Ffynone’s Business Manager, Mrs Laura Howden-Evans, has launched the ‘Walk in my Shoes’ initiative to give our pupils an exciting platform to celebrate diversity. Here she explains to us why she is so passionate about the subject and how our …
Hugely exciting times are upon us here at Ffynone House! Today, we welcomed a new, globally influential figure into our Ffynone family…remotely! Dr Ronnie Lowenstein is based in the USA and runs the organisation NetGeneration Youth. Her vision is to …
A level visit to Swansea University Medical School Recently, our Year 12 Biology students exchanged their classroom for the university’s labs and lecture theatres. On their return they shared their experience with great enthusiasm: The medical school day was extremely insightful, …
Year 9, Matthew, is just fourteen, yet he has already experienced two flights with his Air Cadets squadron. We got him to take a little time out from the clouds to tell us about his exciting first year as a …
Year 13 students, Alia and Huda, have spearheaded the introduction of a new pupil-led pastoral system at Ffynone. They have worked with Head of PSHE, Mrs Walsh, to select a team of advisers who will form our first STEP advisory …
Ffynone House School sixth-former, Jasmine (far right), has had a truly inspiring summer. After studying a British curriculum with us for just two years, she took her GCSE exams a year early and achieved an impressive crop of Grade 7s, …
Ffynone House School is the first school in Wales and only the second in the UK to receive training by The Missing Maps project. Our ‘Missing Maps Mentor’, Alisha Hemani (pictured above with brother Mohammed and sister Malika), explains what …
Year 12 were lucky enough to work with representatives from The British Army as part of their induction programme last week. The team visited the school to deliver a challenging and inspiring day of problem-solving and team building. We asked …
Ffynone House Sixth former, Gurshaan Sethi, certainly didn’t spend his eight week summer break relaxing by the pool with a book! No, he crammed every day full to the brim with debate, study and skills acquisition. Here he tells us …
Ffynone House School marked Anti-bullying Week with a varied programme of awareness raising activities. Students in all year groups had extended PSHE sessions to discuss the issue and the English and ICT departments completed work to underpin the campaign’s messages. …