Congratulations to the Netball Team

Huge congratulations to the netball team - runners up in the catchment area tournament. Fantastic performances and excellent teamwork. Well done all! We’re immensely proud of your achievement.

Team Wales Weightlifting

The orange class enjoyed a session with Hannah Powell and Christie Williams, Team Wales Weightlifting athletes learning about the preparation and necessary diet requirements when preparing for a competition.

Young Astronauts

The green class has transformed into a spaceship this term. The young astronauts went to the moon in their unique helmets to enjoy a picnic! Learning through experiences at its best!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Thank you to the Chartwells company for sharing the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' with the children of the yellow and green class and giving everyone the opportunity to taste healthy foods.

Farewell to Mrs Llio Tomos

A heartfelt thank you and farewell to Mrs Llio Tomos for her wonderful work at Ysgol Henblas over the past few months. It has been a pleasure working with Mrs Tomos and we will miss her here. All the best for the future and you will always be welcome here.

Outer Area

Huge thanks Premier developments Ltd company for ensuring safe and clean access to the gazebo throughout the year for the children.
In addition, there is now a new play frame on the yard which is hugely popular with all pupils! This is a new and exciting addition to the school and provides a new resource for the pupils during play times

See all of the photos of the Outer Area

Smoothies

The orange and blue class created delicious smoothies using a range of fruit and vegetables. The smoothies were blended not by the power of electricity but using pedal power on a bike! There was a chance for everyone to taste the unique smoothies!

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Swimming Gala

The swimming squad went to the Plas Arthur swimming pool to take part in the swimming gala. Congratulations to everyone for performing so well!

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Farewell Miss Manon Jones

We also thank Miss Manon Jones for her service with the blue class over the last two months. Miss Jones is a student who has enjoyed her time with the older pupils. Good luck to her on her next school experience.

Farewell Mrs Sian Herbert

At the end of the term, it was a strange day for us at Ysgol Henblas - saying goodbye to Mrs Sian Herbert who has been teaching the yellow class since April 2022. It has been a real pleasure to have Mrs Herbert as a member of staff at Ysgol Henblas - the children think the world of her. We wish her every happiness in her new position at Ysgol Waunfawr and she will always be warmly welcomed at Ysgol Henblas.

Instrumental concert

14 pupils have instrumental lessons and at the end of the term they performed in front of their friends in a concert. It's great to see them perform so confidently.

Entrepreneurship group

We congratulate the entrepreneurship group as they got involved with the latest initiative of creating and selling calendars for 2023. This raised £188 - we look forward to seeing more initiatives in 2023!

Christmas fair

Thank you very much to the fantastic committee of the Parents Teacher Association who have organized a successful Christmas Fair this year. It was only two weeks ago that the date of the fair was being arranged, but again in a very short period of time the committee has managed to organize a very special evening. The school was packed, and we managed to raise £825. Thanks to everyone for supporting once again.

Christmas Sweater Day

£115 was collected towards Save the Children as the children and staff dressed festively to support a very special charity.

Open the Book

Thank you to the ‘Agor y Llyfr’ crew for presenting the story of the birth to the whole school. It was great to welcome you back to the school after the pandemic. We look forward to seeing you again in 2023!

Christmas Do!

A group from the school went to Llangristiolus village hall to sing in the ‘Dw Dolig’ event on Saturday December 10th - this was a community event. The hall was packed and there was a wonderful atmosphere.

Urdd Carols Night

Thanks to the choir from Ysgol Henblas who sang 'Eira'n disgyn' in Capel Moreia in a wonderful evening of carol singing organized by the Urdd.

Christmas dinner

Thanks to Auntie Sian and Auntie Tracy for an excellent Christmas dinner this year!

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Father Christmas

A special visitor hovered in a helicopter overhead twice in mid-December - none other than Santa Claus himself with help from the coastguard and the RAF. The children were absolutely delighted! Ho ho ho!

