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GCSE RESULTS - RECORD NUMBER OF TOP GRADES We are really pleased with another set of very good GCSE results. This year there were some terrific individual achievement performances by students and they generated our highest ever proportion of A* grades. For example, our top students achieved twelve A* grades. It is a fitting tribute to all the hard work of the students and teachers over the past five years, and indeed prior to this in their primary schools. See more pictures and the results at . . . . GCSE 2010
A LEVEL RESULTS - HIGH STANDARDS ARE MAINTAINED YET AGAIN We are delighted to report that this set of results has maintained the very high standards set in previous years. We have the largest Sixth Form in Wales with over 500 entries, and three-quarters of the grades were C or above. 20 of our students achieved at least three A grades, with their successes being spread across all subjects. For example we have a student going to Cambridge to read Engineering and another to Oxford to read History. Our rate of placement of students into their first choice universities has also been excellent and our students, parents and staff are rightly celebrating their success.” See more pictures and the results at . . . . A Level 2010 Final Assembly of Term: Da Iawn, Tŷ Dyfed - Champions 2009-2010. Ardderchog! Congratulations to all who completed the Sponsored Walk . Da Iawn! . . . Walk 2010
Year 9 students taking part in the Mold Salutes project, with two World War II veterans. On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 August between 10.30 and 16.00 there is a continuous screening of the DVD they made in the Jubilee Room of Mold Town Hall - Free admission.
Year 7 students who won prizes at the end of the year
Year 9 students on outdoor activities residential at Glan Llyn . . . Glan Llyn 10 The four Houses at their Year 7 camps . . . Year 7 Camp 10
Year 10 students with their 'Art in Heaven' competition entries . . . Art in Heaven
Year 9 took part in a China Day . . . China Day 10 The three winners of the Alun School International Award this year
Year 10 on Enterprise activities
Year 12 visit to Poland
Year 8 end of term Science visit to the Zoo . . . see more at www.youngflintshire.co.uk Year 9 Community Week activities Year 13 Leavers' Ball . . . 13 Leave 2010
Year 12 students on an Ecology fieldcourse . . . 12 Ecology 2010
Mathematicians who won certificates in the Junior UKMT Challenge
Congratulations to Dyfed House, winners of Sports Day . . . Sports Day 2010
Three students have their artwork in the North Wales Open Exhibition at Clwyd Theatr Cymru Year 9 students on a visit to the World War I battlefields . . . . Year 9 Battlefields
Year 12 students run a Health Day for primary school pupils . . . Health Day 2010 Year 9 students on Art visit to Bodnant Gardens . . . . Year 9 Bodnant
Science bridging project in primary schools Year 12 BTEC Art students working at Loggerheads Country Park Sixth Form art students working on the Mold Heritage project Year 7 students celebrate their successful inspection report
The outcome of our inspection in March has just been published.
"The governors, headteacher and staff are delighted that the inspection team has judged the Alun School to be a very good school with many outstanding features. The award of the highest grade for each of the seven key questions is a source of great pride and confirms the school’s on-going commitment to providing the very best experiences for our learners." Members of the School Council with the Inspection Report
Year 9 Geography visit to Liverpool . . . . Year 9 Liverpool
Year 8 Geography visit to Talacre Beach . . . Year 8 Talacre
Primary school pupils visit Technology and gain Achievement Cards for their work Students receiving certificates during National Volunteers Week Chocolate Theatre's 'Ten Minute Treats' . . . . Ten Minute Treats
Year 10 and Year 12 students at the Daniel Owen Film Festival where there was a showing of their film 'Tafodau Symudol' that they made with Menter Iaith. Da Iawn!
Year 6 Transition Activity with Geography Department . . . Year 6 Geography Year 11 Leaving Day. More pictures at . . . 11 Leave 10 Pictures from the recent production of 'Beauty and the Beast' . . . . Beauty and the Beast
Mathematicians with certificates from the UKMT Maths Challenge
Year 9 Basketball Team - North Wales and Flintshire Champions Plant blwyddyn 9 yn mwynhau cwmni Mr. Evans am baned, bisged a sgwrs, yn Gymraeg
Election Time at the Alun - Delyn Constituency candidates with our very own presenter Year 10 Inter-House football teams. Winners - Gwent. Da Iawn!
