Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

As the clock ticks down on the autumn term, it’s great to see all the children and staff embracing the festive season, even me, in my role Rhos St’s arch-Grinch, is starting to succumb. Following on from the success of last week’s Christmas performances this week has seen two great visits to the reindeer farm and the Christmas-craft machine getting up to full speed with snowflakes, Christmas cards and festive bunting erupting from every classroom. Just one week to go before we close our doors for the Christmas holidays…not that we’re counting.

Reindeer Farm
We had fantastic visits to the North Hill Reindeer Farm on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. The weather was dry, if a little chilly, and everyone had a wonderful time in the Christmas-tree maze, toasting marshmallows and feeding the reindeer. A huge thank you to Dom and Si for looking after us so well, to our very own Emma for organising it all so expertly, and to the, always brilliant, Rhos St PTA for subsidising the visit. There will be pictures aplenty of the visit on our Rhos St Flickr account coming soon…

Christmas Singing at Tesco

Our fab Rhos St choir headed off as far as Tesco on Tuesday to sing some well-known Christmas classics and favourite songs from our Panto Pandemonium show. The children had a lovely response from the shoppers and lent a wonderful Christmassy air to the place. Thank you to Miss. Davies, and Rachel, from Denbighshire Music Cooperative, for giving up their own time to practise with the children and for taking them on the day.

Tree Planting
Ellie, Denbighshire’s biodiversity officer, and Denbighshire Countryside Services staff have been working with groups of children this week planting trees around the school site. The children had a fantastic time and really enjoyed helping to increase the biodiversity of our school.

Urdd Sports Club

Please see the flyer attached for the Urdd Sports Club scheduled to begin in February 2025. Scan the QR Code of follow this link to book a place on the course:
Urdd – Gweithgareddau

Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day

Many thanks for the wonderful response to our Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day yesterday. The children looked great in their festive jumpers and over £150 was raised to support the incredibly valuable work conducted by Save the Children all over the world. One more Christmas Jumper day to go on, Friday 20th of December.

Kick It Sports
Kick It Sports are offering a series of four football sessions for Yrs. 1 to 6, at a cost of £18, on the following dates:
• Thu, 16 Jan ’25 3:15pm – 4:30pm
• Thu, 23 Jan ’25 3:15pm – 4:30pm
• Thu, 30 Jan ’25 3:15pm – 4:30pm
• Thu, 6 Feb ’25 3:15pm – 4:30pm
Follow this link for the information video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V3YIROLym63NVdLaPY5up-LCZ8atCEjr/view?usp=drive_link
Follow this link to sign up: https://bookwhen.com/kickitsports

A Very Special Visitor
It was wonderful to welcome Santa to Rhos St school yesterday. The great man must have heard that it was Rhos St’s Christmas jumper day and Christmas dinner day on Thursday and took the opportunity of all that ‘Christmassyness’ to make a magical appearance. Santa was helped by some of the Yr. 6 Elves to give out gifts to all the children and to keep abreast of how the naughty and nice list was shaping up (apparently it’s coal again for me this year). Huge thanks to the PTA for providing Santa with some of the gifts and to Santa himself for taking time out of his incredibly busy schedule, at this time of year, to come and visit us here at school. Fortunately, as the children of Rhos St had fed his reindeer so well, earlier in the week, his long trip form the North pole whizzed by in a flash.

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

This week has been all about Christmas shows, and it’s been lovely to experience the culmination of all the hard work and preparation that has gone into these performances. The children were amazing and really shone in their roles. Huge thanks to our fabulous Rhos St staff for all of their hard work in preparing the children so well and to our wonderful school community for supporting us at the shows.

Reindeer Farm
Our Reindeer Farm visits are scheduled for Tuesday (Infants) and Wednesday (Juniors) next week. The weather forecast is currently for cold, dry conditions on those days, but may very well change as we get nearer the time. I would request that children come to school on those days in warm clothing and appropriate footwear. A big thank you to the, always brilliant, Rhos St PTA for subsidising the visit.

Christmas Jumpers
We had another fantastic response to our latest Christmas Jumper Day today, the children looked fab in their festive attire.
We have two more Christmas Jumper days scheduled this term.:
Thursday December 12th – Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day (£1 donation to Save the Children)
Friday December 20th – Christmas Jumper Day (end of term)

There is no pressure whatsoever to purchase a Christmas jumper, own clothes on these days are fine. We will also be running our Christmas Jumper Exchange, in the foyer, where jumpers can be swapped; a great way to update your Christmas look for free! Just leave a jumper and take a new one!
Any donations of Christmas jumpers, for the Exchange, are very gratefully received. Just leave your donated jumper on the back of the blue chairs in the foyer.

