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We welcomed new children to the Morning Nursery class; all the children have settled well and are enjoying being at school.
The school held a Welsh Week in March and honoured all things Welsh. All the children contributed to our Eisteddfod on March 7th.
The children celebrated World Book Day on March 10th. The children were invited to dress as a favourite book character and received a World Book Day token.
On 14th March the children experienced an exciting creativity talk and rocket launch with Nick Corston. Nick, who runs STEAM Co, is passionate about the power of creativity and works with schools and communities to deliver inspiring and engaging experiences.
The children bought Red Nose biscuits and donated money to dress in red and raised a fantastic total of £742.47 for Red Nose Day 2025.
We also took part in Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel Fortnight. Oystermouth had the second highest number of children cycling, walking or scooting to school in Swansea!
The busy term ended with a visit from the Easter Bunny on Friday who left all the wonderful children a Malteser Easter Bunny.
I would like to say a big thank you to all the pupils, staff, parents and Governors for the continued support you give me. I am extremely proud to be the Headteacher of Oystermouth Primary School.
Isabella – Dosbarth Limeslade
Joel – Dosbarth Caswell
Mathew – Dosbarth Pobbles
Bryher – Dosbarth Three Cliffs
Aran – Dosbarth Oxwich
Ava – Dosbarth Oxwich
Arthur – Dosbarth Rhossili
Amber – Dosbarth Rhossili
How do Things Work?
We started this topic off with looking at the weather. We made rainbows using skittles and hot water, made fake snow out of hair conditioner and sodium bicarbonate and found out why it rains and made our own rain!
We had a lovely trip to The Gower Heritage Centre and found out how the mill works so that they can make flour.
Are all Countries Like Wales?
In this topic we have looked at pictures of Wales and other countries and decided how they are different and thought about what animals live in Wales and other countries. We enjoyed using the watercolours to paint our favourite animals.
We then decided as a class to look at castles, as we have one on our doorstep! The children have compared castles in Wales to castles around the world. We have found out why castles were built, who lived in them and how they protected themselves. We will be finishing off our topic with a visit to Oystermouth castle.
During this term we have also celebrated St.Davids Day, World Book Day, Red Nose Day and World Maths day.
We have had a lot of fun this Spring term. We have celebrated Chinese New Year and tried new foods. We dressed up as our favourite characters for World Book Day. We dug for worms and made worm farms and made dough and baked bread. We even learnt a joke for Comic Relief!
Castle Woods
We like to be out and about in Rotherslade so have continued our locality woods to Castle Woods and this term have searched for signs of Spring. It has been lovely to explore the changes of the seasons in our local environment. Often stopping to sketch, play or have our lunch in the grounds of Oystermouth Castle. We are looking forward to finishing off this Spring Term with a visit to the Castle which reopens at the beginning of April.
Gower Heritage Centre
We had a wonderful visit to the Gower Heritage Centre where the children produced fabulous lino cut watercolour prints with local artist Katie Kneath. We listened to the story of the Little Red Hen in the theatre, went on a Scavenger Hunt and explored the Old Mill before taking part in the big Duck Race to finish off our day.
Norton Beach
Having looked at Castles around Wales during this term’s topic, ‘Are all countries like Wales?’, we thought it was quite important that we venture to the beach and build some of our very own sandcastles. We took our buckets and spades to Norton Beach and dug, built, searched and explored. We found crabs and some beautiful sea glass and built an epic castle with a moat!
Eisteddfod
The children gave a fantastic performance of Mi Welais Jac Y Do for our Eisteddfod and came dressed in traditional dress for the occasion. They worked hard on their handwriting for the handwriting competition with their Lliwiau’r Enfys poem and they produced beautiful water colour paintings of daffodils for the art competition. We also had a lot of fun learning a Twmpath. It was a fantastic celebration!
World Maths Day
World Maths Day fell on a very sunny Wednesday, so we took our activities out into the yard. The children had the opportunity to undertake a variety of activities and challenges to get them excited about maths!
We have enjoyed going for our Wednesday Woodland Walks. We have visited the Community orchard, the sea wall defences and Underhill park.
We have been improving our DCF skills. We have been looking at controlling objects. We have used Sphero.Beebots, Ruff Robot and Hwb on many occasions.
We had lots of fun for Red Nose Day telling jokes to the rest of the class and raising money.
