Weekly Bulletin 11 Ysgol Sylfaenol Brynmawr June 22nd 2020...

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June 22nd 2020 Important Updates Brynmawr Foundation School Ysgol Sylfaenol Brynmawr Weekly Bulletin 11

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June 22nd 2020

Important Updates

Brynmawr Foundation School

Ysgol Sylfaenol Brynmawr Weekly Bulletin 11

Please find below the information below which was circulated via social media on

Friday:

Return to School Video

If you haven’t already had the opportunity, please do watch our video which has been

created to help provide you and your children with some further reassurance of the

measures we have taken to ensure that we are fully prepared for your child’s return to

school.

It is available to watch on You tube.

Special thanks to David Long, our Site Manager, and his team, for all of their hard work

in helping to ensure that the school is fully prepared.

Social Distancing at Brynmawr School and is accessible via You Tube

https://youtu.be/nUdqJjVZqN0

In the meantime please do email the school if you have any questions you would like

to ask and we will try our best to answer any queries you may have at this time.

In this bulletin you will find:

Celebrations of pupils’ efforts and work this past week from staff

Information from each faculty area and examples of pupil work

Important information from School

Wellbeing information

Key information from Blaenau Gwent

Home Learning access information

Contact details for all of our staff

Home Learning

Please see the school website for Home Learning work Submission of Home Learning

We appreciate that some of our pupils are completing their work on paper rather than electronically and this is

completely fine. Can we ask when the work is returned to school and given into the member of staff in

reception that the name of the pupil and the teachers/subject the work is for is written on the work. This is just

to ensure that the work is able to get to the appropriate staff member as quickly as possible.

Home Learning Award

The first set of Home Learning certificates will be on their way to some of you now! Those pupils in the top

20% of achievement points in Classcharts have been selected for this award. Well done!

Remember you and your child are able to access Classcharts regularly to see the achievement points on your

child’s account. Please continue to praise them on their efforts and engagement. If you do not have access to

your account, please don’t hesitate to contact the school at [email protected].

Please encourage your child to try their best!

EXPRESSIVE ARTS Drama

Year 7- Alex Griffiths, Jax Kirwan, Morgan Spence, Caleb Withers Year 8- Seren Davies, Briony Langford Year 9- Mason Thomas, Eve Worrell, Chloe Suter Williams Year 10- Josh Power ART Year 7- Lewis Hannom, Caleb Withers, Finley Wheeler Year 8- Nate Oram, Seren Davies Year 9- Meng-Ji Chen Music

Year 7 – Ieuan Green, Morgan Spence and Alex

Griffiths

Year 8- Briony Langford and Saul Williams Year 9- Logan Pugh

PE: Year 7 - Jax Kirwan, Kian Wedgbury & Caleb Withers Year 8 - Callum Barrett, Daniel Broad & Seren Davies Year 9 - Rhys Cooper, Ellie Gray & Mason Lewis Year 10 - Tomas Hawkins & Carys Jenkins

LANGUAGE, LITERACY & COMMUNICATION Poppi Marie Edwards Sienna Griffiths Jack Beddis Finley Wheeler Mason Thomas Ellie Hughes English GCSE Learners of the Week: Cole Price Chloe Burchell Oliver Lewis Spanish Learner of the Week for participating in the daily quizzes: Poppi Marie Edmunds Caleb Withers Miya Preece

MATHEMATICS Year 7 Morgan Spence, Lois Thomas, Harri Tiernan Year 8 Abby Hopkins, Callum Barrett, Ella Ambler Year 9 Cashera Williams, Joshua Samuel Davies, Ieuan Scott Year 10 Lewis Jayne, Joshua Woodward, Caitlin Gallacher SCIENCE Year 7 - Caleb Withers, Morgan Spence, Hadlee Davies Year 8 - Holly Harris, Ellie Morris, Corey West Year 9 - Tom Snell, Sadia Ali, Mason Lewis Year 10 - Callum McCloy, Mia Smith, Ben Dunlop HUMANITIES