Platinum Eco Award
It was wonderful this week to receive notification that Rhos St has retained our Platinum Eco School status, validating. the progress, new projects, and ideas that are such a big part of our Eco work at the school. A big thank you to the members of the Eco-Council who shared all they have learned about protecting the environment and nature, through their class work, with the assessor. It was also wonderful to hear how well they enthusiastically communicated their many fantastic ideas for taking positive environmental action for the year ahead. Huge thanks also to Mrs. Davies for all her work with the Eco Council and in leading us, as a school, so successfully on our eco journey.

Disabled Access
It has been reported to me that we sadly still have some car-park users inappropriately using the disabled parking bays, which has led to some blue-badge holders being unable to access the disabled-access spaces at the end of the day. This has caused considerable issues for those with genuine disabilities in accessing the school. The disabled-access spaces are for blue-badge holders only and should not be used by any other car-park user. I would request that all car-park users respect the signage and designation of areas, both inside and adjacent to the school car park, to ensure that those members of our school community who genuinely require priority parking are able to access it. Many thanks, in advance, for your help and support with this extremely important issue.

Cast / Event Photos
Many thanks everyone who purchased cast / event photos following our fantastic Christmas events and shows this week. I will be emailing them out shortly.

Urdd Sports Club
Please see the flyer attached for the Urdd Sports Club scheduled to begin in February 2025. Scan the QR Code of follow this link to book a place on the course:
Urdd – Gweithgareddau

Weekly Wellbeing

Our service this morning was all about the power and importance of gratitude. This quote is from Eckhart Tolle, the German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author, and reminds us about the psotive power in recognising and celebrating the good things in our lives.

Achievers
Classes from Yr. R to 6 were recognised for their brilliant Christmas performances this week. Alice, Albie and Maya were recognised for their super efforts and achievements this week. Amelia was recognised for achieving a distinction in her cello examination and Ella shared her trophy for her recent dance competition. Well done to all of our fabulous achievers this week.
Jess performed a wonderful violin recital to round of this morning’s service in the best possible way.

Yours sincerely / Yn Gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

The Rhos St Christmas-show machine rumbles inexorably forward and we are all very excited to be on the brink sharing all the hard work and preparation that has taken place over the last few weeks with you all next week. Tickets have been selling very well, so please get in touch with the school office if you haven’t managed to get yours yet. We are also in the process of taking posed cast photos which will be available for sale at each performance.

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 attached: Improving School Attendance information from the Welsh Assembly Government which outlines the importance of school attendance and the policy and procedures that support good attendance.

STATUTORY FRAMEWORK
The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him/her to receive efficient full-time education suitable to his /her age, aptitude, and ability and to any additional needs he/she may have either regular attendance at school or otherwise. A pupil is required to attend regularly at the school where they are registered as a pupil.

Furthermore, Section 444 states that:
“If a child of compulsory school age who is a registered pupil at a school fails to attend regularly at the school, his parent is guilty of an offence.”

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/56/section/444

Rhos St will use a variety of strategies to intervene at an early stage to encourage improved attendance of individual pupils and assist to overcome any barriers that may be preventing the expected level of attendance. Persistent absence in Wales is set at below 90 % all pupils below this level are a concern for school and will require monitoring and intervention. The use of school attendance data and coding of pupils is fundamental to tracking and monitoring pupil and school performance. Strategies to improve a pupil’s attendance may be school-based or involve joint working with other education services and partner agencies to ensure the most appropriate support for the pupil is in place supported by the parent/ carer.

Welsh Government in December 2023 changed the threshold for a pupil being persistently absent from previously being any pupils whose attendance was below 80% to those whose attendance is below 90%. This increased expectation underlines the importance attached to regular school attendance and the need for local authorities, schools, and families to work together to achieve this outcome.

