Anglesey tag rugby tournament

Both tag rugby teams had success in the Anglesey tournament. The year 3 and 4 team were runners up in a close game in the final and years 5 and 6 team losing in the semi-final. A great effort by all. Many thanks to Chris and Sioned for training them so well!

Llangrannog

The blue Class pupils had three unforgettable days in Llangrannog enjoying many activities including skiing, go-karting, swimming, archery, and a trip to Llangrannog beach! Click here to see the pictures

Technocamps

Year 4 pupils had a great day at the Technocamps Robotics competition at Conwy Business Centre! They had created their own robot and presented skillfully in front of an audience.

Hwyl Henblas - Gig Gyda’n Gilydd

There are no words to describe the gig at the beginning of July on Ysgol Henblas field. Congratulations to the children of the orange class and Mrs Heather Williams and Mrs Sioned McGuigan for putting in hours of work to organize an unforgettable event with fantastic artists and bands including Bwncath, Rhwydwaith, the Magee Brothers, Moniars and Elin Fflur.
Click here to see the pictures
Video of the Gig
S4C News Item

7 a side Football

Congratulations to Ysgol Henblas school's 7 a side team. They are the champions of the Ieuan Wyn Jones trophy 2024. A big thank you to Barry Edwards for training the children to such a high standard. Click here to see the pictures

Energy

Congratulations to the five pupils who represented the school in the final round of the Energy competition at Ty Gwyrddfai, Penygroes. These five won the internal competition at Ysgol Henblas back in February. They gave a wonderful presentation explaining how they would make the village of Llangristiolus an ecofriendly village.

Farewell

It is the end of an era at Ysgol Henblas with the input of four staff members and the chairwoman of the governing body coming to an end.

Mrs Eleri Stephen (chair of the governing body) has been a loyal, wise and proactive member over the last ten years. We thank her for being such a special chairwoman of the governing body.

Anti Pat has been the supervisor of the breakfast and lunchtime club for 8 years and the youngest children in particular have had a lot of fun in her company! Best wishes to her at Siwgwr Plwm Henblas!

Mrs Kelly Owen has been a teacher at Ysgol Henblas since 2014 and in her time here has been teaching all ages. Since 2019 she has been teaching the reception/nursery class and among her responsibilities she has led the digital field and the eco group. We wish Mrs Owen every happiness in her new position with Gwynedd Council ‘Academi’.

Mrs Susan Legge (Miss Morris) started at Ysgol Henblas in September 2003. Over a period of 21 years, she has taught every year. More recently she has achieved Trauma Informed Schools diploma accreditation and has assisted pupils in terms of health and wellbeing. Her contribution towards holding the annual health and fitness week has been valuable - a week which is one of the highlights of the Ysgol Henblas calendar.

In 2019 Mrs Paula Harvey (Anti Paula) started at Ysgol Henblas as a reading volunteer visiting once a week. She was appointed classroom assistant in March 2020. Since then, she has worked mainly in the junior section supporting many pupils. This year she managed to achieve the Trauma Informed Schools diploma accreditation and was a big part of ensuring the success of the Hwyl Henblas gig. Thanks to parents and staff for your generosity towards Mrs Owen, Mrs Legge and Mrs Harvey. The collection went towards a voucher, flowers and this lovely artwork by our staff member Mrs Rowena Robinson.

Rap year 6 Primary/secondary Transition Project

Click here to watch Year 6 rap video

Ysgol Henblas 2023/24 highlights!

It’s been a year full of activities and valuable experiences! Click here to watch the video

Year 6

All the best to the 16 pupils who are leaving to go to Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni. They are very special pupils and all shine in so many different areas of school life. Click here to watch the video

Hwyl Henblas Gig

The children of the orange class talked about the gig that they are busy organising on the S4C News platform this month and talked about all the preparation work. We're looking forward to seeing Bwncath, Elin Fflur, Moniars, Rhwydwaith and Brodyr Magee. Tickets are still available by contacting hwylhenblas@gmail.com or texting 07739948883.
S4C News Video

Glanllyn

A group of year 4 pupils had a wonderful time at the Urdd camp, Glanllyn. They were an excellent bunch and thanks to Mrs Heather Williams and Mrs Paula Harvey for their wonderful care of them.

Glanllyn images

Travel to the summit of Snowdon

Travelling to the summit of Snowdon was an unforgettable experience for the children of the green class. This was a joint idea between children and class staff when mapping ideas on the theme of 'Travel'. The children were keen to learn about mountains so there was nothing for it but to venture on the train to the summit of Snowdon!

The 2024 sports day!

On the third attempt (due to the bad weather of the summer of 2024!!) a good day was had in the school sports and congratulations to team Seiriol for winning the day!

Sports Day images

Primary/ secondary schools transition project

Thanks again this year to Rhian Cadwaladr for coming to work with year 6 pupils to create a short film referring to the children's impressions of the local area. They succeeded in creating an exciting rap and filming a video which was a fun experience!

