Shwmae bawb, croeso nôl/welcome back!
Welcome back to you all after what we hope was a relaxing break for you and your families. Within this newsletter there are some updates, key dates and links to great resources.
It is wonderful to see the children's smiling faces as they come into school in the morning and lively chatter around the school, the building has become alive with their presence. Due to the lovely weather, the classes will be utilising the outdoor areas more and more. Please apply sun cream to your child before they come to school each day. Also, please make sure they have a sufficient amount of water and a sun hat with them. It is great to see the children starting to come into school in their summer uniform, please ensure the children are wearing suitable footwear (no sandals).
Behaviour Goals and Virtues
As you know, we introduced Behaviour Goals that link with our Catholic Virtues last year so that our pupils can work towards weekly or fortnightly goals. We have started with 'Marvellous Movers' this week and we are constantly encouraging and reinforcing these behaviours. Please see the poster below.
Looking forward
As always, you will find the important dates for this term towards the end of this newsletter. We look forward to welcoming you to school soon. Please note, dates will be added to the list and you will be updated on the newsletter. The dates are also updated on the landing page of the website, please take a look.
ESTYN
On Thursday, 11th May the school's Estyn Inspection report will be published. We are proud of the improvement the school has made over the past few years. I would like to thank everybody involved in ensuring that our school continues to improve; our governors, parents, parish, our improvement adviser, staff and most importantly the pupils. I will share the inspection report on Parent Mail and Twitter when it is published.
RELIGIOUS LIFE OF THE SCHOOL
As a Catholic school in the Diocese of Menevia, we have embraced the Catholic Schools’ Pupil Profile, which teaches the children a set of eight pairs of virtues to be understood and nurtured - enabling them to grow in wholeness as fully rounded individuals in the image of God. The pairs of virtues are:
- Grateful and generous
- Attentive and discerning
- Compassionate and loving
- Faith-filled and hopeful
- Eloquent and truthful
- Learned and wise
- Curious and active
- Intentional and prophetic
They will continue to change every half-term; this half-term the virtues are ‘Curious & Active’. The Department of Spiritual Life will have a part to play in the promotion of these values.
Please see the curriculum letters from each class regarding curriculum RE lesson content.
Y Senedd
As you know we have eight departments. The Senedd departments are as follows.
- Department of Spiritual Life
- Department of Welsh Language & Culture
- Department of Communication
- Department of Expressive Arts
- Department of Health & Well-being
- Department of Curriculum
- Department of Sustainability
- Department of Digital Competency
Each department have a lead teacher, support staff and selected pupils. All pupils from year two to year six have been selected as a member of a department. The learners lead the discussion and share ideas on ways forward to help benefit our school, the wider community and beyond! Our Senedd allows our learners the platform to become leaders and to give the children the opportunity to develop and apply their skills in real life contexts. They have been given authentic contexts for learning to speak for a variety of purposes and in front of different audiences throughout the year. The departments will be meeting regularly and this will give the opportunity for our learners to share their voice and act on issues that they feel strongly about. We look forward to our learners continuing to lead the way for our school.
IMPORTANT!
The First Minister and Faith Ambassador elections will take place this half-term. Once elected the pupils will have the opportunity to work alongside those currently in post to learn more about the role prior to taking on this responsibility next academic year. Pupils currently in year four and year five will be eligible to apply for these important roles.
IMPORTANT DATES FOR THIS TERM
- Monday 3rd - 14th April - Easter Holidays
- Monday 17th April - INSET Day
- Tuesday 18th April - Selected pupils to attend a music session @ HaverHub
- Wednesday 19th April - House games!
- Monday 24th - Friday 28th April - Outdoor Learning Week
- Monday 24th April - 2B Enterprising Workshop in Dosbarth Marloes
- Tuesday 25th April - Dosbarth Little Haven's Farm Visit
- Tuesday 25th April - Y6 and Y7 virtual transition
- Wednesday 26th April - Dosbarth Newgale 'Spring Awakening' Workshop
- Wednesday 26th April - Urdd Hockey Taster Sessions
- Friday 28th April - Y5/6 Rugby tournament @ HHVCS
- The month of May - The month of Mary
- Monday 1st May - Bank Holiday
- Tuesday 2nd May - Y6 De Clare Court visit
- Thursday 4th May - Tennis taster session
- Friday 5th May - Coronation picnic (Wear red, white and blue)
- Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday
- Tuesday 9th May - Y4 De Clare Court visit
- Thursday 11th May - ESTYN report published
- Thursday 11th May - Selected pupils to Cross Fit Competition, Tenby
- Thursday 11th May - Senedd Departments to meet
- Friday 12th May - Dosbarth Druidston Darwin Science Workshop
- Monday 15th May - Friday 19th May - Mental Health Awareness Week
- Monday 15th May - Dosbarth Abereiddy Darwin Workshop
- Monday 15th May - Football First Assembly
- Tuesday 16th May - Children's Commissioner for Wales to visit school
- Tuesday 16th May - Dosbarth Newgale to visit De Clare Court
- Tuesday 23rd May - Girls Cricket festival @ HHVCS
- Tuesday 23rd & Wednesday 24th May - Rhys Jones 'Orielodl' workshops
- Wednesday 24th May - Dosbarth Marloes Play
- Friday 26th May - Mary Immaculate's Got Talent
- Friday 26th May - Break up for half-term
- Monday 29th May - Friday 2nd June - Half-term
- Wednesday 31st May - Mary Immaculate on the National Eisteddfod Stage!
- Monday 5th June - Children in school, the first day back.
- Monday 5th June - KS2 Swimming Gala
- Tuesday 6th June - Beach Art Day (Selected pupils)
- Monday 12th - Wednesday 14th June - Dosbarth Abereiddy's residential trip
- Tuesday 13th June - Boys/mixed Cricket festival
- Tuesday 13th June - Darwin Squid Dissection Year 5
- Thursday 15th June - D&T transition for Year 6
- Thursday 15th June - Class and team photographs
- Monday 19th June - Friday 23rd - Sports Week
- Monday 19th June - Year 6 Leavers Photo
- Tuesday 20th June - Year 3, 4, 5 & 6 Sports Day @ 9:30am
- Wednesday 21st June - Year 1 & Year 2 Sports Day @ 9:30am
- Thursday 22nd June - Early Years Sports Day (Dosbarth Amroth) @ 9:30am
- Thursday 22d June - Year 6 @ Haverfordwest High School (pm)
- Friday 23rd June - Football First Event
- Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th June - Whole School Transition
- Wednesday 28th & Thursday 29th June - Y6 transition days
- Monday 29th June - Children's Art Week
- Sunday 2nd July - First Holy Communion
- Monday 10th July - Sandy Bears Super Run!
- Wednesday 12th July - Additional INSET Day
- Thursday 13th July - "Bumbles of Honeywood" workshop for Dosbarth Marloes
- Friday 14th July - Achievement Assembly
- Tuesday 18th July - Leavers' Mass
- Thursday 20th July - Leavers' Assembly
- Friday 21st July - Last day for pupils
- Monday 24th July - INSET DAY
Other dates will be communicated with you in the weekly newsletter as they occur throughout the term. The music evening date TBC
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Created with an image by Jenna Beekhuis - "untitled image"