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Ambassadors
Fri 27 Nov 202027.11.2020
Archbishop Rowan Williams CiW Primary School
proudly present to you this week’s Ambassadors:
Charlie Hanley-Hill for working really hard on his phonics, and using what he has learnt to write sentences…good boy!
Elsie Dowan- for being fabulous and working hard to learn her new sounds. She has used what she has learnt to write sentences… well done Elsie
Alis Walbyoff – for always being so kind and helpful to everyone she meets… she is a true ARW girl!
Rueben Smith – for excellent problem solving in his maths and accurate counting. Problem solving needs real learning resilience, so well done Rueben!
Leighton Harris for working incredibly hard on letter formation and fine motor pencil control this week. He really wants to do well and improve, so has been asking to do extra practice every day with the adults in the class. Super hard worker this week!
Harlen Herzog for working incredibly hard on letter formation and fine motor pencil control this week. He really wants to do well and improve, so has been asking to do extra practice every day with the adults in the class. Super hard worker this week!
Lorenzo Matrella-Jones for working incredibly hard on letter formation and fine motor pencil control this week. He really wants to do well and improve, so has been asking to do extra practice every day with the adults in the class. Super hard worker this week!
… for being an ambitious, capable learner when problem solving in maths. He was very enthusiastic!
Evelyn Chiu- for persevering with her learning in a fact families maths task. Well done…this attitude will always help you to be successful!
Poppy Yates for persevering with her learning in a fact families maths task, which has resulted in excellent learning!
Arthur Biddle- for being an ethical and informed by evaluating information about the challenges faced by orang-utans to form his own opinions and views…outstanding!
Felix Haikney- for outstanding research skill where he found very detailed and relevant information. I am most impressed by the fact that he has been reflecting on what he can do next to save the environment, based upon the information that he found. He is an ambassador both in and beyond the school! Excellent!
Harrison Jones- for his Home Learning. Harrison researched the scientific names of dinosaurs, and presented his slides to the class. He had found out additional information and tackled questions from his audience superbly well. He also got up early, at 6am to complete his work and share it with me and the class. Hugely impressive and WHAT a work ethic!!! We are very proud of you Harrison.
Troy Andrews- For an excellent week in school. He has engaged in learning, enjoyed the company of both the adults and his friends and been an absolute pleasure to learn with. Well done Troy!
Jenson Fearn- for showing respect in class, and encouraging his friends to follow suit. Showing maturity and identifying how we should behave appropriately.
Ben Abbott for persevering and wanting to do work to the best of his ability.
Chelsea Pearce for being an independent learner. She had a few problems at accessing her Google classroom at home, so she took it upon herself to ask friends what she should be doing and completed all home learning tasks.
Louis Powell for being an ambitious learner and trying the hot chilli challenges in Maths.
Harrison Thorn for being supportive members of the class, always willing to help and explain the concept to others, when they're struggling.
Thoran Thompson-Snape for being supportive members of the class, always willing to help and explain the concept to others, when they're struggling.
Libby Owen for creating and presenting a superb power point, displaying expertise in her chosen subject along with excellent ICT skills and impressive oracy skills. She really is a capable and ambitious learner. Well Done!
Eva Lawn for creating and presenting a superb power point, displaying expertise in her chosen subject along with excellent ICT skills and impressive oracy skills. She really is a capable and ambitious learner. Well Done!
… for creating and presenting a superb power point, displaying expertise in her chosen subject along with excellent ICT skills and impressive oracy skills. She really is a capable and ambitious learner. Well Done!
Alina Gurner for creating and presenting a superb power point, displaying expertise in her chosen subject along with excellent ICT skills and impressive oracy skills. She really is a capable and ambitious learner. Well Done!
Jonty Booysen for creating and presenting a superb power point, displaying expertise in his chosen subject along with excellent ICT skills and impressive oracy skills. He really is a capable and ambitious learner. Well Done!
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Ambassadors
Fri 20 Nov 202020.11.2020
Archbishop Rowan Williams CiW Primary School
proudly present to you this week’s Ambassadors:
Mason Griffiths for working hard on his phonics both at school and at home.
