Curriculum

At Ysgol Y Bryn we aim to help our pupils become:

• Ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives

• Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
• Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the World
• Healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members
• of society

We support the delivery of the Health and Wellbeing AOLE by ensuring we offer pupils:

• An understanding of the relationship between food and healthy body and mind.

• A cross-curricular approach to Health and Wellbeing and to integrate it into all curriculum subjects.
• Daily opportunities of physical literacy through the delivery of the 30x5 initiative.
• Well planned physical activities to include health related exercise and to make good use of opportunities for cross-curricular promotion of physical development and it’s relation to diet and nutrition.
• The knowledge of Keeping Safe online by delivering sessions and promoting Safer Internet Day.
• The opportunity to develop their PSD/PSDWCD skills by delivering the programme JIGSAW through a variety of topics:

Puzzle 1 - Being me in my world,

Puzzle 2 - Celebrating Difference

Puzzle 3 – Relationships

Puzzle 4 – Healthy Me

Puzzle 5 – Dreams and Goals

Puzzle 6 – Changing me

Each class has their own JIGSAW character and Jerrie the Cat as well as a chime to practise Mindfulness and Breathing Techniques.