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@PencoedComp
Pencoed Comp
5 years
Our School Improvement Group, Undod, made this fab video to kick off our first ever Pencoed Pride day!
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7 years
Update - all pupils and staff staying in New York are safe and unaffected by the Manhattan incident.
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5 years
.... And back to it! #YourHouseNeedsYou #PencoedEisteddfod2019 🦈 🦅 🐲 🦁
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4 years
Huge shout out to Mrs Bevan, Mrs Coulson and Mrs Pristavec who have been busy making scrubs, hats and hair bands for Cardiff and Swansea medical staff.
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As we congratulate Yr11 on their GCSE results, it seems fitting we take a look back on their time with us....just look at those innocent little faces! 😂
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IMPORTANT!! From Mon 23rd March, Pencoed Comprehensive pupils who are eligible for free school meals, will be able to a packed lunch from Pencoed Primary, between 11.30-12.30. Please come at any time within the hour, but please be patient, as this is all new to us!
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Hopefully all our Year 11s will have received a nice surprise in the post, as we approach GCSE exams. Pob Lwc!
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Students and staff were very excited to welcome Buddy, and his owner Lucy Owen, to the school today! Buddy has trained as a Pets as Therapy dog, and will be supporting some of our readers next term. He certainly proved popular!
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Congratulations to all houses and competitors for two fantastic days of Eisteddfod! It was close, but there can only be one winner... BRANWEN!
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4 years
Take a look at the video below, to help familiarise yourselves with new systems in place for you return to school from next week.
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5 years
An early present from the staff...bet you'll never guess what it is!!! 🎄❄️☃️🎅🎁
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4 years
There's a lot of uncertainty as staff and students leave school today - we're sad to be potentially be saying goodbye to our Yr11 & 13 pupils. We hope that they will use this time wisely, particularly to practise their dance moves!!
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Gallagher brothers in the house! #PencoedEisteddfod23
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6 years
Congratulations to Josephine who won the Eisteddfod Chair, for her work in Yr 12!
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3 years
Happy Roald Dahl Day, from the English dept! Can you name the books these characters are from?!
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6 years
12 A*s! What an achievement! #GCSEresults2018
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4 years
Our Beauty Bank is restocked & ready to go! We have taken delivery of toiletries, including shampoo, deodorant, bodywash, & toothpaste. We know times are hard, so if pupils & their families could benefit, pupils can ask at Pupil Reception-staff will deal with requests discreetly.
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4 years
Toiletries and sanitary products available today, for our vulnerable and eFSM learners - pop in today if you need anything.
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Happy Roald Dahl Day from the English dept! Can you tell which characters they are? Tell us your favourite Roald Dahl character or book!
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Looking forward to welcoming back Year 7 and 12 tomorrow! Year 7, go to block 4 (by the bus bay, to the the building on the right as you come into school. Don't worry, staff will be there to direct you!). Year 12, you've been emailed information about groups and venues.
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Proud of our Yr10 & 11 pupils collecting GCSE results today. A few of you need to seriously work on your observation skills, to spot when there's a camera right in front of you!!😂
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Some very happy faces this morning, as Yr10 and 11 pupils recieve GCSE results!
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Ellie Jones and Charlotte Costelow have just won GOLD for their tap duet in the World Dance Championships!! David Sheldon 2nd in his duet
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Full gallery of photos to follow, but we wanted to give you a quick glimpse at the smiling faces from this morning! Well done to all our Yr12 and 13 pupils, we are so proud of you!
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Here is Libby Cattedra's winning entry for the Yr8 Art competition. Amazing work Libby, da iawn!
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6 years
An early Christmas present from all at Pencoed Comp...
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4 years
Very proud of the efforts of @pencoedprimary , who have done a superb job. Slightly concerned that some of our staff might look to jump ship when this is all over!
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Thanks to the brilliant @BridgendCBC staff & schools that volunteered to set up the 6 new emergency childcare centres. Just 72 hours notice. The team of volunteers worked day and night over the weekend. The centres are open this morning for 738 children.
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Guaranteed to get the Pencoed lot on the dancefloor! 🪩🎉
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Great to have @Candelasband visit and perform today. I think it's safe to say to gained a few fans!!
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4 years
Well done everyone, we made it to half term! Fri 23rd is an INSET day (no pupils). Yrs 7 & 8, and our MLD pupils will return on 2nd Nov. Yrs 9, 10, 11, 12, & 13 will have remote learning from 2nd Nov, returning to school 9th Nov (excepting pupils attending to sit exams).
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They only went and did it! 1-0 victory to our u15 footballers sees them crowned South Wales champs, off to compete in the Welsh Cup Finals!
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Reminder to parents/carers that this Friday (1st April) is an INSET day for staff. Your children aren't pulling an April Fools Day prank, they really aren't in school!
