Quiz Night

March 17th 7pm

Abertillery Comprehensive School 

Thanks to the hard work of Western Power Distribution and our caretaking staff, the electricity supply to the school has been restored and are open as normal.

We would like to thank staff, pupils and parents for your patience during this unexpected event.

We have been awarded accreditation to deliver the exciting Welsh Baccalauriate qualification from September 2010. The Welsh Baccalaureate is a qualification for students in Wales that adds a valuable new dimension to the subjects and courses already available for 14 to 19 year old students.

Year 9 Options Evening: Wednesday 3^rd March 2010 at 6.00 pm in the school theatre.

• - The subjects we offer at Key Stage 4
• - GCSE’s and other qualifications we offer
• - The Welsh Baccalaureate
• - The option columns available to pupils
• - The vocational pathways courses on offer

Huge congratulations to those year 11 pupils who sat their final GCSE in November. 96% gained A* to C grade and 30% gained a grade A*/A! This is a refection of their hard work and determination to achieve their potential. These students are also part of the group who have also gained a GCSE in statistics. A fantastic 22% gained a grade A and 87% gained grade C or above.  

You have been excellent role models to your fellow year 11 mathematicians. Well done!

 The mathematics Department will be holding revision sessions over the half term:

• Monday - Mr Jones

                - Mrs Harris (1.30pm to 3pm)

• Tuesday -Ms McIlwee (10am to 2pm)

                - Mr Pope (10am to 2pm)

• Thursday - Mr Pope (10am to 2pm) this session is for those pupils sitting the statistics GCSE in June

Coursework catch-up club for geography to be held during half-term on Wednesday 17th 8.30 to 3.30 YOUR LAST CHANCE to complete the coursework before the deadline of Monday 22nd February.

OpenOffice is a powerful suite of applications which your child will find useful for school. It is compatible with the software versions that we use in school and with the ones that our pupils use at home.

At times, pupils will bring in work that has been written on newer versions of the software that we have in school. It can be time-consuming and to convert these files and there are certain file types that we can't convert.

Openoffice is a free program that runs on machines of any age.  Click here to download.

Please note: The Year 10 Exam for pupils taking Double Award Science is on the 3rd March 2010.

Half Term Revision for Year 10 Double Award Science pupils will take place in school on Wednesday 17th February from 9am - 12 pm. 

Our History Department is finalising plans for a visit to New York for around 40 pupils during October half-term.

The trip will take in visits to Ellis Island, Liberty Island, a wide range of museums and cheesecake shops!  During the visit, pupils will maintain image and video blogs to keep parents updated throughout the trip.

You can follow the build-up on our website as the event gets nearer.