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All snuggly and warm!

Itsy, Bitsy, Teeny, Weeny and Tiny are now in their cocoon's and we are waiting for them to hatch into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies. I'm sooo excited!!

Language and Play Update.........

During our last session before half, Fabien, the Fit 4 Fun mascot visited us. He is pictured below.

During this session we played with compost and got really messy! We got to plant sunflower seeds, and fingers crossed they will grow as tall as we are!! Even Horace, the Giant African Land Snail popped in for a visit. When we meet back after half term, we hope that the the caterpillars will have turned in to butterflies and we can release them.

Introducing............

Parent's attending the Language and Play sessions have been creating crafts linked to the story The Very hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

We would like to introduce you to; Itsy Bitsy, Teeny, Weeny and Tiny! The group's caterpillars!! They will be watching them transform from Very Hungry Caterpillars into beautiful Painted Lady Butterflies and releasing them when ready.

Little Green Fingers

The Gardening Club and all school pupils have been very busy these past few months, growing vegetables and plants, so busy, that one green house wasn't enough!

So, the Parent's Association decided to purchase the club two new green houses and a tunnel greenhouse for those lettuce and cabbage!

The vegetables looked delicious, well done everyone for working so hard!!!

Don't forget, you can help support the gardening club by purchasing tomato plants and others when they are on sale. Please see Mrs. Banner for details.

Massage in Schools Programme

The Parent's Association has funded, through monies received from WCVA, a massage programme in Mrs. Burt's class this term.

The children have learnt fun massage techniques that they can use on each other and at home. The class has helped them to relax, and looking at the photos below, I think they have enjoyed themselves!!!

The programme has now ended, and our last session finished with games. We had musical massage statues and a guessing game.

As you can see from the photos below, a lot of fun was had and the children have learnt a lot.

Thanks Debs!!

Language and Play

Language and Play started on April 22nd in CYCA and will run for 8 weeks. The course will include a visit to the library.

We have 12 parents taking part in weekly activities all based around the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We even have a Butterfly Farm.

Each week we read a book, and make some craft, the families even have homework!!!

This project has been funded by Awards for All and the hall hire costs are being covered by Flying Start. We are very grateful to both.

Grass area Consultation

Hi all. An idea has been put forward to re-develop the grass area where the school hold's it's sport's day. As it stands at present, the children can only play on the grass area when it's dry as the ground gets mucky etc and so the area is not being used to it's full potential.

One possible idea is to turn the area into an adventure style playground which the children can use all year round.

This does of course mean that by taking the grass away, there will be no area for the school to hold it's sport's day. A possible solution to this could be to use the local park and playing fields or community centres as some other schools do?

A questionnaire will be coming out with your child in due course, but in the mean time, why not vote on line on this blog using the poll to the right?

Your opinion matters, so please let us know.

Thank you.

Ring the Changes!

The Parents Association held their AGM on Thursday April 2nd in CYCA and they welcomed some new faces to the group and said some goodbyes too!

A big thank you to Louise Charles (Rosenthal) who stepped down as Secretary and Joanne Yeo (me) as Events Co-ordinator.

Stepping in are Alex Weston as Secretary and Tracy Taylor as Events Co-ordinator.

Your Committee now stands as:

Chairperson - Rebecca Westcott
Treasurer - Danna Wookey
Secretary - Alex Weston
Events Co-ordinator - Tracy Taylor

Everyone agreed that the association had accomplished a vast amount over the last 12 months and should be congratulated.


This year the association hopes to hold their annual summer fayre (volunteer permitting) and the annual prom!

Walk To School with Safer Communities

On Thursday March 19th, we gathered outside Bethel Chapel for our Walk to School Event. We were joined by members of the Safer Communities Action Group, Community Police officers and Comminities First Develepment workers.


The Safer Communities Action Group had provided us with their new High visual safety vests, and the weather man had provided us with glorious sunshine!


The event took place to highlight road safety along the school route during the essential works being carried out to improve traffic around our school.


Thank you to everyone who came along, pupils, parents, teachers, Community Police Officers, Communities First Team and to the Safer Communities Action Group volunteers. Thank you also to Jelly Tots Nursery who kindly loaned us their walking rings whilst the Safer Communities action Group await delivery of theirs!

Waiting for everyone to arrive!

Members of the Safer Communities Action Group along with Community Police officers and pupils.

High ho! High ho! It's off to school we go.........

The walking rings helped to keep everyone together!

Help! Storage space needed!!!

Hi everyone!


The parent's association have been extremely lucky over the last couple of years in acquiring funds to purchase new resources and equipment but are now in desperate need of somewhere to store it all.


We need somewhere local to the school and easily accesible. Big enough to store tables, gazebos, display boards, outdoor play equipment, summer fayre games, decorations, a sleigh and more!


