HOME ABOUT US OUR SCHOOL PUPILS PARENTS CALENDAR NEWS CONTACT US Latest News PORTH COMMUNITY SCHOOL 25TH NOVEMBER 2021 GE Aviation Wales Engineering Apprentice Our Engineering Apprenticeship is a demanding scheme, which requires analytical skills, a logical mind, numeracy, communication skills, teamwork, good manual dexterity, problem solving skills and the ability to read and interpret diagrams and instructions. Click on the link to find out more https://jobs.gecareers.com/aviation/global/en/job/R3602059/GE-Aviation-Wales-Engineering-Apprentice IN GENERAL 25TH NOVEMBER 2021 A Careers/STEM event at Renishaw’s – 14 Dec 2021 Renishaw is one of the world’s leading engineering and scientific technology companies, with expertise in precision measurement and healthcare. Come and explore the different routes that Renishaw offers. This event is designed to help guide all secondary school aged students and their parents/carers through some of the difficult career decisions that you will be facing over the next few years. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/renishaws-early-careers-information-virtual-event-tickets-205088243457 IN GENERAL 10TH NOVEMBER 2021 Coleg y Cymoedd Open Day 2nd December 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm Hi All I would like to confirm that our applications are now open Courses | Coleg y Cymoedd Our next Open Day is on Thursday 2nd December 2021 between 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm The tickets will be available from next week on our website www.cymoedd.ac.uk. Aberdare, Rhondda and Ystrad Mynach Campuses will have one time slot available between 4:30 pm and 7:00 pm and the Nantgarw Campus will have 2 time slots 4:30 pm to 5:45 pm and 5:45 pm to 7:00 pm. In the meantime if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact admissions@cymoedd.ac.uk Dymuniadau gorau / Best wishes Janet Edwards Rheolwr Recriwtio a Dilyniant / Recruitment & Progression Manager IN GENERAL 20TH OCTOBER 2021 Coleg Y Cymoedd Open Event – 3rd November 2021 Date: Wednesday 3rd November 2021 4.30pm-7pm Venue: Aberdare, Nantgarw, Rhondda, Ystrad Mynach campuses Places can be booked at: Open Events | Coleg y Cymoedd https://www.cymoedd.ac.uk/en/open-events/ IN LATEST NEWS / UPPER SCHOOL 13TH OCTOBER 2021 Pilot Careers Live 6 November 2020 Sofitel Hotel, Terminal 5, London Heathrow Pilot Careers Live is not far away, so we wanted to remind you about how useful it might be for students thinking about an aviation career. Please watch the video to see what the day will entail:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjyJZkBKk-c IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 7TH OCTOBER 2021 Election of Parent Governor for Porth Community School I refer to recent correspondence inviting nominations for the election of a parent representative to the above-named school’s governing body. Details of those seeking election are on the below ballot. The closing date for the ballot is Friday 15th October 2021 at midday. Any votes received after this date will not be considered. The votes will be counted and the election will be decided on a “first past the post” system. You will be notified of the result in due course. Should you have any queries on this matter, please do not hesitate to contact the governor support department by telephoning 01443 281 162. In line with Rhondda Cynon Taf’s legal duty to process your data, the information you give us will be used and shared for school governor appointments only. The information will be used and shared for the functions of governors of a general school as set out in our service privacy notice The Council is committed to keeping your personal information safe and secure and keeping you informed about how we use your information. To learn about how your privacy is protected and how and why we use your personal information to provide you with services, please visit our service privacy notice here www.rctcbc.gov.uk/serviceprivacynotice and the Councils data protection pages here www.rctcbc.gov.uk/dataprotection Please use the web link below to cast your vote for who you wish to represent you on Porth Community School’s Governing Body. https://forms.office.com/r/iqCUKnAeE0 Diolch yn fawr IN GENERAL 10TH SEPTEMBER 2021 Pupil and Parent Porth Community School Calendar – Autumn Term 2021 Please find attached a copy of the pupil and parent calendar for the Autumn Term 2021. Please note that all dates are subject to change due to ongoing Covid guidance from the Local Authority and Welsh Government. Pupil and Parent PCS Calendar 2021-2022 Term 1 IN GENERAL 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021 LFT Testing – Welsh Government Update 03.09.2021 Welsh Government have recently announced that: · Learners in secondary schools without symptoms should take two lateral flow tests (LFTs), three days apart during the week leading up to their first day back. If any test is positive they should self-isolate, and book a PCR test. Lateral Flow Tests are widely available: o at community pick-up locations: https://maps.test-and-trace.nhs.uk/ o by ordering online: https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests o by contacting the school The timing of the pre-return to school tests: The second test should be undertaken on the morning of the first day that an individual is due to return to school; and the first test should be undertaken three days prior to the second test. Once learners have returned to school, learners in secondary schools not showing symptoms should continue to take regular rapid lateral flow tests twice a week and report the results online. As per previous guidance, this should be on a Monday and a Thursday morning prior to attending school. Schools are to provide LFTs during term time. The use of LFTs will kept under review as schools transition to the Welsh Government Framework. (Table 2 of Welsh Government’s Framework sets out how use of lateral flow testing may be varied dependent on the level of risk identified – https://gov.wales/school-operations-coronavirus). Further guidance will be issued in due course by Welsh Government to explain more about how such changes will be realised. Further information regarding lateral flow testing is available via: https://gov.wales/lateral-flow-testing-people-without-symptoms and Welsh Government’s announcement is available via: https://gov.wales/take-steps-needed-keep-learners-safe-and-learning The attached document may also be of assistance, particularly to the new Year 7 intake. LFT_attachment___How_To_Report_Resultsv2.pdf