Erin Banton for working hard on her phonics both at school and at home.
Honey Stainthorp – for an excellent job of trying write a sentence using her new sounds. Fabulous!
Victoria Phelps – For being an ambitious learner and confidently learning all her new sounds…good girl.
Olia Lewis- for being a good citizen. She asked her parents if they could go litter picking at the sea wall. She collected a big bag full of rubbish. We are very proud of how she has turned her learning and thinking into actions and making a difference to our world.
Evan Lake for being an ambitious, capable learner, who always joins in with class discussions. We can only achieve great things by contributing, so well done!
Alexandria-Rose Williams for always following directions, our class charter and being ready to learn. An excellent role model to everyone at school.
Millie Hudson for being a real team player and thinking about the needs of others. She showed her reading group how to read their book as a script. Well done.
Jac Watkins for being an ambitious, capable learner as he always challenges himself in maths lessons. This is an excellent quality to have and allows
Alfie Taylor- For a very hardworking attitude and for refining his 5 and 9’s to make his work perfect. Well done!
Alfie Deakin- for an excellent work ethic and having brilliant listening skills which help him to achieve his best at all times…fantastic!
Arthur Biddle- for showing maturity and great self-awareness by controlling his feelings, even when this may be a tricky thing to do… fantastic personal growth…what a fabulous boy, I am so proud of you.
Ava Howard- for writing fabulous stories. Ava, you are a talented artist and it is wonderful to see you use this creativity in your writing. Well done.
Olivia Wong for reflecting and thinking carefully to compose a fantastic Remembrance Day poem, full of imagery and sensitivity. Well done Olivia.
Caitlin Leigh. – for outstanding research skills and in presenting an excellent account of her family’s involvement during the Second World War. She inspired the whole class with her photographs and detailed information, provoking lots of pertinent questions. She has spurred others on to find out more about their own families. Well done Caitlin.
Lara Williams- for being amazing and completing all work independently! Fabulous!
Polly MacDonald- for being fabulous and completing all work independently! Excellent!
Abigail Ost-for producing a great piece of descriptive writing. Well done Abigail!
Dannika Wilkins-for being ethically informed, writing a beautiful heart felt prayer, showing humility. So thoughtful Dannika.
Euan Farrands- for always working extremely hard during task time and trying his hardest this week, not to shout out during carpet time. Excellent self-control…well done Euan!
Lexie Blacker for her enthusiasm and hard work in Science- an ambitious and capable learner
Eva Lawn for showing kindness and support to other children in the class. Such a healthy, confident learner!
Matthew Miles for concentrating and focusing really hard in his reading sessions. What a good boy!
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Ambassadors
Fri 13 Nov 202013.11.2020
Archbishop Rowan Williams CiW Primary School
proudly present to you this week’s Ambassadors:
Sophia Briggs- for excellent writing, for sitting your letters on the line when we practised and for telling me all about how Flo saved the soldiers!
Ollie Jones for always working hard and being kind. Fantastic…these make our ARW vision come true! Well done Ollie!
George Jeremiah for consistently working hard and showing excellent behaviour.
Harry Woolnough for working so hard to produce a beautiful poppy painting, and for an amazing Firebird!
Lilia Wreford-Bush for helping adults in the class and looking after our classroom... a real team player!
Sum-Yee Lin for working hard on her literacy target... well done.
Theo Reed for focusing and persevering on a maths task. Excellent.
Joshua Gunn for challenging himself in his learning … an excellent quality!
Niamh Rodway for challenging herself in her learning… fabulous attitude!
Phoebe Briggs for challenging herself in her learning… demonstrating a core school value!
Noah Mayo for showing personal courage and strength, taking the ‘harder path’ by choosing to take the lead and share a difficult conversation… what a mature and admirable decision…well done.
Year 6- for all of the children who led a reflective and thoughtful Remembrance Day Service for the school. You certainly are healthy, confident individuals: you had ‘ the confidence to participate in performance,’ and were the leaders of the school. Bendigedig! Very proud to call you ‘ours’!
