RADYR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL – HEADS UP

Coming Up

Week Beginning – Monday 1 July 2019 Week A

Monday 1 KS5 WBQ Fortnight begins Year 10 Work Experience

Tuesday 2 Year 7 Expressive Arts Day Year 10 Work Experience

Wednesday 3 Year 6 Transition Day Year 10 Work Experience

Thursday 4 PE Induction Day First Give Final

Year 10 Work Experience

Friday 5 Year 5 MAT Transition Day Year 10 Work Experience

Week Beginning – Monday 8 July 2019 Week B

Monday 8 INSET DAY Tuesday 9

Wednesday 10 Key Stage 3 Awards Evening Year 7 Battlefields Visit

Year 10 Geography Fieldtrip

Thursday 11 Year 7 Battlefields Visit Year 10 Geography Fieldtrip

Friday 12 Year 7 Battlefields Visit KS5 WBQ Fortnight Ends

Humanities Battlefield Visit All passports and EHIC cards need to be handed into the Main Office or given to Miss Smith by Monday 1 July.

KS3 Attendance of the Week - Ending 28 June 2019

Year 7 Year 8 7 South East – 97% 8 West – 95%

KS4 Attendance of the Week - Ending 28 June 2019

Year 9 Year 10 9 South – 95.15% 10 South East – 95.71%

Please note that if your child is off school due to sickness, there is no 48 hour rule in Secondary School. Therefore, if your child is off school due to sickness then they are able to return as soon as they feel well enough. Unless they have the Norovirus bug, they do not have to remain off school for 48 hours after the last bout of sickness.

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KS3 Achievers of the Week Week Ending 28 June 2019

Year 7 Year 8

7 North 8 North Harry Fyfe N/A

7 South 8 South Lucia Bryan, Jack Clease, Rhys Clissold &

Dylan Dowsell Gigg Charlie Folwer

7 East 8 East Thomas Grant, Thomas Hayward, Millie Jones,

Jemma McMellin & Charlie Olding Seren Jenkin

7 West 8 West Alfie Bibby, Natalie Cartwright, Grace Evans,

Holly Fletcher, Elanna Fox, Ario Ghanbarzadeh, Jalal Hakeemee & Henry Holmes

Caitlin Grant

7 North East 8 North East Abigail Cole, Taryn Opie, Evie Parker &

Qasim Rhaman Lailah Spettie

7 North West 8 North West Lukas Wood Scott Vipond

7 South East 8 South East Joy Lee Frances Davies-Walsh

KS4 Achievers of the Week Week Ending 28 June 2019

Year 9 Year 10

9 North 10 North Morgan Fry Huw Riley

9 South 10 South Abigail Churchill Ewan Allison

9 East 10 East Abdallah Omar Elsie Peate, Tahiyat Rahman & Jack Wakeling,

9 West 10 West Katie Hayes & Heaton Hurford Ella Phillips

9 North East 10 North East Lucy Davies Joshua Jones

9 North West 10 North West Joshua Cunningham, Marcus Hodge, Abigail Lloyd

& Ieuan Lloyd Lak Singh

9 South East 10 South East Sophie Faulkner-Jones & Nicholas Young Nassiha Jearally

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Former Student’s ‘Technicolour’ Success Story

We are delighted to announce that former student Jac Yarrow is to make his professional stage debut in a

lead role at the iconic London Palladium. Jac has been cast to play Joseph in the West End Musical, Joseph

And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Jac now 21 attended Radyr Comprehensive School and left in

Year 11 to study at Drama School. We are very proud of Jac and wish him every success.

Mr A Williams, Head teacher

https://officiallondontheatre.com/news/jac-yarrow-announced-as-joseph-joseph-and-the-amazing-

technicolor-dreamcoat/

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Science STEM Event

On Thursday 20 June, 12 of our Year 8 students attended a STEM event at Cardiff museum hosted by

Cardiff University.

The day was all about the possibility of colonising Mars in their lifetimes and got the students to think

about the multitude of scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical challenges that they will

need to overcome in order to achieve this. The group were very enthusiastic and got a lot from the day.

Mr P Anderson

Humanities Battlefields Visit

Donations of PE Kit and School Ties

If any school leavers would like to donate their PE kit or ties after their last examination, a box will be placed in the

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Year 12 Mock interviews - Mrs Youssef

A huge thank you to all parent volunteers that gave up their time to assist us with the mock interviews on

Tuesday 25 June. It is such a worthwhile experience for the students in Year 12 to experience an interview

before it really counts. If you would like to help us in next year's mock interviews, please do not hesitate to

contact me at r.youssef@radyr.net.

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First Give Final - Thursday 4 July 2019

The First Give final takes place on Thursday 4 July in the Main Hall from 5pm-6.30pm. The charities being

represented are Alzheimers Society Cymru, Meningitis Now, Mind Cymru, Rainbow of Hope, Marie Curie

and Llamau. The students are competing in front of a panel of judges to win £1000 for their chosen charity.

Please do come along and support this fantastic cause - a good turn out in the audience would be great.

Good luck Year 8 finalists... I cannot wait to see the final presentations!

