Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Donate and Deliver

  Mon 03 Feb 2020

   

  If you have any unwanted, usable sports kit/ equipment please place them in the box in the school reception.

  

• Maths Help

  Wed 22 Jan 2020 Mr Lewis

  Learning Times Tables

   

  Below are the times tables your child should know as a minimum by the end of each academic year. This is in line with national expectations.

  • Reception: When counting objects, children should be able to group in twos, fives and tens and record the total.
  • Year 1: Record sequences of twos, fives and tens (e.g. 2, 4 6, 8 etc.) and identify any missing multiples. Know off by heart the doubles and halves of numbers to 12. Draw and use arrays to solve multiplication problems.

  By the end of Year 2

  By the end of Year 3

  By the end of Year 4

  By the end of Year 5

  By the end of Year 6

  2, 5, 10 including division facts.

  2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 including division facts.

  All times tables up to 12 x 12 with division facts.

  As Year 4 and related questions e.g. 1/9 of 63 is 7. Knowledge of prime numbers to 19.

  As Year 5 and a knowledge of prime numbers below 100. Identify common factors and multiples.

  It is vital that your child knows their Times Tables. There are many free multiplication and division games available online. Just use the search engine to uncover them all. Here are a few places to get you started:

  www.multiplication.com
  www.coolmath-games.com http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/Mathmagician/mathsmulti.html http://www.transum.org/Tables/Times_Tables.asp
  www.tablestest.com
  www.mathletics.co.uk

  Many apps also exist for smart phones and tablets. Many of these are free to download. Search in the App store or on Google Play. Ibooks can also be helpful such as Carol Vorderman Maths Made Easy Times Tables.

  Songs can be accessed on Mathletics (Times Tables Toons) or can be downloaded at a cost. For example Times Tables Challenge by Kidzone, available through Amazon mp3.

  These online resources are good but are usually not enough in themselves for learning multiplication tables off by heart. They are best suited for consolidating times table knowledge and for increasing the speed of recall.

• Mrs Morgan

  Wed 11 Dec 2019 Mr Lewis

  Dear Parents/Carers

   

  It is with mixed emotions that I write to inform you that we are going to say goodbye to a much-respected member of our staff.

   

  Mrs. Morgan, a highly valued member of our school family, has decided to take the opportunity to retire, following an amazing 30 years at Ynyshir, both in the old Infant school and more recently, at the new primary school, since 2010. Many of you will have had much contact with Mrs. Morgan over the years and will feel her loss as much as we will.

   

  Mrs. Morgan has now decided that it is the right time to spend more quality time with her family and, in particular, welcome her first grandchild into the world.

   

  We, at Ynyshir Primary School, wish Mrs. Morgan a very long and happy retirement.

   

  A new teacher has been appointed to the Foundation Phase and will be joining us in the New Year. However, Mrs. Morgan may well support our efforts in January 2020, until a smooth transition is achieved.

• KS2 Christmas Concert - Evening Performance

  Mon 25 Nov 2019 Mr Lewis

  As you are aware we will be holding one of our junior Christmas concerts on Wednesday 11th December at 4pm.

   

  The reason for this is that the last year we had a large percentage of children who didn’t return to school for the evening performance. In order to overcome this problem we will hold the children in school from 3.15 until 4pm when the concert will begin.

   

  We will provide the children with snacks between this time. All children will need to be collected at the end of the concert at 5pm.

• Free Microsoft and Minecratf

  Tue 19 Nov 2019 Mr Lewis

  Welsh Government are providing every child in Wales with Free Microsoft Office and Minecraft for Education.

   

  Please follow the link to find out more.

   

  Https://hwb.gov.wales/microsoft
   

   

   

• Rhondda Food Bank

  Thu 10 Oct 2019

  Please see the poster below for items needed for the food bank.
  
  Please can any donations be brought into school by Tuesday 22nd October

  

• Fancy Dress Disco

  Mon 07 Oct 2019

  Fancy Dress Disco
  Tuesday 22nd October 2019

   

  Foundation Phase children
  3—4pm
  £2 Includes Snack and a Drink
  ** Pre Paid the school office **
  Foundation Phase parents can come in to change their children from 2.40

   

  Junior Children

  4.15—5.30
  £1—Pay on the night
  Tuck Shop Open for Junior Children

   

  

• Class Twitter

  Mon 30 Sep 2019
  

• PTA Swap Shop

  Fri 27 Sep 2019

  PTA Children’s Dressing up Costume Sale!

  Friday 11th October
  
  Please bring in any of your children’s old and unwanted dressing up costumes to school by Thursday 10th October.
  
  We will then hold a costume sale on - Friday 11th October - 2.30 until 3.45 where all costumes will be on sale for just £1!
  
  All money raised will go towards event, activities and equipment at the school for all children.
  Get yourself a bargain!

   

   

  

• PTA Welcome Meeting

  Wed 25 Sep 2019

  Ynyshir Primary School PTA

  Welcome Meeting
  
  Come along to the Community Room at the school on Friday 4th October at 9.15 to meet the PTA group and share ideas for fundraising events and activities for the year ahead.
  
  We are always looking for new ideas and for extra help for our events.
  
  We look forward to seeing you all
  
  If you can't make this event and would like to make suggestions please drop a note into reception in an envelope marked - 'PTA Suggestions' or drop us a message on this page.