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 Greetings from the School

 School Calendar 2019/20

 School Trips 2019/20   Behaviour Policy Update

 Clean Air Imitative

 Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme

 Eco-Schools

 Esafety

 Healthy Schools

 Department News

 Year Group News

 100% attendance pupils Greetings from the school

Dear Parents and Carers,

It has been an incredibly busy and purposeful term inside and out of classrooms here at Stanwell and our newsleer gives a ﬂavour of the work that has gone on and highlights some of the ways in which students and staﬀ have helped make it such a vibrant learning community.

I am sure that pupils, parents and carers would like to join me in thanking all of the staﬀ at Stanwell for their tremendous hard work and commitment to the students of the school. They are hugely commied to ensuring the best possible experiences for our young people, whether in lessons or through the extra‐curricular clubs, groups, trips and visits that they provide. As you’ll see from the newsleer our wonderful students connue to make an outstanding contribuon to all aspects of school life and are a credit to the whole community. We are enormously proud of them all.

Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you, our parents and carers, for all of your sup‐ port of the school and for working in partnership with us during 2019.

On behalf of all at Stanwell School, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Yours faithfully,

Trevor Brown Headteacher

School Announcements  Parents and pupils are reminded that Tuesday 7th January will be the first day of the Spring term for pupils as Monday 6th January is an INSET day.

 The date of the 2019 PTA quiz will be Friday 31st January. Please come along and join in this popular and fun event that is always a highlight of the school year. The maximum number of members per team is 6 and the entry fee includes a buffet supper. Wine, beer and cider can be purchased on the night to accompany your meal. Please telephone main reception to book your team’s space, we look forward to seeing you there.

 We ask all parents/carers to support us in not giving nuts and nut products to pupils to bring to school, school trips and clubs. This is due to the hazard presented to pupils who have allergies. Term Dates 2019-2021 2019/2020

Monday 2nd September 2019 is an INSET Day First day for students is Tuesday 3rd September 2019.

All schools will be closed on Monday 8th May 2020 for the May Day Bank Holiday. Please note May Day Bank Holiday has been moved from the original Monday 4th May 2020 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of VE Day.

Additional INSET days are to be taken at the school’s discretion and will be communicated to parents via printed material.

2020/2021

Tuesday 1st September 2020 is an INSET Day First day for students is Wednesday 3rd September 2020. Term Begin Half Term End

Begin End Autumn Tuesday 01st Monday 26th Friday 30th Friday 18th 2020 Sept 2020 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 Dec 2020

Spring Monday 4th Monday 15th Friday 19th Friday 26th 2021 Jan 2021 Feb 2021 Feb 2021 Mar 2021

Summer Monday 12th Monday 31st Friday 04th Tuesday 20th 2021 Apr 2021 May 2021 June 2021 July 2021

All schools will be closed on Monday 3 May 2021 for the May Day Bank Holiday.

Additional INSET days are to be taken at the school’s discretion and will be communicated to parents via printed material. Proposed Overnight Trips 2109/20

Description Year Group Department Location Dates Rockfield Studios Masterclass 6th Form Music Technology Rockfield Studios, Monmouth late January TBC London Sixth Form Visit 6th Form History and Politics London Thurs 17th Oct 2019 - Fri 18th Oct 2019 A level French Trip to Paris 6th Form French Paris 20th March to 22nd March Vietnam Expedition 6th Form Duke of Edinburgh Vietnam July 2020 History Visit to Munich Year 10 History Munich/ Nurembourg 19th March - 22nd March 2020 Year 11 Rosslyn Park 7s Year 11 PE London Tuesday 24th - Thursday 26th March Field Trip Year 12 Biology / Geography Gower 26th November to 27th November 2019 AS Geography Fieldwork Year 12 Biology / Geography Gower 26th - 27th November 2019 Côte D'Opale, France Year 7 French Côte D'Opale, North West France Wednesday 1 to Friday 3 July 2020 History Trip to London Year 8 History London 14th - 15th November 2019 Disneyland Paris Year 8 French / Welsh Paris, France Thurs 6th - Sat 8th March 2020 Year 8 Rosslyn Park 7s Year 8 PE London Sunday 22nd March - Monday 23rd March 2020 Food Trip Year 8 DT Barcelona 21/10/20 - 24/10/20 Storey Arms Year 9 PE Brecon April/June 2020 - TBC Glan Llyn Trip Year 9 Cymraeg Bala 8th - 10th November 2019 The Eden Project Year 9 Geography Eden Project, Cornwall February 2020 Year 9 Rosslyn Park 7s Year 9 PE London Wednesday 25th - Friday 27th March 2020 Drama Trip to London Years 10 & 11 Drama London 15th - 16th January 2020 International Fieldwork Years 10 & 11 Geography Iceland / Italy October 2020 New York Trip Years 10 to 13 Performing Arts New York 25 -30 October 2019 California Geography KS4-KS5 Visit Years 11 to 13 Geography California, USA 4 - 12 February 2020 International Fieldwork Years 11 to 13 Geography West Coast of USA February 2020 Easter/Junior Ski Trip Years 7 to 10 Skiing / Extra-curricular Austria - Zell am See Friday 3rd April - Saturday 11th April German Exchange Years 8 & 9 MFL Staufen, Black Forest, Germany 14th - 22nd April 2020 WW1 Battlefields Years 8 & 9 History France and Belgium 21/5/20 - 22/5/20 Music Tour Years 8 to 13 Music TBC July TBC London Years 9 to 13 Performing Arts London 1st April - 2nd April 2020 Art Visit to Madrid Years 9 to 13 Art and Design Madrid Friday 14th - Monday 17th February 2020 Buisness Studies and ICT Live Years 9 to 13 Business Studies / IT Disneyland, Paris 29th February - 3rd March 2020 Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions Bronze day walk Year 9 Cowbridge Sat 1st February 2020 Silver Practice Year 10 19th - 20th March 2020 Silver Assessed Year 10 2nd - 4th April 2020 Bronze Practice (Group 1) Year 9 Ogmore 30th April - 1st May 2020 Bronze Practice (Group 2) Year 9 Ogmore 21st May - 22nd May 2020 Bronze Assessed (Group 1) Year 9 7th - 8th May 2020 Bronze Assessed (Group 2) Year 9 30th June - 3rd July 2020 Gold Practice 6th Form 18th - 20th June 2020 SCHOOL DIARY 2019/20

Monday 2 September 2019 INSET DAY - staff only Tuesday 3 September 2019 First day of term for pupils Tuesday 15 October 2019 OPEN DAY Tuesday 22 October 2019 Year 13 Parents' Evening Friday 25 October 2019 Last day of Half Term HALF TERM Monday 4 November 2019 Term restarts for all staff and pupils Tuesday 12 November 2019 Year 7 Pastoral Evening Friday 20 December 2019 Last day of Term CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Monday 6 January 2020 INSET DAY - staff only Tuesday 7 January 2020 First day of term for pupils Tuesday 28 January 2020 Year 12 Parents' Evening Tuesday 4 February 2020 Year 11 Parents' Evening Tuesday 11 February 2020 Year 11 Options Evening Friday 14 February 2020 Last day of Half Term HALF TERM Monday 24 February 2020 Term restarts for all staff and pupils Tuesday 3 March 2020 Year 8 Parents' Evening Tuesday 17 March 2020 Year 10 Parents' Evening Tuesday 24 March 2020 Year 8 Options Evening Tuesday 31 March 2020 Year 9 Parents' Evening Friday 3 April 2020 Last day of Term EASTER HOLIDAYS Monday 20 April Term restarts for all staff and pupils Tuesday 12 May 2020 Year 7 Parents' Evening Friday 22 May 2020 Last day of Half Term 2020 HALF TERM Monday 1 June 2020 Term restarts for all staff and pupils Tuesday 7 July 2020 NEW YEAR 7 PARENTS' EVENING Tuesday 14 July 2020 LAST DAY OF TERM FOR PUPILS UNIFORM AND BEHAVIOUR:

A CULTURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND STANDARDS

As outlined in the School’s Behaviour Policy and Uniform Policy. Governors and Staff have a clear vision that requires all stake holders to expect high standards that impact positively on learning and outcomes for all pupils. We are grateful for your continued support and coopera- tion in maintaining high standards of uniform, punctuality and attendance. Failure to comply with these basic school rules can detract from teaching and learning and result in pupils miss- ing vital discussions in classrooms that are focused on examination preparation and crucial subject content. To further develop a culture of high expectations, mutual respect and to ensure there is a safe and stimulating environment, students and parents/carers are asked to make themselves famil- iar with the School’s Lunch and Break Time Charter: Pupils are required to be in full school uniform at all times and are reminded that all top coats

must be navy blue or black, and no informal footwear is permitted. Pupils wearing inappropri- ate or unacceptable items of clothing will be removed from lessons. If you require support in sourcing correct uniform please contact Mrs C Kynaston.

Please be reminded that mobile phones are prohibited and pupils are welcome to use the school phones should they need to contact home.

Clean Air Initiative

Stanwell School is fully committed to raising awareness of environmental issues and is continually seeking to reduce pollution levels in and around the school site. A significant contributor to the poor air quality around the school is due to vehicle movement before and after the school day, and we are increasingly concerned about the safety of our pupils and ask parents/carers to aid us in improving the situation. The safety of our pupils is of paramount importance and the congestion in the immediate vicinity of the school is a genuine concern. Parents are asked to adhere to the following guidance to improve the situation for pupils and local residents:

 Encourage children to walk (at least) some of the journey to and from school;

 avoid parking on the junctions, yellow lines and ‘drop-curbs’;

 do not leave cars idling and turn off the engine.

 wherever possible, arrange to pick up pupils at a venue further away from the school.

It is envisaged such measures would:

 reduce traffic congestion around the school

 reduce noise and pollution

 provide daily walking exercise  teach young children vital road safety skills

In addition, parents/carers are asked to ensure that if they collect children from Victo- ria Road they do so in a way that does not prevent the school buses from parking alongside the pavement.

Parents/carers are reminded that pupils are expected to be on school site by 8:30a.m. to ensure lessons begin promptly at 8:35a.m.

It is in all our interests to protect our pupils and I would ask for your co-operation and assistance in this matter.

Yours sincerely

Mr T Brown (Headteacher)

Duke of Edinburgh

Award Scheme Miss H Jenkins

It has been a busy start to the Duke of Edin- The dates for the upcoming expeditions for the burgh Award again this year. There are 7 Bronze and Gold are: Bronze groups training after school every Monday for the 169 pupils enrolled. The 3 23-24th April Bronze practice Silver groups for 79 pupils enrolled take 30th April—1st May—Bronze assessed place on each Wednesday after school and 41 Gold participants have been enrolled and are 7-8 May Bronze practice underway with their volunteering, physical and skills section. Their after school sessions 14-15th May Bronze assessed will be every Thursday after Christmas. 18-20th June Gold practice The pupils have undertaken their first aid 30th June—3rd July Gold assessed training ready for expeditions, delivered by the outside organisation FAST.

The dates of the expeditions this year are as follows:

Saturday 1st February 2020—day walk for all Bronze participants

12-14th March 2020—Silver practice for the Year 10 pupils

2-4th April 2020—Silver assessed expedition Congratulations to Antony Jomon, George for the Year 10 pupils. Jones and Jack Ruelle who have recently Due to the large numbers of participants at completed their Gold Award. the Bronze level, the practice and assessed expeditions are over two dates. Pupils will be undertaking just one practice and assessed.

Thank you to all staff, parents and carers for their support as always.

“Best expedition yet—the gold participants” Eco-Schools Miss E Ghazi– Torbati

Climate Change Conference Eco Stanwell members, Neil Power and Sophie Ander- ton, attended Wales’ first Cli- mate Change Con- ference in City Hall. They are pictured here, discussing proposals with Environment Min- ister, Leslie Griffiths. Plastic Free Christmas Crackers As a way to promote a Eco Club members 2019-20 more sustainable Christ- mas, Eco Stanwell mem- Plastic Purge bers created and sold al- Last year, Eco Stanwell’s mis- most 200 plastic free sion, “ The Plastic Purge” was Christmas Crackers. All to reduce unnecessary plastic of the profits were donat- around school. This September, ed to Greenpeace. we finally made the decision to Some of the other activities the committee stop selling single-use plastic has organised this term include: water bottles, and start selling reusable Stan-  Eco Week 2019 -Pupils went into assem- well water bottles. We also blies to deliver a presentation about this sell cans of water, and have year’s focus, Deforestation. introduced two new water  ‘Have yourself a Merry Eco Christmas’ fountains around the school, campaign - Ideas shared with the entire to make it easier for pupils to school, on how to have a more sustaina- refill. This initiative has re- ble Christmas. sulted in an enormous reduction in the  Open Day– Eco Stanwell members or- amount of plastic waste… result! ganised a number of activities to raise awareness of plastic in the ocean Plastic Free Penarth  Club Fair— Eco Stanwell attended the Litter Pick & Con- school’s first club fair and recruited some ference keen new members. In October, Eco Plans for 2020 Club took part in a  Sustrans mapping workshop— Eco Club beach clean and con- are going to work with cartographers to ference with the make a local routes map of Penarth, ‘Plastic Free Penar- which they are hoping will encourage th’ organisation. Eco more people to walk. Stanwell met with local schools and deliv-  Tree Planting– Eco club are very excited ered a presentation, sharing what they had to be receiving 420 trees from the Wood- been doing to reduce plastic in school, and land Trust in March 2020. These will be discussed ideas on what more we could do, planted around the school grounds. as a community, to reduce plastic. After the beach clean, pupils analysed the different types of litter found. “No one is too small to make a difference” Greta Thunburg Online Safety Group Mrs S Golding

Welcome to a new addition to our school newsletter. Stanwell School is committed to helping pupils, parents and teachers to be able to use the Thomas Hughes- Internet safely. With this in mind we have Totelin launched an Online Safety Group. 8W

It is our aim to provide sensible and helpful advice on ways for everyone to use the Inter- net safely and to our benefit. With that in mind, we will create advice leaflets to help raise the awareness of specific issues and advice with how to deal with them. Osian Beynon In this edition you can find advice to help 8K with Christmas shopping online.

I’m pleased to be able to introduce our fantastic members below.

Megan Price Madison Speake 8A 7L

Melissa Gallone 8O Elsie Marks 8T

Please read our first advice sheet and get in touch with any suggestions about future advice you might like to us to cover.

Owen Thompson 9K

“Our kids are growing up on a digital play ground and no one is on recess duty” @kevinhoneycutt Online Safety Group Mrs S Golding

“Our kids are growing up on a digital play ground and no one is on recess duty” @kevinhoneycutt Healthy Schools Mrs L Crowter

We are thrilled to have been nationally The full report is available to read on the recognised for our commitment to improving school website, but some of the highlights in- pupil health and wellbeing. In September, clude: Stanwell was awarded the National Quality “Mr Mark Robinson the Catering Manager

Award for our whole school approach across runs an exemplary catering service for the the 7 key areas of food and fitness, mental and school and is meticulous in his approach.” emotional health and wellbeing, personal “Physical activity development and relationships, substance use and misuse, environment, safe- provision at ty and hygiene. Schools that Stanwell School is achieve the NQA are imple- excellent, with staff menting wellbeing initia- able to provide a tives at the very highest level. wide range of activities where NQA assessors visited the school for 3 days, participation is observing school facilities and programmes of emphasised.” work and meeting with staff and students. The lead assessor, Dylan Roberts wrote in his report, “During the NQA verification visit it soon be- “The school’s approach towards the came abundantly clear that this vision (of promotion of the mental and emotional excellence) is shared by all stakeholders and wellbeing of both staff and students is an was found to permeate all aspects of the life and outstanding feature of the school’s work. This work of the school. During our visit many is an extremely powerful driver which impacts students could discuss this with confidence and significantly on numerous healthy schools’ a great deal of maturity. initiatives across the other six health topics

Stanwell has participated in the Healthy Schools within the school.” Scheme for many years and places a high priori- “The work of the eco- ty on each of the 7 key areas. The report out- committee is exemplary. lines how the “ethos of supporting and provid- The school is a ing guidance to students has an extremely posi- Platinum Eco-School tive impact on pupil outcomes, both education- and has three green ally and in their moral and social development” flags.” The plaque itself was presented to the school by “The sixth form facilities are outstanding and include an ex- clusive café with outside seating area with benches and chairs and two large study areas, where students may work and socialise.” Huge thanks must go to those students that helped out during the 3 day visit—Neil Power (Yr13), Isobel Brown (Yr13), Niamh Rind (Yr11), Davis Hedgcoe(Yr11) and all mem-

Andrew Williams and John Welch from Central bers of the School Council and Eco Stanwell. South Consortia.

“The ethos of supporting & providing guidance has an extremely positive impact on pupil outcomes” Department News

Arlunio Miss R Lewis

London Visit Held at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on the 19th November, sixth form Art, On the 18th October, Year 12 and 13 pupils Media, Music and Drama students visited the enjoyed a cross curricular visit to the Imperial Creative Careers Fair where they had the op- War Museum and the National Gallery in portunity to hear from some of Wales’ biggest London. The combined Art and History visit Creative organisations and find out more about gave pupils a wonderful opportunity to pro- TV/Film, Media, Gaming, Theatre, Venues, Costume, Graphic Design, Animation, Acting, Musicians, Music Technology and Art.

‘Les Miserables’

duce creative research at the war museum before developing this work at the National Gal- lery in Trafalgar Square. It was a very successful venture which they imaginatively doc- umented in their sketch books to complement their practical research. Mrs Penny and selected pupils from Years 12

KS3 Art Club and 13 have devoted a great deal of time to This club has been so busy with 23 enthusias- paint the set of the sen- tic Year 7 and 8 pupils creating their own per- ior school production, sonal mini sketch books based on their favour- ‘Les Miserables’. Based ite subjects. A wide variety of mixed media on extensive research, has been used to produce incredibly imagina- tive pieces. her group created a Creative Careers Fair wonderful panoramic set inspired by 18th century Paris.

