Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Without wishing to sound like a stuck record, another busy week reaches its finale. The ‘Force’ was well and truly used with Sports Day on Tuesday and, contrary to normal-operating procedure, I got what I wished for, a grey, not-too rainy day. Trips galore this week as well as personalised assessments for many of the children, no sign of slowing down yet as we hurtle towards the summer holidays.

School Trips
We have had trips for the Nursery Class to Manorafon Park Farm (including additional adventures), Yr. 5 had a fantastic day in Liverpool on Wednesday and Yr. 6 headed off to Dangerpoint on Thursday learning all about how to keep themselves safe in lots of different ways. The Yrs. R, 1 and 2 classes had a brilliant time at Wizz Kidz, also on Thursday, I’m sure they all slept very well on Thursday evening. We also had a lovely compliment from the staff of Wizz Kidz, who said that our children were so polite and beautifully behaved, one even coming in to work specially after remembering Rhos St from last year… I know we’re not surprised, but it is still great to hear. Just the Yr. 6 visit to Laser Combat to go!

Thank You
Thank you so much for the wonderful messages of support and gifts for the Nursery team following the incident with the bus during the Nursery trip on Wednesday. I know I speak for the Nursery staff when I say that it means a great deal to receive those messages of support and gratitude from parents and carers.

Ruthin Festival
Just a quick reminder that on Saturday Rhos St pupils will be performing at the Ruthin Festival – ‘Top of Town’ event. Children from the Junior classes will be performing musical pieces that they have been practising in their music lessons at school. We have pianists, guitarists and a cellist performing from 1.00pm. They had an opportunity to perform their pieces in service this morning and I can report that they sounded wonderful.

Seaside Themed Lunch
On Wednesday the 5th of July the canteen is having a seaside-themed day. Flipper-dippers and chips are on the menu, as well as pancake and ice cream. Just like a sunny day out in Rhyl, hopefully without the seagulls!

Cost of Living Support
As you may be aware, holiday provision for learners that are eligible for a free school meal was introduced in response to the COVID pandemic as a form of time-limited support to help families. While Welsh Government have been able to support several temporary continuations of the scheme, they confirmed in March 2023 that the most recent extension would be up to the end of the May half term only. I can now confirm that this remains the case and that there will be no further extension to cover the summer holiday period or beyond.
The links below are to a variety of organisations offering advice and support for those particularly affected by the current cost of living crisis:
• Get help with the cost of living | GOV.WALES This page offers support and advice to help you with the increased cost of living.

• Here to help with the cost of living | GOV.WALES This page is regularly updated and provides information on possible sources of financial support, including our Discretionary Assistance Fund for people experiencing extreme financial pressures.

• This campaign seeks to encourage people to contact Advicelink Cymru for free impartial advice on maximising their incomes, including accessing any financial support.

Sports Day
We were particularly lucky with the weather on Tuesday, not too hot and not too wet, Goldilocks would have been proud! A huge thank you to the staff for organising the event so brilliantly, to parents, carers, family and friends for coming along to support us and particularly to the pupils whose effort and attitude demonstrated perfectly why we are so proud of Rhos St children! This year the Blue team were victorious in the Foundation Learners’ event and the Red team won the Junior event.

Resurfacing Works
Williams Homes will be undertaking resurfacing works on the site entrance and junction on the 6th and 7th July – 8am until 4:30pm. They are very mindful of busy drop-off and pick-up times and will be avoiding causing disruption at these times. The majority of the work is within the Williams Homes site itself, with some tying-in of the finished road surface to the access road to school. Williams Homes have recently sponsored new goalposts for both schools at a cost of £2000, for which we are extremely grateful. We are also grateful for the positive communication with both schools, regarding the proposed works, and their efforts to keep disruption to a minimum.

Achievers
This week’s amazing achievers are: The whole Nursery class, all of the Reception class, Bradley, Ella, Samuel, Verity, Isabella, Thea, Joshua, Eira, Leyla, Issy and Emily. Stanley shared his mountain-biking trophy, Jude and Daniel shared their Ruthin-Football trophies and Alys shared her gymnastics rosette. Very well done to all of our brilliant achievers.

