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Dear Parent/Guardian,
It’s almost time for Tesco and Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life 2022, an unforgettable day of fun and fundraising. The school has entered this race for a number of years and had tremendous fun.
This year Cancer Research UK is hoping for their biggest and best event yet – and our school could help make it happen. We need as many teachers and pupils as possible to join together and walk, jog or run 5K to help raise money and save lives.
The work Cancer Research UK undertake to beat cancer and develop life-saving treatments is funded entirely by people like you. So, the more fabulous girls who join Race for Life, the better – and we’d love your daughter to be there this year.
Our school will be taking part in Race for Life in Llanelli – Festival Fields, Millennium Coastal Park on Sunday 12th June. The school will provide transport for you daughter to and from the venue.
The cost of entry and transport will be £10.
Pupils are to meet staff at the school at 9am. We will travel to the Coastal Park and take part in the event, returning to school by 2.00pm approximately.
Pupils will need to wear trainers and predominantly pink sports clothing. We are ordering pink personalised t shirts. If you would like to purchase one the cost will be £10.00.
Money and forms need to be completed and returned via Parent Mail to school ASAP but no later than 26th May to secure your place.
Thank you. I look forward to seeing you on the day.
PE Department
Fieldtrip to Mynydd y Gwrhyd Wind Farm, Cwmgors
On Tuesday 10th May, members of the Pupil Leadership Team, eco-club and a small group of Y7 pupils visited Mynydd y Gwrhyd wind farm near Cwmgors in the Amman Valley.
On the trip, pupils learnt about the history of the site and had the opportunity to climb into the turbine to see the control centre and visit the sub-station where they took part in some group tasks and viewed photographs of the various stages of site development.
The site is home to two 2.35 MW wind turbines, which produce enough clean, low carbon energy to supply over 2,500 homes each year. Both turbines are community owned. The initial idea for ‘wind power not opencast’ was proposed in 1998 but 20 years of site testing, public debate, consultations and fundraising were required before the wind turbines were eventually constructed in March 2017. Further details can be found here: http://awel.coop/
The pupils involved were a credit to the school, showing great interest and enthusiasm, answering and asking lots of questions and fully involving themselves in the opportunities presented to them.
This week is World Autism Awareness Week. Saturday 2nd April is Autism Awareness Day.
Morriston Comprehensive School has an Autism community who contribute largely to the school – It would be great if everyone could educate themselves on Autism and become more accepting of differences.
International Women’s Day – Women of Steel (The Wave Radio & TATA Steel)
30 Girls in Year 9 took part in the Women of Steel virtual event and participated in talks from many inspirational women including:
Claire Scott – The Wave Breakfast Presenter. Claire has worked in radio for many years, and wakes up South Wales every morning on South West Wales No1 Commercial radio station.
Rebecca Edwards-Symmons – Rebecca is the Head of Commercial at Swansea City Football Club and not only holds the most senior female role at The Swans, but is the only female Head of Commercial in the whole of the EFL Championship.
Rebecca F John -Rebecca is an award winning author originally from Pwll, Llanelli. She’s had her short stories published on BBC Radio 4, shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, winner of the PEN International New Voices Award and named on Hay Festival’s ‘The Hay 30’ list.
Anna Ryder Richardson – Anna is famously known for her interior design, BBC’s Changing Rooms, television presenting , I’m A Celeb and her amazing work in wildlife conservation at Manor House Wildlife Park.
Jackie Ball – a firefighter with Mid and West Wales Fire Service, based at Neath station. Jackie didn’t have a straight forward path into working in the Fire Service, achieving her dream later in life.
The girls took a lot from the session and are hopefully inspired to follow their own exciting career paths – some fantastic life stories told to inspire all!
Dear Parent/Carer,
Swansea Schools Stand Up for Ukraine
Morriston Comprehensive will be taking part in raising money for Ukraine alongside other Swansea schools. This will take place on Thursday 10th March, and will be a non-school uniform day.
Pupils and staff are asked to wear something you already have in yellow or blue (PE tops can be an option). We are asking for £1 contribution if possible. All money collected will be sent to the Ukraine crisis through the Red Cross DEC Appeal.
Thank you for your support.
Dear Parent / Carer
I want to update you on changes we have received from Welsh Government regarding Covid guidelines in schools.
Wales completed the move to Alert Level Zero on 28 January. Welsh Government have stated that case rates of Covid-19 have reduced from the levels seen around the Christmas and New Year period, and now appear to have stabilised. Although community rates remain at high levels, the progress made by the vaccination programme means that hospital admissions and direct harms are much lower than what has been seen during previous waves of the virus.
Because of this, WG have recommended a cautious approach, where all schools move to ‘High risk’ level and implement the following changes commencing after half term. (Tuesday March 1st)
I hope this clarifies the Covid situation for the beginning of the next half term. I will notify you immediately if we receive any further information from the local authority or Welsh Government.
We look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Tuesday, March 1st following our inset day on the 28th of February.
Regards
M Franklin
Headteacher
I last wrote to you in December 2021 indicating that all schools in Swansea would be in a very high-risk level from January 2022. I need to tell you that our schools are still operating within the very high-risk level. Schools will use the highest control measures possible until 18 February, at least. Wales is at alert level zero, our schools are not. During January we saw the rate of Covid cases across Swansea schools increase on…
This letter is to inform you of the current situation in Morriston Comprehensive School relating to the pandemic.
As you are aware, the Covid case rate is high locally and this has, as was inevitable, impacted adversely on staffing
levels at our school as well as upon pupil absence rates.
Most schools throughout the Local Authority are now in the position where the numbers of pupils testing positive for
Covid within the first half term exceeded or even doubled the number that had done so across the whole of the last
academic year. The same is true, in many of our schools, of the teaching and support staff
