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Calendar Index

Date	Title
Nov 14 2009	Children's University - Egypt Centre, UCW
Nov 13 2009	Wales v Samoa As part of our Transition Partnership plan with North Gower Schools, our Y6 pupils will have the chance to visit Cardiff today in order to warch the rugby union match between Wales and Samoa.
Nov 11 2009	School Photographer
Nov 2 2009	Return to school
Oct 23 2009	End of term We break up for our week's half term holiday today.
Oct 23 2009	"Igor" The Junior children have the chance to visit the Vue Cinema for a free viewing of "Igor". The film is about Igor who has big dreams of becoming a mad scientist and winning 1st place at the annual Evil Science Fair.
Oct 22 2009	Governing Body Annual Meeting with Parents The Governing Body is holding its annual meeting for parents this evening. Our Chair of Governors, Mr Allan Rees, will briefly summarise some of our current priorities and will recap on some of the outcomes of 2008/9. The meeting will take place in the main hall at 7pm.
Oct 19 2009	Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! The infant children will visit the Vue Cinema for a free viewing of "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" The film is about Horton the elephant and the "Whos from Whoville"
Oct 19 2009	Autumn Walk - Nursery The Nursery children will visit Brynmill Park in the morning for an "Autumn Walk". There will be no afternoon nursery session today and all children should attend in the morning.
Oct 16 2009	Sponsored Bounce PTA Sponsored Bounce
Oct 15 2009	Transition Day for Y6 As part of the transition programme for year 6 pupils, Gowerton Comprehensive School has organised a "Problem Solving Day" at Margam Park.
Oct 15 2009	Treasure Hunt As part of the council's "Local Democracy Week", our Y5 mediators have been invited to participate in a Treasure Hunt at the Guildhall, Swansea.
Oct 14 2009	Live Music Now! Live Music Performance for the whole school
Oct 14 2009	Visit from String Quartet
Oct 13 2009	Gowerton School Transition Roadshow Gowerton school will be visiting us today to introduce Y6 parents to the options availabe to them at Gowerton School. Pupils will bring home letters explaining in more detail the day's programme. In addition, Gowerton will be providing 'open mornings' today and tomorrow for parents to visit the school and find out a little more about what is on offer to pupils.
Oct 12 2009	Parents' Evenings Class teachers are available to meet with you after school this week in order to discuss your children's progress. This will give you the chance to let us know how well you think they have settled into their new classes and to share any concerns you may have. Please sign the sheet outside your child's classroom to book you slot or, if you have difficulty getting into school, either ask your child to do it for you or email us your preferred times - we'll do our best t o accommodate you!
Oct 9 2009	Harvest Service 2.15pm Y6 lead us in a special Harvest serviceof thanksgiving at the school this afternoon. Parents of Y6 pupils are most welcome to join us for this special assembly.
Sep 30 2009	Visit from Chief Superintendent Mark Mathias Mark Mathias is visiting us this afternoon to meet with our school council in order to find out a little more about the active roles our pupils take in decision making at our school. Mr. Mathias was unable to join us for our Celebration Week activities in the summer but was eager to follow up our initial invitation with a visit to the school.
Sep 29 2009	Bread Making morning with 'Braces Bakery' (here, at the school)
Sep 28 2009	INSET DAY School will be closed to pupils today for staff training. Staff will be receiving training on P4C - Philosophy for Children. This supports our planning for a curriculum which focuses not just on what our children are learning but how they are learning as well. Many of us have already undertaken training and P4C strategies are well established across the school. Today's training will help us extend our knowledge and understanding even further, and ensure consistency of planning across the age ranges.
Sep 22 2009	Funky Fusion Dance Group 'Funky Fusion Dance Group' - after school club starts today!
Sep 14 2009	Danycoed residential Y6 are away enjoying a week's residential at Danycoed House this week.
Sep 3 2009	After School Club restarts In response to parents' request, we have restarted the after school club. In addition, we have ensure provision for child care now runs until 6pm.
Jul 21 2009	Y3/4 Visit to Dan-Yr-Ogof
Jul 20 2009	Whole School Picnic All our pupils will join to gether for a celebratory picnic in the school grounds today, which forms part of our 'Farewell to Mrs Taylor' planned events!
