Deri Primary School Estyn Report
March 2019

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Darran Valley History Group Unveiling and Competition

 The whole community was welcomed to the community centre on Friday 9TH May which gave people in the Darran Valley a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see The Groesfaen Saga painting by local artist Illtud David.
The 1.5m x 1m artwork was last shown in 2005 and was brought out of storage just for the Friday morning.
It was hung in the National Museum in Cardiff for several years, before the Industry section moved to a new museum dedicated to Welsh industry in all its forms.
The event was for the unveiling of two of the latest information panels, in a series placed  by the Darran Valley History Group.
A former miner  revealed the new panels which will then be placed in the Darran Valley Country Park, where Groesfaen Colliery once stood.
Year 5 and 6 pupils participated in an art competition to create a piece of work entitled 'The Miner' and a poetry competition entitled ' A day in the life of a miner'.  The winners were presented with their prize of gift vouchers and their work was displayed for all to see. 

The History of Deri App

Our History group have been busy since September in creating an app all about the history of Deri. On Wednesday we launched the app and lots of the community came along to find out all about it. On Friday 11th a judge from the Welsh heritage Schools Initiative came to look at our competition entry and was very impressed. We are keeping everything crossed for a prize in this years' competition. 
To download the app
Scan the QR code with your phone camera and click on the link that appears on the screen. This will take you straight to our app. The home screen has a 3 tabs to explore.
To save our app to your mobile device's home screen, follow these steps:
On IOS
Open the app in Safari—Click share—Add to home screen- Click Add

On Android
Open the app in chrome—Click the Menu button (3 lines)- Click Add to home screen -Click Add
Now the app is on your home screen and you can use it just like a regular app

Mammy and Me 

Our Mother's Day afternoon tea was a huge success and everyone had a fabulous time. The decorations, food and hall looked very fancy! A huge thank you to Mrs Edwards (who baked the scones), Mrs McBurney, PTA and all the staff for their hard work and support. Diolch!

Comic Relief

To celebrate 40 years of comic relief we decided to party like its 1985! We all dressed up 80s style and had a blast in our 80s danceathon. We raised £62. 

World Book Day 2025

On Thursday 6th March we celebrated World Book day by dressing up as our favourite characters from a book. A winner for the best dressed was chosen from each class and they got to choose a new book. 

Eisteddfod 2025

​We celebrated St David's Day a little late this year. We had a fantastic eisteddfod on Monday 3rd March. Lots of certificates were awarded for singing, poetry, recitation, art and cooking. Da iawn pawb! Ty Groesfaen were the worthy winners.  To keep the Welsh theme going on Wednesday 4th march Bigfoot Theatre Company came to school and we all enjoyed a drama workshop retelling traditional Welsh Tales. 

Winner of Dawn Bowden's Christmas Card Competition. Da iawn Imogen Humphries in D1.

Remembrance Day 2024

Our Heddlu Bach represented the school at the remembrance day service in the village today. Da iawn pawb. 

Football success! 

On Thursday 26th September our football team made a great start to the season with 3 wins out of 4 matches. Da iawn pawb. 

Debating fun!

3 pupils from year 5 competed in Bargoed Rotary Club's Youth Speak debating competition at St Gwyladys Primary School on Wednesday 12th June. The discussed the impact of artificial intelligence. The pupils spoke clearly and confidently and enjoyed the opportunity to develop their oracy skills. The are very proud of their medals for participation. 

Our Heddlu Bach participated in a community flag raising ceremony to commemorate D Day. 

The Children of Years 2, 3 and 4 wowed us in their performance of Grease at the Blackwood Miners' Institute. Check out the slide show below. 

​Unveiling of the Darran and Deri Railway Commemorative Plaque

On Wednesday 15th May the year 5 and 6 children attended the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for the Darran and Deri Railway Station. The children's poetry and artwork were on display alongside the information from the Darran Valley History Group at the community centre. 4 children were awarded prizes for their work and all the children represented the school extremely well. Deri primary school showing that it really is at the heart of the community. 

Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative

Click on the image below to look at the work of our History group. We presented this to the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative judge on Thursday 25th April. We won a certificate of merit for our hard work. 

Young Promoters

Da iawn to the children in year 4/5/6 who helped to organise a fantastic event in school for all the community. Here they are being presented with their young promoters certificates for promoting the Arts Council Wales show ' Breathe'. 

Platinum+ Award

Welsh heritage Schools Initiative

On Friday 8th July 2 members of the History club and Miss Bourne went to St Fagons Museum in Cardiff to attend the awards ceremony for the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative. The History group had completed a project about Ysgwyddgwyn Chapel which recently closed in Deri. The group researched the history of the chapel, discovered memories of local residents and created a display. They entered the competition and won first prize in The Catherine and Daniel Phillips Memorial Prize Hodge Foundation and won £250. Well done History Club #LegenDeri

Year 1 and Year 2 in Octopus Energy Design Awards

Year 1 and Year 2 visited the wind turbine above Deri on Thursday 8th July to enjoy a science filled morning learning about wind, wind turbines and sustainable green energy. The children enjoyed a science show from 'Boffin John' and were treated to refreshments. All this was provided by Octopus Energy who own the wind turbine above Deri. The children entered a design a poster competition for wind Turbine 2. All the children received goody bags. The four runners up, Jayke, Scarlett, Lacey May and Netty were awarded fluffy Octopus teddies. The winning design which you can see on the wind turbine itself was designed by Alyssa who won an ipad! The children were so well behaved and had great fun! The video of the event is being created by Octopus Energy and will be shared soon so watch this space.