Russian State Ballet Company Our sixth form students eagerly accepted an invite from Criw Celf to record using their sketch books a rehearsal by the Russian State Ballet Company on the 20th December at St David’s Hall. This is an exciting opportunity which will test their observational skills.

“A wide variety of mixed media has been used”

Astudiaethau Busnes Mr J Crook

Year 9 Year 11

To start this year, students have been look- Pupils’ focus this term has been on business fi- ing at entrepreneurs and the motives they nance, for example, cash flow, break even and have for starting their own business. We profit and loss accounts. The students have have discussed a variety of entrepreneurs gained skills in how to appraise financial docu- from a different backgrounds and examined ments and propose solutions to businesses on the skills, qualities and characteristics they how they could improve their situation. They have in common that have contributed to have also evaluated various methods of sources of their success. finance and made recommendations as to the most suitable option for a business. Pupils have been completing a small pro-

Year 12

There are many students in this group who are studying Business for the first time. The group has been studying a range of topics across the subject including enterprise, supply and demand and market research.

This term a number of students attended a trip to Golley Slater, an advertising company in Car- ject where groups are developing a Busi- diff. The students enjoyed a very ness Plan for their own business idea. They interesting day which included gave their ‘Dragon’s Den’ style pitches be- the opportunity to talk with pro- fore the Christmas holidays. fessionals working in different aspects of marketing. The students were set a In the new term students will start to evalu- challenge to develop their own advertising cam- ate the different forms of ownership for ex- paign for Organ Donation Wales. The students ample sole traders, partnerships and public developed some innovative ideas with a winning and private limited companies. team chosen. The day was enjoyed by both students and staff and we would hope to take part in Year 10 the visit again next year.

Pupils have been learning about Business Growth, the reasons why businesses grow Year 13 and the methods of growth businesses can use. Students have been building upon their Students have been building upon their analytical analytical and evaluative skills by applying and evaluative skills by learning about strategic their knowledge to business case studies, decision making and the application of ratio anal- for example helping businesses decide on ysis. This will enable the students to make effec- the most appropriate location for their oper- tive and meaningful comparisons between differ- ations. ent businesses’ performance and propose solutions to the issues discovered.

“proposing solutions” Careers Mr. R Deighton-Jones

On the 3rd October, in collaboration with Ca- Over a thousand Stanwell pupils attended from reers Wales Year 9—13 in the later morning and afternoon and the STEM sessions. Ambassadors, Stanwell Feedback from School hosted pupils, staff and a themed Ca- organisations was reers fair. very positive and and helpful for Eighteen organisations supported the event planning next and it was great to see former pupils Nathan year’s event. Waite of AMEY, Sam Chiziuma of PWC, Morgan Rose of Following the event pupils and parents were Dow, Lt Owen Fox surveyed to of the Royal Navy receive feed- and Jamie Lam of back. 29% of ARUP coming back pupils stated into school to sup- that they port this event. were considering a The careers fair was in two parts with the or- STEM career before the event. This increased ganisations setting up stalls in the main sports after the event this increased to 40 % after the hall and then workshops and talks held by careers fair. Women In Science, Pub- lic Health Services Wales, Dow, CGI, SPTS and Careers Wales on Ap- prenticeships in the Lecture Theatre and New Sports Hall.

Pupils from Bro Morgannwg, Llant- wit Major, Pencoed- tre, Pencoed and We would like to thank the parents who com- Bryntirion Schools pleted the questionnaire for their feedback and attended the earlier those who have offered support. We are using morning session. this to start the planning for next year’s event.

“STEM Careers Fair” Drama Mrs S McGowan

Les Miserables—The Senior Musical Congratulations to all cast, crew, orchestra members and staff who helped make this year’s senior production of Les Miserables a triumphant success with audiences. Aaron Millar (Yr 12), Ossian Lambert-Jones (Yr 13), Hywel Edwards-Sim (Yr 13), Olivia Tucker (Yr 13), Will Hardy (Yr 13), Ben Payne (Yr 13), Ophelia Scott (Yr 13), Alex Powell (Yr 13) and Ella Sutcliffe -Hill (Yr 10) did a fantastic job in their GCSE Drama- Well done to all Year 10 lead roles. Students can be seen below: pupils who have successfully completed their devised examinations this term. It has been a pleasure to see some interesting, creative works based on important historical events.

Performance of Antigone -Years 9-13

Well done to pupils who’ve been participating in rehearsals after school for the school’s first ever performance of Antigone. The performance takes place February 2020. Everyone involved must be thanked for their incredible dedication, hard work and amazing talent! It is thanks to all on stage, and behind it, that Les Miserables was such a wonderful success. It is a privilege to work with our talented pupils.

Year 13 Careers in the Arts: Pupils in our A-Level Drama class greatly benefited from a visit from a local industry professional who lectures at the RWCMD. The pupils commented on how it has given them a stronger understanding of the demands and requirements of working in the Arts. Thank London West End trip—pupils are you to Viv Care for working with our pupils excited about visiting the West End in and the Les Miserables cast during her visit. January 2020, and staying overnight in a 4* hotel. “Meeting Barney, who plays Enjolras, was really inspiring to me as an actor who wants to pursue a career in the Arts” (Year 12 pupil) Food and Nutrition Mrs S Jenkins

Dylunio a Thechnoleg Mr N Gifford

Design Technology Mr N Gifford

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Design Technology Mr N Gifford

Economeg a Gwleidyddiaeth

Mr J Crook and Mr G Penny

Economeg Gwleidyddiaeth Embarking on their economics studies, Year 9 Government and Politics students have students have been considering the economic been furthering their understanding of the problem of scarcity and how decisions are made democratic processes in the UK and the in allocating resources to satisfy needs and USA this term. It has certainly been an wants. They have also considered the opportuni- interesting few months with regards to ty cost of decision making, playing the role of events, including ongoing Brexit negotia- different government departments, each arguing tions and the impact on the UK. In addi- why their budget should not be cut. tion, they have been studying the UK election with fascination. Year 10 the students have been studying the concept of elasticity. In doing so they have ques- Year 12 and 13 Politics and History stu- tioned the impact of government impact of in- dents participated in an educational visit creased duties and taxes on goods such as petrol, to London in October. In particular, they cigarettes and sugary drinks. They have also in- enjoyed a guided tour of the Houses of vestigated the role of elasticity on pricing deci- Parliament and the Imperial War Muse- sions made by business in order to raise revenue. um. A great and worthwhile experience. As we approached election time, Year 11 stu- Year 13 students have taken a keen inter- dents investigated and evaluated the various gov- est in US voting behaviour, political par- ernment policies intended to achieve the eco- ties and the electoral process. The stu- nomic objectives of economic growth, full em- dents concentrated in particular on the ployment and the control of inflation. determinants of voting behaviour in US elections and enjoyed examining issues Year 12 & 13 students such as short-term factors, candidate relat- have attended a talk given ed voting and recency factors. In addition by Sam Senior of PWC. they have investigated whether the US They were given a great President enjoys too much influence in insight into the various modern day politics. They have been ex- career options available to amining the beliefs and significance of them in the world of fi- Liberalism to help prepare for the Ideolo- nance. They were also in- gies module and they are currently study- troduced to the various methods of entry including the Conservatism ideology. ing apprenticeships and fully funded degree courses. Year 12 students have been examining whether the UK really needs a written/ The main focus for Year 13 this term has been codified constitution. They have also the study of business economics. They have con- studied factors which influence voting sidered conflicting business objects, business behaviour in the UK. These factors in- growth and the different market structures such clude primacy issues such as class, ethnic- as oligopolies and perfect competition. Most re- ity and age in addition to other factors cently the students took part in a debate about the which include the role of the media. renationalisation of industries such as rail, ener- gy and water. Politics in the news...... follow us on Twitter @Politics2XL Economics in the news...... follow us on Twit- ter @Econ_2XL

“ investigating and evaluating government policy”

Peirianneg Mr K Pepper

It has been an extremely busy first term in the Engineering department with all classes developing their designing and manufacturing skills. Years 10 & 11 students are working on coursework, Year 10 designing a solar pow- out a number of experiments to explore the ered garden light, and Year 11 manu- properties of a range of materials. facturing a desk lamp. Students are currently progressing well with the manu- Year 9 pupils have made an excellent start facture of their lamps. Pupils are at var- to the course; technical drawing skills and ying stages of production and are on manufacturing skills are developing in target for completion over the next few leaps and bounds. Pupils have been manu- weeks. facturing garden trowels, with some pupils even using recycled milk bottle lids for the Year 13 students have made an excel- handles. They are currently in the process lent start on the second year of their of completing an acrylic stand for holding a Level 3 Cambridge Technical in Engi- mobile phone/tablet/gaming controller. neering course. The Year 13 course includes a Computer Aided Design unit in ‘Stanbots’ the weekly engineering club is which the students are working with going from strength to strength. Year 7 pu- Renishaw to design a holding device pils have thrown themselves into the activi- for cranial plates whilst they are being ties each week, making a whole array of polished by hand. Once their 3D mod- vehicles and structures! els are complete and rendered they will also produce a set of technical draw- ings to accompany the design and carry out stress analy- sis and impact simulations on their design. The students are also required to carry

“...design a holding device for cranial plates... ” Saesneg Mrs M Williams

Reading Challenge 2019-2020 receive signed copies from Mr Riddell and an- swers to any questions they had. He also pro- Following the success of our Readopoly Chal- vided sketches for Stanwell, which will soon lenge last year, this year’s challenge involves be displayed in our corridors. pupils filling their ‘Bookshelf’ with a range of different fictional and non-fictional texts. The competition is open to all year groups and at- tempts to promote and encourage reading for pleasure, allowing pupils the opportunity to read a wide range of genres and texts of their own choosing. The bookshelf templates can be collected from the School Library and pupils will have until Easter 2020 to fill their bookshelf with as many books as possible. Success- ful readers will have the opportunity to qualify for a ‘Surprise Trip’, which will take place in the Summer Term. Last year, pupils were given the opportunity to attend a subsidised trip to Hollywood Bowl, a private cinema screening Christmas Cards of Toy Story 4, with lunch included at the Red Dragon Centre. For your chance to attend next Mrs Sheldon’s Year 9 classes have been busy summer, drop in to the library, pick up your designing and writing Christmas cards to send bookshelf and get reading! to our penfriend exchange school in Nagasaki, Japan. Stanwell students included information about our Christmas traditions and sent their best wishes to the Japanese students. We are hoping that our Japanese friends will write back to us in the new year.

Macbeth Theatre Visit

In October, Year 10 pupils visited the New Theatre, Cardiff to watch a production of Chris Riddell Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The pupils enjoyed In September, Year 7 pupils were treated to an the production and their conduct was a credit interactive seminar with former children’s Lau- to the school. In April, the department are reate, and famous illustrator, Chris Riddell to planning a visit to the New Theatre to see a discuss his new book ‘Guardians of Magic’ at production of J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector All Saints Church in Penarth. After demonstra- Calls. tions of his work, students were delighted to

“their conduct was a credit to the school” Saesneg Mrs M Williams

Book Club adventurers had to skim-read maps, letters and a variety of other documents based on the nov- We have recently added a Key Stage 3 Book el to unlock the security systems in our escape Club to the many exciting extra-curricular room challenge. Thanks to all who helped us to clubs available at Stanwell. We have enjoyed recapture our dinosaurs, Jurassic Park remains some group readings, had engaging debates as safe and secure as it always was. and discussions about important events, characters and themes within the novels and we Make sure to return next year to see what new have created word searches and quizzes. We challenges we have in store, and what new are based in G14b every other Monday (Week books we'll be celebrating! One) from 2.55 – 3.55 if anyone else would like to join us. Creative Writing Club

Open Day From transforming Stanwell into a Gothic cas- tle guarded by gargoyles and towering turrets The English Depart- to describing the dramatic arrival of an alien ment welcomed vis- race to earth, our creative writers have ex- itors and prospec- plored two different genres of writing and cre- tive new pupils dur- ated some engaging pieces of original work. ing the School’s annual Open Day in Working both independently and in small October. Three classrooms were themed groups, our writers have developed realistic around the worlds of various books. characters, exciting settings and considered how suspense and tension are created. Returning from last year was our Roald Dahl room in F17, where we showed off some It’s been fantastic seeing students from differ- of our creative writing tasks and an interactive ent year groups getting to know each other bet- self-assessment challenge based on Roald ter and I hope more students will come along Dahl’s screenplays. Through F12’s tradition- and join us next year! al Harry Potter theme, guests learned how they could mix together persuasive potions to con- vince people of anything.

In F10 we spared no expense in bringing to life Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. But amongst the blow-up dinosaurs and tropical plants there was serious English work to be done! Visiting children used their descriptive skills to write reports on the escaped dinosaurs they could see whilst navigating our CCTV displays, and produced persuasive posters to re-advertise the theme park after its disaster, whilst the ultimate

“Key Stage 3 Book Club has made a comeback” Fashion and Textiles Mrs S Jenkins

KS3: Year 7 pupils have produced some ex- Innovation awards 2019: We are so proud of citing cushions this term inspired by the artist our A level pupils who exhibited their work Mondrian. Year 8 have made high quality at the innovation awards this Year. The work was so impressive. Well done to Jessica bags for a brand of their choice. We have had Jones, Amy Jordan and Holly Morgans. excellent outcomes this term with pupils using the embroidery machine, heat transfer Extra Curricular: Hal- loween workshop paper and appliqué. Here are some examples Year 7 and 8 pupils of their fantastic bags. were invited to take part in an afterschool workshop where they learned how to make fabric pumpkins. Christmas workshop Year 7 enjoyed making sock snowmen in our Christmas workshop. We saw lots of fa- miliar faces from the Halloween workshop! Albert primary: It was a GCSE: Year 9 pupils have made an excellent pleasure to wel- start to the GCSE course. Pupils have learnt come Year 4 pupils about the designer Orla Kiely in their theory from Albert prima- lessons and have produced different seams in ry to introduce the theme ‘Fashion’ to them. skills lessons. They are making good pro- Pupils made current trend boards and were gress on the ‘dress a girl around the world shown fashion illustration. Many thanks to project’ and we look forward to their out- our Year 10 pupils Caitlin Bowman, Grace comes. Year 10 have been focussing on the Hatherall, Libby Howell-Jones, Freya GCSE designers Orla Kiely, Stella McCart- McAteer and Leonita Pacolli for helping ney and Laura Ashley this term. They have Year 4 pupils—they were great! produced some impressive in- University of South Wales workshop: USW spiration lecturers came into give A level pupils a pa- boards and in- per fashion workshop - great outcomes were formation produced. booklets based on the design- Production Les Mis: Year 13 pupils produced ers and are just the flags for the senior production this year. starting their What a great show it was too! hoodie project. Open evening: It was lovely to meet potential Year 11 are working towards completing Year 7 pupils at open evening. We are so their GCSE NEA. The pupils are in the pro- lucky to have such talented pupils’ work to cess of making toiles as part of the iterative display. design process. We look forward to their outcomes. A level: Year 12 and Year 13 are all working really hard on their NEA. We have such talented Fashion and Textile A level pupils, we look forward to their outcomes.

‘We have such talented Fashion and Textile A level pupils, we look forward to their outcomes’ Daearyddiaeth

Mrs H Jarman

It has been an exceptionally busy and Year 7 pupils have been studying Rivers and eventful term in the Geography department. Water Aid this term, where they were able to There have been numerous fieldwork use virtual fieldwork techniques to construct experiences, providing the pupils with a cross sectional graphs from data collected range of opportunities to apply their from the River Noe in Derbyshire, this task knowledge and understanding beyond the has certainly helped the pupils to present and classroom. analyse numerical data.

As part of our Primary Liaison project, we welcomed a number of Year 6 pupils from our feeder schools into the Geography department. Whilst they were visiting, the Year 6 pupils took part in a problem solving task on ‘Happy Holiday’ where they had to find the perfect family holiday (using a set of criteria) for the Jarman Family. This was no mean feat I can tell you, but the pupils certainly rose to the challenge. In October the Year 8 pupils, who study ‘The Geography of Chocolate’, visited Cadbury World in Bourneville. Whilst at the factory, the pupils were given a talk on the location and manufacturing of products around the world. Also, the pupils had a tour around the factory, sampling some of the chocolate and concluding the visit with a ride on the 4D simulator.

Open day in the department this year was led by our Geography subject prefect Ruhama Ali, with a little bit of help from her friends. During the evening the Geography team introduced the various visitors to Year 9 pupils have made a wonderful start to ‘Rainforest Sensations’ through taste, touch, their new GCSE Geography course by smell and sound. They even managed to studying the themes of Distinctive encourage some visitors to dress as rainforest landscapes and coasts. Areas studied have parrots and a fun evening was had by all included the Glamorgan Heritage Coast and involved. the Brecon Beacons, both excellent examples where the natural landscapes interact with human activity.

“No mean feat I can tell you, but the pupils certainly rose to the challenge.” Geography Mrs H Jarman

This term Year 11 students have been com- Special mention must be given to the Carreg pleting the Unit 3 non-examination assess- Activity Centre for their hosting skills ment part of their course, based on previous providing us with a festive camp fire and fieldwork carried out in Cardiff City Centre team building activities; some students were (Sphere of Influence) and along the River definitely braver than others! Ogmore in Bridgend (transects). The pupils also had the opportunity this term to go out and around on the school grounds to conduct a micro climate study; the classes really ap- preciated the hands on approach (but maybe not on such a cold day next time!)

On the 26th -27th November 2019, the Biol- ogy and Geography departments joined forc- es to conduct a cross curricular field visit staying at Stouthall on the Gower. The 30 students and 2 members of staff focused their Keep up to date with the latest news from the research on changing places and changing geography department by following us on landscapes and visited areas of geographical Twitter: Stanwell Geography@GEOG2XL interest. Students undertook both a physical geography sand dune study and a human geography rural village study, visiting Oxwich Bay, Bishopston and Reynoldston.

