Barry Comprehensive School

The Hall is packed for Children In Need

Barry Comprehensive School held its annual Children in Need fundraising day on the 20th of November. Pupils and staff jumped at the chance to wear casual clothes and donated ₤1 each to the charity for the privilege.

Mr Swallow is first for the wax	Mr Hillman has both legs waxed at once

Mr Viner wonders what all the fuss is about	Mr Piekielniak grits his teeth

Male teachers and Sixth Formers also volunteered to undergo leg waxing, with the audience of students paying to watch proceedings and shout encouragement to the volunteers.

Fresh Fruit Stall	Enjoying the Children In Need cakes	The Cake Stall

As always there was plenty of food on offer from the healthy fruit stall to the not so healthy but very popular cake stall. More cakes were available in the staffroom as the result of a difficult to judge baking competition.

Guitar Heroon the big screen in the Hall

Some pupils took to the corridors in fancy dress to collect donations whilst other pupils were sponsored to spend the day tied together. The Welsh Baccalaureate students organised and ran a very popular morning of Guitar Hero on the big screen in the Hall, making sure to collect donations from the players

Mr Piekielniak and Mr Kennedy perform	The Humanities Faculty perform

Barry Comprehensive’s answer to X Factor took a break this year to make way our very own Strictly Come Dancing competition. The performances were very entertaining and really had to be seen to be believed.

Mr Ingle and the Street Striker stars	Ms Morgan braves the stocks

Staff V Sixth Form on the astroturf	Mr Rees with the basketball challengers

Teachers braved the stocks during a chilly break time, with sponge wielding pupils out for revenge, Street Soccer was a popular event with giant blue wheelie bins as targets and there were plenty of pupils ready to accept a challenge on the basketball court. A Geography classroom was quickly transformed into the venue for a table-tennis tournament. The staff took on the 6th Form in football at lunchtime, with spectators paying to watch the Sixth Form beat the staff 2 – 1.

The Judges had a difficult job with these tasty entries to the cake competition	Guess the number of sweets in the jar

A big thumbs-up for Children in Need	Ping pong time in Geography

The Languages Dept dress for the occasion	Pupils in fancy dress

Strapped together for the whole day	The Blues Brothers pay a visit

Through the combined efforts of the school council, year councils, Welsh Baccalaureate students and all the pupils and staff, we raised £2,200 and had lots of fun along the way. A big thank you to all the pupils and staff involved for making the day a success

Thanks to Alex, Drew, Kyle and Mrs Hill for the extra photos