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Friday 16th October 2026 

Headteacher's Blog

16 Oct 2026
Headteachers' Blog- Friday 16th October 2026
    Dear Parents and Carers, What a busy few weeks we've had at Romilly! As we reach the end of what has felt like a very long first half term, I wanted to share some of the lovely things that have been happening across our school, as well as a few reminders about what'...
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What's Going On

5VC Trip to Slade Farm
All Day
19
October
Read Write Inc Parents Workshop - Best suited to Reception families and children in Years 1–2 who are still developing their early phonics and reading skills.
9:30am – 10:30am
19
October
Read Write Inc Parents' Workshop- 2:30pm – Developing Fluency & Confidence Best suited to Year 1 families and Year 2 families looking at fluency, longer words and comprehension.
2:30pm – 3:30pm
19
October
Cancelled colorfoto Day- individual photos and siblings N-Y6
All Day
20
October
PTA Discos-Nursery – activities within classes Year 2 – 3.30pm–4.30pm Year 4 – 4.45pm–5.45pm
5:30pm – 6:30pm
20
October
PDP- Reorganised Parents Evenings
3:40pm – 6:10pm
21
October
PTA Halloween Disco- Reception and Year 1 – 3.30pm–4.30pm Year 3 – 4.45pm–5.45pm Years 5 and 6 – 6.00pm–7.00pm
5:30pm – 6:30pm
21
October
October half term - 1 week
All Day
from 26 Oct until 30 Oct
26
October
Parent Help Out Days
9:00am – 12:00pm
06
November
Y2 Trip to Cardiff Castle
All Day
10
November
Cancelled- Colorfoto School Photos Day
All Day
10
November
Full Governing Body Meeting
5:00pm – 6:00pm
10
November

Latest News

09 Oct 2026
A Huge Thank You to Our Wonderful PTA!
A massive diolch yn fawr to our fantastic PTA for generously purchasing a wonderful range of new playground equipment for the school! Children across both Foundation Phase and Key Stage Two will benefit from lots of exciting new activities and games to enjoy during breaktimes and lunchtimes. P...
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08 Oct 2026
Meet our new Friends of Romilly team
We are delighted to introduce the Friends of Romilly volunteer team for the 2026/27 school year, who were confirmed at Wednesday evening’s PTA AGM. The team for this year is: Chair – Zoe Hyland-Buckeridge Vice Chair – Jessica Cooper Secretary – Ruby Price Treas...
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02 Oct 2026
Celebrating Our ‘Always’ Children 🌟
  This week, we have been celebrating some very special members of our Year 6 community – our ‘Always’ children. As part of our focus on leadership and role models in Year 6, members of staff were asked to nominate children who consistently stand out for all th...
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02 Oct 2026
The Jude Cantlay Kindness Award
  We are incredibly proud to share that Holly is the very first recipient of the Jude Cantlay Kindness Award – what a special honour. The award has been created in memory of Jude Cantlay, a much-loved pupil at Romilly who sadly passed away. Jude’s family wanted...
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02 Oct 2026
A Wonderful Macmillan Coffee Afternoon at Romilly
  A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Macmillan Coffee Afternoon at Romilly this week. It was lovely to welcome so many of our parents and carers into school to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, some delicious cake and, most importantly, to help us raise money for Ma...
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02 Oct 2026
Creativity, Curiosity and Skills in Action through STEAM
  There has been lots of exciting practical learning taking place across Romilly through our STEAM programme. STEAM brings together Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, giving children opportunities to develop their creativity, problem-solving and practical ski...
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02 Oct 2026
Phonics Parent Workshops
Dear Parents and Carers, On Monday 19 October, we will be holding two parent and carer workshops to demonstrate how we teach reading through our Read Write Inc. (RWI) phonics programme. The sessions are designed to help you understand how reading is taught in...
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Y6 Class Blog

15 Oct 2026
Y6 Blog- Friday 15th October
Week 7 in Year 6 In Literacy, the children have completed their shared write for their portal stories. They were challenged to include a range of ambitious grammatical techniques to help them vividly describe two contrasting settings. The children worked incredibly hard to write, edit and up...
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Y5 Class Blog

16 Oct 2026
Year 5 Blog 16/10/26
  This week’s learning  Contrary to winding things down for the end of term, Year 5 have truly been winding things up! 5NM enjoyed their trip to the farm, despite the drizzly weather, and really made the most of the opportunities available to them during their visit...
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Year 4 Class Blog

16 Oct 2026
Y4 Blog- 16/10/2026
Please enter an introduction for your blog post here. In Literacy, Year 4 have begun writing their very own fairy tale stories! We have been putting our learning from the past six weeks into practice, using our toolkit to help us create exciting and imaginative tales. The children have done a fan...
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Year 3 Class Blog

15 Oct 2026
Y3 Blog- Friday 16th October
This week, the children have been learning all about the journey of a banana! They discovered where bananas grow, how they are harvested and how they travel all the way to the UK before arriving in our shops. We have also begun an exciting art project called ‘The Watermelon Smile’. This...
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Year 2 Class Blog

16 Oct 2026
Year 2 Blog – 16th October 🌟
  1. This week’s learning 🌟  We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 2!  📖 In Literacy, we have started working on our shared write as part of our Jack and the Beanstalk unit. The children have been putting their writing skills into practice, sharing id...
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Plaza (Reception/Y1) Blog

15 Oct 2026
Plaza Blog- Friday 15th October
1.This week's Learning:    Measuring our beanstalks.   Digital navigations skills     This week we enjoyed celebrating Shwmae day and practising our Welsh.   Many of the children have had their flu sprays and impressed the nurse...
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Nursery Blog

15 Oct 2026
Nursery Blog - Friday 16th October 2026
  We have had another busy week of learning in Nursery!  Our story is The Little Red Hen  We talked about characters and changed the Little Red Hen to our own character.  We had some funny ones….please ask your child about them.  We collected leaves on...
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Outdoor Learning Blog

16 Oct 2026
From Allotment to Harvest Festival! 🌱🎃
  Year 6 Outdoor Learning at Romilly Primary School Our Year 6 children have been getting their hands dirty this week as part of their outdoor learning sessions, helping to harvest the wonderful vegetables and squashes grown in our school allotment. Armed with enthusiasm and a willingn...
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