Ysgol Uwchradd Tywyn headteacher Helen Lewis welcomed parents and pupils to its prize and praisegiving event.

This year, instead of cash rewards, prizes from local businesses were chosen as the school considers it important to return the support the community gives to them.

The prizes were either Brighter Food Ice Cream vouchers, Magic Lantern cinema tickets or, for pupils with the best GCSEs, commemorative mugs from Genesis as a reminder of their experiences and good times in school.

Sporting achievements were recognised, including the Wales U16s National Hockey Champions team. Other hockey successes included Ela Pugh, who was the only girl in north Wales selected to play for Wales in the EuroHockey 5s U16s team.

Katie Owen competed at the Riding for the disabled national championships in Hartpury and won first place for her individual vaulting; Joint 1st sports day winners were Ashley Mbeva and Archie Sic; Lewis Cooper won the 5x60 Club Award for having the highest record of attendance and participation in the sports club; Sam Kelsey, Iestyn Williams a Jacob Payne, Daniel Rowe were the 5x60 North Wales Shuttle Time Badminton Champions.

Praise and prizes were also given to pupils for excellent attendance, effort and behaviour throughout the year. The pupils reaching top marks were: Joshua Aitken, Warren Doyle, Amelia Gambart, Chenoa Roe, Amar-Roshan Jakhu, Olivia Clewett, Erin Evans, Sean Garrett, Verity Hughes, Heledd Owen, Ruby Parsons, Tili Pugh, Harri Jones, Millie Jones, Emrys Jones-Gregory, Elise Faragher, Lexie Moore, Molly Aitken, Jay Ashford, Ffion Freeman, Stephan Gambart, Carys Ison, Sara Jones, Oliver Maynard, Ela Pugh, Ned Pugh, Enlli Puw, William Richards-White, Daniel Rowe, Catrin Williams, Iestyn Williams, Chloe Crowley, Bedwyr Davies, Alex Goodridge, Morgan Lumley, Joe Dean, Dafydd Jones, Eleanor Jones and Holly Edwards.

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