Summer 2015

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Penweddig Eisteddfod Results 2015The Annual Eisteddfod was held at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 13 February. All of the day’s photographs are available on the website.

The winning house HYWEL

The winning house for homework LLYWELYN

The winning house for stage work HYWEL

Individual Medal Winners

Lledrith Llew Award Anest Eirug, Llywelyn

Welsh Language Tom Kendall, Llywelyn Immersion Award

Musician’s Medal Gwern Penri, Hywel

English Medal Cara Evans, Hywel

Trystan Maelgwyn Erin Gruffydd, Llywelyn Memorial Award

Non Taylor Memorial Award for the Best Dafydd Siôn, Bleddyn Instrumenatlist

Best Singer Rhodri Davies, Llywelyn

Best Speaker Alwen Morris, Bleddyn

Best Dancer Manon Izri, Llywelyn

Best Performer Emily Jones, Hywel

Best Conductor Mared Pugh-Evans, Llywelyn

Chair Competition Eiry Williams, Hywel

Crown Competition Eiry Williams, Hywel

House Successes

Bleddyn Amusing Duet, Miming a Welsh Song, Style, Story and Sound, Choir, Individual/Duo/ Trio Dancing (Bleddyn/ Llywelyn)

Hywel Sketch, Musical Ensemble

Llywelyn House Challenge, Instrumental/Rock Group, Dance Group, Individual/Duo/ Trio Dancing (Bleddyn/Llywelyn)

Individual Successes Yr 7-9 Recitation Gwern Davies, Hywel

Yr 7-9 Girls’ Solo Beca Williams, Hywel

Yr 7-13 Duet Emily Jones and Gwion Morgan-Jones, Hywel

Open Monologue Jordan Ainslie-Rogers, Bleddyn

Yr 7-9 Boys’ Solo Rhys Morgan, Llywelyn

Yr 10-13 Recitation Alwen Morris, Bleddyn

Yr 7-9 Instrumental Sophie Neal, Hywel Solo

Yr 10-13 Boys’ Solo Rhodri Davies, Llywelyn

Yr 10-13 Instrumental Dafydd Siôn, Bleddyn Solo

Solo from a Musical Emily Jones, Hywel

Eiry Williams, Winner of the Chair and Crown Competitions

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Gymnastics SuccessesOn Saturday evening 7 February, the West Wales Gymnastics Association held an evening at the Stradey Park Hotel, Llanelli, to award young people who represented Wales last year.

Among the members of Aberystwyth Athletics Club were Abigail Thompson of year 11, Elinor Thomas of year 9 and Delun Roberts of year 8. Abigail and Elinor reached the semi-finals in their competitions while Delun reached the final in her competition, and came 4th in Britain.

Abigail and Elinor also received an award for their contribution to Aberystwyth Gymnastics Club.

Cross Country SuccessesPenweddig was represented in the Dyfed Secondary Schools’ Cross Country team by Sioned Wallwork Yr. 8, and Catrin Skym Yr. 11. They travelled to Brecon mid-February to compete in the Welsh Schools’ Cross Country Championships, along with over 550 runners from all over Wales. Sioned competed in the lower girls section and came 44th with a time of 15:29. Catrin finished 32nd in the middle girls section, with a time of 18:58.

Lewis Selected for Wales

Lewis Ellis-Jones has been selected for the Welsh under-16 rugby squad. Lewis is also the captain of the Scarlets region under-16 team, as well as a prominent member of the Penweddig 1st team back-row.

He represented Wales in the home international tournament which was held at Wellington College, London, during the first week of April.

Lewis began the most recent international against England at Ystrad Mynach, in the blind-side flanker position.

Penweddig Pupils in Les MisérablesCongratulations to Anest Eirug, Siôn Hurford,

Rhodri Davies, Geraint Howard and Jordan Jones on being selected to be members of the cast

of the Urdd's production of Les Misérables.

Elinor, Delun and Abigail

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Penweddig in the Local Urdd EisteddfodYr 7-9 Girls’ SoloBeca Fflur Williams – 1st Siwan Phillips – 2nd

Yr 7-9 Boys’ SoloRhys Tanat Morgan – 1st Guto Lewis – 2nd James Michael – 3rd

Yr 7-9 DuetBeca a Siwan – 1st Elin a Sofie – 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Girls’ SoloEmily Jones – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Boys’ SoloRhodri Davies – 1st Gwion Morgan Jones – 2nd Ifan Thomas – 3rd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs DuetEmily and Gwion – 1st

Yr 9 and under Two-part Party (Section)Adran Aberystwyth – 1st

Yr 13 and under T.B. Boys’ ChoirYsgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Solo Folk Song Beca Fflur Williams – 1st Rhys Tanat Morgan – 2nd Anest Eirug – 3rd