We all took part in a fantastic Eisteddfod. We drew Daffodils in our class. We also wrote out poems in our best handwriting.
We shared our favourite books for World Book Day 2025. We share these share with out classmates.
We celebrated St David’s Day with lots of different activities.
We have been learning our sounds with Monster Phonics. This is a new scheme we have started to use recently.
What a busy term we have had!
We have had another fantastic term in Dosbarth Caswell, filled with exciting topics and engaging learning activities. As we come to the end of the term, I’d like to take a moment to celebrate the fantastic progress the children have made. They’ve worked incredibly hard, shown great enthusiasm for their learning, and should be very proud of all they’ve achieved.
It’s been a pleasure to see their confidence grow and to watch them support one another every step of the way
How Things Work?
We began the year with the topic, ‘How Things Work’. We enjoyed participating in hands-on and fun activities as we explored the wonders of the world around us. We investigated forces, understanding how pushes and pulls affect objects. And then we dived into the fascinating world of magnets and metals, learning about their properties and how they interact.
Are all Countries like Wales?
This term, our topic has taken us on a journey around the world as we explored the question, “Are all countries like Wales?” The children have thoroughly enjoyed comparing Wales with other countries, starting with celebrating our own culture during the Eisteddfod. They performed brilliantly and showed great pride in their Welsh heritage, especially during our Welsh folk dancing sessions! We’ve also created some beautiful, expressive artwork inspired by Wales and beyond. As part of our geography work, the children loved using maps and atlases to learn about different continents and countries, sparking lots of curiosity and great discussion.
As part of our topic ‘How do things work?’ we went on a trip to the Waterfront Museum. We learnt about the Robin Goch and had a workshop with author Thomas Docherty. Dosbarth Pobbles also worked with XL Wales to build their own lighthouse with an electrical circuit.
During Welsh week the children created pictures of our local area in the style of Welsh artist Catrin Williams. The children enjoyed using oil pastels to create colourful and vibrant art work. They also completed observational drawings of Daffodils and designed Welsh themed pictures.
This term we celebrated World Book Day. The children came to school dressed as their favourite character and shared their favourite book with the class. It was lovely to see all the amazing costumes and spend a day celebrating reading!
We recently went on a trip to the Gower Heritage Centre. We had a fantastic time learning about the myths and legends of early Gower. The children worked with local a local artist to create watercolour prints. They even got to take part in the famous duck race, which they thought was great.
We started off the term thinking about ‘How Do Things Work?’ The children loved designing and making their own inventions from junk modelling materials.
We thought about how parachutes work and carried out a science experiment. Our visit to the Waterfront Museum and workshop with author Thomas Docherty gave us loads of ideas about machines, inventions and how to represent our ideas through art.
We have been exploring music and sound through using different instruments and thinking about how the ear works and how sound travels. We enjoyed sharing what we have been learning in Bandalong with some of the other classes in the school in a special assembly.
After half term we had a fantastic ‘Welsh Week’, painting pictures in the style of Ruth Gen and enjoyed performing our mining song ‘Yr Wyf i Little Collier’ in the school Eisteddfod. We have been comparing countries of the world with Wales, generating questions and doing lots of our own research.
We had a blast on World Book Day, sharing stories and dressing up as book characters.
In PE we have been honing our athletics skills!
Our trip to the Gower Heritage Centre was a great experience, where we heard myths and legends of Wales and created some prints based on the story of Pennard Castle. This lead to our own story writing and shadow puppets to end the term.
First half-term
This half term we explored the world of animals and habitats, having an amazing visitor discussing adaptations and evolution. The talk of evolution sparked a great interest in space and the planets. The pupils researched and wrote amazing explanations about a space topic, created lovely chalk art work and many more throughout this half-term.
Second half-term
We began this term with a visit to Techniquest, in which we had the opportunity to explore the planetarium. The terms theme was ‘are all countries like Wales’, from EPIC planning the class were really interested in learning about Patagonia and comparing it to Wales. Lots of map work and exploring cultures, climates and many more features of both countries. The pupils have worked very hard this term and I am excited for the rest of the year.
In March, our friends from the English Centre in Spain joined us for two days. We had a wonderful time pond dipping, exploring rockpools and visiting the lifeboat station.
Techniquest We had a brilliant visit to Techniquest where we found out about famous Welsh scientists. We loved exploring and investigating.