Year 7 Geography: Anthony Thomas, Harvey Roberts-Goddard, William Parry, Lois Thomas, Tia Wyer-Samuel History: Leonie Edwards, Isobel McDonald, Caleb Withers ICT: Ieuan Green, Beth Spence, Aaron Walker, Lewis Hannam, Mali Thomas RE: Braydon Francis, Dane Oram, James Snell, Izzy Coles, Leonie Edwards, Aaron Walker, Morgan Spence DT: Braydon Francis, Morgan Spence Year 8 Geography: Cory Hughes, Daniel Broad History: Seren Davies ICT: Lainie Curtis, Seren Davies, Maisie Evans RE: Sam Arnold, Seren Davies Year 9 Geography: Kaycee Thomas-Evans, Bradley George, History: Melissa Roden, Mason Thomas ICT: McKenzie Maggs, Elouise Matthews, Sophie Price, Ben Targett, Chloe Suter-Williams RE: Megan James, Cara Jones Year 10 Geography: Joel Broad, Tomas Hawkins, Jack Thomas, Charlie Jones History: Mia Smith, Beth Cantle, Kirsten Silcox, Jessica Edwards, Owen Nash, Jacob Phillips, Josh Chislett

ICT: Calum McCloy, Jay McCloy, Tegan Mogford DT: Tegan Mogford

Overall Learners of the Week

Year 7 Morgan Spence Year 8 Seren Davies Year 9 Kaycee Thomas-Evans Year 10 Beth Cantle

Year 7 and 8 students have just completed

their Folly Farm Project, where they have been

planning of baking and selling cakes to raise enough

money to adopt an animal of their choice. Well done to

all who completed the project. Please, see below some

of the fantastic contributions sent in to us.

Callum Barrett Yr 8:

Lois Thomas Yr 7:

Daniel Broad Yr 8:

If you need any help with accessing the work, please contact

one of the Maths teacher using email listed below:

Mrs Watkins-Hughes: [email protected]

Mr Hoskins: [email protected]

Miss Lorimar: [email protected]

Miss Moss: [email protected]

Miss Korpacka: [email protected]

Each week tasks are set on Mathswatch. It is

important that your child attempts the retrieval

tasks that have been set by their teacher. The

table shows the participation made by each class.

you are having problems accessing Mathswatch

This week has brought continued success with the new round of learning. Years 7 and 8 have been working on projects and Years 9 and 10 have a variety of tasks to complete for biology, chemistry and physics. Continue to work on your projects next week, we can’t wait to see them! Scientists of the week: Caleb Withers, Morgan Spence, Hadlee Davies, Holly Harris, Ellie Morris, Corey West, Tom Snell, Sadia Ali, Mason Lewis, Callum McCloy, Mia Smith and Ben Dunlop.

Science Videos This week we have posted a variety of walk-through videos to help with your home learning. Check them out on Google Classroom! Soon we will be looking for some feedback on these

videos.

Examples of work: Morgan Spence Year 7 Hadlee Davies Year 7 Ffion Williams

Year 10

Sophie A Williams Year 9 Key Contacts Please send work to: Biology – [email protected] Chemistry –[email protected] Physics – [email protected] Applied - [email protected] Y7 – [email protected] Y8 - [email protected]

Kahoot Challenges! New challenges are posted weekly for all year groups. Check out google classroom for more details! Top Players – Melissa,

Craig and Ben D.

Faculty

of

Below is an extract from a story written by Oliver

Lewis of Year 10. This story took inspiration from

a poem called Mid-Term Break by Seamus

Heaney. Oliver’s story really captures the

helpless-horror and awkward-understanding

experienced by the young persona in the poem.

Well done, Oliver!

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Monday 22nd June 2020

Languages, Literacy and Communication

What are the LLC Staff Reading this

Week?

This week, Miss Jones is reading The Gender Game

by Bella Forrest

This dystopian novel is part of a 7 book Series which

is recommended for fans of ‘The Hunger Games’ and

‘Divergent’. As a fan of both I had to read this.

