Another fabulous sucess and what an enjoyable evening. The evening started with a number of individuals from the school orchestra playing a few songs for us, which was followed up with the whole orchestra playing. We are extremally lucky to be the only primary school in RCT to have an orchestra. This was conducted by Mr Hortey who is the peripertetic music teacher for RCT, and who kindly supported the children this evening. He also managed to "persuade" Mrs Davies to accompany the orchestra on the piano although she had not previously seen the music - she did of course do an excellent job.
Following a 15 minute break where the PTA kindly provided teas (many thanks to Ceri, Ceri and Emily), we were treated to a medley of songs from famous musicals. It was a lovely mixture of songs and we have some exceptional talent...! Although I'm not sure I'll ever be able to listen to a certain song from Joseph again without thinking of Year 6 boy's interpretation!
At the end of the night I was honoured to give a vote of thanks to the children, PTA and teachers involved. Although I managed to mess it up by renaming Mrs Davies to Mrs Willimas(?!) - many apologies Mrs Davies, I'll make sure I get it right tomorrow night - promise!
Can't wait to watch it all again tomorrow night......
PS: haven't wished many congratulations to Mr Llewellyn and wife on the birth of their son Jac (there are some lovely photos on Year 5 Blog - have a look!)
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Presentation Evening for Year 6 - 13 July 2009
This is one of my favourite nights in the school calander - where Year 6 present a few musical or drama "numbers ", take part in the Leavers Poem (verses which the children have written themselves) and finally sing a famous song (with appropiate changes in the words to reflect the fact that they are leaving). As usual this Year 6 provided excellent entertainment, with many talents being showcased - many thanks to both Mr Williams & Mrs Davies.
The entertainement was then followed by the Headteacher's presentation, although Mr Williams' attempts to get in every photo continued the entertainment!
It is always a pleasure to watch the children recieve recognition for their hard work, and this year it was particularly pertinent as my youngest son is in Year 6. We are very lucky to have such talented and pleasent children in the school. I wish them every happiness as they move to Y Pant in September, and I'm sure we'll see many of them continue their sucess in their new school.
The entertainement was then followed by the Headteacher's presentation, although Mr Williams' attempts to get in every photo continued the entertainment!
It is always a pleasure to watch the children recieve recognition for their hard work, and this year it was particularly pertinent as my youngest son is in Year 6. We are very lucky to have such talented and pleasent children in the school. I wish them every happiness as they move to Y Pant in September, and I'm sure we'll see many of them continue their sucess in their new school.
Governor's Meeting - 6th July 2009
Extra meeting held today to allow the School Council to present their annual report to us. Two pupils were supposed to talk through the presentation, but in the end Andrew Karamura did the presentation on his own and did an excellent job - Thank you Andrew!
He highlighted the areas the School Council has focused on over the past year and the role they have taken in such school initiatives as reducing parking around the school. All the governors were impressed by the calm manner in which Andrew presented his talk and the answers he gave to our questions.
We then rushed into the main hall for 6pm for the Governor's Annual Report (ARP) to Parents. This meeting provides the opportunity for parents to ask questions on the Annual Report which is distributed to all pupils, a few weeks previous. We are obliged to hold an ARP meeting every two years. It is common to find that no parents have turned up - however tonight we had two parents who took the time to attend - thank you. Both raised pertinent questions which were answered by the Head. Left for home about 6.45pm.
He highlighted the areas the School Council has focused on over the past year and the role they have taken in such school initiatives as reducing parking around the school. All the governors were impressed by the calm manner in which Andrew presented his talk and the answers he gave to our questions.
We then rushed into the main hall for 6pm for the Governor's Annual Report (ARP) to Parents. This meeting provides the opportunity for parents to ask questions on the Annual Report which is distributed to all pupils, a few weeks previous. We are obliged to hold an ARP meeting every two years. It is common to find that no parents have turned up - however tonight we had two parents who took the time to attend - thank you. Both raised pertinent questions which were answered by the Head. Left for home about 6.45pm.
Interviews for Clerk and Learning Support Assistants - 3rd July 2009
Feel as though I'm living in school at the moment - all the staff are probably fed up of seeing me there! Back in school all day today for two lots of interviews - first for 2 Learning Support Assistants (LSA) and then for the new school clerk, to replace Mrs Roberts on her retirement.
We had some excellent candidates for both posts and after due consideration appointed for all 3 vacancies. All the new staff will start in September.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Roberts for all her hard work over the years and to wish her a very happy retirement - we'll miss her very effective organisation both of the school and Mr Roberts!
We had some excellent candidates for both posts and after due consideration appointed for all 3 vacancies. All the new staff will start in September.
I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Mrs Roberts for all her hard work over the years and to wish her a very happy retirement - we'll miss her very effective organisation both of the school and Mr Roberts!
Staff Meeting - 2 July 2009
Rushed back from North Wales (trying not to exceed speed limit!) in time to catch the last 20 minutes of a staff meeting on assessment. Sally Coates, another governor, had beaten me to the meeting. An external speaker gave examples of how to capture evidence to show children's learning progression - which was very interesting and generated lots of conversation amongst those present.
Interviews for Acting Deputy Head
In school all morning today to interview two internal candidates for the acting Deputy Head position, to be filled while Mr Roberts is on his secondment from January 2010. Mr Llewellyn was sucessful in the interview and I'm sure will make an excellent acting Deputy - his wife managed not to have the baby while he was being interviewed!
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