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

It has felt like proper summer this week with children practising for their sports day and classes heading off on their summer-term visits. We have more visits scheduled for next week as well as, weather permitting, our Rhos St sports day on our school field on Tuesday. I’m hoping that we will have a benign, greyish sort of a day for our sports, not too hot and not too cold… just right, but as we all know- The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley.

Free school meals / school essentials grant
Children whose families are on lower incomes and qualify for certain benefits can apply for a grant of:
£225 per learner
£300 for learners entering year 7 (to help with increased costs associated with starting secondary school)
All compulsory school years from reception to year 11 are now eligible.
All looked after children qualify for the grant, whether they receive free school meals or not. Learners who receive free school meals due to transitional protection arrangements do not qualify. Families are only entitled to claim once per child, per school year. The 2022 to 2023 scheme is now open and will close on 30 June 2023. The above amount includes an extra payment of £100 for this year only.
To apply for this grant please contact your local authority or follow this link: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/education-and-schools/grants-and-funding/school-uniform-grant.aspx
2023/2024 School year
Denbighshire County Council are not currently accepting applications for the 2023/2024 school year. Applying for free school meals / school essentials grant during the 2023/2024 school year opens from 1 July 2023.

Sports Day
Our Foundation Learners’ and Juniors’ sports day is scheduled for Tuesday the 27th of June and will be held, for the first time, on our shared-school field. The Foundation Learners’ event will begin at 9.30am and the Juniors’ event at 1.30pm. I am hoping for a not-too hot and not-too wet / cold scenario on the day, but rarely get what I want, so there is a hot-weather contingency of splitting both events into two sections: The Foundation Learners would be: Giggles, Nursery and Reception first followed by Yrs. 1 and 2. The Junior event would be split into: Yrs. 3 and 4 followed by Yrs. 5 and 6. This is to reduce the amount of time that pupils would spend in the sun. Could I please request that all children have sun-cream applied at home in the morning if the forecast is for sun and have a hat and a drink with them. The wet weather contingency is a reserve Sports-Day date on Tuesday 4th of July. This year we are requesting that parents bring a deckchair, camping chair or picnic blanket with them and will be able to choose a suitable viewing area on the bank, adjacent to the running track. Refreshments will be available in the wooden shelter and we request that spectators use the hall door for entry / exit.

Nursery Class Family Service
We were treated to a lovely performance form the Nursery children this morning they spoke and sang beautifully and have clearly learned so much, they did themselves, and us all proud. A huge thank you to Miss. Pugh and her team for all their hard work in preparing the children for their performance so well – dinosaur wrangling was, as ever, on-point!

New Directions – Life-Saving Skills & Introduction to Sign Language
We were fortunate to have two free training session for the Yr. 6 and Yrs. 5 and 6 pupils on Thursday, sponsored by New Directions the teaching-supply agency. In the morning Yr. 6 had an incredibly valuable session learning life-saving skills and in the afternoon Yrs. 5 & 6 were treated to a brilliant session with Del Davies who introduced the children to sign language. They finished their session with a lovely version, along will all the signs, of Everything’s Gonna Be Alright by Bob Marley. A huge thank you to New Directions for sponsoring the training sessions.

Telephone Issues
We still unfortunately do not have a working telephone line at school. There have been several visits to school from Denbighshire Council and BT Openreach engineers to try to rectify the problem, which I am informed was due to a lightning strike on the line, but at present the issue stubbornly remains. We are hoping to have some mobile phones provided on Monday, which will enable us to restore our telephone communication while the fault with the line is fixed. The mobile phones will be linked to the familiar school number: 01824 702565. I will update you all when I have any additional information.

Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to Explore Science
The Yrs. 3 and 4 pupils had a fantastic time on their trip on Thursday to Xplore Science in Wrexham. They got to build robots and create code for them to operate as well as lots of other exciting science-based activities.

Ruthin Carnival

Join Rhos St PTA, this Sunday 25th June, to take part in our fun, free, walking-float event! We’ll meet at Park Road car park at 10:45am and make our way in the parade over to Ruthin School. Dig out your superhero costumes or wear blue! We can’t wait to see you all.

Ruthin Festival
On Saturday July 1st Rhos St have been invited to perform at the Ruthin Festival – ‘Top of Town’ event at 1.00pm. Children from the Junior classes will be performing musical pieces that they have been practicing in their music lessons at school. We have pianists, guitarists, cellists and flautists perfoming from 1.00pm.

