First Minister Visits GCSE Students

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First Minister Visits GCSE Students

Tuesday, 07 September 2010 14:45 |

Written by Mr. De Benedictis

Treorchy Comprehensive School were treated to a visit from First Minister Carwyn Jones on GCSE results day.

The First Minister congratulated the students at the school and said:

“It’s great to be part of the celebrations today at Treorchy Comprehensive. The young people here have performed excellently and they should be proud. I’m sure those who have been successful today would want to join me in thanking their parents and the teachers at Treorchy for the support and guidance that has helped them achieve these results. Across Wales we had our best ever results, continuing our improving trend since devolution.

“The pass rate for GCSE has improved again this year and the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification is going from strength-to-strength. I’m particularly pleased to see the continuing growth in the proportion of high grades that our students are achieving at GCSE and the extremely high success rates for those sitting the Welsh Baccalaureate.”

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Treorchy Cadets win Silver at first attempt

Competing for the 1^st time in the Cadet Cambrian Patrol Competition, held on the 18^th & 19^th September, the Treorchy Comprehensive School CCF team were awarded a silver medal.

The competition is open to cadets from all over Wales, and is a true test of physical and mental endurance. The cadets work as a team to navigate a route of approximately 22 km, via a series of checkpoints, where they are tested on various aspects of the Cadet syllabus, including 1^st Aid, field craft and map reading.

The Treorchy Comprehensive School team were the highest scoring junior team from a CCF, beating more established CCF’s in private schools. The patrol commander was Cadet Sgt Catherine Lumby, who despite sustaining an injury early into the competition continued to lead her team, knowing that if she dropped out the team would lose points.

The whole team were extremely tired at the prize giving on Sunday afternoon, but can be very proud of their efforts and the Silver medals that they were awarded.

Uncovering Chemical Secrets

On Wednesday the 15^th of September a number of our Chemistry A level class attended a course at the University of Wales, Cardiff. The title of the course was ‘Uncovering chemical secrets’ and the pupils certainly did this! The day consisted of a morning lecture on chemical synthesis, an opportunity to complete a number of exciting experiments in the university laboratory and a tour of the Chemistry department where a number of expensive analytical machines and techniques were explained in detail.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the day and found it extremely useful as it covered a number of topics that they will be examined on in January as part of their A level qualification. It also gave the students a taste of university life, which hopefully they will experience next year when they leave Treorchy Comprehensive and embark on their future careers!

Outstanding Performances by our Dancers

Congratulations to the dancers from Year 9, 10, 11,12 & 13 for giving outstanding and professional performances at the Skills Cymru Conference held at the Millennium Stadium on the 16th & 17th September. All groups were invited to perform to an audience of students, teachers and exhibiters from across Wales and thoroughly enjoyed the day. Each performance was shown on the large screens in the Stadium throughout the day and footage was later shown on the ITV news.