School Choirs at World Peace Week celebrations

Pirate Day in the Sixth Form

Year 7 Disco, below and at Year 7 Disco

Year 11 visit to Alton Towers - September 2008 . . . Towers 08

Junior Mountain Race Championships on the Great Orme, Llandudno. Congratulations to our race winners, Boys 1st - Girls 2nd

GCSE Results- 21 August 2008

Students and staff are absolutely delighted with another excellent set of exam results. Almost 70% of the grades were at C or above and two-thirds of our Year 11 cohort achieved five or more higher grade passes. It is a fitting tribute to all the hard work that they have done with their teachers over the past five years, and indeed prior to this in their primary schools.

Lots of Pictures and Information at . . . GCSE Results 2008

A2/AS Level Results - 14 August 2008

We are delighted to report that this year's set of A Level results has improved upon the very high standards set in previous years. From an entry of over 500 papers, which is the largest for a Sixth Form in Wales, the pass rate was 98.4% with almost half of the grades awarded being either A or B. Our rate of placement of students into their first choice universities is excellent and our students, parents and staff are rightly celebrating their success.

Lots of Pictures and Information at . . . A Level Results 2008

Winners from the Presentation Assembly - July 2008

8GB win the Tutor Group weekly Literacy/Numeracy competition

Year 7 students on their House camps . . . . Year 7 Camp 2008

Year 8 visit to Germany

French Exchange and Year 8 French visit

Year 12 visit to Poland

Music Department visit to the Eisteddfod . . . not sure about that hat, Mr. Phillips!

Tafod mochyn, cynffon cath, gwallt hen wrach a dant cwningen

Year 8 'Harry Potter' witches project with Welsh spells

Year 9 students on an outdoor activities residiential visit . . . . Glan Llyn 2008

U14 Boys' Athletics Team who are NE Wales champions.

Sixth Form Induction Day, July 2008. Pictures at . . . . Induction 08

Year 10 win the Best Business Proposal on the Year 9 Entrepreneurship Course

Year 10 win the award for Best Marketing on the Scottish Power Enterprise Day

Summer Serenade - Some of the performers

Year 13 Leavers' Ball 2008. Pictures at  . . . 13 Leavers' Ball 2008

Congratulations to Dyfed House, Sportsday winners 2008. More at . . . . Sportsday 2008

Year 12 students on Geology fieldwork

Health Day for Primary School pupils organised by Sixth Form students on 26 June. More at . . . . Health Day 2008

Mad Medics collect for Cancer Relief

Year 9 Art visit to Gustav Klimt exhibition

Congratulations to Year 11 students on achieving their BTEC First Diploma in Performing Arts

Chocolate Theatre production of 'Jabberwocky, June 2008. More pictures at . . . Jabberwocky

Art Exhibition 1 - 15 July 2008. More pictures at . . .  Art Exhibition

Some of our construction course partnership students meet Princess Anne at the official opening of Deeside College's new Construction Skills Centre 
 

Year 9 experience a Live Poetry Performance

Buckley Lions present learning materials to the school

Year 9 Geography visit to Liverpool FC. Below and at . . . Year 9 Geography

Year 10 students who have been awarded the OCN Self-Concept unit on a Skills Development Programme 
provided by the Flintshire Youth and Community Service 

Year 6 Pupils on a Geography Transition Day prior to joining in September

PTA Quiz - Over 100 people and 21 teams - winning team 'Surrender' 

Year 10 Geography Visit to Liverpool. Below and at . . . Year 10 Geography

Flintshire Festival of Youth Sport held on 16 May : Mountain-Biking Champions 

Year 10/11 FCA Construction Course
This two year course has been developed as a partnership between the Alun School and Deeside College and is facilitated by the C.I.T.B.
 
The course provides pupil’s with a valuable vocational experience. The foundation award is designed to prepare young people for work in the construction industry and to introduce students to a range of Building Craft Activities.

Year 13 Business Studies visit to Jaguar Cars Factory

Year 11 Leaving Day - 13 May. Below and more pictures at . . . . Year 11 Leaving

Engineering Scheme Wales - Two winning teams from the Alun Sixth Form

Below are team who worked with JCB and won the 'Best Working Prototype' Award

Below are the team who worked with Toyota and won the 'Best Environmental Project' Award
 

Under-18 Boys Hockey Team

Sound of Music - March 2008. More pictures at . . . Sound of Music 2008

        

Italy visit - Easter 2008. More pictures at . . . Italy 2008

St. David's Day Concert, with ex-students and Caerwys Choir as guest performers

Post-16 Open Evening in Pictures

Eisteddfod 2008 : Congratulations to Gwent House
 

A Level Prizewinners - Evening at Theatr Clwyd on 20 December. Below and at . . . 13 Prizes 2007

Christmas Assembly with GCSE Prizewinners. More at . . . GCSE Prizewinners 2007


Sixth Form Tutors Annual Christmas Quiz - The Winning Team

Charity Netball Match - Staff v Associate Teachers

Sixth Form Geology Activities
 

Sixth Form Netball Team and Medical Society Meeting

Friday 7 December - Year 11 Taster Day for the Sixth Form

Recent activities with the Year 12 Public Services course

Year12 Ecology Fieldtrip to Anglesey
  

Children in Need - Sixth Formers dressed up, Vena Cava charity gig, and an audience for . . . Mr. Huws busking. Well done everyone.

