Henblas Gymnastics Team

Ysgol Henblas gymnastics team and individual gymnastsc have enjoyed considerable success over the last weeks, in the Anglesey Schools’ Gymnastic Competition and the Urdd County Championship. Following their success in the Urdd competition the team went to Aberystwyth to compete in the National Championship and after an excellent performance they had took home the first prize. Congratulations to the 6 pupils that went to Aberystwyth and a huge thanks to Mrs Mair Eluned, Mrs Ruth Gilford and Mrs Kelly Owen for training the pupils.

Gala nofio

The pupils had many success in the Swimming Gala for the Cefni and Menai area held recently at Plas Arthur. Osian Keen won the freestyle race for boys, yr 3 and 4, Lena Clode came second in the freestyle race for girls, Year 6, Leo Saxon and Erin Quinn came second in the breaststroke race for years 3 and 4, Sara Coyne, Sion Williams, Sion Williams, Sian Rowlands, Ioan Coyne and Freya Tomblin came third in their races. The relay team, years 3 and 4 came third. Congratulations to everyone on their achievement.

Lena, Ariana, Martha, Caio, Daniel and Ifan

Individual Gymnastic

Congratulations to Cairon Rowlands on his success in a gymnastics competition that was held recently. Cai has been working hard to develop his gymnastics skills over recent weeks and the hard work has paid off, he will be going through to the next round in Bala soon and we wish him well.

Football

It has been a very successful month for our footballers, they are through to the next round in the Ieuan Wyn Jones trophy, the team won the 5 a side Urdd competition and further success came in the five a side, catchment area.

Siarter Iaith

The Siarter Iaith group has been very busy lately, they gave a presentation for the school governors, sharing the good work they are doing. The presentation detailed their Action Plan for this year and members of the governing body had a chance to ask questions. Thank you to Mrs Legge for preparing the members of the group and to the pupils for displaying and introducing their work so maturely.

St Davids Day

The pupils of the Cylch Meithrin celebrated St Davids Day. Everyone had been busy creating art work, singing and eating welsh cakes! Everyone looked splendid in their welsh costumes.

Outside Area

There has been some change in the Foundation Phase’outside area over the last few weeks, and the thank you goes to Mr Elfyn Roberts (Awel, Sion and Ellis’ father). Elfyn has been busy creating a mud kitchen and a bench and these are now in place. But, the children have also been busy helping with fitting the new furniture in place in the concrete. Thank you to Eryl and Lisa for their hard work.

Cooking together

There was a lovely smell of food in Henblas School recently, 86 pupils cooking with Richard Shaw from Coginio gyda’n gilydd company together with Carla Desmond (Healthy Schools).
Muffins were made and the wraps were very tasty as well. The parents of pupils from the Foundation Phase class came in the afternoon to cook with their children. Thank you to Richard and Carla for giving the pupils excellent experience with cooking.

Goodbye

It was a pleasure to welcome Mrs Helen Pritchard back to the school recently, we would like to thank her for her hard work whilst working in the kitchen. Together with Anti Sian and Anti Aloma they made an excellent team and the children were very lucky over the years for her care.

Gymnastics

Members of the school gymnastics team represented the Urdd team and were successful in the Island gymnastics competition when numerous awards were had. Ifan Gilford came second in the singles competition, Martha Gilford and Ariana Hardy came second in the doubles competition, Martha, Arianna and Gwen Coyne came second in the trio competition, and the icing on the cake was the team bewing placed in first position. Congratulations to all who took part and good luck to them when they will be representing the Island in Aberystwyth next month.

We would also like to thank Mair Eluned and Ruth Gilford for training the children and to Mrs Owen who for arranging and co-ordinating the event.

Lesotho

This term pupils in years 5 and 6 are studying Lesotho, a country twinned with Wales. A good friend to the school who has contacts in Lesotho, Mr Alun Pritchard came to the school to give a presentation about the country and answered challenging questions from the pupils. The pupils learnt a lot about Lesotho which is a country that is the same size as Wales and its majestic mountains. Thank you to Mr Pritchard for a special morning and for borrowing various artefacts over the term.

