Cardiff Council Update: 14 February 2023

Here is our latest update, covering:Prestigious health and wellbeing award for three more Cardiff primary schools; What's on this February Half Term; A call for Dementia Friendly Cardiff volunteers; Real Living Wage Jobs Fair this Thursday.

Prestigious health and wellbeing award for three more Cardiff primary schools

Three schools in Cardiff have been awarded national recognition for their work to promote health and wellbeing throughout their school communities, at the very highest standard.

Assessors for the Welsh Network of the Healthy School Schemes have awarded Ysgol Mynydd Bychan Primary School in Cathays, Ty Gwyn School in Ely and St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Gabalfa, the Healthy Schools National Quality Award (NQA) for demonstrating excellence in all areas of health and wellbeing, with support from Cardiff Council's Healthy Schools Team.

Cabinet Member for Education, Employment and Skills, Cllr Sarah Merry said: "The Healthy Schools National Quality award is an accomplishment which focusses on the importance of pupil participation in core areas of school life, which directly affect the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

"It is an excellent achievement which requires schools to go through a rigorous process spanning at least nine years and I am delighted that three more of Cardiff's schools have successfully achieved the accolade, recognising the hard work from staff, pupils and their wider school communities.

"Health and wellbeing play an important part in school life and all three primary schools have demonstrated a wide range of unique and innovative initiatives and activities which have a positive impact on pupils and their families, helping to promote happy and healthy futures.

"I would like to personally like to congratulate the schools and I have no doubt that they will inspire others to develop and deliver new and exciting schemes for their own school communities"