Congratulations to Fay, Rayyan and Isaac who are the winners of Mr Kennedy's cynefin (school vision) competition. They have won Amazon vouchers and will have the opportunity to work with a graphic designer to work on the official cynefin logo. Well done!
Read more about our Spanish Exchange with El Centro Inglais here - https://uptodate.elcentroingles.es/uptodate/eci-gc-exchange/. We look forward to welcoming the pupils to Swansea as part of our exchange in April.
The school production of The Sound of Music will take place from Tuesday 11th to Friday 14th March 2025 at 7pm.
Tickets for the production will go on sale from 6pm on Friday 21st February. The link to the online box office is: www.ticketsource.co.uk/olchfa-school
Wales Community Impact Award winners 2025. NEWID Enhanced Provision pupils had a wonderful time yesterday at the King's Trust Awards in Cardiff. Pupils collected their winning award for the 'Community Impact Project' from Strictly come dancing star Amy Dowden. Pupils have spent the last year supporting various groups within the community and made over 50 hampers for the domestic abuse refuge at Christmas. Llongyfarchiadau!
Congratulations to the Year 10 girls who won the regional finals basketball tournament last Tuesday and are through to the national finals in Bangor on 10th of April. The girls were absolutely amazing on and off the court. Well done!
Thank you for all of your recent donations to our chosen charities. The charities are very grateful for your kindness, generosity and support. Here are members of the School Advisory Board Community Team and Mr Kennedy with the donation for #LlysNini
Wednesday 29th January 2025 - Thank you to the catering staff for hosting another successful event!
Thank you for your donations to Ty Olwen Hospice. Donations will be distributed throughout Ty Olwen, Swansea Paediatric wards and the wider community. The team at Ty Olwen expressed their gratitude; "your continued support is invaluable to our patients and the wider community".
Please click on the link below to view details of the competition.
Remembrance 2024 - We observed a two minute silence this morning in honour of Remembrance Day. Thank you to Owen and Esther for playing The Last Post. #RemembranceDay2024 #lestweforget2024
Thank you to pupils, parents/carers and staff for the generous donations to the #SkettyFoodbank. Pupils enjoyed a tour of the facility and learnt more about how the food bank operates. Thank you to Evelyn and her team who work tirelessly to ensure everyone is taken care of!
On Thursday, 10th October, Olchfa will be marking World Mental Health day by taking part in the ‘Hello Yellow’ campaign for the mental health charity, Young Minds. Pupils and staff are asked to wear a yellow item e.g. a T-shirt/hair band/socks etc. The aim of the campaign is to show young people that their mental health and well-being is a priority, as well as to raise vital funds for Young Minds. Please note that pupils must wear their school uniform as normal, except they may swap an item for something yellow, or wear a yellow item additionally. Pupils do not have to take part if they do not wish to. Any pupils taking part in Open Evening should return to school in the evening in their day-to-day uniform.
We would like to take this opportunity to signpost you to the Young Minds website: https://youngminds.org.uk/
The website contains many fantastic resources that parents can use to support their child’s mental health, and has more information about the Hello Yellow campaign should you wish to explore further.
If you wish to make a voluntary donation to support the excellent work that Young Minds undertake, you may do so through the Olchfa Gateway App/webpage, which is now open to donations.