SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Fairwater High School

CHEMISTRY LESSON: From left, Adam Gage, Tyler Wakefield and Ross Lang conduct an experiment

3:27pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

Cwmbran’s Fairwater High School has undergone a huge transformation – and is giving youngsters ambition, confidence and a great work ethic. DANIELLE SHERIDAN reports.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Cantref Primary School, Abergavenny

IMPORTANT ROLE: Members of the school council Megan Spiers, Ethan Stockham, Matthew Watkins, Olivia Thomas, Jodie Norman, Maisie Williams, Dylan Humphrey, Alex Betts and Joshua Edwards

4:10pm Thursday 29th November 2012

THERE are awards galore at Abergavenny’s Cantref Primary School, as CATHERINE COOK discovered. CANTREF Primary School, Abergavenny, opened in September 2005 following the closure of Park Street Infants and Harold Road Junior Schools.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Somerton Primary School

WELSH WONDERS: Criw Gymraeg pupils at Somerton Primary School, Newport, from left, Cerys Strong, Katie Smith, Ellie Farmer, Michelle Watkins, Rubina Begum and Brooklyn Kirby-Monaghan

4:00pm Thursday 15th November 2012

FROM singing and playing musical instruments around a log circle to art lessons and running the healthy tuck shop, it’s a hive of activity when we arrive at Somerton Primary School in Newport.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Griffithstown Primary School

GREAT OUTDOORS: Pupils having fun in an outdoors play area at Griffithstown Primary School

12:21pm Thursday 18th October 2012

ONE of the goals of Griffithstown Primary School is to become a ‘thinking school’, as CATHERINE COOK reports. Primary School is an open plan school, with every class working in pairs together with additional support staff.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Blenheim Road Primary, Cwmbran

WELL READ: Blenheim School’s reading and writing group with class teacher Julie Elliot

3:02pm Thursday 11th October 2012

CHILDREN at Cwmbran’s Blenheim Road Primary are using cutting-edge technology and role-play to learn their lessons.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Blazing a trail for Welsh language education

SPUDS THEY LIKE: Jor-dane Henshall and Cerys Baker in the giant vegetable garden

2:50pm Thursday 27th September 2012

As it nears its 20th anniversary, Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd continues to blaze a trail for Welsh medium education in Newport.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Ynysddu Primary School

ANYONE FOR TEA? Ella Carpenter, Elisha Colyer and Zak Hackland, all four, in the nursery school

4:00pm Thursday 19th July 2012

Ynysddu Primary has a new look and a new deputy head teacher. CATHERINE COOK reports.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Archbishop Rowan Williams Primary School

DIGGING IN: Members of the gardening club in the school’s allotments

3:30pm Thursday 12th July 2012

NAMED after the head of the Anglican Church, a Portskewett school has a strong Christian ethos – and its green-fingered youngsters are blooming. CATHERINE COOK reports.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School

STRING SECTION: Clockwise from back, Charlie Douglas, seven, Aime Delph, seven, Abi Wigmore, six, Helena Hawke, seven, and Ayaan Syed, seven, get ready for their ukele class

2:00pm Thursday 28th June 2012

Once threatened with closure, Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School, is now seeing pupil numbers growing, as CATHERINE COOK discovered.

SCHOOL OF THE WEEK: Blaentillery Primary School

FOOTBALL TEAM: Sport plays an important part in the curriculum and after official hours at Blaentillery Primary School

11:01am Monday 25th June 2012

Pupils at Blaentillery Primary School are Leaping to Success both inside and out of the classroom as KATH SKELLON found out.






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