High Cross Chronicle
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High Cross Primary School, High Cross Drive, Rogerstone, NP10 9AB
Email: highcross.primary@newportschools.wales
Telephone: 01633 895472
Website: www.highcrossprimary.co.uk Instagram: @highcrossprimary
Friday 12th December 2025
Dydd Gwener 12 Rhagfyr 2025
Value of the Month:
Brawddeg y Pythefnos:
Nadolig Llawen (Merry Christmas) Diolch yn fawr (Thank you very much)
Headgirl & Headboy
Head and Deputy Girls and Boys
It has been another busy two weeks here at High Cross Primary. We helped out at the Christmas plays which were through the roof! Yesterday we went to St. Basils Church for Carols of Candlelight, the choir, Wellbeing Warriors and us. We are so proud of everyone.
A big thank you, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Bye!
Deputy Headgirl & Deputy Headboy
Please continue to check the Chronicle for important information and dates for the diary. Please be aware all dates are subject to change.
WC Monday 15th December 2025 - Class Christmas Parties. Please see the Christmas Planner for specific dates for each class.
Wednesday 17th December - Christmas Dinner Day. Please order as usual via ParentPay.
Friday 19th December 2025 - Break up for Christmas
Monday 5th January 2026 - Return to school for the start of Spring term. After school clubs resume.
Our Family Engagement Planner which we shared with you in the Summer Term, has key dates for the academic year, including our INSET days.
Rapunzel Pantomime
Rapunzel Pantomime
We had the most magical time at the Pantomime - oh yes we did! It was wonderful to go as a whole school. The children and staff had a brilliant time; laughing, singing and dancing all of the way through. There was certainly lots of catchy songs and parts for us to join in. As always the children were an absolute credit to the school. It was the perfect start to December and now this week it is our High Cross children who have taken to the stage in their class Christmas productions.
PTA Hampers
PTA Hampers
The PTA Christmas Hampers were certainly full of lots of fantastics treats to enjoy across the festive season. Thank you High Cross families for your generous donations on our non-uniform day and for purchasing raffle tickets. Thank you to our PTA for organising this wonderful Christmas fundraiser. What a pleasure it was to award one lucky family at each of the concerts. We hope you enjoy them!
Carols by Candlelight
Carols by Candlelight
On Thursday 11th December the School Choir, members of Wellbeing-Warriors and our Heads and Deputies held our annual Carols by Candlelight service at St. Basil's Church, Bassaleg. It was a lovely evening filled with readings, songs and reflections on the real meaning of Christmas. Thanks to all who attended and a HUGE WELL DONE!! to all of the children who took part.
Christmas Concerts
Christmas Concerts
We are incredibly proud of your fantastic children who absolutely shone in their Christmas performances. Singing, dancing, delivering lines and acting - we certainly have a lot of talent here at High Cross Primary School. What a fabulous week it has been watching every class perform for their families. We really appreciate you joining us. Thank you High Cross families for your support with costumes and practising parts at home, we really appreciate it. A big thank you as well to all of our staff for their hard work preparing for the shows and to the PTA selling the raffle. It has certainly been a team effort. We are feeling the festive cheer here at High Cross and hope you ejoyed the performances as much as we did.
Criw Cymraeg
Criw Cymraeg
Shwmae, we are the Criw Cymraeg and we are trying to support children with speaking Welsh. We also trying to familiarise everybody with Welsh in our school and to encourage Welsh in our school. We the Criw Cymraeg have been taking pictures of Welsh on display in our school and we shared it by a assembly so everyone was in the same place to see. We need to be speaking Welsh. Dw i'n hoffi siarad Cymraeg. I like speking Welsh.
SIG - Benthyg
SIG - Benthyg
Benthyg was another great success this year for S.I.G. Lots of people visited and borrowed a Christmas jumper for the festive season. Thank you to everyone who supported us, please enjoy your Christmas jumper and return them washed and ready for the next person in January. Any donations of Christmas jumpers no longer needed would be most welcome in January, any size welcome from children to adult.
Wellbeing Warriors
Wellbeing Warriors
We made posters about Anti-bullying for a competition and we are keeping our fingers crossed that we might win. We enjoyed taking part in our Carols by Candlelight when we read about Christmas in St Basils Church. We are looking forward to the New Year and the launch of our chosen charity. Enjoy Christmas with your friends and family.
Digital Leaders
Digital Leaders
Digital Leaders are preparing for Christmas. We are sharing important information about how to keep safe online and when playing games. Next week we will be going around the school to take even more photographs and vidoes of staff and children enjoying the Christmas celebration at Christmas and will share some of these with you.
Hedllu Bach
Hedllu Bach
Heddlu Bach who are in Year 6 were invited to design Christmas cards for Gwent Police. They had to have something to do with the police on them but the rest was up to us. We all had lots of different ideas which were great. Here are just a few of the fantastic Christmas card designs that we created. We are very proud of how they turned out.
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