December News 2024

Merry Christmas!

Nadolig Llawen gan blant Ysgol Henblas!

Orange and blue class singing an arrangement of Mary’s Boy Child. Yellow and green class singing about colours from their Christmas show!

Thank you Miss Jones

Goodbye Miss Jones. Thanks for providing the children of the blue clas with amazing experiences!

Talented Instrumentalists

It was the instrumentalists’ turn to perform in a special concert in front of their friends.
Well done each one who took the opportunity!
Talented Instrumentalists Photos

Sponsored Santa Run

The sponsored Santa run has raised £443 towards the 2026 Urdd National Eisteddfod local appeal. Huge thanks for your great support once again. And congratulations to the children for their immense efforts! Blue and orange class pupils managed to run 1.5 miles individually, while yellow and green class pupils ran 0.75 miles individually. A total of 108 miles. Brilliant achievement!

Sponsored Santa Run Photos

Reverse Advent Calendar

We are extremely grateful to all who supported the Reverse Advent Calendar appeal. All the goods have been collected by Mr Rhun ap Iorwerth and Mr Geraint Bebb today!

Christmas Dinner 2024

No one does school dinners like Anti Sian and Anti Tracy and today’s Christmas feast was fantastic!

Christmas Dinner 2024 Photos

Letters to Santa Claus

The Postman visited reception year pupils to collect very important letters they have been writing.

Christingle

Many thanks for Emlyn Williams and his friends for coming to the school to make Christingles with the pupils!

Santa Claus

There was plenty of excitement as a very important person in a red coat flew above the school!

Trystan and Emma’s Radio programme

Two songs from this year’s Christmas shows were featured on Trystan and Emma’s programme on BBC Radio Cymru! You can hear them on the link below about an hour and 40 minutes into the programme!!

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0025vn7

Canolfan Hen Ysgol Bodorgan

Year 4 pupils entertained local residents at canolfan hen ysgol Bodorgan as they enjoyed a Christmas dinner. Half an hour of great singing by the pupils!

Eglwys Sant Cyngar

It was a privilege for the school choir to sing in Cyngar Sant Church, Llangefni this evening with côr Bara Brith, supporting St David's Hospice. Huge thanks to the children for singing so wonderfully and to the parents and staff who supported them.

Can y clychau: youtube.com/shorts

Sion Corn sy’n galw draw: youtu.be/PUx8BZJ3PDE .

Helping in the community

Pupils of the blue class had a wonderful morning socialising with the members of the local community in Neuadd Llangristiolus. The aim of the morning was to raise awareness about vulnerable animals that are on the streets. The pupils were busy tidying up the area outside the hall and preparing tea, coffee and cake while socialising with the residents. Many thanks to Sioned for the welcome and to Chris CELS Character Education & Life Skills for organising.
Helping in the community Photos

2024 Christmas Shows!

There were fantastic shows over two days and all the children worked so hard to produce them. The yellow and green Class presented a show about the Colour Thief, while the blue and orange Class presented a show about Culhwch and Olwen. Congratulations to everyone and thanks to the staff for their hard work in preparation.

2024 Christmas Shows Photos

Entrepreneurship Group

Congratulations to the entrepreneurship group for selling a total value of £219 worth of 2025 calendars!

Yellow and green class Fitness Challenge

Congratulations to the children of the green and yellow class on completing the fitness challenge at the end of November and raising £328 towards educational visits.

October News 2024

Our Christmas Concert: December 16

Join us for a concert at the school in the company of the Moniars, Guto and Ynyr, Beca and the Ysgol Henblas choir. The presenter for the evening is Edward Morus Jones. Tickets will be available at the school - Adults £6 and children £2. Mulled wine and mince pies will be available! Proceeds to the Urdd National Eisteddfod 2026 appeal.

Careers Day

The orange class had a very interesting afternoon learning about different jobs and which skills are needed to do different jobs. Many children have been inspired.

Watch a photo reel on Facebook here

Orange Class Careers Day Pictures December 2024

Cartref Rhos, Malltraeth

The green class had a wonderful afternoon at Cartref Rhos. The children watched a show called Kariad (a show about the true meaning of Christmas) and then there was a chance to sing and socialise with the residents. Thank you Menter Môn for organising and to Ann and all the staff at Cartref Rhos for the warm welcome.

Watch a photo video on Facebook here

5 a side football

The 2024 5 a side football tournament champions in the Anglesey smaller schools category are Ysgol Henblas. Thanks to Môn Actif for organising. The whole squad played excellently displaying great teamwork!

Young bronze ambassadors 2024

4 of the school's oldest pupils enjoyed themselves at Coleg Menai while receiving the training of bronze young ambassadors 2024. Thanks to MonActif.

Fitness challenge

All the pupils in the yellow and green classes enjoyed taking part in the Colourful Fitness Challenge! They managed to collect £203 via sponsorship and all the children completed the challenge. The money will be used towards educational visits in the new year.

Christmas Fair

There was a very special Christmas Fair held at the school at the end of November. Thanks to everyone for helping in so many different ways and we hope the children enjoyed seeing Santa in the magical grotto! An incredible profit of £1298 was made.

Children in Need

Thanks to the school community for raising £143.50 towards the Children in Need 2024 appeal.

Indoor athletics

The athletics team was very happy after coming first in the Llangefni Schools Indoor Athletics Competition! Well done everyone!

Condolences

In November 2023 Huw Roberts came to Ysgol Henblas to give a very special session to the children of the orange class. He showed traditional Welsh instruments, and the children were engrossed in listening to him perform traditional tunes. Huw attended Ysgol Henblas several times and he always succeeded in capturing the attention of every child. We extend our deepest condolences to his wife Bethan and his children Sion and Megan.

