Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Barefoot Computing activities to explore at home.

  Tue 03 Nov 2020

  Barefoot is part of BT Skills for Tomorrow which makes computing easy to teach and fun to learn, with or without a computer. Their parent section has enjoyable activities designed by teaching professional for families to do at home with their children aged 4-11. These learning activities include mini missions and interactive learning games with a particular focus on computational thinking. You do not need to register to access the free resources. More information can be found at : https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning

• Parent Zone introduce Ollee a digital friend for children aged 8-11.

  Thu 29 Oct 2020

  Parent Zone have devised a new app called Ollee. Ollee is a digital friend for children aged 8-11, created by Parent Zone and funded by BBC Children in Need’s A Million & Me initiative, which aims to make a difference to children’s emotional wellbeing. It’s designed to help children reflect on how they feel and to process their experiences with the support and help of their parents and carers – and it does this by offering them advice about a range of subjects: school, family, friends, their body, the internet and the world. For further information and to try Ollee free, please visit: https://app.ollee.org.uk/#/welcome

  

• How to access HWB using a Play Station or Xbox

  Thu 29 Oct 2020
  

• Mad Lab

  Wed 23 Sep 2020 C.McCall

  We hosted a Mad Science Assembly Show today LIVE in school yesterday. If the children enjoyed their experience, there’s an opportunity for you to continue the Science discovery with their online virtual Science Club from home.

  Every Tuesday at 4.15pm!  It’s a great way to keep their minds active and nurture their curiosity. The best thing is they get a dedicated Mad Scientist each week to lead them through the fun activities and includes an at home experiment, and take home packs to do too.

   

  Visit www.madlablive.co.uk to book on for 6 or 8 Week Course, or even try one of the FREE Taster Sessions every Wednesday!

   

  Every Tuesday 4.15pm online via Zoom.

  • Fun, Interactive & Educational
  • At home experiments you can do along with us
  • Flexible Options of Single Classes, 6 or 8 Week Courses
  • Suitable for ages 5-11

   

  Check out the video for more info on how it all works and what to expect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY-c0wZlh8U&t

• Sustrans Parent Survey

  Wed 15 Jul 2020 C.McCall

   

  Dear parents,

  Welcome to the Sustrans Parent Survey.

  Thank you for taking part in this survey. It will take about 10 to 15 minutes to complete.

  This national survey will help us to measure the impact of Sustrans' work at your child(ren)’s school, assisting us in meeting our aim of increasing the number of pupils travelling actively to school. The survey will also help us to measure how the Covid-19 pandemic and the associated lockdown have impacted active travel uptake. We can only do this with your help. Your feedback is important as it’s the best way for us to understand the impact of our work in schools and the wider community.

  Your answers will remain anonymous.

   

  Here’s the link: https://sustrans.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/sustrans-parent-survey-wales

   

  Many thanks,

  Roger Dutton, Active Journeys officer

   

• Summer Online Safety Challenge!

  Fri 10 Jul 2020

  Welsh Government/HWB are calling on children and young people in Wales to design a creative a poster or graphic that expresses their experience of keeping safe online. More information can be found by clicking the following link.

  https://hwb.gov.wales/zones/online-safety/summer-challenge

• * IMPORTANT * information regarding Whitsun half term and school reports.

  Thu 21 May 2020

  Dear Parents

   

  Coming to the end of this half term we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our pupils and their families for your continued support over this very challenging time. As next week is half term holidays there will be no home learning planning set. Teaching staff will not be available on their hwb emails over this time, however if you have any urgent communications the admin email will be accessed during the week.

   

  As the school is currently closed, this year we will be emailing pupil’s End of Year Reports to parents. If this is not you’re preferred email address please could you contact the school on admin.coychurch@bridgend.gov.uk with your up to date details.

   

  Wishing you all a very happy Whitsun half term break.

  Many thanks.

  Regards

  Mrs A Thomas

• Pupil Survey

  Wed 13 May 2020

  Are you a young person in Wales? How is lockdown affecting you? Are there any issues that are making you worry or concerned? Or perhaps you've had a positive experience of lockdown? Whatever it is, please share your views through this survey, #CoronavirusAndMe: https://bit.ly/2Anb7Px

• Keeping Safe Online - Information from South Wales Police

  Mon 23 Mar 2020

  Please familiarise yourself with this information provided by SWP all about keeping your children safe online, especially while they are off school.

  Thanks

   

  https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/professional/thinkuknow_primary_parents_helpsheet.pdf

• IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT EMERGENCY CHILDCARE PROVISION FOR KEY WORKERS

  Fri 20 Mar 2020 C. McCall

  We are aware of some difficulties with the attachments in our emails.  Unfortunately our email system is struggling with the volume of emails that we are trying to send.

   

  We have uploaded the information to our Newsletter page, please read both documents and email the address provided in the letter if your child requires emergency childcare provision.

   

  Thank you for your patience, we very much appreciate it!