Byddwn yn dathlu Dydd Gwyl Dewi yn yr ysgol ar ddydd Llun 3 Mawrth 2025. Bydd y gweithgareddau canlynol yn mynd ymlaen yn ystod y dydd. We will be celebrating St David’s Day in school on Monday 3rd March 2025. The following activities will be taking place throughout the day.
Diwrnod Gwisgo Coch, Gwyn a Gwyrdd/Wear Red, White or Green Day: All pupils and staff are kindly requested to wear a red, white or green top to school (normal school uniform on the bottom half). Each pupil is kindly requested to bring a £1 cash donation to school, to be collected in during registration by our class/form teachers. All money raised will support the development of Welsh across our school with particular focus on our pupils taking part in the Urdd National Eisteddfod for the first time this year.
Gweithgareddau hwyliog mewn gwersi/Fun activities in lessons: Our normal curriculum will be transformed into a feast of fun activities, celebrating our language, heritage and culture.
Cwpan Gwyl Dewi/St David’s Cup: We have started a new tradition with our neighbours Ysgol Bro Dur. Each year from now will see a sports competition between the 2 schools to earn possession of the St David’s Cup. In this inaugural year the competitions will be rugby and netball for Year 7 and 11 respectively.
Diolch o galon am eich cefnogaeth parhaus a dymunwn Dydd Gwyl Dewis hapus iawn i chi gyd/Sincere thanks for your continued support and on behalf of all at Ysgol Bae Baglan we wish you a very happy St David’s Day.
Mae disgyblion blwyddyn 8 wedi bod yn gweithio’n galed wrth ddysgu am beryglon ysmygu dros y deudydd diwethaf. Maent wedi dysgu sgiliau newydd a byddant yn parhau eu gwaith caled ar ol dychwelyd i’r ysgol i gefnogi’r flwyddyn cyfan i wneud penderfyniadau iach yn eu bywydau. Llysgennad ardderchog ar gyfer Ysgol Bae Baglan.
Year 8 Pupils have been working hard to learn about the dangers of smoking offsite these last two days. They have learnt some fantastic skills and will continue the work hard on their return to school to support the whole year in making healthy choices for life. Fantastic ambassadors for YBB.
As you know from our previous letter in October 2024, the Year 11 End of Year Celebration Evening is on Tuesday the 24th of June 2025. Full details below:
The School Nursing Team will be visiting school soon to deliver the HPV Vaccination to all eligible year 8 pupils.
There will be pupils who have missed their vaccination in previous years. We may have consent forms for these pupils, in Years 9- 11, and these pupils will be called on the day of the session at school. At the same session, we will be offering the MMR Vaccination to all pupils who have missed a dose, from year 7-11.
Documents, consent and further information can be found in the documents below:
Hyfryd iawn oedd cynnal Cystadleuaeth Hoci Blwyddyn 8 Gorllewin Morgannwg yn yr ysgol heddiw. Da iawn i’n tim ni am berfformiad ardderchog a hefyd i Ysgol Tregwyr, Ysgol Bishopston ac Ysgol Gwyr am chwarae hoci campus. Llongyfarchiadau mawr i Ysgol Olchfa am ennill y gystadleuaeth ac i Ysgol Ystalyfera sydd hefyd yn mynd trwyddo i’r rownd cenedlaethol. Diolch yn fawr iawn i Mrs Austin, Adran Addysg Gorfforol Ysgol Bae Baglan am yr holl waith trefnu, cyfle gwych i’r merched.
It was lovely to hold the Year 8 West Glamorgan Hockey Tournament in school today. Well done to our team on an excellent performance and to Ysgol Gowerton, Ysgol Bishopston and Ysgol Gower on playing some very accomplished hockey. Huge congratulations to Ysgol Olchfa on winning today’s tournament and to Ysgol Ystalyfera on also qualifying for the national finals. Diolch yn fawr i Mrs Austin, Ysgol Bae Baglan PE Department for all of the work in organising and hosting the event, a fabulous opportunity for all the girls involved.
As we begin the new year, we have lots of our partners visiting lessons offering their specialist knowledge of various topics to keep our community healthy and safe. Year 7 currently have a visitor from the NPT Youth Service talking about body parts, year 9 had a very informative presentation from NPT Road Safety and year 8 have the Fire and Rescue Service. We encourage pupils to share their learning with those they live with, the photo below includes a phone number for a free safety check and smoke alarm from the Fire and Rescue Service.
