Class 4 pupils used their own initiative and raised £80 for CAFOD in the run-up to Christmas by organising four different colouring and wordsearch competitions throughout the school at 20p a go. Pupils even encouraged staff to enter in their own category!
CAFOD, which is the official overseas development and relief agency of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, seeks to tackle the causes of poverty and injustice in the world.
Pupils have used their cash to purchase CAFOD gifts of fresh water, a vegetable garden, an emergency relief survival kit, including materials for making a shelter and cooking pots and utensils, chickens, and a school starter pack that will provide school fees, uniforms, pens books and daily meals for poor children to attend school in the developing world.
ST. MARY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL CONCERT
Thank you to St. Mary's for inviting St. Teilo's School to take part in the Christmas carol service. It was a very special occasion and enjoyed by all who attended.
CHRISTMAS FAYRE RAFFLE
The Christmas Fayre raffle raised £228 towards educational equipment for the school. A big thank you to the main raffle sponsors, Four Seasons, Andrew Rees, Katy Louise Hair, and all the parents of St. Teilo's pupils, who donated food and wine for the hampers.
KARATE
Cody Hayes-Wright, Kieran Johnson and Myles Johnson were awarded their orange belts at karate recently. Cody was runner-up 'Student of the Year' and it was lauded that Myles 'fights with great determination'. Well done to them all!
TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS
Well Done to dominic Belli who recently passed his Level 7 trampoline gymnastics qualification.
GOLF
Sam Foley successfully completed Level 1 and Level 2 of the Trefloyne - St. Andrew's Valderama Junior Golf Programme, passing with distinction. Mia Foley passed Tri-golf 1. Well done to them both!
WELSH
Zachary Steele received an award for his part in the Greenhill Welsh competition.
MUSIC
Madison Neye passed her prep test in piano. Leo Zenato achieved grade one piano.
CHILDREN IN NEED
Pupils of St Teilo's raised £131.29 for the 'Children in Need Appeal'. Each child brought their favourite teddy to school and made a donation to the cost of its tuition for the day.
CHRISTMAS DISCO
Friends of St. Teilo's arranged a Christmas disco, raising £173.50! Thank you again to all who supported the event, Tenby Rugby Club for hosting, Glenn Conbeer for such a fun disco, and to the guest of honour, Father Christmas.
ATLANTIC TRAMPOLINES - EARLY YEARS DONATION
St. Teilo's would like to say a big thank you to Atlantic Trampolines and Mark Plews who donated a trampoline to the Early Years department to aid fund-raising for foundation stage equipment. The trampoline, raffled during Christmas school concerts, was won by Mr. Hugh Bridges. The raffle raised £180!
Thank you also to Mrs. Julianna Lydon and Mrs. Jane Lewis for the cake prize donations and Laura Tomp for the lovely hampers that were also raffled off during the concerts as part of the Friends' fund-raising efforts for the school as a whole, raising £288!
Winners of prizes were Sharon Ennis, Mr. Atherton, Jane Coates, Luke Joliffe, Ray Foley, and George Boben.
PANTOMIME TRIP
Pupils enjoyed a trip to the Torch Theatre to see their 'fab' production of the pantomime 'Cinderella'. Thank you to the 'Friends' for subsidising transport to keep the trip affordable for all - everyone had a wonderful time.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
The Friends organised a desirable 2009 school calendar, raising £655 so far from their sale. Special thanks go to Gareth Davies for his super photos, and sponsors Tenby Travel, Peter Day Carpentry, Tenby Tourers, Cross Roads Garage, Playdays Childminding, Jago, Chevron, Wimpy Restaurant, Haverfordwest, Griggles Theatre Shop, Pipers Restaurant, Town and Country Roofing, and Four Seasons. Such funds go towards educational items such as the new Oxford University Press reading scheme recently purchased by the Friends.
SWIMMING ACHIEVEMENTS
St. Teilo's pupils enjoyed competing in the Urdd Schools Regional Swimming Gala at Pembroke and will be representing Pembrokeshire in the following heats at the National Urdd Final at Cardiff's National Pool tomorrow (Saturday).
Participating are: Year 3 and 4 boys backstroke - James Crowney Richards; butterfly -Ben Rees; breaststroke -Dominic Belli; medley relay and freestyle relay - Dominc Belli, Ben Rees, James Crowney Richards, Kieran Johnson; Year 3 and 4 girls, butterfly - Keira Slack. Well done to all who took part and good luck to the pupils who will be competing in the finals.
Tenby Dolphins held their club championships at Tenby Leisure Centre and pupils at St. Teilo's did very well.
Ben Rees won gold in the under 8s boys 25m butterfly, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, silver in 25m breaststroke and bronze in the under 9s 200m freestyle. As a result of this success, Ben was also awarded the trophy for winning the under 8s boys category.
Billie Truman achieved gold in the under 9s 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, and 200m freestyle, silver in the 50m freestyle, and the trophy for winning the boys under 9s category.
Kieran Johnson achieved gold in the aged seven and under breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke and individual medley, winning the boys under 7s trophy.
Madison Neye won gold in the seven and under 25m backstroke, silver in the seven and under 25m freestyle, 25m breaststroke, and 25m butterfly, and was awarded the trophy for winning the girls seven and under category at the age of six years - the youngest person in the competition!
Safiya Rooney achieved bronze in the under 10s 50m butterfly, 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 100m individual medley, and silver in the under 10s 50m freestyle, coming third overall in the age 10 and 11 group.
Keira Slack won silver in 50m freestyle and individual medley and bronze in breaststroke. Dominic Belli won gold in eight years and under breaststroke and bronze in freestyle and individual medley, while Sam Foley achieved bronze in breaststroke. Myles Johnson won bronze in the 50m breaststroke for nine years and under.
Congratulations to all who took part and swam so well, including Jade Rowell, Kezia Scaife, Francesco Zeraschi and Alanya Thomas.
Many thanks to all the coaches of Tenby Dolphins who are so committed to the development of Tenby's young talent.
Fionn Ellaway achieved her Stage 6 swimming award and 1,000-metre distance swimming certificate. Lily Murray-Coller achieved Stage 5 of the National Swimming Awards, Emma Barley achieved Stage 3, together with her 25m Rainbow swimming certificate, while Caitlin Rees, Ameya Neye and Harry Thomas also achieved their Stage 3 awards, with Caitlin achieving her 50m Rainbow certificate too. Courtney Hughes and Delun James achieved Stage 1 and William Russell achieved Grade 2 Ducklings award. Good work!
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Bingo, Valentine's Day Disco, Quiz Night, Race Night - watch this space for dates!