The project video

India

The blue class pupils had a wonderful session talking with friends at Solan Public School in the Himalayas in India. To start there was a yoga session which was a great way to begin a new day at school! Then they sang songs and asked their friends about sports in India. It was a great and informative session.

India images

Osian Perrin - a distinguished athlete!

Thanks to Osian Perrin for talking to the blue class about his running career. Osian, who is a former pupil at Ysgol Henblas, talked about his successes locally and internationally. It has certainly inspired the pupils of the blue class!

Swim Safe 2024

Thank you to Môn Actif for a great day and a valuable experience of sea safety. As one of the children said - "that was a day to remember!" The children embraced the whole experience all day and the Môn Actif staff were so willing to help and encourage them while paddle boarding and surfing near the beach of Trearddur Bay.

Swim Safe 2024 images

Rhian Khardani celebration concert

The school choir sang in the concert celebrating the life of Rhian Khardani together with Adlais choir and other guests. It was a privilege to be part of a night that remembered one who was so beloved and who gave years of service to Ysgol Henblas in her capacity as clerk of the governing body.

Women's football

A group of year 0-3 children went to the FAW football festival at Plas Arthur and enjoyed developing their football skills. Who knows - maybe the future Jess Fishlock is among them!

Cricket festival

A group of the school's oldest children had a good day at the cricket tournament at Menai Bridge cricket club, organised by Cricket Wales. Well done to everyone who batted and fielded enthusiastically all day!

Menai raft race

Congratulations Team Henblas once again on winning the raft race between Y Felinheli and Menai Bridge! Many parents of the school's children were among the team led by captain Berwyn Girffiths!

Urdd National Eisteddfod 2024

Warm congratulations to Ned for coming second in the Cogurdd year 4,5 and 6 competition. Quite an achievement to think that 18 from all over Wales were competing! Huge  congratulations also to Sara for performing so well in the cerdd dant solo as she also represented Anglesey at the national level.

Eisteddfod 2024 Video

Summer fair

£1229.60 was raised at our summer fair. Thank you all for their support and contribution to an excellent afternoon. A huge thank you to the Parent Teacher Association for their great work. A big thank you to Menter Mon for the Balchder Bro grant which ensured that Alex the entertainer from the Cimera circus company was a special part of the afternoon. It was lovely to see so many parents, families, friends and former pupils. We really appreciate your support.

Summer Fair images

Health and fitness week

We had a great health and fitness at the end of May and the children had excellent experiences. We would especially like to mention Claire and John for the lovely welcome the older pupils received; to Lois and Sion at Cwt Llefrith welcoming pupils from green and yellow classes; Barry, Amy, Iolo and Jodie from Mon Actif for preparing fitness sessions; Chris for the rugby session; Mel for the session at Ffitrwydd Môn Fitness; Emily for the zumba session and to Martin from Golff Hari for the golf session! In addition, the pupils had the valuable experience of learning about the challenges facing Paralympic athletes. The fruit kebabs were very tasty too! Thanks to Kelly from Dole Foodservice Anglesey for kindly giving us all the fruit.

London mini marathon

The children have managed to raise £720 by running 2.6 miles. A huge thank you to everyone for their sponsorship. The money will go towards the health and fitness week.

London mini marathon Video

Primary/secondary transition project

As part of the transition process from primary to secondary the school's eldest pupils have enjoyed a drama workshop with the actress and author Rhian Cadwaladr, learning about the story of the Welsh language throughout the centuries. It was wonderful to see the pupils engrossed in the history and huge thanks to Rhian for presenting and engaging them in such a lively way.

Hwyl Henblas Gig Gyda’n Gilydd

As part of the theme ‘Famous Bands’ the orange class are busy organising a gig. They have been fortunate in receiving a grant from Menter Iaith Môn and are pleased to announce that Hwyl Henblas - Gig Gyda’n Gilydd will be held on Wednesday, July 10th. Tickets can be bought through contacting the phone number or e-mail on the poster.

hwylhenblas@gmail.com

Eco council

The eco council led by Mrs Kelly Owen has been successful in receiving a grant to create a wildlife garden at the school - with thanks to Keep Wales Tidy. The grant has enabled us to build four raised beds full of plants to attract wildlife to the school. We would like to thank Gareth Owen from Keep Wales Tidy and the parents for helping us install them.

Llangefni schools tag rugby tournament

National tag rugby, the Urdd

The year 3 and 4 tag rugby team played brilliantly today against teams from north and south Wales in the Urdd national final. Winning 1, drawing two games and losing 1. They played magnificently as a team and gave their all until the final whistle of the last game. Huge thanks to Chris and Sioned for coaching them so well.

Art and Craft Urdd Ynys Mon

Big congratulations to the green class for getting 1st in the Anglesey Region Art, Design and Technology Eisteddfod with their 3D model work on the Energy theme.