This term, we have also completed a cycling proficiency course where we learned how to cycle safely on the road, including how to turn and consider the speed at which we travel and the cars around us. We have also been developing our skills when playing Squash.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW ADVENTURE, ZAYDAAN! WE’LL MISS YOU!
HAPPY EASTER FROM US ALL IN DOSBARTH RHOSSILI!
Once again the tennis sessions at lunch times this term have proved to be popular.
Eight girls from Pobbles and eight girls from Rhosilli as well as eight boys from Three Cliffs will be playing in a tennis festival after Easter at Bishopston Sports Centre. The festival is also a qualifying event for the Swansea Schools Tennis Competition in June.
As always, these clubs are open to anyone who wants to join.
By Mrs Myers
Our Monday lunch time Netball Club for Pobbles and Three Cliffs still remains a popular lunch time club.
Next term will see the pupils playing on the outdoor netball courts. Here, they will have the opportunity to learn netball positions and areas of play in readiness to play a ‘fun netball match’ against Rhossili during the last week of term. This is always enjoyed by all players.
Any new players would be welcome to join.
By Mrs Myers
On March 7th the girls team went to play in the finals day at Pure Football and all played really well but unfortunately they played against very strong teams and ended up finishing 5th in the group.
Everyone who has played in the football teams this term has made me very proud of being their football coach.
By Mrs Harris
We have had a fantastic term for rugby! With many new faces to the sport and on the back of our first tournament, it was time to ramp the training up and get ready for the Urdd rugby tournament!
Everyone got stuck in and improved no ends and this was made clear in the tournament. We won our first game and got a draw. The team showing so much progress and heart to tackle people 5 times the size of them. I am so proud of all of them and the effort they have shown.
By Mr Greenwood
Thank you to all the staff who run our extra-curricular clubs. Your time and effort, often given outside your regular hours, are greatly appreciated. These clubs provide valuable opportunities for pupils to explore new interests and develop skills. Your contribution makes a real difference to our school community.
Mrs Morgan
On the 16th and 17th of January, Dr Andrew King delivered engaging evolution sessions to every class in the school. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience, captivated by his presentation and fascinating animal facts. Dr King’s PowerPoint captured the pupils’ interest, prompting a wealth of thoughtful questions. The sessions sparked lively discussion and helped to open up important scientific concepts in an accessible and exciting way.
On Friday 10th January, Paul Leyshon – children’s author originally from Gorseinon, meet the Gower Beaches children. He launched ‘Joni Jones and the Ghost Train’ in October, a time-travelling adventure that takes the characters on a journey through a ghost version of Welsh and British history.
If your child read the book, please can they write a short, honest review on Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220190849-joni-jones-and-the-ghost-train
The BioArtAttack 2D (UK) competition is for 2D artworks (without labels or descriptions) featuring an endangered animal, plant or fungi species. This is open to all young people aged 7 – 18 years old and currently living in the UK. This competition is now open until 3rd July.
https://www.rsb.org.uk/get-involved/rsb-competitions/2dbioartattack
On Friday 21st March Oystermouth Primary School joined thousands of schools up and down the country coming together to spread joy, have fun and raise money for those who need it most.
The school raised a fantastic total of £742.47 for Red Nose Day 2025!
We’re looking for green-fingered parents, grandparents or community members who can spare a little time each week to help bring our school garden to life!
We have a fantastic garden area complete with a greenhouse, tools and enthusiastic children – what we’re missing are the volunteers to help make the most of it. Just a small amount of your time could make a big difference. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or simply enjoy being outdoors and working with children, we’d love to hear from you.
Volunteers would work alongside small groups of children once a week during the school day, helping them learn about planting, growing and caring for the garden.
If you’re interested – or know someone who might be – please get in touch with Mrs Morgan . Let’s grow something wonderful together!
Mumbles Rotary Club are focusing this year on raising funds for Noah’s Ark Hospital. The hospital provides secondary care for children and young people in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan and tertiary care for children across Mid, West and South Wales. The hospital provides expert and compassionate palliative care for over 350 children who have life limiting or life-threatening conditions, and their families.
Mumbles Rotary have planned a number of fund raising activities throughout the year to support the hospital but there is one scheme you may be able to help them with.
