Keep up to date with all of our activities and events.

• Emergency procedures

  Mon 29 Apr 2024 HO'G

  Dear parents/carers –
  
  I am sure you will have heard of the shocking event that occurred in a Carmarthenshire school last week. We felt it important to reassure you that we have an appropriate lockdown policy and processes in place to keep our learners and staff safe in the highly unlikely event of an emergency. These processes are rehearsed at least annually to ensure that our arrangements are effective. Please be reassured that your child’s health and safety is our absolute priority.
  With this in mind we will revisit this procedure in the next few weeks with the children. This will be done sensitively and in a way that does not upset children. It will be conducted in a similar way as our regular fire drills.
  
  Thank you for your continued support.

• National Eisteddfod

  Thu 25 Apr 2024 HO'G

  Dear Parents/Guardians,

  In March 2024, Welsh Government announced £350,000 of funding to be provided to the National Eisteddfod to enable eligible families from lower income households to attend the festival in Rhondda Cynon Taf. This means that free admission tickets and food vouchers will be available for up to 18,400 eligible local people when the National Eisteddfod visits Ynysangharad War Memorial Park, Pontypridd, from 3 rd -10th August 2024. The National Eisteddfod is the largest cultural festival in Europe, held in a different part of Wales every year. You can find out further information about the Eisteddfod and what to expect by visiting www.eisteddfod.cymru. For those families interested in applying for a free admission ticket and food voucher, priority will be given to: • Families that have pupils aged 6-16 that are eligible for a free school meal as detailed on the RCT website – www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Resident/SchoolsandLearning/FreeSchoolmealsApplyfor freeschoolmeals.aspx (Please note that anyone aged 5 and below, before 11th August 2024, will already be allowed to gain access to the National Eisteddfod for free). • Families residing in the highest areas of deprivation as identified by the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) (https://www.gov.wales/welsh-indexmultiple-deprivation-2019-analysis-relating-areas-deep-rooted-deprivation). To register your interest please complete this simple online form – www.rctcbc.gov.uk/RCTEisteddfodFamilyTicket.

  Closing date to register your interest is Friday 24th May 2024. Should you have any questions or would like assistance completing the form, please email Eisteddfod2024@rctcbc.gov.uk. NOTE: By completing the form, it is no guarantee that you will receive a free admission ticket and food voucher. If you are successful, you will hear from the Eisteddfod by the end of July. Yours sincerely, Gaynor Davies Director of Education and

• SCHOOL MEAL PRICE INCREASE

  Mon 18 Mar 2024 Gail Hughes

  Please see below information on the price increase of School Meals

  Meals will now cost £2.85 daily (£14.25 weekly)

  This will take effect after the Easter Holidays

  Many thanks

  

• Free School Meal Information

  Mon 04 Mar 2024 Gail Hughes
  

• Talk Learn Do

  Mon 19 Feb 2024 HO'G
  

• Family Sports Sessions

  Tue 30 Jan 2024 Gail Hughes
  

• Half Term Events - February 2024

  Thu 25 Jan 2024 Gail Hughes
  

• Transport Consultation.

  Mon 22 Jan 2024 HO'G

  As you are aware the Council agreed to carry out a consultation to review its current Home to School Transport provision for children and young people in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The proposal sets out a new Home to School Transport Policy, which maintains certain discretionary transport provision and provide mainstream English, Welsh and Faith primary school, secondary school and college transport in line with relevant statutory distance criteria. Any new policy would be implemented from the start of the 2025/2026 academic year.

   

   

   

  The consultation originally ran from 27^th November 2023 until 5pm 8^th January 2024.

   

   

  The Council recognises the significance of the proposal for pupils who use and will use home to school transport now or in the future, and the extended consultation provides a further opportunity for those potentially impacted to take part in the consultation. The Council has therefore taken the decision to extend the consultation for a further three week period running from Thursday 18^th January 2024 until 5pm Thursday 8^th February 2024.

   

   

  The details of the proposal and the opportunity to respond to the consultation can be found at: Consultation on the Council's Home to School Transport Policy | Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (rctcbc.gov.uk)

  
  There is no need for anyone who has previously taken part in this consultation to submit a further response unless they wish to do so.

   

   

  Kind Regards

   

  Stephen Williams

  Director for Highways, Streetcare and Transportation Services

   

• Shine Support at Pengeulan Primary

  Tue 16 Jan 2024 HO'G

  The SHINE team work in partnership with schools, partners and stakeholders to embed a whole school approach to emotional and mental health. We offer support, training and psycho-education for teachers and parents. 

  Alongside this we offer individual and group interventions for pupils following advice and consultation. We also signpost to third sectors for support. 

   

  We are fortunate to begin this on Tuesday 23rd of January. 

  Follow the link for more information.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AChXAlvFteI

   

   

• Flu Vaccine

  Wed 20 Dec 2023 Gail Hughes