215 students attended an NHS Careers Event held at school A group of Year 10 and Year 12 students making a film with 'Menter Iaith' and 'Camalz Media' Over Easter some of our Sixth Form students went on a geology/geography fieldtrip to Iceland Sixth Form Religious Studies visit to a Hindu Temple in London
Fairtrade Fortnight including the Pancake Contest (Champion - Mr. Foo) . . . . Fairtrade 2010 Alun School - No Smoking Day 2010 Year 8 and 9 students competed at the weekend in a competition at the Magistrates Court
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant - Congratulations to 13YJ who raised £98 for this year's chosen charities by selling Welsh Cakes - Diolch, Blasus Iawn!
Alun students who have just become Welsh champions as part of NE Wales Netball teams 'Alun Red Thundercats' with trophy - the team that won the school's Student Investor league
Cyngerdd Ennillwyr Eisteddfod Ysgol Alun 2010 . . . . Eisteddfod Winners Headteacher with visiting teachers on exchange to establish our links with schools in Sri Lanka
Three Year 9 student in the SNAG group have created a pasta dish being sold in the canteen
Members of the School Council and ICT staff receiving our prestigious Becta ICT Mark award from Flintshire's Executive Member for Education and Flintshire's Director of Lifelong Learning
Thank you to the hundreds of visitors to the Post-16 Open Evening. See more at . . . Post-16 Open Evening Ysgol Alun Ennillwyr Eisteddfod 2010 – Tŷ Clwyd : Da Iawn, Mr. Huws and the Team!
Year 13 Business students at Shotton Paper
Members of the School Council and a group of Sixth Form politics students attended Flintshire's Official Citizenship Ceremony that was held in the school's Daniel Owen Hall. This is when applicants applying to become Bristish citizens make an oath of allegiance and a pledge. "Rhoddaf fy nheyrngarwch i'r Deyrnas Unedig ac fe barchaf ei hawliau a'i rhyddidau. Arddelaf ei gwerthoedd democrataidd. Glynaf yn ffyddlon wrth ei chyfreithiau a chyflawnaf fy nyletswyddau a'm rhwymedigaethau fel dinesydd Prydeinig".
Sixth Form students ran a Valentine's Day red rose service in aid our Haiti Appeal
KS3 Art Exhibition opens for a month at Clwyd Theatr Cymru . . . KS3 Art . . . and . . . Last Year
Inventech, our Year 10 Young Enterprise Team, win Best Product in Llandudno competition
ArtKart, our Year 12 Young Enterprise Team, win Best Trade Stand in Llandudno competition
Year 10 students at a visual storytelling enrichment event Year 10 Art students on a field visit carrying out research at Flint Castle
Staff Dodgeball Tournament in aid of our Haiti Appeal . . . . Dodgeball Local business people visited PSE sessions with Project Dynamo Wales
Year 8 Art at Liverpool World Museum and poster for KS3 Art Exhibition at Clwyd Theatr Cymru This year's Synthite Prizewinner for A Level Science - Bendigedig! Year 12 Business students conducting 'mock' interviews with Year 10
Year 12 Young Enterprise team 'Artkart' who rent out artwork to local businesses
Year 12 students on their 'Education Engineering Scheme Wales' residential workshop
Year 12 Geography field visit to Liverpool
Some of the GCSE Prizewinners before the Christmas Assembly
Calendar in aid of 'Charity of the Year' available from Geography Dept. or School Shop for £5 Sixth Form and Staff raised over £500 for the Jireh Women charity - Da Iawn! The Alun's 'Young People Say' student team at a meeting in Llandrindod Wells
Sixth Form organise an OAP Christmas Party - Diolch yn Fawr Front of House and Backstage at the Christmas Showcase . . . . Showcase
Sixth Form RE Conference on Ethics Year 11 have 'A Day in the Sixth Form' . . . . . Taster Day Sixth Form mathematicians with their Olympiad certificates - Ardderchog!