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Staff and students are safely on the plane, and on their way to California!
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It's European Day of Languages this Friday, and we'll be sharing messages from staff about what learning languages means to them, as well as a few quizzes to test your skills! Here's Mrs Davies, to start us off!
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After a gruelling 3 hour audition at the Millennium Centre, we are very proud that Cerian Jordan in Yr11 has been accepted to join rthe National Dance Company of Wales Associate Programme! Da iawn, Cerian!
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Excellent results for GCSEs today! Well done Year 11 and 10
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Maths department are sporting some pi-pun-tastic tshirts today, in honour of National Pi Day! @MathsPencoed
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Full photo gallery to follow, but here's quick preview! Yr11, you have been brilliant, and thoroughly deserve those fantastic results!
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Well done Year 11, you've done us and yourselves proud!
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During our Summer Programme, we held our first ever Pride Day. All pupils showed a fantastic, mature and accepting attitude throughout the day, as you can see!
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Well done to Evan in Yr10, who has been selected for the Welsh Academy Triathlon squad and willc ompete in the British Triathlon Super Series this summer! 👏👏👏🥇
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Nice one girls! 3-1 win puts us through to the semi finals!
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Tears all round this morning for Mrs Jones' last Ty Branwen assembly! Well done to those pupils who celebrated achievements!
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Edward Jones has recently been appointed as the Headteacher at Pencoed Comprehensive School and will take up post in September 2017.
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Great Yr13 Leavers assembly this afternoon - celebrating 'students of the year', farewells from staff, and most importantly CAKE!
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Great way to end the half-term, celebrating Nemesis Inferno's win, and presentation of their @f1inschoolsUK track, sponsored by @BridgendCollege @Pencoed_F1NemIn @EESWSTEMCymru @UWTSD @FortiumTech @aviahayley @LexusCardiff @CareersWales @huw4ogmore
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Many thanks to Ozzy from @TheSarnieCo for setting the challenge for our Yr9 pupils today!
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Fab afternoon of football at Llangynwyd! Boys won 3-1, and girls won 12-5. Well done everyone!
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For those pupils who are absent/self-isolating - staff are working hard preparing packs of work for ALL pupils, in the event that the schools are shut, and therefore are not currently in a position to issue work on an individual pupil basis.
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Looking forward to seeing our feeder primaries again tomorrow, for Health and Well-being transition. Come in your sports kit, and be ready to get active! @pencoedprimary @croesty @coychurchps @CoetyPrimary @DolauSchool @Brynnauprimary @llanharanps @stmarysbridgend @PenyfaiPrimary
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Our ICT Manager, Mr Spear, has been taking part in a virtual Land's End to John O'Groats run since March-that's 874 miles! Today Yr8 put in a fab effort, and joined him for his final mile...plus a few extra! Great to see pupils giving it their all, running, jogging, or walking!
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Well done to all learners who collected their AS and A Level results today! @PCSSixthForm More photos on our Facebook page!
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The sxho site currently has no electricity. In the interests of healthy and safety, safeguarding, and our inability to provide catering services, the school will be closing at 1pm. Buses will also be collecting pupils at 1pm.
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Things may have been a little different this year, but huge thanks to our canteen staff, who still managed to deliver a fantastic Christmas dinner to staff and students!
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We're so proud of one of our Yr7 pupils, whose poem earned him second place in the Show Racism the Red Card competition! @PencoedCompYr7
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Mrs Williams would like to say a huge 'well done' to her Yr13 Art students. She is over the moon with your well deserved results! @penybont6thform
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Not a bad way to end the 2020-21 academic year! Well done to all students and staff, who've dealt with a very strange year admirably. Enjoy the summer holidays, relax, and look after yourselves. We'll see you in September! Head to for more pics!
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Pupils will be able to collect GCSE results from 8.30am tomorrow morning, in the Annexe. 🤞
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Our u15 footballers ready for tomorrow's roadtrip to @TheNewSaintsFC for the @WelshSchoolsFA finals! Thanks to our kit sponsors @CompPencoed , @ApolloTeaching , @LilosPasta , @argiescoffee , and @AspenWaite .
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We're celebrating Little Acts of Kindness this week. If you see someone doing something nice, or someone does something kind for you, make sure to put their name in the box at Pupil Reception. #WorldKindnessDay
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Congratulations to our Yr12 learners, who attended and won the Youth Speaks Competition at the Senedd today!
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4 years
IMPORTANT! Please see below for information regarding changes to the timetable for online learning at KS3.
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Well done to all the learners who braved the elements for today's wellbeing walks and cross country races. Everyone showed great preseverance, especially when it came to getting the hang of safety pins! Thanks to the PE dept for organising a brilliant day!
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Well done to all of our Yr12 and 13 pupils on their AS and A Level results!