Belonging, Engaging, Participation Guidance Welsh Government Guidance 293/ 2023

Christmas Tickets
Tickets are still available for our Christmas performances:

3rd December Christmas Fun with the Early Years (Yrs. N & R) 9.30am – 10.30am
4th December The Nativity – Matinee (Yrs. 1 & 2)
The Nativity – Evening (Yrs. 1 & 2) 1.30pm – 2.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm
5th December Christmas Fun with the Early Years (Yrs. N & R)
Panto Pandemonium – Matinee (Yrs. 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Panto Pandemonium – Evening (Yrs. 3, 4, 5 & 6) 9.30am – 10.30am
1.30pm – 2.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm

In order to adhere to fire regulations two tickets per-performance will be available to purchase, from the school office, per-family. Nativity and Panto Pandemonium tickets cost £2.50 per ticket, Christmas Fun with the Early Years cost £5, as there is a craft element and refreshments are provided at the event. For safety reasons there will be strictly no ‘on-the-door’ access to any of the shows without the appropriate ticket.
Additional tickets are now on sale, subject to availability, from the school office. Due to the anticipated limited number of additional tickets, only two additional tickets per-performance per-family will be available. Any subsequently remaining tickets will be available for sale on the day before the individual performance.
Tickets can be purchased directly from the school office, or a clearly labelled envelope, with payment, your child’s name, class, and the performance/s for which the tickets are required, can be sent in with your child.
Cast photos will be available to view and purchase on the day of the Early Years, Infant Nativity and Junior Panto Pandemonium performances.

Size of Wales
Yrs. 3 & 4 had a very informative and enjoyable time on Monday in their deforestation workshop, linked to their topics. They learned all about the damage cause by deforestation and what we can do to help preserve our wildlife and wild spaces.

Christmas Jumpers
Many thanks to everyone for the fantastic response to our PTA Christmas Jumpers for Chocolate Day yesterday. The children looked fantastic in their finery and a huge mountain of chocolate was kindly donated to the PTA Christmas Fair.
We have three more Christmas Jumper Days scheduled this term:
• Friday December 6th – Christmas Jumper Day (scheduled to avoid our Christmas shows)
• Thursday December 12th – Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day (£1 donation to Save the Children)
• Friday December 20th – Christmas Jumper Day (end of term)

There is no pressure whatsoever to purchase a Christmas jumper, own clothes on these days are fine. We will also be running our Christmas Jumper Exchange, in the foyer, where jumpers can be swapped; a great way to update your Christmas look for free! Just leave a jumper and take a new one!
Any donations of Christmas jumpers, for the Exchange, are very gratefully received. Just leave your donated jumper on the back of the blue chairs in the foyer.

Christmas Fair
A huge thank you to our, always brilliant, Rhos St PTA for organising such an enjoyable festive event yesterday. The school hall was transformed into a Christmas Wonderland of stalls, activities, and games. Many thanks to all the members of the PTA, parent volunteers and staff members who gave up their time to run the event. Thank you also to parents, carers, family, and friends who came along to support us in such numbers. The Christmas Fair raised a fantastic £1281.48 which will be used to provide enrichment activities for the children of the school.

Name the Elf
I had very mixed feelings yesterday when I discovered that the two giant elves, that had been hanging round my office, had finally found their new homes. They have definitely been getting in the way somewhat and have been caught making themselves at home on more than one occasion. But they did add a wonderful Christmassy ambience to the place, which I’m sure that they will take with them as they take up their new residence with the winners of the PTA Name the Elf competition Eva and Toby. Well done to them both. Huge thanks also
to Emily Jackson, who so kindly donated one of the elves to the PTA.

Raffle Prizes
Please see below the list of our PTA Christmas Raffle winners. Thank you so much to the members of the school and local community who so kindly donated the fantastic prizes, and to everyone who purchased a ticket. The prizes can be collected from the school office.

