Croeso / Welcome Medi 2016 September

Ysgol Craig y Don Prospectws / Prospectus Croeso / Welcome Medi 2016 September 1 Croeso i ein Prospectws Gobeithio ei fod yn ddefnyddiol i chi Welcome to our Prospectus We hope it is useful Our vision, succeeding together, as one Ysgol Craig y Don Clarence Dr, Llandudno North Wales, LL30 1TR 01492 878906 [email protected] www.ysgolcraigydon.cymru 2 Cynnwys / Contents Croeso i Ysgol Craig y Don 4 Croeso i Ysgol Craig y Don 4 About Ysgol Craig y Don 4 Core Framework, Vision & Mission Statement 5 Parent Information 6 Statement of General Aims 6 Contacting Us 7 Admissions 9 School Uniform 11 The School Day & Teaching Hours 13 School Term Dates 15 Afterschool Activities 16 Attendance & Punctuality 17 Attendance figures for 2015/16 19 School Morning & Afternoon Procedures 20 School Meals & Healthy Schools 22 Security – Health & Safety 24 Complaints Procedures 26 Teaching & Learning 27 Curriculum 27 Additional Activities 31 Homework 35 Discipline & Promoting Good Behaviour 37 Pupil Deprivation Grant 38 Physical Literacy 40 Foundation Phase Outcomes 2016 41 National Curriculum Assessment KS2 2016 42 Class Information 43 Meithrin/Nursery 43 Derbyn/Reception 45 Years 1 & 2 48 Year 3 50 Year 4 53 Year 5 55 Year 6 57 School Structure 59 Teaching Staff 59 Support Staff 61 Management & Child Protection 63 Looked After Children 63 Governors 64 3 Croeso i Ysgol Craig y Don - Welcome to Ysgol Craig y Don Welcome to our school Prospectus. This information is also available on our school website www.ysgolcraigydon.cymru We continually upload key information including newsletters, downloads for parents, photographs (of those children whom we have authority to do so) and school policies to our website and school twitter account. Follow us on [email protected]. If you have any suggestions or ideas, please get in touch by e-mailing [email protected] Thank you for your interest in our school. We look forward to welcoming you. Iwan Lloyd Jones – Head Teacher About Ysgol Craig y Don Ysgol Craig y Don is a community, co-educational primary school in Llandudno, a beautiful coastal town resort known as the “Queen of the Welsh resorts”. The school, on its current site, was established in 1977 and prides itself on the high standards of teaching and learning attained by pupils and staff. We aim to provide vibrant and relevant learning experiences which will equip each of our pupils for any challenge that the future brings. Ysgol Craig y Don is a Language Category C Bilingual school and our aim is to provide between 25% and 50% of the learning experiences through the medium of Welsh. Welsh is the everyday language of the school. Our mission statement is “Enabling all to thrive and blossom as successful and complete individuals.” We aim to deliver this within a happy, secure and stimulating learning environment, where the contributions and energy of all members of our school community are welcomed and appreciated. 4 Core Framework, Vision and Mission Statement Our core framework outlines our Vision and Mission Statement. Ysgol Craig y Don “Hedfan yn Uwch” Gweledigaeth Gwerthoedd Craidd Llwyddo gyda’n gilydd – fel un Tegwch Parch Gofal Cenhadaeth Cyfeillgarwch Gonestrwydd Dyfalbarhad Creu cyfle I bob un dyfu a ffynnu I flodeuo’n unigolyn cyflawn a llwyddianus Ysgol Craig y Don “Flying Higher” Vision Core Values Succeeding together – as one Fairness Respect Care Mission Friendship Honesty Perseverance Creating opportunities for all to thrive and blossom as successful and complete individuals 5 Parent Information – Statement of General Aims The aim of the school is to provide our pupils with a learning environment in which each individual will feel known and valued for what he/she brings to us. We should see him/her not only as a pupil in school but as a member of the community of the school and of the larger community beyond. We must also remember that he/she is a member of a family and that much of what he/she does in school is influenced by his/her life outside school. With this in mind, we set ourselves he aim of working closely with parents. The main aim of the school is to create a pleasant learning environment – one which will enlarge the pupil’ knowledge, experience and imaginative understanding and lead to an awareness of moral values. To this end, we try to look at the child in the whole and endeavour to ensure that for each individual pupil, the time spent at Ysgol Craig y Don will be an enjoyable experience – one which enhances his/her physical, mental, social and emotional development. When the time comes for pupils to leave our school, they should have had a firm educational foundation upon which to attain their full potential and, in time, become active participants and confident contributors to an ever changing society. At Ysgol Craig y Don the aim is to try to ensure that the education provided enhances the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of each pupil and that the nature of the complete curriculum is varied, expansive and balanced. In order to fulfil these needs the class organisation will at times be flexible. 