Mrs R Youssef

Year 10 Work Experience – 1-5 July 2019

Year 10 will commence their work experience placements week beginning Monday 1 July. I delivered an

assembly to Year 10 on Tuesday to discuss final arrangements and sent a summary letter via Parentmail to

parents/guardians.

If they have not done so already, please could you encourage your child to make contact with their placement supervisor this week to discuss final arrangements regarding the following:

Clothing and footwear expectations Travel arrangements Lunch provision Expected start/finish time and hours Any other considerations specific to the placement Please ensure the liability insurance has been requested and sent to workexp@radyr.net.

I will be making contact with supervisors during the week to check on the pupils’ progress. If your child is unable to attend their work placement for any reason, please ensure that both the supervisor and the school have been informed. If your child has not secured a placement (whereby I have not received the paperwork), they will be expected to be in school from Monday 1 to Friday 5 July. If not they will be marked as absent and a truancy call will be made.

I hope Year 10 take this opportunity to develop and learn new skills and enjoy themselves in a new

environment and I wish them the very best of luck.

Mrs R Youseff

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Sporting Achievements

Niamh Davies (7E) has been selected as part of the South Wales Dragons Under 13 Hockey squad 2019 and will compete in the UK Regional Championship in Nottingham in July. We wish Niamh every success.

Sharmeela Bragg (Year 8) has been busy competing nationally at trampolining in the last month winning

2 Gold medals and 1 Silver medal. Sharmeela will compete in the finals in September where she will be in

with a chance of competing with the National Squad.

Mr M Gubb

Welsh Baccalaureate Reminder for Year 10

During their WBQ lessons, Year 10 students have been working hard on their individual projects. To ensure

pupils have feedback and are able to achieve their full potential, the deadline for submission of these

projects is the first WBQ lesson back after the Summer holidays. Please keep up the hard work.

Mrs N Clarke

Sharmeela Bragg

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Geography Fieldtrips

It has been a very busy couple of weeks in the Geography Department. On Thursday 13 and Friday 14 June, 105 Year 9 Geography GCSE students visited the River Ilston in the Gower to complete their data collection on flows. Despite the horrendous weather forecast we were fortunate enough to escape the rain and have two relatively sunny days on the river. The students accessed 6 sites along the river and worked in small groups to collect primary data on stream width, depth, velocity and gradient. Since returning to school they have been processing this data in preparation for their Unit 3 Exam next November.

On Thursday 20 June, 50 Year 10 GCSE Geography students visited Cheddar Gorge to assess the impact of tourism. Students were able to complete environmental quality surveys and questionnaires throughout the village of Cheddar. We were fortunate to listen to a talk on the function of Cheddar Caves as a business and receive inside information on how the business intends to develop in the future. The students will use this information to prepare for their fieldwork exam in November. Visiting the caves is always fascinating and there was even some opportunity to do some cheese tasting!

On both trips the students’ behaviour was exemplary. They were a real credit to the school. Well done to all Year 9 and Year 10 Geographers! A massive thank you to Miss Evans, Mr Daniels, Mrs Jones, Miss Morris and Mr Probert who assisted on the fieldtrips.

Mrs A Knight

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Volunteers Needed

For every group of gymnasts, there is a volunteer somewhere in the background helping them fulfil their

potential. But as gymnastics’ popularity continues to grow, we need more volunteers than ever to help run

this thriving sport.

High Energy Gymnastics is a new gymnastics club set up by Welsh Gymnastics coach, Claire Bryant at Bryn

Deri Primary School. The club is looking for some volunteers to help with their gym club. If you have a

background in gymnastics/sport, are over the age of 13 and are available to help out between 3.45 and

5.45pm on a Wednesday evening at Bryn Deri Primary School then please contact:

Highenergygymnasticscardiff@hotmail.com

Successful applicants will be able to complete the Welsh Gymnastics Sports Leaders qualification and

qualify as a millenium volunteer.

Alternatively, if you would like more information please email or visit Mrs Knight in H3.

Mrs A Knight

Instrument Cupboard

There are many unclaimed instruments gathering dust in our instrument storage cupboard that do not

have names on. Please could students take instruments home or ensure they have names on so we can

undertake an audit of left over instruments.

From September, there will be the opportunity for unclaimed instruments to be loaned out to students

wishing to learn a new instrument.

Instrument Taster Session On Thursday 4 July, Cardiff and the Vale County Music Service will be demonstrating instruments and running trial sessions where students can have a quick go to see if it something they would like to take up further. If your child is interested in trying an instrument, please ask them to sign up with a Music teacher as soon as possible.

Instrument Amnesty If you have any unused instruments gathering dust that you no longer want - we will be happy to give them

a new home!

London 'Adrian Mole' Musical Theatre Trip Please ensure all consent forms are returned to Mrs Power and final payment is paid as soon as possible.

Tuesday 2 July / Wednesday 3 July Year 7 Beatboxing Workshops.

Mrs R Power

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School On-line Payment Systems

Please note that the school uses two seperate payment systems for trips and school meals.

School Meals – If you have any queries regarding the

parentpay system, please contact Mrs G Coombs at

g.coombs@radyr.net or by telephoning 02920845100 Option 2.

Trips – If you have any queries regarding the ParentMail

system, please contact Mr G Barker at g.barker@radyr.net or

by telephoning 02920845100.

MEAL PAYMENTS

TRIP PAYMENTS