School reports MYNYDD CYNFFIG PRIMARY SCHOOL
Our pupils continue to receive a wide range of learning experiences including a visit from ‘The Really Wild Show’, a trip to Greenmeadow Community Farm near Cwmbran, a Bird Feeder workshop at Pyle Library, several dance workshops and a mock Wedding at St Theodore’s Church in Kenfig Hill for our Foundation Phase children. In Key Stage 2, our Year 5 classes have been go-karting whilst Year 6 have visited RAF St Athan as part of their STEM project about drones. We have also had visits from Techniquest who did a ‘Starlab’ demonstration, the RNLI talked about beach safety and from Madeleine Moon, Member of Parliament for Bridgend, who talked to our pupils about her work within our community and at Westminster. We celebrated St David’s Day with dance, drama and songs, which made us proud to be Welsh. Many congratulations to Mynydd Margam on winning the Eisteddfod which involved writing, art and costume competitions. Our pupils have also participated in various sporting competitions including netball and football as well as in swimming where our Year 5 & 6 girls team recently performed exceptionally well at the Urdd National Swimming Gala Finals in Cardiff Bay. Neil Davies Head Teacher
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THE BRIDGE This is our first time contributing to the Seaside News. We would like to share the many events happening here at The Bridge. Our school is an Alternative Provision, which provides education for children who struggle attending mainstream school. This term, we have been focusing on being a Rights Respecting School (RRS). We are currently working towards the Silver Award. In April, we are expecting a visit from the Children’s Commissioner of Wales (Sally Holland) she is going to be talking about her role of working with young people. Some of our year 11s recently joined in a webinar organised by Sally where they discussed the many issues around Islamophobia. A short while ago, we were nominated for the green token appeal in Asda. Thanks to the generosity of the local community we received the most tokens and were awarded £500. The money is being used to renovate our common rooms. We would also like to mention our year 11 pupils who are currently working hard and revising for their GCSE exams. We wish them all the best of luck. Year 10 and Year 11 Seaside News team
BRYNTEG SCHOOL Recently a group of year 9 students had the opportunity to experience workshops with BBC School Report and Digital Cities in the Wales Millennium Centre. The main focus of the event is to educate students on digital journalism and the many different job opportunities available. Each workshop was run by different companies and topics included coding, virtual reality, real news and radio. In addition Brynteg will take part in the BBC School Report annual News Day, simultaneously creating video, audio and text-based news reports and publishing them online. Congratulations to two year 10 students Ella and Seren who won second prize in the National Oxplore Big Question Competition. Pupils from schools nationwide were invited to submit a thought provoking question. The girl’s successful question was ‘Is the population of people with mental health issues increasing? If so, why is this?’ The question impressed the judging panel and both received a £20 book token. Well done! Brynteg School celebrated World Book Day during March. Pupils and staff had the option to come to school dressed as a book character. There were many activities throughout the day and students thoroughly enjoyed! Jen L Davies
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