PC Llinos

Our fab Police Liaison Officer, PC Llinos, came in to school on Tuesday to work with the Nursery, Reception, Yr. 3 and Yr. 6 classes. The foundation Learners had a lovely introduction to PC Llinos and learned how to call 999 for help in an emergency and the Yrs. 3 and 6 pupils learned all about keeping safe online. PC Llinos will be returning to Rhos St in the autumn term.

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

The wonderful summer weather continues, and the children have certainly made the very most of the sunshine this week, I just hope this isn’t our quota for the summer holidays being used up now! I’m pleased to say they everyone returned from the half-term break refreshed and ready for the craziness of the final half term of this academic year. You can’t get a pin in the diary over the next few weeks, buckle up everyone for an action-packed final half term…

Bicycle Safety on Site
Unfortunately, there was an incident yesterday involving a child at the school being knocked over by another child on a bicycle. Please can I request that all bicycles are pushed on the pathways and grassed-areas around the school to avoid similar, or even more serious, incidents in the future. We love bicycles at Rhos St, they are one of my personal obsessions as well as being a brilliant, healthy and environmentally sustainable way to travel to school. I’m sure that with everyone’s kind consideration in their use we can maximise all the benefits of cycling and mitigate some of the risks. I am extremely grateful for your cooperation and support in relation to this serious safety issue.

School Cleaner
We are currently looking to appoint a cleaner at school Monday to Friday 3.15pm – 5.15pm, with possible flexibility of working 3.00pm – 5.00pm if required. Please contact myself at: andrew.davis@denbighshire.gov.uk / 018240702565 if you are interested in the role, or know of someone who may be interested.

Air Ambulance Fund-Raising Day
We are so proud of Emi-Lee, Indi, Isabelle, Mia, Emily, Cadie, Fletcher and Ethan for their fantastic efforts in raising funds for the Air-Ambulance today. The group were brilliantly prepared and all of the children had a fantastic time in the hall playing the games and enjoying the music. I will share the total raised as soon as we have it. What a wonderful thing to do, and a brilliant example of the power of pupil voice.

Yr. 2 PE Sessions
For the next three weeks, until after June 29th, Yr. 2’s PE sessions will be on a Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday’s session will be with Kalvin from Chester football.

National Eco Committee Meeting
Just before half term Fletcher, Bella and Layla from our Eco Council, accompanied by Mrs. Davies, went as far as Canolfan Cae Cymro, in Clawddnewydd, for a national eco-committee meeting focusing on the big environmental questions of our time, eliciting the ideas and viewpoints of young people. The trio had a fantastic day, enjoying the activities and contributing some fantastic ideas.

Sun Safety
The recent hot weather has focused all of our minds on the need to be sun safe. Please see the following precis of our Sun Policy:
Clothing
• We will actively encourage all pupils to wear a sunhat (ideally with a protective back flap) when playing outside.
• Pupils will wear t-shirts during PE or outdoor lessons to cover up their shoulders.
• We will encourage staff and parents/carers to act as good role models by practicing sun safety
• Parents/carers will be asked to ensure their children wear appropriate cover clothing during sunny periods
Sunscreen
• The use of high factor (40+) all day sunscreen will be encouraged across the whole school day and during
outdoor school trips or visits.
• We will remind parents/carers to provide their child(ren) with sunscreen for school trips and events.
• We WILL NOT hold a stock of sunscreen in the school.
Foundation Learners
• Parents/carers will be asked to apply sunscreen to their children before they come to school.
• Parents/carers will be asked to sign a form giving permission for their children to bring their own sunscreen to school and apply it themselves.
• The sun cream must be labelled with the pupil’s name and will be stored in crates and kept by the class teacher.
• The crates of sunscreen will be made available to the pupils during break times and lunch times.
• Pupils will be supervised with the application of their sunscreen.
Juniors
• Parents/carers will be asked to apply sunscreen to their children before they come to school.
• Parents/carers will be asked to provide their child(ren) with their own sunscreen to bring to school so that they can apply it themselves.
• The pupils will be encouraged to apply sunscreen themselves before playtimes and lunchtimes.
• Pupils will be supervised with the application of their sunscreen

