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 . . .
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00lj322/Science_Cafe_05_07_2009/

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
"Leadership and management throughout the school is excellent.
There is an exceptionally strong sense of teamwork, loyalty and drive to improve.”

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.
Listen on BBC iPlayer . . . http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dtf7b

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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