“ Some students were definitely braver than others!” Hanes Mr G Penny

It has been another exceptionally busy and been investigating the key problems and chal- eventful term in the History Department. The lenges facing the USA in the 1920s. Events October Open Evening provided pupils and studied have included Prohibition and Gang- parents alike with the opportunity to investi- sters, immigration and the treatment of black gate several different aspects crime and pun- Americans. They have all made an encourag- ishment through the ages with the corridor ing start to the GCSE course and should be along the History department being trans- commended. formed into a prison. Topics explored in various classrooms included code cracking, un- Continuing on from their superb progress last picking rope, sitting silently, using clues year, Year 10 and Year 11 pupils have been to work out why people were executed, as studying the problems faced by Britain be- well as an historical photo booth. tween 1945 and 1979. Topics have included the creation of the Welfare State, with particular focus on the NHS, the Aberfan disaster and the intricacies of the 1966 Carmarthen by- election. Year 11 in particular should be proud of the impressive modular exam results they achieved last the summer.

In addition, History pupils have studied a lot of exciting topics this term. In Year 7, pupils have been learning about the Battle of Has- tings and who became King of England in 1066. They are looking forward to studying how William the Conqueror overcame his Finally, a group of Stanwell students recently problems and life in the Medieval period. attended the Remembrance Day parade to honour those who have fought, and those who Year 8 pupils have enjoyed studying all about made the ultimate sacrifice, in conflict. They the Tudors during this Autumn term. Topics laid a wreath at the Remembrance Garden and have included Henry VIII and his six wives, observed the two minute silence at the memo- religious issues faced by the Tudors and the rial in Alexandra Park. invasion of the Spanish Armada in 1588. To bring History alive in this topic, 84 pupils had the opportunity to visit London recently. Many famous landmarks and museums were explored, including the Tower of London, the Docklands Museum and one of the main highlights was experiencing the West End musical ‘Six’, focusing on the wives of Henry VIII.

Year 9 students have begun the GCSE course with a highly impressive attitude and have

“two minute silence at the memorial in Alexandra Park” Technoleg Gwybodaeth Dr H Roberts

Hocking and Max Lindfield have achieved KEY STAGE 3 excellent test results this term. Year 13 com- KS3 pupils have settled into their new classes puting students have been working well and and have all learned new skills this term. most have be completing individual projects. Looking forward to the Spring term, pupils Max Baker, Neil Power and Wyn Price from Year 7 will be expanding their under- have completed some excellent programming standing of data handling through databases and Year 8 pupils can look forward to developing their Graphics skills using some Adobe packages including Photoshop.

KEY STAGE 4 ICT pupils are now preparing for their Unit 4 Multimedia controlled assessment, they are currently analysing websites and comparing and contrasting good practice.

Computer Science pupils have been working on their controlled assessments using Python systems for their Unit 5 project. software. Pupils can use the web links below to access the free Python 2 courses and exer- TRANSITION cises. We were delighted to teach animation to our https://www.w3schools.com/ future Year 7s this term. Pupils created fantas- https://www.codecademy.com/ tic GIFs, turning a sad face into a happy face.

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES Stanwell KS3 Code Club continues to grow in numbers and popularity. Pupils have used Mi- crobits, carried out Cyber Security tasks, and created a Scratch Festive Themed platform game. Next term we will be using Edison ro- bots!

Key Stage 4 homework club is an opportunity for pupils to catch-up on coursework when It was really interesting to see pupils’ creativi- they have been absent. It is also an opportunity and logical thinking, by applying the ani- ty for pupil to clarify any theory topics being mations to other features in their GIFs. taught. We also welcomed groups from our feeder Some pupils also signed up for an Ethical schools for our annual Computing transition Hacking course run by PricewaterhouseCoop- session. We had a two hour session learning ers (PWC) @ Cardiff University. Well done, how to think like a computer and create pro- all attendees. grams using the BBC Microbits. Again, excellent efforts were shown by all, and some real- KEY STAGE 5 ly complex programs were developed. Year 12 computing students have worked well during their first term. Jonathan Evans, Evan #buddingprogrammers.

“ Pupils created fantastic GIFs” Mathemateg Mr A Meddins

It has been another busy term in the Mathe- and to those who received certificates in par- matics department with, once again, the main ticular! focus being the November GCSE exams for Year 11. The vast majority of pupils sat their The ‘Maths Mindbenders’ activity on Open Maths Numeracy examinations with sets 1 Day is always popular and this year was no and 2 doing their Maths too! Homework exception. 57 potential pupils from a variety of Club on Monday evenings was well attended primary schools enjoyed the four-puzzle treas- and hopefully these extra sessions, alongside ure hunt around the Mathematics Department. the past paper revision during lesson time, Many parents joined in too, taking them back the half term holiday and the night before to their school days! Those who completed the exams will prove beneficial as we eagerly puzzles received a certificate and a prize. await the results in January. “Simon Says” also took place and once again it proved to be popular. Thanks to Mr Cham- Since September, Olivia Tyso, Carys Thom- bers for co-ordinating this and congratulations as and Eleanor Cole all from Year 13, en- to Corrina Davies from Pwll Coch primary tered the Maths Olympiad and are seen be- who won the competition and has since been low with their participation certificates! awarded a certificate and calculator! Many thanks to all who visited the department during Open Day making it a memorable occa- sion as always! A selection of pictures below are of pupils (and parents!) attempting the puzzles and “Simon Says”

Also, 37 pupils from the 6th form Further Mathematics classes sat the senior individual UKMT challenge. Many received certificates for this — congratulations to: Billy McCul- lagh, Max Baker (gold), Rory Skinner, Wyn Price, Jonathan Evans, Maxwell Buehner-Davis, Ollie Evans and Tom Lumsden (all silver), Rhys Lewis, Anton Rogan, Ashlin Blackburn, Grace Barring- ton, Henry Jones, Imogen Williams, Jamie Cook, Josh Warne, Matthew Pringle, Morgan McGuigan, Rhys Knapper and Sadie Evans (all bronze).

Billy McCullagh and Max Baker deserve a particular mention as they have also qualified for the next “Senior Kangaroo” stage and we await their results for this in due course. Well done to all who took part in this experience

“have qualified for the next “Senior Kangaroo” stage…..” Ieithoedd Modern Mrs T Davis

Open Day

One of the highlights of the term was the Cupcake ever–popular ‘Europa Café’ on Open Day. st There was a fabulous selection of cakes, Joint 1 Prize: kindly baked by our wonderful students. Fearne Cook The ‘cake’ competition was judged in two (7O) categories– novelty cakes and small cakes!

Here are the winners of the Europa Café Cake competition:

Novelty Cake st 1 Prize: Katie Watson (7L) Owen Thompson (9K)

Foreign travel

The department is planning some exciting trips 2nd Prize: in the New Year. In March the French and Joel Rowland Welsh departments will be visiting Paris where (8K) they will see all the sights and go to the top of the Eiffel tower. They will also spend a day at Euro Disney to celebrate St. David’s Day. A little later that month the Y12 French students will spend a weekend in the capital to soak up the culture and improve their language skills.

In April the German department will be com- Joint 3rd Prize: pleting the first leg of the German Exchange Alex Roddis (7R) with a visit to the Black Forest. Whilst there they will get to experience life in a German school as well as go on trips to Freiburg, the Titisee Lake and the famous Europapark. The German students will return to Penarth in July.

In July the French Department will be travelling to the glorious Côte d’Opale where they Mollie Hughes (7K) will enjoy the delights of the seaside resort of Le Touquet as well as Boulogne, the Nausicaa Aquarium and a visit to a boulangerie or choc- olaterie.

“The department is planning some exciting trips in the New Year.” Media & Film Y Cyfryngau a Ffilm Mr I O’Rourke

Year 9 controlled assessments. We are never surprised by the enthusiasm a new Year 9 cohort brings, but often the Both year groups have just sat their end of year levels of creativity are astounding and this exams. Pupils of note so far are: year is no different. We have been exploring Madeline Morgan & Alfie Mayo (10); the key concept of Representation and pupils Charlotte Rapley & Sian Blackburn (10); who have started particularly well are: Lily-May Reardon & Elliot Dyment-Salmon Reuben Mulenga, Kyoko Ogasawara, (10); Holly Shah & Jayden Treen (11); Tommi Ryan, Angelina Dasari-Vericherla, Joseph Bryant, Belle Jones & Ryan Nicol Eve Webster and Charlie Stockley-Jones. (11).

Extra-curricular Years 12 and 13 AS Film Studies students are ahead of the game We are also very pleased to be able to and are already developing their screenplays; contribute in a small way to the success of year we also have several filmmakers. They are Stanwell’s senior production. We have responding well to the AS Level course and our produced the poster and programme for Les currently working on ‘We Need To Talk About Misérables. Kevin.’ A2 students are also hard at work on their creative coursework as well as studying a Wuxia classic: House of Flying Daggers!

Our AS Media students are also hard at work tackling teen classics Clueless and Submarine. They are about to begin developing their coursework artefacts. Students of note so far are: Niamh Sultana, Bethan Chalk, Emma Mor- gan and Caitlin Salmon.

Year 12 & 13 BTEC Creative Media students have been working on planning and creating their own factual radio programme, short TV extract or website and music videos. They have researched existing shows and sites and proposed original new ideas that they are currently recording.

Lots of the Film & Media students are involved in one way or another with the senior Years 10 and 11 Production. We have film students in leading roles: Ben Payne (13), and Josh Stanbury (13). In Year 10 we have been working hard on the first of two exams they will sit next year. We wish all our students a happy and restful The focus for this exam is on Christmas break and look forward to further representations in advertising and creative efforts in the New Year! newspapers. Year 11 students have been creating DVD Covers and Film Posters for their

“levels of creativity are astounding”

Music Mr. N. Rhydderch

Senior Production 9 . The Senior Choir performed at the A We would like to con- Level Certificate Ceremony, and will re- gratulate our students hearse on a Thursday 3-4pm. It is for pu- who performed in the pils in Year 10-13, all abilities welcome! senior production of Les Miserables. A fan- Reid’s Digital Music tastic performance, we Reid’s Digital Music provide an after- are really proud of you. school digital music club in Stanwell’s music suite every Wednesday, Thursday and A Level Trip th Friday between 4:30 and 5:30pm. The club On the 27 November, is available to all students where they learn the Sixth form Music the art of music production using industry students took a trip to St David's Hall to hear standard software. Our students produce Vladimir Ashkenazy conduct Sibelius' second an album towards symphony, to support their A Level Music the end of each study of the development of the symphony. academic year to The 82-year-old conductor led an inspiring showcase their performance. This is the second in a series of best songs, which eight concert trips that the department has or- can be purchased ganised this year to complement the A Level via ParentPay. Music syllabus; the next will be in January to a commemorative concert marking the 250th Duke of Edinburgh Volunteering anniversary of Beethoven's birth. In addition to the after-school club, Year 9 and 10 students with knowledge in digital Pupil Achievement music production can complete their volun- We would like to congratulate Tom Walters tary hours for the Duke of Edinburgh (Year 12) who achieved 99/100 in his grade 8 award by assisting in the primary after- drum exam (having taught himself). school clubs. Students who have an interest but no experience can learn digital mu- Extra-Curricular sic production as a skill as part of their We would like to invite you to our concert ‘A Duke of Edinburgh award and complete Night at the Movie and Musicals’ in the hours for their Welsh baccalaureate by as- spring. sisting in various classes. The Junior Orchestra has been working on 'Don't Stop Believing', 'Pachelbel's Canon' and Music Tour 'Writing's on the Wall' from Spectre, as well Next July (9-13), the department will be as Christmas songs. They rehearse on Thurs- taking 40 students to the Rhineland region days 3-3:45 in C3 and will be working to- of Germany to perform a series of concerts wards our spring concert in the new year. It is and to take in the sights and sounds of the open for pupils from Years 7-9 and all abili- area. Interest letters have been handed out - ties are welcome. if you don’t have yours, come and see us The Senior Orchestra played for senior pro- soon: places will go quickly! You don’t duction Les Miserables. They will be working need to be studying Music to take part, but towards the spring concert and will be per- you will be expected to take part in the performing a range of movie and musical reper- formances. Our previous tours to Paris, toire. Rehearsals will take place on a Wednes- Lake Garda and Amsterdam have been day 3-4pm from January. hugely successful and great fun - we are Our Junior Choir also takes place on a looking forward to it! Wednesday 3-4pm as it for pupils in Year 7- “A most fabulous concert !’ Physical Education Miss M Coles

Rugby Year 9 The Year 9 rugby team has really ‘come of age’ Year 7 this year, putting together some superb team The Year 7 rugby team has made a good start performances and building on the potential to their Stanwell rugby careers and played shown last year. They qualified for the Welsh lots of games against schools from both The cup and ran a very strong Whitchurch side Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff. They have closely. This will be the second year that they won 4 games so far and have displayed excel- have the opportunity to compete at Rosslyn lent potential! Captain Elliot Bechares has Park 7s in March – training will start in Janu- been leading the side excellently from his po- ary. Well done to all that have been involved in sition of fly half! There have been as many as the Year 9 rugby team this year. 40 players at training sessions, with many Year 10 novice players experiencing rugby for the first time. If Year 7 pupils maintain this level Year 10 rugby is currently one of the biggest of commitment and effort then they will soon talking points in the school! After numerous, reap the rewards. Well done to all that have difficult years and consistently failing to get been involved so far, keep it up! that elusive win, all of a sudden they are undefeated and topping the league! Captained by Year 8 Dan Thomas, the team are playing fast flow- ing, high paced, exciting rugby that is an abso- lute pleasure to watch. Hopefully they can now maintain these winning ways leading into the new year. Finally, a special mention goes to To- by Frankling, Rhys Mottram, Charlie Rain- bird and Matt Young for representing Vale of Glamorgan Schools this season.

The Year 8 rugby team has continued where Senior rugby they left off last year, with some excellent Senior rugby at Stanwell has started the season displays and commitment to training. They exceptionally well this year, with up to 50 boys have won 3 out of 5 games so far and keep putting on their kit most Wednesday afternoons. showing improvements in every match. There has also been a ‘B’ team fixture on a couple of occasions meaning over 30 boys played competitive matches in the same evening. With continued effort and enthusiasm, they will certainly develop into a formidable side! This year will also be the first opportunity for the year group to play at Rosslyn Park 7s!

“Rugby development and participation on the rise!” Astudiarthau Corfforol Miss M Coles The 1st XV rugby team have been participat- Multi-purpose dual use pitches ing in the East Wales Premier league, playing A new addition to the sports facilities at Stan- schools such as Llanishen High, Aberdare well are the 2 dual use pitches in the location and Cardiff High. The commitment from the of the old grass football pitch. This now gives boys has been excellent, even though we the school to opportunity to field up to 3 dif- have suffered with a number of serious inju- ferent football/rugby matches and caters for a variety of different age groups. This however ries. would not have been possible without the help They finished 5th out of 13 teams with their of our amazing PTA who very kindly donated largest defeat being by just 7 points. With the the new multi purpose posts seen in the picture Welsh Cup starting in January, this strong below. side could easily do well. A special mention also goes to Will Hardy and Connor Mitchell who both represented Welsh Academicals against Welsh Exiles earlier in the season.

Stanwell Barbarians Stanwell has also added a second senior team this season, the Stanwell Barbarians captained by Deiniol Knight. With such a great interest in senior rugby, they have managed to play numerous, competitive fixtures this season and are eager to play more. For the Stanwell meet the Barbarians first time in many years, Stanwell fielded two th senior teams, utilising the new pitches we On the 27 of November, 5 GCSE PE classes have on offer. Built on social rugby, the team were invited to Penarth RFC to watch the is going from strength to strength with a par- men’s and women’s Barbarians teams train in ticipation focus and lots of laughs! Several preparation for their match versus Wales. players have also been highlighted and then What started as a wet and dismal day soon selected for the first team as a result of their cleared and the sun came out for some brilliant second team performances. celebrity spotting. There was a deluge of auto- graphs and selfies, with big smiles in every single one! We are very proud to be part of such a positive event that highlighted the bene- fits of participation for all and delighted it was shared by all of our neighbouring schools.

“Rugby excellence on display” Astudiarthau Corfforol Miss M Coles

The Year 7 team played their first match against Cathays last month. All teams from Years7-10 have been entered in a new Girls Cardiff and The Vale Schools League which is now underway. The Year 9 girls were also entered into the Urdd 3v3 Basketball competition in December in which they obtained vic- tories against schools such as Bro Edern and Bro Morgannwg, to eventually obtained 3rd place in the Cup overall. They are now awaiting the Welsh Schools’ Basketball Tourna- ment in February.

Special mention goes to; Lisa Bell-Jones, Candice Luceau and Maddie Morgan and who are playing for the Welsh Under 16 Squad this year.

Also congratulations go to Nia Jones who has made massive contributions to all games and who has been chosen to play with the Year 10 girls due to her natural flair and talent for the sport. Nia is also involved in the Welsh devel- Girls’ basketball opment squad which will eventually lead into the Welsh U16s team. KS3&4 Girls’ basketball has again proven to be very popular this year with a number Well done to all teams! of girls attending training regularly and playing regular matches. Year 9 and 10 girls have had a fantastic start to the season playing against Cathays and Glantaf High school.