Prize Ticket Number Winner
Wine Vaults Gallon of beer 1115 Noa Swan
Jay Reigns recording session 0983 Justya Kupins
Ruthin Castle sparkling afternoon tea for 2 0332 Elle Rowlands
Union Wrestling Dec 28th tickets x 4 1250 Rayne Jones
Union Wrestling Dec 28th tickets x 4 1648 Jayne Williams
Park Place 3 mystery prize 0751 Jess Geddes
Park Place 3 mystery prize 0763 Mal
Park Place 3 mystery prize 0431 Emma H
Vale Golf Centre voucher 0752 Jess Geddes
The Pet Sitter Ruthin £30 voucher for Farm & Pet Place 1058 Eden Jones
Handmade by Nanny dinosaur teddy 0078 Gareth Edwards
Asudres Bar cocktails for 4 people 0781 Reece Jones
Kellogg’s Cereal hamper 1033 Rhian S&L
Pop Ins, 2 hours domestic 1640 Linda Jones – Corwen
Automark dash cam 1759 Junior
Automark dash cam 0392 Nicola Brown
Automark dash cam 1726 Natalie Davies
Automark dash cam 0382 Elianna Bett
MKM £50 Amazon 0806 Kathy- Ellie Sandbrook
MKM echo dot 1650 Jayne Williams
Llanbenwch £10 voucher 1080 Emma Taylor
Bartley’s Tyres £30 voucher 0483 Thea Littler-Healey
Bartley’s Tyres £30 voucher 0540 Isla Wilson-Pickles
Splash-N-Dash Valeting Free Mini Valet 1074 G Liddy
CJ Valeting Exterior Valet 0183 Lesley- Mia & Esme
Tesco Vera Wang perfume 1013 Kara Astbury
Tesco Wine 1036 Deanne
Leyland Arms Sunday lunch for 2 0537 Isla Wilson Pickles
Shorecliffe 3 day first aid course 0185 Lesley-Mia & Esme
Port 0912 Hannah Vallance
Fizzy Wine 0967 Louise Thew

Influenza Vaccinations
Please can all flu-vaccination forms be returned to school as soon as possible please. The vaccinations are scheduled for the Reception to Yr. 6 classes on December 13th.

Urdd Sports Club
Please see the flyer attached for the Urdd Sports Club scheduled to begin in February 2025.
Scan the QR Code of follow this link to book a place on the course: Urdd – Gweithgareddau

Weekly Wellbeing
This week’s wellbeing quote is from Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. This quote helps to remind us of the positive side of the long nights and cold weather:

“Wisdom comes with winters.”

Oscar Wilde

Achievers
This week’s fantastic achievers are: Henry, Myah, Arlo, Teddy, Elsie, Eden, Chloe, Elliot, Freya, Daisy, Daniel, Rupert, Kai and Kiara. Sebastian and Cecily shared their badminton certificates and Jess shared her gymnastic medals. Very well done to this week’s amazing achievers.

Yours sincerely / Yn Gywir

Andrew Davis, Headteacher / Pennaeth

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

Even a weather obsessive, such as myself, has never looked at the Met Office site so often as we have tentatively navigated our way thought the unravelling complexity of this week’s wintry offerings. The children on the residential to Pentrellyncymmer were greeted by a winter wonderland on their arrival at the centre and have had a magical experience in the mountains. It’s also been lovely this week to see the children who remained at Rhos St enjoying the snow together.

Book Café
Mrs. Bourne is extremely keen to run another of our fantastic book cafés this term. We have lots of picture books and books for grown-ups but would really love some junior-age-appropriate books for the café. If you have any suitable books to donate, please bring them in to the school office.

Stroke Association Fundraising
Poppy Davies, from our Yr. 6 class, completed her 4th swim on Thursday night for the Stroke Association. So far, she has completed 126 lengths and raised £545 + £101.25 in gift aid.
Poppy’s original target was 100 lengths in a month and to raise £500 by 15th of
December, so she’s smashed both targets!
You can follow the link below to support Poppy for this very worthwhile, and personal, cause: https://www.justgiving.com/page/angela-davies-1730807939734?utm_medium=fundraising&utm_content=page%2Fangela-davies-1730807939734&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=pfp-share

Appointment Cards
As part of our important work in promoting positive attendance at school I would request that all medical appointments, requiring absence from school, are supported by the appropriate appointment letter. In cases where an appointment letter is not available an appointment slip can be obtained from the main school office which can then be stamped by a medical professional and returned to school to enable us to authorise the absence. Unfortunately, any absences which are not supported by an appointment letter or stamped appointment slip may be recorded as unauthorised. Many thanks for your help regarding this important matter.

Pentrellyncymmer Residential
We returned this afternoon from our residential visit to Pentrellyncymmer. The children had an amazing time and were lucky enough to experience some wonderful, snowy adventures making memories which, I’m sure will last a lifetime. I’m so grateful to the children, who were praised by the bus driver and the centre staff, for their great attitude and behaviour. Huge thanks also needs to go to Miss. Davies, Miss. Price, and Emma who freely gave up their time to allow the children to have these fantastic experiences. Thank you also to parents and carers for supporting the visit. The stunning photos of the residential will available to view soon on our school’s Flickr account.

