French was a proper modern language, a language with a future, the Common Market and all of that. So the education I experienced gave a phenomenal boost for the careers of a fewanda good boost to many because of the range of middle-class jobs on offer. This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Detention. [15] Porth County Community School is part of 'Filmclub' along with schools in the Tonypandy and Treorchy areas, and it is implemented through the schools "E3 after-school projects". We had a grand Premiere just like Hollywood in that grand Rhondda auditorium, the Park and Dare, in Treorchy. Porth County Grammar School for Girls Experience Directorate Communication and Engagement Manager dvla Mar 2012 - Present10 years 11 months Education Porth County Grammar School for Girls -. On Sunday, October 8, a group of these 1956 first-formers met for lunch in the Heritage Park Hotel in Trehafod, followed by a trip to the school premises, now part of Porth Community School. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. At that time there were about 400 girls attending the girls-only school - strictly segregated from the boys at their school next door! The curse of every childs life. Connect with Nation.Cymru on Facebook and Twitter. I Will Make Them Play The Whole Concert All Over Again. In fact pay has decreased since then and we pay more for a lot lessfood, fuel, clotheseverything. 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One year, it all got so bad, that he felt he had to intervene just as the Trio were getting into their stride mid-Movement. The whole school was assembled and forced to listen, with no context, to music that instinct said was desperately boring and fuddy-duddy. That magazine is redolent with the things we would like for our children today. Born in Aberdare, south Wales, she was the first child of Graham, a mining engineer, and Joyce (nee Young), a biology teacher. I chose Cymraeg. View the catalogue description for. While in charge of the grammar school, Mr Jones dedicated his life to proving to Rhondda boys that academic success was not impossible, something which the sons of miners had previously dismissed as unattainable. Cilla recalled telling Ringo to "post the [wedding] bands in 48 hours and I'll do it". Her enthusiasm for world cinema and opera were also transmitted to friends of all ages. Im told that when that college researched its own past to mark its 500th anniversary recently, it found that, in all that time, over any ten-year period, no other headmaster had secured more admissions. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Printed Multiview Postcard Trearddur Bay ( Wales ) at the best online prices at eBay! We need more of the kind of degree apprentice routes my own university offers to industry-sponsored young people who may not pass an 11-plusbut who, with the right training and support, can and will become the engineers and industry CEOs of the future. Santos was determined that his school was going places. But Santos was mightily persistent. Cowbridge was the posh place you aspired to - people who lived there worked in Cardiff. So, in 2002, this crazy idea came to me how about making a film where that favourite poem of mine, Y Ffynhonnau got recited by every child who was at Welsh school in the whole Rhondda? Once the first acceptance came, many more followed. Pressure, pressure, pressure from parents to excel, from peers to be normal, from yourself just to be yourself, in spite of them all. And loads of other top-class talents from the Rhondda: the actors Daniel Evans from Cwmparc and Judith Roberts from Ferndale; the wonderful folk singer from Treherbert, Siwsann George; and the legendary Penygraig rock guitarist, Tich Gwilym. But, in practice, something may have been lost in the transition: the ambition to give every child not just schooling, which focuses the mind, but education which broadens it. After leaving she worked in Montreal, Canada for a year before returning and settling back in South Wales. The visit, by kind permission of the head, Steve Bowden, was hosted by Melanie Griffiths. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. The local schools did not encourage the speaking of Welsh and he was forced to learn English. And once I managed to persuade the schools it was a good idea, the thing began to snowball. It sent off those children to careers around the UK and the world. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Contribute to chinapedia/wikipedia.en development by creating an account on GitHub. All information provided to Nation.Cymru will be handled sensitively and within the boundaries of the Data Protection Act 2018. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. There are 2200+ professionals named " Stephen Gray", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and . You need to sign in to tag. I particularly miss the pink custard with the chocolate pudding and the cigaretteon the cross country "run". You need to sign in to tag. He obtained his first BA honours degree in History at Cardiff University, to be followed by two other degrees, a BSc Econ and an M.Ed. Porth County was a girls grammar school that served the whole of the Rhondda valleys from Blaenrhondda to Maerdy. She is survived by her siblings, Myra and me, and by a large extended family of nieces and nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. Shwmae? Sistema constructivo en tierra informes de la construccin vol. Emphasis was given to natural ventilation. The school opened in September 2018 following the closure of Porth County Community School, Porth Infants School, Porth Junior School and Llwyncelyn Infants School. 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We did think of Welsh like that, but it was our language too. The results were predictable. All episodes of the John On The Rhondda podcast are availablehere, John Geraints debut in fiction, The Great Welsh Auntie Novel, is available from all good bookshops, or directly fromCambria Books, You can find the rest of Johns writing on Nation.Cymru by following his link on thismap. Y Goedwig The film made a bit of a splash at the time. Who will be the employers in a globalised world, which increasingly relies on automation of blue-andwhite-collar roles. Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. During lessons, it was a crammer: the masters dictated, and the pupils filled their notebooks with the formulae and theorems that would secure outstanding grades from the WJEC. - and was attended by ex-pupils from all over the country with extra messages and letters to be read out after lunch from those who couldn't attend - including some now living abroad. I mean all the schools in Wales are Welsh. