Category Archives: Secondary Schools

School Council Network
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Our Spring Term meeting took place on the 4th March on Microsoft Teams. Pupils had the opportunity to share school news, pupil voice work undertaken as well as having the opportunity to feed in to the draft Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy for the council. Cllr Lis Burnett our Cabinet Member for Education […]
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Project Period – School Council Work
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Project Period in now complete and launched across school with the work highlighted in the Glamorgan Star – you can read the article here For more information about our school council – you can visit the school website or clicking here

CCS – Disability Awareness Week
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Disability Awareness Week was celebrated on the week commencing 28th February 2022. Here at Cowbridge Comprehensive School, we have raised awareness by holding assemblies in school to help educate more people about disability awareness. Throughout the school, we have had lessons to increase understanding and knowledge about different disabilities and ways in which we can […]
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Student Ambassadors attend Q&A with the Children’s Commissioner for Wales
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On Wednesday 9th February 2022, our school Student Ambassadors (Alice, James and Bron) attended a Q and A session with Sally Holland the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. They discussed the future of Children’s rights in education and gave their views on how they felt it could be best implemented in their schools. Inform other pupils […]
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School Council Network Meetings
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Launched in Spring 2020, the school council network is an initiative that brings pupils from all our secondary schools together to share best practice, promote the work they are undertaking and have an opportunity to hear more about education matters in the Vale of Glamorgan. The meetings are facilitated by the Vale Youth Service as […]
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CCS Foodbank Collection 03.12.21
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CCS Students donated to the Vale of Glamorgan Foodbank last Friday.  A fantastic amount of food items were donated to help local families in need at Christmas. 

Student Council Elected
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Pupils at Llantwit Major School have been busy nominating themselves to be part of school council and become form reps. Pupils have now been elected and are looking forward to holding their first school council meeting later this month. Election winners are published below!

Cowbridge School Council
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Pupils from Cowbridge School Council had a meeting with Sally Holland, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales before they broke up for the summer holidays. , The video produced showcasing some of the school council’s work was was shown to other schools present at the meeting on ZOOM. The video was created by Little Voices,  as part of […]
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Student Ambassador Training at St Cyres kicks off our work for the year!
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Student Ambassadors at St Cyres School have been busy updating their understanding about the United Nations Convention on Children’s Rights, and welcoming new members to the Student Ambassadors Scheme.  They have taken part in training provided by Alexandra Thomas, Rights Ambassador Project Worker.  A very enjoyable and productive session especially in these unprecedented times! We […]
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Cowbridge School Rotary Interact Club Update
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Cowbridge Comprehensive School students have been recognised as a shining example of ‘Service Above Self’ with the award of a Platinum Distinction Citation by Rotary International. A youth arm of Cowbridge Rotary, the Cowbridge Interact Club brings together young people, aged between 12-18, to develop leadership skills and contribute to local, national and international Rotary […]
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CCS Pupils Support Welsh Blood Service
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Sixth Form pupils at Cowbridge Comprehensive managed to do blood donations at the local leisure centre last week. Thank you to all the pupils that supported Welsh Blood Service.

School Council training for Head and Deputy Head Boys and Girls at St Cyres School.
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The St Cyres School Head and Deputy Head Boys and Head Girls enjoyed their School Council training session last week in readiness to lead the whole School Council meetings for this academic year. We reviewed the ‘Terms of Reference’ and the students were trained in various roles including how to ‘Chair’ and ‘Minute’ a School […]
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