A brilliant, staggering, huge sum of money was raised on March 13th for RED NOSE DAY… A big thank you to everyone who got shaved, waxed, remained silent, dressed up, supported Mr T hair styles, baked cakes and donated their cash…
Olchfa made £3359.00 overall… Superb…
£115 could pay for school fees, uniform, books, meals and support worker care for a child in Africa.
£55 could pay for a health worker to visit more than 15 patients a month in their homes.
£50 could buy a sewing machine for a woman living in extreme poverty in Uganda and will also pay to teach her how to use it.
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Miss Chaudhry’s Geography classes 9JG and 9PS decided to hold a Fair Trade Cake sale selling cakes and biscuits using Fair Trade ingredients. After a poster advertising campaign lots of delicious Banana Muffins and chocolate cakes were sold raising £70.
Both classes discussed how best to spend this money with Miss Chaudhry and decided to use the profits to buy the following from Oxfam Unwrapped as they felt these would benefit the people the most as they knew that AIDS is a big killer in Africa and that these things could help raise their quality of life:
- Safe water for 12 people
- 5 bags of seeds
- 10 buckets
- Condoms
Thanks to all pupils who purchased an item from them!
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On 18th March the following girls represented the school in a county netball tournament. They played very well indeed and were unlucky to loose to St. Joseph’s, the eventual winners of the area pool. The Olchfa team were runners-up.
Emily Pickard
Jenny Shuttleworth
Lillie Rees
Fiona Shuttleworth
Rachel Kemp
Emily Holding
Jemma Watts
Tanya Westwood
Bethany Lewis
Iona Evans
Rio Abraham-Jones.
Results from the competition:
Olchfa 9-5 Glanafan
Olchfa 9-12 St Joseph’s
Olchfa 17-1 Pontardulais
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Olchfa Eco-Committee were amoung a record breaking 83,000 young people around the UK who counted and recognised birds for the RSPB by taking part in the Big Schools Birdwatch. The most common bird around the school graounds was the Blackheaded Gull, but they did record 14 different species of birds. They are now in the process of designing bird feeders to encourage more birds to the school grounds ready for next years Big Schools Birdwatch!
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Both the Year 7 and 8 Eisteddfodau were fantastic, with huge numbers of students showing what a talented bunch they are. For the first time this year the best performances were put together in an evening show in South Hall for parents, staff and friends. Thanks to the Welsh Department for all their efforts in organising these very well received events.
The results of the Eisteddfodau are below.
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The Y10 Netball team were very successful and won the local pool. They are now through to the finals to compete in the top 3 places for the county schools. They were:
- Natalie Beer
- Amy Howarth
- Annie Hancock
- Rhiannon Thomas
- Emma Thomas
- Rhia Henwood
- Robyn Linguard
- Christiana Wilson
- Sian Davies
- Cassidy Hackett
The results of the pool were as follows:
Olchfa v Ystalafera 13-9
Olchfa v Cefn Hengoed 12-1
Olchfa v Glanafan 7-6
Olchfa v Bishop Vaughan 15-3
Well done to the girls, and Miss Harries who coaches them.
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