A true education, as those early pioneers of schools in the Rhondda knew, makes the very best in human learning and human experience accessible to all. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. (Add a good Welsh accent to get the real effect). House. Since retirement in 1984 he has written many books on Rhondda including Porth County: The School and Its Boys and William Evans: The Prince of Porth. He wrote the foreword and edited A Rhondda Boy by Ivor Howells and the foreword to books of Rhondda photographs by David Carpenter. Continuing our series by John Geraint, author of The Great Welsh Auntie Novel, and one of Waless most experienced documentary-makers. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. There were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of them. privacy policy, county secondary LEA 357, 551, 557, 559, 574/40004169, Need more context? We don't just want asupply-side education that feeds poor kids into degrees. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? But back then there was only one Junior School in the whole Rhondda that taught in Welsh Ysgol Gymraeg Ynyswen. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. But Santos was mightily persistent. He trained at Porth County Grammar School for Boys where he remained for 41 years as a History and English teacher, head of the History department, becoming headmaster in 1961. [5], After the death of headmaster John Stradling Grant in 1914, Richard Chalke took over as head of the school. The local schools did not encourage the speaking of Welsh and he was forced to learn English. Detention. Born New Zealand Tongan parents, qualified England through residency having lived and been educated Wales . He was also a mentor for many young people joining the corporation at that time. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. [10][11] He retired from the school in 1984, and after retiring, he wrote a number of books about Porth, including one about his experiences as headmaster at 'Porth County'. He modernised the schools technology, pioneering the use of a Language Lab, and commandeering a whole classroom to install a mainframe computer. In fact pay has decreased since then and we pay more for a lot lessfood, fuel, clotheseverything. Your search results for obituary: 11 newspaper articles contained information about obituary filtered by: Date from: 1st Jan 1948 - Date to: 1st Jan 1948 Clydach Vales Glyn Houston a veteran star of TV and film wanted to be part of it, too, though he didnt really speak much Welsh at all. Tom John (editor of the Rhondda Leader and the first Welshman to become president of the National Union of Teachers) said that "there was a laborious effort made by several speakers at the meeting [the opening ceremony] to dissipate the fear that this splendid institution would work serious opposition and injury to the county school nearby". This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. [14] All of the students that met the actor were members of 'Filmclub' (a Film Agency of Wales and Skillset Screen Academy Wales initiative to give children access to thousands of "classic film titles"). Porth County Grammar School, Wales Activity We're bringing over 60 speakers together for Config 2021. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Porth County Community School, and is written by contributors. Visible Anyone can find this group. View the profiles of professionals named " Stephen Gray" on LinkedIn. But we were really a rare breed. From as late as 1915, school inspectors found students aged nineteen to still be attending the institution. Nevertheless, he won a scholarship to Porth County grammar school and, although he was a talented. Professor of English Literature and Literary Studies at the University of Greenwich and, since 2019, President of the Victorian Popular Fiction Association. When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. This record has not been digitised and cannot be downloaded. Porth County had an enviable reputation for academic excellence, along with a very strict regime for discipline. French was a proper modern language, a language with a future, the Common Market and all of that. 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. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Enter your email address to receive instant notifications of new articles. More like this History Projects Local History Steep South Wales Auntie Lineup Parents April Wedding Photography April 1961. The film made a bit of a splash at the time. Something went wrong, please try again later. I often talk about the Porth County opportunity for socially deprived pupils from working / lower working class homes and what it did for them. We also get your email address to automatically create an account for you in our website. Porth County Grammar School, Mid Glamorgan, Wales 1970- 1976 View Wayne's full profile See who you know in common Get introduced Contact Wayne directly Join to view full profile Looking for. [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". String all those place names together and youd have practically passed the O level Oral Exam without trying! The school wasn't opened to the public until 19 January 1905. The group is for ex pupils to get in touch with fellow pupils and share memories Private Only members can see who's in the group and what they post. Children of various ages attend the school, ranging