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the St. Michael’s Preparatory

Newsletter A word from our

Head Boy & Head Girl

Prefects

School Council

William Morgan, Emily Locking, Miah Morris and

Declan Vranjes-Thomas

Aryan Chaudhry &

Amna Khawaja

Pupils in the school have been

busy this term and have

enjoyed speaking on Radio

Tircoed. We have a new

headmaster, Mr. Millington

who plays the guitar well. We

enjoyed listening to him play in

assembly. There is a new

behaviour scheme which each

class is enjoying as pupils are

rewarded for good behaviour.

We are both proud to have

been chosen to represent the

school as Head Boy and Head

Girl. We’d like to wish the new

Head Boy & Girl our best

wishes for the next term.

The school council is looking forward to putting their

plans into action next half term developing the outdoor

environment. They are going to consider ways in which to

make our school "greener" and "Eco friendly".

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Preparatory Events

St. David’s Day

Comic Relief

Open Day

St. Michael’s School opened its doors in

February to welcome new and existing

families to view the learning in the

classes. Feedback from parents was

exceptional and I’d like to extend my

thanks to those parents who attended.

Our doors are always open and our next

Open Day event takes place in May.

Please come along if you can.

St David’s Day was

celebrated in style on

1st March. Classes had

in house competitions

throughout the day

and parents of

Pre-Prep 1 & 2 were

invited to watch pupils

folk dancing at the

ELC. My thanks go to

the PE staff for all

their hard work in

preparing the pupils

for this

event.

Pupils from the Preparatory School pulled

out all the stops on Friday 13th March in aid

of Comic Relief. The children wore a funny

face for money and we even has a St.

Michael’s School Bake Off. Congratulations

to Vindya Prabhu and Katie Hanson for

winning joint 1st prize.

Many thanks to all who supported by

wearing non-uniform, dressing up, making a

funny face, cake baking, cake sales and

various games. In total, £619.16 was raised

in the Prep School alone.

Pupils raised £72 for the British Heart

Foundation by holding a non-uniform day.

British Heart Foundation

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Celebrating Good Behaviour

Celebrating Diverse Faiths

Pupils in the Preparatory

School have shared their

knowledge of faiths during

assembly time this term. It has

been a great opportunity for

public speaking as well as

developing an ethos of respect

and tolerance within the

department. Many thanks to all

the pupils who volunteered to

prepare information. They have

been a pleasure to listen to.

Solar Eclipse

During National Science and Engineering Week,

we were extremely lucky to experience the

solar eclipse via a web link. It was a rare event

and we won’t see a total eclipse again until

2090!

Next term, pupils will see the return of ‘Student

of the Week’ award; one pupil from each Key

Stage will receive this award and be given a

badge to wear for the week. Class rewards will

also be given once pupils fill their jars with

marbles or balls. Which class will be the first to

receive their treat?

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Around the classes

Nursery & Reception

Pre-Prep 1

Pre-Prep 2

Prep 1

It has been another very busy term in the

Nursery and Reception Class where we have

been learning all about 'Castles.' We have had

a lot of fun building and creating castles out

of a wide range of materials - even sugar

cubes! And the highlight of our theme was a

wonderful day at Cardiff Castle.

It’s been another exciting term in Pre-Prep 1

and the children have been busy learning all

about Materials. They have thoroughly enjoyed

exploring the school to find magnetic objects

and testing different materials to see if they

were waterproof. The highlight of our term

was our fantastic day in Techniquest where

they had the opportunity to do lots of

experimenting!

Pre-Prep 2 have had a busy term learning

all about forces and materials, Florence

Nightingale and the country of Mexico.

We have been exploring ‘Purple mash’ on

the computers and we have visited

Techniquest to participate in a Maths

problem-solving workshop. The children

have also thoroughly enjoyed designing

and making their own hand puppets.

The children in Prep 1 entered the mythical

world of monsters and beasts. They designed

several monsters. They had lots of

opportunities to make their monsters come to

life: writing stories, cutting, sewing and even making pneumatic moving monsters!

Another, highlight of the term was the children

learning Welsh songs and performed in the school’s mini Eisteddfod.

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Around the classes

Prep 2

Prep 3

Prep 4

Prep 3 have had a busy term learning a

new geography topic - The United

Kingdom. We have looked at capital

cities, mountains and hills, coastlines,

rivers, counties, towns & cities and

famous landmarks. We even had a

digital tour to explore all regions of

our beautiful country.

Prep 2 have had a lovely term and particularly

enjoyed learning about King Henry VIII and his

6 wives. They took a step back to the Stuart

period during their visit to Llancaiach Fawr and

were impressed with the helpers who stayed in

character for the whole day. As well as King

Henry they have also enjoyed travelling the

world during Geography and learning about the

Continents and their features. We look forward

to being transported back to the 70’s next term.

