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Right of the Week 16/7/20

Thu 16 Jul 2020

As we approach the summer holidays, this week's right is really important, Article 31- The right to relax and play

What exciting activities or skills will you spend time developing this summer?

Follow the link below to the Rights Ambassador's page and find out more about Article 31 as well as some fun activities to try at home!

https://www.ninianparkprm.cardiff.sch.uk/right-of-the-week-167/

Have fun, stay safe and don't forget to share your Rights learning on seesaw #article31 #RRSNP #Allchildrenhavetheserights

Letter to parents about September

Thu 16 Jul 2020 J Scott

Letter to Parents from Ninian Park Primary School

15^th July 2020

Dear Parents and Carers,

Now that the Minister for Education has told us that we are able to return to school in larger numbers after the holidays, I wanted to take this opportunity to write to you with more details. We are still waiting for further guidance from the Local Authority so some things may change, but I felt it was important to give you as much information as I could, as soon as I could so that you can make arrangements.

The school year will officially start on Tuesday 1^st September 2020. Tuesday 1^st September and Wednesday 2^nd September will be Planning and Preparation days for staff so that I can make sure everyone is clear on current guidelines and curriculum development. No children will be in school on these days.

On Thursday 3rd September we will welcome back ALL pupils in Years 1-6. We do all we can to ensure that your children stay safe in school by making sure we do the following things as much as we possibly can:

Promote handwashing and good hand hygiene
Promote ‘Catch it, kill it, bin it’ health awareness.
Keep your children solely in their class ‘contact group’ of 30 children as much as possible.
Continue to have ‘pods’ of children (as we are doing now) in different parts of the school to keep children in set areas of the building.
Continue to have slightly staggered start times to allow children to be dropped off in the mornings at their set gates:

Class	Gate	Drop off time	Pick up time
Years 1 and 2	Main gate – Sloper Road	8.45 a.m.	3 p.m.
Years 3 and 4	Sevenoaks Park gate	8.50 a.m.	3.05 p.m.
Years 5 and 6	Virgil Street Gates	8.55 a.m.	3.10 p.m.

Ensuring that school is cleaned appropriately at regular intervals in accordance with Health and Safety guidelines.

As we still need to maintain social distancing guidelines for parents and staff unfortunately we cannot allow parents onto site, as we would physically not have enough space. Staff will be at the gates to greet you.

There will be NO provision for hot dinners at school until 14^th September. All pupils will need to bring a packed lunch, a drink in a water bottle and a piece of fruit for snack. Those families who are entitled to Free School Meals will continue to receive funding via ParentPay during the first few weeks of term.

On the first day of term we will give your child a water bottle which they will take home for washing each evening. Please can they bring this to school, filled, every day.

Those children who are joining us in Nursery and Reception from September will have admissions meetings before starting. We will send you a separate letter with your admission times and dates.

All children across the school from Nursery to Year 6 will be back in school by Thursday 10^th September.

Many of you have been asking who your child’s class teacher is over the last few weeks. Children will be moving into the following classes:

Current Class (July 2020)	September class and teacher
RA Miss Pugsley/Mrs Bagguley	1A Mrs Eastwood
RB Mrs L. Jones	1B Mr Rees
RC Ms Lewis	1C Ms Lewis
1A Mrs Eastwood	2A Miss Varsani
1B Miss Varsani	2B Mrs Hill
1C Mr Rees	2C Miss Hulatt
2A Mrs Preston	3A Mrs Preston
2B Mrs Hill	3B Mrs Mottram/Mrs Pankhurst
2C Miss Hulatt	3C Mrs H. Jones
3A Mrs H. Jones	4A Miss Hussain
3B Mrs Mottram/Miss Rees	4B Mr Carter
3C Mrs Black	4C Mrs Griffiths
4A Mrs Bishop	5A Mrs Bishop
4B Mr Carter	5B Mr Jones
4C Mrs Griffiths	5C Mr Matyus
5A Mrs Cobb	6A Miss Norrish
5B Mr Jones	6B Miss Lewis
5C Mr Matyus	6C Miss Richards

Reception teachers for September will be Miss Pugsley, Mrs Bah, Miss Fitzsimmons, Mrs Jones, Mrs Bagguley and Mrs Black.

At the end of this school year we are also saying a fond farewell to Miss Rees who has made the decision to retire at the end of this term. Miss Rees has been a highly valued member of our school community at Ninian Park for a number of years and we are sad that we have not had the opportunity to celebrate her time with us in the way we would like, due to the current restrictions. We are hopeful that she will come and visit us at school next term so that we can thank her properly.

In September we are welcoming four new teachers to our team at Ninian Park. Mrs Bah, Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Hussain and Miss Richards. I know you will make them feel very welcome.

It has been a testing few months for everyone in our school community, but we have got through it, and are looking forward to our ‘new normal’ school in September. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our pupils, parents, families and staff for their hard work, support and engagement during this difficult time.

Should any further updates be published over the summer holidays I will make sure that these are passed on to you via Twitter @nppschool, the school website: www.ninianparkprm.cardiff.sch.uk and via text (so please ensure we have your current mobile number).

I hope you all have a restful summer holiday and I look forward to welcoming you all back to school in September. Should you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me.

Take care and stay safe,

Miss Scott

Year 6 Farewell video

Wed 15 Jul 2020

The time has come to say farewell to our Year 6 class of 2020. Sadly the usual leavers assembly and celebrations can't happen right now, but we weren't about to let the children leave without saying goodbye and sharing some special memories!

Follow the link below to see the videos:

https://www.ninianparkprm.cardiff.sch.uk/week-14/

Good Luck Year 6 in the next stage of your journey.

Have a brilliant summer, keep in touch and stay safe.

Latest update

Mon 13 Jul 2020 C Morris

Hello everyone,

We are into our third week of "Check-in, Catch-up and Prepare for summer and September 2020". It has been wonderful to see so many pupils returning to the building and sharing news of some of the exciting events that they have experienced during their time at home - including birthday parties online; the birth of brothers and sisters; as well as amazing baking and sporting skills that have been developed.

We are still waiting for information from Welsh Government and Cardiff Council about how September will look at Ninian Park School; but we will publish information here on our website, send a letter and a text once we know. Please be assured that, as always, Miss Scott and her team are doing everything possible to keep your children and the staff safe.

This week we are sending home the end of year reports. If your child is in school, the eldest child will bring home all the reports for your family. If your child is not in school, at the end of the week, we will post the reports to your home.

We are sending out information as soon as we can. We thank you for your patience.

Right of the Week 9/7/2020

Fri 10 Jul 2020

This week's Right is Article 29- You have the right to education that develops your personality, talents and ability to the full. What are your special talents?

Head over to the Rights Ambassadors page to find out more and try your hand at some activities:

https://www.ninianparkprm.cardiff.sch.uk/right-of-the-week-97/

We'd love to see your rights work so remember to share with us on your class seesaw page #rrsnp #article29