Dates for the Diary
Monday 12th June Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 13th June- Yr. 3 Swimming
Wednesday 14th June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Thursday 15th June – Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Friday 16th June – Yr. 5 Transition Event – Ysgol Brynhyfryd 9.30am – 12.00pm
Monday 19th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 20th June – PC Llinos (Police liaison officer) Yrs. N. R & 6
Wednesday 21st June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Yr. 6 Ysgol Brynhyfryd Sports Afternoon
Thursday 22nd June – Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to Xplore Wrexham
Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Friday 23rd June – Nursery Family Service
Monday 26th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 27th June – Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Thursday 29th June – Yr. 6 Dangerpoint visit
Yrs. R, 1&2 Trip to Wizz Kids
Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 5 pm + After-School Club
Monday 3rd July – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 4th July – Reserve Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Yr. 4 Swimming (TBC)
Wednesday 5th July – Stay and Play – New Nursery Class Transition Event 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Thursday 6th July – Giggles Trip to Candy Shack
Summer Fair
Friday 7th July – Yr. 6 Transition Day (Ygol Brynhyfryd)
Whole-school ‘Moving-Up’ (transition) morning
Wednesday 12th July – Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service 2.00pm – 3.15pm
Thursday 13th July – Yr. 6 Bikeabiity Day 1
Xplore Science Learning Workshops (Rescheduled) Yrs. 1 – 4
Friday 14th July – Yr. 6 Bikeability Day 2
Tuesday 18th July Yr. 6 Trip to Laser Combat
Yr. 4 Swimming
Wednesday 19th July – End of Term

Additional dates will be added when confirmed.

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

The half-term holiday is upon us and the weather, my secret obsession, is looking good for the week. I hope you all have a lovely week and get to spend some time doing what you enjoy. Just a quick reminder that the there is a teacher-training day scheduled for June 5th, so children will be due back in school on June 6th.

Outstanding Payments
Can I please request that any outstanding monies are paid to school as soon as possible. Please speak, in confidence, to our administration team if you have any questions regarding outstanding payments or would like to arrange an installment plan. Outstanding payments may lead to your child being unable to participate in some activities or provision in the future.

Free School Meals
If you are eligible to receive Free School Meals, because you receive a qualifying benefit, Denbighshire County Council recommend that you apply for Free School Meals as you will then also be eligible for the school uniform and equipment grant.

You can claim free school meals for your child if you receive any of the following:

• Income Support
• Job Seekers Allowance; Income Based
• Employment and Support Allowance; Income Related
• Pension Credit; Guaranteed Credit
• Child tax credit (but not working tax credit) with an annual income below £16,190
• Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• Universal Credit – From the 1st of April 2019, to qualify for free school meals through receiving Universal Credit, your yearly net earnings must be no more than £7,400.
• Find out more about tax free and taxable benefits by following this link: https://www.gov.uk/income-tax/taxfree-and-taxable-state-benefits

You can find information regarding application for free school meals by following this link: https://www.denbighshire.gov.uk/en/education-and-schools/grants-and-funding/free-school-meals.aspx

Dates for the Diary
Tuesday 30th May Kick-It Sports half-term club 9.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 5th June – Staff Training Day
Tuesday 6th June – Yr. 3 Swimming
Wednesday 7th June Xplore Science Yrs. 1-4
Thursday 8th June – Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Friday 9th June – Air-Ambulance fundraising day
Monday 12th June Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 13th June- Yr. 3 Swimming
Wednesday 14th June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Thursday 15th June – Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Wednesday 16th June – Yr. 5 Transition Event – Ysgol Brynhyfryd 9.30am – 12.00pm
Monday 19th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 20th June – PC Llinos (Police liaison officer) Yrs. N. R & 6
Wednesday 21st June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Yr. 6 Ysgol Brynhyfryd Sports Afternoon
Thursday 22nd June – Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to Xplore Wrexham
Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Friday 23rd June – Nursery Family Service
Monday 26th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 27th June – Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Thursday 29th June – Yr. 6 Dangerpoint visit
Yrs. 1&2 Trip to Wizz Kids
Chester Football Yrs. R & 5 pm + After-School Club
Monday 3rd July – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 4th July – Reserve Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Yr. 4 Swimming
Wednesday 5th July – Stay and Play – New Nursery Class Transition Event 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Thursday 6th July – Giggles Trip to Candy Shack
Summer Fair
Friday 7th July – Yr. 6 Transition Day (Ygol Brynhyfryd)
Whole-school ‘Moving-Up’ (transition) morning
Wednesday 12th July – Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service 2.00pm – 3.15pm
Thursday 13th July – Yr. 6 Bikeabiity Day 1
Friday 14th July – Yr. 6 Bikeability Day 2
Tuesday 18th July Yr. 6 Trip to Laser Combat
Yr. 4 Swimming
Wednesday 19th July – End of Term

Additional dates will be added when confirmed.