This book follows the story of Violet Bates who is a

citizen of Matrus - the matriarchal society which

elevated the powers of women whilst denying men

most of their rights. As part of a deal to escape the

juvenile faculty she is part of, Violet agrees to a

secret governmental mission which involves

marrying Lee and moving to Patrus. As you may have

guessed, Matrus is the patriarchal society which

strips women of their rights whilst men enjoy

elevated powers. Each society reveals individuals

who are unhappy with their life but everyone

conforms to the government. Throughout the novel

we see Violet adapt to her new marriage and society,

make an unlikely alliance and find out more about

her secret mission.

By the end of the novel I was invested - I NEEDED to

know more. I’m currently on the fourth novel ‘The

Gender War’ and the series has kept me guessing.

It’s been weeks since the nightmare started but finally he’s coming home

where he belongs. The days have turned into weeks, It has been so long

since I’ve seen him. The private ambulance along with the nurses brought

him home, as they walked through the door there was silence apart from

the angry tearless sigh from my brave mum as she squeezed my hand

tight.

No one spoke it was airy, silence was all around. Not much sleep was had

by anyone, I could hear the sobbing of my parents as I led there still trying

to get to sleep.

Morning came, I knew I had to go into the bedroom and see him for the

first time in six weeks. The room had been made to look beautiful, with

snowdrops and candles around his bed. My heart was pounding out of my

chest as I’ve never seen a dead body before especially my little baby

brother.

‘How can this happen, why? He is only a 4 years old’. This was the

conversation going around and around in my head. As I peered over the

bed he’s was wrapped in blankets looking peaceful, just like he was

sleeping. Only a small poppy like bruise on his temple. The car must have

hit him hard and his little body just couldn’t cope with the impact.

‘Sleep tight’ I whispered ‘until we meet again’.

Did you know that the most popular baby names chosen in England so far this year are Luna and Asher?

Miss Williams’ Fact of the Week!

We pronounce the combination "ough" in 9 different

ways, as in the following sentence which contains

them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful

ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough;

after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed."

Outstanding Work!

Monday 22nd June 2020

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CYMRAEG DEPARTMENT

PRIOD-DDULL YR WYTHNOS

Weekly Idiom

“Mae’n bwrw hen wragedd a ffyn” Lit: It’s raining old ladies and sticks

- It’s chucking it down!

WYDDOST TI…? Did you know…?

We have many famous landmarks in Cymru. Here are some facts about two of them. Can you find out about any other landmarks?

Y Stadiwm Principality – The Principality Stadium – was built in 1999. Though it’s known today by its above name, it is officially called the Millennium

Stadium and has been called The Principality Stadium since 2016.

Who designed the Stadium?

The Guardian of the Valleys is a memorial to the

miners who lost their lives in the 1960 pit explosion in Six Bells, Abertyleri. In total, 45 men were killed.

Who designed the Guardian?

CÂN I FEDDWL A Song for Reflection

“Colli Iaith” (The Loss of a Language) was composed by a famous Welsh composer, Harri Webb. It’s a song of loss of the Welsh language over time, and all that comes with it – status, heart, and soul. It also tells of the loss of famous Welsh places, such as Elan, Tryweryn, Claerwen, and Llanddwyn, many of which were drowned to provide water to surrounding English villages. The translation can be found here: https://www.gtleisure.co.uk/welshsongs/colliiaith.htm

“Colli iaith a cholli urddas, Colli awen, colli barddas;

Colli coron aur cymdeithas Ac yn eu lle cael bratiaith fas.

Colli'r hen alawon persain, Colli'r corau'n diasbedain,

Colli tannau'r delyn gywrain Ac yn eu lle cael clebar brain.

Colli crefydd, colli enaid,

Colli ffydd yr hen wroniaid; Colli popeth glân a thelaid

Ac yn eu lle cael baw a llaid.

Colli tir a cholli tyddyn, Colli Elan a Thryweryn;

Colli Claerwen a Llanwddyn A'r wlad i gyd dan ddwr llyn.

Cael yn ôl o borth marwolaeth Gân a ffydd a bri yr heniaith; Cael yn ôl yr hen dreftadaeth

A Chymru'n cychwyn ar ei hymdaith.”