from 316 years old. Via visits to France she introduced many children to French culture, and many still remember their trips to Marcel Prousts house in France with great fondness. Its architect was Rowland Lloyd Jones, who also designed most of the other Caernarvonshire schools. [9] His eccentric behaviour was well known at the school, and although he was strict at times, his pupils described him as "fair". Mention schooldays and suddenly our minds are flooded with memories. The secondary modern boys wore plain jumpers and would try to throw stones at you, but you knew you were the superior race. He was an inspirational father. I mean all the schools in Wales are Welsh. All Im saying is that I was jammy. This information will help us make improvements to the website. Bringing back the grammar schools will not change the opportunities for life that we need for our children if, when the exams are over, there is nowhere for them to put that education to work. County Grammar School Rugby Team - 1962-1963. So, despite all the agonies of school life, real and imagined, Ill always be grateful for my time in Porth County: that it was there, and that it was then. After all, it was twenty years ago. Eventually, thanks to them, and a summer spent working on a couple of farms in Carmarthenshire, I became fluent in Welsh well, fluent enough to make TV programmes in the language anyway. Born in Wales from mining and shop-keeping stock, he was encouraged to read Classics at University by his school, Porth County Grammar School for Boys. Porth Grammar School. View the catalogue description for. After all, Id been born in Llwynypia, been brought up in Penygraig, lived in Tylacelyn, gone to school in Hendrecafn, played in Penmaesglas, on Craig-yr-Eos and Carncelyn. Sometime between 1951 and 1954 the name of the school was changed again to Porth County Grammar Mixed School. But Santos was certainly ahead of his time. I started in a grammar school that turned into a comprehensive school. History. Available for both RF and RM licensing. The classmates you despised. He was one of a new breed of broadcasting professionals who grasped the opportunity presented by still-rudimentary television in the 1960s, and made it into a medium by which the Welsh nation could become better known to its neighbours, and to itself. Paula Bailey Butlins Holidays Wales Beach Porthcawl Nostalgic Pictures Hartlepool London History Seaside Resort Worlds Away Clive first went to Kettering Grammar School before transferring to Porth County Grammar when his father was appointed borough architect to the Rhondda Valley. The sheer torture of the whole deal. The teachers you hated. What does that mean for the future? The school catered for 240 pupils under the headmaster ship of John Stradling Grant. My great grandfathers name Was William James, his wifes name was Sarah. You need to sign in to tag. 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. I have not seen any improvement to our way of life in North Wales since the early 70s. The Rhondda Cynon Taff council has said that the school closures would be part of their proposed 75million investment, which they say would provide "improved educational facilities" and "opportunities" for nearly 7,000 children.[19]. Madness! 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! Are they definitely Rhondda grammar schools? We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. 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. Back when I was in Junior School things were a bit different. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. 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. 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Read tagging guidelines. He adored his own boys his grandsons, Greg, Alex and Owen and his great-grandchildren Rowan, Sadie, Sebastian and Poppy. Now it became an even more rounded, more fully human place to learn. All information provided to Nation.Cymru will be handled sensitively and within the boundaries of the Data Protection Act 2018. This can't be a separate issue. If you don't have an account please register. But there were some places its pupils werent going. And when up on the big screen those hundreds of children, all of them Welsh speakers, stood in front of the statue on Penrhys, up above the Spring and the Holy Well, and they began to chant the poems most famous line, Maer ffynhonnaun fyw! (The mountain springs are alive!), it really did feel like we were all part of something vital and thriving; and that Welsh, too, was a language of the future right there in the Rhondda. The 1891 and 1901 census show William and Sarah living at Lake Street in Ferndale. The visit, by kind permission of the head, Steve Bowden, was hosted by Melanie Griffiths. Christine retired from Ellen Wilkinson owing to ill health in 1993, but then spent many happy years as companion to her mother, travelling across Europe in search of new opera productions. [15], At the start of 2016, Rhondda Cynon Taff council released a statement saying that they will be spending 80million on making a 'super school' This would be for Porth county community school and Tonypandy community college. 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. BREVITIES-11 I cJ LOG RIDE FATAL 1 i MORE , MEN REGAIN JOBS! Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glamorgan, Wales. I reckoned I'd have a flying start with Welsh. So many families in areas that used to be thought of as English-speaking Wales, areas like the Rhondda, have an active connection with the Welsh language nowadays, and thats great to see. