Cila Primary School
Ysgol Gynradd Cila
Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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World Book Day.
Thu 07 Mar 2024A huge thank you to everyone for making our world book day such a special day by wearing such wonderful costumes and sharing your favourite books.
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A visit fro Alex Wharton
Thu 07 Mar 2024We have all had a wonderful day working with Alex, the Children's Laureate Wales. He has really inspired us with our creative writing and poetry.
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Pupil2Pupil
Wed 07 Feb 2024A big thank you to our Year 6 pupils today for supporting groups of children across the school with activities to develop positive mental health strategies. Activities included Nature Art, Knitting, Treasure hunts, sporting activities and lots more!
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Choose Day -Tuesday!
Tue 06 Feb 2024Today the children have been making choices and having their voices heard!
The children have created their own timetable to choose which activities they would like to take part in across the school. The children have connected with other people in different classes. Good relationships are important for our mental wellbeing.
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Outdoor Time- A walk on the wild side!
Mon 05 Feb 2024As part of our learning to support Children's Mental Health week we started the week with a walk in the woods to boost our mood and improve our physical and mental wellbeing.
Spending time in green space or bringing nature into our everyday life can benefit both our mental and physical wellbeing. For example, doing things like growing food or flowers, exercising outdoors or being around animals can have lots of positive effects. It can:
- improve our mood
- reduce feelings of stress or anger
- help you take time out and feel more relaxed
- improve our physical health
- improve our confidence and self esteem
- help us be more active
- help us meet and get to know new people
- connect us to our local community
- reduce loneliness
- help us to feel more connected to nature
We all enjoyed walking quietly, listening to the birds and the water trickling in the stream. We also enjoyed watching a squirrel playing in the tree, a robin taking a bath and watching droplets of water making ripples in a puddle. We all had a relaxing time.
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Saint Dwynwen Challenge
Thu 25 Jan 2024Congratulations goes to Y4/5 for winning the St Dwynwen challenge. The children were challenged today to release the characters frozen in a ball of ice in the fastest time. There were strict rules and staff could not help and join in the fun! Y4/5 children freed all the characters in an amazing 1minute 36 seconds. Congratulations!
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Spring Term Theme – Good to be Me!
Mon 15 Jan 2024Our whole school theme for this next term is ‘Good to be Me!’ and will be led by the Health and Wellbeing area of learning experience in the first half term, then leading to Expressive Arts for the second half term. This term we will also be involved in Holi celebrations and learning about our role to support ‘National Earth Day’. Class planning sheets which include the EPIC Planning by the pupils will be shared with you shortly. These planning sheets will also highlight the Literacy and Numeracy focus for the half term.
Our next focus week will take place week beginning, February 5th 2024, during which, the children will explore positive mental health activities for example gratitude journaling, outdoor time, creative expression, guided meditation, positive affirmations to support Children’s Mental Health Week. This year’s theme is ‘My Voice Matters’.
My Voice Matters is about empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools they need to express themselves. When we feel empowered, there’s a positive impact on our wellbeing. Children who feel that their voices are heard and can make a difference have a greater sense of community and self-esteem. We want all our children to be empowered to work together to create a positive change for their mental health and wellbeing. During the week we plan to have an ‘Express yourself’ Day. We’re all different – we all have different things that make us tick and that bring a smile to our face. Express Yourself allows the children to celebrate what makes them unique with an incredibly fun dress-up day. We will give the children an opportunity for example to share their favourite hobby or wear their favourite colour or accessory. Express Yourself is about letting children’s voice shine through and empowering them to tell their own stories!
Click the link below to learn our song all about Good to Be me !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XSEuLbjavc
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School Clubs - Spring Term 2024
Tue 09 Jan 2024Spring term after school clubs will recommence on Tuesday 16th January 2024 until 4pm. Consent forms have been given out .Places are limited, so please return your child’s form as soon as possible but no later than Thursday 11th January. You will receive a text message to confirm the club your child has been placed in.
Day
Club
Year Group
Tuesday
Art
Year 3, 4, 5, 6
Tuesday
Construction
Reception, Year 1
Tuesday
ICT
Year 2, 3, 4
Tuesday
Karaoke
Year 3, 4, 5, 6
Tuesday
Yoga
Reception, Year 1, 2
Tuesday
Board Games
Year 1, 2
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Christmas Carol Sing-a-long
Fri 22 Dec 2023Thank you for joining us to sing carols together to end our school term. A big thank you to members of Dunvant Male Voice Choir for supporting our Christmas carol sing-a-long.
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A special delivery to Mathews House
Tue 19 Dec 2023Last night all our bags of kindness were delivered to Mathews House. We are all so proud of the way in which the children have embraced this project. Click on the link below to read our story in the Evening Post.
