Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

July seems to be doing an excellent impersonation of October at the moment, which does raise one or two concerns with myself as to what August will show up as… We have unfortunately been at the beck and call of the rainy and windy weather this week, but as you can see from the huge list of activities that have been going on it hasn’t slowed us down one bit.

Red-Squirrel Workshop
The Year. 2 children had a fantastic morning with Caro, the Red squirrel Ranger at Bod Petryal on Tuesday. They spent some time in the woods hiding hazelnuts, completing a scavenger hunt and then tried to ‘think like a squirrel’ and find our nuts! A morning filled with lots of learning and fun!

Lockdown Drills
I’m so proud of all of the children and staff at Rhos St who have responded so brilliantly to our recent lockdown drills. We have held monthly drills in order to ensure that everyone knew exactly what to do and where to go should the need arise. Yesterday’s drill went extremely well, with all of the children safe inside in under a minute, and issues that had been highlighted, following analysis of the previous drills, mostly around door locks and testing protocols at different times of the school day, have all been remedied. I now feel confident that we are in the place we need to be in order to keep everyone safe. Following the success of establishing and enhancing these protocols lockdown drills will become a less-frequent, termly event, as with fire drills.

Yr. 3 Music

The Yr. 3 class had a wonderful ukulele session as part of their First Taste of Music from Denbighshire Music Cooperative. They all well and truly got to grips with the ukelele, and as you can see from the picture, had a fantastic time. Many thanks to Denbighshire Music Cooperative for providing the sessions this year for the Yr.3 children, which have all been great!

HLTA
Congratulations to Shanny and Sara who received notification of successfully achieving their HLTA (Higher-Level Teaching Assistant) qualification yesterday. They have both worked so hard and have surpassed every standard required of them. We are so proud of them both!

Yr. 3 Visit to the Library
Bl 2 and 3 had a very enjoyable and productive visits to Ruthin Library @DenbsLibs this week. Everyone signed up for the Summer Reading Challenge – Marvelous Makers, and are very excited to read, review and collect the stickers!
Living Classroom
The Yr. 5 children had a great visit to the Living Classroom this morning working alongside Matt, from Denbighshire Countryside services, making Bug-Hotels which will be attached to the climbing wall on the old Rhos St Site.

Yr. 2 Sleepover
Some of the Yr. 2 children will be having an exciting sleepover at school this evening. Lots of playtime fun and activities are planned, a movie and, hopefully, lots of blissful sleep.

Yr. 3/ 4 Visit to Eureka

Blwyddyn 3 a 4 had a fabulous time with at Eureka Science and Discovery yesterday. They had lots of opportunities to explore the galleries, and hands-on exhibits and were treated to a show all about the digestive system! The children were perfect representatives for Rhos St. Da iawn pawb!

Leavers’ Blessing
The Yr. 6 children joined fellow pupils from Ysgol Pen Barras and Ysgol Borthyn at St Peter’s Church on Wednesday for a Leavers’ Blessing. There were games, involving marshmallows allegedly, and an opportunity to reflect on the big step that they will be taking in September. Thank you to Reverend Luke for inviting us.

Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service
We were treated to a wonderful, tour de force, performance from the Yr. 6 children this afternoon which had a little bit of everything. The children, spoke, danced acted and sang beautifully and there was certainly many a lump in the throat when the pictures of their younger selves came on screen during their final song. A huge thank you to the fantastic Yr. 6 class, who have all worked so hard, to Miss. Price and her team for preparing the children so well, and to parents, carers family and friends for coming along to support us here at school. We will share pictures of the leavers’ service on X (Twitter) and our Flickr account next week. To all of the families whose association with Rhos St School comes to a close at the end of this term I wish you all the very best for the future and heartfelt thanks for your support over the years.

Rhos St School Term Dates 2024-2025

Rhos St Core-Values Awards
This year we have decided to align our end-of-year awards with the work we have been doing all year on Rhos St Core Vision and Values. Children from all classes were recognised for demonstrating one of our core values – Be Respectful, Be Kind and Be Your Best. The Yr. 6 winners also received the Olivial Alkir Award – Be Your Best, The Joel Darlington Award – Be Respectful and the Rhos St Governing Body Award – Be Kind.
This year’s worthy winners were: William, Felicity, Tobias, Oliver, Nancy, Archie, Albie, Fleur, Raphael, Florence, Ruby, Willow, Elsie, Billy, Harri, Sophie, Maisie, Leila, Jessica, Bethany, Max, Liam G, Tahapanes and Liam P. We are so proud of each and every one of them.