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We think the English dept. had a little too much fun dressing up for World Book Day last week! Any guesses which famous literary figures they were?
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Our Virtual Open Evening is LIVE! Don't for get to send us any questions you have, and we'll answer them in our YouTube livestream next week! @croesty @CoetyPrimary @coychurchps @pencoedprimary @llanharanps @Brynnauprimary @DolauSchool
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Congratulations to the winners of the Gothic Story competition! Great way to end the first half term!
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5 years
Excellent time had at the Hay Festival, with a fantastic group of pupils, who were great ambassadors for the school! @hayfestival
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It was wonderful to see so many people attend our first Carol Concert since 2019! The talent on show was excellent! Many thanks to our Ms Leung and the rest of the Expressive Arts dept for a great evening. Photos are on our Facebook page, but here are some of our fab soloists!
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Due to the current weather conditions and further snow forecast, the school will be closed today due to Health and Safety concerns. Work will be posted on Google classroom, following pupil's timetables.
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We're supporting 'Wear Red for Velindre' this Friday 31st. Pupils can wear a red top, with their normal uniform, for £1 donation. There will also be a cake sale and face painting, so well worth bringing some extra change!
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Seriously impressive speed from @Pencoed_F1NemIn
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2 months
Yr11 Prom 2024 is go!
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2 years
Great to welcome @Bookishcrick to school today! Pupils were excited to choose their free books, courtesy of the Welsh Gov scheme. No excuse for boredom over the holidays now!
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Congratulations to one of our Yr7 pupils, who earned membership of the 'smashed it club', and his medal for climbing Pen-Y-Fan so quickly!
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Calling all Yr6 parents/carers! Please see below for details of our Open Evening, 2022! @CoetyPrimary @CroestyS @coychurchps @tremainsprimary @pencoedprimary @DolauSchool @Brynnauprimary @llanharanps
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All years groups return to school from tomorrow onward. Please go to your designated reg room first things tomorrow, and then follow your normal timetable. All pupils have had a great attitude to the new routines and measures we've put in place - please keep it up!
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Great morning so far the the lower school Eisteddfod! Yr7 seem to be enjoying their first one, as do our Yr5 visitors from @pencoedprimary @croesty @CoetyPrimary @coychurchps @llanharanps @Brynnauprimary @DolauSchool 🦅🐉🦈🦁
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We're raising money for 'Jeans for Genes Day' this Friday (20th Sept.). For a contribution of £1, pupils may wear non-uniform - and try to include jeans!
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@PencoedILdept always know how to get in the spirit for European Day of Languages...and how to get other staff involved too!
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Online learning follows the normal school day, both in terms of timetabled lessons, and times of the day! Most teachers will tend to post work around the start time of their lesson, not necessarily first thing in the morning. See the image below to see when lessons start and end.
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Great to see some of our Pencoed pupils in the squad! 👏👏
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Looking forward to seeing Yrs11 and 13 on Monday! Yr11 will be split between blocks 3 and 6 - staff will be in hand to direct you. Yr13 should have received a letter about where to go.
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...And things got pretty competitive during the staff v students dodgeball games!
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Morning all! Don't forget, today is the start of our new home-learning timetable! Yrs 7, 8, & 9 should aim to do some Maths, Expressive Arts, and RE work. Yr10 should aim to do some Maths, Science and RE work. Do what you can, go for quality over quantity!
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Yr12 & 13 students will be able to collect their AS and A Level results from 8am on Thurs 15th, in the 6th Form Block. Keeping everything crossed for you all!! 🤞
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Only the day after their win, and @Pencoed_F1NemIn are already meeting with prospective sponsors to get the ball rolling for Nationals! @f1inschoolsUK
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Please welcome the newest member of our Wellbeing Team, Kenny! He'll be coming in lessons 4 and 5 every Monday to work with pupils.
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Great to have a visit from @ForcesFitness to run a session with our @SSCECymru group, and some of our Young Carers. Pupils really enjoyed it, and used excellent team working skills! @BridgendCBC
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6 years
Absolutely stunning! Bet the pupils are so excited to come back!
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6 years
It’s been a busy week as we put the final touches together in preparation for the start of term. Many thanks to everyone for all their hard work.
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...and so ends one of the most surreal terms at Pencoed Comp. Well done to all the staff, pupils, parents and carers for adapting and persevering. Take this next two weeks to relax and recharge, you've all earned a break! We'll see you in January! Stay safe.
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REMINDER Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th Sept. are staff INSET days. Pupils return to school on Wednesday 7th September
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Great to celebrte a belated World Book Day yesterday! So many staff dressed up...but do you know which books they were from?
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We're celebrating World Mental Health Day on Thursday. For a donation of £1, pupils can wear non-uniform, but MUST have something yellow on - either a subtle splash with accessories, or dress like sunshine head-to-toe! #HelloYellow
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