Pupil from Ysgol Gwynedd were invited to the opening ceremony of the new residential buildings opposite the school entrance. The new building will house a mixture of small and large apartments and some with disabled access/facilities. The name given to the building is Cwrt Yr Ysgol, due to it's close proximity to our school. Adam, a Year 6 pupil at Ysgol Gwynedd was the 'guest of honour' and carefully cut the ribbon to officially open the building. He was joined by several dignitaries including local Councillor David Cox and the Welsh Assembly Members, Carl Seargeant and Sandy Mewies.

KS2 pupils had a special visitor to their weekly Headteacher's Award this week. Mrs Beverley Macauley visited to invite the pupils of Ysgol Gwynedd to take part in a naming competition for the new nursing home opposite Flint High School. The competition ends in 2 weeks time and then Mrs Macauley will re-visit in a few weeks to announce the winner. We look forward to seeing you again.

Santa is certainly working hard this Christmas. At 2pm this afternoon the Foundation Phase pupils were treated to a surprise visit from Father Christmas and his reindeers. He managed to land safely on the Junior yard and was greeted by a loud cheer. Thank you for taking the time out of your hectic schedule to visit us.

The pupils of Ysgol Gwynedd have been extra busy this half term preparing for and performing their Christmas concerts.

Years 5/6 started the busy fortnight of concerts with a performance of 'A Christmas Wish' that was held at St Mary's Church. Years 1/2 continued the following evening with an excellent re-telling of Pinocchio. Nursery and reception then followed with performances of 'Christmas Eve at the toy shop' with Owen (Yr 6) as narrator. Years 3 and 4 closed the Christmas concerts for 2013 with performances of 'Santa's on Strike'.

Congratulations to all pupils on their resounding performances and a big thank you to all staff for their hard work and dedication throughout.

During the the autumn term a group of 28 pupils in Year 3/4 were visited by Mrs Ann Bridges who was our artist in residence for the week.

Mrs Ann Bridges, a professional printer, and the pupils worked tirelessly to design and create artwork based on the theme of 'Riddles & Rhymes' which culminated in an art exhibition at Clwyd Theatre Cymru.

The work that the pupils created is seen behind the group photograph (below) and will soon return to school to be used as a display. Well done to everyone involved and a massive thank you to Mrs Davenport and Mrs Levitt for helping. Diolch.