Môn ar Lwy

Thanks to Helen Holland from Môn ar Lwy for coming to the school to talk to the older pupils about how she went about creating such a successful business. It was interesting to hear about the process of creating ice cream and how to market it. And the highlight of the afternoon for the pupils was tasting the wonderful ice cream. Thanks to Helen for her kindness once again!

Teams4U

Thanks to all for supporting our Teams 4U 2024 appeal!

Halloween Disco

There was a hall full of spooky characters at Ysgol Henblas for the Halloween disco at the end of October. Thank you to everyone for supporting and to the wonderful team who were so busy organising such a great night. £600 was raised by the Parent Teacher Association.

Halloween Disco

There were many strange characters at Ysgol Henblas for the Halloween disco tonight. Thanks to all who supported and to the amazing team of PTA volunteers who organised such an enjoyable night - raising a great sum of £600. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBPrpz

Ysgol Henblas’ budding entrepreneurs

Ysgol Henblas' enthusiastic entrepreneurs will be creating goods before long. Mr Tony Pritchard, who is a local businessman, has very kindly presented a range of printing equipment and a professional thermal printer. Purchased from Nova Chrome, a family business based in Mona with over 40 years experience in the personalized gift industry - this equipment will enable the pupils to create cups, key rings, fridge magnets and personalized coasters to be able to collect money for the school. Mr Pritchard has been a friend of the school for many years. He visited last year to talk to the children about the old Ysgol Henblas and show them pictures of how the building was transformed into homes as part of their class work. We are extremely grateful to Mr Pritchard and Nova Chrome for their kindness and for these excellent gifts. The pupils are looking forward to starting their new venture. Members of the School Council and its entrepreneurship group are already planning to create special goods for Christmas! Ian McDowall, Technical Manager of Nova Chrome, showed some of the children how to use their new equipment and presented them with mugs, fridge magnets and a personalised key ring. Another kind donation will see Nova Chrome visit the school to provide the pupils with free training sessions.

Urdd football tournament

The football team played brilliantly in the Urdd 7-a-side tournament. They worked well as a team and scored plenty of goals!

Urdd Cookery competition

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the Urdd’s CogUrdd competition. A big thank you to Mr Richard Holt for judging the competition. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBMqF2

T.Llew Jones day

A hall full of pirates, highway thieves and Welsh colours celebrated T.Llew Jones!
The children of the yellow and green class enjoyed seeing the colours of the autumn leaves while going for a walk around the village!

Menter Mon Awards

It was a huge privilege for pupils in the orange class (2023-24) to receive the Community Event of the year award at the Menter Môn awards last Friday night. Many congratulations to the children, staff, parents, and Mrs Heather Williams and Mrs Sioned McGuigan in particular for organising the gig Hwyl Henblas - an event that was so special! Huge thanks to Balchder Bro for the grant towards the gig! This video clip was shown at the awards ceremony. Fantastic achievement! https://youtu.be/b-P2S7Gq9YI?si=kxRfF5lvOYCMh85H

Llandudno Chocolate Experience and Jade Village Restaurant

The children of the blue class had a good day at Llandudno Chocolate Experience and Jade Village, Chinese and Cantonese restaurant Menai Bridge. They heard about the history of chocolate, created a chocolate lollipop and tasted a feast of food in the restaurant! There were no noodles or rice left! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBN96R

Legoland Discovery Centre

The orange class had an exciting day at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Manchester. This is where the children had asked to visit as part of their class theme ‘Building Futures’. A day of collaborating, building, playing, fun and laughter! https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBNr1h

Thanksgiving

The hall was full to watch our Thanksgiving presentations this year. Valuable messages of thanks were shared - being safe online, a world of colour, and inspiring sporting stars.

Thank you to the children for teaching their parts and the songs so special. £326.18 was raised towards the Ynys Mon Food Bank.

The orange class mapping!

The orange class had a very entertaining afternoon at Newborough beach taking part in the Lle Llais project. Several activities had been provided for the children and they enjoyed using their senses and sharing their ideas in order to support research.

Onions in the garden!

Thanks to everyone who bought onions and house plants. The money was spent on bulbs which have already been planted!

Cycling week to school

It was good to see so many bikes and scooters outside the school. Thank you for supporting cycling / scooter / walking to school week!

What's cooking?!

One of the children's ideas was to invite Rhian Cadwaladr to cook and talk about writing cookbooks. The children cooked Berffro cakes, created a recipe book and learned about the process of writing a recipe book! Many thanks to Rhian once again!

Colour window

Huge thanks to Claire for collaborating with the pupils of the green class (2023-24) in creating a special coloured window. The class were inspired after seeing a coloured window in Beaumaris Castle last year and Claire and the pupils developed their ideas together. The final window is fantastic and unique. We are so lucky to have such a good friend for the school.

Thanks Mike!

For a period of five years Mike Coyne coached rugby at Ysgol Henblas. We finally had the chance to thank Mike for giving so much time for the benefit of the children of Ysgol Henblas. Thanks to him for inspiring the players of the future!

Colourful Tour

The yellow and green class (nursery, 0,1 and 2) have been enjoying their 'colour' themes so far. They went on a walk around the village to discover the colours of nature. The children managed to discover a mural of colours and sorted them after arriving back to the classes after their trip. It was nice to be able to explore and reflect on colours outdoors while enjoying the September sun.

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!
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjB7Fdp

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!”