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Thursday 15 November - Guitar Evening : Congratulations to all performers

Year 8 Maths visit to Techniquest

Open Day 2007. Pictures below and at . . . . Open Day 2007

Students taking part in celebrations for World Peace Day

Year 7 Prizewinners - July 2007 : Headteacher's Winners, House Winners, Year 7 Winners
 


Thursday 23 August - GCSE Results 

Thursday 16 August - Advanced A2/AS Results 

 

   

 

Sports Day 2007 : Congratulations to Powys House. Pictures below and at . . . . Sportsday 2007


Year 8 Geography fieldtrip
    

Sixth Form students put on Health Day for Primary Schools. Below and at . . . .  Health Day 2007
 

Year 9 at Glan Llyn. Below and at . . . Glan Llyn 2007
     

Friday 29 June - Sponsored Walk 2007. Pictures at . . . .  Walk 07
   

    

Year 7 Camp. Below and at . . . . Camp 2007
 

Year 13 Leaving Ball - Thursday 28 June
I told them Ricky Tomlinson was coming as a special guest and they said "Ricky Tomlinson, my  . . . . " 
See for yourself, below and at . . . .
13 Leavers' Ball 2007
   

 
   

Year 12 - Recent Geography study visits to Liverpool and Talacre


     
  

Fantasy Football Winners - Mr. Overton presents awards to year group winners, including overall winner Jamie Parsonage and staff winner Miss Evans

Year 10 - Manchester regeneration coursework visit
     

Year 11 Leaving Day - 15 May. Below and more pictures at . . . . Year 11 Leaving
 

   

Pupils in Years 7 to 11 have raised over £2000 for Aquaboxes. Visit www.aquabox.org for more details.
Here, representatives hand over the cheque on behalf of the school.

Students preparing for university are benefiting this year from professional interviews with members of Mold Rotary Club.

Congratulations to all the cast and crew of 'Disco Inferno'. Lots of pictures at . . . . Disco Inferno

Sixth Form 5-a-side football competition. Final held on 23 March - winners 12WA pictured below. See more at . . . Sixth Form Football

U14 Hockey team in action at a recent tournament in Colwyn Bay

16 March - Red Nose Day (and no, we don't know why Clwyd House are the Blues Brothers either)
    

   Did you play in the recent interhouse competitions. More team pictures at . . .  Interhouse

Donation from the School to the National Eisteddfod organisation, and 2007 chair winner 

Ski Trip at February half-term. Below and at . . . . Ski Trip 2007

U18 Hockey team at a recent tournament on the new water-based state of the art pitch at NEWI
  

Year 9 pupils working at our award-winning Green Gym in Nercwys Woods

Recent re-union for students who left the Alun in 1973

Post-16 Open Evening : 28 February 2007. Below and at . . . Post-16 Evening 2007

Year 10 Outdoor Pursuits Week. Below and lots more at . . . . Year 10 Nant BH

Janet Ryder AM, taking part in a school debate

Alun School Eisteddfod 2007
1st - DYFED , 2nd - GWENT , 3rd - CLWYD , 4th - POWYS
Winning House Dyfed (Team Captain Mr. Ellis) plus Chair winner and runners-up



   

Sixth Form Hockey and Rugby Teams

Sixth Form String Quartet at a Valentine's Evening Concert

Year 12 Students visit to Oxford in preparation for applications next year

Welsh Climate Change Challenge - Alun School have become national winners of this competition
Students collected the award on behalf of the school on their recent visit to the Welsh Assembly

Recent weather extremes at the Alun School - High Winds (bringing down tree) and Snow !
    

Year 10 Art visit to Liverpool World Museum to look at art from other cultures
    

Year 12 Public Services students on a week with the Army
 

Friday 22 December - Final Assembly with Prizewinners

 

Thursday 21 December - Prize Evening at Theatr Clwyd Cymru for last year's Year 13.  Below and at . . . 13 Prizes

Special Advanced Level Prize Winners - Anna Lindsay (Synthite Science Prize) and Cheryl Davies (Mondi Business Prize)

Year 11 Sixth Form Taster Day. Below and at . . . . Taster Day 2006
   

Quiz Team at the Corus Competition

Congratulations to our winning Kids' Lit Quiz Team who have become North Wales champions.