Jeff Joseph, who owns Langland Bay Antiques, has offered to support Mumbles Rotary in raising money from any unwanted/unloved or broken jewellery that they are able to collect. You may have a single earing (the other being lost), a ring that no longer fits etc. Items with either a silver or gold content can be brought to school and will be given to Mumbles Rotary. Please pass the word about the initiative and if we can help with something small then collectively we will have something big to give the hospital.
We now have a permanent Foodbank Collection Box by the door in the Art Room.
At the moment the Foodbank especially needs: long life fruit juice or squash, UHT or powdered milk, rice, tinned or powdered potatoes, tinned peas, sweetcorn or carrots, custard rice pudding, toothbrushes child or adult, shower gel and shampoo.
All donations gratefully received.
A huge thank you to the children who took part in Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel 2025, the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge.
Oystermouth Primary School had the second highest number of children cycling, walking or scooting to school in Swansea and we came 17th out of the 93 schools that took part in Wales.
Well done Oystermouth!
There is currently a vacancy for a School Crossing Patrol at Oystermouth. The role of the School Crossing Patrol is extremely important for the safety of the children, and I am sure you will understand why I am seeking to fill the vacancy as soon as possible.
The hours are from 8.00am until 9.00am and 3.00pm until 4.00pm a total of 10 hours per week, during term time. The current rate of pay is £ 11.79 per hour.
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If you know of anyone who would like to apply for the position please apply on line via https://www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseajobs or if you would like more information regarding the role of a School Crossing Patrol please contact Joanne Davies on 07796 275664 or email joanne.davies@swansea.gov.uk.
For security reasons, the gates on Newton Road and Castle Road cannot be left unlocked and unattended. Two staff members will ‘man’ the gates until 8:10am. If your child is attending Breakfast Club, please arrive no later than 8:10am.
Please pay for Breakfast Club using the Breakfast Club payment on School Gateway. You do not need to book.
All bookings for After School Club (ASC) and Gym Club will be through School Gateway. You need to book sessions by 11:00pm the previous day. We would prefer that bookings are made as early as possible to give us enough time to allocate staff.
Please come to the Newton Road gate to collect your child(ren). Please phone this number to speak to a member of the After School Club staff during After School Club hours – 07395115787.
We’re writing (again!) with an important message – our current PTA is standing down in July, and unless new committee members step up, the PTA will fold. This would be the first time in a generation that Oystermouth Primary School is without a PTA. And let’s be honest, that would be a huge loss. Without a PTA, we wave goodbye to:
BUT… we don’t have to lose all this!
Taking on a PTA role might sound daunting, but it’s actually much easier than you think – especially if a few of you step up together. It’s a fantastic way to meet people, support the school, and (let’s be honest) enjoy a great social life, complete with a glass of wine or two. To keep things running smoothly, it’s so much easier for a new committee to take over now while the current team is still here to help. This way, we keep our charity status, roll over the existing bank account and constitution, and avoid all the hassle of starting from scratch.
Who are we looking for?
You don’t have to do it alone—why not grab a couple of friends and do it together? It’s genuinely rewarding, and the difference you make will be felt by every child in school.
So, if you’re even remotely interested, please get in touch with Mia directly. If we don’t get a new committee in place soon, the PTA – and everything it provides – will be gone. Let’s not let that happen!
Best wishes,
Mia Prosser – Co Chair (07528 806176)
Nina Kellerman – Co Chair
Rhian Connolly – Secretary
Hannah Williams – Co Treasurer
Katie Cochlin – Co Treasurer
Oystermouth Primary School – PTA Committee Members
I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with the PTA for their support for the school. The PTA has raised an enormous amount of money and the whole school community is very grateful. Nothing the PTA do would be possible without the help from parents, grandparents, extended families, the school staff and of course the children themselves.
Many thanks, Mrs Morgan
The school has been running ‘Walk to School’ days for the last nineteen years. They have always been enjoyable and well attended even in wet and cold conditions! As a school, we encourage all children to walk to school as it is better for the environment, saves money and it is healthy.
The ‘Walk to School’ days are a social event when the children, parents and helpers have the opportunity to chat to each other as they walk to school. It is a fun, whole school event that develops your children’s independence, road safety and social skills.
The class with the highest percentage of children walking to school from Underhill will have additional play, supervised by myself.
Please see below the ‘Walk to School’ dates for the rest of the academic year:
Friday 16th May 2025
Friday 27th June 2025
Friday 11th July 2025
