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School Term Dates
School Term Dates
The school term dates are as follows below. As per school policy if you are considering removing your child from school during term, please fill out a holiday form. These are available on request from the main reception. Holidays during term time are discouraged and are granted at the discretion of the headteacher usually under special circumstances only.
2025 to 2026
2025 to 2026
Future Term Dates can be found on the BCBC website here: LINK
Staff INSET Dates 2025 - 26
Staff INSET Dates 2025 - 26
INSET training is currently planned for the following dates and are expected to go ahead. Please do not send your child into school on this date as the school is closed to learners. Thank you in advance for your support.
Monday 1st September
Tuesday 2nd September
Friday 21st November
Monday 23rd March
Friday 22nd May
Monday 20th July
The School Day
The School Day
At Cynffig we run a two-week timetable with 5, one-hour lessons. Having a two week timetable means that lessons during one week could be different from lessons the following week.
8:30-8:45am - Pupils arrive on site
8:50am - Challenge Time (Morning Registration)
9:10am - Lesson 1
10:10am - Lesson 2
11:10am - Break Time
11:30am - Lesson 3
12:30pm - Lesson 4
1:30pm - Lunch Time
2:10pm - Lesson 5 (Afternoon Registration)
3:10pm - End of Lessons / Start of After School Clubs
What is 'Challenge Time'?
What is 'Challenge Time'?
Challenge time is from 8:50 to 9.10 every day. This is when you meet up with your challenge tutor and your friends who are in the same form as you.
During challenge sessions pupils cover the 'thought for the week', literacy and numeracy, as well as reviewing attendance and monitoring behaviour points
During Challenge time you may also attend assemblies and explore moral, cultural and religious themes or take
We follow a timetable each week where certain activities are done on certain days.
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