Latest News
Year 8 student, Macie was selected to represent Wales again at the World and European…
Congratulations to the RE Department for reaching halfway in the ‘Croesi’r Bont i Wobr Efydd’…
Congratulations to our U15 girls cricket team on their recent success in a tournament at Bangor Cricket Club…
Staff and students from a a high school in Reunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean recently came to visit…
Congratulations to all the Year 7 pupils who have recently completed the John Muir Environmental Award…
Year 9 students spent Saturday afternoon volunteering In Ty Aberconwy…
Congratulations to Head Student Libby, who recently competed in the British Junior and Sub Junior National Championships…
The Youth Engagement Officer for the Welsh Parliament very kindly took time to quiz and teach our Year 13 students about…
Seven year 11 students had a fantastic time at an intergenerational art activity run by the Conwy Well-being Team…
Sixth-Form students recently attended a presentation from Welsh Blood Service on the benefits of donating blood and bone marrow…
Yesterday we had a very special visitor to school. Blaidd is a reading therapy dog who visited to support…
45 students and 5 members of staff made their journey by coach and ferry to Paris. Since this…
Ysgol Aberconwy recently featured on television news and radio, sharing our outstanding work on…
We are working on creating a Welsh ethos at school and increasing the amount of Welsh language that can…
Ysgol Aberconwy students have been exhibiting their fantastic artwork in the Conwy Culture Centre in…
Students recently enjoyed an overnight stay at Bod Silin, where they earnt the John Muir Award…
Students performed Innocent Creatures this week. Leo Butler’s stark and disturbing play explores a future where robots…
Students have once again joined Dime One graffiti artist to create a second train station mural…
Congratulations to Erin who has won the Girl’s Solo for year 7, 8 and 9 in the Conwy County Regional Urdd Eisteddfod…
Year 7 maths students celebrated ‘Pi Day’ by learning about Anglesey born mathematician and teacher, William Jones…
Students from year 8 up to year 12, and 10 members of staff set off for Hopfgarten im Brixental in the Ski Welt region in Austria…
Welsh (Second Language) A level students recently enjoyed a trip to Pontio in Bangor to see a new Welsh language film called Y Sŵn…
Tuesday, February 28th saw the return of our year 7 inter house school Eisteddfod. We saw a wide variety of competitions on stage…
Zach in year 7 has recently defended his U12 Welsh Weightlifting championship title, making him a two time Welsh champion…
Students enjoyed live Chinese New Year celebrations for the first time since 2019! During the…
A group of students from year 9 spent the day in Abergele actively exploring creative pathways…
Year 13 History students had the opportunity to listen to a talk from Henry Schachter, who is a first generation Holocaust survivor…
Year 7 Welsh first language students met with the Welsh poet, author and professor Mererid Hopwood…
Students competed to design the best poster promoting different types of Welsh phrases and messages for Siarter Iaith…
Myrddin ap Dafydd, a Welsh writer, publisher and poet visited Ysgol Aberconwy to meet with our year 7 Welsh…
Staff, students and their families joined together with the wider community to celebrate Christmas at St Mary’s Church…
Students and staff wore Christmas jumpers and enjoyed a Christmas lunch…
Members of The Conwy Play Development Team recently visited the YR 10 GCSE Health and Social Care and Child Care class…
The Ysgol Aberconwy Christmas tree has been on display at St Mary’s church as part of…
Students recently volunteered to attend a Christmas gathering for older adults in Old Colwyn Methodist Church…
Students enjoyed a trip to Birmingham, sampling the food and drink at the German Christmas Market…
Congratulations to Martha in Year 12, who has recently become the newest recruit to RNLI’s Conwy crew…
Jessica, a year 11 student, recently competed in the Chief Constable’s Challenge which involved sailing a 72-foot-long tall ship…
Students from years 10 to 13 attended a careers presentation about law by…
ITV Wales recently visited Miss Grimward’s Year 12 Film Studies class to report on a project they have completed on antiracism…
Year 7 students recently enjoyed a talk from the Rt Hon David Hanson, Former Minister of State for…
A cast of 60 cast and crew performed the musical Legally Blonde Jr at Theatr…
A group of year 9 students recently attended a languages fair at Bangor University, which aimed to…
A class of year 7 students were recently offered the unique opportunity to dissect some owl pellets…
Staff and students have been very busy fundraising for Children in Need today. We’ve had a bake-off…
Students and the Headteacher attended the Service of Remembrance in Conwy…
Students recently worked with a graffiti artist to design a mural that highlights rail safety…
The Geography department recently went on an incredible trip to Iceland with 30 students…
Year 7 have been working hard to prepare for their first ever Expressive Arts Showcase…
Ysgol Aberconwy has recently undergone refurbishment and development and now houses a modern…
Year 9 students attended a performance of Human Nurture last Monday in…
Year 13 student Ethan, took an amazing opportunity to attend a Summer Scheme in London…
