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St. Cenydd Community School

St. Cenydd Community School

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  • From Muggles to Wizards!

    Published 06/11/19
    The art department ventured to the Warner Brothers Studio, London to delve in to the secrets of the Harry Potter film series. We  attended a workshop that gave pupils  the opportunity to examine film sequences, with the intention of developing their understanding of how a Director communic... Read More
  • Sign Language Class

    Published 06/11/19
    We are happy to tell you that a group of over 30 pupils (Yrs 7 - 11) have signed up for the BSL Level 1 course. They each will have a copy of the course and meet every Tuesday at 1:20 in G2. Funds raised so far cover the cost of the course but further fund raising will be needed for the examination... Read More
  • Year 9 Screen Printing workshop

    Published 17/10/19
    A selection of Year 9 pupils were invited to Cardiff School of Art and Design to experiment with textile screen printing methods and its application in our everyday lives. First pupils designed and cut their screen stencils before attaching them to the large industrial printing screens. Each pu... Read More
  • Well done Lewys!

    Published 15/10/19
    Lewys played for Rhymney Valley Bowling Association U18 competition and he won!  Lewys then went on to win a Bronze Medal competing for Wales in an Under 18's competion in Scotland.  We are so proud of him and wish him every success in his next competition.  Well done L... Read More
  • Senghenydd Memorial

    Published 14/10/19
    The school were once again honoured to play a part in the Senghenydd Memorial Service held each year on the anniversary of Britain's worst mining disaster.  Members of the Pupil Senedd, along with Miss Collins and Mr Barrow, joined other schools, community leaders and members of the communi... Read More
  • World Mental Health Day

    Published 10/10/19
    St Cenydd pupils and staff wore yellow today, to raise awareness for World Mental Health Day. Yellow ribbons were sold, for a small donation and the Home Economics department arranged a bake sale. Thanks to the generosity of pupils and staff, almost £400 was raised for Young  Minds... Read More
  • Shakespeare Schools Festival 2019

    Published 09/10/19
    In preparation for this year’s Shakespeare School Festival, our cast and crew visited the theatre in Newport for a workshop with the festival directors. They learnt about voice projection, stage presence and storytelling. There are now only 6 weeks left until the big performance. If you wou... Read More
  • Art & Home Economics in London

    Published 09/10/19
    We left for London with a spring in our tails and a hunger in our bellies that only an art exhibition and a doughnut stall of Borough Market could cure! The GCSE Art and Home Economics department collaborated on a visit to London to examine how innovative individuals, communities and organisation... Read More
  • Pupil Senedd 2019-2020

    Published 06/10/19
    We are delighted to announce the members of the Pupil Senedd 2019-2020.  Following a competitive application and interview process, the new members of the Senedd were announced in a whole school assembly on 4 October 2019.  The St. Cenydd School Senedd is an assembly of appoin... Read More
  • MAT Army Visit

    Published 18/09/19
    On Wednesday September 18th, a selection of Key Stage 3 pupils participated in an Army event aimed at improving pupils’ communication and collaboration skills.  All pupils were ready for the challenge and played an active role in solving the two problems that were placed before them... 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
  • Artist Praise!

    Published 06/06/19
    GCSE Art pupils have been working hard to develop their understanding of  the formal elements and principles of art, and how different mediums can achieve different outcomes. Currently they have been exploring the technical capabilities and manipulations of oil pastels and focussing on the them... Read More