Robert Recorde

‘In Character’ company came into the school to present a lively show involving numeracy. The pupils had an interesting hour and their enjoyment showed as they followed the main character Robert as he asked for answers in order to solve mathematical problems. Eventually the answers to all the problems led to alphabetical letters that created a mathematical word.

Bird Watching

Pupils of year 3 and 4 have been participating in an inspection of bird watching by making an audit of the birds that visit the school garden over a period of two weeks. The pupils enjoyed learning about the different types of birds that come to the garden and it was a good chance for them to further their numeracy skills.

Science

Mrs Awen Ashworth from Hoizon Company visited the school to educate the pupils in years 3 and 4 about carbon emissions. The session helped the pupils to develop their understanding of how man effects the environment.

Christingle

A lovely service was held at St Cristiolus Church before Christmas under the leadership of Cannon Emlyn Williams. During the day all the children had been making a Christingle and learnt how all the elements were related to the Christingle. Thank you to the children who performed so well under the leadership of Mrs Legge and to Cannon Emlyn Willimas for his time in giving the pupils such a special experience.

Pip the Penguin

It was lovely to see the hall full for two performances for our original show ‘Pip the Penguin’. The audience followed the trouble and strife of Pip as she escaped from Henblas Zoo by travelling back to Antarctica to her family. The acting and singing by the children was lovely and each one gave their best efforts.Thank you to all for your support with the colourful outfits.

Christmas Shopping Evening

The school was transformed on Thursday November 29th - full of stalls for our annual Christmas shopping evening organised by the Parent Teacher Association. A wonderful atmosphere filled the whole school and we are so thankful to all who attended. A fantastic amount of £891 was raised.

Free School Meals

Once you have completed the form and handed it in with the supporting documents to either the school or the Local Authority, your child will start
to get free school meals.

Thanksgiving

It was lovely to see the hall full for the Thanksgiving service this year. A huge thanks to the parents for their support and to every child for giving their best when performing, from the youngest child from the Cylch Meithrin to the elder child in Year 6.
£333 was collected towards our friends at Hafan Henblas, Kenya.

Service by the Reverend Hywel Davies and Councillor Dylan Rees

The school would like to thank Rev Hywel Davies and Councillor Dylan Rees for their visit to the school to hold a service about the skate park in Llangefni.
They both stressed that is it very important to wear adequate clothing when visiting the skate park and not to be ‘like a melon’ that is they must wear a helmet. The children were shown a clip of a melon shattering on the floor – learning that a helmet will protect the head. Both praised the children for their good response and for asking probing questions.

PC Gilford, PCSO Katy Visit

At the beginning of October PC Gilford and PCSO Katy came to the school to talk to the children in the Foundation Phase about their work with the Police. After the talk the children had a chance to sit in a police car and wear the police uniform. The children enjoyed themselves. As the pupils had been so well behaved they had a colouring book to go home. The children were praised from PCSO Katy for their behaviour saying that they were a credit to the school.

Orienteiring

Year 5 and 6 pupils took part in the orienteering festival around Garreglwyd, Llanfaethlu.
It was a very successful morning. The children had time to practice their orienteering skills - working as a team in a beautiful location.
Thank you to Môn Active for arranging and to the children for their co-operation and excellent behaviour.

Bake Off

If you were passing Ysgol Henblas on Monday evening the 22nd of October you might have enjoyed the beautiful aromas cakes which was a part of the baking competition ‘Henblas Bake Off’. A huge thanks to the children and the parents for their wonderful cakes, a lot of work and effort had been put in to the baking. Anti Sian and Anti Aloma enjoyed the task of adjudicating and tasting the produce. It was lovely to see the school hall full and vibrant enjoying the bingo!
Thank you very much to all for your support and to the Parent/ Teacher association for their hard work in arranging the event.

History – Learning about Wales

Pandemonium Company came to the school to perform three dramas, introducing Welsh history. The children had an excellent time and had a chance to be part of the drama, performing different scenes. The actors of the future are here at Ysgol Henblas.

Fitness Day

The whole school went to the Mona show ground at the beginning of the month to participate in the ‘ Go Fun Run’ event. The children had a day of physical activities and they had fun in the warming up session with the mascot - dancing to various music. All of the pupils were full of energy, they all ran around the track and completed successfully.

