Covid-19 : Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe

CHANGES TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF FREE SCHOOL MEALS

Vouchers for use in supermarkets will not be provided by the Welsh Government, as has been mentioned as a possibility. Instead, each Local Authority is expected to provide a local solution.

From Monday the 27/04/20, we will be providing a weekly food pack for packed lunches (which will include food you can prepare for everyday lunch e.g. a loaf of bread, a tin of tuna, ham, cheese, crisps, biscuits etc…) for all pupils that are eligible for FSM.

We are offering to deliver these on the Monday of each week. If you want to receive a weekly food pack for packed lunches, then fill in this questionnaire for every child from Bryn Tawe you wish to apply for: https://bit.ly/DosbPYD-FSMSdelivery .

If you already receive packs from us, you do not need to complete the questionnaire again.

22/04/2020, Simon Davies

PPE Visors

Great to see some of the staff in school producing some PPE visors for our health care workers – over 150 produced today!

If you are a parent who works in the care sector and would benefit from using a visor in your daily work, or know of workers in our community who could benefit, then contact us at school to arrange collection or delivery. See the pictures below:

16/04/2020, Simon Davies

COVID-19 Advice

Some good advice and ideas from Swansea local authority on how to deal with our current situation here

16/04/2020, Simon Davies

ADDITIONAL WEEKEND EMERGENCY CHILDCARE PROVISION

ONLY TO BE COMPLETED BY PARENTS WHO ARE HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR WORK FOR THE BLUE LIGHT SERVICES (single parents or where both parents work in either of these sectors):
We are offering to provide emergency childcare over weekends, starting on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of April (Easter weekend). If you anticipate having to use this service, please complete the form here: https://bit.ly/GwarchodPenwythnos-WeekendChildcare by 09:00 on Friday 17th of April. The weekend provision will not be available to all categories of critical workers.

8/04/2020, Lynwen Matthews

CENTRE GRADES

A letter to the parents of pupils in years 11, 12 and 13: LetterYr-11-12-13-040420

6/04/2020, Lynwen Matthews

WEEKEND EMERGENCY CHILDCARE

The Local Authority has asked schools to offer emergency childcare provision over weekends, starting on the weekend of the 11th and 12th of April (Easter weekend). This service will only be for critical workers who work for the blue light services, or for healthcare workers (single parents or where both parents work in either of these sectors). The weekend provision will not be available to all categories of critical workers. If you anticipate having to use this service, please complete the forms below and return to DaviesS456@hwbcymru.net via email by Thursday 2nd April.

Weekend Emergency Childcare request

COVID-19_Childcare Consent Form v1.0[46307]

31/03/2020, Lynwen Matthews

UPDATE – 2020 EXAMINATIONS SERIES FOR YEARS 10, 11, 12 and 13

WJEC and Qualifications Wales have announced some further details regarding grading the 2020 examinations. See the relevant letters:

Year 11 and 13: ARHOLIADAU 2020 BL.11+13

Year 10: ARHOLIADAU 2020 BL10

Year 12: ARHOLIADAU 2020 BL12

29/03/2020, Lynwen Matthews

ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMERGENCY CHILDCARE PROVISION

The school will be open from Monday the 23rd of March for pupils who require emergency childcare between 08:00 – 17:00. Please see the most recent advice from the Minsiter for Education and Skills highlighting that children should only attend if there are no other childcare options available. Naturally this is in line with the most recent government guidance on social distancing.

Only the pupils of parents that have completed the recent questionnaire issued last Thursday will be permitted to attend. If you are a ‘key worker’ and meet the criteria in the questionnaire (shared last Thursday via text), it is still possible to complete it if necessary.

Parents must contact the Headteacher via e-mail to confirm whether or not their child/ren will attend. Can you kindly complete and return the personal details form (here) and the Emergency childcare arrangements form (here)

LUNCH FOR PUPILS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO FREE SCHOOL MEALS:

If your child is currently eligible for free school meals, it is possible to collect a ‘Grab Bag’ for your child whilst they are away from school.

Please complete th questionnaire before 10:00 Monday the 23rd of March for us to be able to organise a Grab Bag’ for your child: https://bit.ly/ArchebPYD-FSMOrder

22/03/2020, Lynwen Matthews

Key Worker Questionnaire

Following further consultation in response to the Covid-19 emergency , Swansea’s Local Authority in conjunction with Welsh Government has decided that schools are going to be re-purposed to provide emergency childcare for the children of key workers in the first instance.

The definition of key worker at present is those who work for the emergency services “blue light services” e.g. NHS staff/Police/Fire service/Prison workers/social workers/school workers. This service will be available between the hours of 8am and 5pm during Monday to Friday, and located (in the first instance) at your child’s current school.

Therefore, we kindly ask that ONLY parents who are classified as keyworkers respond to the questionnaire:

http://bit.ly/HoliadurGweithwyrAllweddol-KeyworkerQuest

19/03/2020, Lynwen Matthews

Letter with closing arrangements March 2020

See the letter for more information on closing arrangements for 20/03/20: Closing Arrangements March 2020

18/03/2020, Lynwen Matthews