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  • Artist Praise!

    Published 06/06/19
    GCSE Art pupils have been working hard to develop their understanding of  the formal elements and principles of art, and how different mediums can achieve different outcomes. Currently they have been exploring the technical capabilities and manipulations of oil pastels and focussing on the them... Read More
  • TriSciCymru

    Published 22/05/19
    Y7 pupils enjoying another Chemistry workshop from TriSciCymru looking at the chemistry of plastics pollution in the third dimension! Read More
  • STEM Events

    Published 22/05/19
    Congratulations to this Y9 team in winning the Autonomous Vehicle challenge using Lego Mindstorms. They designed and built their vehicle from scratch and successfully programmed it to navigate a circuit. They also prepared a marketing pitch to identify potential customers! Read More
  • National Vegetarian Week 2019

    Published 19/05/19
    The Home Economics department participated in National Vegetarian Week by only cooking vegetarian or vegan recipes for a whole week. Thanks to a very generous grant of £1000, awarded to school by the Vegetarian Society, following an application by Mrs Ryder, all cooking sessions for that week... Read More
  • Ski 2019

    Published 07/05/19
    A group of 58 students travelled to America over the Easter holidays on the school’s biannual skiing trip. The group skied at the 1960 Olympic venue of Squaw Valley in the picturesque Lake Tahoe region of California. The group were able to visit San Francisco whilst they were away, which... Read More
  • Year 9 First Campus visit to Cardiff Metropolitan University

    Published 12/04/19
    On 12th April, 40 Year 9 pupils, accompanied by Mrs Ryder, Mrs Davies and Mrs Shipp, visited Cardiff University. The aim of the day was to give pupils an insight into university life. There was a workshop discussing some of the myths around university and the courses available; this was followed by... Read More
  • Easter Festivities

    Published 12/04/19
    This week, Year 7 have had the opportunity to learn about the true meaning of Easter through a series of Easter lessons provided by Club 707. Club 707 Schools is a project that works with primary and secondary schools in Caerphilly and the surrounding areas. It was a pleasure to welcome the Clu... Read More
  • Year 9 Spring Headteacher's Awards

    Published 08/04/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 9 Spring Headteacher's awards:   Art Excellence –  Ella DAVIES Endeavour –  Morgan FISHBOURNE D&T Excellence –  Beau LAYMAN Endeavour –  Madison NELMES English Excellence... Read More
  • Year 10 Spring Headteacher's Awards

    Published 08/04/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 10 Spring Headteacher's awards:   Art Excellence –  Jac THOMAS Endeavour –  Emily ALLIN Computer Science Excellence –  Adam SHADDICK Endeavour –  Llew THOMAS D&T Excellence... Read More
  • Year 11 Spring Headteacher's Awards

    Published 08/04/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 11 Spring Headteacher's awards: Art Excellence –  Megan NEWBOLD Endeavour –  Miran ISMAIL Business Studies Excellence –  Callum CARTER Endeavour –  Nageen ADNAN Computer Science Excelle... Read More
  • JUST B project

    Published 08/04/19
    30 year 8 pupils participated in the JUST B project aimed at preventing smoking amongst young people. The pupils were selected by their peers and spent 2 days off-site at Caerphilly Golf Club learning about various aspects of health, advertising and legislation based around smoking. Pupils... Read More
  • KS5 Geography Field Trip

    Published 08/04/19
    Yr 12 Geographers recently visited Dunraven Bay in Southerndown to collect data for their coastal fieldwork. They investigated how sediment size changes across a storm beach and learned some key fieldwork skills and techniques. They also had the opportunity to learn about landforms and coastal erosi... Read More