Unfortunately, we are not in a position to pay, so are looking for a generous soul !


If anyone can help, please speak to either Joe or Becci outside school gates or contact us through this site.


Thank you.

Red Noses Galore!

Copperworks School PFA once again took the lead in obtaining Red Noses to sell at both Copperworks School and also for Bigyn School to sell.

We sold a fabulous 220 Red Noses and Bigyn a fantastic 260! Thank you to everyone who purchased a Red Nose to help raise money.

This year, we could chose what our fundraising efforts would be spent on, and so the money will be spent on helping families in Africa to afford schooling and education.

In addition to selling Red Noses, the pupils were invited to dress in their PJ's and bring in 1p's and 2p's to place on a giant Red Nose on the school yard. They raised a Super-duper £180!!! Well Done and Thank you.

Family Massage Classes

Our Family Massage Classes started on Monday March 2nd at 6.00 pm in CYCA.

Parent's, grandparent's and children aged from 2 - 14 yrs came along to learn a range of hands-on massage techniques (fully clothed), in a friendly, fun and social environment.

This course lasted 5 weeks and was funded through WCVA. We had a lot of fun learning the massage moves and had to make up a story using them on our last week. We are looking to run a similar course again in the future.

Thanks Debs!!

Panto, Panto, Pantomime!

On Saturday January 31st, we decended upon Theatr Elli to watch this year's pantomime Robinson Crusoe. With 126 of us, we were sure to make enough noise when it came to "oh no he didn't", " Booooooo, Hisssss", and "he's behind you" !

Each child recieved a goody bag filled with treats and the afternoon was filled with mayhem and laughs galore.

A good time was had by all and we look forward to next year's production!!!

New Term, New Ideas?

Now that we're all settled back into the new term, it's time to think of new projects and ideas for the coming months ahead.


The Parent's Association would like to know what you as parents, grandparents, and carers want.


Would you like to see the weekly coffee morning return? Would you like a summer trip? What about termly discos? Summer Fayre?


Would you be interested in joining the Parent's Association and taking a more active role in fundraising for events etc?


We need to know. You can use this site to tell us by leaving a message in the comments box, or use the newsletter which will be coming out shortly, or just come and tell us.

Chairperson - Rebecca Westcott

Secretary - Louise Rosenthal

Treasurer - Danna Wookey

Events Co-ordinator - Joanne Yeo

Big Lottery Fund

How thrilled are we!

Pictured are: Kath Adams (Language and Play Co-ordinator), Rebecca Westcott, Joanne Yeo, Louise and Jacob Rosenthal (Parent's Association members), and Faye Davies (Communities First).


The Parent's Association were successful in their application to Awards for All which is part of the Big Lottery Fund, for funding for new resources. (that was a bit of a mouthful!)

After many hours of hard work with Faye from Communities First, putting in the application and waiting 12 wks, we learnt that we were had been awarded monies for a new printer/ink and paper, an A board to help promote our events and for new Language and Play resources. The total amount awarded was £739!

The Parent's Association has 4 qualified Language and Play Leaders and some of these will be delivering Language and Play courses this year as part of their "Bring a Smile Project"

Language and Play will start in partnership with the Flying Start Project on Wednesday April 22nd in CYCA at 9.30 am. We are really looking forward to it, it's going to be an exciting project, open to families young and old, helping to develop children's language skills through play. So, if your a parent, grandparent, aunty, uncle, or carer with a child aged 0 - 4yrs looking for for that little something extra, then maybe Language and Play is for you.

Each week there'll be crafts, singing, talking, sharing, learning and having fun!

If you would like to know more about Language and Play, or would be interested in having a course run in a group that you attend, please get in touch with us through this site or, if you know us, at the school.

Christmas Party 2008

On Saturday December 13th The Parent's Association held their Christmas Party at CYCA.

The party was completely free as it had been funded by WCVA

There was dancing and games with Lloyd our fab D.J, fun photos and of course Santa stopped by to visit us in his winter wonderland grotto.

Louise from Llanelli Face Painting, (http://www.llanellifacepainting.co.uk) ,came along and painted everyone's faces and they all looked really super!

The children enjoyed the food boxes and parents relaxed with a cuppa and a mince pie!

Thank you to everyone who helped to make the party a success, it really is appreciated.

I seem to have lost my sheep, can you help me find them?

We've been good all year Santa...Honest!

Three mischeivious fairies

How low can you go........?

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer.......

Ho! Ho! Ho!

Everyone does the conga to collect their food boxes.

The Fun Photo Christmas Cards were a hit.

We need caffeine!

Us too!

Can you tell what it is yet?



Even Troy and Gabriella came and partied with us!