Welsh - Introduction

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The last year has seen a huge change in the Welsh Department at the College. New schemes of work have been introduced and have been designed to interest and engage students, and the enthusiasm of the staff has begun to rub off on the students! The curriculum focuses on student use of Communication, Reading and Writing skills.
Lessons are made up of a mixture of interactive activities, games and reading and writing tasks. This academic year the department have 3 classes taking Full Course GCSE and also students studying Welsh at A-Level as part of the consortium.

Outside of the classroom the Welsh department offers many extra curricular activities such as an annual weekend trip to the Urdd Centre at Llangrannog for years 7 and 9, trips to the millennium stadium, St Fagan’s and also to watch the Cardiff Devils play Ice Hockey. All trips encourage students to use and practise their Welsh language skills as well as supporting and celebrating Welsh Culture.

Some of the trips that have taken place over the last 12 months are Year 7, 8, 9 and 10 trips to Llangrannog, a Year 10 and 11 trips to the Urdd centre at Cardiff Bay and a Year 10 trip to the Urdd centre at Glan Llyn, North Wales.

Miss Cope (Leader of Learning) and Miss Musgrove (Teacher of Welsh) are very excited about the upcoming change in curriculum which will mean all students taking a full course Welsh GCSE which will increase their future career opportunities.

The Department is also looking forward to the St David’s Day celebrations on March 1st 2010 where the whole school will be off timetable and involved in the Eisteddfod. The school has 6 houses which will each compete in various acts such as a drama sketch, a musical piece and a song and at the end of the day the winning house will be presented with their trophy.

The Welsh team have added a vibrant dynamic to the Communication Faculty and enthuse students with their energy and commitment to the subject. They feel passionate about driving Cymraeg forward and this is evident through the students increasing interest in studying Cymraeg.

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Llangrannog May 2010

On the 7th May-9th May 2010, Year 7 students attended a 2 day residential course at the Urdd Centre, Llangrannog, along with 6 members of staff and 13 Key Stage 4 students as Prefects or ‘SWOGS’. The purpose of the trip was to improve upon Welsh studied at Key Stage 3. The trip was a success with students participating in activities such as Trampolines, Skiing, Rope Course, Tobogganing, Go-Karts and Horse riding. Students were also involved in raising the profile of Sophie Evans in ‘Over The Rainbow’ by handing out fliers and putting up posters encouraging other schools to vote Sophie!

A big ‘Diolch’ to all staff involved in the trip and well done to the Key Stage 4 students who were very helpful at all times. An extra ‘Da Iawn’ to Chelsea Price of Year 11 who has achieved a certificate for ‘NO1 SWOG’ after all of her help with the Key Stage 3 Llangrannog trips over the last 2 years.

KS2 Assessment Website

Tonypandy Cluster is very proud to launch its new KS2 Assessment website. This project is the result of a lot of hard work by all the Primary Schools in the Tonypandy Cluster and Tonypandy Community College. Working together, staff have agreed a benchmark for assessment levels across the core subjects, including Welsh, and standardised the assessment process across the cluster. This means that standards for all students will be improved; learning and teaching has been developed through the sharing of good practice; and the Tonypandy Cluster is now stronger than ever with partnership and collaborative working. The Headteachers of the Tonypandy Cluster would like to thank all their staff for their hard work and resilience in bringing this project to fruition.

Our secure website can be accessed by logging onto Tonypandy Cluster

Llangrannog

On the 20th April, Year 10 students attended a 2 day residential course at the Urdd Centre, Llangrannog, along with 10 members of staff. The purpose of the trip was to improve upon Welsh studied at Key Stage 3 as part of their Short Course Welsh provision. The trip was a success with students participating in activities such as Trampolines, Skiing, Rope Course, Team building, Tobogganing and Go-Karts. Students also attended revision sessions in Maths and Science during their stay.

The college was praised by Llangrannog staff for the excellent behaviour and politeness of students at all times. Although a fire alarm was set off accidently at 2am, which did not impress Mr Cruikshank who is obviously very fond of his sleep!

A big Thank You to all staff involved in the trip and well done to Year 10 students!

Students from Years 7,8 and 9 have also attended the Urdd centre at Llangrannog on weekend residential stays to take part in activities and improve their Welsh.

Welsh Department Ice Hockey Trip

16 Year 8 Students and 5 Year 10 students went to watch an Ice Hockey Match at Planet Ice, Cardiff Bay on Wednesday 25th November. The trip was arranged by Welsh Department through the Devils Community Foundation adopt a school programme. The match was between Cardiff Devils and Newcastle Vipers.
Students were perfectly behaved and their support for the Cardiff Devils was brilliant. Students thoroughly enjoyed the evening and have been invited back by the Devils Community Foundation.
A highlight of the evening was their photograph taken with the Devils Mascot ‘Lucy-Fur’! Four students were awarded with their own Ice Hockey pucs for their excellent behaviour and support for the team, Lewis Owen, Jack Luker, Dai Harries (Year and Sam Baker (Year 10). Well Done!!
A Brilliant evening ended extremely well with a 8-3 Win for the Devils!

Miss Cope would like to thank Miss Musgrove, Mr Dell, Mr Evans and Mr Cruickshank for giving up their evening to take the students with her.

Coleg Cymunedol Tonypandy Eisteddfod 2010-03-03

Tonypandy Community College celebrated St David’s Day by holding a traditional Eisteddfod for Key Stage 3 Students. The Eisteddfod took place all day and a variety of acts were seen including, Drama, Musical Instruments, Dancing and Singing.

Each student that took part was competing to gain points for their house. The winners were as follows:

Dancing: Tŷ Porffor – Katie Crichton and Aylish Simmonds
Singing: Tŷ Melyn – Eve Tudbull and Stephanie Morgan
Acting: Tŷ Coch – Dewi Harris, Brandon Tudbull, Zoe Arundell, Lauren James and Mitchel Richards
Musical Item: Tŷ Llwyd – Ryan Jones and Thomas Miles

Students were also spoken to by the Fire Service who came along to promote their new project on preventing Grass Fires. More information can be found at www.bernie.uk.com

A big ‘Da Iawn’ to all students that took part on the day and also students who took part in the subject specific competitions that took place on the run up to the Eisteddfod, who also earned points for their relevant houses.

The day ended in an exciting finale which included the announcement of the results and the National Anthem. The final winning house was Tŷ Coch, followed closely by Tŷ Oren in 2nd place and Tŷ Llwyd in 3rd place!

A huge thanks to all staff that took part in organising an extremely successful Eisteddfod 2010. Diolch!

Miss L Cope
Head Of Welsh