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Ysgol Tŷ Ffynnon, Shotton

Ysgol Ty Ffynnon's Eco Committee celebrate their Platinum Award Status.

The Deeside school is celebrating news about the renewal of their Platinum Award Status for Eco Schools.

They have been awarded this status since 2017, and have just had the award renewed.

Eco Schools said: "I am delighted to confirm that you have retained your Platinum Eco-Schools status and wish you every success with this year’s projects.

"Maintaining the Eco Schools Platinum status is a fantastic achievement. The school, staff and pupils, should feel proud of their hard work and commitment."

Ysgol Penycae, Wrexham

Simon Baynes MP (left) with Ysgol Penycae headteacher Tim Newbould and Mila Griffiths.

Member of Parliament for Clwyd South, Simon Baynes, visited the primary school last month to congratulate pupil Mila Griffiths, winner of his 2022 MP Christmas Card competition, launched in November and included primary school pupils from across Clwyd South.

Mr Baynes met with pupils, headteacher Tim Newbould and class teacher Kirsten Dodd. During his visit, the MP congratulated the winner, and presented her with a copy of the card and her prize.

Mr Newbould, said: "We were very pleased to welcome Simon Bayne,s our MP, to Ysgol Penycae. He attended an assembly where he presented Mila with her prize. We are all very proud of Mila's achievement."

Mr Baynes said: "My visit to Ysgol Penycae was fantastic and I would like to thank Mr Newbould for the invitation to congratulate Mila in person and to present her with her prize. Mila's design for my Christmas card was outstandingly good and it was a pleasure before Christmas to show it to the Prime Minister, who was full of praise for Mila.

"I was very impressed by Ysgol Penycae, which is a very happy and successful school, and I wish the staff and pupils every success in the year ahead."

Ysgol Croes Atti, Flint

Ysgol Croes Atti pupils and staff with Mayor of Flint, Cllr Michelle Perfect.

Members of the School Council were welcomed by the Mayor of Flint, Cllr Michelle Perfect, to the Town Hall last month for a tour of the Council Chamber.

As well as a tour, the children were given a talk on the history of the Town Hall and shown the mayoral robes and chains.

Ysgol Rhiwabon

Evan McGlynn (right) competing in the North Wales Indoor athletics competition.

A Year 8 student at the Wrexham high school, has competed in the North Wales Indoor athletics competition. Evan McGlynn was the youngest in his age group, competing against boys older than him. He achieved third place in the long jump and third in the 60m sprint.

Ysgol Y Waun, Gwernaffield

Pippa Baron, Jackson Balderson, Libby Johnson and Marley Balderson.

Some pupils at the Flintshire primary school have received Blue Peter badges. The youngsters were given the iconic badges for their extra curriculum recorders club.

Dylan-James Vaughan, Ella and Emily Campbell, and another proud Blue Peter badge owner.

Penygelli Primary School, Coedpoeth

Hagrid's Hut at Penygelli School.

Children at the Wrexham primary school can enjoy the magic of the outdoors, with their very own Hagrid's Hut.

With the help of pupils on the school's Eco Council, a new outdoor classroom has been built to compliment the school's outdoor education provision and provide more opportunities for children to learn, play and explore all year round.

The design and colour were chosen by pupils then 'Accio!' Hagrid's Hut appeared on the school field.

Aled Wyatt, reception teacher and Penygelli's trained Forest School leader, is excited about the new learning opportunities the outdoor classroom will bring.

He said: "We want our pupils to be excited about coming to school and Hagrid's Hut will enable us to spark the children's curiosity within a creative learning space".

Mr. Wade, Headteacher, added: "Schools should be a magical place for children. At Penygelli we strive to provide excellence for our pupils and our new outdoor classroom is the first part of a significant investment by the school in high quality resources to inspire and support learning.

"Many more exciting new things are already on the way including a selection of engaging learning resources for the nursery and Foundation Phase, two separate climbing frames suitable for different age children - one with towers and slides - plus an outdoor table tennis table and even some swings. Learning is going to be lots of fun at Penygelli."

Penygelli children are extremely excited to investigate Hagrid's Hut and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Flint High School

Olivia Francis-Owen, Amelia Janecka and Poppy Francis-Owen with their exam results.

Three hardworking Flint High School students, including twin sisters, have all achieved the highest grade after sitting an early entry mathematics and numeracy GCSE exam.

Twins Olivia and Poppy Francis-Owen, and Amelia Janecka, all Year 11, each gained an A* and plan to study the subject at A level.

The girls, who all aspire to go to university, were asked during Year 10 if they would like to prepare for early entry so that they could then do another qualification in maths that would get them ready for taking it at A level.

They all very much wanted to take the opportunity and, following a successful mock in September, they went on to sit their exams.

In preparation, the students were given an accelerated scheme of work in class and Tracey Grandy, curriculum leader mathematics and associate head, provided them with specific online support and revision through the school's revision portal, which they could access at home.

Ms Grandy said: "These girls have a positive, can-do attitude to learning and are incredibly self-motivated and hardworking, which makes a huge difference; success at GCSE and A level requires focus in class and personal effort, and Poppy, Olivia and Amelia have those qualities. They ask questions, are independent and are actively engaged in their learning. As their teacher I supported and guided them, but the hard work was theirs.

"I am incredibly proud of them, as are their parents who have also been very supportive and encouraged them in their success. These talented girls have an exciting future ahead of them and I look forward to helping them when they join our sixth form to study mathematics at A level."

Ysgol Rhostyllen, Wrexham

Sam Rowlands MS, with staff and pupils from Ysgol Rhostyllen.

Member of the Senedd for North Wales recently welcomed pupils from the Wrexham primary school to the Welsh Parliament.

During the visit, Mr Rowlands, Shadow Minister for Local Government, spoke briefly about his role as an MS and took questions from his young visitors.

He said: “It was fantastic to welcome the pupils and staff from Ysgol Rhostyllen and talk to them about what we do as members of the Welsh Parliament.

“It was great to see the children so enthusiastic about visiting the Senedd and they asked me a lot of challenging and insightful questions about local and national issues.

“I think it is so important children and young people learn more about politics and the Welsh Parliament. I really hope they all enjoyed their time here and I would certainly encourage more schools in North Wales to come and visit.”

Dee Valley Federation

Dee Valley Federation team with their medals at the Indoor Athletics Festival.

Staff and pupils across the Dee Valley Federation, made up of three small schools, Froncysyllte, Garth and Pentre CIW, are celebrating a number of successes at the start of the new academic year.

Pupils from across the Federation took part in a writing competition, organised by Wrexham Rotary Club.

Pupils from Year 3 and above wrote a short story or poem about the theme of peace. Four entries were selected from each school. The entries were judged and a winner from each school was selected.

In a special awards ceremony last month, the winners were announced and pupils were presented with a voucher.

The winning entries will now go on to represent the three schools at Rotary District Level, competing against entries from schools in the North Wales, West Cheshire, Wirral and Merseyside area.

Headteacher Nathan Williams said: "It was lovely seeing so many wonderful entries from children across our Federation. A huge thank you to the members of Wrexham Rotary Club who gave up their time to explain the competition to our children, judge the entries and visited all three schools to present the prizes to the selected winners. Having seen all of the entries, I know what a difficult task the judges had."

The Federation entered a team into the Indoor Athletics Festival held at Plas Madoc Leisure Centre last week. The team had a brilliant time taking part in events such as the vertical jump, standing long jump, triple jump, foam javelin, sitting throw, speed bounce and various running events.

They also had the opportunity to mix with pupils from the other Federation schools. The whole Federation community were so proud when the team finished in third place and were awarded a medal each.