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Free school meals during holiday periods

Mon 10 Oct 2022

Dear parent/carer

Free school meals during holiday periods - Please be advised that Welsh Government will continue to fund free school meal holiday provision until the end of the current financial year, as part of a wider package of support to help families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. No application is necessary. Eligible families will continue to receive BACS payments direct to their bank accounts for the holiday periods; autumn half term week, the two-week Christmas holiday, as well as the spring half term (it will not cover Easter holidays as they fall in the next financial year). Please note that this provision relates to learners eligible for Free School Meals and not Universal primary Free School Meals.

Free School meals - Apply for free school meals | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (rctcbc.gov.uk)

Harvest Appeal

Mon 10 Oct 2022

🌾 HARVEST APPEAL 🌾

Pontrhondda Primary school is teaming up with Rhondda Foodbank and Hope Church Tonypandy this year to give back to the community.
Food Banks are crucial to lots of families in times of need.
We are asking for food donations from the list on the poster , or any spare tinned goods you may have spare .
Please can all donations be brought into school by Tuesday 18th October .
Thank you for your support 👏🏼

Friends of Pontrhondda Meeting.

Thu 06 Oct 2022

Pontrhondda Primary is fortunate to enjoy the support of many parents who voluntarily give their time to enable school events to happen and raise money for the direct benefit of all pupils at the school.

We are looking for volunteers who would like to play a part in Friends of Pontrhondda.

Interested?

We would love to welcome anyone to join us, either at our next meeting or as helpers at any of the events we hold. A few hours of your spare time will help make our events as successful as possible and run smoothly – we’re a friendly and welcoming group!

We would love you to come along to see what it is like to take part and have new members, bringing new ideas.

Christmas Wreath Workshop

Mon 03 Oct 2022

Did someone say Christmas?!? 🎄

Please see the information below for our Christmas Wreath workshops that will be taking place this November.

There are 2 sessions available - one during school hours and the other taking place after school.
All resources will be provided for you.
We have limited spaces available for both sessions, if you would like to reserve a place please call Mrs Hiles at the school .

Macmillan Coffee Morning

Fri 30 Sep 2022

Pontrhondda Primary School will be hosting a Macmillian Coffee Morning on Friday September 30th 9-10.30am 🧁🫖
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Would like to take part ?
We welcome any volunteers who could spare some time to help sell the cakes during the coffee morning or if you see yourself as a bake off contender we would appreciate any cake donations for this cause.
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We need your support to make this a success!
Please share with friends and family, everyone is welcome to attend.

Thank you Mrs Hiles

Cost of Living Pressures

Mon 18 Jul 2022

Please also find below a link to the Child Poverty Action Group Income Maximisation leaflet for RCT.

Pontrhondda Primary is a water only school.

Fri 24 Jun 2022

Universal Primary Free School Meals Announcement

Tue 21 Jun 2022

Dear Parent/Guardian,
Phased rollout of Primary Free School Meals for the youngest children from September 2022 onwards
From the new autumn term (Monday 5th September 2022) onwards all Reception children will be offered Free School Meals. From 1st January 2023 all Year 1 children will receive this offer and Year 2 children will receive the offer from 1st April 2023. We will be in further communication as the offer is rolled out. This is an important step in reaching the shared ambition of ensuring no child goes hungry while in school.
In response to the current rising cost-of-living, Welsh Government and Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC are committed to implementing this scheme quickly and would ask for your patience as we build catering capacity to ensure a successful phased implementation and work towards a whole school roll-out over the next three years.
In order for the council to prepare and cater for numbers, we would be very grateful if you would kindly complete the following and return by Monday 11th July 2022 - https://customerportal.rctcbc.gov.uk/freeschoolmealssurvey
Please be rest assured that if your child is currently in receipt of free school meals and/or any other associated benefits, these will not be affected.
Kind regards

Andrea Richards
Service Director, 21st Century Schools and Transformation

Parents, Governors and Community Survey

Mon 20 Jun 2022

Please complete our short survey here.

Parent/carer Childcare Survey 2022

Thu 09 Jun 2022

Clybiau Plant Cymru Kids’ Clubs would like to invite all parents/carers of children aged under 12 years living in Wales to complete an anonymous short survey to help to identify attitudes towards Childcare, the potential demand for Childcare going forward and reasons for fluctuations in demand in comparison to pre-March 2020.

The survey is bilingual (English and Welsh) and should only take approximately 5 minutes to complete.

Closing date for responses is the 29th July.

Please click the link below to access the survey

Thank you

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQvbNRUWIyhiAiUNUCWFTu_hKF2Wq-tQqhDMEz9pUtNBQ7CQ/viewform

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