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New £50 Million Plus School
November 5, 2012 - 7:17pm
Is it true that contractors have to divert the river Cynon to incorporate the new roundabout required for the new £50 million plus school?
I was also informed that this additional work was not in the original budget for the scheme is this correct?
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I would say there is no
I would say there is no truth in this at all, I went to the open day 2 weeks ago and the plans there show no river diversion, the only work in the river is to build the bridge supports.
If people went to these open public days they have held the rumours wouldnt start I'm sure
Dont need to divert river
Dont need to divert river just build a bridge????
The person who informed me
The person who informed me of the extra cost also attended the open day at Michael Sobell Leisure Centre, Aberdare, and received the information from whoever was there at the time.
Well if they need to divert
Well if they need to divert the river cynon for this project we will all be able to see it plain as day so there will be no conspiracy theories on this one..... lol
i think the trafic at school
i think the trafic at school times at the new school will be a bit of a problem, i hope not, remember not all they tell you in meetings is going to work. everything looks good on paper but we will see, if things go wrong who will take the blame not the council. as for diverting the river
divert it outside the council offices in rhondda so when they get their money they will have something pretty to look
at instead of the looking at their new cars,but we are all in this together
I have been informed today
I have been informed today that the River Cynon was not diverted.
I was also informed who is looking after the £50M project for RCTC if the past is anything to go by they will do a good job.
Who is running this job then
Who is running this job then lewis?
They seem to be planning a lot of road improvements as part of this scheme, it looked on the plan on display and from the work they have started that they are building extra lanes on the roundabouts and the A4059
I just happen to speak to
I just happen to speak to someone yesterday and he informed me who was looking after the new school and associated works. I have worked with them in the past on RCT works and from my experience in 50 plus years in the construction industry they are a good team experienced and Conscientious about the work.
Unlike some departments within RCTC who have major problems with directors and managers and are allowed to get away with it.
It’s the way it’s done
It’s the way it’s done in Rhondda Cynon Taf why bother with a planning application for the school they already spent thousands on a bridge.
Planning application 17 December 2012 registered between 17/12/2012 and 28/12/2012
Development by Rhondda Cynon Taf Application Ref: 12/1292/08
Proposed mixed use education and leisure development (D1 and D2 use classes) comprising a new secondary school and caretaker's lodge; replacement sport and leisure centre, athletics track and stadium, multi-use games courts, skate park, public playground; and associated access, parking, infrastructure and landscaping works.
Location: Michael Sobell sports centre, Ynys road, Aberdare, CF44 7PE
Things get built especially in Aberaman and then an application placed for retrospective approval.
No planning law in Aberaman just speak to the right people and don’t bother with
Material considerations the law that should be taken into account like:
Overlooking/loss of privacy
Layout and density of building
Nature conservation
My main concern is for the
My main concern is for the pupils who will have to attend this massive school. Education standards, already low in Wales, will drop even further in Cynon Valley because huge schools like this lose the personal touch, and they just become factories churning out results but leaving most pupils poorer educationally.
Oh, there'll be fantastic results from this school, all on paper of course, you can bet on it, but going on the trend that I've personally witnessed from my years working in Cardiff University, I can vouch for the fact that standards of literacy and numeracy, even at the basic levels, will fall, no matter whether the pupils have A* grades or not. I've seen it, and I expect the worst to follow here. Let's just hope I'm proven wrong.
Discipline and decent
Discipline and decent teachers thats all it takes
http://www.eteach.com/DataFil
http://www.eteach.com/DataFiles/VacDocs/38670/447199/Headteacher%20Recru...
They don't allow discipline
They don't allow discipline in schools, and good teachers, which most of them are, are made to teach within a very narrow curriculum, so that they do not deviate from the norm and thereby spoil the results in the league tables. It's all about results, not about education. This huge school will not make any improvement. In fact, I'm predicting a fall in standards for the reasons I've already given.
A HEADTEACHER from the Towy
A HEADTEACHER from the Towy Valley has told how she “went into shock”
on learning she had received an OBE for services to education in the New Year’s Honours List.
Llandeilo-born Sue Davies, 54, who teaches at Cynffig Comprehensive School in Kenfig Hill but who will take over at a new ‘superschool’ in Aberdare next month, said: “I simply could not believe it.
http://www.estyn.gov.uk/download/publication/249740.4/inspection-report-...
Good report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzbkCNs0q1c
All those open balconies.
All those open balconies. Sorry but if I was 14 I would have to drop and balloon full of water on to one of those ghostly figures that are walking around.
No wonder I averaged a caning a week in Bryngolwg. Bring back corporal punishment. Never did me any harm.