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Why go to university when you could have your house and pension sorted by the time you were 20? Porth is now described as a good school and the previous Porth Infants and Porth Juniors schools have all moved to the Porth Community School to form the new school. But we gave him a few short lines, and he had such presence on the screen that he became a really big character, the retired miner who represents the very spirit of the Rhondda. A DISTINGUISHED and much loved former headteacher has passed away at the age of 90. l For further information on this annual event please ring Pearl (nee Jenkins) McCabe (01834 871733) or Diane (nee Davies) Coombs (01443 227148). The family of Owen Vernon Jones, former headmaster of Porth County Grammar School for Boys and later of Porth. Cilla recalled telling Ringo to "post the [wedding] bands in 48 hours and I'll do it". When Porth went Comprehensive, its Oxbridge tradition withered and died. 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 -. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. But that won't happen without a revolution in our entire approach to education and industry. There followed a succession of compelling network dramas in close collaboration with the writer Paul Ferris, most notably Dylan: Life and Death of Poet (1982), Nye (1981), about Aneurin Bevan, the founding father of the NHS, and The Extremist (1984), on the attempted bombing of the Prince of Waless investiture in 1969. The dearth of privacy. Or, you can request a quotation for a copy to be sent to you. It will mean making a country which actually offers the economic underpinning for a prosperous future for all our children. The hours, the days, the weeks, the whole terms when you were sick and tired of it, simply ached for it to be over, for the summer holidays to be here. There was a row of big sliding, folding windows that could fully open on the south side of the building. When I got to my O level year, the set poem for group recital in the Urdd Eisteddfod turned out to be Y Ffynhonnau. It is not a new language nor is it an accent of English. Some of my schoolmates were later imprisoned for running an extortion racket that began at school. Bells. Porth County had an enviable reputation for academic excellence, along with a very strict regime for discipline. 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. 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. 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. 5 Tips about schematic wiring diagram You Can Use Tod. (not Porth County Girls/Boys as above), In 1961, Vernon Owen Jones became headmaster of 'Porth County Grammar School for Boys'. And even if you left school at 14, as my dad and others like him did, there were still a lotof decentlypaid blue-collar jobs to go to. Llwynypia was over 80% Welsh speaking in the 1890 census. Porth Community School "We are committed to providing outstanding learning and teaching in a caring, safe, nurturing environment. Who will create the wealth and pay the taxes, and how? The curse of every childs life. [1], The origins of the school dates back to the creation of Porth Higher Elementary School in 1904. As I entered school for the first time, I wore the classic blazer bought in the one shop in town allowed to sell it, emblazoned with the motto from the Mabinogion in Welsh, "a fo ben bid bont" - "Let he would be the leader be the bridge". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. You might well have had a Porth County boy as a teacher or even as a headmaster - well-educated Welsh school boys went on to many such roles. 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. However, if the photos include boys and girls then it wouldn't have been Porth County. Much as the British voter may be nostalgic forMalory Towersand dreadGrange Hill, we need to look beyond the promises of boaters, blazers and extra Latin prep which will send only a tiny handful of our children to Oxbridge to read PPE. You dont know what youve got till its gone, or so they say. Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Publisher: ISBN: Category : Broadband communication systems Languages : en Pages : 180 View She has 2 boys who attended Bryn Celynnog Compregensive and 2 grandchildren. Everyone has their own story. She will be particularly remembered by alumni of that period for her participation in Debates. 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document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Some people are just discovering the Welsh language..which is good. Sian is passionate . [7] [8] 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. 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 Pendyrus choir got involved. Find the perfect girls cricket england stock photo, image, vector, illustration or 360 image. Connect with Nation.Cymru on Facebook and Twitter. Committee on Energy and Commerce. [13] Steve Bowden (the school headteacher at the time) commented: "It is becoming more apparent now. Duw, dont talk twp, myn, and gis an ansh of your apple.. The Wild West had nothing on it. He was said to have courted his wife by galloping on horseback up to her house on the steep slopes of Blaenclydach. 