Culture Week 2025
#weartoshare day will take place on Friday 2nd May!
#weartoshare day will take place on Friday 2nd May!
On Thursday 10th April at Olchfa, we were delighted to host our Year 10 Careers Fair. We welcomed a wide range of employers and further education providers, who brought along interactive and inspiring activities for our students to explore. The atmosphere in the hall was buzzing with energy and enthusiasm, and our students rose to the occasion brilliantly — presenting themselves with maturity, curiosity, and confidence. Our visitors were full of praise for how fantastic our students were. We certainly agree. Miss. R Davies
The SAB community group took the Easter egg donations to Ty Olwen Hospice Trust on Thursday 10th April. The volunteers and staff at Ty Olwen were once again very grateful of the support from everyone at Olchfa and will now distribute these eggs to patients and their families both in Ty Olwen, on the wards and those they support in the community. Thank you again for your ongoing support!
Thank you to the canteen staff for all of their efforts on Thursday 3rd April . The pupils thoroughly enjoyed the Eid menu.
The canteen will be hosting a special Eid menu on Thursday 3rd April! Thank you to Abdelrahman and Bara for the menu design.
Mr Kennedy was proud to accept an invitation to join Muslim members of the school and local community to mark iftar at Sketty Mosque, along with colleagues from Sketty and Parkland primary schools, representatives of the Olchfa School Governing Body and senior officers of the Local Authority, including The Director Of Education, Mrs. Helen Morgan-Rees.
Pack-a-Pren, a Year 10 Young Enterprise team, competed in the regional finals in March at Bridgend College. From September 2024, the team have started up a business manufacturing and selling model sustainable stadiums made from recycled plywood. These enterprising, creative individuals are now on the way to the Welsh finals to compete against other regional winners in Wales. Llongyfarchiadau Pack-a-Pren!
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!