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Children in Need
Thu 12 Nov 2020For Children in Need, if children would like to participate, we will have a non-uniform day tomorrow.
We are sorry for the short notice, but we do not want families to go to any ‘trouble’ or expense.
Children can wear dressing up clothes, clothes that they love, wear spots, wear yellow…..just wear clothes that make you feel happy, and for some children, this will be their uniform.
- No money to come the school on this occasion. If families want to make a donation, then this can be done directly through the charity home page or through collections at supermarkets etc.
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Covid 19 Update
Wed 11 Nov 2020Archbishop Rowan Williams Primary School
‘I can do all things through Him who strengthens me’
Crick Road, Portskewett, Caldicot
Monmouthshire NP26 5UL
': 01291 420526
11.11.2020
Dear All,
It is a timely moment now that we are emerging from our ‘firebreak’ to revisit our actions and behaviours regarding Covid 19.
As a head teacher, I am in various communication groups with colleagues and the Local Authority, and without being alarming, it is very clear from this communication that Covid 19 incidents and infections are very much within our community of Caldicot and the surrounding areas.
Therefore, we must remain vigilant and cannot afford to feel like things are less serious just because the firebreak has ended. Quite the opposite. We need to build on the gains that we have made and ensure that our R rate remains as low as possible.
As a school, we have refreshed our risk assessment and given staff the opportunity to note the updates as well as reinforcing the basics. However, as a staff, we cannot do this alone and as always, we achieve more when we work together. On this note, I will share some of our key messages so that you can join us in our mission!
- The first and most important message is for me to thank you for your continued support and wise suggestions. You undoubtedly have shared ideas that have really made a positive difference to how we work and organise our systems.
- All meetings are virtual, whether they are between staff, parents and staff, staff and wider agencies etc. This will minimise unnecessary contact between individuals.
- There are several important things to feedback from the head teachers meeting with Will McLean, Chief Officer, Children & Young People.
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- The Local Authority will shortly be bringing out guidance on face coverings within primary schools. STAFF are being advised to wear face coverings when we are in shared spaces within the school e.g. when in the corridors. This is purely out of respect for others and minimising risk. Please help your children to be prepared for this, and let them know that it is just a new rule for adults, and nothing for them to be alarmed about!
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- The Environmental Health Team reinforced the message that Social Distancing, especially between adults, still remains the most effective form of protection, along with hand hygiene and the ‘Catch it, Bin it, Kill it’ message.
Therefore, we need to respect others as much as we can and maintain
a 2m distance between all adults.
Please be mindful of this when you are at the school, and please, for the time being, do not gather in groups to chat, even though it is understandably tempting.
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- Timings: to ensure that we minimise how many people are on site at any one time, please try to stick to the timings allocated to your child’s year group. We appreciate that this is not always possible, and we would rather you be a little late by going around the block if the car park is congested. Please can you ensure that you do not park on the driveway as this is dangerous.
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- One way system- please can you only use the car park double gate to walk into school, and ONLY leave through the pedestrian gate on the path. Please can you refrain from going out of the large double gate as a gesture of respect to those who are coming in through it.
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- And finally from this meeting, MCC are going to provide schools with guidance about Christmas and their expectations of what should be taking place within our schools. This will ensure that we have a safe and healthy Christmas, and, as a school, we will be creative around meeting the guidelines once they are shared.
Kind regards,
Caroline Swann
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Covid 19 Update
Mon 09 Nov 2020Message from our Local Authority:
So we are through the FireBreak and into a period where a new set of COVID regulations are now in force across the whole of Wales. The link below will deal with the majority of questions that you may still have going around in your mind.
https://t.co/zaEALeOBqT?ssr=true
Clearly the big changes are that many more things are now open (including our services) that haven’t been for a fortnight and you are now free to travel within Wales. That said today does not mark a great COVID liberation - we are still dealing with a serious pandemic - and the over-riding context of these new rules is that you stay at home wherever possible, if you have to leave home do so infrequently and don’t travel any further than you need too and avoid contact with people outside your household as much as possible.
