Spring Term 2025
When I look back at each term and as one of the Senior Leaders within our school, I am always proud of the hard work and commitment shown by our whole community to make Libanus Primary a place where our children can soar. From volunteers supporting our children with reading, pupils keeping our school environment clean with litter picks, staff organising experiences inside and outside of school, such as trips to We the Curious, to the management team enhancing their knowledge and skills to continue to develop the school, this term has been no exception. As always, I am blown away by the commitment from all and am sure our recent inspection visit from Estyn will reflect the wonderful community we have all created.
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Reporting to the Governor's
Spring Term began with our Head Pupils reporting to the Governors about the results of the pupil survey that had been conducted in the Autumn Term, The Head Pupils had analysed the data, had drawn up some targets, and had set actions for them to work on throughout the year. The Governors stated the children spoke with confidence and were wonderful representatives of our school Da iawn a diolch!
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Introduction from the Chair of Govenors
Hello, my name is Rebecca Jenkins and I have been on the board of Governors for Libanus Primary School for nearly thirteen years. I am thrilled to have been recently re-elected and I am entering my third year as Chair of the Governing Body.
I am a parent of three children, two daughters who have now left Libanus and a son who is in Year 4, I feel extremely proud to say that my children have all attended the school. I am very grateful for all the hard work and dedication shown to them by all of the staff over the years to help them succeed and to continue to succeed. I knew the first day my eldest daughter started nursery in 2012, I wanted a role within the school and to be part of its wonderful ethos, the best way for me to do that was to become a governor.
In my professional life I am a teacher of ICT and Computer Science and a newly appointed Progress Manager at Blackwood Comprehensive School. I have always had a passion for education and being a governor at Libanus has allowed me to take an active role in the decision making process not only for my own children but for others within our community.
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St David's Day.
Our pupils once again, impressed us with their confidence to perform a variety of pieces in front of their peers, in class and on stage, during this years Eisteddfod celebrations. Our welsh language and culture was definitely embraced by all Libanusians. Well done to all involved, children, staff and families. This year also saw the introduction of the 'Open mic ' competition where children in Years 3 to 6 could sing and piece of music as a solo, duet or group. We were blown away by the amount of children who entered
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We also welcomed our friends from ASDA into school during our Eisteddfod week, who brought a variety of Welsh food for our Year 1 and 2 children to taste. The children loved this new experience.
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Crucial
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Supporting our pupils to be informed and responsible citizens we take our Year 6 pupils to the annual Crucial Crew event in Blackwood Rugby Club. This event helps raise the awareness of road safety such as use of seatbelts, the dangers associated with poor hygiene and cyber bullying. The RNLI also discussed water safety and the Fire Service explored fire safety, both inside and outside of the house As a result of attending, pupils are more confident and in a better position to make safer choices when confronted with these dangers.
World Book Day
We celebrated World Book Day and it was a huge success Pupils were invited into school in their pyjamas with their favourite cuddly toy and book, took part in shared reading, book quizzes and were asked to guess the Masked Reader Thank you for organising Mrs Crandon and Reading Champions!
Although World Book day only happens once a year, at Libanus, classes who achieve the highest attendance each week win the opportunity to have an end of day story read to their class by Mrs Williams or the opportunity to donate it to another class. Here we can see Nursery enjoying a story from Mrs Williams.
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Internet Safety Day
Our wonderful Digi Leaders and friends have yet again, raised awareness of internet safety with a whole school assembly and a family and community engagement session. Thank you to all of our pupils and staff who helped run the sessions and families for coming into school to make it such a success.
HEDDLU BACH
Heddlu Bach members have been working hard at playtimes engaging our children to play organised games. It has been a joy to watch. Thank you!
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Jeanette and her dedicated Kerbcraft team have been hard at work again this year teaching all of our Year 2 pupils invaluable road safety skills. All Year 2 pupils passed their training and have taken home certificates along with high visibility bags Well done to all involved
The NHS Design to Smile scheme has also been running again this year, ensuring our younger pupils develop healthy toothbrushing habits in order to live healthy and happy lives.
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Easter Celebrations
Easter celebrations began with a wonderfully attended Easter bonnet parade in the back yard, Thank you to our families for creating such splendid bonnets/hats, and for joining in the celebrations.
Also, a big DIOLCH to our Friends of Libanus Primary School (FOLPS) for supplying Easter treats for our pupils to enjoy on the last day of term. Some classes even held an Easter treasure hunt using these treats.
We were thrilled to have had a visit from Rev Sue and our friends from Elim Church again this Easter. They helped us learn about the true meaning of the Christian festival through puppetry, laughter and song. In addition, all children performed a song, poem or dance as part of their class celebrations. As Rev Sue sets off for retirement we would like to say a big thank you for helping us learn and celebrate key events over the last few years
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Sports
Our Libanus sports teams have been training hard and out competing again this term.
Congratulations to our netball team for coming second in this years tournaments and a big well done to our athletics team for coming first. We are proud of all pupils involved. ��
Professional Development
Learning is for all, and Mrs Williams has been busy leading the way, learning with the National Academy for Educational Leadership having participated in her third learning experience with the Cohort
Meanwhile, Mrs Richards has engaged with Estyn and has taken some very tricky assessments to become an Estyn Inspector . We are all very proud of you for passing the course.
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Terrific trips
Staff have been busy organising and taking pupils on a variety of trips this term. From visiting our local library, learning about the welsh culture and history in St Fagans and Cardiff Castle, to exploring all things science related at We the Curious. Our Year 3 pupils even experienced their first residential at the Urdd in Cardiff Bay. Thank you to all of our teachers, teaching assistants and lunchtime supervisors who make these trips happen. Giving up your free time to plan, organise and take our Libanusians out of school to have these learning experiences is greatly appreciated.
Authentic Experiences
Our wonderful friend, Kat Watkins from Disability Wales, came to speak with our Year 5 and 6 pupils in January to launch the new learning theme of how technology can positively impact our daily life Kat answered pupil questions, showed us her electric chair and her adapted car. As a result of her visit, pupils were eager to learn about electricity, design and build prototypes to enhance our learning environment for all abilities .
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Nursery News…
We have had a wonderful term in nursery, January risers have settled in to school life wonderfully, and we ' re looking forward to our newest members of nursery starting in the Summer term It's always a joy meeting new pupils and their families.
I would also like to say a huge THANK YOU to one of our parents who has given us £500, through their work (Admiral), and as a result, we will be buying some new bikes and scooters to get little bodies active
Roots of Empathy
Congratulations!
We would like to give a big shout out to our lovely Miss Jeffries who has recently passed her driving test. llongyfarchiadau!
Mrs Jones and Dosbarth Hawthorn have been continuing to enjoy learning about human development through the Roots of Empathy program The programs ' mission is to build caring, peaceful, and civil societies through the development of empathy in children and adults. Thank you to Baby D and Mum for helping our children develop these positive qualities During our recent Estyn visit, the inspectors couldn't resist a visit to see the littlest member of our Libanus family, One of the inspectors even mentioned how they felt 'full of joy' after dropping in on the session…and we can all see why