Year 11 students, parents, family, guests, Headteacher Mr. Chris Noble, school governors, form tutors and year head Mr. John Rees joined with Ms Bailey (head of work related education) last Thursday to acknowledge the achievements of Year 11 students on what was the last day of their compulsory education.

Mr. Noble welcomed the very large audience at the De Valence Pavilion and thanked them for their support over the five years of their child's education at Greenhill School, Tenby.

Mr. Rees, who had been their head of year since they entered Year 8, spoke of the many qualities and achievements the year group had made, not just academically, but also achievements in sport and music. They had made a significant contribution to the school and he wished them well in their future plans and forthcoming examinations.

Introduced by their form tutor, each form group moved across the stage to collect their Record of Achievement from the guest speaker, Ceris Hewlings, a former student at Greenhill and now senior reporter for the Tenby Observer.

The audience were also entertained by White Riot, the band members being Andrew Birch, Jon Gunnars and Tom Wood - they certainly woke everyone up. Also three Year 11 girls, Rebecca Bevans, Bethan Tebbutt and Penny Young, gave a wonderful performance of modern dance. The above mentioned students volunteered to entertain on ROA afternoon, organised their own items and arranged music for each other. Thank you to them all.

Ms Bailey explained about the Record of Achievement, which is the work of each student and although the covers were exactly the same, each one would be different on the inside, showing a range of topics undertaken by the students, from work experience in Year 10, to personal statements, courses studied and action plans and even a curriculum vitae. She wished them well in their future endeavours and hoped that they would continue to achieve.

The guest speaker, Ceris Hewlings, spoke of the connections between the Tenby Observer and Greenhill School, links with pupils and The Greenhill News item in the 'paper each week. It was National Local Newspaper Week and she spoke of the colourful and interesting history of the Observer since its foundation in 1853.

Mr. Rees thanked Ceris for presenting the awards and the afternoon ended with an excellent buffet provided by the De Valence Café.