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!
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