Planter
A huge thank you to Mrs. Davies and the gardening club for planting out our planter at the entrance to the school. We have noticed on or two little footprints in this soil from time to time, so I’m really hoping that the addition of these lovely, colorful plants will act as a discouragement to out small-footed adventurers as well as bringing some wonderful colour to our school.

Kick-It Sports
Chris, from Kick-It Sports came in this week to speak to the children about the half-term sports sessions on Tuesday 30th May at Rhos St. The cost for the day, 9.00am – 2.00pm, is £18.

Follow this link to find out about some of the great activities offered:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I1xd6LiOVQ6jDrj6NbfdE6XDnVd9w-QD/view?usp=share_link

Follow this link to book a place:
https://bookwhen.com/kickitsports

Air-Ambulance Day

Emi-Lee, in the Yr. 6 class, and her group of fundraisers, gave a brilliant presentation this morning all about our forthcoming Air-Ambulance fundraising day on June 9th. We are requesting a donation of £1 for pupils to come dressed in red, or own clothes. There will also be fun games, organised by the pupils, in the hall for 20p per go. It is wonderful to see the power that Rhos St’s Pupil Voice can have in making positive change. A big thank you to Emi-Lee and her team.

Achievers
This week’s achievers are: Mia-Rose, Meredith, Aiden, Leo, Tahapenes, Sophia, Omran, Orfan and Hannah.
Raphael represented the whole Reception class, awarded for their brilliant dinosaur family service and Liam shared his triathlon medal.
We also bid a fond farewell to Aurora and Sylvia who had their last day with us at Rhos St today, we wish them all the best for their future adventures, we will miss them. Well done to all our brilliant achievers this week.

Yours sincerely, / Yn gywir,

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

As you can see from the ever-growing dates for the diary section the calendar is definitely filling up with lots and lots of exciting events, visits and experiences planned in the second half of the summer term. One more week before we take a breath over the half-term holiday and then throw ourselves headlong into the melee.

Reception Family Service

Another lovely family service this morning, this time from the Reception class. The children all looked brilliant in their costumes and spoke and sang beautifully. A huge thank you to all of the Reception-class parents, carers, family and friends for coming along to support and for helping the children with their brilliant costumes, to Mrs. Bourne and her team for all their hard work in preparing the children for their sterling performance and, of course, to the children for their fantastic hard work and (apologies) rip-roaring performance.

Urdd’s Anti-Racism Peace Message
The Peace and Goodwill Message is unique to Wales, and has been delivered annually for 100 years by the young people of Wales, addressed to young people all over the world. The theme for the 2023 Message is Anti-racism. You can view the Urdd Peace and Goodwill Message by following this link: https://www.urdd.cymru/en/peace-and-goodwill/

Party Invitations
We have unfortunately had some children upset recently around party invitations handed out in school. To avoid this upset and distress in the future I would request that, unless every child within the class is to receive an invitation to the party, the handing out of party invitations takes place outside of school. Many thanks for your support in relation to this important, wellbeing-related matter.

Garden Area
Our focus this term has been to move on with our plans for the further development of the garden area. The bushcraft shelter has had a very-recent upgrade, curtesy of Tony Dallolio and is now more than ready for our bushcraft plans later in the term. We will also be working on the development of our sensory garden, built around the focal point of the Olivia rose, donated by governor Pat Astbury, in loving memory of ex-pupil Olivia Alkir who was tragically killed in a road-traffic incident in 2019. We are intending to delineate the garden area to give each class an area to explore and develop their own ideas within. As part of this we are looking to begin a no-dig method to prepare the ground, but as this is ideally actioned in the winter months we are looking for any volunteers who have access to a rotavator and would be able to help us, in this initial stage, prepare the area. If you are able to help with the rotavating please contact me in school. Many thanks.

