St John's School Porthcawl

Once again St John’s proved it has the “value-added factor” when Year 11 students received their GCSE results.  Overall 42% of all results were at Grades A* or A, compared to the national average of 22%.  Particularly pleasing were James Kearle and Bethanie Denyer who followed in last year’s Head Boy’s and Head Girl’s footsteps by achieving 9 A*s and As each, best results in school.  Bethanie should be especially congratulated as not only did she achieve her Mathematics GCSE at grade A when she was in year 10, but also this year she achieved Statistics and her Sciences amongst her 7 A*s.  Bethanie also achieved a pass in a free-standing additional further mathematics qualification.
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Pupils from Years 4, 5 and 6 accompanied by Mrs. Sarll, Mrs. Price and Mrs. Bessell recently visited our Celtic Comenius cousins in Waterford, Southern Ireland. They all visited our partner school, Gaelscoil Philip Barun and were given an insight into Gaelic speaking school.

Pupils and teachers sat in on a Gaelic lesson (and didn’t understand a word!) and our pupils took part in a 5 nations football tournament, as well as trying the Irish sport of hurling. (Mrs. Bessell got really stuck in with this!) Chloe and Bethan from Year 4 stayed with the school’s headmaster and his family and Amy and Alys stayed with another host family.

All four girls were looked after brilliantly and were taken out on trips to the beach and the local fairground.

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Year 2 became involved in their own class election today. The children elected a class representative after discussing the qualities needed for the job. The children voted in the class polling booth and used ballot papers to vote in secret. Read the rest of this entry →

The Science Department were celebrating recently following successes in the GCSE Science modules. Year 10 pupil Daniel Cash set a new record with full marks in all modules taken in March. Pupils Dan Mostyn and Elan Edry followed closely behind scoring 50/50 in some of their modules. Read the rest of this entry →

Following a recent governors’ meeting we are pleased to announce the election of Mrs Jenny Sanders as Chair of Governors and would like to thank the previous Chair Mr Richard Shearer for his years of loyal service. 

Our board of governors is made up of members of the local community including past parents, as well as representation from current parents.  Each governor brings specific talents and expertise to support the running of the school. The Governing Body shares the school vision of developing the individual child to their potential academically and developing confidence within a disciplined framework.

We are holding a reunion on Saturday 3rd July 2010 to coincide with the Friends’ Summer BBQ and Fete. If you are a past pupil or you are in contact with any past pupils we would love to see you there. We will be having some Saxons v Britons matches.

St John’s Alumni

It was with great pleasure that we recently welcomed our partner school in France for their third visit to St. John’s. A full day’s programme began with a welcoming assembly in the Crampton Hall , and after this the staff and pupils of St. Gilles joined senior pupils in their classes.

Later in the morning our guests went on a tour of the village which included a visit to St. John’s church and an interesting talk by Mr. Gwyn Petty.
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We held our annual Invitation Cross Country Competition last Friday afternoon. We were delighted to welcome runners fromMonmouth School for Boys, Monmouth School for Girls, St. John’s College, Brynteg Comprehensive, Cowbridge Comprehensive and Cynffig Comprehensive.

A big thank you to all the runners and marshals who braved the rain to make this year’s event a success. Full results…
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The Pre Prep had a wonderful time when Porthcawl Fire Brigade came to talk to us about how to keep safe. The fireman told us a story about a little girl called Tanni who found matches and caused a fire in her bedroom.

Some of us could try on the fireman’s helmet, boots, leggings, jacket and gloves. Now Parents, the exciting bit is about to be heard! We all went outside to the fire engine and got to sit on the driver’s seat and put on the siren. We also had a go at squirting water from the hose and hitting a target. You might be shocked because the seniors were looking out of their classroom windows— getting a bit jealous because they did not get a turn!
By Jake Bromhead and Simran Dhaliwal, Yr3

St John’s runs a long-established and highly popular Holiday Club for children of busy parents. Care is available from 8am (with breakfast) to 5pm and children can attend various sessions to suit your requirements e.g. mornings, afternoons or all day.
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