Dear Parents and Carers,

 

Enterprise Sale

Our start of the year project on ‘Enterprise’ culminated in each class selling their products. It was really lovely to see the level of parent and family support for their sales. Many thanks to all who attended. Once profits have been calculated, they will be announced on twitter. @StGabsPrimary

 

Attendance

On the whole we have had a positive start to this school year’s attendance. Here are the figures for this week and as you can see they are mixed results.

Please can we remind you, wherever possible, to take holidays in the school breaks as term time holidays cause significant disruption to your child’s education with 5 hours of learning time being lost for every day of absence.

Dosbarth Coch: 97.8%

Dosbarth Cas-Gwent: 92%

Dosbarth Rhaglan: 98.6%

Dosbarth Cil-y-Coed: 84.5%

Dosbarth Caerdydd: 99%

Dosbarth Caerffili: 94.2%

Dosbarth Caernarfon: 98.4%

 

 

Term Dates for this Year

 

Autumn term: 2^nd September to 20^th December

Autumn Half term: October 28^th to November 1^st

 

Christmas Holidays: Monday 23^rd December to Friday January 3^rd

 

Spring term: 6^th January to 3^rd April

Spring Half term: 17^th February to 21^st February

 

Easter Holidays: Monday 6^th April to Friday 17^th April

 

Summer term: 20^th April to 17^th July

Summer Half term: 25^th May to 29^th May.

 

INSET days for this Year

 

Monday 2^nd September 2019

Monday 9^th September 2019

Monday 21^st October 2019

Friday 12^th June 2020

Monday 20^th July 2020

 

First Holy Communion

To undertake classes for the Sacrament of Holy Communion, forms are available after church for all pupils in Year 3 or above. Please see the Church newsletter for further details. https://allsaintsrcnewport.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Newsletter-15.09.19.pdf

 

Friends of St. Gabriel’s – Update

Many thanks for those that were able to attend the Annual General Meeting last Friday. It was great to be able to add new members to this dedicated group that work so hard to provide additional resources for the children in our school.

The Friends of St. Gabriel’s have just joined #easyfundraising! It’s a great site where you can raise money for FREE when you shop online. All you have to do is create a FREE account and choose to support Friends of St Gabriel’s. Then 4,000 shops and sites (including all the BIG names like eBay, John Lewis and Partners, ASOS, Expedia, M&S, Just Eat and many more) will donate to us for FREE every time you use #easyfundraising to shop with them.

See how it works by watching this 60 second video: http://efraising.org/Cqr4I6Ucy8

This is a great way to support us for FREE, to create an account just visit our page: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/friendsofstgabriels

 

Autumn Term Dates (new dates are in bold) Christmas Dates Added!

 

Monday 30^th September

10:30am Whole School Mass at St. Gabriel’s RC Church celebrating the Feast of St. Gabriel. Parents and wider family welcome to attend.

 

Thursday 3^rd October:

3:15pm Parent Information Meeting in school hall for new Archdiocese ‘Relationships and Sex Education’ (RSE) Curriculum.

 

Monday 21^st October

All day – School closed to pupils for Staff INSET training day.

 

Friday 25^th October:

Afternoon – Year 6 at Crucial Crew Trip

 

Half term: Monday 28^th October to Friday 1^st November

 

Thursday 21^st November

3:05pm Film Night for Foundation Phase (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2)

 

Thursday 28^th November

3:15pm Film Night for Key Stage 2 Pupils (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)

 

Monday 2^nd December

1:45pm Advent Service led by Years 5 and 6,

 

Wednesday 11^th December

9:30am Foundation Phase Nativity Concert

 

Thursday 12^th December

9:30am Foundation Phase Nativity Concert

 

Monday 16^th December

Afternoon theatre company performance of ‘A Christmas Carol’ – a Christmas gift for the children from ‘The Friends of St. Gabriel’s.’

 

Tuesday 17^th December

2pm Christmas Carol Concert in the Church led by Year 3 and Year 4.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Mrs M. Harris

Headteacher