School photograph orders

Dear Parents, Have you ordered your school photos yet? A polite reminder that the closing date for free delivery back to school is Wednesday 8th November. Order through the Tempest website using your unique link or visit www.tempest-orders.co.uk If you need any assistance in ordering your photos, feel free to contact Tempest on 01736 751555 (option 3). Many thanks.

Bonfire crafts session with your child this week !!

  We have a few places left for our bonfire crafts session this week. If you have already booked then you don’t need to re-book on this form.  The session is on Thursday 9th November from 1:30 to 3:00 and is open to all year groups.  Please follow the link to book:  https://forms.office.com/e/MgwmScYuAg

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

Year 6: Our Weekly News

  Dosbarth Barcud It’s been a busy week which began with a visit to Ysgol Dinas Bran for a Blast off day! We had a wonderful time making our rockets, working in the science labs and eventually making them Blast Off! Then on Tuesday lots of us were out again and off to cross country … Read more

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