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Bringing the Myths of the Carneddau to Life

Year 10 Creative Media students have been working on an exciting project that brings the myths of the Carneddau to life through film…

Posted 12 December 2024
Welsh Youth Parliament Success

Congratulations to year 10 student Oliver Jones-Barr who has won the Aberconwy seat in the Welsh Youth Parliament election…

Posted 11 December 2024
Sister Act Success

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and staff of Ysgol Aberconwy’s Sister Act who put on 3 nights of incredible performances…

Posted 29 November 2024
Celebrity Chef Experience

Students Zack, year 11 and Alwyn, year 10 were invited to an exclusive event with celebrity chef Bryn Williams at Port Eirias…

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Lights, Camera, Action

Year 10 Creative Media students had an incredible day of filming. Working alongside professional film makers, our talented students braved…

Posted 22 November 2024
Ancient History in Rome

Ancient History students recently visited the City of Rome. They saw a range of sites including the Colosseum, Roman Forum…

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Welsh Youth Parliament Candidate

Student Oliver Jones-Barr has put himself forward to represent the Aberconwy constituency in the Welsh Youth Parliament elections…

Posted 19 November 2024
Over £5200 for Children in Need!

Ysgol Aberconwy staff and students have raised in excess of £5200 from sponsored cycles and rows, a putting challenge, fancy dress and…

Posted 18 November 2024
Best Secondary School in North Wales

Ysgol Aberconwy has just won the ‘Best Secondary School’ award at the North Wales Educational Awards!…

Posted 15 November 2024
£3,681 Raised for Charity!

In July this year, Year 7 students took part in the First Give Charity Appeal, with spectacular results!…

Posted 7 November 2024
Sniffer Dogs Demonstration

Y Ganolfan students recently saw sniffer dogs from Wagtails demonstrate their skills…

Posted 1 November 2024
Shwmae Su’mae Day

Thank you to everyone that supported Shwmae Su’mae Day in school on 15th October. Over 600 achievement points were awarded…

Posted 30 October 2024
Honey Fair

Students from year 7 visited the Honey Fair in Conwy to learn about the history and the importance of the 700 year old Royal Charter fair…

Posted 18 September 2024
Ysgol Aberconwy Celebrates GCSE Success 

Students and staff are celebrating impressive GCSE results with students successfully gaining entry into their next step… 

Posted 22 August 2024
Ysgol Aberconwy Celebrates Outstanding A Level Success 

Students and staff are celebrating outstanding A Level results once again with every student successfully gaining entry into their choice of university or career pathway… 

Posted 15 August 2024
Winner at the Teaching Awards Cymru

Congratulations to Expressive Arts teacher Amy Grimward on winning the Betty Campbell (MBE) Award at this year’s national Professional Teaching Awards Cymru…

Posted 16 July 2024
Army Outreach

Our Year 9 Design and Technology students were recently visited by the Army Outreach Team. They delivered command and leadership sessions focusing on problem solving…

Posted 9 July 2024
Showcasing Welsh

On Tuesday, June 25th we held a special Welsh Language Open day to celebrate and showcase the work we have done to improve and promote the Welsh ethos and Welsh language in school…

Posted 5 July 2024
National Diversity and Anti-Racist Professional Learning Conference

Ysgol Aberconwy students shared their personal sense of Cynefin [belonging] to educational leaders at the national DARPL Conference…

Posted 27 June 2024
Wild Oyster Project

A Marine biologist from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences talked to Geography students about the Wild Oyster Project in Conwy Bay…

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Ration Pack Challenge

The Royal Logistics Corps visited Ysgol Aberconwy to work with our GCSE Food students completing a ‘Ration Pack Challenge’…

Posted 24 June 2024
80th D-Day Commemoration

Students and staff attended Conwy Morfa on the morning of 6th June, to take part in a D-Day service of remembrance that honoured…

Posted 11 June 2024
Welsh Logo Competition Winner

We are delighted to announce that Angharad, year 12, has won a nationwide competition to design a logo for the new secondary schools’ Siarter Iaith…

Posted 5 June 2024
Mayor of Conwy!

