Please click on the link below to hear our Ysgol Bae Baglan Mawrth 2025 Podcast Cymraeg. Diolch yn fawr to Mrs Helen Dyer for leading this initiative and to Mared Nicholas and Amelia Owen-Hicks 9PWA for compiling and recording the podcast. As previous, this is an excellent resource for all to listen to and gain confidence in understanding Cymraeg!

In this month’s edition, along with popular Welsh music, Mared and Amelia report on the Year 8 art project on Mynydd Dinas as our WHSI 2025 entry, the Welsh/French Department Paris Trip, The year 7-9 poster competition for British Science Week, the year 8 Cymbrogi project, The Ysgol Bae Baglan/Bro Dur St David’s Cup rugby and netball results and the visit by students from Christ College, Oxford in presenting Romeo and Juliet to year 10. Our staff interview this month was with Mrs Emma Breeze. Emma is learning Welsh on our after-school Tuesday evening course and as you will hear, is already speaking with excellent confidence and fluency.   Diolch yn fawr a llongyfarchiadau Mrs Breeze!       

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Mi gafodd tim blwyddyn 8 Ysgol Bae Baglan profiad arbennig o dda wrth gystadlu’n gref yng Nghystadleuaeth Ysgolion Rygbi Saith Bob Ochr Rosslyn Park heddiw. Mi chwaraeodd y bechgyn yn dda iawn yn ystod y dydd, ennill 3 gem, un gem gyfartal a cholli un gem. Gorfennon nhw yn yr ail safle ac rydym yn falch iawn o’n hymdrechion. Diolch yn fawr i’n Swyddog Datblygu Rygbi, Mr Bramwell, am drefnu’r cyfle rhagorol hon i’r bechgyn yr wythnos hon.

Our Year 8 Ysgol Bae Baglan team enjoyed a very special experience in competing very strongly at the Rosslyn Park Seven Aside Rugby Tournament today. The boys played very well throughout the day, winning 3 games, drawing one and losing one. They finished in runners up spot and we are very proud of their efforts. Diolch yn fawr to our Rugby Development Officer, Mr Bramwell, for organising this outstanding opportunity for the boys this week.

Llongyfarchiadau i’n Grwp Llefaru Blwyddyn 7 am ddod yn bedwerydd yn Eisteddfod Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg yn Eglwys Dewi Sant, Castell Nedd heddiw.

Congratulations to our Year 7 Recitation Group on earning 4th place at the West Glamorgan County Eisteddfod in St David’s Church, Neath today.

Llongyfarchiadau i’n Grwp Drama Blwyddyn 8 am ddod yn drydydd yn Eisteddfod Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg yn Eglwys Dewi Sant, Castell Nedd heddiw.

Huge congratulations to our Year 8 Drama Group on earning 3rd place at the West Glamorgan County Eisteddfod in St David’s Church in Neath today.

Llongyfarchiadau enfawr i Amelia ym Mlwyddyn 11 am ddod yn gyntaf yn y gystadleuaeth Llefaru Unigol Eisteddfod Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg yn Eglwys Dewi Sant, Castell Nedd heddiw.

Huge congratulations to Amelia in Year 11 on winning the Individual Recitation competition in the West Glamorgan County Eisteddfod at St David’s Church in Neath today.

Llongyfarchiadau enfawr i’n Grwp Llefaru Blwyddyn 8-11 am ddod yn gyntaf yn Eisteddfod Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg yn Eglwys Dewi Sant, Castell Nedd heddiw.

Huge congratulations to our Year 8-11 Recitation Group on earning 1st place in the West Glamorgan County Eisteddfod at St David’s Church in Neath today.

Mae Dyfodol Tai Yma – Ac Mae Ein Arloeswyr Ifanc Yn Arwain y Ffordd!

Cafodd ein timau pel-rwyd blwyddyn 7 gemau ardderchog wrth chwarae yn erbyn blwyddyn 7 Ysgol St Joseph’s ar nos Fercher. Our year 7 netball teams enjoyed some fantastic games against year 7 at St Joseph’s on Wednesday evening.

Gem 1 – Ysgol Bae Baglan 7 Ysgol St Joseph’s 4 Seren Y Gem Bella David

Gem 2 – Ysgol Bae Baglan 8 Ysgol St Joseph’s 2 Seren Y Gem Faith Parry

Gem 3 – Ysgol Bae Baglan 4 Ysgol St Joseph’s 9 Seren Y Gem Mia Joseph

Roedd gem rhwng timau pel-rwyd blwyddyn 10 ac 11 yn yr ysgol yr wythnos yma er mwyn paratoi ein tim blwyddyn 11 am eu taith yn Swindon dros y penwythnos.

We had a year 10 v 11 netball game in school this week in order to prepare our year 11 team for their tour in Swindon across the weekend.

Ymdrech ardderchog gan ein tim pel-rwyd blwyddyn 8 wrth ddod yn ail yng Nghystadleuaeth Pel-rwyd Sir Gorllewin Morgannwg.

Excellent effort from our year 8 netball team in finishing as runners up in the West Glamorgan County Netball Tournament.

Da iawn i’n grwp Dug Caeredin Blwyddyn 10 am eu gwaith gwirrfoddoli ardderchog wrth helpu rhedeg Cystadleuaeth Pel-rwyd Blwyddyn 8 Sirol.

Well done to our Year 10 DofE group on their excellent volunteer work in helping to run the County Year 8 Netball Competition.

Mi gafodd tim Ysgol Bae Baglan profiad arbennig o dda wrth gystadlu’n gref yng Nghystadleuaeth Ysgolion Rygbi Saith Bob Ochr Rosslyn Park heddiw. Mi chwaraeodd y bechgyn yn dda iawn yn ystod y dydd ac rydym yn falch iawn o’n hymdrechion. Diolch yn fawr i’n Swyddog Datblygu Rygbi, Mr Bramwell, am drefnu’r cyfle rhagorol hon i’r bechgyn.

Our Ysgol Bae Baglan team enjoyed a very special experience in competing strongly at the Rosslyn Park Seven Aside Rugby Tournament today. The boys played very well throughout the day and we are very proud of their efforts. Diolch yn fawr to our Rugby Development Officer, Mr Bramwell, for organising this outstanding opportunity for the boys.

Hyfryd iawn oedd dathlu’r gwaith rhagorol ein llysgenhadon JustB Blwyddyn 8 mewn gwasanaeth arbennig y bore ‘ma.

It was lovely to celebrate the outstanding work of our Year 8 JustB ambassadors in a special assembly this morning.

Tickets for the Urdd Eisteddfod Dur a Mor in Margam Park over the period 26-31 May 2025 are now on sale. Please click on the link below for further details.

Dur a Môr 2025 | Urdd Gobaith Cymru

As part of the ticket sales launch, Neath Port Talbot Council made a promotional video for the Eisteddfod. We are delighted and very proud to reveal that it is our pupils and our school that features in this video. Please click on the link below to see it.

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Mae nifer fawr o weithgareddau yn digwydd yn yr ysgol heddiw i ddathlu Diwrnod Comic Relief.

There are loads of activities happening in school today to celebrate Comic Relief Day.