“Excellent basketball performances!” Astudiarthau Corfforol Miss M Coles Netball Year 10

Year 7 The Year 10 team has started the season well with a win over Bro Morgannwg and Year 7 netball practice has seen large numbers attending and two matches for the A and B securing a place in the county finals beating Llanishen and Cardiff High. These fi- teams. The girls have started the season off strongly with excellent wins over Whitmore and nals will take place in March where they will compete for the top four place in Car- Llanwit Major. The standard of play has been diff and The Vale. Well done to Lola Ev- very good with special mention to the two shooters Eliya Duckers and Daisy-Mai Sing. A ans and Annie Isherwood who were selected for the U16 county squad. big thank you to Miss Bates for coaching the Year 7 teams. Year 11

Year 8 The Year 11 team has played Bro Mor- The Year 8 team are being coached this year by gannwg which saw them win and also won their round of the county netball tourna- Mrs Hall and have started off the season very well with wins against St. Richard Gwyn, ment which has allowed them to progress to the county finals in March. Llantwit and Whitmore. A very close match against Bro Morgannwg saw their first loss. Welsh Indoor Rowing Championships Well done to Gaby Morris and Alexa Tyso who This year saw a return to the Welsh Indoor were selected for the U14 county netball team. Rowing Championships for Stanwell. Held at Channel View Leisure Centre, a Year 9 Training has been very popular with the Year 9 group of pupils competed in the individual girls with over 20 girls attending every week. events and there were lots of excellent per- The B team played in a recent B team tourna- formances! All pupils involved showed ment and finished 2nd in the plate competition. brilliant effort throughout the day and rep- Annabel Grosfils, Nia Jones, Amelia Mitch- resented the school superbly! A special ell, Paige Pesticcio-Croll, Abigail Roberts mention goes to Year 11 pupil Arabella and Martha Tomalin-Reeves represented the Hodges who won a silver medal in the school in a team including Westbourne and St. girls 2000m event. Well done! Cyres pupils at the inaugural BAME unity co- hesion netball cup supported by South Wales

Police and PC Mudie.

“Cardiff and the Vale netball!” Physical Education Miss M Coles Tennis

The year started off with the U13 girls’ tennis team travelling to Bath to play against Prior Park School. This was the next round of the AEGON tennis tournament and even though they lost, the girls enjoyed the experience. The U15 boys played against Colston’s School from Bristol and beat them to progress to the next round which was against Millfield. Un- fortunately Millfied proved too strong for the boys but they gave them a really good match. The Senior Boys played Bryncelynog and Whitchurch and narrowly lost to Whitchurch. The Senior girls progress to the next round of the Senior competition after beating Brynce- lynog and Caerleon.

Above: The U13 girls tennis team. Holly Bird, Emily Anna Galatsidas, Amelia Mitchell and Charlotte Ray (All Year 9).

Trampolining

On 2 December Isabella Baker, Ella Prosser, Beth Rasbuary and Heidi Stokes won Y8 Team Gold (Novice) for Stanwell in the Welsh Schools Regional Trampoline Championship. They go on to represent the school in the 2020 Zonal Competition where they will compete against school teams from across England.

Above: The senior girls tennis team- Ella Da- vies (Year 11), Lucy Jones (Year 13), Beth Munro-Morris (Year 11) and Zoya Yousef (Year 13)

“Tennis performances to be proud of!” Astudiarthau Corfforol Miss M Coles Boys’ Football Development games are currently being organ- Year 7 ised in order to plan for when they join the senior The Year 7 football team has had a strong squad next year. start to the season, beating Llantwit 9-2 and then Bro Morgannwg 4-3. They are currently Senior football in the quarter finals of the Cardiff and Vale of The Senior football team, under the watchful eye Glamorgan cup. With over 50 players regu- of newly appointed Captain Gethin Hicks, have larly turning up to training, their strength in played in a number of games in both the county depth is exceptional – a talented group with a and national cup. They are currently in the quar- great team ethic. ter finals of the Cardiff and Vale cup. Special mention to Eddie Norton who has had a number Year 8 of outstanding performances already this year. The Year 8 team faced the Welsh Champions in the first round of the Cardiff and Vale Cup, Cross country which was always going to be a tough game. A number of pupils have taken part in races They fought hard but unfortunately lost to an across the county at the start of the school year organised and talented Plasmawr team. They with some excellent individual performances. are currently training hard and looking for- Rebecca George (Year 11) has consistently ward to friendly games over the next term. finished in the top 10 in her senior races produc-

ing very strong performances. Year 9 The Year 9 football team has built on their achievements last year and developed into a squad that work well together and strive for a strong team performance in every game. With Ryan Shallis firing in goals from all angles and Henry Hanson keeping the defence organised the team have made their way to the quarter finals of the Cardiff & Vale cup. Spe- cial mention to Henry Hanson and Daniel In- gram who have recently had trials with the Welsh team.

Year 10 The Year 10 team has developed into a com- The boys’ cross country team have competed in petitive side, holding their own against cham- all of the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan cross pions Whitmore, unfortunately losing, but country league fixtures, being held at Pencoetre being gracious in defeat; they were a credit to High School and Pontcanna Fields throughout the school. September and October. With strong performances by, Scott Bown, Antonio Peacock and Year 11 Henry Spencer; the older pupils have been The Year 11 team competed in the Cardiff able to lead by example giving the new Year 7 and Vale cup, but came unstuck against a runners plenty of inspiration. Special mention to very strong team from Mary Immaculate. Alex Roddis and Matthew George who shown outstanding commitment to the team this year.

“Great football performances!” Astudiarthau Corfforol Miss M Coles Girls’ Football

What a fantastic start to the year for the girls’ football teams. It is great to see the popularity of the sport grow with an increase in numbers at every training session! The girls are dis- playing some excellent potential and are developing their skills every week.

KS3 girls’ football We have many players that are completely new to the sport to some who are playing for clubs outside with a special mention to Lainey Beddard who has just been selected KS4 girls’ football to play for Cardiff City Academy. Many had Unfortunately, the girls lost out on the first round the opportunity to play in the Welsh Cup of the Welsh Cup against a strong Cardiff High which unfortunately we lost out on in the first team, however they are making up for this in the round with an extremely competitive game league with a strong performance against St against St Richard Gwyn; it went all the way Teilos with a score of 8-2! Most recently they to ‘Sudden death penalties’. Year 8 pupils played a match against Bro Morgannwg which have had some great games with a 3-1 win they lost, however it was one of their most im- against Bishop of Llandaff and a mixture of pressive matches so far and Miss Miles can’t Year 7 and 8 getting to play in the WSFA 5- aside tournament in which they missed out on wait for the rematch! getting through to the last round just by goal difference!

“Girls’ football on the rise!” Performing Arts Miss S Ghazi-Torbati

Performing Arts Year 10 exams We were fortunate enough to have a work- We would like to congratulate our Year 10 shop with profession performer, Barney Performing Arts students who completed Hughes who has played the ‘Enjolras’ in the their first performance examination. The West End and touring production of Les Mis- course requires pupils to write a musical as erables. part of their course which constitutes 25% of their final grade. We were blown away by their efforts and talent, well done Year

10!

Workshops New York Trip We have had a range of visitors for the KS5 During October half term, 44 students from Performing Arts classes from Razzle Dazzle Years 11-13 and 6 members of staff visited Theatre Group. Pupils in Year 12 and 13 have New York on a Performing Arts trip. The benefited from a range of workshops in Tap itinerary included seeing ‘Frozen’ and ‘The dancing, Urban dancing and Vocal Technique Play That Goes Wrong’ on Broadway, a from the visiting professionals. workshop with Broadway performers, a visit to the Statue of Liberty and the Rock- Professional Visitor erfellar Centre, 9/11 Museum visit and sup- As part of their research project on performers porting the New York Knicks play in Mad- in the industry, our Year 12 Performing Arts dison Square Gardens. We also met Lin- students organised an interview with Opera Manuel Miranda in Central Park, and he singer Rebecca Evans. The interviewed her rapped about Cardiff for us, it was the trip and performed for her, it was a wonderful af- of a lifetime! ternoon. Music in the Vale Once again, Music the in the Vale was hosted at Stanwell School. We also are proud to announce that two of our students won the vocal category. Congratulations to Ella Sutcliffe-Hill (Year 10) who placed first in the intermediate vocal category, and Variety Showcase Aaron Millar (Year 12) who won 1st We would like to invite you to our annual Per- place in the senior vocal category. forming Arts Showcase. Our Royal Variety Showcase will take place on Thursday 27th February 2020 and will include performances from our Year 9-13 pupils and will serve as the KS5 examination. The showcase will include a range of performances, from selections from a range of musicals to comedy sketches. “A most fabulous concert !’

Seicoleg Mrs K Cox

- Addysg Grefyddol Mr M Oxenham

The RE Club designed and made an entry for the annual Penarth Christmas Tree Festival at St. Augustine’s Church, organised by Angela Davison. Our theme this year was ‘Our Shining Stars’.

Students were invited to pick a heroic and in- spirational individual and explain their choice.

Dolly Parton, Nelson Mandela, Mo Salah and Frida Kahlo were just some of the shining stars.

Looking for a Christmas dinner conversation starter? Why not ask your family and friends who would be their nomination for entry into Year 9 students have been working with gusto as the Shining Stars Hall of Fame? they begin their GCSE course exploring philosophical and ethical themes, and the beliefs and Thanks to Mrs L Wyatt, Miss L Evans and the practices of Christianity and Islam. To help build students of RE Club for all their help in making on the foundational knowledge of Islam estab- our entry into the competition. lished in lessons, on Wednesday 16th October, the whole of Year 9 participated in an ‘Unveiling Islam’ lecture and discussion, led by Tan Ah- med, and supported by the Muslim Council of Wales.

Students were introduced to the key articles of faith, the key theological and philosophical beliefs if Islam, and then asked thought-provoking follow up questions such as:  Do you think there should be a mosque built in Penarth?  What’s the hardest part about being a Mus- lim in the UK?  Is it easy to practice your faith in Wales?  Does the presence of evil and suffering in the world prove that God exists?

As we live and work in and around such a di- verse part of Wales, we feel it is important for students to encounter a variety of different belief systems (both religious and non-religious). As the Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to enter- tain a thought without accepting it.” Thanks to Miss E Ghazi-Torbati for organising this enriching experience! “It is the mark of an educated mind” Gwyddoniaeth Dr H Roberts the Wales Brain Bee Competition at Cardiff SCIENCE University. The most enjoyable event, however for staff and pupils was the Year 12 It has been another exciting and challenging term in field trip to Gower. Two days study at Port the Science department as pupils and staff start their Eynon and Oxwich allowed students to new courses. The summer results were pleasing and complete A Level work whilst experiencing all pupils should be proud of their achievements. A the wonderful Gower coast. Pictured below new year brings new challenges, but all within the department will be aiming to achieve the best is Miss Jenkins sharing her expertise with possible results at the end of the year. Seren Ruge-Edwards and Mia Sullivan. Last summer saw some excellent individual and collective results as over 25% of the year group achieved three A* grades. Well done to all the pupils for their mature attitude and hard work, and thanks to all the efforts of the teaching and support staff.

Some Year 7 classes have made models of plant and animal cells from cakes. The picture below shows the delicious and scientifically accurate results!

CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY The Chemistry department has made a very We are able to look busy and productive start to the academic back on some year with pupils from all key stages working excellent results hard in lessons. from the Summer, Once more we had superb AS Level results over 95% of GCSE pupils gained at least a C in in the summer with some outstanding individual performances. Louis Spencer Biology. Year 12 students also performed scored full UMS points in both units, while excellently. Three students Neryse Mably, Louis Eleanor Cole dropped just two points in Spencer and Hannah Williams all gained full both units; da iawn! Sophie Anderton, Laura UMS for AS Biology. With a number of other Macleod and Denis Yang scored full UMS students they are all on course to get excellent points in the unit 1 exam, well done indeed. results in Year 13. This is always a very busy term, Good luck to all the Year 13 cohort, we are hopeful of continued success in the summer. and there have already been a number of highlights.

At Open Day there was a steady stream of visitors, Open Day drew large crowds to watch the who had the opportunity to observe their own cheek “Flashes and Bangs” demonstrations. Pupils cells and make DNA bracelets, special thanks are Daisy Clark, Isabella Franklin, Neave due to our Biology prefects, Ffion McCulloch and Morris, Molly Southard, Manon Thomas Hannah Williams. Year 12 enjoyed the Gene and Nicole Yarwood impressed the visitors Park Wales talks and Year 13 have participated in with their knowledge and enthusiasm for the

“delicious and scientifically accurate” Science Dr H Roberts subject, as well as their competence when students and parents, showing off their skills doing the demonstrations. They were ably with ease. assisted by the Year 13 subject prefects,

Yasmin Biston, Jack Mudie and Joe Ramage.

PHYSICS

It has been another busy term for the Physics department; from starting off new GCSE and AS classes to welcoming back old ones to continue their successful progress in their studies. The excellent results achieved by students at GCSE in the summer has seen many choose to study AS Physics in Year 12. Similarly, many students have decided to continue with APPLIED SCIENCE

A2 Physics in Year 13 after their superb AS results. The majority of the targeted KS4 students AS level results in the summer produced some have embraced the chance to learn Science excellent individual achievements notably in a more practical way, and can see that Eleanor Cole and Rory Skinner achieving this course makes achieving a GCSE pass near perfect UMS in their exams and Max Baker, Laura Macleod, Billy McCullagh, grade a reality. Year 11 have completed the and Wyn Price all achieving over 90% of the task based component of their GCSE during UMS marks. Year 11 GCSE results produced mock week and Year 10 have begun the an overall pass rate to 99% of 184 students course. achieving A*-C, including outstanding performances by Daisy Bollington, Jamie MEDICAL SCIENCE Cook, Rhys Knapper, Alex Lewis, Ella Radford, Joseph Owen, Joshua Slatter and All the students who completed their AS Heather Taylor. Year 10 Physics module examinations in the summer have continued results were excellent with an impressive 36 into Year 13 and completed a fair pupils achieving full UMS marks. Well done proportion of their controlled assessment to all our students. tasks. Our subject prefect this year is Mae Open day drew large crowds with many Atkins. The new cohort of Year 12 has having a hair raising time with the Van de been enthusiastic about the subject and have Graaff generator or making batteries out of already completed their first piece of fruit, watching Mr West and his dancing controlled assessment. In the new year they flames and the many hands-on activities that will start investigating how to take enabled visitors to discover physics-based physiological measurements ready to toys or see how astronomers use relatively complete their second. simple techniques to find planets around stars. Our Physics prefects, Max Baker and Eleanor Cole were amazing in their discussions with

“Mr West and his dancing flames” Cymraeg Mrs C Flaherty

In November the Welsh Department took On Friday evening the pupils had a unique op- Year 9 pupils to enjoy a fantastic outdoor portunity to meet some incredible owls. Some activity weekend in the Urdd centre in pupils were lucky enough to have the owls Glan-llyn, North Wales. perch on their gloved hands.

The cold and wet weather certainly didn’t dampen their spirits and all pupils took part in the varied activities on or around the Lake Tegid such as canoeing, building a raft, climbing and archery to name but a few. The snow fall on the Saturday morning was magical. It was a positive experience and a chance for the pupils to create fond memories and develop their Welsh speaking skills. Diolch yn fawr to all the pupils involved for their excellent conduct at all times. They all played a huge part in the success of the weekend and the Urdd once again congratulated us on the pupils’ behaviour and spirit of adventure.

“Hwyl a sbri!” Cymraeg Mrs C Flaherty

The Open Day Welsh culture quiz was a huge success this year, with many taking part. Identifying the places in Wales proved to be very challenging!

We are very grateful to Rhys Tomos from the Urdd for coming in to Stanwell and lead-

ing a few sessions on playing the Ukulele to members of our Welsh club. Our loyal members of the Welsh Club have Amani Bartlett, Nancy Brindle, Mollie enjoyed many fun activities this term in- Hughes, Grace Ingram, Sukie Johnson, cluding a Quiz created by Gruffydd Hughes Ella Martin and Ruby Redford all tried and an Art and Crafts session where they their hand at playing the instrument and made lovely daffodils. were very impressive indeed.

“Nadolig Llawen i bawb” Workskills Mr. R Deighton-Jones

It has been a busy term for the four Workskills clearly enjoyed the placement. Khaleel Asif— classes. The Year 9 group of Ryan Cotterrall, Stanwell School Maintence Dept, Mitch Boy- Harrison Cleary, Lloyd Phillips, Max Sim- land—Fleetwheel Ltd, Jack David—EVS Ve- mons and Owen Thompson have quickly hicles Ltd, Connor Davies—Ice Arena Wales, settled into the ‘Finance & Money Skills’ course learning about the factors that affect Daniel Garner - Dinas Powys Primary income and the differences between a salary School, Owen Harding T W Boagey & Son, and a wage; gross and net pay as well as differ- John Maclean—Barry Island Primary School, ent saving accounts. They were also excellent Harry Parsons, - hosts at the recent careers fairs meeting and Big Learning guiding the visitors from the other schools Company , Mat- around Stanwell. thew Payne An-

The Year 10 group has started the new Work- thony Thompson skills course; the first two units are Unit 44 Butchers, Jamie ‘Literacy in the Workplace’ and Unit 45 Quick—Martin ‘Numeracy in the Workplace’. Quick Carpentry, Josua Sellek - The Literacy element has involved looking at Meadow bank the use of signage in workplaces for employees and customers. Students have also studied dif- School, Connor ferent types of language used in the applica- Sullivan— tion process. Lisa Bell-Jones, Jacob Carney, Electrical Options Leo Davies, Molly Dyke, Sam Harvey, Alfie of Barry Ltd, Sam Sully—The Inflatable Are- Perkins, Abbie Webber & Owain Wigmore na, Kristian Threadgill—Admiral Insurance & enjoyed taking part in the videoed telephone Jayden Treen— Stage Sounds Services. Our job interview role play, and the feedback ses- thanks to these organisation for supporting the sion that followed. pupils on placement. The Year 10 pupils are now in the process of organising their work experience placements On the 10th which will take place on the penultimate week October the Yr of the 11 Workskills school year group attended between the the Skills Cym- 15th and the ru fair at the 22nd June Motorpoint 2020. Arena in Car- The Year 11 diff. The pupils group start- took the opportunity to speak to local employ- ed the new academic year evaluating their ers and training providers about apprentice- summer work experience placement and then ship opportunities. Subsequently in class they undertaking a presentation to the class and Mr have been working on the units specifically Brown, Miss Owen and Mr Deighton-Jones. aimed at developing their CV and applying for They all spoke with great confidence and jobs.