Massive congratulations to our Head of Sixth Form, Janette Hughes who has recently become the Mayor of Conwy and Constable of the Castle for the Civic Year 2024/25…

Posted 29 May 2024
Commonwealth Championships for Libby

Huge congratulations to alumna Libby Rubin, who has been selected to represent Wales at the 2024 Commonwealth Championships…

Posted 23 May 2024
Competing in Karate

Year 9 student Macie recently travelled to Germany to represent Wales in the 10th Shito Ryu European Championships…

Posted 22 May 2024
Reunion at Ysgol Aberconwy

Ysgol Aberconwy recently welcomed 36 students and staff from a school on Reunion Island, an island in the Indian Ocean…

Posted 15 May 2024
Urdd Competition Success for Annabella

Congratulations to Annabella Wise in year 8 for competing and succeeding in this year’s Urdd Art and Craft competitions…

Posted 14 May 2024
A Play at the Pontio Theatre

Welsh A Level students along with students from year 7 and 8, went to see the play ‘Deian a Loli – Y Ribidirew Ola’’ at the Pontio Theatre…

Posted 1 May 2024
Football Success for Ffion and Olivia

Congratulations to Ffion and Olivia, who recently played for the Conwy County Schools U15’s girls football team in the Welsh Schools semi finals…

Posted 29 April 2024
Making Art in the Community

Year 11 GCSE Health, Social Care and Child Care students joined older adults in the community for an intervention event at the Conwy Culture Centre…

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Skiing in Italy

This year we took our ski trip to the Bormio, Italy. This is the second time we have been here and once again we were not disappointed…

Posted 25 April 2024
Shout!

Students performed Alexis Zegerman’s new play Shout! as part of the National Theatre Connections 2024 scheme. The play explores…

Posted 21 March 2024
Glan Llyn

Year 10 students went to Glan Llyn for the day and took part in a variety of activities from high ropes to canoeing on the lake…

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Celebrating Pi Day

The maths department celebrated Pi day March the 14th. Students took part in various activities at lunch time with the highlight being…

Posted 20 March 2024
Eisteddfod Ysgol Aberconwy.

This year we held our annual year 7 inter-house school Eisteddfod on Friday, March 18th. We saw a wide variety of competitions…

Posted 18 March 2024
International Women’s Day

On Friday 8th March, Ysgol Aberconwy celebrated International Women’s Day 2024 in style with cake sales, posters, displays, ribbons, stickers and music…

Posted 12 March 2024
Making Bread

In Food Technology lessons this week, our year 8 students have been learning about the functions and properties of bread as well as…

Posted 7 March 2024
Representing Wales in Gibraltar

Congratulations to Lacey on being selected to represent Wales in the European Championship netball tournament in Gibraltar…

Posted 5 March 2024
Girlguide Rangers Gain Op Bang Award

Congratulations to Glan Conwy Rangers Jas, Kia, Caitlin, Charlotte and Kaitlin who have been awarded an ‘Op Bang’ award…

Posted 29 February 2024
Magic Light Productions

Students in year 7 Expressive Arts were recently joined by Magic Light Productions, who guided students through a wonderful…

Posted 22 February 2024
Cycling for Wales Again!

Congratulations to Sam in year 11 on being selected to represent Wales again as he re-joins the Welsh Cycling Team…

Posted 20 February 2024
Geography Students Bounce Below

Year 9 Geography students had a thrilling excursion to Zipworld’s Bounce Below as part of the Gravity Geography Programme…

Posted 19 February 2024
Business Language Champions

Fourteen teams from six different schools across Conwy, Gwynedd and Denbighshire took part in the Business Language Champions competition…

Posted 9 February 2024
Chinese Cooking

This week, our Year 10 GCSE Food students have been celebrating Chinese New Year by exploring Chinese cooking methods…

Posted 7 February 2024
Squad Selection for Jaxen

Congratulations to Jaxen who has been selected for the Football Association Wales (FAW) Regional Development Squad…

Posted 2 February 2024
Two New Murals

Ysgol Aberconwy has recently received two attractive new murals to adorn our corridors and inspire our students…