6 Information for Parents – Contacting Us Contacting Us Ysgol Craig y Don, Clarence Drive, Craig y Don, Llandudno, LL30 1TR Tel: 01492 878906 e-mail the school office / reception on: [email protected] e-mail the Headteacher on: [email protected] Text via Schoolcomms (‘Priority 1 Parents only’) – further information below. Sickness / Absence / Punctuality Please contact school before 9.30am to report any child absence/sickness or if your child is going to be late for school. Contacting Teachers – Juniors If a parent wishes to meet with their child’s teacher, they must arrange this via the school reception either in person or by telephone. Contacting Teachers – Infants If a parent wishes to meet their child’s teacher, they must arrange this via the school reception either in person or by telephone. Parent Contact Details Please ensure that you notify the school of any changes to these details – in particular mobile phone numbers in case we need to contact you in an emergency. Schoolcomms – The School Communication System Schoolcomms is a system that allows a school to communicate with parents (those classed as Priority Number 1 on the pupil’s data record on the school’s SIMS computer) by e-mail, text and Apple/Android App Message. This means that Ysgol Craig y Don can communicate easily with parents helping to reduce school administration time, costs and improve parent/school relations. It is also possible for parents to text/e-mail the school. The number to text the school via Schoolcomms is 01492233018. However, please ensure you telephone the school with urgent messages. 7 Examples of Ysgol Craig y Don’s Schoolcomms communication include – E-mails E-mailing school newsletters directly to the parent/contact e-mail address to combat the ‘lost in the bottom of rucksack’ scenario E-mailing copies of letters from class teachers (including copies of consent letters being sent home for e.g. school trips) Texts Sending short and emergency information directly to mobiles via text – such as snow day notifications Sending text messages regarding unexplained absences – helping to combat truancy and helping to increase child safety Sending text messages regarding School Dinner money arrears. Sending text messages if a school organised after-school activity is cancelled at short notice. There is also an App available for Apple/Android phones. Instructions for downloading this can be obtained from Reception or the school website. School Website www.ysgolcraigydon.cymru News Section Letters from the Headteacher are also posted onto the News section of the school website. We also regularly post other information onto the News section that we feel may be of interest to parents such as forthcoming local events or particular activities in school. School Calendar Parents can access the school Calendar via the website. The calendar is updated with useful dates such as school holidays, wearing own clothes days, school trip dates, PTA events, parents evening dates and other school activities. Classes/Gallery Sections These Class pages contain useful information such as termly topics, homework setting days, PE days, fruit club arrangements and an overview of activities for the academic year. The Gallery Sections contain photographs of children undertaking school activities (provided parents have consented to this) and examples of their work. 8 Parent Information - Admissions All School Admissions are handled by the Admissions Officer at the Education Department in Conwy County Borough Council. Contact 01492 575592. Further details are also available on the CCBC website. Ysgol Craig y Don has a predefined catchment area – available on our website. New Nursery Intake Children start school on a part-time basis in the Nursery class in the September following their 3rd birthday and will attend full time school in the Reception class in the September following their 4th birthday. Forms are available from the School Office at the beginning of November for the following Academic Year and must be returned normally before 18th December to ensure that your child is considered for a place in the school. Following a formal offer of a place in Ysgol Craig y Don, parents will be invited along to a Parents Evening in the July before their child/ren start school in the Nursery Class in the September. At this meeting, they will be advised whether their child has been allocated a morning or afternoon session and given the dates of the staggered entry during their child’s first two weeks in school. Parents and their child/ren will also be invited to the Nursery New Intake Teddy Bear’s picnic which will take place in the week following the Parents evening mentioned above.

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