Summer Fair

Ysgol Henblas Summer Fair will be held on Thursday May 23rd between 3:15 and 5:30pm There will be many stalls, entertainment for all ages and tea and cake available. A warm welcome to everyone from the community. Please share the message!

Book Donation "Here I am"

A heartfelt thank you to the local author Ann Aldred for the kind donation of her book 'Here I Am' to the school pupils. This is an exciting story that has captured the imagination of Ysgol Henblas' young readers!

Patagonia - Rhian Lloyd

Pupils in the blue class learned about their friends favourite sport at Ysgol Y Cwm, Trevelin in Patagonia - with many thanks to Rhian Lloyd for the special link. The chants of Messi from the blue class certainly pleased their friends!

WCW magazine

It was lovely to see some of the children‘s work published in the WCW magazine this month following a workshop with Sion Tomos Owen, an artist and cartoonist with WCW.
Well done

Fitness Session

The blue class enjoyed a great session with Amy Edwards from Welsh Athletics learning about the benefits of keeping healthy, the effect of exercise on the body, and understanding a professional athlete's preparations for competition. In addition, they had a fitness session where all pupils worked energetically. Huge thanks to Amy for an extremely interesting session.

Australia - Gwyneth and Ned

It was great talking to Ned and Gwyneth from the other end of the world in Australia. Their friends in the green and blue class asked questions and heard about the food, the hot weather, the Australian Dollar and the koala and kangaroo!

Tackle Rugby tournament today

A good day at the Urdd Ynys Môn year 5/6 tackle rugby tournament today. The squad worked very hard and thanks to Chris for giving so much of his time to prepare them.

Cross-country

Congratulations to the 17 from Ysgol Henblas who succeeded in reaching the Ynys Môn primary schools cross-country final today. All ran brilliantly in high quality races. Congratulations to Morgan on coming third in the year 5 and 6 boys' race!

Squash session

Pupils in the green, orange and blue classes had a squash session with Shaun from Squash Wales. A squash club is available free of charge to the children at Plas Arthur leisure centre, Llangefni every Tuesday evening between 5-6pm

Children's University Degree

Congratulations to years 5 and 6 pupils on receiving a Children's University degree in a grand ceremony at Pontio Bangor!
Click here to see the photos

2024 world book day!

Many interesting characters entered the school today, and there was plenty of excitement during the book exchange. Thanks to the eco group for organising!

Anglesey Urdd tag rugby tournament

A great day was enjoyed by all at the Ynys Mon Urdd tag rugby tournament for pupils in years 3 and 4, and girls in years 5 and 6. Everyone played brilliantly - and thanks to Chris for coaching them! The year 3 and 4 blue team were the tournament champions and will therefore represent Ynys Mon in the national tournament in May in Aberystwyth!

Colwyn Bay Zoo

The yellow and green class had an excellent day at Colwyn Bay Zoo learning about animals and their habitats.

New sports shirts

A big thank you to Henblas Country Park and Cwt Llefrith for their generous donation of new sports shirts. The shirts are amazing, and their quality is fantastic. Huge thanks to Mathew and Heather Barrett (Henblas Country Park), and Sion and Lois Roberts (Cwt Llefrith). Many thanks as well to Sioned McGuigan for arranging this joint venture.

Girls football team

Well done to the girls football team who represented the school at the 'Primary 5's' Ynys Môn Football Festival in Plas Arthur Llangefni, working together wonderfully and all very smart in the new shirts.

St David’s Day

Congratulations to all the children - the youngest children have learned ten nursery rhymes, and the oldest children have memorised ten poems for sponsored poetry. Thanks to Llinos Medi, Ynys Mon County Council Leader for coming to listen to the children reciting and thanks to the children, parents and friends of the school for managing to raise £491.50 to date for the school fund.

Oriel Môn: T.G. Walker exhibition by the orange class

Pupils in the orange class were fortunate to borrow a large amount of work from the former head of Ysgol Henblas, T.G. Walker by Ella's Grandfather - Mr Cledwyn Hughes. We have been collaborating with Oriel Môn in order to display this work and other artefacts. The pupils have been busy researching further in order to create information labels for use in the exhibition. Many thanks to Mr Cledwyn Hughes. The work is on show from Friday, March 22nd, with the hope that it will be there until the summer. We hope you get an opportunity to see the pupils' work!
Click here to see the photos

Saint Cristiolus Church

The orange class had a visit to Sant Cristiolus Church as part of the 'History of Henblas' theme. The pupils learned plenty of facts about the history of the church from the Reverend Emlyn Williams and thanks for giving his time once again.

Technocamps

History of Henblas

The PTA sponsored Santa Run

Erin Owen

Christmas services

The school choir took part in a number of Christmas services. It was a privilege to be part of the Llangefni Rotary club's wonderful evening at St Cyngar's Church in aid of St David's Hospice. The choir sang wonderfully. This little party sang wonderfully at the Pisgah Church Carol service, Rhostrehwfa. Thanks also to the group that sang at the Urdd cylch Cefni carol night. There were wonderful performances every time.

