Staff News Mrs Margaret Innes will be retiring at the end of this term. She has worked in Breakfast Club for years and she will be sorely missed.

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1 Date 8 th 2017 The Head s update Dear Parents Staff News Mrs Margaret Innes will be retiring at the end of this term. She has worked in Breakfast Club for years and she will be sorely missed. Urdd Regional Swimming Gala On Thursday 7 th, the Urdd held their annual regional swimming gala at Penarth Leisure Centre, where schools from all over Cardiff competed for a place in the National Urdd Finals. There were some amazing swims from our Year 4 team, Celeste R, Francesca B, Phoebe C and Darcie G and also from our Year 6 team, Honor F, Amber P, Daisy B, Eleni S, Carys H and Abigail S. Only the fastest overall swimmer in an individual event or school team relay event will be eligible to represent the region in the finals, so we now await the results of these regional heats to find out if any of our swimmers have qualified for the national event which will take place in January at Cardiff International Pool. Junior School clubs - end of term Please see below for the finishing dates of the autumn term clubs. Now finished for the autumn term: Forest School Laughter Yoga Spanish Speech and Drama Native German

2 Finishing week beginning 11th Dec: Computer Club Netball Hockey Infant Sports ISGA Gym French German (beginners) Junior chess Film club Ballet Swim club Gymnastics club Mandarin Finishing week beginning 18th Dec: Cookery (Tues 19th) Infant chess (Mon 18th) Please see separate list from Mr Beckett regarding all music clubs. Please note that the Spring term club timetable will be published to parents at the end of next week. Mandarin Club In the Spring term of 2018, the Mandarin club will every Monday afternoon from 15:20 to 16:20 from 15 th January. Please if you would like your daughter to start. Christmas Cards This year there will be Christmas card post boxes in Ty Hapus and Hazelwood. If your daughter would like to send a card she is welcome to post them in the box. The Vice Captains will empty these daily and deliver. Please make sure that they have the name and class so that they can be delivered to the right classrooms! Christmas Jumper Day The Junior School Council would like us to support Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day again this year. Please could your daughter wear her uniform, but swap her school jumper for a Christmas jumper on Friday 15 th with a donation of 1 towards this worthwhile charity. In addition to this, the School Council would like to invite all girls to dress up on the last day of term - Thursday 21 st it will be a fancy dress day with the theme of Christmas! 'Spaghetti Maths' after school club The popular club 'Spaghetti Maths' will be returning in January. Seran will be running a class each Wednesday after school for KS2 classes and an additional class for Year 1 and 2 every Monday after school, both until 4.25pm.

3 Junior Radio There will be no Junior Radio on Monday 11 th due to rehearsals for the School Carol Services Junior Rock & String Machine There will be no Junior Rock or String Machine on Tuesday 12 th due to the School Carol Services Band Skills There will only be a rehearsal on Thursday 7 th for the group performing on the bandstand the following week Junior School Christmas Music on the 2017 Once again, there will be music in the Pavilion in the Car Park during the final week of term. Parents are very welcome to come along and listen or even sing! Many of our Junior instrumental and vocal ensembles will be performing. Monday 18 th From 3pm to 3.20pm Junior Flute Choir Year 1 and 2 Choir Shake, Rattle & Roll Percussion Group Tuesday 19 th From 3pm to 3.20pm 4J Class Brass Junior Rock Band Skills Group String Machine Wednesday 20 th From 3pm to 3.20pm Junior Orchestra Junior Wind Band The groups will play as parents arrive at the end of the day, but we will make sure that we finish playing in time to catch school buses. Girls, please ensure that you have a warm school coat and hat that day and please remember your instrument and music if you are an instrumentalist! You might also like to bring a bit of tinsel to decorate your instrument! Many thanks for your hard work and commitment this term! Merry Christmas! Mr Beckett, Mr Cheeke, Mrs Lloyd-Jones, Ms Groves & Mrs Davis

4 Music Clubs Junior School Music Clubs Autumn Term End Dates Day Group Final Rehearsal Final Performance Junior Flute Monday 18 Choir th Monday 18 th - Recording to be played in Junior Monday Finished for the term classrooms w/b 18 Radio th Shake Monday 11 Rattle & Roll th Monday 18th - Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Junior Rock Y1&2 Choir String Machine Junior Wind Band JCC Band Skills Junior Orchestra No Rehearsal Tuesday 12 th Additional LUNCHTIME rehearsal session on Thursday 14 th with Band Skills group No rehearsal Tuesday 12 th Additional rehearsal Monday 18 th No Rehearsal Tuesday 12 th Additional rehearsal Tuesday 19 th Wednesday 13 th Open Rehearsal Friday 8 th parents & friends invited 3 Band Skills groups finished for the term 1 Band Skill group rehearsal Thursday 14 th Thursday 14 th Tuesday 19 th - Monday 18 th - & Tuesday 19 th - Noah s Ark hospital visit Tuesday 19 th - Wednesday 20 th - Tuesday 12 th - Evening Carol Service at Llandaff Cathedral & Friday 15 th - performance to Junior School in assembly 1 band skill group - Tuesday 19 th - Wednesday 20 th -

5 End of Term The Howell s will be open as usual until Wednesday 20 th but it will be closed on the last day of term, Thursday 21 st, for cleaning purposes. Celebration Teas Mrs Davis was delighted to host Celebration Teas for Junior School girls this week. Click here for more information. Parent Blog This week s instalment of our Parent Blog is available to read by clicking here. Jewellery Have you lost a Pandora bracelet or gold crucifix on a chain? These two items of jewellery have not yet been claimed. If you think they might be yours, please could you contact the school. Diary Dates Carol Services Our eagerly anticipated Carol Services are just around the corner, and Llandaff Cathedral will once again provide the perfect setting for this year s Carol Services which will take place on Tuesday 12 th. There will be two services, one at 1.45pm and another at 7.00pm, which will include performances from the Year 5 and 6 (afternoon only), Junior Competition Choir (Evening only), Senior Choir, College Choir, Youth Choir, Jazz Group and Orchestra. The services will also incorporate readings from students, staff and governors. There are no tickets required and we recommend arriving early in order to get a good seat. Whole School Open Afternoon Our doors will be open for our next Whole School Open Afternoon for prospective students, from Nursery to College, and parents on Tuesday 13 th February 2018 from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Please do pass on the information to anyone you think might be interested in visiting Howell s. For further information please admissions@how.gdst.net or telephone

6 Junior School Dates Monday 11 th Tuesday 12 th 1.45pm Tuesday 12 th 1.45pm Tuesday 12 th 7pm Wednesday 13 th 1.45pm Thursday 14 th 9.30am Friday 15 th Thursday 21 st Thursday 21 st School Christmas Lunch Year 5 and 6 singing at Llandaff Cathedral Nurs, Rec, Year 1 & 2 Show JCC Carol Service at Llandaff Cathedral Nurs, Rec, Year 1 & 2 Show Nurs, Rec, Year 1 & 2 Show Christmas Jumper Day! Christmas Fancy Dress Junior School finishes at 1pm. There will be no After School Care.