Welsh beginner sessions at Ysgol Acrefair

  A reminder that we are offering free Welsh sessions for parents/grandparents this half term. There will be 6 sessions starting on Thursday 9th November  from 3:15 to 5:15pm. This is a new course and will really help support parents with their own Welsh and support their children’s Welsh.  please use the QR code to book … Read more

Wellies in the woods for years 3 to 6 – Family Learning

  Exciting news ! We have ‘Wellies in the Woods’ sessions this half term for parents/grandparents and children in years 3 to 6. These will start next week on Monday 13th November from 1:30pm to 3:00 pm. There will be 6 sessions over this half term. These sessions are very popular so please sign up asap! … Read more

Year 4 Glan Llyn

We have had confirmation that, despite the lower than expected response, the year 4 trip to Glan Llyn will go ahead as planned. We have extended the time frame to pay your initial deposits, so there is still time to book your child onto the trip.

Year 3, 4 and 5 PE kits tomorrow

Please can all children in years 3, 4 and 5 come to school in their PE kits tomorrow. This will be the case for the next 6 Mondays.  PE still remains on a Wednesday for year 5 and on Thursday for years 3 and 4 also. Diolch 

Poppy Appeal

   Each year we sell poppies and a selection of other items in aid of the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal.  If your child would like to purchase an item, please send them to school with £1 on Monday.  Children from Year 6 will visit each classroom to sell the items during the week next … Read more

Snack Orders for Years 3 to 6

  Good morning!  We hope that everyone has had a lovely week off school- lots of fun if you went Trick or Treating for Halloween- or perhaps you’ve got a bonfire to look forward to this weekend.  From Monday, Year 6 will be continuing to run their Super Snack Shop.  Please can you fill the … Read more

Last football club on Tuesday

There will be one more year 5 / 6 football session on Tuesday before we finish due to the nights closing in.  Please can all football kits be returned this week.  There will possibly be a tournament in the next few weeks but please bear in mind that we can only pick a limited amount … Read more

Our weekly news…

  We hope that everyone has a lovely half term break.  Well done to all of their children for the hard work that they have done this half term!  Weekly-Newsletter-Friday-27th-October.pdf

Attendance figures for this week

We had 26 lates this week totalling 911 minutes of lost learning time.  We will be working on punctuality on our return in November. All classes this week were below our target of 97% Reception – 92% Year 1 – 92% Year 2 – 94% Year 3 – 91% Year 4 – 95% Year 5 … Read more

Fantastic Footballers

A huge well done to our boys and girls football teams this afternoon.  They represented the school superbly in 2 competitive and enjoyable games. The boys drew 2 – 2 and the girls won 2 – 0. It was fantastic to see so many pupils enjoying playing football and I know many more pupils are … Read more

Family events for Half-Term

Here’s what’s happening in the area next week for Half-Term!  There are lots of FREE events! https://www.wrexham.com/news/free-swimming-sessions-for-under-16s-in-wrexham-this-half-term-242008.html Autumn Apple Trail at Erddig:  Autumn Apple Trail | National Trust 81881-Trick-or-Treat-A5-Leaflets.pdf Oct-Half-term-2023-final.pdf Half-Term-Events.docx

Diary Dates – updated

  We have added/confirmed some dates on our school events calendar.  The latest school diary dates sheet is attached.  school-calender-for-parents-23-to-24.pdf

Coat Hangers

  If you have any children’s clothes hangers that you can spare, could you bring them in to school in the morning please?  Any sizes, either the coat hangers or hangers for skirts/trousers. We have our spooky craft session from 1pm, so if you can spare an hour before the crafting to help sort through … Read more

Football matches tomorrow

        Just a reminder that pupils need to bring boots/ shin pads/ shorts and socks to school tomorrow for the after school match. They are still to come to school in their uniform but we will get changed at lunchtime.  Parents are allowed to watch and I am very grateful to all … Read more

Glan Llyn

          Just a reminder that the deadline for Glan Llyn deposits is Friday. We are still a little short of our expected number of pupils. Any questions, please feel free to speak to Mr Allman.

Cross Country and parkrun

     A big well done to the 18 pupils who represented the school in the county Cross Country races yesterday. Many of the pupils within the school have expressed a desire to run or compete in future cross country races. Below is a link to a local park run which is a fantastic way … Read more

Photos today and uniform

  Good morning  Just a quick reminder that today Tempest are in taking school photos so children should all be in uniform.  Also, a quick note to say that the rest of the week is normal uniform/pe kits as normal- there are no dressing up days for Halloween. The children in Nursery are dressing up … Read more

School Photographs

Don’t forget, the photographer will be in school tomorrow.  If you have younger children that you’d like to be included, please come in to school for 8.30am.