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We had a wonderful lead up to the Christmas period, with parties, performances, Prynhawn Cymraeg, a wonderful Christmas dinner, the community carol service and our Christmas fayre. 

We are so proud of our pupils who took part in the 25 acts of kindness challenge for Children in Need. We already knew what super kind children you were but focusing on doing 25 specific kind acts has helped raise a lovely amount for Children who really need it. Well done everyone. 

In addition to a fantastic Halloween disco run by our Friends of the School committee, pupils, across the school took part in a pumpkin decorating competition. We were so impressed with the number of entries and the imagination and creativity shown. It was incredibly hard for a winner to be chosen. 

Class 2 and 3 were lucky to take part in a handwashing workshop which allowed them to understand the importance of washing hands correctly and showed them how to do so. 

Seven pupils chose to enter the Cogurdd competition held in school. They all performed so well and designed, cooked, and presented an open sandwich of their choice. They all scored incredibly highly and closely. The winner was announced as Grace; she will now go through to the next round and will cook and present a… Read more »

Pupils in Years 3 – 6 had a great morning at the cross country in Llanidloes. All pupils performed well and behaved well.

On Friday 19th September, we held our first buddy afternoon of the year. The children had the opportunity to play games with and engage with younger and older pupils across the school, providing younger pupils with a role model and older pupils with a sense of responsibility.

The school always enjoys hosting our open the book assemblies. We are also thrilled to regularly invite Rev Monica, Peter, and William too. We are always grateful for their visits. 

We had a wonderful Sports Day filled with a range of activities. It was lots of fun and well attended by family and friends. 

We welcomed our dads, uncles, and grandads to celebrate Father’s Day in school with a ‘doughnut with our dads’ event. 

The school celebrated a lovely end of year summer fete on school grounds with pupils designing, creating, and running their own stalls. Thanks to everyone who attended. 

The school has recently worked in coordination with the local council, Transport for Wales and the Arts Center to create two panels to replace the ones previously celebrating the village at the local train station. One depicts a map of the village, whilst the other celebrates station master and poet John Ceiriog Hughes. Pupils and… Read more »

Our Friends of the School Association have recently developed a community garden as part of school grounds. We hope this area will be used by our neighbours. The difference in this area is outstanding. Pupils were thrilled to support in its development.

Class 2 and 3 were thrilled to be invited to attend a church-based time Traveller event.

The children enjoyed a range of health and wellbeing themed activities as part of their recent buddy afternoon.

The children celebrated VE day with a range of games and activities and an afternoon tea style lunch.

All pupils in Year 3 – 6 attended a cross-country competition at the Royal Welsh showground in Builth Wells. It was a beautiful sunny day and all children performed incredibly well.

As part of our new behaviour incentives, all pupils have been earning raffle tickets for great behaviours in school. Prior to the end of term, we drew the winning raffle ticket in each class. Each winner then chose a friend to accompany then for an ice cream.