Topping out ceremony marks key milestone in the construction of Ysgol Cwm Brombil/Seremoni gosod carreggopa yn nodi carreg filltir allweddol wrth adeiladu Ysgol Cwm Brombil

Another milestone is reached for Neath Port Talbot’s school build projects, as the building structure for Ysgol Cwm Brombil is completed.

This month heralds another momentous event for the county borough as pupils, teachers, builders and representatives from Bouygues UK, the Welsh Government and Neath Port Talbot Council celebrated a ‘topping out’ event atYsgol Cwm Brombil, a new £30m all-through school in Margam.

At the event, guests were greeted with background music provided by pupils fromDyffryn School and Groes Primary School.  Guests were then welcomed by Bouygues UK Regional Managing Director, Rob Bradley who spoke of the long history and tradition of ‘topping-out’ ceremonies.

Topping out is a phrase used to describe the traditional celebration of the completion of a building’s main structure. Now the countdown has started for the interior work.

Rob Bradley, Regional Managing Director of Bouygues UK, said: “It’s fantastic to have reached this important milestone in the delivery of Ysgol Cwm Brombil, illustrating the excellent progress we’ve made so far. We are very proud to be on-track for the delivery of another exceptional learning environment for the community of Neath Port Talbot, a reflection of the excellent working partnership we have built with the Council over the last few years.”

During the ceremony, Leader of Neath Port Talbot and ward member for Margam thanked everyone involved in the construction of the new school building, a £30mstate of the art development. The project is being jointly funded by Neath Port Talbot Council and the Welsh Government, as part of its 21^st Century Schools and Education Programme.

Councillor Rob Jones also congratulated pupils for coming up with the new school name, Ysgol Cwm Brombil.  The name was chosen in a competition by pupils for the new school in Margam.

The name came from the fact that the school site is at the foot of the Brombil Valley, and ‘Brombil Mountain’, which stands slightly behind three of the main hills that overlook Port Talbot: Mynydd Margam, MynyddEmroch and MynyddDinas.

Seremoni gosod carreggopa yn nodi carreg filltir allweddol wrth adeiladu Ysgol Cwm Brombil

Mae prosiectau adeiladu ysgolion Castell-nedd Port Talbot wedi cyrraedd carreg filltir arall wrth i strwythur adeiladu Ysgol Cwm Brombil gael ei gwblhau.
Mae’r mis hwn yn nodi digwyddiad pwysig arall i’r fwrdeistref sirol wrth i ddisgyblion, athrawon, adeiladwyr a chynrychiolwyr o Bouygues UK, Llywodraeth Cymru a Chyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot ddathlu digwyddiad ‘gosod carreg gopa’ yn Ysgol Cwm Brombil, ysgol pob oed newydd ym Margam sydd werth £30 miliwn.

Yn y digwyddiad, croesawyd gwesteion gan gerddoriaeth gefndir a berfformiwyd gan ddisgyblion Ysgol Dyffryn ac Ysgol Gynradd y Groes.  Yna, croesawyd y gwesteion gan Reolwr-gyfarwyddwr Rhanbarthol Bouygues UK, Rob Bradley, a oedd yn trafod hanes a thraddodiad hir y seremonïau ‘gosod carreg gopa’.

Gosod carreg gopa yw’r ymadrodd a ddefnyddir i ddisgrifio dathliad traddodiadol cwblhau prif adeiledd adeilad. Nawr mae’n amser dechrau ar y gwaith mewnol.

Meddai Rob Bradley, Rheolwr-gyfarwyddwr Rhanbarthol Bouygues UK, “Mae’n wych ein bod wedi cyrraedd y garreg filltir bwysig hon wrth gyflwyno Ysgol Cwm Brombil, gan ddangos y cynnydd ardderchog a wnaed gennym hyd yn hyn. Rydym yn falch iawn ein bod ar y trywydd iawn i gyflwyno amgylchedd dysgu rhagorol arall i gymuned Castell-nedd Port Talbot, gan adlewyrchu’r bartneriaeth waith wych rydym wedi ei meithrin gyda’r cyngor dros yr ychydig blynyddoedd diwethaf.”

Yn ystod y seremoni, diolchodd Arweinydd Castell-nedd Port Talbot ac aelod ward Margam i bawb a oedd yn rhan o’r gwaith i adeiladu’r adeilad ysgol newydd, sy’n ddatblygiad gwerth £30 miliwn o’r radd flaenaf. Ariennir y prosiect ar y cyd gan Gyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot a Llywodraeth Cymru, fel rhan o Raglen Ysgolion ac Addysg yr 21ain Ganrif.

Gwnaeth y Cynghorydd Rob Jones longyfarch disgyblion am ddewis enw’r ysgol newydd, sef Ysgol Cwm Brombil. Dewiswyd yr enw gan ddisgyblion mewn cystadleuaeth a gynhaliwyd ar gyfer yr ysgol newydd ym Margam.

Dewiswyd yr enw oherwydd y ffaith bod yr ysgol wedi’i lleoli ar waelod Cwm Brombil a ‘Mynydd Brombil’, sy’n sefyll y tu ôl i dri o’r