Ysgol Gynradd Penygloddfa Penygloddfa Primary School
School Lane, Newtown, Powys SY16 2DF
Over the past week, Blwyddyn pump a chwech have been looking at dissolving and have been investigating which substances are soluble and insoluble. We have had a lot of fun finding this out and we have worked on our measuring, timing and teamwork. Gwaith bendigedig pawb!
On Friday 15th November, the whole school took part in a sponsored run all in the name of raising money for Children in Need and Healthy Schools. The Sports Ambassadors set the school the task of running a combined 1000km. After a long morning’s running from Years 3 and 4 in school and an hour’s running around the running track in Maldwyn Sports centre for the Year 5s and 6s, it was left to the Foundation Phase to spend the afternoon running around the Top Playground.
The great news is that when we added all of our distances together we ran a combined 1028km!! The even better news was that we had a cake stall in school to raise some extra cash for charity and also to reward all of our hard work.
The EVEN better news is that we have so far raised lots of money for Children in Need. The overall total keeps rising as sponsorship money comes in to school. We will let you know an overall total when we get it. Thanks to all of the people who sponsored us and a massive thanks to Freedom Leisure for supporting us in this run. Diolch yn fawr pawb!
Cyn y hanner tymor, coginodd Clwb Cymraeg crempogau a gwnaethon ni frechdanau. Roedden nhw’n flasus iawn! Beth nesaf heno?
Before half term, Clwb Cymraeg cooked pancakes and made sandwiches. They were very tasty! What’s next tonight?
This afternoon, 60 of our children took part in the Newtown area cross country competition alongside children from all of the other Newtown primary schools. Even though it did not rain, the course was very mucky and slippy in places! Everybody ran really well, especially the Year 1 and 2 children who ran in the competition for the very first time. We had some excellent results, including 1st in the Year 1 boys for Matthew, 1st in Year 1 girls for Darcey, 1st in Year 2 girls for Ava, 1st in Year 5 girls for Hannah and 1st in Year 6 boys for Dylan. There were also some very good finishes from the other children. Llongyfarchiadau pawb a pob lwc to those who will be competing in the next round!
Year 5 and 6 have recently been on their residential trip to Broneirion. During the trip they took part in lots of amazing activities. Cawson ni amser bendigedig!! This video that the children made shows you some of the things that they got up to. Keep checking this page as some of their writing will feature on here very soon!
Three boys teams and three girls teams from Ysgol Penygloddfa took part in the Urdd football Maldwyn round at Latham Park today. Lots of teams from the local area were there competing. After 3 hours of matches and some amazing goals, our girls team, Penygloddfa C, made it through to the next round, to be held in January. Everybody had a great day. Llongyfarchiadau pawb!
A big well done to the boys teams from Ysgol Dafydd Llwyd and Ysgol Dyffryn Trannon and the girls team from Ysgol Llanidloes who also made it through. Pob lwc to all in the next round!
Penygloddfa girls ‘C’ team.
Our two girls netball teams recently took part in the Urdd netball competition that we hosted here in Penygloddfa. After a morning full of passing, pivoting and shooting, team Cari made it through to the next round. Da iawn merched!!
Following our recent successful inspection from Estyn, here is our report.
On Thursday 8th June a massive event is taking place in Penygloddfa School… the school election!!
All the children of our school will head to the polling booth and place their cross next to the party that they trust to spend the budget of £250.
Different ‘parties’ from the school such as Papur Newydd Penygloddfa, The School Council and The Eco Council have been busy preparing manifestos, speeches and posters in readiness for the next few weeks where they will all be fighting for votes.
There will be a special assembly taking place where a spokesperson for each group can try their best to sway the voters.
Who will win? Early opinion polls suggest it will be close!!
As it’s that time of year when we are all probably going to start spending more than we would any other time of the year online, we thought we would share this as its a great way we can all raise a little extra for our school whilst doing our online shopping and it doesn’t cost anything extra 
Any questions please get in touch.
Did you know that whenever you buy anything online – from your weekly shop to your annual holiday – you could be collecting free donations for Friends of Penygloddfa School?
There are over 3,000 shops and sites on board ready to make a donation, including Amazon, John Lewis, Aviva, thetrainline and Sainsbury’s – it doesn’t cost you a penny extra!
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3…
1. Head to https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/penygloddfasch/ and join for free.
2. Every time you shop online, go to easyfundraising first to find the site you want and start shopping.
3. After you’ve checked out, that retailer will make a donation to your good cause for no extra cost whatsoever!
There are no catches or hidden charges and Friends of Penygloddfa School will be really grateful for your donations.
Thank you for your support.