Year 10 personal wellbeing classes have been undertaking workshops with Barclays Life Skills, exploring personal strengths for employment, that can guide successful career choices, understanding behaviours for work, positive workplace communication, building a positive online reputation and growth mindset.
Years 9, 10 and 11 have had assemblies from British Transport Police on all aspects of safety on the railways (Yrs 7 and 8 will have this next week).
Year 9: 12 pupils attended a Swansea.com Stadium tour to celebrate their success on the Swansea City Foundation project they have recently completed.
Upper school have had visitors into assemblies to talk about Child Mental Health awareness.
We have had visitors in from Mathematics Support Programme Wales. 7SGO learnt about codes and ciphers and 7AHA made a trihexaflexagon!
Some of our pupils’ photography work is currently on display at the Queen Street Art Gallery in Neath, showcasing the incredible creativity and talent of our pupils. The exhibited pieces were produced following a photo shoot trip to Swansea. Back in the art room, they transformed these photographs into stunning digital collages, combining technical skill with artistic vision.
Year 10/11 Girls took part in the county round of the Anne Smart Netball Tournament, played exceptionally well against tough opposition.
Esport Wales
We held an Esports Wales event in school on Thursday 6th February, where we invited all NPT schools to attend for year 10 pupils. Pupils spent 90 minutes listening to how Esports can be a career they can go into. They also designed a logo that could be placed the chest of an Esports player. Pupils then spent 90 minutes moving around different game consoles (new and retro) to show how playing computer games can be a sport and how it can be used to be a career.
The Welsh Secondary Schools WRU/Hwb esports league has started with pupils for 8JLE representing the school in it. The “YBB Wolf Pack” have played 3 matches so far, taking on Brynteg, Cwmbran High and West Monmouth, and have come away victorious in all their matches. The matches take the form of a Minecraft build competition, a 30 minute build time on a given a theme. Each match is judged by a representative from either Hwb, WRU, Esports Wales or Minecraft Education. Points are awarded on the build’s creativity and incorporated elements, as well as a commentary from an assigned team member (bringing oracy into it). We are hoping that we will qualify and get the opportunity to attend the finals in Cardiff next term.
Visit by 160 (Cymru) Brigade Engagement Team
On Monday 3rd February we welcomed members of the 160 (Cymru) Brigade Engagement Team into school to deliver a Careers in the Army assembly for year 10. Many thanks to our guests for an excellent presentation, really engaging our pupils as reflected in the Q&A session following the brief. We look forward to further collaboration in school and at outdoor training locations during the spring and summer. Diolch yn fawr to Mrs Abby Challenger, our School Service Champion, for her tireless work in supporting our service children across the school.
Pupils have been busy all week trying to help free Mistar Urdd. In order to free him they have undertaken lots of puzzles about Wales and Welshness to retrieve a code. The four rooms were booked up all week with year 7, over 100 pupils took part. We hope to offer it again during St David’s week to year 8. Diolch i’r Criw Cymraeg for running the rooms.
Dydd Miwsig Cymru/Welsh Music Day
The school community enjoyed a week of celebrating Welsh music with song of the day being sent out from our Criw Cymraeg and a fantastic day in school on Friday. Huge thanks to Miss Kate Bayliss from the Neath Port Talbot Music Service for amazing Welsh harp performances in our lower and middle school gigs and additionally for the workshop carried out with our Lower School Criw Cymraeg.
Diolch yn fawr iawn to Mr James Hamm for entertaining our pupils with a mix of rock and pop songs in Welsh. Diolch yn fawr to our Head of Music, Mr Sean Lewis, for co-ordinating our celebrations.
Ysgol Bae Baglan Cluster Eisteddfod
We had the real pleasure of welcoming pupils and staff from our feeder schools for the inaugural Ysgol Bae Baglan Eisteddfod on Wednesday. It was a lovely event, celebrating our language, history and culture with fabulous recitation, singing and instrumental performances from the pupils. Congratulations to Ysgol Baglan and Ysgol Blaenbaglan, joint winners for 2025. Diolch yn fawr to our primary school staff for all the hard work in preparing the pupils, to Mrs Mel Harries for co-ordinating the event, to our amazing year 7 pupils for running the Eisteddfod in Welsh and to our judges on the day, Mr Rhys Locke and Mr Sean Lewis.