Welcome to the new pupils

Mrs Roberts would like to welcome the new pupils to this years’ reception class.
Everyone has settled in well.

Dinosaurs

The Foundation Phase has had a very busy, fun filled month. The theme at the moment is ‘Dinosaurs’.
They all went on a visit to the Stone Science Museum to learn more about dinosaurs, the children had a chance to hold bones of a dinosaur.

Selog

Selog came to visit the children in the Foundation Phase where they sang many Welsh lullabies and listened to stories on Selog’s new app. We are looking forwards to seeing Selog again, thank you to Hanna from Menter Iaith Môn for keeping company to Selog and entertaining the children.

Language Charter

The Language Charter is alive at Ysgol Henblas. An election was held to choose members for the Language Charter who have already been very busy. They have arranged a competition to create a logo for the group and made sure that the children of the school listen to the band of the month. This month Yr Ods is the band of the month and the children love listening to their songs. Also, the Language Charter group is trying to encourage the school children to use in Idiom of the month daily and this month everybody has been ‘torchi llewys’!

Taith gerdded

Hoffai blwyddyn 3 a 4 ddiolch i Mr Huw Myrddin o bentref Llangristiolus am eu tywys ar daith o amgylch llwybrau cyhoeddus Llangristiolus. Cawsont weld llawer o lefydd nad oeddent wedi cyfarwyddo a hwy yn y gorffennol gan ddysgu am hanes yr ardal. Roedd yn ddiddorol dysgu am enwau cartrefi heddiw a chlywed am gymeriadau’r pentref gan gynnwys Jac Beti. Tybed ydach chi yn adnabod hanes Jac Beti? Diolch o galon i Huw am roi ei amser ac edrychwn ymlaen at ragor o deithiau yn ei gwmni yn y dyfodol.

The Body’s Bones

Mr Sion Quinn visited children in years 3 and 4 in his ‘work role’ of a physiotherapist, he discussed the body’s bones as part of their theme. The children enjoyed and learnt a lot of facts on how the body works and the purpose of each part of the skelleton.
Thank you very much Sion for such an interesting afternoon.

Trip to Liverpool

As part of the World War II theme, pupils of year 5 and 6 visited the Mersey Nautical Museum in Liverpool to learn about the battle of the Irish Ocean. Tnhey also visited the War Museum Liverpool, they walked into large rooms where the battle on the sea was monitored. They learnt that the co-coordinator of the battle – Admiral Horton was born in Rhosneigr. They studied the large, wall mounted map and had a chance to hold many artefacts from the period. A very interesting day was had.

Anglesey Archives

Lia from the Archives department came to the school to share information about the effect the war had on Anglesey. The children had created a list of questions for Lia and many interesting facts including data about the amount of bombs that had fallen on houses in Holyhead, Llangefni and Menai Bridge. Thank you for leaving a number of artefacts which will enrich the children’s learning.

Bread Making

It was worth seeing every pupil of year 5 and 6 in their baking hats as they created bread shapes with Blodwen and Bryony from Caterlink. Thank you to Auntie Sian, Auntie Aloma and Auntie Helen for baking the bread in the oven. Apparently the bread was very tasty.

Washing Hands

Washing your hands correctly is very important and that is the message that Nurse Mandy gave the children when she visited the school. She showed effectively how simple germs can be spread from person to person, e.g. by shaking hands. Freya, Erin and Morgan modelled how to wash the hands properly and make sure that the soap is put in between the fingers and nails. Thank you Nurse Mandy.

Rev Emlyn Williams

The children enjoy having a service from Rev. Emlyn Williams on a Wednesday morning. It is lovely to hear the children singing their hearts out and moving energetically after hearing the important message. We look forward to more interesting stories.

Big Pedal – first throughout Wales

We are very proud that Ysgol Henblas has come first throughout Wales in the small schools category in the Big Pedal. This is an achievement and a half and we wish to thank everybody who took part, the children and their parents for their support. Thank you also to Mrs Owen and the Eco Group for co-ordinating the campaign.

Year 6

We would like to wish all the pupils of Year 6 the best on the next venture in their education at Secondary School. They are a very special crew and we know they will doing well in Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni. Enjoy and go for it!