Students collect certificates for learning Sign Langauge to help in the Hearing Support Centre
Year 10 Outdoor Pursuits Activities at Nant BH . . . . 10 Nant BH World Aids Day 1st December - Students did activities in Mathematics lessons
Geography Team who competed in the Worldwide Quiz - Da Iawn!
Year 10 students attending a sculpture workshop for more able and talented artists
Sixth Form psychology students studying behaviour at Chester Zoo
Year 13 Welsh language students on residential - Tŷ Elis Evans Yr Ysgwrn
Thank you to everyone for a highly successful Murder Mystery Evening
Dodgeball players before charity match
Year 13 students at Chemistry and Psychology (Hypnotism) events at university Year 13 students who are part of a 'Save the Children' initiative called Young People Say
High School Musical by Year 11 Performing Arts students . . . . High School Musical
Sixth Form students ran a Fashion Show in aid of the 'Charity of the Year' Sixth Form students on Art Trip to Tate Modern and Saatchi Gallery
Year 10 students on a Science visit to Manchester
Year 9 and Year 10 girls with the Aberystwyth Town Welsh Women's Premier League Team
Students greet the Commonwealth Games baton procession as it visits the school
Sixth Form students organised a Halloween Disco for lower school . . . . Halloween
Some of our Year 13 Psychology students on a recent visit to study courtroom behaviours
Students present some of our harvest boxes to 'Save the Family'
One of our Year 13 students has won the Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland section of a UK photography competition. 'Curiosity' is on display at a gallery on the South Bank, London. Open Day 2009 . . . . Open Day 09 . . . . Diwrnod Agored 2009
Hockey players after a recent tournament
Geology Rocks . . . at Castleton Welsh professional storyteller with Year 9 and 10 - Stories from the Mabinogi
Come and join the Maths Origami Club on a Thursday lunchtime in L35
Performing in Harvest Assemblies
Cheshire and North Wales Chess Champions 2009
Year 8 Religious Education visit Alun School Student Council 2009-2010
'Gwibdaith Hen Fran' take a music and lyric workshop with Year 9 students, who then went on to win a competition for Welsh lyric writing at the Mold Wine and Food Festival. Da Iawn Chi! Performers from the Music Soloists Concert on 8 October . . . . Soloists
Year 9 Army Day
Year 12 Geography fieldwork visit in October
'Young Brits at Art' competition winner
GCSE English Workshop for 'Of Mice and Men'
PTA Quiz Night : Thank you for all your support and congratulations to . . . . . .
Year 10 History Enrichment visit to Oxford University in September
Welsh Assembly event 'Mock Council of the European Union' : Two of our Year 13 students represented Estonia in the debates
Sixth Form Boy Auction raises over £300 in aid of 'Save the Family' our charity of the year
Art students at the formal opening of their exhibition at Theatr Clwyd Cymru.
Once again our Sixth Formers celebrate the annual international 'Talk Like a Pirate Day' ! Organisers and dancers at the . . . . Year 7 Disco
Year 11 Reward Visit to Alton Towers . . . . . 11 Towers
School and House Council members presenting a cheque for £5000 to Hope House Hospices who were our 'Charity of the Year' for 2008-2009
We are absolutely delighted with a record-breaking set of GCSE results. Over 77% of the grades were at C or above and over 73% of our Year 11 cohort achieved five or more higher grade passes. This smashes our previous best that was set in 2005. It is a fitting tribute to all the hard work of the students and teachers over the past five years, and indeed prior to this in their primary schools. Congratulations to everyone . . . GCSE Results 2009
We are delighted to report that this set of results has improved upon the very high standards set in previous years. We have the largest Sixth Form in Wales with 555 entries, and yet there were only two fail grades and over 78% of the grades were A,B or C with over 25% at Grade A. Of particular note is the fact that 27 of our students achieved at least three A grades, with their successes being spread across all subjects. Our rate of placement of students into their first choice universities has been excellent and students, parents and staff are rightly celebrating their terrific success . . . A Level Results 2009 Alun School named as the 5x60 activity programme 'School of the Month'
Congratulations to all trophy winners in the final assembly - July 2009
Congratulations to all Year 7 Prizewinners - July 2009
Year 8 visit to France . . . . France 09
Pictures from the Year 7 camps . . . . Year 7 Camp Congratulations to Year 11 on a very successful prom
'Pet Rescue' at the Alun . . . Sixth Form students recover a wandering local parrot!
