News 2006

Carol Service at St John’s Church Cymmer

As usual our annual carol service was organised by Miss Beth Morgan and Mrs Sarah Wareham, supported by our peripatetic staff. The congregation were enthralled by the musical talent of the young people as we were all entertained by a selection of carols and readings.

It was a delight to listen to our school choirs known as Melody and Harmony – it was obvious that everyone had worked really hard to put together an excellent programme.

Congratulations to everyone who took part. Many thanks to St John’s church for the use of their church and hall and special thanks to our school P.T.A. The Friends of Porth County who helped organise the refreshments.

Year 7 Football Success

Congratulations to our Year 7 football team who beat Ysgol Cwm Rhymney in the Glamorgan Valleys area final. Playing in the National Schools competition, the game went to extra time with a score of 3-3. Thanks to our talented goalkeeper James Gronow who saved 3 penalties and to our players who were brave enough to take the penalties we won the game.

This team have a positive attitude to all aspects of their game. They play in a very sporting manner and compliments have come from all areas including referees! Many thanks from staff to all the parents for their support at our games.

School Council Representative Elections

Recent government legislation has made it necessary to have formal elections to choose school council representatives for all year groups.

Beginning with form group nominations, confidential elections and eventually finishing with a similar type ballot of all Year 7 students in morning assembly.

Congratulations to Michael of 7B and Beth of 7D who were chosen as the new year 7 representatives. They will remain as representatives whilst they are students of our school and will be invited to voice the opinions of their peers at meeting of our school governors.

In the elections for the rest of the school, those elected were:

Matthew Thomas 8T

Abbie Howard 8T

Rhodri Williams 9E

Kirsten Winterburn 9T

Jarrad Wright 10Y

Talia Rees 10T

Adam Hawkins 11E

Helen Commins 11D

Year 10 Young Enterprise Group

Well done to Dr Rhian Bosanko who won the Christmas hamper! A raffle was organised by our Year 10 Business Studies group who need to raise funds to start a business as part of their Young Enterprise project. Congratulations to these enterprising young students raised more than enough funds to support their business project.

Squash Sporting Success

Well done to super squash player Sam of 7B who has represented Wales in recent competitions. Sam took part in a competition and reached the dizzy heights of 3 rd place out of a total of 32 players. Play it again Sam!

Cordon Bleu Chef and our Year 10 Catering Students

Year 10 GCSE Catering students were given a rare treat in lessons this term when well known chef Tony of O’Sullivans restaurant in Llantrisant visited our school.

They got to taste ‘Reindeer’ and garlic amongst other tasty meats when Tony gave them a demonstration of a variety of cordon bleu cooking!

Top priority of the lesson was the importance of personal hygiene as Tony showed the correct procedure of handling food. The visit was organised by Angela Parry of the Education Business Partnership.