Yr 10 and under 19 Solo Folk SongRhodri Davies – 1st Emily Jones – 2nd

Yr 13 and under Three-voice Folk ChoirYsgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 7 – 9 Cerdd Dant SoloBeca Fflur Williams – 1st Anest Eirug – 2nd

Yr 9 and under Cerdd Dant DuetAnest and Llyr Aberystwyth Section – 1st Beca and Cadi Aberystwyth Section – 2nd

Yr 9 and under Cerdd Dant Party (Section)Adran Aberystwyth -1st

Yr 7 – 9 Solo Recitation Anest Eirug – 1st Siwan Fflur Davies – 2nd Mali Lewis – 3rd

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Recitation GroupYsgol Gyfun Penweddig Party – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Solo Recitation Alwen Nia Morris – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Recitation Group Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Conversation Anest and Siôn, Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st Owain’s Group, Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig – 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Monologue Jordan Ainslie Rogers – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Solo from a Musical Gwion Morgan Jones – 1st Jordan Jones – 2nd Geraint Howard – 3rd

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Urdd County Art and Craft Eisteddfod

Yr 7, 8 and 9 2D Drawing Work Ifor Christie – 2nd Elliw Jobbins – 3rd

Yr 7, 8 and 9 3D Textiles Creative Work Seren Wyn Jenkins – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Monochrome Print Seren Wyn Jenkins – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Colour Print Llyr Williams – 1st Seren Wyn Jenkins – 2nd Mari Heledd Hefin – 3rd

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Series of Monochrome Prints Seren Wyn Jenkins – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Series of Colour Prints Seren Wyn Jenkins – 1st

Under 19 yrs Design and Technology Angharad Davies – 2nd

Urdd Art and Craft Competition – National

2nd – Ifor Christie – Yr. 7-9 2D Drawing Work

2nd – Beca James – Yr. 7-9 Artefact

3rd – Angharad Davies – Under 19 Design and Technology

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Urdd County Instrumental Festival

Yr 7-9 Woodwind SoloSophie Neal – 1st Mali Lewis – 3rd

Yr 7-9 String SoloSophie Neal – 1st

Yr 7-9 Brass SoloNils Marggraf-Turley – 1st Jacob Massey – 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs String Solo Ifan Llywelyn – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Brass SoloIfan Llywelyn – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Harp SoloMared Pugh-Evans – 1st Catrin Huws – 2nd

15–25 yrs EnsembleYsgol Penweddig Ensemble – 2nd (pictured above)

Orchestra/Band under 25 yrsYsgol Penweddig Band – 2nd (pictured below)

Aberystwyth Local Urdd Dance Eisteddfod

Yr 7 and under 19 yrs Creative Dance CompositionYsgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 7, 8 and 9 Hip-Hop/Street/Disco Dance Mary Grice-Woods – 2nd Nicole Michael-Pugh – 3rd

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Urdd County Eisteddfod 2015Beca Fflur Williams (pictured right) – 1st in the Yr 7-9 Girls’ Solo, 2nd in the Yr 7, 8 & 9 Solo Folk Song, 1st in the Yr 7-9 Cerdd Dant Solo and 2nd (with Siwan) in the Yr 7-9 Duet

Yr 7-9 Boys’ SoloRhys Tanat Morgan - 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Girls’ SoloEmily Jones - 3rd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Boys’ SoloRhodri Davies – 1st

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs DuetEmily and Gwion - 2nd

Yr 9 and under Two-part Party (Section)Aberystwyth Section - 2nd

Yr 13 and under T.B. Boys’ ChoirYsgol Gyfun Penweddig - 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 Solo Folk SongRhodri Davies – 1st

Yr 13 and under Three-voice Folk ChoirYsgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 9 and under Cerdd Dant DuetAnest and Llyr, Aberystwyth Section – 1st

Yr 9 and under Cerdd Dant Party (Section) Aberystwyth Section – 1st

Yr 7 and under 19 yrs Creative Dance CompositionYsgol Gyfun Penweddig – 1st

Yr 7-9 Solo RecitationAnest Eirug - 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Solo RecitationAlwen Nia Morris - 3rd

Yr 7, 8 and 9 ConversationAnest and Sion - 2nd

Yr 10 and under 19 yrs Solo from a MusicalGwion Morgan Jones – 1st

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World Book Day This year’s celebrations began with a football quiz for pupils in years 7 and 8 in the Resource Centre. Research skills were employed as the teams battled to answer the written questions. The winning team members, who received a football each, were Rhys James, Rhodri Llewelyn Evans and Tom Williams.