Bike Bling

The school entrance was very festive on the morning of Friday December 16th. There were lots of bikes and scooters decorated with tinsel - thank you to everyone for supporting our healthy travel to school campaign.

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Reverse advent calendar

Rhun ap Iorwerth MP and Councillor Geraint Bebb came to collect all your donations towards the Ynys Mon food bank. Thank you for your generosity.

Christmas concerts

This past week has been a special one at Ysgol Henblas with excellent performances by the children presenting a Christmas service and show. Congratulations to all of them - they deserve huge credit.

See all of the photos from the Christmas concerts

Teams4U

Thank you to everyone for supporting the Christmas box appeal again this year. Your contributions are greatly appreciated.

Football 5 a side

This is the 5 a side football squad that competed in the catchment area tournament. Well done everyone for performing so well with a positive attitude.

School Council

The oldest members of the school council had a wonderful morning with their peers from the catchment area at Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni getting to know each other. This is the start of a specific work programme for the coming year.
In addition, all the members of the Ysgol Henblas Council had an interesting conversation with the members of the governing body discussing their work and their aspirations for the coming year.

Athletics

The senior athletics crew had a good day at Plas Arthur taking part in the regional athletics festival. Congratulations to everyone for performing so well.

Children in Need

Thank you to everyone for raising £192 towards the Children in Need 2022 charity.

Plas Newydd

The orange class had a lovely day at Plas Newydd planting over 800 daffodils. We look forward to seeing them flourishing in the new year.

The World Cup

There was a lot of excitement at Ysgol Henblas throughout November in preparation for the men’s football world cup 2022. The children joined schools all over Wales in the Urdd world cup jamboree. We are also very grateful to Dylan Griffiths who is the BBC Radio Cymru lead football commentator for sending updates from Qatar to the children of Ysgol Henblas. We are very proud of the success of the football team and all the excitement the tournament has brought.

Coding

The blue class pupils had a wonderful day of coding with Robin Williams. They experimented with Scratch, Microbit software and flew a drone around the class! Thanks to Robin for igniting every pupil's enthusiasm.

Urdd drumming session

Osian Rhys Roberts held an excellent drumming session with the Urdd club. Thank you Osian for igniting the pupils!

Girls’ football

Year 1,2 and 3 girls enjoyed a day full of fun at the UEFA Disney Playmaker. Thanks to Mon Actif for arranging.

Thanks to Merfyn Jones

The outside area for the youngest children has been transformed over the past few months. Recently we as a school had to thank Merfyn Jones for his special work in planning and re-creating the area. The children and staff love using the new facilities that are available all year round.

Melin Llynnon

The green class visited the round houses at Melin Llynnon. We had the opportunity to learn how houses were built over 2000 years ago. Everyone had a lot of fun learning facts about the round houses with Richard Holt.

Construction

The green class have had a great experience of being trained on how to build walls and use machines by Joey Taylor from Premier Development as part of 'The three little pigs' work. Everyone was excited to be builders for the day and really enjoyed the experience. We thank him very much for his time and Huws Gray for contributing materials for the session.

See all of the photos from Green Class' day of building

Local walk

The yellow class enjoyed a trip around the village looking for the signs of Autumn. The children loved hearing the sound of the leaves under their feet and singing 'autumn leaves' on the journey. Thanks to Louise Martin and Mike Allen for joining the trip and to Mike for showing the wildlife that lives in their pond! There was great excitement as everyone met the little frog!

A walk in the forest

The orange class had an enjoyable afternoon in the forest creating instruments with natural materials before singing a song about the forest. The children love taking advantage of the special environment that surrounds the school.

Orienteering

The blue class had a wonderful afternoon in Carreglwyd, Llanfaethlu developing their orienteering skills. After a picnic in the beautiful surroundings of Carreglwyd they were busy looking for the various targets along the fields and around the lake. Well done all!

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