Congratulations to Olivia and Nell who have both earned qualifications in WJEC QCF Mandarin…
We recently joined schools across Europe to celebrate the European Day of Languages…
Year 7 visited the Honey Fair in Conwy to study it’s history and importance…
Four Ysgol Aberconwy students have become world champions at the United Dance Organisation (UDO) World Street Dancing Championships…
Ysgol Aberconwy Year 11 students achieved an outstanding set of GCSE results…
As the Headteachers of the Secondary schools in Conwy we wanted to jointly celebrate…
Students and staff participated in our annual sponsored walk from the school to Deganwy…
Students took part in a 10-week wellbeing workshop where they developed their initial ideas and designs before…
Members of the Aberconwy Allies took a trip to Llangollen International Eisteddfod to collect their award for Young Peacemakers 2022…
Three students were recently contacted by the Wales Confucius Institute because…
We recently celebrated diversity and raised awareness for the LGBT+ Community and refugees…
Staff and students welcomed the Governors into school to launch the…
Year 7 student Macie travelled to Croatia to represent Wales in the Shito Ryu karate championships…
Madison in year 10, was recently awarded the young persons ‘Volunteer of the Year’ award…
Year 10 GCSE Film Studies students have been working with TAPE Community Film to plan and create a film festival, linked to…
Four students have won awards in the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators competition…
Performing Arts students spent a weekend in London where they had the opportunity to watch the musical ‘Wicked’ and then…
Staff in the Design and Technology Department were recently presented with their Part 1 of Crossing the Bridge to Bronze Welsh language…
We were delighted to welcome ‘The Sense’ from BYFC into school…
Performing arts students took a trip to Aberystwyth University to perform at the Connections festival…
Year 9 student Maddison has recently gained a Royal International Horse Show Qualification with…
Year 10 Film Studies students spent a morning at TAPE Community Music and Film, a charity that offers…
Year 7 students took some time out of the classroom today to enjoy the warmer weather…
Eco Council members have earnt the John Muir Award for planting native Rowan trees and…
Four students recently attended and competed in the National Swimming Championships held in Swansea….
The library has been given a new name ‘Y Copa’, meaning the summit…
Some intrepid explorers in year 7 took on a 10 mile challenge to raise money for the people of Ukraine.
A film crew recently came into school to record Crystal, one of our year 11 students for a Sky mini documentary…
More departments have been assessed on their use of the Welsh language in classrooms and have successfully met the targets for the Croesi’r Bont i Wobr Efydd award…
On Friday 25th March we hosted a revision day for students in Year 11 followed by an after-school support and information session for their parents…
A huge “THANK YOU” to everyone who has donated to our Ukraine Appeal. Our students have been working hard organising events to raise money for the people of Ukraine…
Congratulations to the Art Department on their progress with tthe ‘Croesi’r Bont i Wobr Efydd’ award…
Congratulations to Alfie in year 8 on his recent win in the North Wales Cross Country Championships…
Ysgol Aberconwy’s Year 9 students attended a performance of Human Nurture last Wednesday…
Students in Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 performed Cable Street to captivated audiences last week…
Year 11 student, Luke has been selection to the Welsh National Boxing team again…
Students and staff had a wonderful time celebrating the 25th anniversary of World book day…
On Tuesday 1 February, students were invited to celebrate the lunar new year with Cardiff Confucius Institute…
Year 10 and 11 students, studying GCSE Health and Social Care, and Childcare recently visited the library at the Conwy Culture Centre….
We would like to congratulate Lucian, in year 9, who has been selected to play hockey for the U16 Welsh National team….
Senior School Eco Council members were recently presented with their John Muir Awards following a 2 day stay at Bod Silyn cottage….
Art students visited the Royal Cambrian Academy Gallery in Conwy where they gained some inspiration from the recent exhibition called ‘Art of Perseverance’…
Our year 9 Seren students were given the opportunity to attend the first SEREN session of the year which looked at ‘Goal Mapping’…
A huge thank you to everyone that helped us to raise a school record for Children in Need, a total in excess of £3000 through a variety of events including fancy dress, delicious bake sales, readathons and marathons!
At the start of the year, students in Year 9 were given the opportunity to take part in a project to help promote acceptance and inclusion, and to start to embed equality into the curriculum…
Year 7, 8 and 9 Eco Council members recently took part in a workshop where they explored different ways to tackle air pollution and looked at ways emissions might be reduced across Wales…
A former year 11 student who finished at Ysgol Aberconwy last July with fantastic CGSE results, has begun a 2-year paid scholarship at Salford Football Club…
Ysgol Aberconwy sixth form students chose Tŷ Gobaith (Hope House) for our local charity appeal this year and organised a number of events which raised a fantastic £1,275…