Children in Need day including spontaneous charity collection by the Sixth Form, and Sixth Form in uniform
 

'Boy Auction' in the Sixth Form raised over £200

Two students went to County Hall to debate school funding

National Eisteddfod preparation in the Sixth Form

   Wear It Pink Day for Cancer Charities - 27 October. Some pink teachers below, everyone else at . . . Pink Day 2006
(Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Powys, Sixth Form)

 

Open Day 2006.  Pictures below and many more at . . . . . Open Day 2006

The International Award is a highly prestigious recognition of a school's links outside the UK.
It is awarded by the British Council to a very few select schools who reach the highest standard.
We are the only secondary school in Wales to receive the award.
The picture below shows Jonathan Dimbleby with Miss Benson and Mr. Harrod (ex-Governor)
at the ceremony held in London recently.

Year 12 Geography fieldtrip following the River Dee. Below and at . . . 12 Geography

Over 500 students have enrolled into the Sixth Form. Here is a Psychology lecture with some of the 150 taking that subject at A Level

Collecting our TESCO iMac - thank you to all who donated their vouchers this year

Sixth Form groups 'Peer Support' and 'People and Planet' begin work for the year 
 

GCSE Results Day - 24 August 2006. More pictures at . . . . GCSE Results 2006

 

Advanced Level Results Day - 17 August 2006. More pictures at . . . . A Level Results 2006 

  

 Year 7 Prizewinners - July 2006

Sixth Form visit to Poland - July 2006. Below and at . . . . Poland 2006

Year 8 German Trip - July 2006

 

Year 7 Camp - July 2006 - Beautiful weather all week and a great time was had by all

 

Former students graduating in Geology from Staffordshire University 
with Mr. Humphreys (Head of Geology) and also Mick Aston from the TV programme Time Team

Year 13 Leaving Ball at a Chester Hotel. A few pictures below, but loads more at . . .  . 13 Leavers' Ball 2006

'The Wizard of Oz'. Pictures from the production, below and at . . . The Wizard of Oz

Year 11 Leaving Day 2006 (including 11PJ with Fantasy Football School Winners Trophy). More pictures at . . . . Year 11 Leaving

A group of Year 10 students have won recognition for their stewardship of Nercwys Wood as part of our Green Gym project. 
They are pictured receiving the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty award.

Thursday 27 April - Year 8 Maths visit
      

Alun School re-awarded Investors in People status

 Post-16 Open Evening - Wednesday 1 March. Below and at. . . .  Post-16 Evening 2006

Half-Term Visit by ICT/Business to Madrid
 

Thursday 16 February 2006 - Alun School Eisteddfod
     
Winning Choir - Powys House . . .   
Eisteddfod Chair (Best Individual - Elizabeth Ryder) . . . .
. . . and with House Champions . . . GWENT HOUSE  . . . .

Alun School String Quartet at a recent performance

Tuesday 14 February - Sixth Form Charity Event for 'Marie Curie Cancer Care'
        

Tuesday 3 January - Prize Evening at Theatr Clwyd Cymru for last year's Year 13.  Below and at . . . 13 Prizes
    

Friday 16 December - GCSE Prizewinners come in for the Final Assembly. Congratulations on your GCSE results.

Tuesday 13 December - Sixth Form Boy Auction - Young ladies bid for a chance to be taken out for the evening by a handsome, dashing young man (possibly). Hundreds of pounds were raised for charity and the Peer Support programme. Below and at . . . .  Boy Auction
   

Monday 12 December - Party organised by Sixth Form students for local pensioners

            

Year 12 Students receiving certificates from the Headteacher after a successful first term

The Chocolate Theatre Group raised money for North West Cancer Research

Carol Service 6 December. Pictures at . . .  Carols 2005

Year 11 Sixth Form Taster Day. Below and at . . . . Taster Day 2005
. . . and the winners of the quiz were this team . . . .

Performing Arts Showcase - December 2005

   

Head of PE, Andy Bowyer, has so far raised over £2000 for North West Cancer Research

NE Wales U16 Badminton Champions

Open Day 2005.  Below and at . . . . . Open Day 2005
 

Year 12 Ecology Fieldcourse at Conway Centre - September. Below and at  . . . 12 Ecology
  

GCSE Results Day - 25 August. Lots of detail and pictures at . . . . GCSE Results 2005

    

A Level Results Day - 18 August Lots of detail and pictures at . . . . A Level Results 2005

 

Fair Trade Fashion Show at Theatr Clwyd

Visit to school by Mayor of Mold, Councillor Ray Dodd

TESCO Vouchers - Thank you for all your help. David Hanson MP presented us with our digital cameras

 

 Nostalgia isn't what it used to be (ha,ha), but you can still check out hundreds of past events, including . . . .

Year 7 Camp 2005    Summer Serenade 2005   Year 8 Germany 2005    Year 8 Geography Talacre 2005

Year 12 Induction 2005   Post-16 Evening 2005    Year 9 Geography Manchester 2005

V E Day 2005    Cinderella Pantomime 2005    Skool's Out 2005    Sports Day 2005    Leaving Ball 2005

Options Evening 2005    Sweeney Todd - March 2005    Health Day 2005    Charity Fashion Show 2005

Sponsored Walk 2004        Year 13 Leavers 2004    Year 11 Leaving 2004        Year 8 France 2004        Year 8 Germany 2004

 

 

 

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