Christmas Tickets
Tickets will be going on sale from today for this year’s Rhos St Christmas performances:

3rd December Christmas Fun with the Early Years (Yrs. N & R) 9.30am – 10.30am
4th December The Nativity – Matinee (Yrs. 1 & 2)
The Nativity – Evening (Yrs. 1 & 2) 1.30pm – 2.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm
5th December Christmas Fun with the Early Years (Yrs. N & R)
Panto Pandemonium – Matinee (Yrs. 3, 4, 5 & 6)
Panto Pandemonium – Evening (Yrs. 3, 4, 5 & 6) 9.30am – 10.30am
1.30pm – 2.30pm
5.30pm – 6.30pm

In order to adhere to fire regulations two tickets per-performance will be available to purchase, from the school office, per-family. Nativity and Panto Pandemonium tickets cost £2.50 per ticket, Christmas Fun with the Early Years cost £5, as there is a craft element and refreshments are provided at the event.
Additional tickets will be on sale, subject to availability, from the school office from November 29th. Due to the anticipated limited number of additional tickets, only two additional tickets per-performance per-family will be available. Any subsequently remaining tickets will be available for sale on the day before the individual performance.
Tickets can be purchased directly from the school office, or a clearly labelled envelope, with payment, your child’s name, class, and the performance/s for which the tickets are required, can be sent in with your child.
Cast photos will be available to view and purchase on the day of the Infant Nativity and Junior Panto Pandemonium performances.

Weekly Wellbeing
In the week that we have been enjoying the many pleasures and benefits of getting outside this quote is from John Muir. Also known as “John of the Mountains” and “Father of the National Parks”, he was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, and early advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

This week has seen our preparations for our Harvest Service, on Tuesday, coming along nicely, and the brilliant response and bright colours of Hello Yellow have been bringing a smile to us all today. Parents’ evenings, Harvest service, Diwrnod Shwmae Su’mae and Show Racism the Red Card will be keeping us all out of mischief next week.

Urdd Sports Club
There is still an opportunity to sign up for the Rhos St Urdd after-school sports club on Thursday evening 3.30pm – 4.30pm for Yrs. 3-6. The cost for the seven sessions is £14. All bookings are through the Urdd website: https://gweithgareddau.urdd.cymru or via the QR code on the attached poster.

Harvest Service
We will be holding our Harvest Service on Tuesday 15th of October at 10.00am in the school hall. Parents, carers family and friends are all welcome to join us in celebrating the harvest with songs, poems, and stories. We will also be collecting donations of food for Ruthin Food Bank. Donations can be brought to the office or handed in by your child to their class teacher.

Hello Yellow
We had a brilliant response to our Hello Yellow day in school, in support of the Young Minds mental-health charity.
We talked in service about the importance of keeping you mind healthy in just the same way as it is important to keep your body healthy. It was lovely to see the children in their special clothes for the day. If you would like to support the Hello Yellow – Young Minds charity you can donate, on their website, by following this link: https://www.youngminds.org.uk/support-us/donate

Foundation-Learners Morning Protocols
Just a quick reminder that Little Acorns and Nursery pupils should be brought in through the top gate in a morning and Yr. R, Yr. 1 and Yr. 2 pupils should be brought in through the lower gate. Many thanks for your help and support with this.

Parental Consultations
Rhos St will be holding the autumn-term parental consultations next week 14th – 17th of October. You should have received an appointment slip with the date and time of your consultation. If you are unable to attend the appointment, for any reason, please notify school as soon as possible and your child’s class teacher will arrange an alternative. Teachers will be verifying contact details during the consultation to ensure that we hold the most current information. Please wait outside your child’s classroom, prior to your appointment, and the class teacher will greet you at the appropriate time.
Our amazing Family-Link Workers Hayley and Sarah will be offering drop-in sessions on Monday and Wednesday from 3.30pm – 5.00pm. Please call in if you’d like help or support with anything, or even just the opportunity for a friendly chat.

