Police Commissioner Visits Pencoed Comprehensive to Learn About Anti-Racism Work

On Friday 9th May, Pencoed Comprehensive School was honoured to welcome Emma Wools, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales. The visit was part of her ongoing work to understand how schools across the region are taking steps to become actively anti-racist.

Emma was greeted by our PARCH team – the Pencoed Anti-Racist Champions – made up of learners and staff who are driving change within the school and wider community. Learners proudly led a tour of the school and presented the wide range of anti-racism projects they have been working on, from primary, cluster visits, to whole school activities. She was extremely impressed by the thoughtful and passionate work on display, praising the learners for their important “heart work” and commended the school’s proactive and inclusive approach to embedding anti-racism in its culture.

We are incredibly proud of our PARCH learners and the meaningful impact they continue to make in promoting equality and challenging discrimination across our school and beyond.

Easter Fayre Success!

As part of their Social Studies lessons, Year 9 took part in the FirstGive initiative, raising funds for a range of charities.

The year group had the opportunity to learn about social issues. Each class then chose a charity that supports the local community, to raise funds for. They had the chance to speak to representatives from these charities, who visited the school, and some classes even visited the charities to learn more about them.

On 9th April, Year 9 hosted the first Pencoed Easter Fayre. The classes set up a range of stalls to raise money for their chosen charity, to tempt Years 7 and 8! There was so much variety on offer, with learners showing off their skills in hardressing, nail art, and face painting! There were also penalty shoot-outs, lucky dips, raffles, and plenty of treats on offer!

Over the course of the day, over £1500 was raised for the following charities:

It was fantastic to see such a range of charitable groups represented, and we are incredibly proud of the divesity, sensitivity, and maturity of the Year 9s. Click the links in the list above to find out more about any of the charities supported.

There’s already plans in place for a similar event next year, and we can’t wait to see where our current Year 8 take the initiative next year!