our whole school attendance for the week ending 25th January was: 94.7% A little bit below our target of 96%. Mr Maddocks’ class had the highest this week with 98.2 % bendigedig !!

Tomorrow (Monday 4th Feb) we will be holding an informal drop-in session from 3:30pm-4:00pm in the school hall regarding Friends of Ysgol Acrefair. This will be an opportunity for anyone wishing to volunteer or offer suggestions for any fundraising or social events.

Diddy Dragons holiday club will run this half term providing we have sufficient bookings to cover our costs- use it or lose it !! Please return your booking forms to school/club asap and by Friday 8th FEb at the very latest. This will enable us to ensure we have enough staff cover etc.

THank you for bearing with us this morning- what a nightmare ! The weather forecast fro tomorrow is much better but will be icy so we are looking forward to all the staff and Children back in school . See you all tomorrow.

Please use the attached link to access a kit list for Glan Llyn  http://www.urdd.cymru/en/residential-centres/glan-llyn/about-glan-llyn/info-parents/ 

School is open but many of the staff have not made it in yet due to atrocious driving conditions in Flintshire and Denbighshire. Please take care if you are intending to drive towards Chester/Mold area. Please keep an eye on the app/see saw and the website and we will inform you should we have to … Read more

I expect many of you have heard that the curriculum in Wales is changing. At Ysgol Acrefair we have working over the last couple of years to prepare for these changes in a number of ways. We have introduced a more child-led and engaging curriculum and have developed the children’s ICT skills within the new … Read more

Our learning power this week is …….confidence ! This means we have a go. We don’t worry if it goes wrong. We learn from our mistakes. We are excited to try new things. Have you read the story ‘The girl who never made mistakes’. When we read it in school we realised that its ok … Read more

A reminder of the school and county arrangements should we have heavy snowfall . If there is heavy snow overnight If we decide to close the school due to poor site safety/lack of staff able to get in to school etc then we will inform parents via the Wrexham `council website , school app and … Read more

Please find attached information about a course for parents of children with SEN. Time-Out-for-Parents.docx

We are open! Mr Beckett and the staff have been up early gritting pathways however the yard is very icy so take extreme care . The children will need to come straight into school this morning through the main entrance.

  Are you able to spare an hour or two each week to help in school?  If you are able to come into school to help listen to readers then please see Mrs Halley.  All volunteers will be subject to a DBS check. Many thanks

A reminder that should the school have to close during bad weather, information will be posted onto the Wrexham website, the school website and the app and See-Saw . Fingers crossed the snow stays away!

As you know one of our recommendations from our recent ESTYN inspection is to further improve attendance. Our target this year is at least 96% . Last term we did really well and were just slightly under at 95.7% . This is very pleasing considering the number of chicken pox and sickness bugs before Christmas. … Read more

This term we are beginning to work on Growth Mindset. A ‘Growth Mindset’ refers to a way of thinking, learning and embracing challenges. Someone with a growth mindset is able to take on feedback and use it effectively. They are also able to take on new challenges, push themselves outside of their comfort zone and show … Read more