Congratulations to our High Achievers!
The PBCC have always believed that hard work brings success at school and in postgraduate studies, so we wanted to take the opportunity to recognise the outstanding results of some of our students in recent months.
Focus Schools (the trust set up to run the schools that PBCC students attend) has had a long history of excellent results and above average reports from the Schools Inspection Service, and this is reflected in the attitude of the students to learning. Below is an extract from some inspiring comments made by one of the students, Rohanna Birch, who achieved 10 A*’s and 2 A’s in her GCSE’s.
‘I think the key to success and achieving good grades is based on an individual desire together with an atmosphere of wanting to learn and do your best possible. This is actively promoted by our teachers, trustees, parents and peers.
In year 9, our maths teacher gave us all a target and a dream target – this inspired me to do the same for the rest of my subjects. I set out to achieve my dream target in everything I was studying. It meant hard work, getting up early in the morning, committing myself to work before school, at school and after school. And with the help and support of all those around me, particularly the teachers, it meant I was able to reach my personal goal of getting all A grades or above, completing my GCSE’s with 10 A*s and 2 A’s.
Above all, I think as students, we need to be willing to study hard, not only in lessons, but also at home to give ourselves the best possible chance to succeed in our school career. Remember… we only have ONE chance to learn all we can at school – make the most of it! If it’s the only thing you do during your school life, stretch yourself to become a high achiever. Although it may seem difficult at the time, it will be well worthwhile in the future…’
Other high achievers in GCSE’s this year were;
Constance Harris – 10 A* grades.
Hayley Smith – 6A* grades, 5 A’s and 1B.
Kylie Deayton – 4A*’s and 5 A’s.
Josiah Fleet – 6A*’s and 4 A’s.
Nathan Bricknell – 6A*’s and 4 A’s,
Scott O’Prey – 4A*s, 4 A’s and 2 B’s.
This is fantastic and may you all continue on to excel in your A-levels!
Students then go on to complete years 12 and 13 culminating in A-levels and this year there have been some incredible results:
Victoria Atmore – 5A* grades, 1A and 1B
Daniel Hughes – 1A* and 4A’s plus a distinction in Grade 8 on the saxophone!
Murray Gates – 1A* and 4A’s and a B.
Rory Carron – 2A’s and 2B’s.
One student decided to take A-level maths early (Clayton Southall – year 10) and got an A!
We’d like to give the above a hearty round of applause – you’re an inspiration to those still at school to follow your example, and to many of us in middle age who wish we’d tried harder!
And when the students finish school – this is not the end of their learning. They are encouraged to take up Postgraduate Studies so that they can earn while they learn, and go on to gain degree equivalent qualifications. One such example is Tina Joynt from Ireland, who came seventh in the world and first in the country at a professional level Accountancy examination! Congratulations Tina – we wish you all the best in your ongoing studies!
We encourage all viewers of this article to blog in your congratulations to these students – they deserve every one!
We would like to thank everyone for their blogs. We want to make it very clear that though these individuals have done incredibly well, this is, as others have said not only about grades. There are many pupils in our schools around the world who have worked extremely hard and excelled to prove they can learn how to learn and do the very best they can.
We have only named persons on this blog to show how through that sheer dedication we can achieve outstanding results. We can say that if you are looking at this, and have put your all into your work but not achieved this level of grade, do not be discouraged, you are still a high achiever. Being an achiever is about being able to set yourself to achieve something and hitting your goal, being a finisher!
Everyone is very aware that we all have different abilities as someone has referred to, these are God given, but to achieve any grade beyond what you thought was possible, is an excellent achievement. So for all of you who have done this, but haven’t been mentioned on this blog, we would like to say WELL DONE!! your work ethic and achievements will NOT have gone unnoticed.
Congratilations Scott I always knew you could do it- it must have been all you hard work and dedication
Well done Everyone! But what about the others that put the effort but aren’t recognised becuase they didn’t hit the A’s and B’s?!
Yes, Anon, that’s exactly what I’m thinking – there are 100’s of others who would have worked at least as hard as the few names mentioned, and I’d like to congratulate them ALL… Don’t be discouraged just because your name isn’t mentioned, it really doesn’t mean a great deal. If you’ve done your best, that’s what counts – keep doing your best throughout life and you’ll ALL be WINNERS!!
certainly no regrets here!
I rekon high achievement is the order of the day and speaking for myself wish I had put more effort in
well done 😉
Go for it!! Good to see a bunch of kids getting such high marks. Special mention to Rory- i know he worked his guts out on these grades.
yup, that’s confirmed….well done rory!!! ejoy going up onstage (yet again!) it’s becoming quite a habit of urs…
Well done everyone – it’s good to people achieveing
Well done to Vicky Atmore and Kylie Deayton they have achieved highly against all odds the school merge….. etc…. etc… WELL DONE! Well Done to Vicky’s Mum too for the years of support she has shown to her children’s education.
Big Well Done to all those students for the excellent results…… as a member of a Focus School I agree that the level of teaching is top quality and hopefully I will get good results at the end!! only with the extra bit of stretching that is expected from us!!!
Fantastic All! Hayley you’re a star! and Dan, absolutely great! Must have been my influence at school 🙂
Tina – you are a wonderstar that twinkles in the skies of Dublin!
Many congratulations – an example of total dedication continued after school years (by the way, it’s Warrenpoint actually).
Wow!!!!!!!!! What amazing results! I know a lot of you those high achievers personally and I can vouch for it – they deserve the grades they got after working so hard! Congratulations!
Well done, fruit of an amazing amount of effort and dedication!! All the best for your continuing journey – you’ve learnt to ACHIEVE and will reach whatever you set for yourself.
I agree that these students have put in a great effort to achieve these grades. Well done. It’s well worth the effort at the end of the course, as I’ve found for myself, but I still don’t think I could have got through my GCSE’s and got the results I did without the support I got from my teachers and others too.
My experience with Focus school has been great, and I think that everyone in my class, if not in my school would agree.
WOW!
something for us all to aim for I’d say…let’s do this!
as the navy seals say – “It pays to be a winner”. Well done keep up the persistance – best of luck
Congrets, Tina! Didn’t know you were doing so well! Good on you! I think it’s time you come to Siegen again 🙂
Well Done Students & a massive well done to Tina.
Just proves what ‘stretching’ yourselves can achieve. What an inspiration for the younger students to follow. Keep going Students
A HUGE GREAT WHOPPING GINORMOUS BIG WELL DONE TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE!! That means not only those mentioned on this blog but everyone from around the country (and world) who tried their very best in their exams. I’ve got most of my GCSEs coming up in May/June. I’m going to put my best in, and I hope everyone else does too!! But don’t only put your best in for important exams like GCSEs and A-levels, put it into everything that you do, whether it be the housework or a little job you’ve been asked to do. You really will feel an achiever then. The sky’s the limit!!
Well Done Nathan B!!! Excellent Show!!! Go for it all you High Achievers!!!!
Well done Tina! Knew you could do it! Congratulations to all high achievers!
excellent! some awesome results there!