Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

I hope you all had an enjoyable half-term break and are suitably refreshed to strap in for the rollercoaster that is the final half of the summer term. You can’t get a pin in the diary between now and the end of term, but we’re all excited here to immerse ourselves in the summer madness.

New E-Mail Contacts
Denbighshire ICT Department have been busy in school this week migrating our school email systems to the Welsh-Government Hwb platform. We now have some new e-mail addresses to for you to use:
• For email contact with myself please use: andrew.davis@ysgolrhosstreet.cymru
• Any office / admin enquiries please use: office@ysgolrhosstreet.cymru
• For notification of pupil absences please use: absences@ysgolrhosstreet.cymru

Summer Trips, and Residentials
All classes have now received their summer-trip, and residential visit letters. Please can all permission and payments be made, through the ParentPay app, as soon as possible. We may have to consider the financial viability of some visits, and residentials, if sufficient funds are not received to cover costs. Huge thanks to the, always brilliant, Rhos St PTA for subsidising the summer trips again this year.

Safeguarding Questionnaire
As part of our safeguarding here at school I am sharing with you a link to a questionnaire for parents and carers around safeguarding: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/B3YK2XS
The questionnaire should not take more than two minutes to complete and will be used to inform our safeguarding practices moving forward. Our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy, and a poster identifying our Safeguarding Officers here in school, can be viewed on the school’s website in the Documents section. Many thanks in advance for your help and support.

Taking a Holiday in Term Time – Guide for Parents
Am I entitled to take my child out of school for a family holiday?
• No. Parents have a legal duty to ensure that their children attend school or the alternative provision on a regular basis
• The Education Act 1996 makes it a criminal offence for a parent to “fail to secure their child’s regular school attendance at the school”
• Our view is no term time holidays should be approved
• Headteachers must not grant any leave of absence (holiday) during term time unless there are exceptional circumstances
• Parents do not have entitlement to take their child out of school for a holiday in term time
If we decide to take a holiday during term time, what must we do?
• The parent/carer with whom the child resides must apply in writing to the headteacher where the child is registered
• The application must explain the exceptional circumstance surrounding the request for the leave of absence
What will school do then?
• The headteacher will determine whether the exceptional circumstance applies, if not the application will be declined
• Only the headteacher (or the Deputy) has the power to approve leave of absence applications. When making a decision the headteacher will take in to consideration Welsh Government guidance on this matter (All Wales Attendance Framework ) (2011)
• Each academic year, schools inform parents/carers via a letter, newsletter, or school website that they may receive a Fixed Penalty Notice if their child has unauthorised absences (10days or more) in term time
• You will receive a written response from the headteacher (or the Deputy) letting you know if your application has been approved
• If the holiday goes ahead after the application has been declined the absence will be recorded as unauthorized

Dates for the Diary
Dates for the Diary
9th June Yr. 5 Literacy Transition
11th June Gardening Club
12th June Kick-It Sports Football
13th June Staff Training Day
17th June Yr. N Trip to Welsh Mountain Zoo
18th June Urdd Athletics
Gardening Club
19th June Yr. 6 Brynhyfryd Sports Afternoon
Kick-It Sports Football
20th June Ruthin Cricket Festival (TBC)
23rd June Yr. N – Police Visit + Police Car
25th June Gardening Club
26th June Yr. R & Yr. 1 Trip to XPlore Science
Kick-It Sports Football
1st July Sports Day
2nd July Yr. 2 Trip to Ninja Tag
Nursery Transition Event
3rd July Reserve Sports Day
Kick-It Sports Football
Urdd – Beach Tag Rugby (TBC)
4th July Yr. 6 Transition Day
Yrs. N-5 Moving-Up Morning
7th July Parental Consultations
8th July Urdd Athletics
9th July Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service
10th July Yr. 6 Trip to Laser Combat
11th July Yr. 5 Trip to Imperial War Museum
16th July Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to XPlore Science
21st July Staff Training Day
Additional dates will be added once confirmed.

Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt
On Wednesday we had some very important visitors in school to come along and work with us as part of our Be Alert, Don’t Get Hurt! project. The first phase of the project is around keeping the primary-school children of Ruthin safe, both around their schools and on the local roads. We are collaborating with Ysgol Pen Barras and Ysgol Borthyn to create material to share with the schools’, and wider, community promoting safe use of car parks, pedestrian crossings as well as respecting speed limits around schools. The project is also looking at the fatal five:

We were joined by representatives of North Wales Police, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service, Marcus, from Eternal Media, and by Mr. Tony Gatley, a magistrate, who came in to answer questions devised by the children. It was a fascinating and informative interview, and the children learned a great deal about the sometimes-devastating impact that careless, and antisocial driving can have on people’s lives. The children were given a guided tour of the Go Safe vehicle and had great fun using the camera and laser equipment used to detect speeding vehicles.

Reception family Service
We were treated to a lovely family service this morning from the Reception Class. The children all looked brilliant in their tie-dye outfits and spoke and sang beautifully. A huge thank you to all the reception class parents, carers, family, and friends for coming along to support us, to Mrs. Bourne and her team for all their hard work in preparing the children, and, of course, to the children for their fantastic performance.

Weekly Wellbeing
This week’s quote is from Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work, a satirist, from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.
Player of the Tournament

Huge congratulations to Charlie Green who was recently awarded player of the tournament, at a recent competition.
for Ruthin Town FC.