Dates for the Diary

Dates for the Diary
14th October Kick It Sports
Parental Consultations 14th – 17th Oct
Diwrnod Shwmae Su’mae – Yrs. 5 & 6 working with Ysgol Pen Barras on Welsh language games
15th October Harvest Service 10.00am – 11.00am
Diwrnod Shwmae Su’mae
17th October PTA Christmas card order deadline
18th October Show Racism the Red Card
Yr. 3 First Experiences in Music
21st October Kick It Sports
24th October PTA Halloween Party
25th October Yr. 5 Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
4th November Kick It Sports
6th – 8th November Nant BH
20th – 22nd November Pentrellyncymmer
28th November PTA Christmas Fair (TBC)
4th December Christmas Show Matinee 1.30pm – 2.30pm
5th December Christmas Show Matinee 1.30pm – 2.30pm & Evening Performance 5.30pm – 6.30pm
30th January Yr. 4 Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
17th February Parental Consultations 17th – 20th Feb
20th February Yr. 3 Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
4th March Tempest Photography Yr. 6 9.00am – 12.00pm
28th March Yr. 2 Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
10th April Yr. 1 Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
8th May Rhos St Eisteddfod
23rd May Yr. R Family Service 9.15am – 10.00am
1st July Sports Day
3rd July Reserve Sports Day
11th July Yr. 6 Leavers’ Service
Additional dates will be added once confirmed

Parking
We have unfortunately had some car-park users inappropriately using the disabled parking bays, which has led to some blue-badge holders being unable to access the disabled-access spaces at the end of the day. The disabled-access spaces are for blue-badge holders only and should not be used by any other car-park user. I would request that all car-park users respect the signage and designation of areas, both inside and adjacent to the school car park, to ensure that those members of our school community who genuinely require priority parking are able to access it. Many thanks.

Signs of Autumn
The Reception Class had a fantastic time this week investigating our Garden Area for signs of autumn. They looked all around for fallen leaves and had a great time searching for minibeasts.

Christmas Cards
You should have received your child’s PTA Christmas card this week. Please be mindful that you only have until October the 17th to place your orders directly with the company; we are unable to take orders for Christmas cards in school.

Show Racism the Red Card
Rhos St School will ‘Wear it Red’ on Friday the 18th of October in support of Show Racism the Red Card’s anti-racism campaign. We will learn all about the importance of respecting and celebrating all the things that we share as well as the things that make us special, unique individuals. For more information on Wear Red Day or the brilliant work of Show Racism the Red Card follow this link:
https://www.theredcard.org/

Flickr
Our Flickr account has now been updated with all of our latest activities and adventures. Got to https://rhosstreetschool.co.uk/ and click on the Pictures tab to view the latest pictures.

Cornel Cymraeg
Tuesday is Shwmae Su’mae Day, there will be lots of fun Welsh activities going on all across the school. On Monday the Yr.s 5 & 6 pupils will be meeting up with children form Ysgol Pen Barras, as part of the Shwmae Su’mae celebration, for Welsh games and activities, in what will be an ongoing collaboration between the two schools.

Weekly Wellbeing
In the week that held World Mental Health Day our quote is from American actor Sophia Bush and reminds us not to let the quest for perfect get in the way of good enough:

You are allowed to be both a masterpiece and a work in progress simultaneously.

Sophia Bush

Achievers
This week’s brilliant achievers are: Kit, Scarlet, Isabella, Abi, Evelyn, Grace, Nancy, Paisley, Will, Ellie, Raph and Isaac. Well done to them all!

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

A very busy week draws to its end. Plenty of great activities going on and even a little bit of sunshine to add a bit of cheer to our, up-till-now very soggy, sombre autumn.

Cross Country

A huge ‘well done’ to all those who competed at Denbighshire Cross country yesterday. A great demonstration of resilience and perseverance, we’re so proud of you all. Da iawn pawb!

Clocktower Presentation
On Tuesday Yrs.5&6 were treated to a fascinating talk on the restoration of Ruthin’s Clock Tower and tales of the old Courthouse. A big thank you to Fiona Gail & Magistrate David Davies for giving their time to talk to the children and for preparing the presentations.

Urdd Sports Club
Rhos St will be offering an Urdd after-school sports club on Thursday evening 3.30pm – 4.30pm for Yrs. 3-6. The cost for the seven sessions is £14. All bookings are through the Urdd website: https://gweithgareddau.urdd.cymru or via the QR code on the attached poster.

Safeguarding is Everyone’s Responsibility
Everybody has the right to be safe, no matter who they are or what their circumstances are. There may be a need to protect some children, young people and vulnerable adults who may be at risk of abuse or neglect. We are all responsible for the safety of the most vulnerable members of our society.
Members of the public
If you are concerned about the welfare or safety of a child or young person, please contact: 01824 712200: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4.30pm
0345 053 3116: evenings and weekends
You can also send an email to cfsgateway@denbighshire.gov.uk.