“Work Experience Presentations” Year Groups Blwyddyn 7 Miss A Bates Mr M Baldwin Rose Brooks who got a distinction in her As I write this introduction, our pupils are piano and ballet exams. Lucy preparing for the Christmas concert to be held Chamberlain has been awarded grade two in on the last day of the term. There is a real her flute exam and grade one in ballet. Lucy sense that the first term has flown by and so was also the winner of dance challenge UK much has been achieved. We are so proud of 2019 for over twelve beginners. Chloe all our pupils but this year we have two pupils, Heath achieved grade one in her piano exam William Reypert of 7M and Kaveh Singh and obtained a participation medal for netball. Daniel Powell achieved a grade three 7A , who have thrilled audiences in concert in his piano exam. Maya Sandhu has with Only Boys Aloud. Once again, the achieved a grade one in her piano exam academic achievements of the new intake have and Nel Williams achieved a merit for her been outstanding. People often comment on the grade two piano exam. wealth of talent that we have here in Stanwell We have several awards for football and School and, of course, they are right and we rugby, Joshua Griffiths won the players are fortunate. I would like to thank the pupils player trophy for Inter Penarth AFC. Theo and staff for showing what can be done with all Kitchiner won manager’s player of the year the pupils` talents, and all of the parents and for his football team. Ethan Morgan won a friends of the school who provide the support medal for football. John Muxworthy got into and encouragement without which our work the Vale under eleven rugby team where only would be so much harder. Every term in school twenty-eight players are selected. Joseph is busy and this one has certainly been no Rees won a Rugby tournament for Penarth exception and it is to be hoped that the RFC. George Thomas Curtis played football and rugby for his primary school and in their following provides a glimpse into the richness final tournament his team won all their of school life. Meanwhile, I look forward to matches. James Whalley has received the start of a new calendar year and wish trophies for playing football and Ellis everybody in the school community a happy Williams won players player, coach’s player and successful 2019. and clubman of the year for Cogan football team. A few pupils in the class have achieved awards for other sporting activities and these include Katie- Leigh Coombs came first in the sprints on sports day. Paddy Corrigan won an 800M race for Cardiff Athletics this year. Amelia Davis got player of the year for netball and was asked to play in a team which was two years above her. Alfie Gore came first place in the race for life to raise money for cancer. Macey-Mai Lindley- Children in Need Fun Bell came first in a netball competition, horse riding and dance competitions. Georgina 7T Karani passed grade four and five in 7T have had a busy time this term. They have swimming for improving her backstroke and been passing music exams, obtaining awards front crawl. Isabel Linsell came first in a for football, rugby and swimming and horse riding competition at Easter. Darcy appearing in adverts, just to name a few things. Pyman achieved awards for player of the Our musical pupils of the form include Lily- game in basketball and lacrosse and Sarah “pupils relish the opportunities!” Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin Smithson came first in a dance competition by equestrian events. doing extra sessions and rehearsals. Apart from sporting successes, it is fantastic to We have other talented pupils such as Jessica see the range of interests that the students have. Bolton who came third place for a solo poem Molly Orwin has designed and printed a book competition in the Eisteddfod last that has been sold in a local Penarth shop “Funky year. Alyssya-Eve Farrall obtained an award Monkey”. She has also won a young inventors from Ty hafan for always helping out at Easter, competition. Edo Abramovich has competed in Halloween and Christmas. Noora the National Welsh Eisteddfod. Alexander Ghandour filmed an advert for HP in Slovenia Stechman has starred in three episodes of the and was an extra in ‘His Dark Materials’. TV show Keeping Faith and also represents Noora also got picked to play Cosette in the Penarth in swimming club and water polo. senior production Les Miserables. She Isabella Hollinshead is a very talented achieved a grade five in singing this year and Jac Scott Jones won a cooking musician and achieved grade 5 violin, grade 3 competition out of fifty contestants. piano and a Blue Peter music badge. Olivia Sweeney has not just one but four Blue Peter 7E badges, and won 13 Quatro League medals in gymnastics. 7E has a whole host of talented pupils with a broad range of achievements. Amelie Woodland has represented Wales in the Welsh National Rhythmic gymnastics team and has trained with the British squad, competing in London, Birmingham and Barcelona. Charlotte Palmer also enjoys her gymnastics and has won a team medal representing Planet Gymnastics, she has also won player of the year for Old Pens RFC. Another rugby player to keep an eye on for the future is James Siberry who plays for the school, Cogan, and was also Player of the Year at Old Pens. A photo of James holding some of his trophies is on the right. Carrying on with sporting success Harvey Hu has won several medals representing Sully FC along with Joshua Eades who also represents 7A Swansea FC. Benjamin Evans holds a black Jacob Adams won junior section of the Music belt in Karate. Violet Evans has been awarded th in the Vale Competition on the 17 November, her Bronze lifeguarding qualification and Ioan playing the French Horn. Greenhough has attained Level 10 in Peggy Coyle-Jones is part of Albert Guides, trampolining and came second in an all Wales and was recently awarded her WW2 badge for competition. A picture of Ioan with his silver building an air raid shelter and learning Morse medal is on the right. Code. She also sang with the BBC Orchestra in It is great to see so many students having great St. David’s Hall for a Welsh Christmas Service. success out of school Gabriella Sweeney has Fantastic! won medals in both individual, duo and group Christopher Cottrell, Max Doel and Oliver dance competitions. Catrin Swann enjoys horse Rapley all play for the Old Pens U-12s Rugby riding and has won rosettes in several “Welsh Gymnastics Championship” Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin

Tomas Evans came 18th in the Welsh Rowing Competition. He also marched as part of the Remembrance Day Service with the Sea Cadets. What a fantastic form! 7M Congratulations to our form reps Cara Griffiths, Alfie Rainbird and Iolo Whiting. We had such strong candidates we had to pick three! Isabelle Ellis has participated in dance club and performed recently in the New Theatre in ‘The Magic of the Musicals at Christmas’ Orbit Team. They beat Llandaf North in a Blues th show. Cup game on the 24 November meaning Phoebe Harries-Cox has attended a range of they’re first in their group and are through to clubs this term. She is involved in the girls’ the quarter finals. fitness club, and is a valued member of the junior Grace Ingram was a runner up the in the orchestra and junior choir. Phoebe has weekly Blue Peter ‘Enigma’ competition (a clarinet lessons in school and also applied to be a competition to celebrate 100 years of curriculum consultant for the school where she GCHQ). She received an orange Blue Peter has enjoyed attending meetings and contributing badge. th to the new curriculum ideas. Charlotte Taylor came 9 in the Welsh Reuben Williams has been selected to play Shooting Competition in October. tennis at Windsor Lawn tennis club and is a Ffion Lloyd, and her pony Buster, member of the Freerun Academy where he enjoys competed in their first show jumping parkour. He also attends KS3 Art club. As well competition in October. They came 3rd in the th as a keen sportsman and artist, Reuben is also a 50cm jump and 4 in the 70cm jump. Ffion pianist and is currently working towards his grade says that she and Buster are hoping to get 5 ABRSM piano examination. higher next time! Joe Thomas has made an excellent start in his In November, Dylan Sullivan came 2nd Star st Music lessons and recently achieved full marks 1 Dan black belt in his Tae-Kwon-Do on his performance examination. He is also a grading. member of the school football and rugby club, as The following pupils play for Penarth All well as playing for his local football team; Inter Stars Netball: Olivia Evans, Emilia Garvey, Penarth. Ffion Lloyd, Poppy Seaward, Amelie Sullivan, and Jessica White. The team recently played their ultimate rivals, Eastside, and won! Theatre enthusiast, Sam Dacey performed in the Wales Millennium Centre’s production of ‘Nativity- The Musical’, playing one of Oakmore Prep School’s pupils. Kaveh Singh is part of the singing group Only Kids Aloud and they performed with Only Men Aloud in Cardiff and North Wales, for the Aloud Charity. “Christmas Showjumping ” Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin

Lucy Bullock has joined the school choir semi-finals in a Cardiff Blues rugby tournament has really enjoyed the songs she has been and Kyle Pagano who reached the semi-finals in singing. She has recently achieved grade 1 in the football league. Jasmine Foster, Megan singing and is hoping to complete her grade 2 Russill and Mira Smith have all joined the at Easter. Isobel Price has attended choir and the cross country club. Saanvi Dash, Anna Maunder, school netball team. She is also a keen Elizabeth Regan and Mira Smith have all had dancer and studies, tap, ballet, jazz and swimming success this term. Saanvi Dash and modern at PAAW. Sophie Vickery has made the most of the clubs this term. She has thoroughly enjoyed attending KS3 Art clubs, is a member of the junior choir and also attends homework club. Outside of school she enjoys her weekly fitness class in Cogan.

7X Members of 7X have enjoyed the first term at Stanwell making new friends and taking advantage of all the new activities that are available. Claudia Franklin and Finn Griffith were nominated as our form representatives for the year. Mina Egrin have both taken part in a Jack Baxter, Alis Coles and Megan Russill all took part in events to raise money for basketball competition and Kaci Tebb has Children in Need 2019. As well as this, achieved her level two badge in gymnastics. Jasmine Foster is a regular attendee at Stanwell’s charity club. Jack Baxter has 7W taken his LAMDA examination. Claudia 7W pupils have had a great first term and have Franklin has been chosen as Welsh made the most of the many activities on offer at representative. Stanwell. Football is hugely popular; the form A number of 7X pupils enjoyed musical has enough players to field their own team! success this term. Anna Maunder passed Arjinder Athwal, Gethin Bown, Jake grade five on the piano. Duncan Rourke is Blackmore, Elin Davis, Archie Griffiths, currently practising for his grade two flute Cheyanne Hamilton-Brown, Samual Jones, exam. Mira Smith has been very busy this Edward Kirby, Archie Saltmarshe, Ieuan term touring with the Welsh National Opera, Thomas, have all been part of the football taking part in the Only Kids Aloud choir, and club, and several of them have played for the passing her grade three piano and grade four school team, beating Bro Morgannwg 4-3 earlier violin exams. Other musical pupils include this term. Many of them also play for local teams: Theo Jenkins Roberts who plays the Kai Brennan plays for Dinas Powys; Archie guitar and Luke Stevens who plays the piano Saltmarshe has captained the Cogan AFC and drums. team; both Samual Jones and Noah Williams play Sporting achievements this term include for the Cardiff Academy; and Rhys Kingdon and Daisy-Mai Sing who is captain of the Ieuan Thomas play for the Sully team. netball team. Luke Shallis who reached the “Cardiff Blues fundraiser Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin

team working on the school magazine. Well done A range of other sporting clubs have been all! well attended: Esme Bax, Gethin Bown, Ie- styn Jackson, Lillie Jones, Edward Kirby, 7O and Moein Mirzaei have all taken part in rugby; Martha-Lily Eley, Niamh McKee and th Harrison Hopkin collected his 100 medal for Jessica Wilson have played netball; Ed- ward Kirby has been going to badminton achievements at Sully Sports FC, while Oliver club; Ffion Court, Elin Davis, Darcy Jen- Roderick learned four new tricks at ice skat- nings-Slater, and Niamh McKee have been ing. Meanwhile, Florence Robinson moved up to going along to Fitness club. a higher group at Penarth Hockey Club and Me- There have been several other sporting gan Coslett and Poppy Afia have been selected achievements by members of 7W this term. We have a good collection of swimmers: Dar- cy Jennings-Slater and Elin Davis have both been attending swimming clubs; Rhyan- non Cheeseman is now swimming for the City of Cardiff team; Cerys Brushett is now in the Super Squad with her swimming team; Lillie Jones got into the Welsh Winter Na- tionals with excellent times in all disciplines. A range of other sports is also represented: Moein Mirzaei has been progressing with boxing and has begun sparring; Darcy Jen- nings-Slater and Cerys Brushett are both keen horse riders; Joe Evans has been excelling at a national level in fencing, competing in Bath and London this term; Rhys Kingdon came first in the 800m at an under-12s athletics event, and then came third in the under- 13s! The form also has several talented artists and musicians: Ffion Court sat her grade 4 flute exam this term; she and Oliver Redford have played in the junior orchestra; Cerys for the girls’ rugby team. Jaxson Roberts repre- Brushett, Elin Davis, Martha-Lily Eley, sented the school against Llantwit and George and Joana Dias-Fernandes have all been Bennett (pictured, left) was accepted into Bar- part of the junior choir. Martha-Lily Eley has ry Town’s academy. Chelsey Wood is awaiting also starred in a production of Goodnight Mr the results of her grade 1 piano exam, while Han- Tom with PODS, Joana Dias-Fernandes con- nah Mullaney is hopeful of achieving a Merit tinues to be a keen member of her musical at grade 3. Theatre enthusiast Dylan Harding theatre school as has Cheyanne Hamilton- (pictured, right) toured the UK with the Welsh Brown of her local drama club. Elin Davies National Opera and, last but not least, Eleri Mel- and Ffion Foster have both been going to art club. Arjinder Athwal and Edward Kirby have vin achieved a Merit in her grade 3 Modern been attending engineering club this term. Ja- Dance exam. Well done to all. mie Pickup has attended both history and code club. Ffion Court has been part of the “Making new friends” Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin

audition but sadly missed out as she was too tall. Ella Martin has secured a place on her sailing 7R squad, she is in the top team of two, Squad B. Alexandros Asprou is part of the Sully A She also participated in the Remembrance Parade football team and plays rugby for the school with her Guides. Eve Murphy has achieved team. Elliot Bechares has been voted as the brown and two stripes in karate, only one away form rep and selected as the school’s rugby from black and won three medals and a trophy captain. He also plays for the school football with her football team. She has also achieved team and Barry RFC. Nancy Brindle has be- grade 2 in piano. Monaco Palmer raised £104 for come part of the basketball team and partici- Marie Curie with her Mum’s work. Max Parry pated in cross country competitions. Eliya has joined Stanwell’s rugby team. Alex Roddis Duckers participated in a synchronised has participated in several cross country tourna- swimming competition and came second in ments. Charlie Shaw has been awarded most im- her age group. Theo Forton is part of the Sully proved player for Sully football club. Alis Waters A football team and has started to learn play- was voted form rep for 7R and was appointed ing the viola, he is hoping to have passed his Curriculum Consultant for Y7. She has also grade 3 exam by the end of December. Daisy achieved her grade 4 in singing and her grade 3 in Frankling has come first in Wales grade 4 piano. Neve Webb has also been appointed Cur- gymnastics. Oliver Hill has played regularly riculum Consultant for Y7 and participated in a for the school’s rugby team, he also plays ice lacrosse competition. Leia Wong has been busy hockey where he was awarded ‘Spirit of the helping train others for their black belt in karate. game’ in their Bracknell match. Isla Lloyd has completed grade 1 in piano and grade 4 in singing, she also got a call back for a WNO 7K 7K pupils have made a brilliant start to their time at Stanwell by getting involved and experiencing all of the many exciting opportunities Stanwell and the local community have to offer. Many pupils have tried the wide variety of sports clubs on offer, examples of these are Riley Ash- ley, William Bennett, Bryn Davies, Harri Glover, Rhoslyn Thomas and Lewys Toller- field who all participated in rugby, Max Beard, Gabriel Davies, Charlie Dunlop, Mat- thew George, Ioan Miles and Molly Wolahan all played football. Mikey Coyle did basketball, Megan Guidi started netball, Mollie Hughes competed at cross country, Elliot Miller played table tennis, Ruby Moore tried girls fitness classes with Ffion Paynter, Kiran Rayani played cricket and Hana Lindfield and Isobelle Wigmore performed in dance. Other pupils engaged in

“Lifeguard training” Year 7 Miss A Bates and Mr M Baldwin clubs related to expressive arts such as Isaac tee or a new sport! Many pupils have represented Brooks and Emma Ryan who are in the the school’s sports teams (and some even more choir and Oscar Thomas who is in the orches- than one!) from basketball, netball to football, tra. Finally, William Bennett and Mollie Lainey Mai Beddard, Luca Cavaliere, Brooke Hughes were delighted to be voted as the Davies, Amelia Escofet, Amaia Green, Libby 7K form reps. Powell and Madison Speake. Outside of school there have also been many sporting achievements such as Lainey Mai Bed- 7L dard being selected to train for Cardiff City During this term 7L pupils have been very football academy. Lola Camilleri competed in th busy, gaining many achievements both in and Bicton for Wales in horse-riding and placed 20 outside of school. This term we elected our out of 40 contenders! Brooke Davies has compet- form reps and so far Lainey Mai Beddard and ed in gymnastics competitions for her club in the th Finley Hyett (see image) are doing a bril- beam, vault and bars and placed 4 in beam! Fin- liant job. Our form has been very active in ley Hyett won the ‘Footballer of the Month’ getting involved in extra-curricular activities, award at his football club. they were set a challenge to try something Lily McCulloch got to open the Swansea Win- new, in which they all succeeded from joining ter Wonderland with both solo and group ice- things such engineering, the charity commit- skating performances! Ruby Mullins competed in Blackpool and her group won first place with a Jazz-Street routine! Luke Taylor played for the Wales Chess team and became the U12 fifth best rapid chess player! Faith-Ava Thomas is currently on her purple belt in karate and currently working towards her brown! We also have many musical talents in our form, Leonardo Doenitz joined the Jazz band, Yas- min Harris joined the choir, Freya Smith passed grade one in flute, Luke Taylor is working towards his grade 6 for the trumpet and Katie Watson competed in the Music in the Vale competition playing the guitar! 7L are a very hardworking form as shown by Harrison Peach who had two postcards sent home from school for his efforts. Aayan Sufyan has been studying Ara- bic in his spare time, and he is now fluent in his reading! It’s safe to say form 7L has had a brilliant start to the year!

