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St. Cenydd Community School

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  • F1 in Schools Regional Final

    Published 12/02/20
    Well done to the members of the Year 8 STEM Club who recently competed at the F1 in Schools regional final. The club entered three teams who each researched, designed and decorated a model F1 racing car and created a portfolio detailing their project.  At the finals day each team raced th... Read More
  • Holocaust Testimony

    Published 04/02/20
    Year 10 pupils visited Llanchaiach Fawr to hear the personal testimony of Dr Martin Stern, a Holocaust survivor. Dr Martin Stern was five years old when he was taken to a concentration camp, however, was fortunate to return home to the Netherlands when, on 8 May 1945, the Soviet army entered an... Read More
  • Streets Apart!

    Published 03/02/20
    The Art department took a trip to Bristol to examine the difference between graffiti and street art and to see up close and personally how they are created! We learnt that graffiti is about self promotion and the chance to see your name out in the public sphere where as street art is an engagement w... Read More
  • Memories of our Landscape

    Published 30/01/20
    Year 8 in Miss Adams' class have been examining how a landscape painting is understood by its viewer, how we relate and perceive the artists intentions and memories. We started off by examining the work of Welsh artist Gwilym Pritchard and the memories it reminded us of. From here we moved to th... Read More
  • Intergenerational Christmas Afternoon Tea

    Published 20/12/19
    On Tuesday 17 December, the Home Economics department hosted an Intergenerational Afternoon Tea. This was organised in conjunction with local Community Police Officers. Residents from Pleasant Place and Glyn Derw enjoyed a delicious array of sandwiches, quiche, sausage rolls, scones and mince pies... Read More
  • Doctors to be - Past and Present

    Published 18/12/19
    It was lovely to welcome back our former Head Girl, Megan Bone today to the school.  Megan is studying medicine at Cardiff Medical School, and benefitted from the preparation mentoring offered by the university during her A levels.  She is now a mentor and visited the school toda... Read More
  • Autumn Term Attendance Winners

    Published 13/12/19
    Congratulations to the Autumn term attendance winners: Year 7: Summer Odey Year 8: Morgan Stephens Year 9: Ellie Hayes Year 10: Oliver Parfitt Year 11: Brad Williams KS3 Winner: Bethan Arnold KS4 Winner: Zak Bickham Family prize: Tia Jones Read More
  • Year 11 Autumn Headteacher's Awards

    Published 13/12/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 11 autumn headteacher's awards: Art Excellence –  Mei Ling CHOI Endeavour –  Kian ROBERTS Computer Science Excellence –  Alec ROBINSON Endeavour –  Stephen WARD D&T Excellence... Read More
  • Year 10 Autumn Headteacher's Awards

    Published 13/12/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 10 autumn headteacher's awards: Art Excellence –  Mali WARE Endeavour –  Millie PARTRIDGE Computer Science Excellence –  Connor BATEMAN Endeavour –  Caitlin LEGG D&T Excellence... Read More
  • Year 9 Autumn Headteacher's Awards

    Published 13/12/19
    Congratulations to the winners of the Year 9 autumn headteacher's awards: Art Excellence –  Sophie YATES Endeavour –  Saskia WILLIAMS D&T Excellence –  Harry CLARKE Endeavour –  Sophie HARRIS English Excellence... Read More
  • Chinese Cooking Workshop

    Published 13/12/19
    On Thursday 28th November, we welcomed 2 Representatives from FUN Healthy Chinese Cuisine Ambassadors, Milline and Charlotte. They spent a very busy day with us, running 3 workshops for pupils in Years 8, 9 and 10. First we had a presentation about Chinese cuisine, we learned a little about the Geog... Read More
  • Under 16 Maths Pop Quiz

    Published 11/12/19
    A group of year 10 and 11 pupils attended the University of South Wales to compete in the Under 16 Maths Pop Quiz.  The quiz was held in the Students Union building with plenty of refreshments provided to keep the students going while the problems became more and more challenging!  The qui... Read More