Jul 20 2009	uniform shop Shop open from 3.20pm.
Jul 18 2009	Y6 Leavers' Ball Waunarlwydd Community Centre. Any offers of help to set up the hall in the afternoon / assist in the supervision of the event / clear away afterwards, would be gratefully received! The office staff or your child's teacher would be happy to pass on your offers to the PTA. Prom starts at 7pm and ends at 9pm.
Jul 17 2009	Nursery 'Picnic in the Park'
Jul 15 2009	Summer Serenade - 5pm
Jul 15 2009	Junior Sports' Day - Cancelled due to wet weather Start at 12.15pm.
Jul 14 2009	Bastille Day (Y6 Transition Project)
Jul 14 2009	Infant Sports' Day Start at 1.15pm. Unfortunately, this event has had to be cancelled because of rain.
Jul 13 2009	Nursery Sports' Day
Jul 10 2009	Nursery visit to Port Eynon
Jul 6 2009	Borfa Residential Week - Y6
Jul 6 2009	Welcome meeting for parents of Reception Class pupils, Sept 2009
Jul 1 2009	Dance Project - Y5
Jun 30 2009	Dance Evolution Project - Grand Theatre (Y5)
Jun 29 2009	Transition days: 29 June - 1 July Our Y6 pupils will be visiting Gowerton School for the next 3 days for a range of activities which will help prepare them for their move into Y7. We'll be kicking off with a Gymanfa Ganu on Monday. The three days will give our pupils chance to meet new friends and teachers, gain a better idea of the layout of the school and the way in which lessons operate and also let them know in advance which form they will be moving into. In addition, the 3 days form part of our collaborative transition plans and provide for opportunity for discussions between primary school and secondary school teachers. Incidentally, this year for the first time our pupils will be recording all their transition project work in a special e folder which can be accessed from both schools, thereby allowing them the chance to continue with work begun at Waunarlwydd once they move to Gowerton.
Jun 26 2009	Football Tournament - Elba Playing Fields (Community Police Project)
Jun 26 2009	YR + Y1 visit to Langland Bay
Jun 26 2009	Y2 visit to Bracelet Bay
Jun 24 2009	Annual Celebration Y6 Leavers' Concert - 6.30pm No Celebration Week would be complete without our Celebration concert which provides us with the opportunity to share with family and friends some of the many exciting activities we've enjoyed during the year and the skills we've acquired along the way. Look forward to an evening of song, dance, music, poetry and drama as Y6 in particular reflect upon the good times enjoyed at Waunarlwydd Primary this year!
Jun 24 2009	Rainforest Workshop - Plantasia (Y5 pupils)
Jun 24 2009	Rainforest Workshop at Plantasia - Y5
Jun 23 2009	Annual Celebration Week: June 23rd to June 26th In addition to the usual programme of events, our annual Celebration week this year will include pupil-led workshops for parents (and anyone else who may be interested!) which will highlight the skill based learning strategies our children have come to depend upon in their pursuit of independent learning. Please check out our separate web page for more details.
Jun 23 2009	Dance workshop - Y5
Jun 22 2009	Oakwood Park
Jun 19 2009	PTA Summer Fayre The PTA will be holding their annual Summer Fayre in the school playground (weather permitting)at 3.30pm. If you are able to help in any way, please email or leave your name at the school office.
Jun 17 2009	Crucial Crew - Y6 pupils
Jun 17 2009	K'Nex Challenge Day
Jun 15 2009	Plantasia - Felt making Our Y1 children will felt making at Plantasia today as part of their theme for this term.
Jun 13 2009	'Party in the Park' We will be once again joining in with the rest of the village for its annual 'Party in the Park' with a performance provided by our school choir. All proceeds go towards the Rhodri Jones Memorial Fund.
Jun 12 2009	INSET day Teaching staff will be sharing their teacher assessments with each other today as part of our preparation for the succesful transition of pupils between classes and phase groups in September. Teaching Assistants will be undertaking Child Protection training.
