Good luck in Associated Board Exams this month to:
Dominic Hoven, Bradley Thorne, Daniel Shearer, Megan Greenwood and Charlotte Baker
Congratulations to:
Martha Sanders and Alicia Cooke who will be attending the Easter Course with the National Childrens’ Choir of Great Britain in Shrewsbury . Read more →
Well, St. David would be very proud of us. What an Eisteddfod! Congratulations and a huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part so enthusiastically. Read more →
If you s
aw hundreds of balloons flying overhead last Friday, I hope you tried to catch one as it passed. The balloons – over 300 of them – were released by St. John’s School, Porthcawl, to mark the start of its 90th Anniversary celebrations. Originally an all-boys boarding school, the independent school is now co-ed and prides itself on the high achievements of all pupils and on its caring, family ethos. Read more →
Please come and joins us at a balloon release on Friday 18th February at 3pm to mark the launch of our 90th Anniversary celebrations.
Balloon race tickets are available from the school office – tickets are £2.50 per balloon and there will be a prize for the owner and the finder of the balloon that has travelled the furthest!
This week our most senior pupils have taken mock GCSE examinations and many of them have already been celebrating success in various external exams. These successes include Daniel Cash who took his GCSE Mathematics Examination early, in November 2010, achieving an A*, and Hugh Perkins and Rosie-May Lyddon (Year 10) who achieved full marks in Chemistry and Physics modules. We wish them good luck in March when they will sit Biology and further Chemistry modules.
Due to a frozen pitch the House Rugby matches did not take place at the end of last term. This week, however, with milder weather the intermediate and junior matches have taken place. The results are as follows:
Junior Match
Saxons won 30-25
Saxon Tries: C. Creffield (5), A. Swaminathan
Briton Tries: M. Wigglesworth (2), H. Brown, W. John, B. Pick
Intermediate Match
Saxons won 19-17
Saxon Tries: W. Davies (2), V. Sharma
Saxon Conversions: D. Jones (2)
Briton Tries: L. Griffiths, T. Skalitzky-Newman, K. Clatworthy
Briton Conversions: L. Griffiths
Today in school all pupils (and staff) have been raising money for Children in Need. The children gave donations to wear either fancy dress or something yellow. Mrs Howells raised nearly £50 by asking pupils to guess how far she would get in reading aloud Harry Potter books from 9am until 4pm. Luca, Yr8, raised a fantastic £78 with his chocolate tombola and “guess how many sweets in a jar.” Cake sales were also held with the Pre Prep raising £32 and the Prep/Senior departments raising £40. A huge ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who donated and joined in the fun. In total we raised £300.
Please come and see us in the Old Hall in Cowbridge this weekend where we will be doing various activities and promoting the school during the Food Festival.
An exciting new after school activity has just begun at St John’s School, Porthcawl.
Pupils from 11 – 16 years of age have begun to learn Archery and are being instructed by Graham Anderson, an Archer and Master Bowyer. Mr Anderson has a number of titles to his name including Silver Medal in the National and Isle of Ireland Championships, Winner of the Field Competition for the English Warbow Society and hopes to qualify in the European Field Championships in Portugal next year to become a member of the Welsh Team.
Next term younger St John’s pupils – age 8 – 11 years of age- also plan to take up the sport.
Archery is just one of the after school acitivities and sporting opportunities available.