Year 9 students preparing food on their China Day Students preparing strawberry scones for Summer Serenade
Students being interviewed by BBC Radio about robotics Listen at . . .
Year 12 visit to Birmingham University
Sixth Form student at a road safety driver awareness session in school
Primary liaison activities in Science Year 9 students helping with a 'Thinking Skills' day in a local primary school Artwork by . . . . GCSE . . . . and . . . . A Level . . . . Art students
Year 12 BTEC Art field visit and print workshop . . . 12 BTEC Art
Members of the School Council with presents from our Chinese link school
Year 9 Art Competition Winners on Gallery Visit
Battle of the Bands on 10 June . . . Battle of the Bands
Year 9 Geography fieldwork visit to Liverpool on 9 June . . . 9 Geography Liverpool
Representatives from 7GJ collecting their Welsh Assembly Smokefree Class Award
Good Luck to all Year 13 Leavers - Some of 13CS below at their bowling night out
Year 9 Students with certificates for a Magistrates Mock Trial competition in Bolton
On Tuesday 26 May, David Cameron MP (leader of the Conservative Party) made a major policy speech about democracy. That afternoon he did his first Q/A session, not in Parliament but with thirty of our Sixth Form politics students who quizzed him on this and many other topics. To read the BBC report or watch the video . . . David Cameron Sixth Form Young Enterprise donate £200 to our 'Charity of the Year' appeal
Two school council members receive the Healthy Schools Phase 3 Award from Jane Hutt AM
Winners of 5-a-side football competition for Year 7 orgainsed by Year 12 Public Services
Year 9 Students at the Magistrates Mock Trial Competition
Mountain Bike Team at Flintshire Festival of Youth Sport
Athletics Team for the Flintshire Championships
Inter-House Rugby Teams
Outdoor Activities Club - Kayaking at Llangollen
Year 10 Geography Coursework in Manchester . . . 10 Geography
Winners of the Year 9 Art Competition
Year 11 Leaving Day. More at . . . . . Year 11 Leavers
Year 12 Food Technology students with practical work Performing Arts stage 'Alice in Wonderland' for primary schools . . . Alice in Wonderland Students from Hearing Support Centre with certificates for their poetry
Sixth Form students undertaking Geology fieldwork
Easter Assemblies with special guest presenter! Engineering Education Scheme team collecting their trophy in the North Wales final
Sixth Form (and Staff) Charity Tug of War competition. More at . . . . Tug of War
Hockey players at their Easter party
Year 8 students who won a Chemistry competition at Bangor University
Year 9 students attended a design day at Airbus
Year 9 students visit the Magistrate's Court
'Copacabana' pictures at . . . Copacabana
Year 9 students who won the North West Magistrate's Court Mock Trial competition
Engineering Scheme students with their link engineers from Toyota
Red Nose Day at the Alun
Performers from the Eisteddfod Winners' Concert. More at . . . Eisteddfod Winners Students take 'No Smoking Day' into Mold Flintshire U15 Rugby team includes six students from Powys House
Students at a Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship event Maths students awarded funds for resources
Winners at a Construction Skills Competition Event
U14 Flintshire Hockey Champions
Welsh Cross-Country Championships Competitors
Year 7 Welsh Cross-Country Championships Winners
School Mountain Bike Team Individuals who represented Wales in the TriNations Swimming Championships Welsh Cross-Country Championships Individual Year 11 Gold and Bronze Options Evening 2009, including promotion of FreeTrade fortnight
Miss Benson with the Headteacher of our Chinese link school - see LINKS above
Congratulations to our Badminton Team who are Welsh Champions . . . again
Post-16 Open Evening. More at . . . Open Evening 5x60 Activities - Spring 2009 Ceremony for the prestigious 'Investors in People' Leadership and Management Award
Congratulations to Clwyd House, 2009 Eisteddfod winners. More at . . . Eisteddfod 09 Travel and Tourism visit to Chester Zoo
Valentine's Day Team raising money for our Charity of the Year
Art Exhibition. See more at . . . . Pictures Year 12 Politics Team who won a national competition at the Welsh Assembly
Year 7 Mathamagic Team - Second in the North West Regional Final
Three of our top Year 13 students going to Durham, Cambridge and Warwick next year to study Mathematics, and two Year 12 students who are studying Open University modules
Sixth Form Geography visit to Liverpool
Tuesday 3 February 2009 - It snowed !