Miss Lois Jones - student teacher

Many thanks to Miss Lois Jones for providing the orange class with  special experiences over the past two months. All the best for the future Miss Jones and the rest of the course training to be a teacher.

Christmas lunch 2023

Thanks Anti Sian and Anti Tracy for Christmas lunch 2023 – a fantastic feast yet again!
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB7zmX

Christmas shows

Over two days, 94 children performed four shows! Huge credit to all of them for the acting, the singing and all the fun that was had not only during rehearsals but when presenting the final shows. The ticket sales managed to raise £767.50 towards the school fund.
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB6ME8

Christmas jumper day

Thank you for raising £108.50 towards Save the Children.

Entrepreneur group

The entrepreneurship group has been busy producing the 2024 calendar. They have sold £190 worth. Thanks to Mrs Williams for advising them!

Reverse advent calendar

A large amount of goods was collected for the Reverse Advent Calendar campaign once again this year. This is a very special campaign that supports the food bank. Thanks to everyone for supporting.

Urdd Club

1.  Art and craft
2.  CogUrdd competition with Mr Richard Holt Melin Llynon Mr Holt's Mônuts
3.  Carve pumpkins
4.  A drumming session with Osian Urdd Ynys Môn
5.  A "beat boxing" session with Ed Holden Mr Phormula
6.  Games session with Mari
7.  Bingo night

Cartref Rhos, Malltraeth

A group from year 6 went to Cartref Rhos, Malltraeth to entertain the residents of the home on the last day of term. "You've made my Christmas..." was the response of one of the residents. Thank you for the privilege of going there and having a wonderful audience.

5 a side football

There were great performances from the football squad in the Llangefni catchment area 5-a-side tournament . Well done everyone and thanks once again to Barry for training them to such a high standard.

Christingle

Pili Palas

On the last day of term the green and yellow class pupils visited Pili Palas where they saw Santa Clause!
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Merry Christmas

We wish you a very Merry Christmas and thank you for all your generosity and support over the past term. Happy new year to you and we look forward to seeing the children back on Monday January 8th.

Road Safety Week

Thanks to Debbie from Sustrans for holding a "Be Bright" service about keeping safe when cycling and walking along the roads over the winter. Remember to dress in bright and colourful clothing! The yellow class practiced this when going for a walk to learn more about how to be safe when walking along the roads and how to cross a lane safely. Remember: hold hands, stop, look and listen.

Rock workshop

The blue class had a fascinating workshop studying all types of rocks found all over the world - some otherworldly! They then created volcanic eruptions simulating what they studied about the famous eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland in 2010.

Children in need

Thank you to everyone for supporting Children in Need 2023 and raising £178 for a very special charity.

Skateboarding

The pupils of the orange and blue class had an energetic morning of skateboarding with Tom (from the On Ya Board company) teaching some new skills in controlling the skateboard.

Indoor athletics

We are very proud of the indoor athletics team who came joint first in the Llangefni catchment area. Each one performed exceptionally. A big thank you to Amy Edwards for training them before the competition!

Teams4U

Thank you to everyone for your support with Teams4U boxes again this year. A car full of boxes carried the generous gifts to the local destination point before starting their journey.

Traditional Welsh instruments

The orange class had a great session with Huw Roberts learning about traditional Welsh instruments! There was plenty of fun, dancing and clapping to lively rhythms whilst marvelling at the bagpipes and the beautiful triple harp.

Don’t touch, tell!

Many thanks to Kazia for coming along to share an important message - to be safe when dealing with substances. The children had learned that they shouldn't touch anything they don't recognize, remembering the important message - "don't touch, tell."

Cogurdd

Huge congratulations to Ned after winning the Cogurdd Sir Ynys Mon primary age round. He had received great praise from the judge for creating a pasta dish. Well done to Sara too for reaching the county final. Good luck to Ned now in the national final.

Margaret Roberts

It was with sadness we heard about the death of our former member of staff - Mrs Margaret Roberts. Mrs Roberts taught at Ysgol Henblas for over twenty years before retiring in Summer 2015. We extend our deepest sympathy to all the family.

The instrumental sessions of the orange class

Fortunately for the children in the orange class, they have been part of the music first experiences scheme. Charlotte Green has been coming to the school weekly to hold musical sessions and teach the children how to play the pbuzz instrument. Following the success of the sessions a special concert was held for the rest of the school.

Urdd chefs

13 young enthusiastic chefs were busy in the school hall as they took part in the CogUrdd competition - each concentrating, creating and producing a salad of high quality. Congratulations to everyone! Many thanks to Mr Richard Holt for coming along to judge the competition.

