Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

As we finally cross the finish line on the longest half term since records began, I think the children can be really proud of everything they’ve achieved. They have all really got to grips with their new classes and have produced some wonderful work within this half-term’s topics and themes. After this activity-packed half term I’m sure we’re all ready for a break, I know staff definitely are, ready to return, refreshed, for the adrenaline-fuelled lead-up to Christmas! Have a great half term, see you all on the 6th of November.

Pentrellyncymmer Payments
Please can all outstanding Pentrellyncymmer funds be paid by Monday 6th of November, to ensure your child’s place on the residential visit. Many thanks.

Halloween Party
A huge thank to the, always brilliant, Rhos St PTA for organising our spooky Halloween Party yesterday that raised over £425. The children looked amazing in their costumes and had a wonderful time. Thank you also to the school community for supporting the event.

Chester Football
I’m really pleased to confirm that we will be working with Chester FC again, after the holiday (dates to be confirmed), who will be providing free afternoon coaching sessions and after-school club for £3 per session. We’re delighted to be working with Kalvin again, with whom we have worked for many years through this very successful collaboration.

Kick It Sports

Kick It Sports will be offering after-school multi-sports sessions, 3.15pm – 4.30pm, from Monday 20th of November for four weeks. Sessions are available to pupils from Yrs. R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 at the cost of £18 for the four sessions. Session dates are: 20th Nov, 27th Nov, 4th Dec and 11th Dec.
You can find out all about Kick It Sports and what they offer by following this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1xd6LiOVQ6jDrj6NbfdE6XDnVd9w-QD/view?usp=share_link
Follow this link to book onto and pay for the course: https://bookwhen.com/kickitsports

P.T.A Logo Competition
Our fab PTA are running a design a new PTA logo competition over half term. The design should be on A5 or A4 and include the letters: PTA. All entries, with the 50p entry fee, should be handed in to class teachers after half term. The winning logo wins a chocolatey prize for their class!

Parent Governor Election Results
After completion of the nomination process the following Parent Governors have been duly elected:
1. Sue Salisbury
2. Laura Evans
The successful candidates will take up their positions with immediate effect.

Andrew Davis Julie Debicka
Headteacher Chair of Governors

Achievers
This week’s achievers are: Tahapanes, Seren. Thea, Drago, Neve, Kadey, Abi, Amelia, Nancy and Tommy.
Welsh awards went to: Leo, Daniel, Mia, Joe, Henry, Ryan, Charlie G, Maisie, Charlie R, Neve, Elsie, Oliver, Auraya, Elianna, Isaac, Jake, Harry and a special award for very enthusiastic singing in Welsh Wednesday to Sharon. Da iawn pawb!

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Action aplenty this week with our visit to Nant BH, Welsh Wednesday, Cross Country, Wear Red Day and not to mention the Reading Café! One week to go before we crash headlong into half term for a well-deserved breather.

Nant BH
The weather was suspiciously kind to us on our residential to Nant BH in the first half of the week. The children all had an amazing time adventuring in the Welsh mountains and were so well behaved, showing all of the qualities that we hold so dear: respect, kindness and giving your best. Many thanks for bearing with us in the Twitter (X) department as the WIFI / connectivity at the centre was as flaky as we remembered. Never fear, all of the pictures, including the ones below, from the residential will soon be uploaded to Rhos St’s Flickr account, which you can access through the school’s website.

Pentrellyncymmer Payments
Please can all outstanding Pentrellyncymmer funds be paid by Monday 6th of November, to secure your child’s place on the residential visit. Many thanks.

Wear Red Day
We had a fantastic response to our Wear Red Day to in support of Show Racism the Red Card’s anti-racism campaign. Our service this morning was all about the importance of respecting and celebrating all of the things that we share as well as the things that make us special, unique individuals. Circle time this week has also been focussed on this positive and important message.

Welsh Wednesday
The second of our Welsh-Wednesday assemblies, promoting Welsh language and culture took place on, guess when… Wednesday! Huge thanks to Mrs. Lewis who is leading on this fab initiative.

Halloween Party
We are looking forward to our spooky Halloween Party on Thursday 26th of October. The foundation learners’ party is from 3.30pm -4.30pm and the juniors’ is from 4.45pm -5.45pm. £2.50 entry, which includes a drink and a snack. All foundation learners must be accompanied by an adult.

Music-Tuition Fees
All music tuition fees are now on ParentPay. Many thanks.