Jun 11 2009	Y2 Dance Project Y2 visit the Taliesin Arts Centre today for a performance by the English Contemporary Ballet Company of 'The Ugly Duckling'. This will be followed up by a dance workshop led by the company in school.
Jun 11 2009	Y2 Dance Project - Taliesin Theatre
Jun 10 2009	Cricket Festival - Elba Playing Fields
Jun 10 2009	Gnoll Park Challenge
Jun 5 2009	Fair Trade Shop
Jun 4 2009	Dance Project - Y2
Jun 3 2009	Bookfair A 'Bookfair' will be held in the school hall between June 3rd and June 10th. As usual, this will be open first thing in the morning before school begins and last thing in the afternoon from 3.20pm.
Jun 1 2009	Transition Art Project - June 1st to 5th June Pupils will work with an artist in residence as part of our transition work with Gowerton School for the week beinning June 1st. The finished piece will then be contributed as part of a cluster schools' display at Gowerton School.
Jun 1 2009	'Fair Trade Week' - June 1 to June 5th
Jun 1 2009	Intensive Swimming Course Our Y4 pupils will undergo intensive swimming instruction for 2 weeks beginning on June 1st.
Jun 1 2009	Intensive swimming course - Y4 Y4 pupils undergo an intensive swimming course between June 1st and June 11th,
May 21 2009	Whitsun Assembly Year 5 wil present their Witsun Assembly at 10.00 this morning.
May 16 2009	Visit To Chongqing, China
May 14 2009	Cycling Profficiency
May 13 2009	'Going Public' Theatre production (whole school)
May 11 2009	Dance Workshop
May 11 2009	School Council meeting with Geraint Davies Our School Council will meet with Mr Geraint Davies (prospective Parliamentary candidate) to discuss, amongst other things, plans to remove the sixth form at Gowerton School.
May 11 2009	Eco Week Eco week will take place between May 11th and May 15th.
May 7 2009	Dance Performance at Taliesin
May 6 2009	School Photos The photographer will be in school today taking class photos as well as photos of sports' teams and interest groups such as our Eco Team and School Council.
May 5 2009	INSET day The school will be closed for staff training today. We are joining with colleagues from all the cluster schools within the Gowerton catchment area to moderate samples of work within the areas of Maths, English and Science. Teaching assistants will undertake training in the use of incidental welsh.
Apr 30 2009	Water Safety Talk - Y6 pupils
Apr 29 2009	PTA Meeting @ 6pm The PTA will be meeting tonight to finalis plans for our annual summer fayre as well as for the Y6 Laevers' Summer Ball.
Apr 29 2009	YR visit to Plantasia
Apr 27 2009	Cycling Proficiency Training
Apr 24 2009	School Council visit to Welsh Assembly
Apr 22 2009	PTA Meeting
Apr 21 2009	Llanmadoc Visit Last autumn, Mrs John, Miss Smith and Mr Evans producued some fantastic work packs for schools to use when visiting the Llanmadoc Outdoors Activity Centre. The centre were so thrilled with the quality of these work packs that they have provided a whole day free of charge for our Y3 and 4 classes at the venue today as a way of saying "thank you". Pupils will be led through a variety of exciting activities, exploring the outdoor environment within one of Gower's most beautiful settings. Thank you, teachers, for making this possible!
Apr 20 2009	Cycling Proficiency - Y6
Apr 3 2009	French Exhange Student A French exchange student, currently visiting Olchfa School, will join us today. He will be visiting a number of different classes presenting a range of different language activities for pupils and staff to enjoy.
Apr 3 2009	Pupil Achievement Awards - Grand Theatre
Apr 3 2009	Easter Assembly Year 4 are performing their Easter assembly today and invite family and friends to join with them at 9.30 am
Apr 3 2009	Nursery Easter Bonnet Parade
Apr 2 2009	PTA disco 5.45 pm - 6.45 pm (KS1); 6pm - 7 pm (KS2)
Apr 1 2009	Swimming Gala
Apr 1 2009	Fire Engine Visit The fire servicewill be bringing a fire engine into school today for us to take a closer look at a very important emergency service resource.
Apr 1 2009	County Cross Country Finals
Mar 31 2009	Rugby tournament