Thanksgiving

There were wonderful presentations from the four classes and the hall was packed. Congratulations to all pupils for performing so passionately and for conveying their thanks in such a special way. Well done everyone! We managed to raise £333.17 towards the Isle of Anglesey Food Bank. Thank you to the audience for your generosity. Thanksgiving Photos

The Dragon puppet show

Having the opportunity to watch a puppet show in our local area is a rare thing. Therefore, thank you to the blue class for organising a show for the school community together with Rhian Cadwaladr from 'Night Out'. They had been organising the night for seven weeks and invited the Life and Limb Puppets company to perform their show 'Dragon'. They created posters, contacted the press when marketing the night, visited Theatr Pontio to get a taste of theatre life, cooked biscuits, and appealed for raffle prizes. The hall was packed to watch a very special show and it was good to hear the children discussing the show so maturely the next morning. And at the end of it all they received a Young Promoters certificate recognising their fantatsic organizing work. "The best audience..." were the words of a member of the puppet company! Dragon Puppet Show Photos

Show racism the red card day

The pupils of the school were in their red shirts in mid-October to show their opposition to racism and made a clear stance that there is no place for racism in our society.

Girls’ football team

Congratulations to the school's girls' football team in the Anglesey 5-a-side tournament. They played brilliantly as a team in the group games, winning the semi-final before losing in the final. Each one played with a great attitude, and it was good to see the wide smiles on their faces when they celebrated their success!

Friends in India

The blue class had an interesting morning learning about life in the 1960s in India while talking to our friends at Solan School in the shadow of the Himalayas. It was interesting to compare the similarities and the differences in terms of the historical changes in the two countries. We look forward to more collaboration between the two schools. Picture's of the session

Urdd Football 7 a side boys’ team

The boys' 7 a side football team went to Holyhead to play under challenging windy conditions. But that did not have a negative effect as they set about playing excellently in the six group games. They really enjoyed working together skilfully and displayed a great attitude.

T. Llew Jones Day

There was a lot of pirates and red shirts at the school to celebrate T. Llew Jones day in mid-October. There was a day of reciting his poetry and celebrating his literary masterpieces.

Henblas poets

The theme of the orange class this term is Legends. They have enjoyed learning about the princes of Wales and as part of the T. Llew Jones Day celebrations the children were inspired to write their own poems.

Diolch!
Diolch am ein byd ni,
Byd mawr hefo chi a fi.

Diolch am anifeiliaid bach,
Rhai yn biws a rhai yn las.

Diolch am gael canu yn y côr,
A nofio yn y môr.

Diolch am yr Urdd,
Ac am flodau a dail gwyrdd.

Daniel Mason

Yellow Class Welfare Monday

The yellow class children enjoyed going for a walk around the village of Llangristiolus looking for signs of Autumn and gathering blackberries. They set out to create 'tie dye' with blackberries!

Green class

The children in the green class have enjoyed creating a mini-beast house in the garden. There was a lot of excitement going around the garden looking for little beasts for their new home!

Criccieth Castle

The orange class pupils went to Criccieth Castle to learn about the history of Welsh castles and princes. It was a day to remember and learning about Welsh history is a very important feature of the curriculum at Ysgol Henblas.

Criccieth Castle

The orange class pupils went to Criccieth Castle to learn about the history of Welsh castles and princes. It was a day to remember and learning about Welsh history is a very important feature of the curriculum at Ysgol Henblas.

Beaumaris Castle

The green class enjoyed learning about Beaumaris castle as part of the 'castles' theme. A worthwhile day was had learning about the interesting history of the castle. Thanks to the volunteers for helping.

Caernarfon Castle

The yellow class had a lovely morning at Caernarfon Castle as part of the experiences related to the theme "Castles." Nine nursery children have settled in the class by now and are enjoying their time at Ysgol Henblas and being able to learn in the company of Miss Owen, Anti Diane and Anti Rozena.

Jodrell Bank

The blue class enjoyed a special day at Jodrell Bank learning about the solar system and the universe as part of the theme learning about the planets. It was worth seeing the children's faces as they marvelled at the majesty of the Lovell telescope!

Cycle to school week

Thanks to the children and parents for supporting the cycle to school week. There was a large number traveling to school by bike, scooter, and walking. Great effort. The yellow class children enjoyed an afternoon on the bike learning about the rules of the road and how to keep safe while cycling to school.

Funding with HSBC

The older pupils had an interesting session with Adrian from HSBC bank learning about the aspect of financing! Special advice was given when considering wise choices to enjoy a day watching a sporting event.

Owain Glyndwr

All the school's pupils celebrated the life of Owain Glyndwr by wearing yellow and red. The highlight of the day was hearing everyone sing 'Yes Glyndwr' full of passion!
“Clywyd son am hwn ymhobman,
Dyma fo y mab darogan,
Dyma’r union ddyn i’n harwain ni – Glyndwr!”