A fancy-dress competition was also held in the Resource Centre where year 7 pupils dressed as characters from books. Pictured below are Elin Rees, competition winner Siôn Chambers (who won two books), Ioan Morris, Rhys Bishop, adjudicator Mrs. Pam John, and Willow Meaney.

Waterstones paid a visit this year and pupils were able to exchange their World Book Day Tokens for Welsh and English books. Pictured is Rachel Lewis of Waterstones.

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School Website We have now launched the school’s new website. It has been optimized for use with desktop browsers and with mobile devices. The aim is to add to the content and adapt gradually, and we welcome any comments and contributions you may have.

‘Cogurdd’ CompetitionIn the first round of the year 10 and under 19 ‘Cogurdd’ competition which was held at Penweddig in February, Mirain Griffiths came first and Mari Davies came second, and the opportunity to proceed to the second round in Aberaeron Comprehensive School.

Congratulations to Mirain on coming third with her presentation of savoury Welshcakes with leek as a starter followed by lamb chops, vegetable ribbons, and a lemon and mint sauce, and a dessert of a ‘Treasure Island’ of Greek yoghurt with strawberries, blueberries and raspberries.

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St. David’s Day Celebrations

Laurie Albrighton, Ffion Morgan, Mirian Griffiths and Mari Davies celebrating St. David’s Day

Gerald Morgan, Penweddig’s first Headteacher, led this year’s St. David’s Day Parade in Aberystwyth.

The Head Boy and Head Girl, Dafydd Rees and Mabli Mair, carried the flags.

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Twitter and FacebookYou can now follow the school on

Twitter @YsgolPenweddig andFacebook Ysgol Penweddig

Homework ClubEvery night the school runs a Homework Club where pupils can use the Resource Centre’s facilities during out-of-school hours.

The club starts at 3.30 and a member of staff is present to assist pupils with their work, especially with Welsh spelling and grammar. The club ends at 4.45 and 4.15 on Fridays.

Fixtures Results

RugbyWednesday 11 February 2015

Under 13: Penweddig 38 – Newcastle Emlyn – 17 Senior Team: Penweddig 60 – Newcastle Emlyn 3

NetballWednesday 4 March 2015

Yr. 7: Penweddig 6 – Aberaeron 4 Yr. 9: Penweddig 9 – Aberaeron 9

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Yr. 7: Penweddig 3 – Bro Pedr 4 Yr. 9: Penweddig 2 – Bro Pedr 10

HockeyWednesday 4 March 2015

Yr. 8: Penweddig 3 – Aberaeron 1 Yr. 10: Penweddig 3 – Aberaeron 1

Wednesday 11 March 2015

Yr. 8: Penweddig 2 – Bro Pedr 0 Yr 10: Penweddig 3 – Bro Pedr 0

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Urdd 7-a-side Football Competition

Congratulations to Year 7 & 8 girls on winning in the Urdd tournament in April, and to Year 7 & 8 boys on coming second.

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Aberystwyth Schools’ Youth Band’s SuccessOn 19 April a number of Penweddig students competed with the Aberystwyth Schools’ Youth Band in the National Youth Brass Band Championships in the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. There were twelve bands competing in their category, and the Aberystwyth band came 5th – quite an achievement considering the strength of the brass band tradition in the north of England.

Many congratulations to them all! Special thanks are due to their conductor, Mr Alan Phillips, and also to Mr Geraint Evans and Mr Aidan Hassan who helped to prepare them.

Determined Penweddig through to Welsh Schools Football Cup Quarter Final and Semi Final

Penweddig under-14 boys’ team recorded a fine and gritty 1-0 win on January 30 against visitors Bro Dinefwr School, sealing their passage through to the quarter finals of the Welsh Schools Cup.

Penweddig knew early on that they were in for a tough afternoon when they had to defend resolutely on several occasions in the first half. After a fairly nervous ten minutes’ defending, the Penweddig boys got into their normal attacking style and began to threaten the Bro Dinefwr goal.

Bro Dinefwr responded within five minutes with a quick counter-attack which brought a top class save from goalkeeper Tommy Sandford. All the players realised at this stage that it was going to take a mammoth team effort to secure victory. The Penweddig team upped the tempo in the last quarter of the first half and again it was striker Steffan Gittins who brought the best out of the Bro Dinefwr keeper.

Confidence was high at half-time and the Penweddig team increased the pressure on Bro Dinefwr. With both strikers, Shaun Jones and Steffan Gittins, running good angles, and the terrific work rate of captain Osian Rees-Jones came promising goal-scoring opportunities. As the pressure was increased onto the Bro Dinefwr defence it was striker Steffan Gittins who again beat two defenders and with complete composure, rifled a top class curling shot into the top right of the net which left the Bro Dinefwr keeper completely beaten.

