Letters 2025-26

Download the following Letters: • Year 5 and 6: Rhys Padarn from Orielodl will be coming to complete a mural with year 5&6 learners tomorrow. We ask kindly that you send an old t shirt / shirt or apron in with your child to ensure their school clothes remain clean. • Year 5 and 6: I would like to remind you to check your children's use of Google Classroom, and the Google apps that are used in the school. These are for school work only, not for creating any social documents to share between children. The learners have received the above message clearly today at school. We kindly ask you to reinforce this message at home. Through cooperation with parents we are confident that we will be able to keep our learners safe online. • Evening of live entertainment • Newsletter 22/1/26 • Lockdown Drill Notification • The School Council are organising a non uniform day on Friday 30th of January to support a local charity, Rupert's Rainbow. See the attachment from the School Council for more information. • Year 5 and 6: We will be holding an open afternoon on Thursday afternoon, February 12th, where the children will be showcasing some of their work from our topic, 'The Sixties', and performing some songs and a 60's dance they've been learning. The open afternoon will start at 2pm. The children can come to school that day in sixties themed clothes, or otherwise, their own clothes. • Here is information for the year 6 trip to Cardiff in order to film the Tekkers programme. • Welcome to the DLL Swim Academy! Our swimming programme just got a brand new look for 2026! • Information - Ruthin Urdd Football Camp • Information - Primary Netball Camp • Information - Mini Netball Camp • Sports Day 2026 • Year 1 and 2: A trip to town. Year will be 1 and 2 go to town on Thursday, January 29th. We will go to the Post Office to buy a stamp and post a letter and we will also go to the charity shop to buy an item. We kindly ask if each child could bring £2 in a purse or wallet that day. We will go in this order... Thursday Morning - Dosbarth Clychau'r gog and Dosbarth Saffrwn. Thursday afternoon- Dosbarth Cennin Pedr. • Importance of Attendance • Cyw Magazine • Road Safety Questionnaire Findings • ESTYN School Inspection Notification • Key Term Dates • PTA Bingo 27/03/2025 • School Essentials Grant • Information about how to compete in the Urdd Eisteddfod this year (including closing dates for registering your child), eisteddfod dates, a list of items we will be teaching in school • Timetable for the Urdd National Eisteddfod in Anglesey during the May half term. • Urdd Netball Year 1-3 • Clubs January - February 2026 - register • Year 5 and 6 - term letter • Newsletter 9/1/26 • Urdd Competition and Registration details • Urdd Syllabus 2026 • Urdd Competition Programme 2026 • Weather Warning Update 8.1.26 • We would like to remind you about the Book Quiz competition. Attached is the letter with further details that was sent to you in December. If your child wishes to take part, please complete the questionnaire below before the end of the week. Cwis Llyfrau Blwyddyn 3 a 4 – Fill in form Important: To take part in the Book Quiz, your child must have read the book 20 o Bobl Liwgar Cymru. • Letter Year 3 and 4 • Newsletter 7/1/2026 • Adverse weather Arrangements 5/1/26 • Urdd After School Club Year 3 and 4 • Newsletter 19/12/25 • Tekkers Letter • 11/12/25 Newsletter • As you know, a Road Safety Working Group has been established between Ysgol Pen Barras, Ysgol Stryd y Rhos and Ysgol Borthyn. This is a community collaboration for the benefit of the safety of all our school communities. For this purpose, the Working Group is very eager to hear parents’ views on aspects relating to road safety. This is an opportunity for parents to express their opinions on school arrangements connected with road safety. We would be very grateful for your input. The following questionnaire will remain open until January 5th, 2026. Thank you in advance for your responses. • 5/12/25 Newsletter • Urdd letter • Year 3 and 4 - Book Quiz • Ruthin Inset Day Camp • Year 5 and 6 - Book Quiz • Years 1 & 2 - Filming with 'Gareth yr Orangutang' • Newsletter 28/11/25 • Please see attached letter about Road Safety and about the latest developments regarding our Road Safety Initiative together with Ysgol Stryd y Rhos and Ysgol Borthyn. In terms of parking, please see below illustration of one specific area of concerns where cars are parking and blocking vehicles from exiting. (on the double yellow lines on the corner whilst exiting- not the car which is parked correctly). Parents will have an opportunity soon to share their views in a joint collaboration road safety questionnaire on behalf of the 3 schools very soon. We hope you will be able to contribute your views to help us. • Infection Control Guidance • Exclusion period for common infections 2025 • Congratulations to our school choir for being shortlisted as one of eight finalists in this year's Carol yr Wyl competition. The songs will be shown on the program Prynhawn Da between 2:00pm and 3:00pm over the coming weeks. Here is the schedule: Wednesday 10/12 – Ysgol Pen Barras (between 2:00pm and 3:00pm) • Plas Menai Trip June 2026 • Injectable Flu Vaccine • Newsletter 21/11/25 • Wear your own clothes day • After-School Arrangements: For those children who usually walk home from school independently (Year 5 and 6 pupils- with written permission): if your child is staying after school for any club – e.g. Choir, which finishes at 4.00pm – a parent/guardian MUST collect them from the reception area, or arrangements must be in place for them to attend an after- school club. Children are not permitted to walk home independently after a club. The permission for Year 5 and 6 pupils to walk home from school (with prior consent) only applies at the end of the normal school day, at 3.15pm. At this time of year, it gets dark very quickly. A number of parents have contacted school to say that they have not received the link here for the Year 3 and 4 clubs on a Thursday afterschool. This is a great annual fundraising activity by the Parent and Teacher Association – thank you for your support. • Glanllyn Christmas Fun • 18/11/25 School Dinner • Newsletter 14/11/25 • Attendance Update 14/11/25 • Pupils use of the internet • Children in Need • Year 4 - GUIDE UK Pilot Study • Cylch Meithrin Christmas Fair • Newsletter 7/11/25 • Year 5 and 6 Letter to Parents • Myddelton College Table Tennis Club • Urdd Netball Year 1-3 • Newsletter 24/10/25 • Clubs Timetable • Newsletter 23/10/25 • Cross Country Newtown • Parents Evenings November 2025 • Newsletter 17/10/25 • Newsletter 9/10/25 • Urdd - Football Yr. 3-6 • Urdd - Netball Yr. 4-6 • Urdd - Netball - Reception, Yr. 1, 2 a 3 • Governors Report 2024/25 • Newsletter 3/10/25 • 26/09/25 Newsletter • Newsletter 19/9/25 • Letter - Head Lice • Head Lice fact sheet • Minor Ailments Service • Letter from Mr Geraint Davies, Head of Education for Denbighshire County Council • Newsletter 5/9/25 • Welcome to Under 5’s unit • Welcome to Year 5 and 6 • Welcome to Year 3 and 4 • Joining the Urdd • Important Dates 2025/26 • Newsletter 3/9/2025 • If you would like your child to walk home at the end of the day we must receive permission via the Forms link here. This includes walking to the school car park or the football car park. • Letter from Geraint Davies Head of Education • Prospectus 2025/26 • Attendance Letter 3/7/25 • Classes Structure 2025-26