Summer holidays:

At the end of the academic year, we would like to wish the children all the best over the summer holidays. It has been another busy and successful year at Ysgol Henblas, with many wonderful experiences. Here's a taste of the year:

Looking back on the past year and a look ahead:

Your child will have brought home a leaflet summarizing our successes as a school since September 2022, and looking forward to the next academic year. We will ask you as parents for your ideas to fit in with the four priorities we will have in 2023-24. To read more of the Ygsol Henblas evaluation and school development click here!

September start date:

Ysgol Henblas will reopen for the children on Tuesday September 5th.

Volunteers:

Huge thanks to everyone who has helped in different ways over the year. We are very lucky to have so many parents and friends at the school who are so willing to volunteer, in football, rugby, Urdd, netball, ball skills clubs; the raft race; in the garden; reading with the children; everyone associated with the Parent Teacher Association; and guests who are ready to talk about their experiences.

High praise to the staff for their continued dedicated enthusiasm towards your child's education, to the members of the governing body for giving their time so readily, and to you as parents/guardians for your support and willingness to work together.

INSET dates 2023-24:

Breakfast club:

Note, there will be no change to the care club price from September. The price will remain £1.25 (8:00-8:25a.m.)

Farewell:

Good luck to every single pupil in year 6!We wish the 14 who are leaving to go to secondary school all the very best and know that they will enjoy further successes there.

These are the 14 special pupils who are saying goodbye:

Open afternoon:

At the end of the academic year a wonderful afternoon was had - an opportunity for the family to look at the children's work! Thank you to everyone for supporting and to Siwgwr Plwm Henblas for opening their doors!

See all of the Open Afternoon pictures

Reading challenge:

Why not try the reading challenge over the summer!

School garden:

Amazing produce from the garden ready to be cooked by Anti Sian and Anti Tracy! Stuart and Eleni from ICL came to see the school garden. ICL is the company behind the potato growing campaign at home. They were delighted with the produce on show in the school garden in the company of Mike, Alwyn and Medwyn Williams. Eleni had traveled all the way from Greece! Many thanks to everyone above for their support in an initiative that has ignited the children's interest in growing vegetables!

Garddio a mwy (S4C):

The school garden in all its glory on S4C. The children are so fortunate to work with Mike and Louise each week.

International athlete Osian Jones

All pupils had a great day in the company of the international hammer thrower Osian Jones. They all took part in a fitness session with Amy and Josie from Welsh Athletics. And they also took part in a cooking workshop with Elwen and Laura from Hybu Cig Cymru. They have learned about the life of an athlete and how he prepares for a competition through careful diet and training. Thanks to everyone!

See all of the Osian Jones pictures

Nursery class September 2023

It was wonderful to welcome the Nursery Class 2023-2024 children for their taster sessions this week. A lovely group of children! Looking forward to welcoming them in September.

Seven a side football tournament

Congratulations to Ysgol Henblas' 7 a side football team on being runners up in the Ieuan Wyn Jones Shield tournament. The heavy rain was not enough to dampen their spirits! They played magnificently as a team in the group games. That was followed with an epic semi-final game - winning on penalties after extra time. Then another epic in the final losing to the only goal (and it was a fabulous goal) of the game against Ysgol Bodedern after extra time. It was difficult to choose one star from the squad - Osian received that award for his performances and clinical finishing in front of goal. A huge thank you to Barry Edwards today and throughout the year for giving so much of his time to train the children.

Looking back and to the future!

Ygsol Henblas evaluation and school development - Looking back to the future

2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS

“Congratulations to you all on an absolutely brilliant sports day. The effort the staff at the school put in was superb, with a lot of thought organisingthe event having clearly been put in (shade shelters, water drinks etc.) which made the afternoon a total success. It was brilliant to see so many active and happy children enjoying sport with their friends. I was shocked to see how many parents were there, needing three races for the “father’s egg and spoon race” says it all. It felt a real community event which was a real credit to the school. Again, congratulations to all the staff and children, absolutely brilliant. Keep up the work!” CouncillorDoug Fowlie

To read more of the Ygsol Henblas evaluation and school development click here

Raft Race 2023

Huge congratulations once again to the Ysgol Henblas raft team for winning the Menai raft race 2023. This is the third time in a row that the team has won the race! Thank you to everyone for raising £564 towards the school!

Banner design

The orange class was very busy planning and creating a flag for the Ysgol Henblas raft team. They had to ensure that all letters were the same height and width before proceeding to sawing and nailing the letters in place. Lots of great collaboration!

Foel Farm Visit

The youngest children had a wonderful day in the sun over at Foel Farm. They loved being able to pet animals, help feed them and have a tour around the farm on a tractor and quad bike. They have been busy learning about farm life in class, so the opportunity to see a live farm was a special one for them!

Anglesey tag rugby tournament

The year 3 and 4 tag rugby team played brilliantly in the group games before losing in extra time in the semi-final of the Anglesey tag rugby tournament. Thanks to Mike and Chris for training them to a great standard!