Shwmae Su’mae Day
Rain stopped play again, in a big way, for our planned Welsh yard games with Ysgol Pen Barras, we will try again next week, if it ever stops raining!

Cross Country
Well done to all of our valiant cross-country runners who faced the formidable course at Ruthin Rugby Club on Wednesday. Competition was fierce and even though we were down on the usual number of pupils we would normally take along, due to the Nant BH residential visit, everyone did themselves proud. There were a few administrative wrangles at the end of the Yr. 3/4 boys’ race, which we are looking into, but that didn’t mar what was a great morning out. A great demonstration, yet again, of our school ethos of respect, kindness and being your best.

Reading Café
A huge thank you to Mrs. Bourne for all her hard work organising the fab Reading Café yesterday. The children had a fantastic time swapping books and were thrilled with their new books. Many thanks also to the parents and carers who came along to the event and to those who donated children’s and adult’s books. We are looking to hold Reading Cafés on a termly basis… watch this space.

Achievers
This week’s brilliant achievers are: Leyla, Sophie, Isabella, Oliver, Omran, Dolly, Esme, Ted, Dexter, Wren and Romeo. Maddie shared her red belt and certificate; Joe and Emily shared their brown-belt certificates and Grace shared her purple-stripe belt and certificate. Isla shared her three gold and one silver swimming medals. Well done to them all!

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

There’s no such thing as a quiet week in a primary school, and this week has been no exception. Harvest prep aplenty, all ready for our harvest service on Tuesday, and we’re all getting excited about our forthcoming visit to Nant BH – let’s hope this forecast warm spell stretches that far, so that legendarily-chilly Welsh water, in the Arfon Ddu, won’t come as too much of a shock!

Little Acorns
Little Acorns are holding an open evening on Wednesday 11th of October 3.30pm – 5.30pm. Parents and carers are invited to come along to view the setting. There will be time, should you wish, for a chat with Ruth and myself, and maybe even a paned and a biscuit. Please contact littleacornsltd@outlook.com or 07776796020 should you require places in daycare or after school club.

Nant-BH
Please could all outstanding payments for the forthcoming residential visit to Nant BH be made by Monday the 9th of October. Your child’s place on the residential may be at risk if payment is not received by this date. Many thanks.

Proposals to Reduce Library Opening Hours
The Council has opened a public consultation on proposals to reduce Denbighshire library opening hours by 50% from April 2024. The public are invited to respond and give their views on the proposals, online (link below) or via paper forms available in every library.
https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/news/news-detail.aspx?article=52082c99-520f-4497-a45f-5b2fd75f9c53

Harvest Festival
Our harvest service is scheduled for Tuesday the 10th of October at 10am at St Peter’s Church. All parents, carers, family and friends are welcome to attend, for what we hope will be a lovely celebration of harvest time. We are requesting non-perishable goods, for donation to the Ruthin-food bank. Please can all donated items come into school on Monday. Any parents and carers who would be available to assist in walking with the younger learners to the church should meet at the main entrance at 9.30am on Monday (for the rehearsal) and 9.30am Tuesday (for the main event). Many thanks, in advance, for your support.

Nursery Outdoor Area
Miss. Pugh is looking to ‘jazz-up’ the nursery-outdoor area. She is requesting donations of: plastic crates, wooden planks, cable reels, plastic pipes / tubes, pots and pans, kitchen utensils, patches of artificial grass, tarpaulin, large pieces of fabric, pegs, mini-play figure and loose parts such as buttons, corks, pebbles, bark or any small wooden parts. Please get in touch with Miss. Pugh if you think you can help. The Nursery children and staff would be so grateful. Thank you in advance.

Named Uniform / Belongings
We have had some items of uniform and other belongings become temporarily separated from their owners this week, unfortunately the items were not named, which made reuniting them with their owners more complex than it could have been. Please can I request that all uniform and personal items are clearly named to enable us to return them more easily. Many thanks.

Rhos St Reading Café
As part of our work on developing reading for pleasure at Rhos St, we will be holding a Reading Café event on Thursday the 19th of October. There will be lots of fun reading activities going on and the opportunity for parents and carers to come along, grab a cuppa and a biscuit, and take part. Watch this space for details.

Achievers
This week’s fab achievers are: Bertie, Louie, Isla-Rose, Bradley, Orson, Orfan, Eve, Darcie, Merry and Jess.
Jess also shared her gymnastic medals and awards. Very well done to all of our high-achievers this week.

