For the attention of parents and guardians during this time of school closures. 

Below is information that we have been sent from the Read Write Inc. team in regards to accessing resources at home. This is being continually updated, so please bare with us as the resources are being constantly updated. 

We will be offering a range of free support so that children can continue their Read Write Inc. learning journey away from the classroom during these uncertain times. This will include a ‘phonics spine’ of 72 free e-books matched to Read Write Inc. levels, along with 62 Speed Sounds practice sheets, parent information booklets and 8 Speedy Green Word Slideshows. These free resources will all be added to the Read Write Inc. page on Oxford Owl for Home over the coming weeks, and we’ll continue to update you as they become available.

Ruth Miskin Training will also be removing the ‘shelf’ from the School Portal, so subscribing schools can access all films for teachers’ CPD, they will also have FAQs for parents, a guidance document for resources and books to send home, plus regular storytelling films of well-loved stories will be uploaded to the Ruth Miskin Training YouTube channel.

What’s available now? Take a look at Oxford Owl for Home where we now have 14 free Read Write Inc. ebooks (click on the ‘eBooks’ link underneath ‘Read Write Inc. Phonics Guide for Parents’), plus lots of guidance for parents and carers: www.oxfordowl.co.uk/read-write-inc-home 

Parent videos on pronouncing the sounds, how to sound-blend, read diagraphs, read stretchy sounds etc are also available on this page.

You can find out more about the support we are offering to schools here: https://global.oup.com/education/support-learning-anywhere/?region=uk

Year 6 parents, here is a link to the powerpoint presentation that was used during the meeting before half term regarding any information you need to know for next week.

Glan Llyn Powerpoint

If you click on the link below you will have access to the power point presentation that has been delivered this evening in regards to the Year 5 residential to Llangranog.

The first link opens as a powerpoint presentation and the second link opens as a pdf.

Llangranog powerpoint presentation 

Llangranog-powerpoint pdf

Thank you

As you are all aware, we undertook an ESTYN inspection back in Autumn 2018, which we are proud to say went successfully. We would appreciate it if you would please take a few minutes to read our ESTYN Inspection report. (This can be found in our Policies and Documents section on the website)  or you alternatively, click on the link below to be redirected to the PDF version of the report.

FINAL ESTYN report Cwmafan Primary School

We are all very pleased with the report. It is a fair reflection of our school. We are all very proud of our pupils and the team effort between pupils, staff, parents and governors to ensure that Cwmafan Primary is a GOOD school.

Thank you,

Mr Workman

The school council have decided on their top five favourite Mottos. They have presented these options to the children in assembly today. The children are currently voting for their favourite motto on J2Vote.

Here are the options: 

1.Pupil voice, pupil choice. 

2. Thoughts need words. Words need a voice. 

3. One school council, one powerful voice. 

4.Your voice, your choice. 

5.Our voice, our choice. 

In their next meeting the school council will read the graph of data that has been collected in order to reveal the winning motto.

The school council have been working their way through the suggestions from the Pupil Voice Box during this weeks meeting. There have been a wide range of suggestions put forward. Some examples of which are:

*Hold an ‘Old Book Sale’ to raise money for the school to buy new books.
*Buy a climbing frame for the Junior Department yard.
*Have certain areas for the different equipment in the school yard.

There have been many more brilliant suggestions and it will take a lot of deliberation from the school council members as to which suggestions we can put into action.

We are grateful as ever for the continued support of our peers.

Thanks, from the School Council Members