Llansteffan School

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Ysgol Llansteffan is in the village of Llansteffan which is located around 7 miles from Carmarthen on the banks of the river Towy. The present school was built in 1953 and is a single-story building made up of three separate classrooms, a multi-purpose hall, and a kitchen. Also, there is an Office/Staff Room, toilets, cloakrooms, and storage facilities. The building is surrounded by extensive grassed play areas, together with a tarmacadamed area.

Our school’s principal aims and objectives are to:

• To develop good moral values and encourage respect and understanding towards different races, religions, and other ways of living.
• To create a happy and homely atmosphere in which learning takes place within their community.
• To develop the skills and attitudes for lifelong learning.
• To encourage and develop self-discipline and encourage self-awareness and respect towards others.
• To give equal opportunity to boys and girls in every aspect of schoolwork and life.
• To offer a broad and balanced curriculum that is relevant to age, ability, and background so that every pupil can reach his/her potential.
• To emphasize the need to understand and look after the environment and community.
• To teach through the medium of Welsh and English so that each pupil will have the chance to be bilingual by 11 years of age.
• To encourage the individual to become an active member of society.
• To ensure that the relationship between home, school, and community is such that parents, staff, and governors can work together in the interests of the pupils.
• To develop the pupils’ basic skills in literacy, numeracy, ICT, and thinking skills.

The availability of the daily fruit shop encourages our pupils to eat healthily and in the Foundation Phase pupils receive free milk daily. Our outside play areas promote active and healthy lifestyles. We encourage everyone to avoid waste, conserve energy and water and reduce, reuse and recycle. We recycle paper, cards, plastic, mobile phones, and printer cartridges. The school has been awarded Three Healthy Schools Leaves and also Eco-School flags.

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