All test results – positive; negative and invalid must be uploaded via: https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result If you upload your test results incorrectly you will be required to provide evidence of the correct result. Please take a photograph of your LFD test clearly showing the result and test number. Please then email Track, Trace, Protect at ContactracingserviceCTM.local@rctcbc.gov.uk or call 01443 425020. Anyone who tests positive using a Lateral Flow Test should self-isolate and get a PCR test and only return to school if the PCR test is negative. IN GENERAL 27TH APRIL 2021 Updated Welsh Government Covid Guidance The Welsh Government are making Covid-19 testing available to people with a wider range of symptoms such as fatigue, muscle ache or pain, a sore throat, a headache, a runny nose, nausea, vomiting or diarrhoea. This is because some variants and young children do not display the classic three Covid-19 symptoms initially. The request therefore is for people (including children) to get a test if they are feeling unwell in any way. Further detail on how to apply for a test is provided at https://gov.wales/apply-coronavirus-covid-19-test or simply call the free number 119 between the hours of 7am to 11pm. Individuals and their households who take a test because of these other wider symptoms are not required to isolate while they await their test result. This includes learners, who can continue to attend their school or setting while they await a test result. If individuals then receive a positive Covid-19 result, they and their household must then isolate. Households must also isolate if anyone develops any of the three classic Covid-19 symptoms while waiting for a test result taken on wider symptoms to come back. Clearly, children and adults with diarrhoea and/or vomiting should not attend their school/setting until they are symptom-free for 48 hours, even if their Covid-19 test result is negative. The FAQs on the Council’s website have been updated to reflect this latest advice – www.rctcbc.gov.uk/schoolfaqs IN GENERAL 8TH MARCH 2021 Return to School Arrangements – March 2021 Please find attached a letter from the Headteacher detailing pupils return to school. YJ Letter to parents 8.3.21 IN GENERAL 25TH FEBRUARY 2021 Qualifications Wales – Applications for our NEW Learner Advisory Group are now open. Want to volunteer as part of a feedback group for Qualifications Wales? We’re setting up a new Learner Advisory Group so we can understand the views of learners. The group will consist of 10-14 learners, who will take part for two years. We’ll be recruiting from different education settings and from across Wales. We want to make sure we give learners the information they need about qualifications. We’re looking for a range of skills from members, but will want to see evidence of good communication skills, examples of team work and initiative, as well as an awareness of the importance of qualifications in helping learners progress. Applications are open to learners between 14 and 21 years old until 7 March 2021. Information about the Learner Advisory Group and how to apply is on our website. Kind regards Qualifications Wales Communications and Engagement Team IN GENERAL 9TH FEBRUARY 2021 Safer Internet Day Calling all record breakers. Would you like to find out more about taking part in a Guinness World Record attempt? See the link below for more details. Safer_internet_day_GWR_Taking_part_guide.pdf IN GENERAL 9TH FEBRUARY 2021 Privacy Notices Please find attached the latest privacy notices. Privacy Notice – Track and Trace – Attending Schools V2.0 Privacy Notice – Home to School Transport V1 IN GENERAL 3RD FEBRUARY 2021 Children’s mental health week Depression, anxiety and mental health | NSPCC If your child is anxious or worried about coronavirus (COVID-19), there are things you can do to help. And if they’re struggling with their mental health, we have advice to help you support them and keep them safe. www.childrensmentalhealthweek.org.uk Please click on the attached link for details. https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/childrens-mental-health/depression-anxiety-mental-health/ Please find below some other useful resources around mental health. Links_to_support_Thrive_wellbeing_toolkits.pdf Thrive_wellbeing_toolkit_up_to_7.pdf Thrive_wellbeing_toolkit_up_to_11.pdf Thrive_wellbeing_toolkit_up_to_16.pdf Dydd Miswig Cymru (Welsh Language Music Day) is on the 8th of February. As part of your Welsh lessons, you have been asked to listen to the 4 Welsh songs and provide feedback about them in Welsh. If you want to listen to more Welsh music, look up ‘Dydd Miwsig Cymru’ on Spotify or YouTube. Mwynhewch gwrando ar gerddoriaeth Cymraeg! IN GENERAL 12TH JANUARY 2021 Piota App alerts We have been made aware that some parents are not receiving all alerts, when a message is uploaded on the Piota app. As such we have asked Piota to run a check on the system and we have been advised that all is working as it should. However, if you are still encountering problems, the advice from Piota is as follows; Open the app and select the three lines in the top left corner, then swipe the school name left to remove it. Reselect Porth Community School again, then go into settings, notifications and make sure you have selected urgent as well as any other schools/years applicable to your child/ren. This should resolve any issues. IN GENERAL 8TH SEPTEMBER 2020 Covid 19 Risk Assessment Please find attached the Covid 19 Risk Assessment for Porth Community School. Porth Community School – Covid Risk Assessment (06.09.21) IN GENERAL 16TH JULY 2020 Eye to Eye Counselling Service Please find attached a letter for parents and carers regarding information sessions Eye to Eye are holding aimed at helping them to support pupils who are experiencing difficulty coping with anxiety or loss and grief over the school holidays. Eye to Eye Information Sessions for CYP ParentsCarers IN GENERAL 16TH JULY 2020 Year 11 on-line events and course information Please find attached a range of resources and events that we hope will be of interest to Year 11 and post 16 pupils. Pupil Resources Presentation IN GENERAL 15TH JULY 2020 Letter from the Director of Education Please find attached a letter from the Director of Education for RCT with regards to schools opening in September. 15.07.20 Letter to Parents September opening IN GENERAL 26TH JUNE 2020 Year 6 Transition Videos IN GENERAL NEXT » Designed by RCTCBC HOME ABOUT US OUR SCHOOL PUPILS PARENTS CALENDAR NEWS CONTACT US