News

Apollo Christmas Party

A wonderful night was had by all! Thank you to all the schools who supported us, and all the staff who enjoyed the evening. The feedback from the evening was fantastic, please continue to send in the photos!

Your comments:
"Thank you for a lovely evening..."
"What a brilliant evening it was on Friday. We can't remember when we've enjoyed an evening more."
"Excellent organisation, venue, food, awards and company."
"My thanks for a lovely evening."

Apollo Christmas Party

The Apollo Christmas Party will be held in the Court Colman Manor Hotel, near Bridgend, on Friday the 7th of December. All of our staff/clients are more than welcome to join us on the night.

Behavioural Management Course

26/11/2007

Our seminar on behavioural management held on the 26th of November was a resounding success. Led by Faith Olding, a wide variety of techniques were discussed and compared, with each attendee bringing their own unique perspective to the lively discussion.

Feedback was extremely positive from both the newer and more experienced teachers:

"I acquired many important pieces of information which I will now take back to the classroom."

"I have gained confidence..."

"Refreshing and very useful."

"Very informative morning."

F1 Technology Challenge World Championships 2007 Sponsorship

The Ynysawdre Blaze Team (sponsored by Apollo Teaching) came 12th out of 22 countries in the F1 Technology Challenge World Championships 2007, which was held in Melbourne, Australia.

The team thoroughly enjoyed the experience, representing the school and Wales with much pride and enthusiasm.

The team have now been invited to the International World Championships in Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur in March.

Half Term News Letter

All the staff at Apollo Teaching Services would like to say a big' Thank you' to all their supply staff for their hard work and dedication during the last few weeks.

The Apollo website is now up and running and all staff and the schools we service are being issued with their own unique login and password details, this allows you direct access to your own personal page that holds all past; present and future bookings. in addition, you may also view your daily rates of pay and view or print out, a google map of directions to a schools location.

The Child Protection Course that was held in Bryngarw Country Park was well attended and all staff involved received a Child Protection Certificate from Mrs Pat Tobin Child Protection Coordinator for BCBC Education & Leisure Community Services, the pictures of the day are now on the website, please do take a look.

During this first half term Apollo office staff supported the 'Pink' Breast Cancer Awareness Day by turning up for work in true 'Pink' fashion, wearing pink pyjamas, dressing gowns and fluffy slippers and collecting a donation from each member of staff for this privilage. This day was thoroughly enjoyed by all and the girls are already deciding what they can do for Children in Need day !!

Finally, we would like to say "good luck" to all our staff for the remainder of the Autumn term and we hope that it will prove to be as successful as the previous weeks.

The Apollo Team

Child Protection Course

As part of our dedication to ensuring our staff receive support regarding their Continuing Professional Development, on the 18th of October 2007, Pat Tobin, Child Protection Coordinator for Bridgend County Borough Council Education Leisure and Community Services, delivered a child protection course at Bryngarw House.

The course had an excellent turnout, and offered a valuable insight into the issues surrounding child protection, including an outline of official guidance on the subject, signs that may indicate problems, and the process to be subsequently followed.

Our policy is that all teachers will undertake this training within the next six months, and a wide variety of other courses are also planned for the future.