As well as our regular news and photos from schools across Wrexham and Flintshire, we have a round-up of events and achievements in today's School Report and gallery.

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• YSGOL BRYN GWALIA, Mold

The school has been celebrating being fortunate enough to have an ancient oak tree on its school grounds.

The oak was recently a finalist in the Welsh Tree of the Year competition.

Pupils spent a day researching and finding out facts about the tree, and wanted to build a sense of ‘Cynefin’, which is belonging in Welsh.

Working with geographer Dr Paula Owens, each year investigated in their own way, from measuring the trunk to find out the age of the oak, to estimating the height of the tree by using old and trusted methods.

The pupils wrote poetry, descriptions and created some fantastic map work.

They will be following on with this topic in the autumn term and also look at other special landmarks in Mold.

Year 6 have gone on to write letters to Flintshire County Council to ask if they can remove a roped off area and replace it will wild flowers to protect the roots and perhaps a picket fence.

Headteacher Lorraine Dalton added: "The tree represents the values and qualities we pride ourselves on in Ysgol Bryn Gwalia - resilience, strength and the ability to thrive."

• ACTON PARK PRIMARY SCHOOL, Wrexham

During the half term holiday, the children that will be joining the school's nursery classes in September received a special invitation from their friends in reception, to a special teddy bears' picnic.

As part of their visit, the children had the opportunity to make their name from pebbles, design and create a bear's mask, make characters from playdough and enjoy a picnic alongside their favourite teddy bear.

The children also had an opportunity to meet some of their new friends and the staff that will be in the Early Phase team in September.

Staff said: "A huge thank you to all of the parents and children for making the day so special and also to Simon Boyd Interiors in Wrexham for supporting school by donating all of the blankets for our picnic.

"We had lot of fun and we can't wait for our children to start in September."

• YSGOL PENYGELLI, Coedpoeth

Each year the school gives the children the opportunity to take part in the Young Voices concert, which takes place at Manchester Arena.

As this was not possible this year, they instead take part in The Biggest Sing event, organised by Young Voices, which enabled them to join in from school.

They sang simultaneously together with 362,229 others all over the world in a Guinness World Record attempt, all linked by a live stream from the O2 arena.

The singing at the O2 was led by music legend Billy Ocean and The Voice winner Ruti.

Katy Boothby, a teacher at the school who is in charge of the choir, said: "The song was Bill Withers' Lovely Day and we had to learn it in school along with the British sign language to go with it.

"The event was also raising money for children's mental health charity, Place2Be.

"The children really enjoyed taking part in this event and we were very proud of everyone.

"Seventy five children and staff sang their hearts out and remembered all the signs really well too.

"It felt really special to join together with so many other schools from all around the country and world and be a part of something so big, especially after such a strange year of being separate from others.

"It really was a 'lovely day' at Penygelli school!"

• ROFFT PRIMARY SCHOOL, Marford

After a talk in school about dementia, the students in Year 6 decided they wanted to do something to help raise awareness for this syndrome.

Dementia is a horrible condition on the brain that affects people's memory and numerous other things, including many everyday activities.

About 850,000 people in Britain have dementia, and the students' aim was to raise £50 to help research.

Lewis Perrins, Phoebe Cheffings, Leo Brooks, Oliver Davies and Zac Campbell, all in the same class in Year 6, decided to take on a 10km run to raise awareness for dementia.

They measured out a 2km route which would start and finish at the Rofft School and did this loop five times - running towards the Co-op at the top of Marford Hill, going down Marford Hill, turning right on to Hoseley Lane, then up the gruelling, leg-destroying, lung-busting Pistyll Hill, then down Stancliff Avenue towards and circling to the school.

This took them to just over 10.5km. On June 18 the youngsters completed the challenge.

They said: "We had great fun running and to help us along the way, the other kids in the class supported us on every lap by throwing water balloons at us and firing water guns at us - it really did help cool us down.

"We also sold lots of cakes after school and friendship bracelets and in total we have raised just over £600.

"We are all feeling really proud of ourselves."