Ysgol Plasmawr

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Here are a few documents to share with you regarding the latest developments;

The re-opening of schools in Wales, June 29th, 2020

Dear parent / guardian

Following the Education Minister’s statement earlier today confirming the date for the re-opening of schools in Wales, we will consider the implications of her decision in planning for June 29^th. I will await further guidance from the Welsh Government and Cardiff Local Authority in order to adhere to their recommendations in planning for our re-opening. My main consideration in planning for the return of pupils and staff will be everyone’s safety and wellbeing. I will formally write to you over the coming days and weeks to advise you of our planning and preparation for our re-opening on June 29^th.

Cofion cynnes

John Hayes

Head

Access to Computer Systems

Students have all been given accounts (generally Firstname.SurnameStartingYear e.g. Joe.Bloggs19) and e-mail addresses (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) and they have set their passwords to these accounts, it's the password they use to login to the computers in school.

This same account name and password (Joe.Bloggs19) is what's used to login to both Edulink and Moodle.

To login to their e-mail accounts they'll need to go here and add @ysgolplasmawr.cymru and still use the same password.

This password can only be changed on the schools network, if it really needs to be changed please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. using an e-mail address that matches what we have on our system.

Hwb

Students Hwb credntials have been sent to their e-mail, if they login to their school e-mail and search for 'Manylion Hwb' they should find them, please be sure to check the deleted folder!

If you are unable to find them please contact the school as above.

Covid-19

Dyma'r neges diweddaraf am sefyllfa'r ysgol.

Gwybodaeth amd Ohirio Arholiadau 2020

Canllawiau Dysgu o Adref

Pecyn Gwaith Cyfnod Allweddol 3

Here's the latest on the Covid-19 situation for the school.

Information on Examinations for 2020

Guidance for learning at home

Key Stage 3 work pack

2020-22 Proposed Residential Trips

This document includes broad details of the forthcoming residential visits arranged by the school for the academic 2020-22 years. We aim to offer a variety of educational experiences based on a series of principles agreed by the Governors i.e. equal opportunities, educational value and an awareness of environmental issues. I am grateful to the school staff that are prepared to lead residential trips at a time when nationally educational visits are becoming more and more un-common.

Annual Report 2018-2019

The annual report of the governing body is available to read here.

Fundraising campaign: for a new sound desk

We're raising money to buy a sound-mixing desk and microphones for the school's concerts, drama productions, eisteddfods, school meetings and more! Owning this equipment would save us the £2,500 plus that it now costs us every time we need to hire a sound desk - as well as the cost of hiring sound desk technicians. We will use the desk to teach pupils sound-mixing skills (for instance, as part of our music and drama courses). It will be great to see them mixing the sound for our school events! So let's aim to have our own sound desk in place for next spring's production of Billy Elliot! Our kids will sound great on stage! The entire school community will benefit from this investment - and it will help us raise money for Plasmawr by having the equipment we need to attract more people to hire our hall for their events.

Please donate via our gofundme page, here: https://tinyurl.com/y4ndm5ao

And thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause. It means so much to us!

2019 GCSE Results

Congratulations to all our Year 11 pupils who have performed extremely well in their GCSE and BTEC studies. It has been a particularly challenging year for all which makes these set of results particularly impressive.

A big thank you to all the staff who have worked tirelessly throughout the year in ensuring that our pupils are given every opportunity to succeed.

Every individual has a story to tell and several pupils have faced ill-health, bereavement and other difficulties in order to be able to sit their exams. I would like to congratulate every individual pupil whatever their results and offer everyone our best wishes as they prepare to enter a new and exciting chapter in their lives.

The following pupils have performed exceptionally well and have attained a remarkable 9 or more A* grades: Millie-Mae Adams, Beca Davies, Sophie Davies, Beca Evans, Greta Evans, Manon Hammond, Daniel Howes, Ffion Humphreys, Megan Jones, Ioan Llywelyn, Heledd Powell, Rhianydd Preest, Manon Roberts and Ffion Thompson.

30% of all grades attained are A* - A; 60% of all grades attained are A* - B and 81% of all grades attained are A* - C. Well done to all!

The Capped 9 points score calculates the average of the scores for the best awards for all individual learners in the cohort. Three of the nine scores are for Literacy, Numeracy and Science, the remaining six will reflect the points attached to each learners’s best remaining 6 qualifications.

The capped 9 score for the cohort: 394

John Hayes

Headteacher