Listen to the song on YouTube, sung by Elin Fflur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21jEnbEpGZA

Monday 22nd June 2020

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Mrs Twinberrow’s pick of the week!

The Chorus (French: Les Choristes) is a 2004 French

drama film directed by Christophe Barratier. Co-

written by Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval, it is

an adaptation of the 1945 film A Cage of

Nightingales (La Cage aux rossignols). Pierre (Jean-

Baptiste Maunier) is an aimless child at an austere

boarding school in France. The students and faculty

are constantly at odds with one another, until a

music teacher, Clément Mathieu (Gérard Jugnot),

arrives and starts a choir. Clément -- who has

troubles of his own -- tries to change the

reactionary policies of the school, choosing instead

to encourage his students. His efforts have a

particular impact on Pierre, who shows great

musical promise.

You can access this classic French film on youtube for

free using the following address

: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGkFW8tHbAo

Spanish and French Department

MFL Star of the Week

I would love to hear your opinions on any

of the films that you have watched!

Seren Davies, Year 8

Did You Know?

Louis XIX was the king of France for just

20 minutes, the shortest ever reign.

Did You Know?

The Louvre in Pais is the most visited art

museum in the world. The famous Mona Lisa

painting is on display in this museum.

As a Drama Department we

encourage pupils to view as

much Live Theatre as possible

during this time. This is where

students will enhance their

knowledge and understanding

of performance & technical

aspects of a production. Here

are a few you can stream to

your Home!

Practical Activities/Competitions for Key Stage 3 & 4

The Drama Department continues to receive excellent work. Key Stage 3 are working on the

Follow the Drama Department

on Twitter:

@Drama_PA_BFS

Music

Considering news this week about Vera Lynn, we thought it would be a fitting tribute to share some of the

great research work that has been completed by year 7 and 8 about her.

Morgan took

inspiration from ‘We’ll

Meet Again’ to write

his own song about

hopes for the future!

Some more from our Brynmawr ‘Feel-Good’ Playlist:

Miss Webb- Mine is ‘I predict a Riot’ by the Kaiser Chiefs. This song

reminds me of my teenage years when I used to listen to indie bands

and think I was cool. I tried to teach myself to play guitar once and the

first riff was one of the only things I managed to learn. It makes me feel

happy as I can picture myself when I was younger, completely carefree

and loving life. The lyrics also suggest breaking out and of course,

rioting which I like to do in the form of dancing.

Mr Smith- ‘Slow Life’ by ‘The Super Furry Animals’ always makes me

think of lush sunny days with friends, barbecues, and chilling in the

summer.

Mrs Burns- Mine is ‘I will Survive’ by ‘Gloria Gaynor’. I used to sing this

with my best friends when in school, we used to use our hairbrushes

instead of microphones. We still meet up after all these years!

This week our KS3 pupils have been busy completing their Olympic projects by designing and

participating in their own ‘At Home Olympics’. There has been some fantastic and creative work sent in

and we have loved seeing all the family competitions that have taken place over the past week, with

many parents showing the young ones how it’s done! Examples of this great work can be found on our

social media accounts.

Year 9 GCSE PE pupils are now combining all the knowledge and understanding they have gained over

the school year to answer a number of past paper questions over the coming weeks. Our Year 10 GCSE

pupils are now beginning their contemporary studies by researching the factors that affect

participation for minority groups within our society. The Prize Question for last week was won by Year

9 pupil Rhys Phillips with a perfectly applied answer to the training zones question – well done Rhys!

Home learning can and does present many different challenges for each of our pupils and we are

especially proud of all their hard work, independence and resilience in overcoming many of these new

challenges – a huge well done to all and keep it up!

*If any pupil is having difficulty accessing or submitting the work please do not hesitate to get in

touch by contacting the school or email to: [email protected]

Here are our ‘Two2Watch’ for this week:

Lots coming up over the next few weeks, more information can be found over the next few

pages and our social media accounts, but here are some important dates for the calendar:

Monday 22nd – Friday 26th June: National School Sport Week Friday 17th July: BFS Virtual Sportsday (Deadline for entries – 5pm Friday 10th July)

Above are a full list of the activities and challenges for the National School Sport Week…..each day at

10am we will post the full explanations/ videos/ links for all activities that day.