Posted 9 January 2024
Entertaining the Community

The Ysgol Aberconwy choir went out into the community on the Thursday and Friday before Christmas. They visited local care homes for the elderly as well as…

Posted 22 December 2023
Christmas Jumper Day

On Wednesday 20th December, staff and students were given the opportunity to wear Christmas jumpers in exchange for a donation to the Conwy Food Bank…

Posted 21 December 2023
Maddison is Victorious

Maddison, our year 11 equestrian star, along with her pony Hollyland Lion in Winter have just returned from the London International Horse Show victorious after winning…

Posted 20 December 2023
Guest Speakers for HSCCC

Over the last few weeks, year 10 Health and Social Care and Child Care students have benefited from talks given by two local organisations…

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Aberconwy House Art Workshop

Year 10 GCSE Art students were inspired by a workshop with artist Bethan Paige at Aberconwy House on Thursday 7th December…

Posted 15 December 2023
Sea Cadet Awards

Congratulations to all our students who were recognised at the recent Sea Cadets awards evening held on Thursday 14th December. Mr Gerrard was very proud to…

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Christmas Dinner

On Wednesday 13th December, students and staff enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner prepared and served by our festive Sodexo staff…

Posted 14 December 2023
Glastonbury Goes Global

Business Language Champions (BLC) hosted a business language event at Ysgol Aberconwy for year 9 language learners across North Wales…

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Performer of the Year

Congratulations to Finlay for winning the Performer of the Year award for his performance as Seymour in this…

Posted 12 December 2023
Toddler Activity Morning

Year 11 GCSE Health and Social Care and Childcare students ran an infant and toddler activity morning in St John’s Church…

Posted 11 December 2023
Little Shop of Horrors

Sixty students performed at two sell out shows in Theatr Colwyn on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th November…

Posted 9 December 2023
German Christmas Markets

On December 1st, students from years 10 to 13 went on a trip to experience the German Christmas markets first-hand and to experience some German culture…

Posted 7 December 2023
Ysgol Aberconwy Christmas Tree

The Ysgol Aberconwy Christmas tree is on display this week at St Mary’s church, Conwy…

Posted 4 December 2023
Trip to Aria Film Studios

Welsh A Level students and Year 11 and 12 Media Film students went on a trip on December 1st to Aria Film Studios in Llangefni…

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Intergenerational Christmas

Year 11 GCSE HSCCC students organised and ran an intergenerational Christmas event for older adults in the Conwy Culture Centre…

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Film and Marketing Workshop

Our KS4 media, film, photography, and art students had the privilege of a workshop, led by Rhys Bebb from Screen Alliance Wales…

Posted 30 November 2023
Mussel Delivery

GCSE Food students at Ysgol Aberconwy really know their seafood – they’ve been preparing and cooking rope-grown mussels…

Posted 29 November 2023
Selected for Wales

Congratulations to Lacey and Amalie in year 10 on being selected to represent Wales in the U17 National Academy Netball squad…

Posted 20 November 2023
Children in Need

Students and staff have been super busy raising money for Children in Need. We’ve had a ‘Bake Off’ between staff and students…

Posted 17 November 2023
2023 North Wales Education Awards

Congratulations to Headteacher, Ian Gerrard and year 9 student Dylan Roberts on winning awards at the 2023 North Wales Education…

Posted 15 November 2023
Sixth Form Study in Spain

Sixth form students recently spent a fabulous fortnight in Marbella participating in a variety of internships…

Posted 13 November 2023
Remembering the Fallen

Students proudly support the Poppy appeal and represent the school at the cenotaph in Conwy…

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Nicole Wins Music Award

Congratulations to Nicole in year 11 for winning the Bob Mills Memorial Award presented…

Posted 10 November 2023
Shana is Selected for Wales

Congratulations to Shana in year 11 for being selected into the Cricket Wales girls U18/19 Winter training squad…

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Hamilton at the West End

A group of students and staff visited London to watch the West End hit musical, Hamilton! It was an…

Posted 8 November 2023
Mighty Mussels

Ysgol Aberconwy is 1 of 250 schools nationwide receiving a delivery of rope-grown mussels from Offshore Shellfish…