Dates for the Diary
Monday 22nd May – Kick It Sports
Yr. 3 India Talk
Tuesday 23rd May – Yr. 3 Swimming
Thursday 25th May Chester Football
Tuesday 30th May – Kick-It Sports Half-Term Club 9.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 5th June – Staff Training Day
Tuesday 6th June – Yr. 3 Swimming
Wednesday 7th June Xplore Science Yrs. 1-4
Thursday 8th June – Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Monday 12th June Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 13th June- Yr. 3 Swimming
Wednesday 14th June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Thursday 15th June – Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Monday 19th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 20th June – PC Llinos (Police liaison officer) Yrs. N. R & 6
Wednesday 21st June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Yr. 6 Ysgol Brynhyfryd Sports Afternoon
Thursday 22nd June – Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to Xplore Wrexham
Chester Football Yrs. 2 & 6 pm + After-School Club
Friday 23rd June – Nursery Family Service
Monday 26th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 27th June – Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Thursday 29th June – Yr. 6 Dangerpoint visit
Yrs. 1&2 Trip to Wizz Kids
Chester Football Yrs. R & 5 pm + After-School Club
Monday 3rd July – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 4th July – Reserve Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Yr. 4 Swimming
Wednesday 5th July – Stay and Play – New Nursery Class Transition Event 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Thursday 6th July – Giggles Trip to Candy Shack
Summer Fair
Friday 7th July – Yr. 6 Transition Day (Ygol Brynhyfryd)
Whole-school ‘Moving-Up’ (transition) morning
Wednesday 12th July – Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service 2.00pm – 3.15pm
Thursday 13th July – Yr. 6 Bikeabiity Day 1
Friday 14th July – Yr. 6 Bikeability Day 2
Tuesday 18th July Yr. 6 Trip to Laser Combat
Yr. 4 Swimming
Wednesday 19th July – End of Term

Additional dates will be added when confirmed.

Radical Reading
Just a quick reminder, and for me and staff also, to take pictures for our ‘Radical Reading’ challenge. Pictures should be of children, and consenting parents please, reading in the most interesting and exciting environment (please keep safe) which will be collected for a display to encourage reading for pleasure in school. Can all pictures please be emailed to andrew.davis@denbighsire.gov.uk

Luna’s Fundraising Walk
Huge congratulations to Luna who finished her 3km fundraising walk on Sunday raising a fabulous £115.00 for Alder Hay Children’s Hospital, an organisation very close to many of our hearts, I’m sure. Luna’s mum Melissa would like to thanks all of the parents, carers, relatives and friends who kindly contributed to Luna’s Just Giving page to reach such a great total, for such a worthy cause. Well done Luna, we are all so proud of you at Rhos St.

Contacting School
In line with GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) can I please remind all parents and carers that contact with school staff should be made through the appropriate channels: the school telephone number 01824 702565, or through my email address: andrew.davis@denbighshire.gov.uk . Contacting staff members through social-media applications, in relation to school-based matters, is a breach of GDPR and risks putting staff members and parents in a possibly compromised situation. Many thanks for your support.

Achievers
No Student of the Week certificates this week, as is traditional on Family-Service days, but we do have some brilliant achievers who wanted to share their achievements from outside of school. Alys shared her Cardiff-gymnastics certificate, Fletcher shared his player of the season trophy and competition medal, Noah shared his triathlon medal, Toby and Jude shared their under-7’s rugby medals and Belle shared her trophy and rosette from the Cerrig show, where she won Supreme Champion for showing. Very well done to all of our outstanding achievers!

Yours sincerely, / Yn gywir,

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

The weeks seem to be flying by at a terrifying rate at the moment as we hurtle towards half-term. Lots going on again this week and plenty of plans laid for the rest of the summer term, don’t’ blink or you’ll miss it.

Wildlife Day
Following the amazing effort by Mia Kell and her team of Wildlife Savers I am incredibly proud to announce that Rhos St’s Wildlife Day raised an impressive £267.07 for the World Wildlife Fund. The Wildlife Savers raffle tickets were given out this afternoon and will be drawn on Monday.

Nigel the Nurture Bear
Today was the day that we finally got to name our Nurture Bear, donated by school governor Pat Astbury to live in our Nurture Room and be a comforting companion to all the brilliant activities that take place in there. The winning name was drawn in this morning’s service and from this day forth our Nurture Bear will go by the name of the, fairly old-school, but alliteratively pleasing, name of Nigel. Well done to Emily in the Yr. 6 class who selected the name Nigel.