Gwynedd and Môn Sports Awards

We are so proud of the fact that Ysgol Henblas has received the second prize in the Gwynedd and Môn Sports Awards. This is a bit of an achievement and it reflects on all the activities that have happened in the Physical Education side over the last year.
Congratulations to everyone and thank you to all the staff that have been helping to ensure that the children at Ysgol Henblas enjoy numerous experiences.

Busy Afternoon

Thank you to the healthy group and year 6 for arranging an afternoon of health and fitness activities on the school field. There were four activities and the children worked energetically in each activity station.

Henblas Talent

As there is so much talent in Henblas, the school council decided to arrange a special morning for all of the children to show their talent - dancing, gymnastics, singing, acting and more. All who performed were amazing and congratulations to Jasminne and Sion Gwilym for receiving the most nominations in the Foundation Phase and Junior class.

Jac Jones

We welcomed Jac Jones the Artist to the school, he visited children of year 3 and 4 as they had been reading the novel ‘Diwrnod Ofnadwy’ by Haf Llewelyn. Jac Jones had designed the pictures in the novel. He showed the children how he goes about designing pictures for books. A lovely morning was had in his company and the children were amazed at his artistic skills.

People who help – Anti Julie

Reception Year and Year one pupils would like to thank Anti Julie for coming into the school us as part of the themed work on ‘Jobs – People who help’. The children asked various questions, and learned how to use medical equipment. Everyone had fun learning about how important a Nurse’s job is. Thank you Anti Julie for your time.

Farewell

We would like to thank and show our appreciation for the contribution of two members of staff who have left, Miss Ceri Roberts and Miss Medwen Humphreys. We are very thankful to both of them for their contribution to Ysgol Henblas and for giving the children valuable experiences. We send our best wishes to Anti Ceri at Ysgol Bodedern and Miss Humphreys at Ysgol Brynsiencyn.

Welcome back!

At the start of the new school year we warmly welcome the children back to Ysgol Henblas.
Mrs Roberts’s reception children have settled in well and are now enjoying their early school days.

Sports Day / Summer Fair

One of the highlights of the school year is the sports day and again this year we had a lovely afternoon of great competition from the younger pupils to the eldest. It was a fun filled afternoon as everyone competed, there were two teams - Cybi and Seiriol. By the narrowest margin, Cybi won the trophy this year.Thanks to all the parents for their support and also for taking part in the races at the end of the afternoon.
Following the sports afternoon the Summer Fair took place where there was an assortment of stalls for everyone to enjoy. A huge thanks to the Schools’ Parents Association and staff for their hard work in arranging the fair. During the afternoon a healthy sum of £700 was raised during the activities.

Bethan Wyn Jones

Bethan Wyn Jones visited the school to speak with pupils of Year 5 and 6 about the habitats on Anglesey. The children had thought of questions to ask Bethan during the question and answer session. They learnt the correct terminology about plants, birds and animals that can be seen on the Island of Anglesey. Thank you very much Bethan for an afternoon that will be remembered for a long time.

RNLI – Lifeboat

Children from the Foundation Phase visited Moelfre Lifeboat Station during this half term to learn about the work of the Lifeboat men who save lives. A very good visit was had and the children enjoyed going on the new lifeboat called Kiwi and saw the smaller boat which is called Enfys. Following the visit the children had a picnic and a walk along the beach where they had a lovely ice cream from the Ice Cream Parlour, Moelfre. Thank you Paul Roberts for paying for the ice creams.

Anglesey Sea Salt

Year 2 pupils visited Anglesey Salt Centre so that they could learn the process of how the salt is processed from the sea. The children had fun comparing salts and they got to do some workshop activities and were allowed to go the factory to see the production process of the Sea Salt. The children were amazed by the process of making a successful business using local and natural resource.

Royal Charter / Amlwch Copper Centre

Pupils of Year 5 and 6 went to Moelfre to learn about the history of the Royal Charter. Waiting for the pupils in the Chapel was the Reverend Huw John Hughes who gave a talk about the background of the ship before it sank. The pupils saw the place where the ship sank and also noticed the beauty of the Anglesey Coastline. Thank you to Mr Hughes for a memorable morning. After lunch we visited the Amlwch Copper Centre where the pupils could learn about the copper industry at Mynydd Parys and the importance of Amlwch Port in its days to ship the copper to the rest of the world. Porth Amlwch and the Copper Museum is beautiful – a place worthy of a visit if you can during the Summer holidays.