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Curt on. It seems to come from a macho gym culture. It came to a point when rugby and football clashed, and it was always going to be football for me. The family of Owen Vernon Jones, former headmaster of Porth County Grammar School for Boys and later of Porth. The family of Owen Vernon Jones, former headmaster of Porth County Grammar School for Boys and later of Porth County Comprehensive School, paid tribute to a treasure of a man. The school was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of two leading grammar schools, Porth County Girls and Porth County Boys, along with the amalgamation of the Secondary Modern Schools of Llwyncelyn, Trealaw and Ynyshir. When I got to my O level year, the set poem for group recital in the Urdd Eisteddfod turned out to be Y Ffynhonnau. Porth Community School is located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Enter your email address to receive instant notifications of new articles. Jammy that our time happened to be the very time when the Boys began to meet the Girls in class as well outside of school. But there were some places its pupils werent going. Let us know. The compulsion to fit in, the desire to stand out. You can order records in. Chances are, if youre from the Rhondda, and depending on your age, you might have been with us, or your nieces and nephews were, or little Gareth or Sian from down the street, whore all grown up by now. And the Cory Band. Porth County Grammar School badge and report card images by John Geraint The Ranch But, like Santos, Porth was a school with something of a split personality. The grammar school I entered was a tough rugby-playing place too. Mention schooldays and suddenly our minds are flooded with memories. I have not seen any improvement to our way of life in North Wales since the early 70s. This record is stored off site and will take. BREVITIES-11 I cJ LOG RIDE FATAL 1 i MORE , MEN REGAIN JOBS! She said: He always put family first and was happily married to Falmai for sixty-five years. Card schools got going on the back benches. In Porth, we were given the choice of two languages to learn Welsh or French. Porth Community School. We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to all those, from near and far, who attended the funeral and for the overwhelming response we have received.. The sheer torture of the whole deal. 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We don't just want asupply-side education that feeds poor kids into degrees. (not Porth County Girls/Boys as above), In 1961, Vernon Owen Jones became headmaster of 'Porth County Grammar School for Boys'. He was given the affectionate nickname of Santos because of his black, curly hair and moustache. Paula Bailey Butlins Holidays Wales Beach Porthcawl Nostalgic Pictures Hartlepool London History Seaside Resort Worlds Away It was thejobs which were on offer when you left. The family feel truly blessed to have had such a treasure of a man for 90 years and know his influence is a lasting legacy not only on their own lives but also on the lives of so many. Porth County Grammar School for Girls Websites Websites Friends of Sorrento http://www.friendsofsorrento.co.uk Friends of Sardinia http://www.friendsofsardinia.com Company Website. For too long the UK has separated education into a world of class and possibility. For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by the people of Wales. Catalogue description Glamorgan: Porth County Grammar School Ordering and viewing options This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Vernon was also a Justice of the Peace and a member of the Court of University College, Cardiff, and a Governor of the Rhondda College of Further Education. After senior house officer posts at Cardiff and Sully hospitals he joined the Hammersmith Hospital, where he was registrar under Ralph Shackman and Geoff Chisholm. Porth County Community School is a secondary school located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. There was a row of big sliding, folding windows that could fully open on the south side of the building. Who will create the wealth and pay the taxes, and how? A report on Porth Community School November 2019 1 About Porth Community School Porth Community School is an English-medium all-age (3-16) comprehensive school in Porth, Rhondda. I often talk about the Porth County opportunity for socially deprived pupils from working / lower working class homes and what it did for them. On St. Davids Day, the girls would get dressed up in Welsh hats and shawls, the boys might wear a small cloth leek, wed have a short Concert and sing Calon Lan maybe, and then wed dash out of school for our half-day off and that would be that, as far as Welshness was concerned, for the rest of the year. More like this History Projects Local History Steep South Wales Auntie Lineup Parents April Wedding Photography April 1961. The teachers you hated. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The first three forms were housed in a wooden structure put up as a temporary measure during the Second World War. The golf club and the Rotary beckoned you as you smoothly travelled in you new Austin Tourer from your detached house in a pleasant village in the vale of Glamorgan. He was also a mentor for many young people joining the corporation at that time. Alsatian (Alsatian: Elsssisch or Elssserditsch "Alsatian German"; Lorraine Franconian: Elssserdeitsch; French: Alsacien; German: Elsssisch or Elssserdeutsch) is the group of Alemannic German dialects spoken in most of Alsace, a formerly disputed region in eastern France that has passed between French and German control five times since 1681. Read tagging guidelines. He obtained his first BA honours degree in history at Cardiff University (to be followed by two other degrees, a BSc Econ and an MEd), and did his teachers training at 'Porth County Grammar School for Boys'. Many of his Porth County past pupils attended his funeral last week including Dr Kelvin Roberts, head of Pirtek Group of Companies, who gave a eulogy. At the time, so its pupils boasted, with schoolboy exaggeration, there were only three such computers in the whole world in the Kremlin, the Pentagon and Porth County. Now it became an even more rounded, more fully human place to learn. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. When they visited the school, a very emotional experience for most, the 'old girls' commented on the many changes and differences in the premises - but the welcoming, or otherwise, odour of the ChemLab, near the old staff entrance, was still discernible to everyone, although the area is now used for other purposes! But more was gained, for more pupils, across the whole of the Rhondda, by treating everyone as though they had the right to the best that school could offer, by refusing to make anyone think they might be second best for life just because they hadnt excelled in a certain sort of test when they were 11. 15 out of 212 secondary schools in Wales (as of 2014). 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