Presenting our newly elected KS2:

Head girl and boy and Deputy boy and girl

Eco-Council

School Council

Well done to all of our amazing children that tried! 

Thank you to all the children that voted.

Year 2 results to come.

Website Updating

Welcome back to Abercanaid Community School!

It's the start of a new academic year and so our website is currently undertaking some updates.

Take a look at some of the new pictures we have already added and our new banner.

Thank you for your continued support and patience.

"Excellence for everyone, Success for all!"

Y6 Cardiff Theatre Trip

Year 6 have had a great afternoon watching Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Millenium Centre in Cardiff! They've left Cardiff Bay now and hopefully should be back at the garages in Abercanaid at around 6:15pm. Will update further when they are on the A470.

UPDATE: bus will drop off at the garages in Abercanaid approximately 6:10pm. Thank you.

Reading Cafe

This week we were very happy to welcome parents of our Foundation Phase children in to the school to take part in our first Reading Cafe. It was clear that both children and parents enjoyed the opportunity to swap books and sample lots of different books too. We were delighted so many could join us and hope to hold may more events like this in the future! 

Eisteddfod 2017

Bobl bach! What an incredible Eisteddfod we enjoyed this year at Abercanaid. At the end of a wonderful competition - filled with poetry, song and performance - two houses, Coch and Melyn, could not be separated on points. Following a sing-off and a teacher vote, Ty Melyn were announced Abercanaid Eisteddfod winners 2017!!

As a staff, we are incredibly proud of all our pupils' hard work for the Eisteddfod. The quality of the writing, artwork and  performance has been exceptional - each pupil should feel immensely proud of what they've achieved the last few weeks. Please join us tomorrow afternoon where you'll have the chance to enjoy the winners' work as well as a showcase of performance from all pupils nursery to Year 6. 

Class Pages - Termly Outline

Thanks to the help of the Digital Leaders, the class pages have been updated. Please visit the website to see what's going on in your child's class this term.

Digital Leaders (Year 5/6)

Dear Parents/Guardians

The "Digital Leaders" were selected because of their interest and confidence in using digital technology. As part of their role, they will be taught different skills linked to technology which they will then teach to not only other children but staff also. They will be supporting both pupils and staff in the development of ICT across the school and taking responsibilities in managing the equipment.

As part of our staff meeting this Tuesday, we will be looking at some key components of our school website and we would love for as many of our “Digital Leaders” as possible to join us so that they can learn alongside their teachers and support them in the future with updating and developing our website.

Our staff meeting will begin straight after school and the children will be sent home at half 4.

Please can you let Miss Morgan or Mr Bevan know if you are able to stay on Tuesday.

(This letter will be sent home on Monday)

Friday 13th January - School is Open

The school is open as normal this morning. All paths around the school building have been gritted but please still be careful of the icy conditions.

New Year = New Beginnings

A newsletter from Mrs .Edwards:

New Year = New Beginnings J

I am so pleased to be joining you all and adding to the success that everyone has achieved already alongside Mr Sullivan. I have many ideas that I want to introduce to our school community, which I will share with you all as the Spring term develops.

My main aim is to work with parents to ensure your child receives an outstanding education, which will remain broad and balanced giving your child a wealth of experiences.

During the next few months I will take time to meet/communicate with everyone involved with Abercanaid Community School to ensure I introduce the right initiatives to drive our school forward.

As a headteacher, I am very open and I value opinions and suggestions. I very much want to develop further the ethos of Abercanaid as a Community School. I am excited to be joining and working alongside you all. I firmly believe that happy children learn and this will always be at the forefront of any decisions made.

I hope you have all had a happy Christmas with many happy memories and are ready for 2017 and our new beginning. To help me with my first week, I would be really pleased if you could chat with your child on New Year resolutions. These could be personal or linked to school. If they could bring one thought to school, I will then collect them all next week and use them throughout the year.

Enjoy the New Year celebrations and I’ll see you all next Tuesday 3^rd January 2017.

Excellence for everyone, success for all

Mrs J W Edwards.

The school will reopen Tuesday 3rd January for all pupils. 

End of an Era

The end of the Autumn Term saw us say goodbye to Mr. Thomas, who has moved into a new career, as well as Mr. Sullivan, who is retiring. We'd like to wish them all the best and look forward to them visiting us in the future.

Christmas Concerts

A massive thank you to everyone who came along to watch our fantastic Christmas Concerts: Mend the Manger and Alice in Wonderland.

The children were a credit to the school and we are so so proud of them for how hard they worked and how well they performed in each of the shows!

DVDs of both shows will be available some time in the new year.

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Snow Procedures

With the possibility of snow in the coming weeks we would like to remind parents of our school closure procedures.

Our aim is for the school to remain open during snowy periods unless weather conditions make it unsafe for children, parents and/or staff to travel to and from the school. 

If the school is to be closed on any given day this website will be updated immediately. 
Decisions will be made before 7:30am.

School closures will also be updated on the official Merthyr Schools Closures Website here.

Please take extra care when approaching the school either on foot or in cars during icy conditions.

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Children in Need - Mannequin Challenge

Here's our attempt at the Mannequin Challenge:

Children in Need

Friday saw the Year 6s once again organise and run our annual Children in Need fundraising event. They worked incredibly hard all day long to raise money for such a wonderful cause. The whole school had a wonderful time with the children looking fantastic in their costumes. A massive thank you for your incredible generosity in making donations - we raised an incredible £623.36!!! More photos from Friday will be put onto the website this week. 

We had a brilliant harvest celebration! 

Thank you parents for your support and donations for the Food Bank.

Thank teachers and children for your hard work preparing for the harvest assembly!

Well done!

Food Standards Agency

FSA Visit

We had an amazing visit from the FSA (Food Standards Agency) last week. They taught us how to stay safe when preparing and storing food. We enjoyed a fantastic show and then some super work shops through the day. 

Here's a photo of the awesome FSA crew, including Megan and also a great shot of the whole school dabbing:

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Reminder...
School Closure - Staff Training Day

Friday 21st October

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Parent Drop In Update...

Due to unforeseen circumstances the Parent Drop In for the following classes has to be postponed tomorrow.

Class 1 - Mrs J Richards
Class 2 - Miss J Madden
Class 4 - Mrs S Richards

All other classes - drop in will be from 3.30 - 6.00pm.

We will inform you of a new date as soon as possible. 

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A brilliant sponsored walk for the juniors with everybody taking part. 

We didn't let the weather dampen our spirits...just our shoes!

Thank you to all our generous sponsors for your donations and for those that are still to come!

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The votes are in and we are pleased to announce our new student councilors!

Well done to everyone who tried!