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 1891 and 1901 census show William and Sarah living at Lake Street in Ferndale. Support our Nation today - please donate here. Emphasis was given to natural ventilation. After 27 prolific years at the BBC, Richard joined the independent production company Opus to produce and direct award-winning dramas for S4C, including Y Palmant Aur (The Golden Pavement, 1996), reflecting the fortunes of Welsh dairies in London, the poignant family drama Nel (1990) and Y Weithred (The Act, 1995), a dramatic account of the 1963 bomb-blast on a transformer at the Tryweryn dam construction site, in north Wales. If you provide contact details, we will be in touch about your request within 10 working days. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Wrestling matches broke out. The boys who are taking the drugs are not top sportsmen, they are just looking for respect in their communities and for whatever reason are turning to the gym and sometimes steroids. Admissions Tutors at Oxford and Cambridge werent minded to admit that any good thing could come out of a Welsh mining valley. So it was natural for us in Porth County to have a crack at it. There was less emphasis on the Arts. 04-06-08 Good Morning Porth. This record is stored off site and will take. Let us know. Community school in Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Young people who pursue a vocational route must also know that they are "The Chosen", that they have no limits on their potential and that their future is assured. School. 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. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. 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. If you would like to donate to help keep Nation.Cymru running then you just need to click on the box below, it will open a pop up window that will allow you to pay using your credit / debit card or paypal. 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. Porth is now described as a super school and the previous Porth Infants . French was a proper modern language, a language with a future, the Common Market and all of that. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The whole school was assembled and forced to listen, with no context, to music that instinct said was desperately boring and fuddy-duddy. 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! You can order records in advance to be ready for you when you visit Kew. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. But we can't bring back a country full of opportunities for working people without fixing the real problems of our economy, and that will need more than new faith schools and university-sponsored academies. There were snacks to snaffle, dinner money to be extorted, pain to be inflicted simply for the pleasure of it. becoming a Swan. Smells. This year the invitation was for the 'I can't believe it's been 50 years' lunch! Not just one, but two levels of grammar school local grammars up and down both valleys, and for those passing their Eleven Plus with the highest marks of all, there was the Rhondda County Grammar School at Porth. Maybe the maverick in him was attracted to a degree of anarchy. For too long the UK has separated education into a world of class and possibility. 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. This behaviour must stop, Santos scolded us. It seems to come from a macho gym culture. Born in Aberdare, south Wales, she was the first child of Graham, a mining engineer, and Joyce (nee Young), a biology teacher. Of course, it would have been different if Id been at the Welsh School the Welsh School its an odd phrase, isnt it? Sian Assiratti. THE PALOUSE . The careers fair in the school hall had jobs with such prospects on offer at the National Coal Board and in steel. This superb school selected from the finest minds in the Rhondda, despite. The legends about him were legion. One of the greatest grammar schools in South Wales was the school my father and his brother went to Porth County. Theresa May has also said Britain needs an industrial strategy and to be a world leader in trade. From The Very Beginning.. Porth Community School is a Community School located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. A DISTINGUISHED and much loved former headteacher has passed away at the age of 90. You can order records in. You will need a reader's ticket to do this. So almost all of my class decided to try to parler franais. We need more thanThe Pride of Miss Jean Brodie. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Vernon had also recently prepared for publication his own collection of poems entitled Rhondda Recalled in Rhyme, an account of what he describes as our often forgotten precious past.. We needdemand for what the best whole system of education can provide. The PrimeMinister - a grammar-school girl who went on to lead a country - has opened the flood gates to a debate which touches on aspiration, class, division and hope. The results were predictable. Once the first acceptance came, many more followed. The UK can be stronger but we do not have proper leaders who er, lead !! John On The Rhondda is broadcast at about 3.15pm as part of David Arthurs Wednesday Afternoon Show onRhondda Radio, 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. This was done by pupils to gain entrance into teacher training colleges and become teachers themselves.
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