“Wonderful Christmas” Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight

It has been an eventful start to the school year, Grand Slam and the Army Cadets have also with the year group fully embracing their held an assembly. ‘Active Citizenship’ programme during their pastoral lessons. This is an informative programme that provides pupils with an insight Each form has elected two form representatives into global issues and their involvement around to facilitate feedback between their form and them. the school council on a wide range of topics There have been exciting opportunities through which impact the school environment. the History department through their trip to The following pupils are representatives of their London and the Geography department with form: their trip to Cadbury’s World. T James Nicholson Neve Edwards E Lilian Tibbatts Josh King A Tahlia Rane Ocean Elfin-Scanlon M Abi Cannon Josh Thomas X Katie Halligan Yusuf Asif W Kyla Kalsi-Lucas Thomas Hughes-Totelin O Holly Korinek Zachary Gilbert R Alec Davies Amani Bartlett K Darcey Thomas Scott Thomas L Sukie Johnson George Owens

Thomas Hughes-Totelin and Tahlia Rane were elected as Year 8’s year representatives to sit on the School Council. Year 8 have received valuable CPR training through the ‘Restart a Heart’ programme as well as the ‘Smashed Project’ where they saw a production on the dangers of underage drinking followed by a workshop to discuss the issues that were brought up during the show. The 6 Nations Trophy and Triple Crown made an appearance following Wales’ successful

School Council

‘|Active Citizenship’ Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight

8T plays rugby for Old Pens, he plays the guitar and also raises money for South East Wales Members of the form have certainly made a Deaf Children’s Society. Sami Gehlan enjoys significant contribution to events both in and table tennis. Max Hancock is currently outside Stanwell. Joseph Casey, Elizabeth rehearsing for a show called ‘Goodnight Mister Davies, Jasmyn Davies and Martha Tom’, where is plays the main character Phillips enjoyed the recent History visit to ‘William’. The show takes place in March London. Yaqub Barnwell has been 2020, good luck for that Max! Poppy Hazell is busy playing ice hockey for the Cardiff Junior Devils and South-West Conference. Robin involved in life saving and tennis. Betsy Bevan- Mohaffel has been playing for Sully Honour came runner up in the junior UK Ravens FC and he enjoyed visiting Tottenham Deaf Tennis championships, well done! She Hotspur's new ground. Kiyan Hirani has been also plays tennis and she is currently preparing playing football for Cogan. Eleanor for her LAMDA drama exam. Freya Hunt Harris recently attended a county netball trial climbs for Wales. Beth Jones plays lacrosse for and played in a number of netball matches for Cardiff and also rugby. Isabelle Jones is the school. Molly Stokes has been playing currently part of the Helen O’Grady drama netball for the school team. Lorenzo academy. Sofia Kells went up a grade in her Abanes participated in swimming lessons at ballet after successfully passing her exam, well the Cardiff International Pool. Ifan Davies participated in an acting exam recently and he contributed to the creation of a film constructed by college students. Ellie Dyer enjoyed participating in the Geography visit to Cadbury's World. Millie Dowdall has been attending musical theatre workshop sessions. Elsie Marks has been participating in Engineering Club. Emily Evans recently passed her grade 6 roller skating at the Cardiff House of Sports and is busy preparing for a singing examination. Emily also contributes to Rocky lifeguard coaching in Cardiff and she is done! Joshua King is our form representative. a cross country enthusiast. Heidi Stokes qualified for Welsh Championships in DMT and trampolining, she 8E is currently practicing for the school also.

8E have enjoyed their first term in Stanwell. Lily Tibbatts is our form representative. Zoe Anstee regularly climbs in Boulders and Sonny Zecca won a trophy for ice hockey as is currently at grade 3. She also has walked he plays for the Junior Devils. 10K to raise money for a cancer charity. Aidan Llongyfarchiadau pawb! Donovan won the Vale U12 league and cup 8A for Sully. Harri Donovan is preparing for a

10K charity run in 2020, good luck! Elizabeth Lots of members of 8A have achieved amazing Evans is involved in many different things this term! activities from skiing, piano and currently lots Amelia Postians is also in the Cadets (ACF of fundraising with the cadets. Ioan Evans Penarth) and took part in the Remembrance ‘basketball for Wales’ Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight

Day parade. swimming competition. She came third in Sulley Taylor plays ice hockey for the Wales in the 100m breaststroke. Well done! Cardiff Satans. He was chosen as Man of the Zion Duvangel sang ‘Consider Yourself’ from Match in their recent game against Lee Valley, the musical Oliver at the turning on of the which the Satans won, 14-2. Barry Christmas lights. He performed at the Jed Hedgecoe plays basketball for Wales event with the Superstars Dance Group. and recently celebrated a win against South Isobel Brenan has achieved lots of musical England. Congratulations! accolades this term. She passed her grade 4 Borys Ochberg has many Taekwon-do singing exam, her grade 5 cornet exam and her achievements. Over the years he has won grade 7 piano exam. bronze in his category at the International Dilys Williams came third place in a World Championships in Brighton and Gold in synchronised swimming competition in the European Championships in Barcelona. He Swansea this term. She competed as part of a is due to turn black belt in April. He has also squad that train together at Cogan Leisure recently sat his grade 4 piano exam – good Centre. luck, Borys! We also had a brilliant amount of money raised Rebekah Newbury has also competed for for Diabetes Awareness, by Megan Price, Wales in an International Karate competition alongside some other members of Year 8. They in London. Overall, she achieved 3 seconds took part in a sponsored walk to increase and 1 first place. She is already a black belt! awareness of Type 1 diabetes. Well done! There have been horse riding wins for both

Lots of the boys have been very busy in sporting activities this term. William Brown, plays for Old Pens along with Leo Davies, Lennon Donnelly, Joe Francis-Oaten, Isaac Gardner, Caleb Isherwood and Jac Johns. Football is also popular with Isaac Gardner, and Joshua Thomas playing for Butetown FC, Leo Davies and Jac Johns playing for Sully FC and Joe Francis-Oaten playing for Sully Ravens. Joshua Thomas is a member of the Cowbridge Rowing Club team, whilst Sullivan Mann is a member of Cardiff Canoe Club. Yan Terry is not only a member of Windsor Tennis Club in Penarth, but also Cardiff Madeleine Lias and Neesha Bullen. Athletics Club. On a fundraising note, Joshua Madeleine came first in a competition at Quick ran with his two uncles to raise Downside, where she competed with her horse ‘Sparty’ and Neesha came third, riding her money for cancer in memory of his grandad. horse, ‘Des’. Well done, girls! Tahlia Rane is in the Air Cadets and recently represented them in a national

‘she is already a black belt’ Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight

8X Callum Hughes also rock climbs for Wales. Artur Janel does boxing with There are a number of sporty and musical Penarth ABC, Grace Richardson does members of 8X. Dylan Davies, William athletics with Cardiff Athletics Club and George Coombs plays golf for the Vale of Glamorgan, participating in the Welsh Championships. Katie Halligan plays netball for the school and, having scored 5 goals in one game, was unsurprisingly the player of the match. She is also one of 8X’s form reps, along with Yusuf Asif. There are a few members of the form who are part of the cadets – Iestyn Price- Turcaz and Millie Hughes are army cadets, while Courban Hills is a sea cadet. On the performing arts front, Ollie Ackland passed his grade 4 piano with merit, and Samuel Shewan passed his grade 2 piano with merit and grade 7 french horn with distinction, da iawn! Samuel also played a lead role in the school’s incredible production of Les Misérables, playing the part of Gavroche in two of the five performances. He played the part with such professionalism and maturity and there is surely a bright future ahead of him! Well done 8X on a successful autumn term.

8W Davis, Harry Edwards, Dan Gaughan- James and Iestyn Price-Turcaz all play rugby Aiden Morgan attends the YMCA youth for Old Pens Under 13s, with Dylan club. Gaby Morris plays for the school Davies being captain of the team. Iestyn Price netball team and has been put through to the -Turcaz and Oliver Wilson also play rugby county team while Teagan Gee plays for the for Stanwell. Jack Bradbourne, Dylan All Stars. Rowan Enticott is a member of Davies, William Davis, Iestyn Price- Sully Football Club. Flyn Farrow plays for Turcaz and Joseph Stevens all play football Dinas Rugby Club and Dinas Football Club. for Inter Penarth, while Dan Gaughan- Archie Evans is fly-half for the school James, Jason Raikes and Samuel Rugby team and also Old Pens. Tomos Shewan play football for Sully. Samuel TylerSpry also represent Old Penarthians Shewan and Joseph Stevens also play football Rugby Football Club. Kieron Innes reached for Stanwell. Callum Hughes and Isaac the Great Britain schools tumbling Fanshaw play Ice Hockey for the Cardiff Devils Under 13 team and Isaac captains the championships and is also a member of team. Fusion Gymnastics Club. Arlo O’Kell and Levi Gibson have been having drum

‘professionalism and maturity’ Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight lessons. Xanthe Williams plays football and Bullon has played scrum half for the also competed in the Welsh Open Trampoline school team. Dylan Badmington is a Championships, making the final with an 8.2. member of the Welsh fencing squad, Noah Isabella Baker does trampolining and cross Burns and Alec Davies both play for the country. Eleanor Bradbury plays football for Old Pens RFC and the multitalented Oliver Sully and Elinor Lewis has won 2 Karate Brownhill Jenkins also plays tennis at medals for Kata and Kumite. Dinas Powys Tennis Club and has done so for an impressive 8 years. He has won 8O multiple tournaments, da iawn! Amani It has been a very busy term for 8O. Ella Bartlett, Josephine Isherwood and Poppy- Mulcahy took part in a fundraising activity Bo Kilshaw are all valued players for the with her street to raise money for Cancer Sully Pinks Football Club, who are currently Research Wales. Ella Shaw-John competed in top of the league! Amani Bartlett isn’t just a a Level 3 Gymnastics competition and talented sports star; she also plays the achieved 2nd overall. Holly Korinek, Phoebe French horn in church. The multitalented Sutcliffe-Hill and Alexa Tyso have competed Poppy-Bo Kilshaw also swims, sings and in Lacrosse Matches and have played in both plays piano, but the talent doesn’t end there. regional and national netball teams. Phoebe Munirah Ahmed plays netball, Anna has also achieved her grade 5 in guitar. Lacey swims for the county, Phoebe Zachary Gilbert will be competing in the McCarthy received a school sports award Blues Cup rugby tournament this season and and joined the school’s football team, as did Leart Pacolli’s football team recent won the Courtney Spear. Evie O’Reilly won the A League cup. Tiago Ferreira-Fernandes sporting excellence award and achieved a recently achieved a black strip in Tae Kwon new personal best of 42 seconds for 2 Do and competed in a spring competition. lengths in swimming, da iawn Evie. Ella Nina MacDonald performed with her Youth Prosser plays for Penarth Vale Tennis Circus group in the Welsh Millennium Centre Club and also enjoys a bit of horse-riding. and Melissa Gallone represented the school Chloe Wall has represented Wales 4 times and the Remembrance Parade in Penarth. in gymnastics and trains for CCYC and she also plays for the school’s rugby team. 8R Finally, Melika Richards has won a noble There have been several notable achievements prize for cheerleading and was awarded in 8R so far this year, in particular with sport. player of the match in her football team after Several members of our form belong to only playing 3 games. football teams whether that be in school or 8K with outside clubs. Oliver Brownhill-Jenkins, Ioan Hutcheson and Rhys Steed all enjoy During a busy Autumn Term, a number of playing football. Austin Drew is proud to the pupils from 8K have still had time to represent Stanwell School in football as is excel in their extra-curricular activities and William Ogden and Harry Easton is a hobbies. valued member of the Dinas football team. Many of the pupils have enjoyed sporting success with Callum Hague- Outside of football, we have also celebrated Jones frequently playing rugby, Ellouise success in a variety of other sports. Oliver

‘love of reading’ Year 8 Miss R Sterlini and Mr I Dwight

Morris and Jared Penn playing rugby for Sofia Roberts has successful made the Stanwell and Darcey Thomas participating in Welsh squad for Acro Dance that will travel Old Pens Girls & Boys and Stanwell Girls to the world championships in Rome next rugby teams. Several other pupils have had year. success playing football including, Ioan Ayres for Sully, Adaiya-Mae Bailey for 8L Stanwell Girls, Benedykt Bailey for Inter Penarth, Kingston Cotterill for Barry Town 8L continue to take part in lots of extra- and Aidan Goddard for Sully. Genevieve curricular activities and contribute to the Hopkins and Darcey Thomas have school in a variety of ways. Sukie Johnson participated in basketball and also received and George Owens are our form sports awards in recognition of their sporting representatives; they are both taking the role achievements representing the seriously and carrying out a range of school. Kingston Cotterill regularly attends responsibilities in a mature way. Da iawn Barry West End Boxing Club and Marly both! Sukie is also a valid member of our Cummins attends Rhoose Boxing Gym and school’s newspaper club. Many of 8L has joined the Welsh Boxing Squad. We also continue to learn an instrument. Marlene have a number of keen tennis players in 8K Hare continues to play the flute. Seren with Ioan Ayres, Lydia Paley, Joel Keegan-Smith is learning the piano. Rowland and Scott Thomas participating this Carry Min, Ava McLellan-Morgan and term. Beth Rasbuary are learning the guitar. A number of pupils have also demonstrated Meanwhile, Sukie Johnson and Sophie their commitment to the Performing Arts Williams have achieved grade 2 in with Seren Richards completing her grade 4 singing. Sophie Williams has also attained singing qualification and Darcey grade 7 in dance. Francesca Coleman is Thomas and Elodie Wilton achieving their developing her textiles skills in sewing club. grade 3 singing qualifications this term. Elloise Meanwhile. Jacob Hall, Sukie Johnson, Morris also succeeded in attaining her grade 4 Carry Min and Beth Rasbuary continue acting along with Seren Richards who also to have swimming lessons. played a background character in His Dark Our interest in sport is very varied in 8L. Materials and Elodie Wilton who has been Lana Morgan continues to play rugby in selected to take part in an acting competition to school and for Old Pens. Riley O’Leary- be shown in the Sherman Theatre. A number Owen also plays rugby as well as football. of pupils have also accomplished musical Logi Kjartansson plays football for Inter success this term with Ioan Ayres starting his Penarth. Charlie Fitzgerald-Lewis plays grade 5 piano, Lydia Paley completing her football for the school. Meanwhile, Jamie grade 4 piano and Darcey Warren takes part in cycling club and Thomas undertaking her grade 4 boxing. Zakaria Bahssali continues with Tae guitar. Logan Alsop and Osian Beynon should be proud that they have -kwon-do. Alina Khan continues to take attended after school sessions for Junior Choir part kickboxing. and Jazzwise respectively. Ioan Ayres and Joel Rowland are hoping to encouraging others to share their love of reading by founding a Stanwell School book club

‘lots of extra-curricular activities’ Blwyddyn 9 Mr R Macpherson and Mr A Chambers

It has been an excellent start to the year for to help improve the whole school environ- Year 9 pupils who have begun to study their ment. chosen GCSE courses. Many have settled in The following pupils are representatives of well to their choices of subject and there their form: have been a number of changes to chosen options to make sure pupils are happy with T – Ted Jones, Lola Wheeler their aims for GCSE. The pupils have been E – Charlie Griffith, Paige Pesticcio-Croll approaching their studies with enthusiasm A – Josh Powell, Issy Owen and maturity and we are sure that if this posi- M – Hugo Lin, Molly Southard tive attitude is sustained throughout the 3 X – Peter Martin, Molly Elmes years, it will bring them success for the fu- W – Nia Jones, Lara Young ture. O – Rhys Touhig, Ieuan Underdown Our pupils attending Military Preparation R – Tom Hatherall, Sienna Smith College have completed an outstanding first K – Joshua Spray, Kimi Wong term. They have received some excellent L – Idrees Khan, Francesca Fletcher feedback from the course leaders on their This year our School Council representatives behaviour, appearance and enthusiasm.

Pupils have also enjoyed a varied pastoral framework. In assemblies, recognition has been given to world events, historical memo- rials linked to pupil activities. Pupils were are Joshua Powell and Issy Owen. Both have able to visit the ‘Stanwell Remembers’ pop- taken on the responsibilities of the role with up museum in November. Pastoral topics maturity and professionalism, adding much have included an introduction to mindful- to the School Council meetings and feeding ness, mental health and the importance of a back important information to the year healthy lifestyle. They have recently under- group. taken a course on ‘Finance in everyday life’ which will highlight the importance of un- A number of Year 9 pupils chose to attend a derstanding money matters. fantastic outdoor activity weekend in the Urdd centre in Glan-Llyn, North Wales. The Each form has elected form representatives cold weather did little to dampen the mood for the Year 9 Council. Their role is to act as and pupils took part in the varied activities the link between pupils and the School Coun- on or around the Lake Tegid. It was an excit- cil and they have a great opportunity to raise ing experience and a chance for the pupils to issues that pupils feel are important to them create fond memories, enjoy the spectacular

“Pupils have also enjoyed a varied pastoral framework” Blwyddyn 9 Mr R Macpherson and Mr A Chambers scenery and develop their Welsh. Diolch yn piano skills at grade 4 while, Eve Hodgson fawr to all and pupils involved and for their working hard with the flute at grade 5. excellent conduct at all times.

9T Rachel George has represented the school in a running competition and is also part of the Les Miserable orchestra. Catrin Edwards is a keen member of the successful Year 9 basketball team. Laila Alim represented the school in a netball competition. Both Luke Barry and Faris Kiswane have proudly represented the school rugby team.

9E Many pupils have shown enthusiasm, commitment and success in many extra-curricular activities throughout this term. The majority of the group are involved in a wide range of sporting activities with many representing both the school and local clubs including: Grace Easton and Issy Morris both play for the school netball team, as well as Penarth All Stars. Paige Pesticcio-Croll represents the school netball and basketball teams. Katie Kingston represents Cardiff Athletic Club in the sprint events. Jazmine Wenger-Johns is fully committed to ice- skating, training every day at the VIOLA arena and competing in competitions and shows Thea Stephenson participates in taekwondo on a regular basis. and kick boxing achieving a black stripe in Henry Hanson is a these disciplines. She also travelled to Spain promising footballer to compete for the Cardiff Martial Arts team and has been chosen part of the U.K. Tae Kwon-do federation to develop his skills where she won Gold in her patterns category. with Swansea City Youth Academy. 9A Morgan Cooper is Neave Morris has completed levels 1 to 8 in competing and train- the NISA UK ice skating training and has re- ing at a local riding cently passed her Ice dance levels of Bronze, stables. Elina Asprou Silver and Gold. Evie Jones and Charlotte and Bethan Baird Skellon passed a shooting exam in Army perform dance for Cadets. Issy Owen did a soutenou on PAAW. Daisy Clark pointe. Chalise Colderly was chosen to par- continues developing successfully with her ticipate in the Cardiff and Vale netball team.

