safety plan for your family
The sessions are open to all parents, carers, and family members, with multiple opportunities to attend, both online and in person, to suit different schedules.
Together, we can help children become safe, confident, and resilient digital citizens. Sign up link: Digital Resilience for adults – Fill in form

Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt – Meeting Update
Thank you to everyone who attended our Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt meeting yesterday. It was a really positive and productive session. We reviewed the data and findings from both the pupil and parent road safety surveys, and we’re very grateful to everyone who took the time to complete them. Your feedback is incredibly important and has already helped shape our next steps. Some fantastic ideas were shared, and we’re excited to start working on them.
Keep an eye out for our upcoming Road Safety Poster Competition—details will be shared soon!
Thank you again for your continued support in helping keep all our children safe.

Request for Junior Book Donations
As part of our ongoing work this year to promote reading for pleasure, we are currently zhuzhing up the Junior Library to make it an even more inviting and exciting space for our pupils. Alongside this, we are also preparing for our upcoming Book Café.
To support both projects, we would be really grateful for donations of good‑quality Junior-age books (ages 7–11). If you have any books at home that your children have finished with, we’d love to give them a new lease of life on our shelves.
Donations can be handed to your child’s class teacher or dropped off at the main office.
Thank you, as always, for your wonderful support. It truly makes a difference to our reading community.

Weekly Wellbeing
This morning’s service was all about kindness; this quote from Aesop reminds us that we all make the world the way it is. Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller believed to have lived around 620–564 BCE. He is best known for his collection of short moral tales, now called Aesop’s Fables, which include familiar stories such as The Tortoise and the Hare and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Although little is known about his life with certainty, his fables have been passed down for centuries and continue to teach children (and adults!) important lessons about kindness, honesty, and empathy.

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop

Achievers
This week’s amazing achievers are: Kadey-May, Sam, Noa, Eliza, Jack, Kitti, Phoebe, Orfan, Eric, and Verity.
Welsh awards went to Omran, Fleur, Paisley, Orla, Isla, and Jack. Well done to all of our fabulous achievers!