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Coding Workshop

Technocamps visited the school on Friday and ran workshops for our key stage 4 computer science students and some year 8 pupils.  This was the final STEM session of five for both groups. Year 10 learnt about computer architecture and assembly language.  By the end of the session pupils understood the difference between the Von […]

Lessons from Auschwitz Project 2020

In February two year 12 students, Emily Husnjak and Andreas Ellis-Hedd, were given the opportunity to take part in the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ Project run by the Holocaust Educational Trust.  These are the words of Emily: “On the 13th February Andreas and I were given the incredible opportunity to travel to Poland and participate in […]

Holocaust Memorial Day 2020

“It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.” Representing Ysgol Gyfun Emlyn at a key stage 4 Holocaust Memorial County Conference were Chantal Morris, Cerys Lloyd and Luke James of Year 11.  Learning lessons from the past, including hearing the personal testimony of Holocaust survivor Eva Clarke, the three pupils were […]

Lyfr Glas Nebo

Ar Ddydd Mawrth y 25ain o Chwefror, aeth 42 o ddisgyblion ym Mlwyddyn 10 & 11 i’r theatr yng Nghaerfyrddin. Nofel hyfryd ddirdynnol yw ‘Llyfr Glas Nebo’ a ddaeth hi i lwyfan ar gyfer y cynhyrchiad llwyddiannus hwn. Mae’r llyfr wedi ennill gwobrau yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nghaerdydd, ac wedi ennill gwobr Llyfr y […]

Coding Competition

Having been crowned South Wales champions back in January, Team Lightning travelled across the border over the half term holiday to compete in the FIRST Lego League England and Wales Finals.

Taliesin Theatre Trip

Key stage 4 and 5 Drama pupils had the opportunity to see an exciting piece of theatre called ‘FEED’ in Swansea’s Taliesin Theatre on Thursday 4th of February.  The performance explored the dark absurdity of today’s media landscape: a world of click-bait culture, fake news and cyber gluttony.  Theatre Temoin approached the themes in a […]

Scribbling Our Way to Hay!

Some of our top writers in Year 7 & 8 and Year 9 & 10 enjoyed a fantastic day in Aberystwyth University, taking part in the Scribblers Tour on the 4th and 11th of February. The event, organised by the Hay Festival, gave us the opportunity to meet with four award-winning authors, listening to their […]

Coding Workshop

Throughout the course of the year pupils in key stage 4 and year 8 pupils have been undertaking computing sessions run by the ‘Technocamps’ team from Swansea University. On Thursday, 6th February. year 10 and 11 computer science pupils had a day of learning how to write webpages using HTML so that they would be […]

Art & Photography Visit to London

On Friday, 10th January 2020, students of Art and Photography visited London to gather research in preparation for their upcoming Examination Units and to enhance their Contextual Understanding. The first stop was The Tate Modern, with its extensive collection covering several floors that offered students plenty of visual points of interest.  The Turbine Hall was […]

Coding Challenge

George, Nick and Matthew attended the First Tech Challenge at Bristol University on the 28th January.  They were one of nine teams being judged on their ability to work as a team to design, build and develop their robot.  During the morning there were several robot inspections and interviews to check that they had followed competition guidelines […]