Yr. 1 Family Service
We were treated to a family-service tour de force on Thursday morning with the Yr. 1 family service all about inspiring people. The children looked fantastic in their costumes, spoke, sang and acted wonderfully. Many thanks to all the parents. carers, family and friends who came along to support the children. It’s the Reception class’s turn next Friday, we can’t wait.

Dates for the Diary
Monday 15th May – Kick It Sports
Tuesday 16th May – Yr. 3 Swimming
Thursday 18th May – Chester Football
Friday 19th May Reception Class Family Service
Monday 22nd May – Kick It Sports
Yr. 3 India Talk
Tuesday 23rd May – Yr. 3 Swimming
Thursday 25th May Chester Football
Tuesday 30th May – Kick-It Sports Half-Term Club 9.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 5th June – Staff Training Day
Tuesday 6th June – Yr. 3 Swimming
Monday 12th June Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 13th June- Yr. 3 Swimming
Monday 19th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 20th June – PC Llinos (Police liaison officer) Yrs. N. R & 6
Wednesday 21st June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Yr. 6 Ysgol Brynhyfryd Sports Afternoon
Thursday 22nd June – Yrs. 3 & 4 Trip to Xplore Wrexham
Monday 26th June – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 27th June – Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Wednesday 28th June – New Yr. 3 Transition Session
Thursday 29th June – Yr. 6 Dangerpoint visit
Monday 3rd July – Kick-It Sports Yrs. R – 6
Tuesday 4th July – Reserve Sports Day – Foundation Learners am / Juniors pm
Wednesday 5th July – Stay and Play – New Nursery Class Transition Event 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Thursday 6th July – Summer Fair
Wednesday 12th July – Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service 2.00pm – 3.15pm
Thursday 13th July – Yr. 6 Bikeabiity Day 1
Friday 14th July – Yr. 6 Bikeability Day 2
Wednesday 19th July – End of Term

Additional dates will be added when confirmed.

Radical Reading
As part of our work on developing reading in the school we are asking pupils to send in pictures of themselves reading in unusual or ‘radical’ situations. We are also asking parents, governors and staff to take their own ‘Radical Reading’ pictures to form a display in school encouraging reading for pleasure. Mrs. Bourne is leading a whole-school initiative on encouraging reading for pleasure and this is the first of many, exciting, reading-based activities to come. Please can all Radical-Reading pictures be sent to: andrew.davis@denbighsire.gov.uk

Achievers
This week’s brilliant achievers are: William, Chester, Nancy, Caden-James, Darcie, Lilly, Amelia, Melissa, Cain, Mia and all of the Yr. 1 Class. A special Kindness certificate was awarded to Eliza. Raph, Fleur, Arlo, Eliza and Wren shared their Mersey-Race medals and Fletcher shared his Cardiff-Competition football medal.
The winners of the PTA Crown Competition were: Lucas, Dylan, Amelia, Daisy, Cadie, Emily, Isabella, Ayla, Isabella, Charles, Romeo, Daniel, Isla and Grace. Jessica treated us all to a lovely violin solo. Well done to all our fab achievers!

Yours sincerely /Yn gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Our first week back after the Easter break comes to an end and it’s been lovely to see how quickly all the children got straight back to the busy life of the school. The sun has made a few appearances this week, giving us a tantalising glimpse of what I hope this summer term will hold. We’re all looking forward to the forthcoming activities, themes and events that make the summer term in a primary school so great.

Online Safety
Today’s assembly was all about keeping safe online; the children were reminded of the importance of being respectful and kind, in the same way we encourage in all areas of school life, whilst online. We looked at what to do if they receive messages or images that make them sad or uncomfortable and how social-media is a very public place, even though it can feel private when they are on a computer, games console or device. We have unfortunately had a couple of issues, from outside of school, brought to our attention recently regarding the use of social media and would politely request that parents and carers monitor their children’s activity online. Some great advice on social media can be found on the BBC ‘Own It’ pages by following this link: https://www.bbc.com/ownit/the-basics/8-tips-for-staying-safe-online

Tea Towels
The PTA tea towels have been updated with the pupils whom were not present for the initial self-portraits. You can view the tea towels by following this link: https://www.school-fundraising.co.uk/view-tea-towel-artwork/?a=44a3793cc811e17d0836cde5bdf39f6b Should you wish to purchase a fundraising tea towel please follow the link to view and order.

