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What a busy, wonderful term it has been! There is always so much going on in our fabulous school. Once again our school community has come together for so many events as we all share in the aim of giving our children the best experiences possible to develop all their skills and qualities and give them the roots to grow and wings to fly. Thank you to our children, parents, families, staff, governors and other members of the community for making the Libanus family the best it can be. I am so proud to be your Headteacher. Merry Christmas one and all.
Mrs Williams.
We are the Well-being Warriors
We are the Well-being Warriors Pupils can come and see us if they need help, support or have ideas that can make our school a happy place to learn. This year we will be working with Mrs Curtis to improve our family and community engagement and ensure our classrooms have areas dedicated to our emotional and mental wellbeing needs.
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Reubens' Round Up of the Autmn Term
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valued member of our Well-being Warriors
Alongside our many lunchtime and after school clubs, this term also saw the introduction of a new and exciting club called Mindfulness Pupils have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to take time to slow down, relax and be calm once a week with Mrs Blackwell and Mrs Brayley. What a great addition to our extra curricula clubs.
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Friends of Libanus Primary
As always, our Friends of Libanus Primary School have been working incredibly hard to provide our school with funds and experiences. Thanks to our 38 strong team of volunteers, our pupils have had discos, parties, and the recent festive fete to look forward to. These events don't just happen, and we appreciate all of the work that goes into them
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Charity work
Our community link with Blackwood Asda saw us welcoming Pudsey to school for Children in Need and raising funds for this amazing charity. Thank you to Asda, for coming to say hello and brightening up our spotty day.
Mrs Martin, Mrs Dury and an army of helpers managed to organise all of the kind donations from our community into shoe boxes ready to be delivered to children in need this Christmas.
a big thank you from us to you, for once again, being so very generous. Diolch!
Thank you for giving and purchasing these cakes, we are sure you'll agree, this is a very worthy charity. Macmillan - £358
The term began with our Head Pupils reading their speeches to the school with their suggestions about how to make our school even better than it already is. One suggestion was to support our community So once our Head Pupils were selected they kicked off their duties with a cake sale for their chosen charity, Macmillan, raising a fantastic £358 with the donated cakes.
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year! Having started their local appearances in Blackwood High Street for the Greyhound Rescue charities 10th anniversary celebrations, and singing at the Market Square to mark Remembrance Day, they have now also performed in Newbridge Rugby Club, at Blackwood's Lantern Parade and will be visiting Asda and Highfields Nursing Home before Christmas During their visit to Newbridge, the children, with their splendid voices, helped raise over £1000 for charity We are very proud of you all and would like to thank our families for their continued support
The choir have even more events planned for the spring term…watch this space! Da iawn Mrs Richards and Miss Suter
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Christingle Service
A big thank you goes out to Reverend Sue, from Elim Church in Pontllanfraith, for coming to deliver our Christingle service in school this week. Thank you for teaching us about the christingle and what each of the elements represent.
Iolo Williams
Caerphilly Music Service
On Monday 16th December our school was treated to a festive, musical showcase The Caerphilly Music Service came and played a range of familiar tunes for us to jolly along to, whilst teaching us about the instruments they were playing and discussing the make up of the music We were left feeling informed and full of festive cheer Diolch!
Iolo Williams, the renowned TV presenter and ornithologist, recently visited Libanus Lifestyle Hub.. During his visit, he engaged with local children, answering their questions about his role and emphasizing the importance of nature He encouraged them to develop their own love for the natural world Iolo also introduced us to the work Libanus Lifestyle does and how they help nature and the local community. He expressed enthusiasm about future collaborations for us and the lifestyle centre, stating, "I just find all of this genuinely inspirational. Every time I come here they are adding to it and doing more I love the way everybody is chipping in " Thank you to Libanus lifestyle for the invitation We look forward to collaborating again in the new year.
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Recognising National Days
In Libanus it is important to recognise days that provide our children with a better understanding of the world around them.
