Llysfaen
Primary School
Learn, Play, Laugh
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Latest News from Llysfaen Primary School
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Llysfaen Primary; a highly inclusive, successful and happy school with exceptional standards!
Thu 23 May 2024During a recent Estyn inspection Llysfaen Primary School has been recognised as a ‘successful and happy school with high standards permeating all aspects of its life and work’.
Inspectors from Estyn, commended the school for the often ‘exceptional’ standards achieved by the pupils and exceptionally strong leadership provided by the headteacher, governors and other senior leaders.
The report highlights the ambitious, relevant curriculum based on the principles of the Curriculum for Wales and the leading role pupils play in influencing the planning of their learning. Staff were found to provide well-thought out and stimulating learning experiences for pupils to thrive and enjoy their learning including an extensive range of trips and visits.
The governing body were also found to be ‘exceptionally effective’ and through their involvement in regular self-evaluation activities, governors have a secure understanding of the quality of provision and standards at the school and use this knowledge well to both support and to offer a high level of challenge to the school leaders.
The positive report, also identified a number of ‘Cameos’, or examples of ‘Best Practice’. The first being the school’s provision for developing pupils’ Welsh skills and their knowledge of the history, culture and people of Wales (‘cynefin’) which was found to be ‘highly effective’. The inspectors recognised that the school environment and curriculum provide meaningful opportunities for pupils to learn about the culture and heritage of Wales.
The second cameo was the school’s provision for pupils with ALN which was also found to be ‘exceptional’.
Headteacher Melanie Jenkins expressed her delight with the report, highlighting the tireless efforts by staff to guarantee the best for every student. She praised their dedication and hard work in cultivating a nurturing, inclusive, and lively school environment, as well as crafting an engaging and pertinent curriculum that helps pupils excel.
Mrs Jenkins highlighted Estyn's recognition of Llysfaen being a ‘highly inclusive school’ with beneficial provision to support pupils’ personal development and well-being. She supported their observations that staff wok hard to create a caring and friendly ethos that ensures all pupils have the opportunity to thrive.
Cardiff Council Deputy Leader and Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr Sarah Merry, commented, “I was delighted to read the recent Estyn report for Llysfaen Primary School." "It was lovely to see that the report specifically recognises that nearly all pupils, including those with additional learning needs (ALN), make very strong progress, and that the well-planned curriculum and wider curricular opportunities provide pupils with authentic and exciting learning experiences..”
She also commended Mrs Jenkins for her personal leadership of the school, as well as the hard work of staff, governors and pupils and congratulated all involved.
At the time of the inspection, Llysfaen Primary School had 458 students enrolled. Of these, 4.4% are eligible for free school meals, 3.9% have additional learning needs, and 3.4% have English as an additional language.
To view the report in full please visit: https://www.llysfaenprimaryschool.co.uk/estyn/
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Y1 & Y2 Assemblies
Fri 17 May 2024On Friday the year ones performed a show to their parents but before that, they performed to year 6 as practice. Their topic was technology and it was very interesting to watch! We learnt so many things about technology and loved watching their incredible imovies, and so did the parents!
A child in year one said “it was alot of practice and work to practice the show and making the imovies ”
The year 2 topic was “The really wild show” and they also performed to the parents. Did you know year 2 raised a whopping £175 for WWF for charity
To perform the show it took a lot of research and hard work.
Well done year 1 and year 2!
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Netball Dominance
Thu 16 May 2024On Thursday the 16th of May the netball team went to coed glas for a netball match. There were four quarters and Llysfaen won each quarter. The score was 17-3 to Llysfaen and the player of the match was the GK.
Then on Friday, Llysfaen played against Lakeside primary at home.Both sides worked incredibly hard and showed great defensive/attacking skills. For the first game, the score was 7-5 to Llysfaen and the second game was 4-0 also to Llysfaen. Then the player of the match was the GD.
Thank you to Lakeside Primary and Coed Glas for playing some brilliant matches of netball.
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Grow A Pound - REMINDER!
Thu 16 May 2024Although grow a pound is on June 14th, the form has to be handed in on Friday the 17th May, this Friday, but before handing it in make sure to check with friends and parents! Also don't forget this year football goals are limited to one per year group!
Genius stall ideas: Busking, walking on lego, Lemonade stand, Selling plants, Guess the teacher.