Rhos St School PTA
Our always brilliant PTA are looking for committee members from September. The roles of Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer are available. If you would like any more information about the roles or feel you would be able to help, in whatever capacity, please get in touch.

Construction Kit Donation
Many many thanks to Michelle McDonald, Tommy’s mum, for the extremely kind donation of construction equipment to the Foundation Learners. It will be put to very good use and I’m sure will offer a great deal of hands-on learning, not to mention great fun to many, many children.

Tesco Donation
Many thanks to Tesco Ruthin for their very kind donation of seeds for our Garden Area. They will be put to very good use in the coming weeks.

Earth Day
Saturday 22nd of April is Earth Day 2023, our assembly on Monday was all about Earth Day, what it stands for and what we can all do, as global citizens, to help. We will be sending home an Earth Day Pledge, for children to think about the impact that they can have on protecting our wonderful planet, and will be putting together a fantastic display from all of the returned entries very soon.
You can find out more information about Earth Day by following this link: https://www.earthday.org/earth-day-2023/

King’s Coronation
Following on from our brilliant Platinum Jubilee celebration we will be holding a ‘street party’ for all of the children to celebrate the coronation of King Charles on Friday 5th of May. We will be inviting the children to dress in royal attire, or in red, white and blue. As always, there is absolutely no need to purchase anything special for this event. There will be drinks, snacks and the chance for a lucky Yr. 6 volunteer to be drawn from the hat and be crowned, in the hall, to be Rhos St’s Monarch for the Day.

Young Writers
We were incredibly pleased to hear this week that our Rhos St Writers had been successful in being accepted for the Young Writers – The Incredible Diary of … book.
Their brilliant stories will be printed in the book very soon. All our budding authors received lovely certificates from Young Writers to thank them for their hard work. Parents are able to purchase the book, should they so wish, but there is absolutely no expectation to do so. Rhos St will be buying a copy of the book for the school library allowing the successful authors to see their fantastic stories in print and to allow the other children in the school to read their work. We are very proud of them all.

New Planter
Many thanks to our very own master craftsman, we’re yet to find something that he can’t make, Tony Dallolio for building our wonderful planter at the top of the disabled-access ramp over the Easter break. Mrs. Davies and her eco-volunteers worked all Thursday lunchtime to barrow the soil from the ‘big bag’ to the planter. The children will be selecting and planting some lovely flowers soon to help brighten everyone’s day as they head into school. Many thanks to Mrs. Davies and her eco-crew for giving up their time and for their hard work.

Wildlife Day

Mia Kell, in the Yr. 5 class, has organised a Wildlife Day to be held at Rhos St on Friday 28th of April. Children are requested to come dressed as their favourite animal, or in the colour of that animal. We are inviting a donation of £1 for Wildlife Day, which will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund charity https://www.wwf.org.uk/. There will be a PowerPoint presentation by Mia and her fundraising team on the day.

Dates for the Diary
Thursday 27th April – Welsh artist working with yrs. 3 & 4 / Chester Football
Friday 28th April – Wildlife Day
Monday 1st May – Bank Holiday
Thursday 4th May – Chester Football
Friday 5th May – Yr. 2 Family Service / Coronation Celebration
Monday 8th May – Bank Holiday
Wednesday 10th May – First Experience Music Yr. 3
Thursday 11th May – Yr. 1 Family Service / Chester Football
Monday 15th May – Kick It Sports
Thursday 18th May – Chester Football
Monday 22nd May – Kick It Sports
Monday 5th June – Staff Training Day
Thursday 8th June – Chester Football
Tuesday 20th June – PC Llinos (Police liaison officer) Yrs. N. R & 6
Thursday 22nd June – Chester Football
Thursday 29th June – Yr. 6 Dangerpoint visit

Additional dates will be added when confirmed.

Achievers
This week’s amazing achievers are: Kemal, Liam, Scarlet, Oscar, Cora, Ayla, Morgan, Evan, Ethan and Ollie.
Alys shared her Urdd hip-hop street dance 2nd place certificate and Team Gym Club certificate. We were lucky again to have Jess finish our service with a lovely violin recital.