We are hoping lots of pupils and their families will take part and share their efforts and a National School

Sport Certificate of Participation will be awarded to all those that do.

@PE_BFS

@PhysicalEducationBFS

A virtual sportsday is a first for the department but we feel it is definitely worth attempting! We hope

all pupils will enter at least one of the events in order to make it a success and ensure we have a

winning house for Sportsday 2020.

- All entries will receive 3 Classchart points.

- All entries will receive 2 house points.

- Finalists will receive an extra 3-8 house points depending

on their final positions

Videos can be sent by:

- Uploading to the newly created SPORTSDAY GOOGLE CLASSROOM – CODE: iallzp4

- Messenger to our social media accounts

- Emailing to [email protected] (depending on the video file size)

ALL ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY FRIDAY JULY 10TH

All Art Home Learning Tasks should be

sent to your Art teacher, either:

Miss Flyng – [email protected]

Mrs Burns- [email protected]

Log into Classcharts, to see all Art tasks

set.

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Miss Flyng’s favourite website this week:

Tate kids https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

Lots of short animations, videos and

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Wellbeing and Support for Families

Please remember, if you have any concerns or questions about your child’s wellbeing at this time, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] and a member of our wellbeing and pastoral support staff will contact you. Please provide a phone number in your email if you would prefer a phone call. Please find below some more useful information to help us all to understand what is happening around us at this time. Parent link - Looking after your physical wellbeing with Care first Lifestyle

Parents’ & Carers’ Support Line

Blaenau Gwent Educational Psychology Service (BG EPS)

We in BG EPS will continue to support our community in these challenging times. We recognise that the

current school closures and the concerns about Corona Virus may increase the worries of children and

families.

We will be available to provide advice to help parents and carers in meeting the learning and wellbeing

needs of their children. We have set up an ‘EPS Support Line’ for parents and carers to contact us.

They should email

[email protected]

and include a telephone contact and brief information about advice required. We will respond as soon as

possible.

Please note that this offer applies only for parents and carers who would like some extra advice around

supporting their children’s learning needs and / or emotional wellbeing during the period of school

closures.

We are also providing information packs for:

learning at home;

helping with worries; and,

promoting emotional well-being.

The EEF website has a lot of useful information for both schools and families. This document has been useful for me when considering my own children’s routine. ( See documents below) https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/

School Nurses and Looked After Children`s Services

Until further notice, our Services can be accessed via a:

This service is available for parents & carers, schools,

children and young people.

Contact us for advice and support.

You can contact us Monday to Friday between the hours

of: am until 2pm 10

You Can also find us on:

FACEBOOK @SchoolnursingABUHB

TWITTER @SchoolUhb

Or check out our webpage:

07500 124208

This short guide has been

sent to all parents via

Classcharts. Please email us if

you are not signed up to

Classcharts.

Home Learning Codes You will find all planned work for your child on the school website under the COVID-19 Home Learning and Support Tab. Here you will have found work which was organised for pupils to complete every day. Resources for this work and extra support can be found on the following online platforms and have been organised by your child’s teachers as a way of keeping in touch. Please also see below all username and passwords that you and your child will need. Class Charts Pupil Code: Class Charts Parent Code: Hwb Username: Hwb Password: Google Classroom Codes To access Google Classrooms pupils need to create a Gmail account first and then log into Google Classrooms. A parent guide had been emailed out to all pupils. Maths Year 7: ybzrsvh Year 8: dgkw6oa Year 9: gsfm4wh Year 10: gw54py2 English Year 10: bps6x74 Year 9: zcwex3t Year 8: r7thpwr Year 7: hjilygj Science Year 10 Triple: prqucnx Year 10 Double Aw: mdwpse3 Year 9 Double Aw: xgfq24z Year 9 Triple Award: maayycj KS3: rinszwl Welsh Year 10: w5wayg4 KS3: 7o4nk7m MFL Year 7 French: wkz7cnu Year 7 Spanish: mxkc4zd Year 8 Spanish: 6v7g5ew Year 9 Spanish: 2mnbykz