“competing and training” Blwyddyn 9 Mr R Macpherson and Mr A Chambers

9M this month – we wish her every success. Fin- Elliott Rabaiotti has achieved grade 5 in ley Purchase-Smith plays rugby for Dinas his cornet practical exam. Carys Bennett has Powys and also for recently passed her National Ice Skating Stanwell. He has grade 1 exam. Joe Pienczke, as part of his also been selected Welsh Baccularaute work has produced a for the inter- video called “Don’t litter, it tastes bitter” regionals competi- which has been uploaded onto youtube with tions in Water Polo an encouraging number of views. Theo Hun- representing Wales. nam, Evan Griffiths and Ellis Houghton- Scott Bown and Jones are participating in the digital music Sam Reid love class after school on Thursdays, as part of the playing rugby for skills section for the DofE Award. Ellis also Penarth RFC and the played the role of Gavroche in the school’s school. They are production of Les Miserables. Evan was also both also devoted to playing football for given the basketball player of the Year Penarth Raiders. award. Elliott Rabaiotti has achieved his 9W grade 5 in his cornet practical exam. Nia Jones has been selected for training

with the Under-15s Welsh basketball squad. 9X Sophie Edgell has Rebeca Jones was received her Grade 4 involved in an excit- Ballet, achieving the ing World Record at- honour with distinc- tempt, a Tapathon. tion. Ed George, An- She performed the gus McInnes and same challenging Charlie Pratt played dance routine over for the Under-13s and over again – a Penarth Hockey team great accomplishment. who took silver in the Harry Davies is an Welsh Cup. Conor extremely busy and Salmon achieved a dedicated sportsman: black stripe in He has been chosen taekwondo by excelling at both physical and to represent the mental challenges. We learned the story of South Wales regional Conor meeting Stephen Fry and convers- hockey squad. He ing with him about Greek mythology, and also plays hockey Ahmed Saleh proudly finishing a 10,000 and tennis for the jigsaw puzzle of the Taj Muhal with a per- school and is com- sonal record time. mitted footballer for the Penarth Raiders. 9O Tom Baguley and Theo Jones both play James McGivney for Cogan FC and recently won the league. continues to play Frankie Carver participates in hockey and rugby for Barry. rowing, she recently came 5th out of 60 in a Maddie Wing is competing in a synchro- Welsh Rowing competition. Olivia Cosgrove nised ice skating event in the Netherlands

“both physical and mental challenges” Blwyddyn 9 Mr R Macpherson and Mr A Chambers has become a qualified lifeguard. Fabien Le 9K Guilcher came third in his white water Owen Thompson was appointed secretary competition. Chloe Meek has participated in of Eco-Stanwell and elected as a Curriculum dance and gymnastics competitions. Kyoko Consultant, Owen has also become a Silver Ogasawara attends digital music club, Young Ambassador for Vale Sport and Play. cooking and art club. Kimi Wong represented Stanwell in the Urdd 3v3 basketball tournament where they 9R placed 3rd out of the girls in South Wales. Sofia Micallef regularly competes in gym- rd Natasha Collinson enjoys playing for the nastic competitions and is now the 3 best in school basketball team and is working hard Europe for her age group. Max Simmonds to develop her sporting skills. Samuel Ed- marched in the Penarth remembrance parade monds and the rest of the year 9 football for ACF. team beat the welsh champions 5-0 to go through to the semi-finals of the welsh cup in football. Tia Thomas has been exceptionally busy this term with Eco Stanwell doing break and lunch times craft sales. Outside of school Tia was cast as a main part in Legally Blonde the Musical and achieved a distinction in her piano theory exam. Will Bailey achieved 1st place in Scootfest Amateur Jam 2019. Annie Farmer was cast as Haemon in the school play An- tigone and enjoys participating in the Junior Helena Murphy-Johns has had a poem Choir. published. She is also doing extracurricular drama at the Welsh School of Music and 9L Drama. Sepp Forton gained a distinction in Ruby Hamed-Jones his grade 5 theory exam in music. Grace have taken part in an Brown and Seren Chalk won the division international fixture, league for Sully FC. playing football for Wales Under 15s Louis Carver cycled 60 miles in around 5 team, against Scotland hours to raise money for Ysgol Y Deri. Elliot and will be awarded a Van Steen and Louis Carver were chosen Welsh cap Isabella Reynolds, Francesca to represent the South Wales regional hockey Fletcher and Lara Steed enjoyed their out- squad. door pursuit Welsh experience at Glan Llyn. Ben Poddar, Daniel Ingram, Harry Da- Charlie Beard joined Inter Penarth FC vies, Sam Garvey, Jacob Julien and Lloyd alongside Ed Watt and Rayaan Safdal where Phillips have all represented the school in they won the game against Llantwit Major. rugby this term. The school’s netball team Grace Brown and Seren Chalk won the has enjoyed great success so far this year, in division league for Sully FC. no small part due to the efforts of Martha Tomalin-Reeves, Molly Evans and Jodie Williams. “Developing sporting skills”

Blwyddyn 10 Mr J Ovens and Mrs A Jay

It has been an excellent start to the year for 10T Year 10 pupils. The pupils have been approaching their studies with enthusiasm and maturity and we are sure that if this positive Lola Evans has been successful in trials for attitude is sustained, it will bring them success Cardiff & Vale U16 netball squad. She plays for the future. Goal Defence. Huw Knapper has been re- Our pupils attending Barry College and Mili- hearsing with the Cardiff & Vale Youth Brass tary Preparation College have completed an Band for the Christmas festival early in De- outstanding first term. They have received cember. He has recently attained his grade 8 some excellent feedback from the course lead- for the tuba and is now working towards his ers on their behaviour, appearance and enthusi- grade 8 exam for the piano, what a tal- asm. ent! Madeline Morgan continues to represent Wales at U16 basketball and is enjoying the Pupils have also enjoyed a varied pastoral training sessions. framework. In assemblies, recognition has been given to world events and historical me- morials linked to pupil activities. Pastoral topics have included an introduction to mindful- ness, mental health and the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Each form has elected form representatives for the Year 10 Council. Their role is to act as the link between pupils and the School Council and they have a great opportunity to raise issues that pupils feel are important to them to help improve the whole school environment. 10E Our Year 10 form reps are: 10E have had a very busy start to the school T: Edie Summerhayes, Jack Peterson year. Megan Ball, Molly Barlow, Phoebe Da- E: Austin McKillen, Chantelle Shields vies, Jessica Dunlop, Annie Isherwood, A: Macy Brown, Rhys Mottram Thomas Popham, Samuel Powell and Isla M: Maisie Anstee, Miriam Khan Thomas are currently undertaking their X: Charlotte Rapley, Nathaniel Morley Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award. Alex and W: Abi Williams, Thomas Miller Jamie Gent both competed in the Welsh In- O: Molly Dyke, Oscar Whiting door Rowing Championship. Daniel Thomas R: Poppy Clare, Thomas Streets is captain of the Year 10 undefeated rugby K: Chloe James, Kamoi Brown team, while Molly Barlow, Jessica Dunlop, L: Jolie Gosling, Thomas Whittaker Austin McKillen and Samuel Powell are all The Year Council members have elected Char- active in school football teams. Megan Ball has lotte Rapley and Nathaniel Morley to repre- recently achieved a merit in her grade 4 piano sent the year group at the school council meet- exam and Gregor Steacy has also passed his ings. grade 3 piano exam. Isla Thomas and her dance class have recently come second in a dancing competition. It has also been wonder-

“It has been a very busy term for Year 10 pupils”

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10A match against Scotland. Another pupil who represented Wales was Xantia A successful term for 10A. In sporting Hobrough. She went to Belgium achievements, Madeline Bennett has quali- kayaking for Wales where she won 2 fied for the prestigious Cricklands Show golds and 1 silver. She is also a British Jumping Championships, which will be held Champion in Taekwondo, very impres- in 2020. She has also been accepted into the sive! Bridie Dawes has had success in Cardiff and Vale Junior Eventing Team, as matches with her tennis club, winning 2 well as qualifying for the Area 15 Eventing matches and drawing 1. Ronnie Hughes for British Riding Teams. Surely, Madeline has been playing football for the school will be one to look out for in future equestri- team. Other sportspeople in the form in- an events. Gina Robinson has been accepted into the Cardiff and Vale Football Team. clude Oliver Bolitho who participates in Meanwhile, Robyn Walters came first in her football, karate and golf, Rhys Barden second dance competition representing Evo- and James Petersen who are keen foot- lution Street Dance Penarth. Well done, girls! ballers and athletes, Rhys Bardon and Meanwhile, Sophia Crandon has taken part James Burrows also play rugby and in this year’s Senior Production of Les Mis- Miriam Khan who has been playing erables. hockey. Finally, look out for Ffion Wil- liams who was in Downton Abbey.

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10X pupils continue to develop their skills, abilities and community spirit through various achievements and activities, both in and outside of Stanwell School. Kieran Lewis has been volunteering at a local tennis club, giving up his own time to coach younger players and encourage them to take up the sport. Alice Bullock participated in ‘Future 10M Chef’ representing Stanwell School. Al- A busy term for 10M. Congratulations to Ol- ice Bullock and Milly Hutchings regu- iver Bolitho who has passed grade 1 gui- larly volunteer at Park Run in Barry eve- tar, Rhys Barden for passing grade 3 guitar ry Saturday. Tia Fofana, Milly Hutch- and Alana Kramer who has passed her grade ings and Lola Owens all completed the 3 singing. A fantastic result for Madeleine Bronze Duke of Edinburgh award and Orwin and Bethan Price Turcaz who are are now continuing to pursue the Silver part of a dance team that came first in the award. Megan Laing has been volunteer- WDO Dance Competition. Maya Archam- ing to help the elderly and help with lo- pong has also entered a dance competition cal food banks, as well as working in a and won first place. Seren Bailey has repre- local charity shop and raising money for sented Wales for the U15 football team in a charities by successfully completing

“Welsh International football player”

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10km walks. Sophie Sood has been volunteer- also achieved a black belt in Karate. Evelyn ing in the Tenovus charity shop in Penarth. Smith will be playing the part of the sugar Abigail Hayes attained a distinction in plum fairy in the Nutcracker with her ballet grade 1 guitar, grade 6 in singing and grade 6 school. Jessica Stokes performed on the main in acting as well as having participated in the stage at the Can You Dance super convention. Les Mis production at Stanwell. Seren Jen- Abigail Williams is pleased to have passed nings was successful in a rowing competi- her grade 2 singing examination. Well done tion representing Stanwell School and has at- all. We chose to support The Huggard Centre tained a level 2 qualification in sliding seat this Christmas and most pupils kindly donated rowing. She helped raise money by selling a pair of gloves to give the charity. poppies with the Cadets and went on to complete an expedition to France with them where 10O she gained further qualifications, this time in boat handling and knowledge. 10O have continued their sporting excellence

10W Tegan Chambers has supported a poppy appeal with explorer scouts. She is also looking forward to doing a Christmas swim in the near future. Isabelle Edmunds has recently performed at a Can You Dance super convention. Cai Gibbon was delighted to come 1st in a class endure training school in a Honda this term. Jemima Robinson continues to play cb23of. Poppy Glaze took part in the Cardiff well for Penarth Ladies, Abdirahman Actie tap-a-thon for Children in Need and she has had football trials for Cardiff, Candice Luceau also got a lead role in a stage production of plays point guard for Wales and Bethan Legally Blonde. Ffion Greenhough has Pickup is training to be a ski instructor. achieved a yellow belt in tae kwondo. Lola Away from sports Sian Ashworth is working Saunders-Jones has recently passed her towards her JCIC (Cadets) and Matthew Ba- grade 5 singing examination. Megan Skone has guley attends air cadets.

Luke Evans, Jac Jones and Mason Stephen- son work through a task set by SPEC- TRUM. 10O enjoyed a thoughtful and informative session on gender and equality.

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Grace Atkinson was a member of the chorus of Les Miserables. She is involved in a play outside of school and is singing and dancing in a Christmas concert. Katy Baynham is “Supporting The Huggard Centre this Christmas”

in doing the Duke OF Edinburgh silver award. Poppy Clare is in the chorus of the school production of Les Miserables. She is also do-

Blwyddyn 10 Mr J Ovens and Mrs A Jay school production of Les Miserables. She is now ranked 3rd in Europe. Bhargav Shiva- also doing the Duke of Edinburgh silver kumar took part in the Les Miserables pro- award. Roshteen Khostval plays for the school duction as a member of the orchestra. He has football team and competes in the MMA. Nora violin, piano and guitar lessons, recently Lindfield is doing the Duke of Edinburgh achieving grad 5 in guitar. He also attends silver award. She is a member of the drama badminton and jazzwise club. club. She has made a documentary film. Evan Lacey is a member of the school foot- Samuel Price swims for Cardiff and Wales. ball team. He also plays football outside of the Charlie Rainbird plays the position of start- school. Louie Williams plays football for Inter ing 9 for the vale of Glamorgan. Jacob Ste- Penarth and the school football team. He at- phens is the captain of Stanwell’s football tends badminton club and also took part in the team. trip to watch the Barbarians rugby team train.

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It has been a busy term for the members of All pupils have participated fully in discus- 10K. Megan Beere has joined St John’s Ambu- sions on politics, money and finance during lance she plans to train to become a paramedic. PSE lessons. Our form representatives Jolie She also took part in the Remembrance Day Gosling and Thomas Whittaker have parade as a trainee paramedic. worked hard to ensure the voice of form 10L has been heard in year council meetings. There Caitlin Bowman is a member of the debat- have been a number of notable sporting ing society, she, along with Ruby Cook, has achievements in 10L this term. also taken part in the cooking competition. Ru- by Cook is participating in the Performing John Bryant, Oliver Clarke, Joel Hennessy Arts musical as part of the course along with and Ethan Newman have all been part of the Sophie Featherstone, Chloe James, Lily- (so far) undefeated Year 10 rugby team. Lily- Rose Kitchiner and Felicity Tucker. May Reardon has enjoyed participating in badminton and 5-a-side football, and Holly Riannah Davis has regularly attended the Edwards is a valued member of the hockey German Film club. Sophie Featherstone and team. Yee Tian Chan, Freya McAteer and Chloe James both took part in the Les Mis- Thomas Whittaker are in the senior production erables musical as a member of the chorus. of Les Miserables, while Kelis Richards is Both girls also have flute lessons. Sophie is a starring as Princess Jasmine in the PODS pro- member of Eco-Stanwell. Chloe has piano les- duction of Aladdin. sons, singing lessons. She is a member of the school choir and also plays tennis. Lily-Rose Lisa-Bell Jones has represented the school, Kitchiner took part in the dance Christmas her local club and Wales at basketball; da iawn show. She is also a member of the senior choir. Lisa! Elliott Dyment-Salmon, Toby Franklin, Eli- yas Qahtan, Lou Renault and Charlie Wheat- ley are members of the school rugby team. Da iawn, Year 10! Charlie Russell is a member of the school rugby team. He also excels as javelin and is

“Representing Stanwell in the school production” Blwyddyn 11 Mr C Ashton & Mr M Gershenson

It has been a busy term for Year 11 as pupils cons. Good luck boys. Gabriel Pryde plays complete coursework and work towards hockey for South Wales and is currently achieving their GCSEs in the summer of trialling for the Welsh National hockey 2020. The Numeracy GCSEs and mock exam- team. Gabriel is also grade 5 in piano. inations have now finished, GCSE results will 11E be out on Thursday January 16th. The provi- Teagan Greenhough has passed her sional date for Year 11 pupils to receive their child safeguarding course. Evan Donlan school reports is 28th January and Parents’ has been very helpful as a member of the Evening will be held on Tuesday 4th of Feb- senior production stage crew, whilst Jake ruary 2020. Morrish and Stella Wright will be performing. Congratulations to Will Martin During their Pastoral lessons, Year 11 pupils who has been selected to be a member of have had a variety of outside agencies in as- the Royal Yachting Association UK Youth semblies to talk about life after Year 11. PC Squad due to his potential to progress Emma Mudie has talked to pupils about sexu- within the British Sailing Team and with al consent. Mr Deighton Jones has arranged the aim of winning selection for the UK for careers interviews to start with Careers Youth Sailing Squads and beyond into the Wales advisors seeing pupils for 1 to 1 inter- Olympic Development programmes. Well views. Alongside this, assemblies and pastoral done Will. Well done to Anna Friedl, Emi- activities have taken place where recognition lie Salisbury, Jedrek Holownia and Stel- has been given to world events, remembrance la Wright for achieving their silver and exam preparation. DofE certificate. Jedrek Holownia has also achieved grade 8 in guitar and grade grade Congratulations to Eleanor Garvey and Davis 6 with the saxophone. Jamaal Sugulle is a Hedgecoe who will represent the Year member of the Welsh Basketball team. group as Year 11 representatives. 11A 11T Reuben Hicks has been very helpful as a member of the senior production stage crew. Whilst Davis Hedgcoe, Nia Tricklebank and Niamh Rind will be performing. Well done to Gabriel Pryde, Nia Tricklebank, Amy Mulcahy, Niamh Rind, Lowri Greenow and Henry Scott-Lawson for achieveing their silver DofE certificate. Caitlin O'Toole has been representing the Cardiff Figure Skating team and has per- There are a number of pupils representing formed well in all events this year. Lowri 11A in the senior production of Les Mi- Geenow has also achieved grade 6 in her sérables including, Alfie Farmer, Belle piano exam. Christopher Lannon and Reu- Jones, Daisy Lawrence, Cerys Warlow, ben Hicks participated in the Explorer Erin Evans, Cai Sullivan and Bethan Scouts 25km overnight hike. Henry Scott Daly. Arabella Hodges came second in Lawson is a member of the 1148 Penarth the girls 2km Welsh indoor rowing. Ara- Squadron. Henry will also be taking part in bella also came 2nd in the girls 2km and the WARMR expedition which will include a 1st in the Women’s lightweight 500m. 75km hike over three days in the Brecon Bea- Well done to Arabella Hodges, Ifan Da- vies, Cerys Warlow and Max Poddar “Parents’ Evening will be held on Tuesday 4th of January ” Blwyddyn 11 Mr C Ashton & Mr M Gershenson for achieving their silver DofE certificate. Eleanor Garvey has achieved grade 8 in 11W her piano exam and she is a member of the As the final Christmas break approaches Welsh National Opera. for 11W, it is time to reflect on 2019 and 11M celebrate the achievements of the year. Alvi Segovia has been very helpful as a There are a number of pupils represent- member of the senior production stage crew, ing 11W in the senior production of Les whilst Lucy Cutts will be playing in the or- Misérables including, Jasmine Cave, Gi- chestra and Amelia Brenan, Nora Perra- na Gallone, Noah Michaelis and Duke Carter, Louie Carter and Leo Morgan Pearce. Jasmine will also demonstrate Jones will be performing. Well done to Lu- her flair for performance at the upcoming cy Cutts and Amelia Brennan for achiev- 2020 Dance World Cup in Rome – we ing their silver DofE certificate. wish you the best of luck for this! 11W’s notable sporting successes include Rowan Jenkins-Roberts and Beth Munro-Morris. Rowan represented Stanwell in the schools team tennis tournament, reaching the latter stages of the competition, losing to Millfield School. Beth travelled to Poland and represented Wales in the hockey European Championships. Our final sporting highlights include Noah Michaelis and Simon Smithson who have passed their PADI open water diving course – all fantastic achievements. Anna Midgley has passed her Grade 4 piano examination. Joe Gush participated in the Explorer Scouts 25km overnight hike. Well done!

