This week at YJB is Connecting Classrooms Sustainability week, which is hosted by the technology faculty. The finale of the week will be a cycle powered cinema which will show short films made by our talented year 7 students. Click here to take a look at the Electric Pedals website. Watch this space for the […]
Ysgol Craig y Don visited Ysgol John Bright to work on the textiles they have been creating with the local community and our Connecting Classrooms project within their school, and to look at the textiles work within Ysgol John Bright. Year 5 and 6 students have been making knitted textiles with our partner schools in […]
The YJB “Connecting Classrooms” project has has hit the headlines again with a recent appearance in a Blackburn Rovers match day programme. Have a read below using by clicking on the reader. Open publication – Free publishing
Ysgol John Bright and partner schools, Ysgol San Sior and Ysgol Craig y Don, took part in a Football focused T-shirt design activity at Blackburn Rovers Community Trust. The activity was arranged as part of YJB’s affiliation with the trust, and partnership with the British Council “Connecting Classrooms” Project. Our partnership with Blackburn Community Trust […]
Ysgol John Bright technology students took part in a football-focused design and make activity at Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, as part of our schools enrichment day…
Ysgol John Bright Connecting Classrooms project has hit the headlines again. The BBC “World Class” project has run a feature online, click here to read.
Teaching North Wales police officers to knit is just one way students from Ysgol John Bright, Craig y Don and Ysgol San Sior schools will be focusing on empowering girls as part of their Connecting Classrooms project with schools in Africa. The cluster of schools has joined forces with North Wales Police and the Blackburn […]
Mrs Gavin (Connecting Classrooms Co-ordinator) has successfully organised a 3 year partnership between Blackburn Rovers Community Trust, and the Ysgol John Bright international ‘Connecting Classrooms’ project. This fantastic affiliation with the trust will be a first for both the British Council and Blackburn Rovers. During the visit from our international school partners, there was an […]
The results for the African Connection Ruler Competition have now been collected…. We are please to announce, that the ruler with the X Factor is “Prospice No.5”, designed by the talented Beth Peters – with 63% of the vote!! Well done to Beth!! Her winning design will be made into gifts for our International delegates […]
Year 9 spent some time during our international skills day to design some postcards. The postcards have been sent to schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and Malawi in order to welcome and make a connection with students in Africa and Ysgol John Bright. The African schools will be making their own postcards which will […]
During May, Mrs Gavin travelled to Kenya as part of the British Council’s connecting classrooms project, representing Ysgol John Bright, Ysgol Craig Y Don and Ysgol San Sior. Mrs Gavin, working with colleagues from Ysgol Craig Y Don and Ysgol San Sior, was there to find partner schools with which to share and build upon […]