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Horse of the Year Show Success

Maddison, in year 11, recently competed at the Horse of the Year Show against 17 qualifiers from across the UK…

Posted 12 October 2023
Black History Month

Black History Month celebrations got off to a great start this week with assemblies from guest speaker Martha Botros…

Posted 5 October 2023
Silver for Sam

Year 11 student, Sam competed in the Welsh Track Cycling Championships last Saturday…

Posted 4 October 2023
BBC Bitesize

The BBC Bitesize tour came to Ysgol Aberconwy today with students in Years 7 – 10 attending…

Posted 27 September 2023
Glan-Llyn

A lovely few days were had at Glan-Llyn at the start of September by a number of our Year 7s. They went…

Posted 20 September 2023
Maddison has the Wildcard

Congratulations to year 11 student Maddison and her pony Hollyland Lion in Winter (aka Bertie) on being awarded…

Posted 19 September 2023
Cycling for Wales

Congratulations to Sam in year 11, on competing in his debut race for Team Wales last weekend…

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Honey Fair

Students from year 7 visited the Honey Fair in Conwy where they studied the history and the importance of the 700 year old Royal Charter fair..

Posted 18 September 2023
First Secondary School in North Wales to Gain Award!

Ysgol Aberconwy has been awarded the Siarter Iaith Uwchradd Bronze Award. The award was presented to Headteacher, Ian Gerrard and…

Posted 15 September 2023
Artwork for Llanfairfechan Train Station

Some year 7 students recently had the opportunity to design some artwork to highlight rail safety with Dime One graffiti artist…

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Year 9 Boys Football

Congratulations to the year 9 boys for a fantastic performance in the Conwy County Football Competition…

Posted 14 September 2023
Romeo & Juliet

A group of dedicated Year 9 and 10 students went to see a performance of Romeo and Juliet at Conwy Castle…

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Ysgol Aberconwy Celebrates Exam Success

There were celebrations all round at Ysgol Aberconwy this morning as students, yet again, celebrated another year of GCSE exam success…

Posted 24 August 2023
Aberconwy students celebrate outstanding successes! 

Aberconwy students are celebrating their outstanding A level successes this week with every student applying to university, gaining a place…

Posted 17 August 2023
Learning Chinese

In May this year, Ethan participated in the ‘Chinese Bridge’ Mandarin Speaking Competition…

Posted 20 July 2023
Crossing the Bridge

Congratulations to the Sixth Form Hwb for reaching halfway in the ‘Croesi’r Bont i Wobr Efydd’…

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Over £3500 Raised for Charity!

This year we have run our first ever FirstGive Charity Appeal with the whole of year 7….

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Sponsored Walk

Students and staff braved the pouring rain and went out into Conwy for the annual sponsored walk…

Posted 17 July 2023
First Aid

Students in the year 10 HSCCC class have completed an Introduction to First Aid Course run by St John’s Ambulance…

Posted 14 July 2023
Transition Week & Year 5 Day

We have enjoyed having the year 6 students who will join us next year for 4 days at the start of July… 

Posted 12 July 2023
German Teacher Award

Congratulations to our Head of International Languages, Jamie McAlister on being selected for a UK German Teacher Award…

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New Learning and Well-being Initiative

Ysgol Aberconwy has taken the decision to make the school a phone-free space from…

Posted 3 July 2023
Cricketing Champions

Last week the U15 girls cricket team from Ysgol Aberconwy became the North Wales Champions… 

Posted 30 June 2023
Sam is Cycling 1000 Miles

Wishing Sam in year 10 the all the best as he undertakes his 3rd Ultra Distance Cycling Event…

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Shakespeare in the Castle

A group of year 8 and 9 students recently attended an outdoor performance of ‘Twelfth Night’ at Conwy Castle…

Posted 27 June 2023
Windrush Day

To celebrate Windrush Day, pupils in Year 7 attended a Speakers for Schools webinar with Geoff Thompson MBE, who…

Posted 22 June 2023
Representing Wales at Karate Championships

Year 8 student, Macie was selected to represent Wales again at the World and European…

Posted 26 May 2023
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