As Miss Bodenham has started her maternity leave, I have now officially taken over all of her duties until she returns next summer. I would like to thank all of the children and staff for welcoming me so warmly to Rhydri and I’m looking forward to meeting and working with the whole school community in the coming months.

Mrs Hayhoe will be absent from school from Monday 24^th September as she needs to undergo shoulder surgery. Mrs Powell, who is well-known to the children at Rhydri, will be teaching Bronze Class during her absence. We would like to send our best wishes to Mrs Hayhoe for a speedy recovery.

We would like to congratulate Fynley in Silver Class who successfully climbed Penyfan in the summer, raising significant funds for the school. Fynley was very proud to show all of the children his photographs and medal in assembly last week.

Well done from all of us, Fynley and diolch yn fawr!

A reminder that all dinner money should be sent into school in an envelope with your child’s name clearly marked and the amount enclosed.  We would appreciate this being sent into school on a Monday morning for the week ahead.

For safety reasons, please ensure all grapes brought to school are cut lengthways in half.

Now that Autumn has arrived, children are reminded to bring coats to school every day as the weather can be unpredictable.

We are in the process of finalising our staff training dates for the year ahead. Please find the confirmed dates below. School will be closed to pupils on these days.

INSET DAY 1: Monday 3^rd September 2018 (taken)

INSET DAY 2: Friday 26^th October 2018

INSET DAY 3: Monday 7^th January 2019

INSET DAY 4: To be confirmed

INSET DAY 5: Monday 22^nd July 2019