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Another hectic week draws to a close in the world’s-longest half term! Everyone is focussed on preparations for our Harvest service and, even though this is against nature itself in the month of September, completing PTA Christmas cards… Please don’t hold it against us!

Farewell Mrs. Reece
THE END OF AN ERA! Yesterday was the day we said goodbye and good luck to Mrs. Reece as she begins her retirement. She has worked wonders with so many pupils during her time at Rhos Street and she will be so dearly missed by us all. What a star!

School Council

Our brilliant elected members of the School Council had a very successful first meeting this week. So many great ideas and all of them very eager to get started. I’m sure they will have an extremely positive influence on what we do here at Rhos St school over the year.

Little Acorns

I’d like to share with you the Little Acorns setting, which looks incredible, huge thank you to Ruth and the team for their amazing efforts. Please contact littleacornsltd@outlook.com or 07776796020 should you require places in daycare or after school club.

Nant-BH
Please could all outstanding payments for the forthcoming residential visit to Nant BH be made by Monday the 9th of October. Your child’s place on the residential may be at risk if payment is not received by this date. Many thanks.

PTA Christmas Cards
Despite the chill down my spine at mentioning Christmas in September, you should be receiving your child’s PTA Christmas card today or Monday. Please can all orders be returned to school, with payment, by Friday 6th of October. All profits from the sale of the Rhos St PTA Christmas cards will go to the school’s, always brilliant, PTA to fund fun and exciting things and adventures for children at school.

Lost Jumpers / Cardigans
I have been made aware that we have some errant knitwear this week. We have a missing cardigan and a missing school jumper. Both items are named, one on the label, one embroidered on the sleeve. Could I please request that you check your child’s uniform to see if the missing items have accidentally been mixed-up. Many thanks.

Denbighshire County Council – Litter Campaign

Our fabulous Eco Council met with Ruthin Mayor, Anne Roberts on Monday, along with two representatives from Denbighshire County Council, who were requesting ideas to tackle the problem of littering in Ruthin. Unsurprisingly the eco council gave some amazing ideas, which they will be sharing with you all in the near future. Anne and the DCC team were very impressed with the calibre of the ideas and suggestions and, I’m not surprised at all by this, but very proud, the fantastic engagement and behaviour of the eco council. Watch this space!

Achievers
This week’s fabulous achievers are: Brandon, Max, Oliver, Madalyn, Thea, Ruby, Daniel. Jasmine and Rupert.
Claire shared her summer reading challenge certificate and Louie shared his taekwondo certificate. Well done to them all.

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Just in case you didn’t know it was autumn the weather has definitely hammered home the message this week. The children have coped brilliantly with the soggy break and lunch times as well showing stoic resolve when faced with curious influx of our eight-legged friends to the school; some of the staff not so much …

One to One Support Worker / Lunchtime Supervisors
We are currently looking to appoint a one to one support worker to work in the Nursery class, 8.50am – 11.30am, as well as lunchtime supervisors to join our brilliant team here at Rhos St. Please contact the school office on 01824702565 to arrange an informal chat if you are interested in either, or both roles. We look forward to hearing from you.

Reception and Yr. 6 Trip to the Living Classroom
Next Tuesday the Reception children will be visiting the Living Classroom for the first time. They will be accompanied by five members of staff and each will have a Yr. 6 ‘buddy’ who will help them explore the area. The children will need to wear old, outdoor clothes appropriate for the weather. As the children will be outside all morning a coat will also be required. Waterproof over trousers will be supplied by the school if required. The children will also need wellies or strong boots and a change of footwear for the return to school. I’m sure they will all have a brilliant adventure in the Livng Classroom, the first of many to come.

Outstanding Payments
Please can I request that all payments for the Nant BH and Pentrellyncymmer outdoor, residential visits are made as soon as possible. Outstanding payments may mean that your child may not be able to take part in the visit.
Can all outstanding Giggles and After-School Club payments be made as soon as practicable please to ensure a smooth transition from Giggles Daycare to Little Acorns. Any credits in Giggles / After-School Club accounts will be transferred to Little Acorns.

Yr Hen Lys / The Old Courthouse
A big thank you to Tommy, from Yr. 6 for representing the school at the opening of The Old Courthouse / Yr Hen Lys last Saturday. Tommy was presented with a Thank You scroll by Anne Roberts, Ruthin’s Mayor. Mrs. Roberts will also be coming into school on Monday to seek the assistance of our fab Eco Council to help resolve a local litter issue.

