section on the left hand side of the screen under ‘My courses’. Ysgol Friars Newsletter February 2015 Parental Survey Again this year, there is the opportunity for parents and guardians of pupils at Ysgol Friars,to complete the Parental survey. We wish to canvass opinion on the effectiveness of our school, and to look for areas we might improve. Paper copies of the parental survey have been given to each pupil but please contact the school for a paper copy to complete and return by Friday 13th February 2015 if you have not received the letter. Oxbridge Offers The school would like to congratulate three of its students within Year 13 on their offers to attend Cambridge University. Musical Success The school would like to wish Iolo Edwards, of Year 13, who won the Anglesey Rotary Young Musician Award in October the best of luck as he competes in the next round of the national Rotary competition in Birkenhead this February. Another talented musician, Kezia LovickJones in Year 11, has been selected to play the violin with the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and the saxophone with the National Youth Wind Orchestra of Wales. Congratulations to her on her success. Angus Coyne- Grell, has been offered a place at Magdalene College, Cambridge University to study Natural Sciences. Sporting Success Callum Jones, has been offered a place at Girton College, Cambridge University to study Natural Sciences. Congratulations to our fourteen runners who represented Arfon in the Eryri championships held in Dolgellau; of whom ten have now qualified to represent Eryri in the Welsh National Championships. The survey can be accessed online, via the schools Moodle site at: Junru Zhan has been offered a place at www.friars.gwynedd.sch.uk Churchill College, Cambridge University to study Medicine. In order to complete the survey, all participants will need the following login Lori Ni information, to logon the schools website: Username: survey Pupils in Year 9 had the opportunity to visit Password: survey Lori Ni, the Youth advice bus, on the 21st The survey can be found, once the user has January. successfully logged in, in the Navigation Performances of note from both John Spill, Year 12 and Oliver Barbaresi, Year 10, who both won their respective age groups in the Eryri championships. Congratulations also to our Year 8 Netball team who beat St. Gerrards, 24-22, in a recent fixture as well as to our Year 8 Rugby team who beat Ysgol Y Gader, 59 – 7. School Website download the software onto their PCs (and other devices) at home. If you require th th Over the February half term (16 to 20 ) the another letter please contact the school schools website will be taken offline to allow office. important maintenance work to servers and updates to take place. Please note that pupils will need to know their school usernames & passwords in Free Windows Office 365 order to use this facility. In order to help our students prepare for success this school year, we’re providing Office to every student at Friars free of charge. With Office 365, pupils will now have access to the latest version of Word, for writing; Excel, for spreadsheets; PowerPoint, for presentations; OneNote, for organization and note taking; and much more. • • • • Install on up to 5 compatible PCs and Macs, plus 5 tablets (including iPad!) For further details, please contact the schools administrator, Janet Williams. Dates for your diaries Year 11 Parents Evening Tuesday 10th February 4pm-6pm Medical Workshops with BCUHB and Cardiff Medical School February Half Term Monday 16th to Friday 20th February A group of Year 9, 10 and 11 students participated in a medical workshop with North Wales Clinical School Betsi Cadwaladr and Cardiff Medical School, this January, in which they learnt about the profession and the standard of qualifications required to apply for a career in medicine. Prospective Year 12 Open Evening Thursday 26th February 4pm-6pm Job Vacancy Use with OneDrive for automatic device syncing The school has a vacancy for the position of ASSISTANT CARETAKER/ HANDYMAN (37 Gain valuable skills on the world’s most hours per week to work an popular productivity software afternoon/evening shift). Office subscription lasts for as long as General caretaking duties to include the pupil is a student here and the supervising the cleaners and evening program continues lettings. Salary £14,338 - £15,941 with a closing date for applications as Friday, 6th Pupils were given a letter before the end of February 2015. autumn term with instructions on how to Year 9 Parents Evening Tuesday 3rd March 4pm-6pm Year 12 and 13 Parents Evening 4pm-6pm Tuesday 10th March Year 8 Examinations 23rd March to 27th March CONTACT INFORMATION Phone: 01248 364905 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @Friars_school School website: www.friars.gwynedd.sch.uk