Ninian Park Primary School
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Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Pedal Power give our cycling to school a push start!
Fri 11 Jun 2021The Wow Active Travel Project continues at school and lots of people are ditching the car in favour of cycling, scooting and walking to and from Ninian Park Primary each day.
To help us with this, the wonderful people at Pedal Power, have kindly donated 15 bikes to the school. We are going to give these lovely second-hand bikes away for our pupils to own; so that they can come to school in a more active way.
We have -
- one bike age 6-8 years old
- three bikes age 5-6 years old
- ten bikes age 4-5 years old
- one bikes age 3-4 years old
If you would like to be considered for one of these, please write a short note to Mrs Morris stating your name and class and telling her why you would like one of these bicycles. All notes to be given to class teachers by Wednesday 16th June and lucky recipients will receive a phone call by Friday 18th June.
Good luck and happy cycling.
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Latest Families magazine now available
Thu 13 May 2021Hello friends and families,
We hope those of you who are celebrating Eid today are having a great time.
We have another issue of the Families - Cardiff & Vale magazine to share with you. It is full of great ideas -
- Summer camps
- Summer fun
- Work
- Health
- Holidays
- Home improvement
- Food etc
Families - Cardiff & Vale magazine
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Seren a Sbarc - Friday 21st May
Thu 13 May 2021Bore da pawb!
On Friday 21st May it is Seren a Sbarc day! As you all know, Seren a Sbarc are our superhero mascots for the Siarter Iaith (Welsh Charter). They help pupils and staff in school to speak and use Welsh in and out of the classroom. The Year 6 Criw Cymraeg have planned fun Welsh activities for you all to do next Friday to celebrate in class.
We can't wait to celebrate with you all.
Hwyl fawr!
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Update from Miss Scott
Sat 01 May 2021 -
Big Pedal - 26th to 30th April
Fri 23 Apr 2021As you will be aware we are taking part in the Active Travel scheme. Next week we are challenging the pupils, parents, friends and staff to join the nation's Big Pedal event. You can find out more about this 5 day event at https://bigpedal.org.uk/
All schools will be entered into daily prize draws for rewards if over 15% of the school cycle, walk, wheel or scoot on each day of the challenge. Prizes up for grabs include accessories and equipment to help the school travel actively. Active journeys from home with a family member and physical challenges completed at home will also count towards the 15% when pupils are learning remotely.
If you want your child to take part there is an optional record sheet you can use attached to this announcement. Otherwise your child can let your child's teacher know each morning, when they complete their Active Travel Survey in class. The school will add up all our Big Pedal participants each day and add them onto the portal, where you can see how our school is doing compared to everyone else around the UK at www.bigpedal.org.uk
Please do not worry if you are unable to take part in this activity. It is purely optional and offered as a healthy, fun activity. We do not want this to add any stress to family life.
There is an announcement on your child's Seesaw account about this too.
Have a lovely weekend and see you on Monday.
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Fun, free course for parents of children from Foundation Phase to KS3.
Wed 14 Apr 2021Hello
We are delighted to be able to promote a free and fun course to help parents support their children learning literacy and numeracy skills. This course is provided by Cardiff and Vale College.
You can email them to find out more - families@cavc.ac.uk or scan the QR code on the attached flyer.
Here is some further information -
Families Learning Together Cardiff and Vale College
Online courses available in April
Nursery and Reception - Learning and Playing Together
This 10 week course is for families with children who are Nursery and Reception age and will give you the opportunity to play and learn with your child. As well as a weekly online class for the grown-ups, there will be fun activities for you to do together at home, including making puzzles, games and sharing stories together. Each week we will have a family story time and lots of learning opportunities based around the stories. You will learn how these activities can help your child to develop thinking skills, language skills and help them to build relationships.
Years 1 and 2 – Make, Play, Learn
The Families Learning Together team are offering a fun, new online course for families with children in Years 1 and 2. The course’s aim is to develop Literacy, Maths and Speaking and Listening skills in a fun and stimulating way, through a variety of outdoor and indoor play.
This course is an accredited course, so you will gain a certificate and will learn lots of exciting new skills to develop and support your child’s learning. The course will be tailored to your family's needs. The course will run online, so it can fit in with personal schedules and there will be lots of opportunities for tutor support and development throughout.
Year 3 & 4- The importance of play
Playing is the best way to learn! This new and exciting 10-week course is about getting our older children back outside and playing. Parents/carers will learn the value of play and its importance for child development. You will be provided with weekly play-based tasks that support Numeracy, Literacy, STEM and wellbeing.
This is an accredited course so you will gain a certificate and will learn lots of new and exciting skills to develop your child’s learning.
The course will run online so you will be able to access it in a variety of ways:- you can do it online in a weekly live session using Teams , or you will be able to access a recording of the session in your own time. You can also choose to complete the whole course via email. You will receive full IT support.
Supporting your child with KS3 Mathematics
This course is for parents/carers with children who are KS3 age (11-14 years old). This 10 week course will cover the foundations and main concepts of the KS3 mathematics curriculum in Wales. We will be looking at re-learning and boosting your skills in several KS3 Maths topics that can be challenging for children.
This course will allow families to confidently support their children with their KS3 maths homework. As well as weekly online classes, there will also be a weekly online session for families to troubleshoot any maths problems with the tutor that arise from their child’s school homework. There will also be some fun, educational STEM activities for all the family to enjoy at home, which will help families consolidate some of the KS3 maths skills taught on the course.
Also available – bespoke courses for families with EAL
Welsh medium courses will be added soon.
All courses are free to all families and are accredited with an Agored Cymru unit. Participants will become a student of CAVC
For further information or to book a place on one of our courses please contact families@cavc.ac.uk
https://cavc.ac.uk/en/cavc-for/adults/families-learning-together#Families-Learning-Together
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Right of the Week 12/4
Mon 12 Apr 2021We are excited to begin the Summer term and to launch our new Enquiry questions together in class.
Article 28 tells us - All children have the right to go to school to learn and be the best that they can be. This week we will be celebrating this right, thinking about our goals and the steps to achieving them in the Summer term ahead.
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Letter from Miss Scott about Easter, Active travel, parking & school lunches
Fri 26 Mar 2021Here are two letters, one from our own Miss Scott and one from the people at Active Travel. Please click on the links to read the information. Miss Scott's letter updates us on -
- Easter holiday dates
- the Active Travel project
- parking
- Covid-19
- school lunches
Letter from Miss Scott - 26-03-21
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Right of the Week 22nd March 2021
Mon 22 Mar 2021Article 24- Everyone has the right to good quality health care, to clean water and good food
This week is a special week for us to think about how powerful our planet is and how dependent on it we are to stay fit and healthy.
We will also be thinking about how we can help to keep it healthy:
We will consider the Value of Water on World Water Day and how we can make he world a better place by turning off our lights on Earth Hour on Saturday 27th March.
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Right of the week 15th March 2021
Wed 17 Mar 2021The Right of the Week this week is Article 28- All children have the right to go to school and learn
With all of our classes returning to school this week, we want to remind ourselves of what we are capable of when we put our minds to it and to look ahead to how we can help each other and ourselves to be the best we can be.
* What are you really good at?* What helps you to learn?
* What or who are you grateful for?