Prep 4 have spent the last week of term at

Morfa Bay in Pendine, West Wales. Whilst

studying the coast as part of the Geography

curriculum, pupils have also had the opportunity

to experience activities such as: mountain biking,

archery, WWI trenches, hiking and so much

more.

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PTA

The PTA held a ‘Boden’ clothing party at the ELC. All commission earned will be used to

fund many fun items the school & pupils need. Members of the PTA work extremely

hard to raise much-needed funds and I am always very grateful for their help, support

and dedication. If you are able to give of your time, please come along to the next

meeting. Dates can be found on the school website. www.stmikes.co.uk

As always, the Easter

Disco proved most

popular with the children

enjoying an evening of

dancing, socialising and

many competitions. My

extended thanks go to

Mr. Davey for helping to

organise and coordinate

this PTA annual event.

Easter Bonnet Parade

Egg Decorating

As part of our Easter celebrations, pupils at the ELC

were invited to create an Easter bonnet. Thank you to

everyone who participated. As a treat, an Easter

Treasure hunt was arranged. Prizes were awarded to:

Daniel Gover, Ewan Edwards, Rayaan Naveed & Ashwin

Yoganathan. Pupils in the Prep decorated eggs as

part of our Easter celebrations. 1st

prizes were awarded to: Grace Croxall,

Steffan Urquhart and Areeba Naveed.

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Dates for Diaries

Dates for Diaries Monday 13th April Start of Summer Term

Thursday 16th April Netball Festival

Monday 20th April Visit from PC Sharon

Monday 20th – 24th April Prep 3 residential trip to Manor Adventure

Tuesday 21st April ELC visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales

Friday 24th April Prep 1 & 2 visit the National Botanic Garden of Wales

Monday 4th May Bank Holiday (May Day) School closed

Monday 11th – Friday 15th May Travelling Book Fair

Tuesday 12th – 15th May Prep School Photographs

Tuesday 19th & Thursday 21st May Prep Parents’ Evenings

Monday 25th May – Friday 29th May Half Term

Wednesday 3rd June ELC & Prep sports day @ Parc y Scarlets ‘Barn’

8th – 15th June Prep Examinations

Date to be confirmed Prep School show

Friday 3rd July Prep 4 graduation disco

Monday 6th July Prep end of year trip

Wednesday 8th July End of summer term

Twitter & Facebook

Save the Date!

We now have a School Twitter and Facebook

page. Please follow us, if you have not already

done so.

Stmikesschool@stmikes

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Sporting Events

Prep 1 and 2 girls took part in a football festival on Friday March 20th, which was

organised by Fifa. All pupils had a fantastic day filled with, dance, football skills,

face paints and mini games throughout the day.

Many pupils from the Preparatory School

participated in Carmarthenshire Cross

Country racing. Well done to all who took

part and congratulations to Caleb Hughes

Prep 4 who came 3rd in his heat. Caleb also

plays for Carmarthenshire Schools under

11s football squad.

Netball

The Prep 3 and 4 netball girls took part

in the Llanelli netball tournament on

Thursday the 19th of March - the girls

played outstanding games, beating some

of the toughest schools across Llanelli.

Cross Country

Aditya Santhosh Prep 3 has been

selected to represent Llanelli and

district under 11s football squad.

Congratulations Adi!

Members of Prep 1 & 2 took part in a

mini decathlon at the end of this term

at Llanelli Leisure Centre.

Mini Decathlon Football

St. Michael’s School

Bryn

Llanelli

Carmarthenshire

SA14 9TU

01554 820325

office@stmikes.co.uk

www.stmikes.co.uk

Out of School Club

House Points

Contact us!

This term we have been enjoying an Arts and Crafts

term where we have been having lots of fun making

puppets, masks and various different animals using

pompoms.

Opening Hours

Monday – Friday mornings: 8.00 a.m. – 8.45 a.m.

Monday – Thursday evenings: 3.30 p.m. – 5.30 p.m.

Friday evening: 3.30 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

Tel: 07949398665

Best Boy & Best Girl

This term’s winning House goes

to Penderi for attaining the

most House Points. Well done to

everyone in Penderi House.

For the most individual House Points:

‘Best Boy’ is awarded to Ayaan Sheikh PP1

and Shay Graham P3

‘Best Girl’ is awarded to Aimee Banner PP1

and Miah Morris P4

Pupils attaining 100% attendance this term:

Nur/Rec P2

Ashwin Yoganathan Hannah Hopkins

Jasmin Yoganathan Rory Blyth

Vismith Prabhu Jonathan Onions

PP1 P3

Ayaan Sheikh Vindya Prabhu

Sulaiman Khawaja Joshua Hanson

Katie Hanson

PP2 Jack McCallion

Megan Hopkins P4

Emily Wyatt Declan Vranjes-Thomas

Sophie Locking Monisha Premkumar

P1 Amna Khawaja

Hamza Khawaja Rianna Evans

James Lester Lia Downes

Zack Hughes Harvey Davies

Joshua Evans Jack Cummine

Aryan Chaudhry