Achievers
Our amazing achievers this week are: Liam, Eira, Josh, Ayla, Jaxson, George, William, Alice and Lucas.
Harry and Leo shared their summer reading challenge certificates. Well done to them all!

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Wow, where did that week go! As we get to the end our our second week in school I can’t praise the children enough for how well they have returned to school, focussed and ready to work. I have been so impressed by the foundation learners who have got into the swing of their new, playtime and morning routine with aplomb. It has been so lovely to see all the children smartly moving around the school and the excellent behaviour in the dinner hall. It augurs well for the coming school year and the achievements to come.

School Vision
We have a new vision here at Rhos St school, based on respect, kindness and being your best self. We wish a very fond farewell to our previous vision of Providing opportunity, realising potential and enriching learners, Together with our new school vision:

Be Respectful – Byddwch yn Gwrtais
Be Kind – Byddwch yn Garedig
Be Your Best – Byddwch ar eich Gorau

We think that this encompasses and represents everything that we believe at Rhos St School: Respect for ourselves, for others, our community, diversity and for our planet. Kindness as a first principle in all that we do and a focus on being the very best person that we can be.

Dates for the Diary

Tue 10th Oct Harvest Service – St Peter’s Church 10.00am
Mon 16th – Wed 18th Oct Nant BH
Fri 20th Oct Show Racism the Red Card
Tue 17th – Wed 18th Oct Nursery Open Evenings 3.30pm – 5.00pm
Mon 23rd – Thurs 26th Oct Parents’ Evening Week
Wed 15th – Fri 17th Nov Penrellyncymmer
Fri 24th Nov Yr. 5 Family Service 9.15am
Tues 12th Dec Christmas Concert – Tabernacle Chapel 1.30pm & 5.30pm

Additional dates will be shared once confirmed.

Music Lessons

We have been recently informed by Denbighshire Music Cooperative that they are no longer offering group music lessons. Individual, 15-minute lessons, per-week, will be available at a cost of £87.50 per term. Please contact the school office if you had previously requested group lessons.

Lunchtime Supervisors
We are currently looking to appoint lunchtime supervisors to our brilliant team here at Rhos St. Please contact the school office on 01824702565 to arrange an informal chat if you are interested. We look forward to hearing from you.

Universal Free School Meals

Universal Free School Meals are now available for all pupils from Reception to Yr. 4. Please follow the links below for more information on Universal Free School Meals. Any child in the Reception to Yr. 4 classes simply needs to inform their teacher that they would like a school meal that day – it’s as simple as that.

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02qg5h2pNKB6a9ypuJsgGeT9CSjBsU9nZdio8cmMrJz9GXu4bov7jC1bH6mFVVezu5l&id=100064800423708&sfnsn=scwspmo

Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/DenbighshireCC/status/1701611722585641183?t=yMAnFsGW9tHKMKbrmRovCw&s=19

Denbighshire County Council’s UPFSM webpage: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/education-and-schools/grants-and-funding/universal-primary-free-school-meals.aspx?fbclid=IwAR2QGAEabI-7rM_lRdW1bYOmS6UCY4N2Z30vdopkvjou0Bz843fO2PjW8tc

Homework at Rhos St School
At Rhos St we appreciate the importance, and impact on attainment, of regular practise of the fundamentals. Although we do not regularly send home written homework we recognise and value the importance of children spending focussed time at home practising reading, spelling and number. We actively encouraged parents and carers to make the commitment to develop a culture of spending a few minutes a day working with their child. The tasks sent home vary from yeargroup to yeargroup and may include a reading book, word book, spelling book as well as a specific times table/s to practise, for the older classes. Your support in this is crucial for your child to reach their full potential. There is extensive evidence on the positive impact of parental engagement. Positive effects have been demonstrated for reading outcomes as well as other language and number skills. You can help with this homework by remembering that quality matters more than quantity (15mins of focused time is all that is needed.), establishing a regular routine and habits, showing interest and providing encouragement. I would like to thank you in advance for your support in relation to this key aspect of your child’s learning and development.

