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  • Maths Rock Stars

    Published 15/07/19
    The Times Tables Rock Stars event returned with a bang this year. A roaring rock star applause to the contestants who took part in the St Cenydd Times Tables Rock Stars Battle of the Bands 2019.  Year 6 pupils from Cwm Ifor joined us here at St Cenydd to battle it out against Cwm Aber. Here... Read More

  • Ceramic Printing at Cardiff Metropolitan University

    Published 11/07/19
    A group of Year 8 pupils were lucky to be invited to experience the first 3D ceramic printer in Wales this week! We had the opportunity to understand 3D printing has developed and is now used to create housing for places that have suffered natural disasters, to witness how design, creativity and tec... Read More

  • Year 7 STEM Club

    Published 11/07/19
    Year 7 STEM Club receiving their CREST awards for successfully completing the 'Can you survive a zombie apocalypse?' challenge. They all survived through a combination of science, technology, engineering and mathematics focused tasks that pupils found very engaging and interesting! Read More

  • Prom 2019

    Published 11/07/19
    Another very successful and thoroughly enjoyable Prom!  We were delighted to visit The Vale Hotel and Spa for this prestigious event.  Students and staff enjoyed a lovely evening, full of fun and good spirit, to mark the end of Year 11.  It was a delight to spend time together mark... Read More

  • Bronze iDea Award Winner

    Published 08/07/19
    Since Easter a group of 20 pupils have been working towards achieving the Bronze iDea Award during registration sessions, this award a new and innovative programme designed to help young people develop digital enterprise skills. Through a series of online challenges pupils earn badges which contribu... Read More

  • Think Project

    Published 05/07/19
    This week, St Cenydd welcomed Nicky Nijjer from the Ethnic Minorities Youth Support Team (EYST). After an engaging assembly, Nicky met with a number of pupils to complete the 'Think Project', an innovative educational programme which effectively tackles and challenges prejudice and discrimin... Read More

  • Inspiration in a lorry!

    Published 05/07/19
    This week, Key Stage 3 students had the opportunity to visit the 'GSUS Live' trailer.  GSUS Live is a mobile education unit which is a multi-media classroom in a lorry trailer. It tells the story of three teenagers facing real-life issues in their lives, and how they get inspi... Read More

  • Collaborating with Texas A&M University

    Published 04/07/19
    On Friday 4th June, 4 A Level Maths students had the opportunity to work on a STEM project in collaboration with a group of students from Texas A&M University. During the day our pupils worked on a variety of different projects ranging from testing Water quality to investigating the defence syst... Read More

  • Horse Riding Success

    Published 03/07/19
    Congratulations to Morgan Carr in Year 7 who recently came first place in a Welsh horse riding competition at Pencoed College, Bridgend. “I had to ride over obstacles, complete weaving challenges and show that I can stop and start.” Well done Morgan and good luck with your next competiti... Read More

  • What a slice!

    Published 03/07/19
    What better way to introduce ourselves than by designing ourselves as a Jon Burgerman inspired pizza slice! Our transitional lesson examined the doodle work of British born global artist Jon Burgerman who has recently worked for Apple and Pepsi. He takes inspiration for his characters from his own e... Read More

  • Shoes glorious shoes!

    Published 01/07/19
    This week year 7, 8 and 9 have been revising for and completing their end of year Art exam. The task set was to complete a tonal observational drawing of a shoe of their choice using only HB, 2B and 4B pencils. Pupils rose to the challenge and have produced some exquisite final outcomes which demons... Read More

  • Year 6 Gamemaker Workshop

    Published 01/07/19
    As part of the transition offer to our Primary Cluster, Year 6 pupils from Cwm Ifor spent the morning in one of our specialist ICT suites designing, coding and testing their own video games. The workshop was thoroughly enjoyed by all pupils and they were a credit to Cwm Ifor.   “I... Read More

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