Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
At Plasmarl, We are trying to make our lunchboxes healthier!
We have researched healthy lunchboxes and we have come up with some ideas.
Come and have a chat to us or click on this link to our 'Pupil Voice' page, to access the tips and ideas.
Thanks !!
The Eco Committee
We have recently completed our second year of involvement in the fantastic Creative Practitioner Project.
Please follow the links below to find out more about the fantastic opportunities we were offered.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiTJj9rwg_ROOeTkKtPzqtw
We are part of the Welsh Network of Healthy School Schemes (WNHSS).
The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises the WNHSS as playing a key role in promoting the health of children and young people, and the scheme has been rolled out across Wales since 2000.
Each local scheme is responsible for supporting the development of health promoting schools within their area. The WNHSS describes a health promoting school as one which ‘actively promotes, protects and embeds the physical, mental and social health and well being of its community through positive action’. This can be achieved through policy, strategic planning, staff development, curriculum, ethos, physical environment and community relations.
Within the scheme, there are seven different health topics that schools need to address. These include:
As a school, we are currently working towards completing our Level 6 award. If you would like to know any more about this, please do come and speak to Mrs Meredith.
Our cluster is embarking on a new Empathy Explorers programme to help the children develop their empathy skills. The programme is led by Empathy Lab, the first organisation to build children’s empathy, literacy and social activism through the use of high quality literature. Its strategy builds on new scientific evidence showing the power of reading to build real-life empathy skills. www.empathylab.uk; @EmpathyLab.UK
The work has been made possible by a Future Ready Fund grant to Empathy Lab from Nesta, the innovation foundation https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/future-ready-fund-winners/. The grant will help Empathy Lab introduce its programme to our 8 cluster schools working in partnership with ERW.
Empathy Lab will work with each school to create a bespoke plan to deliver the project, against the backdrop of the new Welsh Curriculum and in particular the Health and Well-Being AoLE. Students will learn about the meaning and science of empathy, and through year round lessons develop a deeper understanding of other people, through the creative use of literature and social action work.
Over the past few weeks, there has been an increasing number of stories on the news and online regarding unpleasant images / characters that are supposedly 'hijacking' the internet, as our children are using it.
We have done a bit of research and think that there is nothing to worry about. However, for more information on how to keep your child safe online and to hopefully put your mind at ease, take a look at the links below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/47402709
https://nationalonlinesafety.com/resources/platform-guides/momo-online-safety-guide-for-parents/