Welcome to
Gilwern Primary School
We're a village primary school for four to 11-year-olds situated in the beautiful Brecon Beacons National Park and walking distance from the River Usk and the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Our pupils come from Gilwern and the surrounding area, and most have attended the Hopscotch Nursery within our school grounds.
What's going on at Gilwern…
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Celebrating St David's Day
Children were invited to wear Welsh costumes into School. (i.e. Welsh girl/boy costume, Welsh Rugby kit, Welsh football kit, etc.) Please go along to our Gallery to see our pictures.
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World Book Day 2015
World Book Day will take place on Thursday 5thMarch, 2015 Each year the school celebrates World Book Day with a range of Literacy based activities, i.e. shared reading, writing poetry, writing stories and listening to a storyteller. The theme for this day will be:- Foundation Phase –&lsq..
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Trip to Shackletons
Year 4 are well underway with their Spring Term Topic ‘New Visions’, we are learning about the possibilities for our local area in the future and how we can keep records of today and how we can learn form the past. We have looked at a range of maps to see how Gilwern and the surroundi..
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Techniquest
On Monday 19th of January Year 5 had the opportunity to work with Rhys from Techniquest. We learnt about the workings of the heart and the digestive system. Ieuan Alford, Jessie Barrell and Ella Randall held the specially made digestive organs in their hands “It’s weird!” said J..
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