Past pupils Kieran Thomas-Jenkins, Emily Pearce, Lily Pearce and Amy Regan accept the High Sherrif’s award for their work on petitioning the Welsh Government to ensure all schools in Wales have Wellbeing Ambassadors. The petition was put on hold due to Covid, but the Welsh Government is now in the process of taking it to members. Well done all for your hard work and effort and all the best for your future.
Huge congratulations to our very hardworking #PLEnterprise team who won the local heat today and now get to represent #SCAFC. They have given up hours and hours of their own time over the past 4 weeks to come up with a fantastic pitch based around autism inclusion at matches. Their presentation was superb and they were a credit to themselves and the school all day yesterday at the Liberty Stadium. Plus, they got to meet Trundle and have a Q&A with…
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Year 10 pupil, Bethany Moule, has been selected to represent Wales in the Javelin event in this years’ Youth Commonwealth Games, to be held in the Bahamas this coming July. What an amazing achievement! Congratulations Bethany and good luck!
Yesterday, 6 pupils took part in the Afan Nedd Tawe Schools Cross Country event held in a very muddy Margam park. A tough course made the conditions difficult but we came away with some outstanding results… Rhys James – 1st Rohan Crossman – 35th (a year young) Cerys Teague – 5th Frances Lewis Wong – 20th (a year young) Elli Sleep – 37th Eden Rae Davies – 3rd (a year young) Rhys, Cerys and Eden have qualified to represent West Glamorgan Schools…
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Congratulations to Yr10 pupil Bethany Moule (of Neath Harriers), who on Saturday 21st January, at the West Wales Indoor Athletics Championships, was presented with the JDB Williams Award by the Welsh Schools Athletics Association for the top field event performance of summer 2016. Bethany is currently the UK U15 girls’ all time record holder for the 500 gram javelin with a throw of 48.84m. She was ranked number 1 in the UK in 2016 finishing clear of her nearest rival by 7m.…
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The PE department would like to celebrate the recent successes of pupils, in particular the Yr8 boys football team who were victorious last week against Croesyceilog in the Welsh Cup. The 4-2 win puts the boys through to the last 8 of the competition. Recognition also needs to be given to a number of athletes; Lauren Thomas (Yr9) had a fantastic competition on the weekend competing at the U15 West Wales indoor athletics competition. She had a PB in the…
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Congratulations to Bethan Tew in Year 7 who won Student of the Year at her drama school’s award ceremony. Her drama school is Fame Factory Theatre School and consists of four schools covering Ammanford, Caerphilly, Pontyclun and Neath. The main school caters for children aged 7 – 17 and she beat off competition from over 120 other students from all four schools, many of whom were much older than her, to win the most prestigious award of the evening!
Congratulations to Year 9 pupils Catrin Daniels, Charlotte Beynon, Kirsty Coombes and Sophie Giddings who made up the winning team at the Engineering Challenge event organised by the Institute of Chartered Engineers that was held recently at Swansea University. The team had to design a support structure for a river bridge that was cost effective, efficient and able to withstand floods, storms and tides. The winning team are pictured below with their design and their trophy. As well as receiving…
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The following pupils have been selected for the LA Hub netball squads: Rebecca Grey (Yr 7), Ella Carpenter (Yr 7), Sophie Evans (Yr 8), Amelia Gregory (Yr 8), Jessica Richards (Yr 8) & Charlotte Evans (Yr 10) The following pupils have been selected for the Welsh Development Training Centre: Nia Evans (Yr 10), Megan Johns (Yr 10), Caitey DiIulio (Yr 9), Mia Edwards(Yr 9), Callie Rattenbury (Yr 9) & Amy Rattenbury (Yr 9) Charlotte Evans & Ella Jenkins…
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Yesterday the debate team competed in the regional round of the Wales Schools Debate Competition. Preparation for the debate was real teamwork, with Aimee England, Lowri Beynon, Ffion Beynon and Rachel Penney working together to propose the motion “This house would only imprison criminals who pose a continuing threat to society”. Aimee and Lowri debated on the day, and held their own against older and more experienced debaters. Whilst they weren’t the winners, they both debated fantastically well, with Lowri…
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