Pontville School dedicates a great deal of the curriculum to developing pupil selfawareness. The school has programmes in operation for self-awareness alongside anger management and counselling services. In addition to this the school also helps the young people develop a greater awareness of each other and their wider society. In this, Pontville’s Centenary Year, projects have been completed near and far to help others.

These have included supplying local hospices and homes for the elderly with flower boxes twice a year and an international project whereby the school raises funds to support a ‘sister’ school in Cambodia. Various fundraising events linked to activities in school have helped us raise funds for the Village School in the Ackdong region of Cambodia, which have been used to build a new roof for the school, supply fully equipped school bags for pupils and provide bikes for the pupils to get to school. Lakeside Run for Cancer Research Helping others near and far Pontville School.

Iain Sim, Head Teacher at Pontville commented: “This work is very important in helping others but in also developing the awareness of young people with communication skills for whom empathy is a difficult concept. This wider curriculum is essential in helping our young people develop strategies to help them in the wider world.”