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RUSKIN AVENUE, ROGERSTONE, NEWPORT NP10 0AB
e.mail: mountpleasant.primary@newportschools.wales
Tel: 01633 839912
Friday 23rd May 2025
Dydd Gwener, Mai 23rd 2025
Dates for the Diary
Monday 26th May - Friday 30th - May half term
Monday 2nd June - Pupils return to school
Monday 2nd June - Animals Interactive to visit Year 1
Monday 2nd June - Estyn Inspection visit to begin. Parents Meeting @3.30pm 2.06.2025
Tuesday 3rd June - Year 3 trip to Caerleon Roman Museum
Tuesday 3rd June - After School Clubs to continue
Wednesday 4th June - ICE Wales/Bethesda Assembly
Friday 20th June - Whole School Sports Day
Thursday 3rd July - Music Extravaganza 4.30 pm
Friday 11th July - Whole School Booknic 2:30 pm
Thursday 17th July - Year 6 Leavers Concert 1:30 pm
Happy Half Term MPPS!
Wishing you all a very happy and healthy half term with your families and friends. I hope you get some time to take a break and enjoy some sunshine. We are looking forward to returning to school on Monday 2nd June 2025 ready for a very exciting week in school. Remember your smart uniform and your sun hats if it's warm weather. Please remember to bring your water bottle to school every day. (Make sure it's clearly labelled too!)
Happy half term everyone from the MPPS Family!
Dynamo
Huge thanks to you all for supporting our Dynamo event this Friday. We are so proud of our pupils, they've managed to create their own business, planned, made and costed the materials needed to made their produce, as well as looking at profit and loss. The advisements they've created have been outstanding. Well done MPPS! Keep looking out for our newsletter for an update who made the most profit this year!
A Message from our ECO Committee
World Bee Day 20th May 2025
School was busy on Tuesday 20th celebrating World Bee Day. Activities took place in Nursery. Not only did they work on their Busy Bee pebbles for Dynamo, they also made fabulous headwear and buzzed around the school reminding the older children about the day. The Eco Committee made sure we keep the busy bees our friend by planting up the raised beds and then making sure the border to forest school was protected so they can enjoy the ivy and brambles. Nature club planted up some wild flower containers for a display on the upper school balcony and made lots of bee baths and placed them around the school. Art club also did some honeycomb art. We topped it all off with fabulous bee posters created by year 1 that are reminding everyone that we are a Bee Friendly school! Well done for being Busy Bees team MPPS!!
Click on the link for The Wildlife Trust to see what you can do to help and support.
Click on this link to help you identify bees and their jobs.
✨🏃♀️➡️ Sports Day is on Friday 20th June 🏃✨
Timings for Sports Day will be as follows;
Reception - Year 2 - 9:30-10:30 am
AM Nursery - 10:45-11:15 am
Year 3 - Year 6 - 1:15-2:30 pm
PM Nursery - 2:45-3:15 pm
Thank you all, we can't wait to get race ready! ✨
National Numeracy Day Wednesday 21st May
Dynamo week has linked so nicely with National Numeracy Day this year. The pupils have been developing their entrepreneurial skills including calculating costs, counting money and working out profit and loss. In addition to this, they've been improving their data handling skills to prepare surveys to generate frequency tables and a variety of graphs to reflect their findings. We've certainly had a week of 'Marvellous Maths!'
Sun Protection
Now the Summer Term has started, I wanted to remind you of the importance of pupils wearing sunscreen to school. The sun's rays are particularly strong over the summer period and they can damage children's skin. Your child's health and well-being are very important to us. Please apply sunscreen (at least SPF 30) and 4 or 5 stars sunscreen in the Summer months. Encourage your child to wear a wide brimmed bucket hat or legionnaire style hat. School will continue to monitor time spent learning in the outdoors and encourage use of shady areas where possible. You can find out more information about keeping safe in the sun at www.cancerresearchuk.org .
Your support is very important. You can help us by:
Talking to your child about the importance of sun protection at home.
Sending your child to school with a wide-brimmed hat.
Providing plenty of water in a clearly labelled water bottle.
Thank you
Keeping Learners Safe
Click on the link to access information on how we keep our pupils safe. Find out what safeguarding is all about and what the Framework for Safeguarding in Wales looks like. Our Child Protection/Safeguarding Policy is available on our school website. Click the link to access this document. Child Protection/Safeguarding Policy MPPS
Internet Safety Information for Parents
Click on the links below to find out about how to keep your child safe on-line.
Please find additional information below from the charity 'Care for the Family' regarding internet safety and resources from HWB.
Click the link to access a leaflet for parents on raising children in a digital age (download available here:
School Attendance
Remember not to take holidays in term time. Poor attendance can significantly impact on the well-being and academic attainment of your child. Our attendance target is 96% for the whole school. Please see chart which demonstrates the effects of good and poor attendance. Our current whole school attendance is 94.8%. If your child is unwell please contact the school office.
Brawddegau Bendigedig Bryn Hyfryd
Hanner Tymor Hapus! Happy Half Term!
When we come back, it would be lovely to hear the chldren asking each other...
Beth wnest ti dros y gwyliau?
What did you do over the holidays?
The answer could begin with...
Chwaraeais i...
I played...
Gwelais i...
I saw...
Es i i.....
I went to...
It really doesn't matter if they can't reply in Welsh for the whole of the sentence, but using these starters would be great!
Cadwch yn ddiogel, a mwynhewch yr wythnos!
MPPS Podcast
The digital leaders have been hard at work creating their next MPPS podcast. Give it a listen and hear what is happening around school and whether you can do the challenge for the next show. Well done to our digital leaders!
The School Essentials Grant
The school essentials grant, funded by the Welsh Government funds free school meals and equipment for children with families on low incomes. All primary school pupils in Newport receive free school meals through the Universal Free School meals.
If your child is in primary school and receiving universal free school meals and you have a low household income (click on the link to see if you are eligible https://www.newport.gov.uk/schools-and-learning/school-meals/free-school-meals ), you should still complete an application form for free school meals.
You may be entitled to further support and your school may also receive additional funding. To receive the school essentials grant support, you have to apply. Click here to access Free School Meals form 2024-25
The grant can help fund:
school uniform (including coats and shoes)
school sports kit
uniform for activities such as, scouts; guides; cadets; sports; performing arts
school equipment (school bags and stationery)
laptops or tablets
equipment for out of school trips such as outdoor learning (waterproofs)
If you require any further information please contact freeschoolmeals@newport.gov.uk
Chartwells Menu Spring/Summer 2025
Click on the link below to access the Chartwells Menu for Spring/Summer 2025. Remember to book your child's school dinner on a Sunday prior to pupils returning to school on a Monday.
Preparing a Healthy Lunchbox tips!
Click on the link below to access top tips on preparing a healthy lunchbox for your child.
https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2019-02/healthy-lunchboxes-leaflet.pdf
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