Xplore Science
A big thank you to Xplore Science who came along on Monday to work with Yrs. 3 – 6 on coding and control activities. The children had a fantastic time learning all about coding and got to put their new-found knowledge to the test by building robots to and coding them to follow their instructions. This is the first of many coding and control activities that we will be undertaking this year.

Weekly Wellbeing
Today is World Animal Day, the International Day of Action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually on October 4, the feast day of Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. This quote, from A.A. Milne, the author of the Winnie-the-Pooh books, reminds us of how we should be always mindful of the living creatures that share our planet with us.

Achievers
This week’s brilliant achievers are: Jessica, Teddy, Daisy, Elsie, Louie. Cecily, Daniel, Elliot, Ruby, Alice, Rupert, Connie, Jake and Phoebe.
Jessica shared her gymnastics certificate and medal, Elianna shared her Summer-Reading Challenge certificate and medal and Grace shared her Champions Award. Well done to all our mazing achievers.

Dear Parents and Carers / Annwyl Rieni a Gwarchodwyr,

As September draws to a close, the summer seems a dim and distant memory, it’s great to see the children really getting back into the swing of school life. With the leaves starting to slowly turn to yellows and reds, combined with the sound of ‘Cauliflowers Fluffy’ drifting down the corridor it’s really starting to feel like the impending onset of autumn proper.

Head Lice
We are stiil having ongoing incidences of head lice in school this week. I would request that you check your child’s hair and treat if appropriate. Please see the information below regarding identification and treatment of head lice:
Head lice are small insects (no larger than a sesame seed when fully grown) with moving legs. They live very close to the scalp. Nits are not the same as lice. They are the egg cases which stick to the hair and look like specks of dandruff. You only have head lice if you find a moving louse (not a nit). Your head does not have to be itchy to have head lice.
Because of children’s play activity and direct head-to-head contact, head lice are usually found on children, but can also spread to adults. Head lice are caught from close family and friends in the home and community, as well as at school. Head lice live in all types of hair – dirty or clean, short, or long. Head lice walk from one head to another, when heads are in direct contact with each other – they do not fly, jump, or swim. It may be advisable to keep long hair tied back to reduce the chance of infection.
As most children will get head lice at some point or another, we strongly advise that our parents/carers routinely check their children’s hair for head lice at least weekly. Head lice is one of the conditions covered by the Common Ailments Scheme which is an NHS service that patients can access for free advice and free treatment and is available from 99% of pharmacies in Wales.
https://111.wales.nhs.uk/encyclopaedia/h/article/headliceandnits/#:~:text=Headlice%20is%20one%20of%20the,more%20information%20on%20the%20service.&text=Lice%20and%20nits%20can%20be%20removed%20by%20wet%20combing

Fundraising Skydive
We are so incredibly proud of Charlie’s mum Kris who has taken the incredibly brave step of undertaking a sponsored skydive to raise funds for Plas Brondyfryn and Rhos St. We are so glad that Kris’s feet are now safely back on the ground, and so impressed that she has raised an amazing £3000! A huge thank you from everyone here at Rhos St.

New Bench
We are so grateful to our caretaker Tony Dallolio for making and erecting our new bench outside the front entrance. Tony had spotted that some seating would really help some members of our school community when waiting to pick up their relatives at the end of the day. In line with his typical can-do style, he leapt into action and, using wood donated to the school, created our fantastic new bench. Tony has made, painted, and put up our new Rhos-St-blue bench at zero cost to the school, giving his time and expertise for free! We are so grateful to Tony for everything he does here at Rhos St, this latest act of generosity being one of many times he has proved himself invaluable to us here.

Dates for the Diary

Weekly Wellbeing
This week’s quote, in a week where our school focus has been on the Rhos St School value of Kindness, is from Sir. Winston Churchill the British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945.

Achievers
This week’ amazing achievers are: Harvey, Bethany, Elsie, Thea, Bradley, Fleur, Rose, Alfie, Sophie, Noah and Tommy.
Daisy shared her dance and gymnastics awards, Sam shared his green taekwondo belt and certificate, Josh shared his triathlon trophy and medal, Cecily shared her badminton certificate, Toby shared his rugby trophy and medals, Jessica shared her gymnastics medal and certificate, and Belle shared her riding awards. Well done to everyone in our huge list of achievers today!