The best defence against COVID remains social distancing.
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Ambassadors
Fri 06 Nov 202023.10.2020 and 6.11.2020
Archbishop Rowan Williams CiW Primary School
proudly present to you this week’s Ambassadors:
Brody Harris for being a super reader!
Max Hancock for being a super reader!
Perry Biddle for excellent creative writing, using beautiful descriptive language and re reading his work in an expressive voice. Fabulous boy!
Pierre Tournier-Horton-for being an ambitious learner when creating his firework poem.
Felicity Worgan- for being an ambitious learner when creating her firework poem.
Phoebe Purchase for outstanding work and for her attitude of care and pride in her achievements.
Ava Howard- for beautiful artwork and excellent handwriting.
Eli Edwards for being an ambitious capable learner when recalling and writing the story of Guy Fawkes.
Austin Banton for being an ambitious capable learner when recalling and writing the story of Guy Fawkes.
Aderyn Shuck-for kindness and thoughtfulness.
Charlie Johnson Major- for kindness and thoughtfulness.
Rose Northover for creating a fantastic story map about Mary Seacole.
Alfie Taylor for always putting 100% into any task he is given.
Scarlett Downer for always putting 100% into any task she is given.
Celyn Griffiths- for being a responsible citizen and engaging in excellent discussion about justice, making sure that fair decisions have been made in class. Outstanding!
Arthur Biddle- for representing the school so beautifully, doing a fantastic job helping Miss Heales record the promotion video and for fantastic ideas.
Olivia Wong- for persevering and having an excellent attitude to her work, especially spellings.
Sara Walbyoff- who calmly finishes her work, manages distractions and works accurately every day and in every lesson.
Cameron Hancock- for working well every day, being polite and well mannered, a good friend to others and has completed excellent reading this week!
William Morgan- for representing the school so beautifully, doing a fantastic job helping Miss Heales record the promotion video and for fantastic ideas.
Lara Williams- for being ambitious- working extremely hard and completing ALL tasks to the best of her ability..also offering her support to other children, once completed.
Eva Lawn - for representing the school so beautifully, doing a fantastic job helping Miss Heales record the promotion video and for fantastic ideas.
Yasmine Simsek- for representing the school so beautifully, doing a fantastic job helping Miss Heales record the promotion video and for fantastic ideas.
Jesse Collins- for being an ambitious, capable learner and persevering to produce great work.
Tobias Miles- for being an ambitious, capable learner and persevering to produce great work.
Macie Griffiths- for being a healthy, confident individual, showing kindness and support for a fellow classmate.
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Good to be Green
Thu 05 Nov 2020Dear All,
We have launched our ‘Good to be Green’ behaviour initiative this week and it has been underpinned with the views of the children.
I have tried to explain it on a recording which has been posted via the Google Classroom. Take a look and please feel free to ask the class teachers any questions you have, or by email the school office.
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CALDICOT FOOD BANK
Wed 04 Nov 2020Hello
With your help, this could be the ‘usual Christmas’ so many families look forward to, and despite the Coronavirus.
Yet we know many young families are struggling financially. We’re sure you know many too!
This year, as in the past, Caldicot Food Bank are looking to help those young children living in deprived or difficult circumstances in the Caldicot, Caerwent, Portskewett, Rogiet, Undy and Magor area.
If you know of any young families who are struggling to make ends meet, tell us about them. We’ll aim to give every family grappling with trying to survive in these perilous times, something hopefully to smile about!
Through you, we’ll provide a bounty of food, treats, decorations and gifts: all wrapped up as a Caldicot Food Bank Christmas Parcel.
What do we need from you?
Attached you will find a Caldicot Food Bank ‘Christmas Parcel Application Form’ in either Excel Spreadsheet or Word. Please complete one, or the other, with your nominations and leave a clear blank line between each entry.
We would prefer you to use the Spreadsheet. However, we appreciate that not everyone is familiar with this format.