Y Hen Lys / The Old Courthouse Opening
A big thank you to Tommy, from the Yr. 6 class, who has volunteered to represent Rhos St school at the opening of the Old Courthouse, Yr Hen Lys, on Saturday at 11.00am. We received a request in school from Ruthin’s mayor, Anne Roberts, for a pupil representative from Rhos St, as part of a delegation from local schools, to take part in the opening ceremony. We are really grateful to Tommy and his family for giving their time. I hope they have a very enjoyable morning; fingers crossed there will be cake.

Rhos St School Daycare & After-School Club
I am excited to now be able share with you all the plans for the daycare and after-school club here at Rhos St.
From Friday 22nd of September the provision at school will be run by Little Acorns, under the management of Ruth Perrin. We are very excited to be working with Ruth, who comes very highly recommended and has a track record of providing excellent daycare and after-school-club provision.

Information regarding what is offered by Little Acorns, as well as pricing can be found by scanning this QR code:

Information and contract documentation will be available in the main-school office from Monday. All parents and carers wishing their child / ren to access Little Acorns daycare and / or after-school club will need to complete and return this information before being able to access the setting.

We look forward to a positive and productive partnership with Little Acorns, with a shared vision of putting children at the very heart of everything we do.

Understanding your child – Free popular course
This is an enjoyable, well-established and trusted way of understanding more about your child. ‘Understanding your child’ is for mums, dads, grandparents and carers. Parents often say they feel calmer, more confident and have a better relationship with their child. The course was developed in the NHS together with frontline practitioners.
The course covers:
• Responding to how your child is feeling
• How your child develops
• Different styles of parenting
• How your child communicates
• Understanding your child’s behaviour
• Sleep, self-regulation and anger
Sessions are open to parents in the Ruthin area and will be held in Ysgol Rhos Street from 9.15am – 11.15 am every Wednesday during term time,starting on: September 20th for 9 weeks. It is important that all sessions are attended. For further information, please contact Family Link Worker: Hayley: 07881008375

Achievers
Our fantastic achievers this week are: Lily-Mae, Adriel, Penny, Billy, Elliot, Freya, Maya, Alfie and Oliver.
Louie shared his football mini-stars award.
Alice, Alex, Willow, Lilly Daisy, Aidan and Amelia shared their summer reading challenge certificates.
Elliot and Romeo shared their prizes for completing the Rhos St summer reading challenge. Well done to all of our achievers this week.

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

It was lovely to welcome everyone back on Monday for the start of our new academic year. The warm weather was a
welcome, if a little frustrating following an indifferent August, feature of our return and has meant that the children
have had plenty of opportunities to get outside and make the most of the sunshine in their first week back. We are all
excited to get our ‘teeth’ into the new term and can’t wait for the opportunities and achievements to come.
Attendance
Good school attendance is key to helping children have the best possible start in life to support and maximise their
potential learning opportunities. There is clear evidence which links educational achievement to good school
attendance. Rhos St School is determined to provide the best education to the children they serve. In recognition that
school attendance and attainment are strongly linked a robust attendance procedure has been developed to support
pupils learning. Please see the letter attached for more information on Rhos St School’s procedures for supporting
and promoting good attendance.
School Uniform / Lost Property
We have a large selection of pre-loved school uniform, recently laundered by Mrs. Liddy, available for any parents
to access at school. We have a very strong ethos of recycling at Rhos St and all pre-loved uniform items are available
free of charge, or with a 50p donation to Rhos St PTA. Before spending on new uniform please consider some of our
pre-loved items which help to save money, and the environment. We are looking into producing a Rhos St PreLoved Uniform digital-flyer in the near future which will offer parents and caers the opportunity to order some of
our pre-loved uniform. I will share more information regarding this with you in the near future.
In order to reduce the annual mountain of lost property can I please request that ALL school items are clearly
labelled with your child’s name.
Toys in School
As children settle in to the new academic year please may I request that the foundation learners do not bring any toys
into school. Toys brought to school by pupils can be an unnecessary distraction and can also cause upset if they
become lost or damaged.
Junior pupils may bring a named pencil case into school, should they wish to, but I would politely request that
foundation learners do not bring a pencil case into school with them.