Congratulations to our GCSE Prizewinners
Christmas celebrations. More at . . . Xmas 08
Students at Bangor University on the Education Engineering Scheme Wales. More at . . . EESW
Prize Evening at Theatr Clwyd. More at . . . . Year 13 Prizes 2008
A Year 8 class wearing character-based Midsummer Night's Dream hats
The winner and runner-up in the Sixth Form FIFA 2008 competition Year 11 Outdoor Activities week at Nant BH. More pictures at . . . 11 Nant 08
The School Calendar 2009. It features fantastic pictures by students, some are pictured below, who are also talented photographers, and is printed and bound to professional standards. All profits towards our 'Charity of the Year'. Preview at . . . Calendar 2009 Christmas Party for Hockey players
Sixth Form Performing Arts visit to London
Our Junior Hockey Team competing in the U13 North Wales tournament
Year 11 enjoy the Sixth Form Taster Day
Alun School team in the Police Liaison Quiz
Year 11 Entrepreneurs, winners of the North Wales 'Make Your Mark' competition
Two Sixth Form students have raised money for the Hampi Children's Trust that helps to educate youngsters in Goa, a region of India
Students working as part of the 'Maths in Motion' team Year 9 students competing in the Worldwise Quiz at Chester University Sixth Form Psychology students visit the zoo to study primate behaviour
Our winners in the Year 10 Business Challenge competition
Public Services students join the Army for a day. More at. . . Army 08
Part of the team who came third in the Welsh Cross-Country Championships at Brecon
Inter-House Cross-Country teams. More at . . . Cross-Country
Year 11 Performing Arts cast of Sparkleshark
Sixth Form students at Talacre Dangerpoint on a road safety course. More at . . . Road Safety
Year 10 Young Enterprise Team run a Blind Date for teachers
Sixth Form students at the Bar Mock Trials competition
Year 7 Crucial Crews activity day
5X60 Basketball Squad who train on a Tuesday evening
School USA Election Result . . Obama 77%, McCain 21% . . . 90.6% turnout
Public Services students with the RAF
Cycling Team competing at Nercwys . . . Nercwys Cyclists
The Hallowen Disco. More at . . . Halloween
Open Day 2008 . . . Record number of visitors . . more pictures at Open Day 2008
World Record participants - Signing and Singing for Afaisic
Performing Arts cast for New Canterbury Tales
Year 9 Army Day . . . more pictures at Army Day
Members of the Sixth Form Debating Society and their guests
School Council prior to their first meeting of the school year
Members of our team who came second in the Cheshire and North Wales Chess Competition
Year 8 Maths visit to Techniquest . . Year 8 Maths Musicians pictured prior to performing at the Soloists Evening Concert
Members of the Badminton Teams who will compete for the school this year
Alun School team competing in the North West Cyclo-cross League at Runcorn
Alun School team at the Flintshire Bouldering Competition in Wrexham
Year 11 students helping out at Clwyd Dog Rescue Centre A Level Design Technology students on the way to an exhibition at Birmingham NEC
Sixth Form students being interviewed for BBC Radio Wales Science Cafe.
A new mosaic depicting 'Life in the Alun School' has just been unveiled. It includes images of school activities merged into a single montage and then created from pieces of ceramic tile. It was created and made by a group of students and you can see it on the main stairway in the Lloyd Parry Building near the front entrance.
Year 12 students at a Young Enterprise Challenge Conference
Year 10 Geography students on fieldtrip to . . . Cwm Idwal
Year 10 Outdoor Education students on Mountain Walk
Sixth Form Boy Auction raises over £400 towards Hope House Children's Hospices . . . Boy Auction
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