Eisteddfod Caerdydd/Cardiff Eisteddfod
33 pupils from across year 7-11 travelled across to Ysgol Glantaf to compete in Eisteddfod Caerdydd 2025 on Friday evening. They enjoyed a very successful evening and another fabulous opportunity to use and hear Welsh in an authentic context. Our pupils competed in individual and group recitation competitions on stage and Welsh literacy competitions off stage. Diolch yn fawr iawn to Mrs Mel Harries for training up the group and providing another fabulous experience for our pupils.
Results:
Individual Recitation Years 7-9
1st Amahrae Evans Ysgol Bae Baglan
Joint 3rd Callan Boxhall/Harri Jon Buhler Ysgol Bae Baglan
In partnership with Swansea University we are excited to announce fun maths sessions for year 7 pupils and parents. There will be three sessions in total and the first one will take place at the school for pupils in classes 7KCP, 7 HAU and 7DNO and their parents on 10 March 6-7pm. Full details have been sent out on Satchel. We very much look forward to welcoming our pupils and parents for the sessions.
Mewn partneriaeth gyda Phrifysgol Abertawe rydym yn gyffrous i gyhoeddi sesiynau hwyliog mathemateg ar gyfer disgyblion a rhieni blwyddyn 7. Bydd tri sesiwn cyfan cwbl a’r un gyntaf yn digwydd yn yr ysgol ar gyfer disgyblion dosbarthiadau 7KCP, 7 HAU a 7DNO a’u rhieni ar 10 Mawrth 6-7pm. Mae manylion llawn wedi cael ei anfon allan ar Satchel. Edrychwn ymlaen yn fawr at groesawu ein disgyblion a rhieni am y sesiynau.
33 pupils from across year 7-11 travelled across to Ysgol Glantaf to compete in Eisteddfod Caerdydd 2025 on Friday evening. They enjoyed a very successful evening and another fabulous opportunity to use and hear Welsh in an authentic context. Our pupils competed in individual and group recitation competitions on stage and Welsh literacy competitions off stage. Diolch yn fawr iawn to Mrs Mel Harries and Mrs Claire Thomas for training up the group and providing another fabulous experience for our pupils.
Results:
Individual Recitation Years 7-9
1st Amahrae Evans Ysgol Bae Baglan
Joint 3rd Callan Boxall/Harri Jon Buhler Ysgol Bae Baglan
The SEND project consists of psychoeducational courses for young people, parents and carers, as well as siblings of young people who have been on the ND assessment waiting list for over 12 months. (e.g. ASD/ADHD).
Mae’n Ddydd Miwsig Cymru ar ddydd Gwener 7 Chwefror a bydd dathliadau yn Ysgol Bae Baglan trwy’r dydd. Mae gig roc a pop cerddoriaeth Cymraeg ar gyfer Yr Ysgol Isaf yn y bore a’r Ysgol Ganol/Uchaf yn y prynhawn gan band HKH. Hefyd mae gweithdai Telyn Cymreig yn mynd ymlaen yn ystod y dydd. It is Welsh Language Music Day on Friday 7th February and there will be celebrations at Ysgol Bae Baglan through the day. There are Welsh language music gigs by the band HKH in the theatre for Lower School in the morning and Middle/Upper School in the afternoon. We will also have Welsh Harp workshops running throughout the day.
Am fore hyfryd yng nghwni ein disgyblion ac athrawon clwstwr heddiw! Braf iawn oedd cynnal yr Eisteddfod Clwstwr Ysgol Bae Baglan cyntaf yn Theatr Michael Sheen. Diolch o galon a llongyfarchiadau i bob disgybl a wnaeth cystadlu a llongyfarchiadau enfawr i Ysgol Baglan ac Ysgol Blaenbaglan – cyd-enillwyr eleni! Diolch yn fawr hefyd i Wasanaethau Addysgu Apollo am noddi’r Eisteddfod newydd hon dros y tair blynedd nesaf. What a fabulous morning in the company of our cluster pupils and teachers today! It was lovely to welcome them all for our inaugural Ysgol Bae Baglan Cluster Eisteddfod in the Michael Sheen Theatre. Sincere thanks and congratulations to all pupils who competed on stage and huge congratulations to Ysgol Baglan and Ysgol Blaenbaglan – joint overall winners this year. Thanks also to Apollo Teaching Services for sponsoring this new Eisteddfod over the next 3 years.