Snack Money
Please can all snack money be brought into school on a Monday, in a named envelope please. Snack money can be
paid weekly at a cost of £1 per week, half-termly, termly or for the whole year:
Term ½ Termly Cost Termly Cost
Autumn Term £8 £7 £15
Spring Term £5 £5 £10
Summer Term £7 £7 £14
Yearly Cost £39
Staff News
Huge congratulations to Miss. Davies on the birth of her son Joseph on Sunday, I’m sure you will all join us in
wishing the whole family the very, very best for the future. Mother and baby are doing very well and there are lots of
staff members waiting expectantly for forthcoming cuddles with young Joseph.
Anna, our much-loved Giggles manager will be beginning her new job at Coleg Cambria very soon. A huge thank
you to her for all her hard work and for the brilliant start that she has provided for so many children in the locality
for many years. We wish her every success in her future career to which I’m sure she will bring the same dedication
and drive which has been the hallmark of her time at Giggles Daycare. I will be sharing our plans for the future of
Giggles Daycare and After-School Club very soon.
After many, many years of sterling service to the school Mrs. Reece will be retiring from Rhos St on Thursday 28th
of September. Mrs. Reece has been an integral part of Rhos St, teaching and supporting so many children over her
time here. She has had an enormous positive influence on so many young people’s lives and will be sorely missed.
We wish her the very best.
Reading Challenge
Congratulations to all the children who completed the RSS Reading Challenge sheets, set
before the summer holiday. A well-deserved prize will be winging its way to those
committed readers soon!
Foundation Phase Drop-Off
From Monday we are intending, weather permitting, for the foundation learners to go directly onto the yard after
being dropped off in a morning. We would request that parents and carers enter the site through the lower gate where
the children will be able to go directly onto the foundation learners’ yard. In the event of wet/icy weather the
children would go directly to their cloakroom and into class. Nursery parent’s drop off remains as current
arrangements as the Nursey children will be going directly into class for the time being.
Nursery Forms
Can all information forms for new Nursey pupils be returned to school as soon as possible please as the
information is required to ensure the best possible provision can be made for each child.
Medical Information Update
Please can any medical updates for your child be shared with school as soon as possible. If there has been a
change in your child’s medical condition/s or treatment please complete the brief form from the school office to
ensure that we are able to provide appropriate care.
Many I also request that any medication required by your child, including any emergency medication (Epi-Pens /
Inhalers etc) are in date, as we are not permitted to administer out-of-date medication to pupils. If your child
requires medication of any kind to be administered in school you must complete a Permission to Administer
Medication to a Pupil form, which are available from the school office as we are legally not permitted to
administer any medication without this written permission. Many thanks for your support in relation to this
extremely important matter.
Academic Year 2023-2024 Term Dates
Dates for the Diary
Mon 11th Sept PTA – AGM 3.30pm
Tue 10th Oct Harvest Service – St Peter’s Church 10.00am
Mon 16th
– Wed 18th Oct Nant BH
Fri 20th Oct Show Racism the Red Card
Mon 23rd
– Thurs 26th Oct Parents’ Evening Week
Wed 15th
– Fri 17th Nov Penrellyncymmer
Fri 24th Nov Yr. 5 Family Service 9.15am
Tues 12th Dec Christmas Concert 1.30pm & 5.30pm
Additional dates will be shared once confirmed.
Music Lessons
Following our fab Make Some Noise session, provided by Denbighshire Music
Cooperative, this week the children have had a first-class demonstration of what musical
heights can be reached through dedication and practise. Denbighshire Music Cooperative
offer a broad range of music lessons in school including: guitar, piano, voice, drums,
flute and violin. Please contact the school office as soon as possible if you are interested
in peripatetic music lessons for your child.
Urdd
Following on from last year’s Rhos St Eisteddfod success we will be holding our own Rhos St
Eisteddfod again this year and will be inviting parents and carers in to the school to see the work
that the children have been doing around the Welsh language and culture. Attached to this email
is information for parents and carers who wish to join the Urdd movement for 2023-24. Urdd
membership is required for children to enter the art and craft work, CogUrdd and Urdd sports
competitions, but will not be necessary for the Rhos St Eisteddfod activities which will be an
inclusive opportunity for all of the children to take part.
Lunchtime Supervisors
We are currently looking to appoint lunchtime supervisors to our brilliant team here at
Rhos St. Please contact the school office on 01824702565 to arrange an informal chat
if you are interested. We look forward to hearing from you.
Achievers
The brilliant achievers for our first week of the new term are: All of the Reception, Yr. 1 and Yr. 2 class for
settling in so well to their new classes. Daisy, Eliza, Linden and Charlie. Sophie and Dexter shared their Ready,
Steady, go – Reading Challenge certificates. Well done to our fab achievers this week!

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir
Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth