NEWYDDION W.D.

WAT’S DYKE NEWS

MEET THE CREW 2

BUSY TERM 3

WHOLE SCHOOL

EVENTS

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AFTER SCHOOL

CLUBS

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SPORT

ACHIEVEMENT 6

SPOTLIGHT ON

KS2

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MEET AND

GREET

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Volume 3 1st edition

Inside this issue:

SEREN AMSER 9

POB LWC WREX-

HAM FC

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SPECIAL VISIT 12/

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CHRISTMAS

GREETINGS

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CHRISTMAS

GAMES

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Welcome to this term’s Newyddion W.D.

This term the News crew have created a monthly bulletin, keeping you updated with news of our very

busy school. You can view these on our website under the tab of after school clubs. Just click on the News-

paper club tab to access the bulletins. We are very proud of our reporters this term, as they have worked

incredibly hard to ensure you have all the news of our school.

We wish you a Happy Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS

EVERYONE!!

Congratulations to this year’s Christmas Wish Tree

winner, Lara Goodwin, for her special message

“ I wish everyone who may be without a mummy or

daddy this Christmas time to have a happy

Christmas”

NEWYDDION W.D.

WAT’S DYKE NEWS

George Pugh Charlie Dillon

Sophie Weaver

Harry Roger William Anderton Jackson Williams

Ben Sanders

HOP SKIP AND A JUMP

INTO OUR BUSY TERM!!

A huge thank you to everyone who helped raise lots of money for children in need this year. We all dressed in

our cosy pyjamas and onesies for the occasion which was great fun! Even the teachers joined in! In total we

raised an amazing £350, a massive well done!

A huge thank you to those parents who attended our parent sessions at the start of the term.

Parent feedback regarding the sessions was very positive. The “taster meals” provided for by

School Cook, Helen, were very successful. Lots of parents were requesting “seconds please!”

Election Time

On Monday 8th September we held our annual Elections at school. A huge congratulations to

those pupils who were elected as School and Eco Councillors, Sports and House Captains. We

know you will do a wonderful job representing the school this year. Look out for their

professional photographs displayed in the foyer! Well done to all Year 6 Prefects this year.

Full list of all councils are available to view on the school website.

Tennis

Thanks once again to the Wrexham Tennis

Centre for enabling the children to access

professional coaching for our pupils in the

Junior department. This term Year 3 pupils

and 3/4 pupils have visited the centre on a

weekly basis.

Swimming sessions will be continuing once again this year.

This term Year 6 and 5/6 have visited Wrexham

Waterworld and have greatly benefited

from the small group coaching

which the centre has

provided.

They have behaved impec-

cably during their visits to the

Wrexham Swimming Centre. Well done!

We look forward to the Wrexham Swimming Tournament

later on in the year.

The Mac Millan Coffee Morning held at the

school this month was a huge success.

Thanks to your

support we raised a

staggering £506 in

a few hours.

We were

over-whelmed

by your support

and generosity!

Don’t forget to view some of the photo-

graphs on the school council gallery page.

Fire Safety Talk

Thanks to the support of the North Wales

Fire Service, the pupils in Year Two and

Year five received a refresher course on

what to do in the event of a fire, whether at

home or at school.

fantastic result for School

Netball Team There were smiles all round when the

school netball team arrived back at

school after the Cluster Tournament ear-

lier this month. The team won all their

matches, and were absolutely delighted

with the results. A huge thank you to the

school coaches and special thanks goes

to Mrs Sanders for delivering the training

After School Clubs Learning continues after three o’clock here at Wat’s Dyke School. We offer lots of

opportunities for children to learn new skills through the various after school clubs.

We have added a few new ones this term, after the feedback we received in the

Summer Term in our annual parent questionnaire.

Football Cluster Tournament The football season is here upon us once again, and

the newly established school football team have al-

ready experienced success in the recent School

Cluster Tournament, which was held at Rhosnesni

High School. The team won three of their five

matches. We look forward to hearing of their

continued success as the season continues

Netball club takes place every Monday. The Tennis Leaders are Mrs

Magness, Mrs Hughes and Mrs Sanders. We are very grateful to the

Leaders, especially Mrs Sanders, our coach , for spending the time with us.

NADOLIG LLAWEN FROM THE NETBALL CLUB

Football club takes place every Tuesday. This term we have been training

ahead of our matches which will take place in the Spring Term. The term ended with a

tournament. We are very grateful to Mr Baugh and Mr Jones for their commitment to our club.

NADOLIG LLAWEN FROM THE FOOTBALL CLUB

Cheerleading club takes place every Tuesday. Our Leader is Miss Green .We are very

grateful to Miss Green. She has worked incredibly hard with us. We even shared a

special performance with our parents and friends. Yee hah!!!

NADOLIG LLAWEN FROM THE CHEERLEADING CLUB

Choir club takes place every Wednesday. Our Leaders are Mrs Gibson and

Mrs Harris. We hope you enjoyed our performance in the Christmas Winter Wonder-

land Fayre . We have a selection of songs for your to listen to on our website. Just click

on the after school club tab, then choir folder, where you can access the audio.

NADOLIG LLAWEN FROM WAT’S DYKE VOICES

Year One and Two pupils were delighted to meet Mr Rob Lewis, a well known

children’s author, and to hear all about what inspired him to become a writer of

children’s fiction. Mr Rob Lewis shared some of his famous books with the chil-

dren. We are very grateful to the Wrexham Library Service for arranging the Au-

thor visit.

Year 5 and 6 Netball Team competed against a number

of schools in our cluster. We were delighted to hear the result of their hard

work. The team won all of their games and were top of the cluster!! Well done!

Friendship

Stop!

The School council have

met this year, and high on

their list for discussion was

the purchase of a friend-

ship bench for the out-

doors. Thanks to the kind

donations from the Garden

Village Community and the

Rhosddu Community Coun-

cil, the children’s wish for a

friendship stop has come

true. We thank the

community members for

their kindness.

A group of pupils from Year Five and Year Six repre-

sented the school in the Indoor Athletics Festival

which was held at Brymbo Enterprise Centre. The team

competed against thirteen schools across the Wrexham

Authority, and we were very proud to hear the team

had achieved fourth position.

As their topic this term is „Romans‟, year 3 and 4 visited

the Dewa Roman experience Chester to discover what

Roman life was like.

The Roman workshops provided the opportunity to

ask a variety of questions to Roman historians rang-

ing from: What did Romans eat? Was the armour

heavy? How long did they have to march each day?

Lower Key Stage 2 had a fantastic time learning

about: Roman army formations, Roman armour, Roman

entertainment, Roman artifacts that have been dug up in

and around Chester, and comparing and contrasting

Roman life to life today.

School and Eco Council had the opportunity of meeting some of our School Governors this month. They shared their roles with the Gover-nors and their plans for the year ahead. Thank you to all the Gover-

nors who attended this special meeting.

Eco council are preparing for the application for the Third Green Flag. We will update you in the New Year.

Thank you to all parents who attended the Parent Workshops and the Class

Collective Worships this year. It is wonderful to see so many parents support-

ing the school. We really do value your support.

You can find their names in the Golden Book in our You can find their names in the Golden Book in our You can find their names in the Golden Book in our

School foyer. There are too many Stars for us to name School foyer. There are too many Stars for us to name School foyer. There are too many Stars for us to name

in our newspaper this term, so don‟t forget to check out in our newspaper this term, so don‟t forget to check out in our newspaper this term, so don‟t forget to check out

the Achievement Book. We are very proud of you all. the Achievement Book. We are very proud of you all. the Achievement Book. We are very proud of you all.

Well done! Llongyfarchiadau!!Well done! Llongyfarchiadau!!Well done! Llongyfarchiadau!!

The Art and craft club have been ex-

tremely busy making Christmas cards,

stained glass window, and bouncy Jack-

in-the-box.

NADOLIG LLAWEN FROM ART

AND CRAFT CLUB-

This term the children in Year 1 and 2

have had fun in the Music and Games

After School Club with Mrs Jishi and

Mrs Harris. We played lots of traditional

games which we have continued in our

playtimes at school.

NADOLIG LLAWEN

FROM THE GAMES CLUB

Congratulations to Danielle Edwards and Jerry Vernon for

being nominated for the “Sunshine Cup” this term, for

their outstanding commitment to the school. Well done to the both pupils

Shops in Wrexham town centre are getting behind the Red Dragons as

they prepare for their FA Cup game on 4 January against Premier League

opponents, Stoke City FC. Three lucky boys from year 6, Owen Czerniak,

Shaun Hughes and Matthew Roach, had the opportunity to meet with the

manager and assisatant manager of Wrexham FC, along with the Mayor of

Wrexham County Borough Council to sign the card—widhing the team

good luck!

Cards will also be popping up at additional locations around the town over the next two weeks.

All of the signed cards will be presented to the Club on Sunday 28 December at their home game

against Forest Green.

Cllr Alan Edwards, Mayor of Wrexham County Borough Council added: “On

behalf of the town, I would like to send good luck wishes to Wrexham FC. “

Look out for this press release in the Wrexham Leader and Daily Post.

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CHRISTMAS WINTER WONDERLAND FAYRE

We would like to thank the PTA for their hard work this term, especially with the

Fayre this year. Those of you in attendance will know how special the event was—real

reindeers, sleigh ride, outdoor fayre, snow machine, many craft stalls and storytime

with Santa. Thanks to your support and the dedication of our PTA the school have been

able to purchase further ipads for the children in Foundation Phase. Thank you for

your help.

We would like to extend a BIG THANK YOU to the staff

at Techniquest, for leading on science workshops with our

pupils this term. They all enjoyed the seven week block.

The highlight of the club sessions was the planetarium.

We do hope they will visit our school soon. High Five!

Merry Christmas

A huge thank you to

Mrs Hopkins and

her staff for cooking

the delicious

Christmas dinner.

Everyone thorough-

ly enjoyed it!!

We do hope you enjoyed our Christmas concerts this year. The children worked

incredibly hard and we were very proud of them all.

We say a special Ho! Ho! Ho! to Mrs Roe and hope she enjoys her retirement. Please come

back and visit us very soon Mrs Roe. We will all miss you very much.

Merry Christmas

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GOOD LUCK!

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