Haf Llywelyn

Pupils in Years 3 and 4 have been studying ‘Diwrnod Ofnadwy’ by Haf Llywelyn and recently the author came to the school to discuss the book and what inspired her to write the novel. The pupils had prepared questions to ask Haf Llywelyn, an hour of questions and answers was held and it was a very interesting session.
Thanks to Haf for attending and spending time enriching the education of Henblas School pupils.

Rugby Tournament

Congratulations to Year 3 and 4 rugby team and year 5 and 6 team for their good performance at the Island tournament which was held at the Rugby Club fields, Llangefni. Thanks to Mrs Sue Legge and Mrs Eleri Stephen and the parents for your support.

Thomas Telford Centre

Year 5 and 6 pupils went on a visit to the Thomas Telford Centre, Menai Bridge to learn about the history of both bridges which cross the Menai Straits and the general structure of both bridges. On a sunny day in June walking over the Menai Bridge was an exceptional experience. The pupils then built their own bridges and each of the bridges built succeeded in supporting the weight that was put on them. Well done all and thanks to the staff at the entre for their time.

Urdd Athletics (Anglesey)

There was serious competing at the region’s Urdd Athletics following the success in the catchment area athletics. Well done all for giving your best. Congratulations to the following pupils on their further success:

Long Jump Yr 5 & 6 1st – Gruff Parry
Ball throwing Yr 3 & 4 1af – Sion Stuart
600m single race Yr 5 & 6 1af – Gruff Parry
Ball throwing Yr 3 & 4 1af – Sara Coyne

Condolences

As a school and community , we would like to send our deepest sympathy to Ms Carol Jones or Auntie Carol as the children call her following her recent bereavement of losing her mother. We are all thinking of you Carol at this sad time.

Edward Morus Jones

Well – the sound of energetic singing could be heard at the school at the beginning of June, it was a pleasure to welcome Mr Edward Morus Jones to the school for an afternoon of upbeat and joyous singing. We always welcome Mr Jones to Ysgol Henblas and thanks for his enthusiasm and inspiring the pupils every time. We look forward to welcoming you back to the school soon.

Summer Fair

Click here to see all the fun of the summer fair which followed our great sports day. Thanks to all who supported and to the energetic team who organized so efficiently.

Edward Morus Jones

Ysgol Henblas pupils singing their hearts out with the talented Mr Edward Morus Jones. Click here to see the photos and the videos

Spring Fair

At the beginning of May a lovely evening of socialising was held at the school. The Hall was full and the school field was full of activities. Thank you to all who helped on the stalls, and for the sporting activities on the field, the lovely musical performances by members of the ‘Adran’ yr Urdd and also for the tasty food in the kitchen. Click here to see the photos

Aberystwyth

We are very proud of our Netball and Football team who represented the Adran at a weekend of national sports arranged by the Urdd. Praise was given to both teams over the weekend, everybody enjoyed themselves and gave their all in the competition. Thank you to everybody who supported the school and especially to Eleri Stephen and Barry Edwards for their hard work in training both teams.

Big Pedal

More good news was received by the school – Henblas School was placed third throughout Wales during the Big Pedal fortnight. This was quite an achievement.
Well done everybody for supporting and being so energetic.

Urdd Athletics

Congratulations to all the children who competed in the Urdd Athletics for the catchment area on Tuesday. There were many successes and we wish all the pupils well in the regional competition. Thank you to Siwan Gwilym for her hard work arranging everything.

Art & Leisure Path, Llangristiolus

In the sunshine of May, it was nice to meet Mr Rhun ap Iorwerth, AM, when the Art and Leisure Path was launched through the village. You can see the children’s Art work by the Village Hall and then you will be able to go for a walk along the path. Click here to see more photos

Visits

We have been lucky to have had some interesting visitors to the school who have been able to share their experiences with the children. Chief Bard Cen Williams has been to the school to compose poetry with pupils of Year 5 and 6. Canon Emlyn Williams visits fortnightly to give the children a service to the whole school. Also, PC Owain has attended to give important information to all the pupils with regards to Safety on the Internet.