Common stall ideas: Football games, Selling cakes, Guess the name of the teddy bear.
Have fun at grow a pound! Don’t forget that all money raised goes to improving the school.
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DISCO!
Fri 10 May 2024There were many years that took part in the disco and also compete in challenges, from reception to yr6 everyone had a blast listening to music and dancing. This all wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the PTFA setting it all up for us in the hall.
Some of the challenges that took place were boys vs girl year groups and I personally think we could not have won it without Mr Jones and Mr Tynan! The best dancers were asked questions about their friends and if you got picked you would win a prize.
Thankfully, Mr Cannon was not dancing for the boys, we've seen his dad dancing and the boys might have lost! A huge thanks again to the PTFA, we loved it!
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Rhiwbeina Netball & Football
Thu 09 May 2024On Thursday the 9th of May, Llysfaen played against Rhiwbina in netball and football. The children travelled over to Rhiwbina Primary and split into the netball and football teams. Mr Tynan took the netballers and Mr Jones took the footballers.
The netball match consisted of one team of seven for Llysfaen and two teams of seven for Rhiwbina. The girls played with strength, speed and determination. The end result was 13-4 to Llysfaen. Both sides were absolutely incredible and worked so hard.
There was a girls team and a boys team for football and the girls won 2-1 however, the boys lost 1-0. It was 0-0 for the boys for most of the game however, during extra time Rhiwbina scored a goal to win the match. Both the matches were very close and the girls only scored their last goal in the last few seconds of extra time!
Well done to both schools for this fantastic experience. A big thank you to Rhiwbina for hosting us.
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Cool Caerleon!
Thu 09 May 2024On Wednesday the 8th of May, the Year 3’s went on a school trip to Caerleon to learn about the Romans and the Celts. They got to learn about how the Romans lived, and what it would feel like to be a Roman.
One child said, “I loved learning how to march like a Roman. I even got to hold a shield!”
Another child said, “Seeing the barracks was cool because some of the Romans lived in them. We also got to go see the amphitheatre and play around.”
Thank you very much to all the parents and teachers who went on the trip and the staff at Caerleon. All the children were so well behaved and had an awesome time.
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Ski Wednesday!
Wed 08 May 2024Last week on Wednesday the Llysfaen Primary ski team went to the Fairwater dry ski slope and did a slalom competition. When they got there they had the opportunity to do a few practice runs before they then did their competitive runs. Seren in Year 5 placed 1st in her year group and Lucia placed Second in her year group. Osian placed 3rd in his year group. Overall, the Llysfaen ski team did really well and showed really positive sportsmanship and showcased the variety of sporting achievement throughout Llysfaen.
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Coed Glas Football Matches
Tue 07 May 2024We had two matches Vs Coed Glas last week, the girls playing on Monday and the boys on Thursday. The girls football match was an amazing game as it was 20-2 to us and and another 5-1 win which in the end we came out with 2 amazing wins for Llysfaen Primary. And with the man of the match being Emilia and Claudia.
Emilia stated that, 'Our defence was very good and our attack was impressive. The opposing team was also good as they progressed over the game.'
Maja added that, 'everyone played well and we had a fair game, a big thank you to Coed Glas.'On Thursday our year 6 mixed team played coed glas away, there were two teams, on pitch 1 Llysfaen came out with a 11-0 win but on pitch 2 in the first half they were playing well. But at half time they thought they already had won, but Coed Glas made a comeback to make the score 4-4. Our player of the match on pitch 1 was Lucia and on pitch 2 it was Jago.
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Stellar School Trip (Year 2!)
Fri 03 May 2024On Friday the 3rd of May, Year 2 went on a school trip to Noah's Ark zoo. This was for their topic, the really wild show which has a theme of animals and wildlife. The children learnt about different animals and their environments.
A child from year 2 said “I really liked the school trip. I had lots of fun. My favourite animals were the elephants and the gibbons. I also liked the millipede crawling over my hand. Its feet felt sticky.”
Another child said “I liked the bus ride. The bus journey was very long but there were tv’s in the bus and we watched Mr Men. I also learnt that one of the elephants shared a birthday with my sister!”
All the children enjoyed the trip and learnt so much. Everyone was so well behaved and listened. A massive thank you to the parents and teachers who came on this school trip.
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