Glan-llyn

35 pupils went to Glanllyn to spend a weekend full of adventure on the lake, in the woods and many more exciting activities. They were so good all weekend and thanks to the adults for giving their time to ensure that such an experience was possible. Memories for a lifetime!

See all of the photos from Glan-llyn

Swimsafe!

The blue class had fun in Trearddur Bay on the beach and in the water venturing into surfing activities! Thanks to Môn Actif for organizing.

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Eco Group

Ysgol Henblas Eco Group has been successful in applying for the Tesco Community Grants Scheme. We hope to use the grant money to install an irrigation system for seedlings, in order to grow them effectively in the 'red classroom' before moving them to the school's lovely garden. Please tell your family, friends, colleagues, and neighbours! Hopefully with enough support we will succeed in receiving the maximum amount of grant money. It will be possible to support at Tesco Bethesda and Bangor!

Drama workshops

Year 6 pupils had a great day of drama workshop in the company of actors Rhian Cadwaladr and Gwion Williams. Their friends from year 6 Ysgol Bodffordd also joined and there was plenty of energy, fun, buzz and creativity in the hall. Many thanks to Rhian and Gwion for their enthusiasm and encouragement.

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Gardening

It is worth seeing the growth in Ysgol Henblas' garden once again this year. The vegetables were sold in mid-June and a good crop was available. Cwmni Da came over to the school to film for the program Garddio a Mwy on S4C and questioned the children and Mike Allen. Thanks also to Louise for all her work. The programme will be broadcast soon!

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Theatr Pontio - Jemima

54 of the school's oldest pupils went to Theatr Pontio to watch a play about the life of Jemima Nicholas from Pembrokeshire at the end of the eighteenth century. This was a special live theatre experience for the pupils watching a production by Theatr Arad Goch company.

Health and fitness week

It was a very busy week in mid June! Thanks to everyone who contributed and gave the children exciting experiences! Thanks also to Lidl, Total Produce (Gaerwen) and Iceland for donating fruit and water bottles.
● Fitness with Mel's Fitness
● Karate with Karate Wales
● Ball skills with a Gift from Urdd Gobaith Cymru
● Zumba with Emily Bratherton
● Yoga
● Mental health talk
● Scooter skills
● Rugby
● Cricket
● Dodgeball
● Create kebabs
● Ball games
● Foot golf
● Tennis
● Various games organized by the children
● A walk to Cwt Llefrith
● Mindfulness
● Sports

See all of the photos from the Health & Fitness week

School Sports Day 2023

There was a special day of keen competition in the sports in the scorching heat of June. After a close competition between the two, Seiriol took her in the end!

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Summer Fair

Following the sports we held our summer fair - and we managed to raise close to £800 which is an incredible amount. Thank you to everyone for supporting and to the fantastic team from the Parent Teacher Association for organizing!

Comet Chasers

The Blue class pupils had a special session with Cai Stoddart Jones learning about the universe with several investigative and exciting tasks. Thank you, Cai, for inspiring the next generation!

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Cycling

Year 6 pupils were able to receive a level 1 and 2 certificate in the cycling training at the end of June. Well done and thanks to Ceri and Julie for training them.

Farm Visit

The green class visited a local dairy farm Fferm y Llan as part of the theme work. The children really enjoyed being able to discuss how they milk on the farm and look after the calves with the owners Lois and Sion. Everyone had the opportunity to give milk to the calves and watch the cows being milked. The children were amazed to learn how many litres the milk tank held daily and of course enjoyed tasting a strawberry milkshake before going home from the farm!

Story time in the garden!

The children of the green class enjoyed a reading session in their new garden on a nice Spring day. While listening to the story, it was nice to hear the birds singing and see tadpoles swimming in the pool

New friends - the little lambs!

The yellow class have been able to look after two little lambs as part of their 'Farm' theme this month. Several activities were completed with the lambs including measuring their height, feeding them, taking a live picture, and reading them a story.

Blue Planet

Pupils in the orange class had a wonderful day at the Blue Planet Aquarium learning about sea creatures and sea pollution. It was the idea of one of the children to visit the location and they were all delighted to stare and marvel at the colours of the various fish!

Rygbi tag

The school's rugby teams had a great day in the catchment tag rugby tournament. Three teams took part and the standard of rugby was exceptional - full of excitement from one end of the field to the other.

Congratulations to the year 3 and 4 team for coming second in their age group - it was fantastic to see the young group immerse themselves in the rugby! Congratulations to the year 5 and 6 team who managed to reach the semi final before losing in extra time in a great game. And another very exciting game when losing in the third place game! Congratulations to another year 5 and 6 team for showing the ability to work together as a team very well - and everyone gave 100%.

Huge credit to Mike and Chris for their meticulous coaching!

Selog

Selog the dragon came to sing with the youngest children of the school and the children of the nursery school - talk about fun bing bong bonging in the open air!

Composting

Many great posters were created teaching us about what needs to be put in the compost bin. These are the posters that came out on top!