Against the run of play a Bro Dinefwr midfield player provided a penetrating pass for their striker which split the Penweddig defence and this again brought a top-class save from keeper Sandford. There followed a very tense ten minutes of play with the score poised at 1-0 and the possibility of Penweddig emulating the success of the Senior Boys’ team in reaching the Welsh Schools Cup quarter final last year.

The strong support that Penweddig had from parents, teachers and fellow pupils, grew anxious knowing it was going to take strong determination and concentration not to concede an equaliser.

Ben Davies leads the Penweddig attack

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The final whistle blew and everybody was overjoyed by the momentous efforts of the whole Penweddig under 14 boys’ football team.

Head of PE Clem Thomas said: “All the boys were really motivated to progress further than the senior boys’ team last year, and reach the semi-final stage.

Penweddig then went on to play Brynrefail School, Caernarfon, in the quarter final on 26 February.

They achieved a determined win on their away visit to Brynrefail Comprehensive School in the heart of Snowdonia National Park. Penweddig had to fight back on two occasions to eventually become victors in a penalty shoot-out by 4 goals to 2, sealing their passage through to the semi-finals of the Welsh Schools Under 14 Cup.

Penweddig knew early on that they were in for a tough afternoon when they conceded a very early goal. After a fairly nervous start by the Penweddig team, Brynrefail struck again and they were two down with barely 10 minutes played. Penweddig’s problems were compounded when captain Osian Rhys Jones had to leave the field due to a recurring back problem. He was

replaced by year 8 substitute Dion Ellis Clarke who went on to play a very important role in the outcome of the match. All the players realised at this stage that it was going to take an impressive team effort to secure victory. The Penweddig team upped the tempo in the second half of the first half and on their first attack right midfielder Siôn Evans cut inside and rifled a screamer of a shot past the Brynrefail keeper to reduce the deficit to just one goal.

With both strikers Steffan Gittins and Shaun Jones running good angles and the terrific work rate of Ryan Tyler Evans in midfield, goal scoring opportunities were appearing. The equaliser came from a maze run from substitute Dion Ellis Clarke who beat two defenders and with total composure sent the Brynrefail keeper the wrong way. Confidence was high after the equaliser and the pressure increased on the home team. From the restart the pressure was reapplied on to the Brynrefail defence and it was midfielder Ben Davies who again beat two defenders and had the opportunity to shoot and score to put Penweddig ahead by three goals to two. With only seconds left of the first half, Brynrefail scored from long range to level the score to 3-3 at the interval.

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The start of the second half did not go according to plan for Penweddig. Although Penweddig were now playing with the help of a strong tailwind, it was the home team who looked the more threatening.

Brynrefail dominated the early possession and a great pass by their midfield player split the Penweddig defence to set up their striker with a gilt-edged scoring opportunity only to see the ball rebound off the woodwork. There followed a very tense fifteen minutes of play with the score poised at three all and the possibility of a penalty shootout.

Other goal scoring opportunities came for Brynrefail but it was only the athleticism of goal keeper Tommy Sandford that kept the scores

level. Entering the last ten minutes a clear opportunity was presented to Penweddig but the final shot went agonisingly wide from Sion Evans. Both Ben Davies and Shaun Jones had near misses that would have sealed the game for Penweddig.

The game ended at 3-3 and a penalty shoot-out loomed. Shaun Jones, Steffan Gittins, Tyrone Evans and Sion Evans showed great composure and nerves of steel to score from the spot for Penweddig. Brynrefail felt the pressure and missed three out of their four penalties. Scenes of jubilation followed as goal keeper Tommy Sandford was declared the hero once again.

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Ceredigion YFCCongratulations go to Eiry Williams on being chosen as Junior Member of the Year.

Food Hygiene Rating

Congratulations to the canteen staff on gaining the highest rating!

Past pupils from Penweddig on the ‘Move It’ stage in London

Elin Pavli-Hinde and Bethan Pearce, two past pupils, after their performance on the ‘Move It’ stage in London on February 13-15.

‘Move It’ is the main dance exhibition for Great Britain which draws specialists, choreographers, dance teachers and young dancers together in London for everything to do with dance.

Friends of Penweddig’s QuizThe winning team of the Friends of Penweddig’s Quiz, which

was held at Park Lodge on 26 October with the winner of the raffle, and the Chair of the Association

thanking the quizmaster Ifan Morgans. Thanks to everyone who competed and to

Park Lodge for the tasty food. We had a very enjoyable evening!

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