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
[prettyfilelink src=”https://www.ebbwfawr.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Holocaust-Ceremony-Flyer-27-01-15.pdf” type=”pdf” newwindow=”true”]Guardian of the Memory Flyer[/prettyfilelink] Invitation to Holocaust Memorial Event The event will still take place on 27 January, between 18:15 and 20:00 in Beaufort Theatre (NP23 5QQ). This year’s theme will be “Keep the Memory Alive”. This will be the third successive year in which the Council has hosted this ceremony...Read More
Come and join Ebbw Vale Rugby Club on our pre match rugby camp at Eugene Cross Park , Cae Canol, Ebbw Vale, on Saturday 24th January from 10am to 1pm. This unique open skills camp is aimed at 6-11 year olds, and is designed to help young players develop every area of their game in...Read More
Two students at Ebbw Fawr Learning Community have received runner up awards for their entries into the British Inventors Competition run by the British Dyslexia Association. The 2014 Dyslexia Awareness Week competition was incredibly popular and saw some fantastic entries coming in! Entrants were asked to provide work that followed the theme for 2014, “Dyslexia...Read More