Outside Area

A huge thank you to all parents and children for their hard work hard over the past few weeks. We are very thankful to everybody who has helped to change the outside area in the Foundation Phase. The children have been busy planting lettuce, peas, broad beans, broccoli, flowers and spices in their new garden. Thank you very much to Michael Allen and Anti Nia for their donations.

Fitness and athletics

Once again we are lucky that Ysgol Henblas pupils are having Physical Education Training with Barry Edwards. The Pupils are enjoying the workouts on Friday mornings and also getting the opportunity to participate in all activities. Thank you Barry.

Get Well Wishes

We wish to send our get well wishes to Anti Dianne who is getting better following her recent operation, we all at Ysgol Henblas are pleased that you are getting stronger. Get well soon.

Biking to School

During the last week of April and first week of May, we at Ysgol Henblas have taken part in the ‘Big Pedal’ 2018 Challenge. Every day the pupils, parents and members of staff are being urged to use their bike, scooter or walk to school. Ysgol Henblas catchment is broad and rural. This means that some pupils has to travel up to 2 – 3 miles daily, others have to climb steep hills, which is a great effort. On the last day of the challenge the pupils were allowed to wear as their favourite superhero. Last year the school came second through Wales in the competition and we hope that we will better this this year.

Kerbcraft

Not only the biking, scooter to school is happening, Year 1 pupils has had lessons on how to cross the road safely by looking each side to make sure that no cars are coming. By carefully listening and walking in pairs the children have developed important skills.
Very good Year 1 pupils.

Urdd Success

We are very pleased for all of our pupils who has been competing in the Urdd Eisteddfod before the Easter Holidays. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the
Teaching and of course, congratulate all the pupils for giving their best.
Good luck to Greta (Wind Instrument Solo), Eluned (Cerdd Dant soloist for Year 3 and 4) and to the Unison Party who will be travelling to the National Eisteddfod at the end of May.
Good luck to you all and congratulations on your achievement.

Visit to Melin Llynnon

Year 3 & 3 pupils has been on a visit to Dean Lligwy and Melin Llynnon as part of their Celtic Times project. The saw old ruins of an old village from the Celtic times before heading to see a reproduction of a round house. The children enjoyed listening to Ash who spoke to them about the Celts by trying to light a fire and produce pottery made from clay.

Outside Area

It’s lovely to see the outside area of the Foundation class, it has been transformed over the last weeks. Thank you to the parents who has been volunteering and has prepared equipment and resources. Also, thank you to the children who has been hard working during the Easter Holidays. By now there is a mud kitchen, large area and sand area and the children enjoy learning by playing in these areas.

Urdd Crafts competition

Many congratulations to the children who competed in the Urdd Crafts competition. The school was awarded four first, two second and two third prizes. Fantastic!

Success for the Choir

Congratulations to the School Choir on their success in a competition held in Menai Bridge Chapel on October 19th. The choir won the competition and received a cup and a cheque for £350 for the school. Thank you to the conductor, Mrs Kelly Owen and to the accompanists, Mrs Bethan Roberts, piano; Mrs Bryony Mundy, flute; Mrs Lois Roberts and Mrs Mair Eleri Jones, violin. Thank you also to Mr Edward Morus - Jones for his translation of one of the songs. But, most of all, thank you to the children for all their hard work and for singing beautifully on the day. Well done you!

Young Ambassadors

Congratulations to Osian Iorwerth and Elin Rowlands on being chosen as Sport Young Ambassadors for the coming year. They have already received a morning of training with the Sports Development Team in Plas Arthur and had an opportunity to discuss and share ideas with Ambassadors from other schools on the island.

The Climbing Frame

There was great excitement when the children returned to school after the half term holiday to discover that a climbing frame had appeared on the younger children’s play area. The general verdict seems to be “Cool”!

The Happy Tree – October

Here are the children who were nominated to be on the Happy Tree for October.

Children In Need

There was a hive of activity in school on Friday, November 14th as the children raised money for Children In Need. The day was organised by members of the School Council and a fantastic total of £392-29 was raised. Well done everyone!

MMM! These cakes are delicious!