Hockey

The school's hockey teams enjoyed themselves at the Anglesey hockey festival! There were exciting games, and it's good to see that hockey has a prominent place in the sports calendar of primary schools on Anglesey.

Cycling skills

Year 4 and 5 pupils had cycling training with our good friend – Debbie from Sustrans! Learning the right skills before venturing out on the bike on the main road is very important and it was good to see everyone respecting the training and its purpose. Safe cycling for all – and remember the helmet!

Rugby tournament

The older children had a good day at the Urdd rugby tournament on the Llangefni rugby club fields. The boys won two games in their tackling group. The girls won every match in their tag group before losing in the semi-final. Big thanks to Mike and Chris for training them!

Fourth through Wales!

Congratulations Ysgol Henblas!

We have come fourth in the Welsh Small Schools category in the Big Walk and Wheel campaign. Thanks to everyone for supporting! HURRAY!

Dairy farm

The yellow class visited the Fferam y Llan dairy farm (Cwt Llefrith) as part of their ‘Farm' theme. Thanks to Lois and the family for welcoming them and offering worthwhile experiences. The children had a wonderful day!

Football tournament

The football team took part in the 5-a-side football competition in memory of Mr Alun Wyn Mummery. There were good games and everyone tried their best. Well done everyone and thanks to Barry for training them!

County cross country

15 pupils went to represent the school in the Ynys Mon cross country final on the Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni fields. Well done to everyone for taking part - and especially to Morgan for coming third in the race for year 5 and 6 boys.

Private John Walsh

Many thanks to Helen Munro for talking about Private John Walsh’s service during the Second World War. Private Walsh was Donny's grandfather and Jacob and Harry's great grandfather. He was a soldier in France and in Africa and he returned to be part of the D-Day campaign. Helen had many interesting documents as well as John's medals to show. The children realised how important it is to remember the efforts of people like John

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Gardening and the potato growing challenge

The children have been planting in the garden under the guidance of Mike and Louise - onions, lettuce and radish seeds as well as potatoes. We look forward to seeing the final product later in the year. The children were given a presentation by Stuart from ICL about growing vegetables. Stuart has set a potato growing challenge for the children between spring and June and there will be a prize for those who manage to grow the most potatoes and those who manage to grow the biggest potatoes!! Go for it kids!

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Big Walk and Wheel Week/Bike mechanic

The children are grateful to Dr Beic for coming to the school to check that the pupils' bikes are suitable for traveling along local roads and paths. Attention was paid to the brakes, chain, seat, and tyres. Enjoy the safe cycling! Over the last two weeks of March, it was great to see the bikes, scooters, skateboards and walkers supporting the Big Walk and Wheel Week campaign! It is great that the children appreciate environmentally friendly means of travel. Heidi travelled 5 miles with her parents to get to school. A very special effort!

Cross Country

Congratulations to all pupils for taking part in the cross-country race. Everyone finished the course on a challenging day for running. Special congratulations to Morgan who came first in the year 5/6 race and to Gwilym who came third in the year 3/4 race. Fantastic!

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Llangristiolus Hall

A huge thank you for the welcome the blue class received at Neuadd Llangristiolus this morning. The children had the opportunity to ask the residents about the Second World War and the responses about relatives who had lived through the period were extremely interesting e.g. the bombs that had fallen on Holland Arms and Gwalchmai, the shops that used to exist in Llangristiolus, learning about T.G.Walker, and the story of why evacuees had not stayed in Caergeiliog. A valuable morning of learning about a very difficult time

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Urdd eisteddfod

Congratulations to everyone who competed in the Urdd circle eisteddfodau. At the regional eisteddfod there was a further day of successes - special congratulations to Carwen on receiving the first prize in the cerdd dant solo year 3 and 4, to Sara on receiving the recitation third prize, to the choir on receiving the third prize, and to Beca for competing so well in the recitation year 3 and 4. We are very proud of you. Thank you to the children for all their efforts during rehearsals over the past few weeks and to those who trained and accompanied. Thanks also to those who stewarded on behalf of Ysgol Henblas. Good luck to Carwen in the national eisteddfod at the end of May.

Rownd a Rownd studios

Pupils in the orange class enjoyed visiting the Round and Round set in the Aria studio. We got a taste of the filming schedule where we learned how a series like this is created. The pupils are delighted with Rownd a Rownd and thank the company for the thrill of tasting the world of filming in the new studio.

St David’s Day parade

Pupils in the blue class joined their peers from the catchment area and enjoyed the St David's Day parade on the streets of Llangefni! The procession made its way towards the Plas Arthur leisure center where there was further entertainment to entertain them!

Pentre peryglon

Pupils in the orange and blue class had a campus visit to the Pentre Peryglon center learning about important methods of keeping safe at home and outside the home.

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World Book Day

The school's pupils enjoyed celebrating book day by dressing up as their favourite characters from a book. See below the children of the green class in their costumes - there were many interesting stories during the day!

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.

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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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