PE KS3 : utfygo7 Year 10: pg77fxx Year 9: gz5vayi DT/Construction Year 7: gj3fhif Year 8: mhmpq7h Year 9: w7nguqi Year 10: wk7fusm Geography Year 7: cvvtfiq Year 8: pqbdjiz Year 9: hfv4lqi Year 10: 2lxnaix Music Music work can be found on ClassCharts –please log in with details provided ICT Y9 and Y10 Please log into Microsoft Teams using your Hwb Log in details provided KS3 work can be found on ClassCharts All pupils can continue to access Maths Watch. Y10 pupils also have access to GCSE POD (app)

As much as possible, please do send your queries to the main school email address at:

[email protected] .

Please find attached other contact details for staff you may need to contact for specific enquiries.

Senior Leadership Team

Mr. McNamara [email protected] Headteacher

Mrs Lake [email protected] Deputy Headteacher

Mrs Burns [email protected] Assistant Head teacher and Art

Mrs Price [email protected] Assistant Head teacher and English

Miss Griffiths [email protected] Assistant Headteacher and Maths

Miss Gunter [email protected] Business Manager

Mr Williams [email protected] Assistant Headteacher (Seconded) and PE

Mrs Pearce [email protected] Assistant Headteacher (Seconded) and English

Heads of Year

Miss Griffiths [email protected] Head of Yr 7

Mrs Jones [email protected] Head of Yr 8

Mr Bartlett [email protected] Head of Yr 9

Mr Williams [email protected] Head of Yr 10 ( and 11 temporary)

Faculty of Language, Literacy and Communication Mrs Pearce [email protected] Head of Faculty

Mr Atkins [email protected] Second in English and Whole School Literacy Coordinator

Miss Williams [email protected] English

Miss Olden [email protected] English

Miss Bentley [email protected] English

Mrs Twinberrow [email protected] Languages

Mr Wall [email protected] Second in LLC (Welsh)

Miss Jones [email protected] Welsh

Mrs Lewis [email protected] Literacy support

Administration/Pupil Support Mrs George [email protected] Inclusion/RESET

Mrs Phillips [email protected] Governor Support and Inclusion/RESET

Mrs Williams [email protected] Reception

Miss O'Brien [email protected] Pastoral support

Mrs Copik [email protected] Attendance Officer

Mr Davies [email protected] Inclusion/RESET

Mrs Davies [email protected] Inclusion/RESET and Governor support

Mrs Williams [email protected] Learning coach

Mrs Preece [email protected] CLA support

Humanities Faculty + (ICT/D & T) Ms Hughes [email protected] Head of Faculty and ICT

Mr Owen [email protected] Second (Temporary) in Faculty and Geography

Mr Thomas [email protected] D and T

Mr Tibbs [email protected] Geography

Mrs Thomas [email protected] BTEC/Skills/Music

Mrs Harris [email protected] RE

Mr Richards [email protected] History and Sociology

Mr Smith [email protected] D and T/ALNCO

Mrs Badham [email protected] History/Sociology and RE

Mrs Jenkins [email protected] D and T technician

Expressive Arts Faculty

Mrs Jones [email protected] Head of Faculty and Drama

Ms Jay [email protected] Second in Faculty and PE

Miss Flyng [email protected] Art

Mr Sweet [email protected] PE/Development officer

Mrs Rice [email protected] Music

Mathematics Faculty Mrs Watkins-Hughes [email protected] Head of Faculty

Mr Hoskins [email protected] Second in Faculty ( Temporary)

Mrs Korpacka [email protected] Maths

Mrs Lorimar [email protected] Maths

Miss Moss [email protected] Maths

Science Faculty

Ms Marasco [email protected] Head of Faculty

Miss Webb [email protected] Second in Faculty

Mrs Jones [email protected] Science

Mrs Mole [email protected] Science Technician and Child Development teacher

Mr Wiltshire [email protected] Science

Mr Bartlett [email protected] Science and Head of Yr 9

Site staff

Mr Long [email protected] Site manager

Mr Worton [email protected] Caretaker

Stay Safe

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