This can help them to become positive contributors to society, through developing well rounded values. This term has seen us recognise Show Racism the Red Card day, European day of Languages, Anti-bullying week, Children in Need, Remembrance Day, Rights of the Child's day and Shwmae Su'mae. The children had fun, whilst raising awareness and developing new knowledge. Super!
Sporting Success
All of our Year 3-6 pupils try out for the Caerphilly cross country races, organised by Caerphilly Sports The successful racers attended Blackwood Showfields where they competed against many schools Our team performed excellently and the Year 5/6 boys achieved first place Well done to all involved, we are very proud of your efforts!
Congratulations to our netball team who also competed in their first Caerphilly tournament the results were excellent, and we were so proud of your sportsmanship. Da iawn!
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Blackwood Comprehensive Students
Thank you to Mrs Hickling, the Attendance Officer for Blackwood Comprehensive, for bringing a few of her pupils to support our children with play activities It is always a pleasure to work alongside our cluster schools
We have also welcomed Mrs Davies from Blackwood Comprehensive, who came to school to invite our Year 6 pupils to their open day. Transition meetings have been held and a series of events and activities have been planned ready to transition our pupils from Year 6 to Year 7 over the coming months How exciting!
University Students
We would like to welcome Miss Powell who is a second year university student. Miss Powell has been working hard in Dosbarth Cypress and will be returning in the new year.
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Miss Williams
A big welcome to our newest member of the Libanus team, Miss Williams, who works in the school office as our Administration and Organisation Assistant.
We are so glad you chose Libanus as a place you'd like to work in Croeso!
Sleep Workshop
the Well-being Officer for Coleg
Gwent visited Years 5 and 6 to support our children with their scientific understanding of sleep, why we need it and how we can create healthy sleep habits.
Thank you for putting on such an informative workshop and talking about your career with our pupils. .
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Farewell
It is with a heavy, but incredibly grateful heart that we say goodbye to everyones favourite Crossing Patrol Officer, Malcolm Malcom has kept us safe since 2011 and has made us all smile as we have safely been escorted across Libanus Hill.
We will miss you and wish you all the very best as you venture into retirement. Stay in touch.
Roots of Empathy
After the success of our last Roots of Empathy sessions we are pleased the program has been able to start again this year with our newest and youngest member of Libanus, Baby D.
We are so grateful to her family for allowing our pupils to learn through watching her grow and develop, as learning through real life experiences certainly leave lasting memories.
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Diolch, once again to our super canteen staff for raising funds to light up our Christmas tree this year. The colourful lights bring brightness and cheer to us all as we enter and exit our school each day. What a delight.
Kind Donations
NHS Dental Team
We have continued to work with NHS staff to promote healthy habits amongst our pupils and to maintain good oral hygiene. Children in the lower year groups were given the opportunity to have fluoride varnish administered to their teeth in order to strengthen their teeth and prevent tooth decay Thank you Mrs Williams for helping to organise this
A big thank you to members of our community for donating these hand made nativity figures and stable. The Christmas tree was also gifted by one of our very kind governors. Thank for brightening up our school. It is very much appreciate!
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Young Carers
A few years ago we began to identify our Young Carers and started to educated staff, children and families about the negative and positive impact this may have on our pupils. As a result, we have been able to provide internal and external support. Recently we were thrilled to see one of our Young Carers take up an offer with Caerphilly Young Carers to climb Snowdon He ventured out on this challenge independently, made some lovely friends and completed the hike to the top. We are very proud of your confidence and bravery! Da iawn!
If you feel your child maybe a Young Carer or would like more information about this topic, please contact the school office.
Our local MP and the Speaker of the House of Commons.
Year 5 and 6 pupils have been exploring leadership styles through their World War 2 topic. After a successful application to visit Parliament, Ruth Jones, our local MP, came to school to visit our pupils and also met with the children in her place of work, The Palace of Westminister. One of our pupils in Year 6 was then successful in entering a Christmas card competition run by Ruth Jones which also saw her rerun to school to congratulate William and present him with his card design. There was also a special message from the Speaker of the House of Commons! Wow!
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