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Do you know if your child is playing safe on
the internet?
The
internet is such an integral part of children's lives these
days. It opens up so many educational and social
opportunities, giving them access to, quite literally, a
world of information and experiences.
So, how can you protect your child online? Some useful
information and web links or parents can be found
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Blaengwawr Pupil wins History Prize for
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Natalie Williams the former Head Girl of
Blaengwawr Comprehensive School is this year’s recipient of
the Frampton History Prize for best performance in A level
history. The prize, worth £100, is awarded to pupils who
gain the top marks in A level history examinations for each
of the United Kingdoms Examination boards by the Royal
Historical Society. The Royal Historical Society award a
number of prizes each year to recognize outstanding
historical scholarship and achievement.
Natalie studied British and European History
following the WJEC syllabus. The course involved 6 units of
study each of which was examined by a terminal paper. In 5
of these units Natalie attained maximum marks, only dropping
7 marks in total.
Natalie from Herbert Street Aberdare is an
outstanding all round student who achieved A grades in
English, Mathematics and biology as well as her amazing
result in history. She is keen to thank the efforts of all
the teaching staff at Blaengwawr Comprehensive School for
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She is particularly keen to emphasise the
help and encouragement she received from her history
teacher, Mr. G. Holt and her Headteacher, Mr. D. S. Evans.
Natalie will continue her historical studies at Cardiff
University, enrolling as a first year student this autumn.
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ICT Visit to Alton Towers. |
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At the end of summer term, the
ICT department ran a successful trip to Alton Towers. Year
9 had been producing work on their own theme park designs,
therefore it was only fitting that they had the opportunity
to see how a real one worked.
Alan
kindly drove us to the Alton Towers resort in the Blaengwawr
bus, where we stayed in the Splash Landings Hotel. The
pupils enjoyed an afternoon in the water park there. The
swim was followed by an ‘all you can eat’ buffet in the
hotel. The next morning, after a buffet breakfast (most
pupils were sensible enough not to eat as much as the night
before due to the impending rides!), we had early entry to
the rides, so it was a mad rush to get onto the most popular
ones. Mr Rugman was one of the first to get to the Oblivion
ride, dragging Mr Gale, Miss Gatiss and Miss Williams
reluctantly onto it!
During the
course of the day, the pupil had a presentation on how
computers are used in the theme park, from altering
photographs on the advertising media, to how they control
the safety of the rides.
All the
teachers would like to thank the pupils on the trip. The
hotel staff commented on how well behaved they were, the
pupils represented the school very well. |
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PUPILS ACHIEVE SUCCESS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE |
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Four pupils in year 11 have tasted GCSE success
ahead of schedule by completing their examinations in five
subjects a year early. The girls have already secured A*-C
grades in English language, mathematics, science, film studies
and information and communication technology. All four pupils
have gained a number of A* and A grades between them and they
are looking forward to further GCSE examination success this
summer. |
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From left to right: Jodie Cable, Caitlyn Smith,
Shannon Jackson and Rosie Barton |
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Blaengwawr
Comprehensive School was established as a County
controlled school in 1978, the school having been built as a secondary school in
1974. The school is situated in Aberaman, less than a mile south of Aberdare.