At 11 o'clock on the 11th November 1918 the guns finally fell silent on the Western Front and the Great War had come to an end. The loss of life because of the war was so great that ever since countries all over the world have held a minutes silence to remember all those who have served and those who have fallen fighting for their country.

At Croesty we have made a special garden of remembrance and we held a minute's silence at 11 o'clock. This year we were joined by Lily's Grandfather who played the pipes before and after our silence and we all came out to show our respect. 

In our special awards assembly today we:

• Recognised our Top Learners for this week - Tallulah, Maddison, Jax, Gracie, Cayden, Ella, Thomas and Riley
• Congratulated Szymon, Monty, Bradley, Rhoss, Bethany and Noah on achieving their  Lexia Literacy Awards.
• The class with the most points for Welsh Speaking was Year 4 this week

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We wished all the children a Happy Birthday if they had a birthday this week. The Team with the most house points today were Afon (Blues).

Our autumn parent teacher consultations will take place over the phone this year. We will set aside ten minutes for each consultation and this will include making and ending the call for you. The consultations will take place over a number of days and we would encourage you to check the table below before we open our online booking system at the beginning of this week. Once you have made your booking please make sure that you are home and able to take the call on that day as we won’t be able to make any repeated calls. Our consultations will start at 4pm.

 

Our children will be working with the Children's Commissioner for Wales on Friday. Each class from Year 1 to Year 6 will have a chance to meet the Commissioner and complete an activity about children's rights with her. The Commissioner will not physically meet the children but they will be able to see her via an online video conference which we will be holding for each class.

 

In our special awards assembly today we:

• Welcomed our House Captains and Vice Captains. For Castell (Yellow Team) we have Ruby, Joshua, Jasmine and Morgan. For Afon (Blue Team) we have Grace, Finn, Lucie and Archie. For Cennin (Green Team) we have Summer, James, Holly and Huw. For Draig (Red Team) we have Alfie, Bronte, Aled and Madison
• Recognised our Top Learners for this week - Ava, Frankie, Tomas, Zne, Tyler, Dewi, Luci and Madison
• Congratulated Ellie and Szymon on achieving their  Lexia Literacy Awards and Caitlin for getting a blue belt in Karate.
• The class with the most points for Welsh Speaking was Year 3 this week

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We wished all the children a Happy Birthday if they had a birthday this week. The Team with the most house points today were Draig (Reds).

We were successful with our very first digital whole school assembly today when our different classes came together live over Microsoft Teams.

In our assembly we:

• Welcomed our Head Boy Alfie and Head Girl Ruby  and their deputies Morgan and Lucie
• Recognised our Top Learners for this week - Amelia, Gracie, Jake, Fraser, Ruby, Abigail, Emma and Kaitlyn
• Congratulated Daniel and Szymon on achieving their  first Lexia Literacy Awards in their new class

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We wished all the children a Happy Birthday if they had a birthday this week. The Team with the most house points today were Afon (Blues).

Current Welsh Government advice states that face masks are not appropriate for children in primary school. Please be aware however, that staff in primary schools have now been directed to wear face masks in corridors and communal areas. Your children will therefore see members of our staff wearing face masks at certain times during the day.

We've had some fantastic news here at Croesty today - we've achieved the Platinum Green Flag Award for our ECO work as a school. This is the highest Eco Award that a school can gain in Wales so we are especially proud of this achievement. We'd like to recognise the work of our Eco Team, all of our children and our school community for the support and enthusiasm you've all given.

Our Eco Coordinator deserves a very special mention - Mrs Emma John has pulled all of our work together and kept everyone on track so that our environmental contribution really does make a difference. The work of Mrs John is of such a high standard that she has been invited to join the National Eco Committee. Well done Mrs John!

Well done everyone!

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