Please be reassured, your returned data will not be shared with any other persons or organizations outside of Caldicot Food Bank. Once received the information will be kept under a secure regime (password required), with access limited to just four of our volunteers.
Please ensure every detail requested is provided.
Kindly also note that, in the past, we’ve had names duplicated. If a couple have different surnames it’s important both surnames are recorded on the Application Form. (This also helps when a couple has two postal addresses).
Deadline for receipt of forms
Friday 4th December is the last day we can accept your nominations.
The earlier we receive your recommendations the better. The point after next will explain.
What will the parcels contain?
Apart from our normal contents, the Christmas Parcels aim to provide a range of fare including seasonal food and treats, decorations, children's toothbrushes, and toothpaste, and gifts for all the family.
Each parcel will come in a number of bags, each bag labeled with the family name. You will also know how many bags have been provided for each family as they will be numbered
‘1 of -’; ‘2 of -’; etc.
Will everyone nominated receive a parcel?
We cannot guarantee that every person you select will receive a parcel. Early indications suggest that this year we’re likely to be swamped with requests. As a result, all requests will be logged in the order they’re received. Preference will be given to the first received and in date order.
How will the parcels be distributed?
Once we’ve received your nominations, we’ll contact you to discuss both:
- When you can expect to receive them,
- How many individual bags we’ve prepared for each of your clients, and
- To discuss collection arrangements (day and time)
Please note that we do not deliver to your clients: that function will be your responsibility.
Dates and times for collection or delivery?
As above, collection times and dates will need to be agreed in advance.
This year, we’ll be making up the Christmas Parcels in the Caldicot Male Voice Choir Hall, off Mill Lane, Caldicot NP26 4BN This, thanks to the generous help and co-operation we’re receiving from the Chairman and Management of the Choir Hall in Caldicot.
We’ll be starting in the Choir Hall on Wednesday 11th November, and expect to continue every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10am until 1pm.
Our final date for either delivering parcels, or having them collected, is Wednesday 16th December.
Health and Safety
When collecting parcels:
· Collection must be at the pre-arranged time/date.
· On arrival in the area please reverse your vehicle to the front door.
· Do NOT enter the premises but rather phone either: 077 912 588723, or the phone number we'll provide when making collection arrangements
· Once we know you’re outside, we will bring the parcels to the front door of the building. Under NO circumstances should you enter the hall.
· We recommend you check in advance to ensure the number of packages you’ll be collecting will fit inside your vehicle.
To discuss further:
Either phone our Manager, Danielle Cadden on T. 077 912 58723, or write to us on E-mail: Caldicotfoodbank@yahoo.co.uk
Many thanks
David Flint
Chairman
Caldicot Food Bank Committee & Volunteers
Mobile: 07925285994
Caldicot Food Bank working with Churches Together and in partnership with Raven House Trust
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Message from our PTFA...Smarties!
Mon 02 Nov 2020So, the start of the new term is nearly upon us, and here is your first positivity post of the Winter school weeks!
Our wonderful families have worked really hard and have managed to raise a superb £502 profit during the smarties challenge event!
This is made more amazing, because despite Covid causing us restrictions, and being financially hard for some, we have matched the amounts raised in both the previous two years of this challenge. You really are fantastic!
So, down to the finer detail and obviously what most of you really want to know.......!!!
Drum roll!
The class raising the most money for this event, was yet again, Mrs Hoare’s Reception/Year 1 class! Well done to them! You have won a £50 Amazon voucher, for Mrs Hoare to spend on items that will provide a topic related activity.
This year, we couldn’t ignore two other classes -
Not only did they have the next two highest amounts raised, but they also had the next two highest number of returned tubes - meaning that over 60% of their class participated in this event!
Well done to Mrs Robertson’s Reception/Year 1 class who win a £30 Amazon voucher, and Miss Heales Year 2 class, who win a £20 Amazon voucher!
We’re looking forward to seeing what your teachers choose to spend your vouchers on, and how it helps your topic learning!
Thank you to all our families for participating and donating! It’s hugely appreciated.
