Narrowly missing thousands of asteroids, comets and meteors, 30 of our Year 8 and 9 pupils recently navigated the Solar System in a stunning ‘3D Space’ presentation held at the Showcase Cinema in Nantgarw on Tuesday 17th March as part of the British Science Week. As the pupils sat with their 3D glasses in place,...Read More
The year 8 Netball squad produced an excellent display in finishing 4th out of 25 schools in the SE County netball tournament. They won all their group games : 2-0 v Gwynllyw 2-0 v West Mon 6-0 v Dyffryn 2-0 v Pontllanfraith Playing in a tough final stage group they won one, lost two and...Read More
Well done to primary phase pupils who raised a fantastic £1800 for the NSPCC Childline. The NSPCC have been working closely with us and led a series of assemblies on keeping safe with pupils. Pupils participated in sponsored PE activities and all the money raised will go towards vital projects and services for children and...Read More
23 Key Stage 2 Pupils went to Cwm Playing Field this morning to take part in BG Schools Cross Country Championships. All pupils completed a challenging course, were extremely well behaved and had a fantastic time. Skye Whittle Year 5 came first in her race and received a Gold medal. Blaenau Gwent Finals will take...Read More
On Thursday 12th March Students from our STEM club visited the Birmingham NEC for the National Big Bang Fair. They spent the day taking part in interactive activities, exploring Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) through a hands on approach. The Big Bang fair is the largest celebration of STEM subjects for young people in...Read More
Ebbw Fawr Learning Community are definitely in the ‘Premier League’ as a result of their work with high flying football club Swansea City FC, and in particular their legendary former striker Lee Trudle. Former Swans striker Lee Trundle visited pupils from the Primary Phase in Ebbw Vale and held a workshop talking about his life...Read More
The Year 8 Football team progressed into the quarter finals of the Gwent Cup last night with a 5-2 victory over St Josephs School, Newport. Missing a number of key players from our successful Welsh Cup run, through both illness and injury meant a reshuffle in positions and system and this resulted in a disjointed...Read More
Congratulations to Mr Strange on coaching the Wales U20 Rugby Union Team to success against England U-20 on Saturday night. In a unique partnership between the school and the WRU Mr Strange has been given a part time secondment for there months to help coach the U-20 in their Six Nations Championship. Graeme Harkness, Director said...Read More
A brand new award has been presented to our primary building after judges believed it deserved special recognition. The judges for the Grenfell Baines Award for Outstanding Design Quality were so impressed with the site, that they came up with an award especially for the school buildings. Facing stiff competition the building design just missed...Read More
On the 29th January 2015 the Welsh Government introduced a new system of school categorisation to replace the secondary school “banding” system which has operated for a number of years. The new system now includes primary schools. As one of a small number of schools in Wales, which has both primary and secondary students, the...Read More
