SCHOOLS ST CLARE’S SCHOOL NEWS
Email us your report to: info@seasidenews.co.uk to unforeseen circumstances. We would like to thank our local community for their patience and increased heavy traffic whilst the building is demolished by hand. We are excited about what could replace this space at the front of the school. Tracy Foster, Senior Administrative Officer
PORTHCAWL COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
We are extremely proud of the fact that St Clare’s has been in the top 5% of top-performing A-Level schools in the UK for ALPS (A-Level Performance System) for several years. Our A-Level and GCSE results are consistently well above the national average. Last year, students celebrated our track record for outstanding A-Level results with 61.4% of all grades at A*/A and 86.4% at A*/B, with 100% of students gaining a place to study at their first-choice university destinations including many in the Russell Group such as St Andrew’s, Cardiff, Durham, Exeter, Manchester, Nottingham and Queen Mary, University of London. Our Sixth Form students benefit from an exceptional education with smaller tutorial-style groups, new Sixth Form Centre and specialised teaching delivered by experienced subject specialists and examiners. Students benefit from six lessons of tuition per subject per week. If you would like to find out more about studying A-Levels at St. Clare’s our Sixth Form Open Evening starts at 5:00pm on Monday, 7th February. To book or for further information about Sixth Form scholarships, visit www.stclares-school.co.uk or contact our friendly Admissions Team on (01656) 789966. We would like to wish Seaside News readers a very safe and healthy New Year! Helen Hier, Head Teacher Picture caption: St Clare’s Sixth Form Common Room
NOTTAGE PRIMARY - DEMOLITION
You may have noticed that the demolition of our decommissioned demountable classroom has now initiated. The classroom has been unused for over 10 years and is in a state of disrepair. The project timeline has been increased due 36 | seaside news
Happy New Year, I hope you all enjoyed a restful Christmas break. Many congratulations to our Head Team who raised a staggering £2345.12 during our recent Charities’ Week at school. The week culminated in a non-uniform/ fancy dress day in aid of Children in Need. The Head Team (dressed as a SWAT team), raised money by leg waxing, selling doughnuts, guessing numbers of balloons in a car and sweets in a jar. As well as CIN, money was donated to the RNLI, MIND, Noah’s Ark Hospital and Cardiff Rivers Group. They said, “We felt all the charities chosen were local and very relevant to people of our own age”, “It was lots of fun and a very rewarding experience.” The school was delighted once again to take part in the annual Porthcawl Rotary’s Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints Church between 30th November and 5th December. Miss Davies, (Welsh), brought in the wood from her farm and 14 Year 7 pupils spent the morning making ‘Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer’ Christmas decorations. Pupils enjoyed cutting and drilling the wood by hand, personalising and assembling the reindeers and then hanging them on our tree to be displayed alongside other schools’ work in the church. Our ‘Virtual Carol Service’ was enjoyed again by everyone. Andrew Slade, Head Teacher