There have been some ambitious pupils who have already entered the world of volunteering and work. 11X Gruffydd Hughes, Anna Midgeley and Students in 11X have been busy this term, Evelyn Midgley-McDonald have had below are a few of the highlights. Joseph volunteering placements, both in and out Tailby won the Welsh title in Boxing re- of school. Evelyn Midgley-McDonald cently. There are a number of pupils repre- and Tia Wellington have both started senting 11X in the senior production of Les working as waitresses. A final special Misérables including, Madeline Lavender, mention goes to Zain Haq who has done Isabelle Walters, Caitlin Herdman, Eve a brilliant job as the lone form rep – keep Jeffreys and Abbey Chapman. Well done up the good work Zain! Well done to Joe to Rory Squire and Sam Gush for achieving Gush, Ella Davies and Lucy Kanias for their silver DofE certificate. Sam Gush also achieving their silver DofE certificate. participated in the Explorer Scouts 25km overnight hike.

“keep up the good work !” Blwyddyn 11 Mr C Ashton & Mr M Gershenson 11O Scouts 25km overnight hike. Students of 11O have been busy with their GCSE preparations and a host of other activities, some are included below. Sofia Payne-Johns has continued to volunteer at Penarth Boxing club, helping to train children from age 6 up- wards. Zoe Smith continues to excel at football being a member of the international squad. Elena Warlow has taken part in fixtures for the Sully Pinks football team – well done Elena. Amy Den- ton competed for the Welsh Triathlon team and came first in a recent event. Ben Perry has begun to play for the Vale Sport’s Reserves. Congratulations to Amaree Ali who has recently been a contestant on the Voice Kids TV show and was selected to be part of Jessie J's group. Amaree has also had confirma- tion that he will be playing the main character in an upcoming Netflix drama. Isobel Judge has taken part in a trampo- We look forward to seeing you in action lining competition this term and came third. Amaree! There are a number of pu- Hannah Mathers has recently completed pils representing 11W in the senior pro- the LAMDA grade 4 musical theatre exam. duction of Les Misérables including, So- 11K fia Payne Johns and Elena Warlow. There are a number of pupils representing Well done to Elena Warlow and Ffion 11K in the senior production of Les Miséra- Ross for achieving their silver DofE bles including, Rebecca Sullivan, Chiara certificate. Baker and Emily Harris. 11R 11L It’s lovely to see that the members of our George Jones will be representing 11L in form are taking part in many activities the senior production of Les Misérables. this term! Well done to Freddie Johnson Well done to George Jones and Lewis In- for partaking in badminton club this gram for achieving their silver DofE cer- term and to Amelia Theophanous-Ham tificate. Chelsea Burgoyne-George has for dedicating her free time to her role been competing in numerous Figure Skat- within the musical this term, ‘Les Miser- ing competitions this year and had succeed- ables’. Elys Johnson continues to play ed in all events. hockey for Penarth Seconds and Rebek- ah Williams recently secured fourth We would like to wish all of the Year 11 place in the Wales J16 rowing competi- pupils the best of luck for the Summer tion. A great term so far! Well done to GCSE examinations and we look forward Ross Cullen and Elis Cross for achiev- to celebrating their success on results day in ing their silver DofE certificate. Freddie August 2020. Johnson participated in the Explorer

“celebrating their success on results day” Year 12 Miss R Lewis & Mr O Flatley

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Blwyddyn 13

Miss L Bekker & Mr K Watkins Following their AS results, this has been a dents led Stanwell’s Poppy Appeal this year. very busy term for Year 13 students, who have These efforts were rewarded with much success found themselves having to adapt once more as the money raised was in excess of £150 more to the rigours and expectations of A2 level. than last year’s appeal. Isobel Brown and Neil Along with the various academic challenges Power accompanied Miss Donovan of the and extra-curricular activities we are proud to History department on the Remembrance Sun- look back over a very varied pastoral pro- day march in Penarth and laid a wreath on be- gramme. half of the school.

As always, Year 13 students have been spend- ing time during the Autumn term planning for life after Stanwell. Students are in the process of applying to Higher Education through UCAS, apprenticeships and employment. We wish all applicants every success. In order to prepare for the rigorous UCAS process, several experts have been supporting and advising the students. A representative of Exeter Uni- versity gave a presentation on what the university looks for in an effective personal state- ment whilst a representative of Cardiff Uni- versity discussed interview techniques with the year group. Many knowledgeable local individuals were kind enough to give their time in order to conduct mock interviews with those students who felt that the practice would Emma Monaghan and Isobel Brown compet- be beneficial and, for this, we are very grate- ed in the Cambridge Union Wales Region ful. Schools debating competition and successfully Those students who would like to follow another path after the summer examinations have also been well catered for. A representative from the Morrisons store in Cardiff Bay gave two presentations on writing effective CVs and employment application letters as well as how to be a good interviewee. A representative from Network 75, from the University of South Wales, spoke to our students about the opportunity to undertake a combined work and study route to a degree where undergraduates apply their academic knowledge to real-life work within a host company. Network75 train- ees have the opportunity to gain both academic knowledge and practical experience, making them industry-ready graduates. qualified for the next round at Cambridge Uni- Whilst students are focusing on getting the versity. best possible grades, there has also been time for other aspects of school life. Year 13 stu-

‘we are very proud to look back over a very varied pastoral programme’. Blwyddyn 13 Mr K Watkins and Miss L Bekker

Early in the term our executive and senior pre- In November, 45 enthusiastic Y13 students do- fect teams, with the excellent organisational nated blood in Stanwell’s annual Welsh Blood skills of our Head Girl Isobel Brown, set up Service donor clinic. and ran a Clubs Fair for all the new Year 7 pupils. The Year 7 pupils were very enthusiastic and membership of the after school clubs was certainly given a boost.

Olivia Rees and Sophie Whittaker took part in the Shine night walk raising money for Can- cer Research UK; Hannah Williams was part of a dance team that came first in the senior cate- A total of 63 donations were made potentially gory at a Dream Maker dance competition. saving 189 lives or 378 newborn babies. Ffion McCulloch took part in a swimming competition. David Thomas took part in a Many Year 13 students took part in this year’s senior production of Les Miserables. Their Hackathon at USW contribution ranges from being a member of Pastoral sessions since September have dealt the cast or the orchestra to playing a crucial role in the work of the stage crew. Our very with several important areas of citizenship in- own Hywel Edwards-Sim (Javert), Lily Ire- cluding ’Money Matters,’ Financial Planning land (Cosette), Ben Payne (Enjolras), Ossian and Democracy and the General Election pro- Lambert-Jones (Marius), Alex Pow- cess. ell (Eponine), Will Hardy, Ophelia Scott and Olivia Tucker (The Thernadiers), Joshua Internal examinations were sat by the students Stanbury (Bamatabois) and Zoe Mules prior to the Christmas break. This gives both (Factory Girl) were all successful in the rigor- staff and students a real indication of how they ous audition process in landing lead roles in are progressing at A2 and meaningful and spe- this demanding musical and delighted the sell- cific feedback will be given in order to set tar- out audiences with their stellar performances. gets for the final stretch of their sixth form edu- Ensemble members included Hannah Wil- cation. liams, Mia Sutcliffe-Hill, Sophie Anderton, Maisy Gibbs and Nia Hopkins.

Forthcoming Events

 Please note the external UCAS deadline is January 15th.

We wish all our students and their families a very merry Christmas and a happy new year.

“Wishing you all a very merry Christmas”

100 PER CENT ATTENDANCE: SEPTEMBER 2019 – DECEMBER 2020

The School’s annual attendance target figure for 2020 is 95%

Congratulations to the following pupils who have attended school every day since September. Research continues to show that pupils’ attainment grades are directly linked to their attendance rates and that explained/authorised absence is comparable in its effects on attainment with unexplained absence.

YEAR 7

Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Abdi, Lamis 7K Coyle-Jones, Peggy 7A Galluzzo, Santino 7X Ahmed, Yasmin 7A Davies, Brooke 7L Gelling, Dylan 7O Annett, Chloe 7E Davies, Eryn 7O Gent, Toby 7E Asprou, Alexandros 7R Davies, Gabriel 7K Glover, Matthew 7O Athwal, Arjinder 7W Davies, Lilian 7O Green, Amaia 7L Bechares, Elliot 7R Doenitz, Leonardo 7L Greenhough, Ioan 7E Bialynicki-Birula, Duckers, Eliya 7R Griffith, Iolo 7E 7X Rosie Egrin, Mina 7X Griffiths, Archie 7W Bousie, Amelia 7O Evans, Benjamin 7E Hennessy, Phoebe 7A Bullock, Lucy 7M Evans, Joseph 7W Hill, Oliver 7R Byard, Rhys 7O Evans, Samuel 7L Hollinshead, 7E Camilleri, Lola 7L Evans, Tomas 7A Isabella Carolan, Jack 7R Evans, Violet 7E Hu, Harvey 7E Chamberlain, Lucy 7T Fletcher, Luke 7L Hughes, Mollie 7K Chandler, Gabriel 7X Jenkins Roberts, Forton, Theo 7R 7X Colderley, Otis 7R Foster, Jasmine 7X Theo Court, Ffion 7W Frankling, Daisy 7R Jones, Lillie 7W

Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Jones, Sophia 7M Powell, Libby 7L Sweet, Jessica 7X Karani, Georgina 7T Rajasekaran, Rupan 7R Tavanaie, Kiannah 7E Kenny, Conor 7L Reardon, Ben 7M Thomas, Joe 7M Kingdon, Rhys 7W Rees, Bo 7O Thomas, Oscar 7K Lindley-Bell, Macey- Rees, Joseph 7T Thorne, Harley 7M 7T Mai Reypert, William 7M Tollerfield, Lewys 7K Lloyd, Ffion 7A Roach, Lily 7E Watson, Katie 7L Miller, Elliot 7K Robinson, Florence 7O Whalley, James 7T Mohamed, Amani 7O Russill, Megan 7X Whiting, Iolo 7M Moore, Ruby 7K Scott, Daniel 7X Whiting, Seren 7E Muxworthy, John 7T Scott Jones, Jac 7T Williams, Ellis 7T Oakey, Joshua 7X Seaward, Poppy 7A Williams, Nel 7T Pagano, Kyle 7X Sheldon, Charlie 7M Williams, Reuben 7M Palmer, Charlotte 7E Shields, Ethan 7A 100 pupils

Pedwell, Grace 7M Siberry, James 7E Pendleton-Jones, 7M Singh, Kaveh 7A Gruffydd Smillie, Noah 7E Perkins, Sophie 7R Smithson, Sarah 7T

Petherick, Dylan 7L Sullivan, Dylan 7A Powell, Daniel 7T Sweeney, Olivia 7E

YEAR 8 Name Reg Name Reg Hare, Marlene 8L Osman, Sama 8W Name Reg Harris, Eleanor 8T Price Turcaz, Iestyn 8X Abanes, Lorenzo 8T Hills, Courban 8X Rane, Tahlia 8A Asif, Yusuf 8X Hirani, Kiyan 8T Richardson, Grace 8X Atkinson, Lewys 8A Honour, Betsy 8E Roberts, Maxim 8R Ayres, Ioan 8K Hossain, Toby 8M Rowland, Joel 8K Bahssali, Zakaria 8L Janel, Artur 8X Saji, Mahima 8O Baker, Isabella 8W Jeffreys, Hannah 8M Sanee, Nita 8L Barry, Samuel 8W Johnson, Sukie 8L Shewan, Samuel 8X Bradbury, Eleanor 8W Kalsi-Lucas, Kyla 8W Sprober, Anna 8A Brenan, Isobel 8A Kerr, Ellen 8O Tan, Bjork 8X Calapodescu, Alex 8A Kilshaw, Poppy-Bo 8R Thompson, Harry 8R Cameron, Brody 8O Lewis, Elinor 8W Usher, Evie 8M Cox, Caitlin 8A Lewis, Tom 8A Williams, Dilys 8A Duhig, Daniel 8A Lloyd, Joseph 8O 51 pupils Evans, Isaac 8L MacDonald, Nina 8O Ferreira-Fernandes, 8O Morgan, Lana 8L Tiago Nadeem, Mysha 8A Gibbons, Sky 8O Ogden, William 8R Gilbert, Zachary 8O O'Reilly, Evie 8R

YEAR 9 Name Reg Name Reg Herbert, Thomas 9R Sheldon, Tom 9A Name Reg Hobbs, Isabel 9R Smalley, Eleanora 9K Alim, Laila 9T Hopkin, Amelia 9R Stagg, Megan 9W Amari, Miya 9X Hopkinson, Jacob 9A Taylor, Lucy 9W Ashworth, Matthew 9T Jones, Ted 9T Thomas, Daisy 9O Asif, Laiba 9L Julien, Jacob 9L Thomas, Manon 9A Assiratti, Rocco 9E Lane, Aisha 9W Thomas, Tia 9K Baird, Bethan 9E Lannon, Bethan 9L Thompson, Amelia 9M Barry, Luke 9T Leitch, Owen 9T Tomaszek, Maja 9X Bown, Scott 9X Lewis, Finnian 9R Tricklebank, Luke 9A Byard, Emily 9R Lin, Hugo 9M Underdown, Ieuan 9O Cleary, Harrison 9E Lloyd, Angus 9L Walker, Skye 9X Collinson, Natasha 9K Lyons, Olivia 9K Walsh, Billy 9A Coombs, Harry 9A Maisey, Fred 9K Webster, Eve 9M Cottrell, Adam 9X Oakey, Samuel 9A Wescott, Charlie 9L Daniel, Matt 9E Owen, Issy 9A Wescott, Oliver 9L Davies, Gethin 9O Peacock, Martin 9A Wheeler, Lola 9T Davies, Harry 9X Pearce, Gregor 9R Whitfield, Katie 9X Eastwood, Cai 9T Pesticcio-Croll, Williams, Jodie 9L 9E Edwards, Daisy 9M Paige Williams, Phoebe 9X Edwards, Sophie 9T Powell, Joshua 9A Williams, Rhys 9X Fletcher, Francesca 9L Price, Joe 9A Young, Lara 9E Forton, Sepp 9R Priday, Ella 9O Galatsidas, Emily 9O Rabaiotti, Elliott 9M Anna Righton, Joshua 9E Gehlan, Ehan 9R Roberts, Abigail 9W Hanson, Henry 9E Rourke, Sam 9R

YEAR 10

Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Abanes, Chester 10R Davies, Phoebe 10E McAteer, Freya 10L Archampong, Maya 10M Dawes, Bridie 10M Millar, Sophia 10T Ashworth, Sian 10O Dunlop, Jessica 10E Morris, Louis 10K Asprou, Amalia 10M Edward, Isabella 10R Newman, Ethan 10L Ayres, Tomos 10A Fofana, Tia-Loren 10X Nourish, Tom 10M Barden, Rhys 10M Gehlan, Zaqi 10K Popham, Thomas 10E Barker, Caitlin 10W Hennessy, Joel 10L Powell, Samuel 10E Blackburn, Sian 10A Hobrough, Xantia 10M Renault, Lou 10K Blake, Lois 10A Howell-Jones, Libby 10R Robinson, Jemima 10O Bolitho, Oliver 10M Hutchings, Ben 10L Shivakumar, 10K Brown, Kamoi 10K Ingram, Sam 10A Bhargav Calder, Kristian 10K Jones, Owen 10K Stephens, Jacob 10R Cannan, Eloise 10E Kidby, Sophie 10T Summerhayes, Edie 10T Carolan, Joseph 10T Kilshaw, Liliana 10A Waite, Harrison 10A Chapman, Luke 10W Knapper, Huw 10T Walters, Robyn 10A Clarke, Oliver 10L Land, Oscar 10R Williams, Ffion 10M Crothers, Oliver 10W Lewis, Amy 10R Williams, Louie 10K Davies, Izzy 10L Luceau, Candice 10O

YEAR 11

Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Name Reg Asif, Khaleel 11R Eleanor McJennett- Pritchard, 11K 11L Bagshaw, Greenow, House, Aron Benjamin 11R 11T Phoebe-Mai Lowri Milner, Ethan 11L Scott-Lawson, 11T Barry, Ethan 11M Gush, Joseph 11W Moreno, Henry 11R Brenan, Gush, Sam 11X Eliana Segovia, Alvi 11M 11M Amelia Newman, Sellek, Joshua 11O Haider, Faraz 11W 11W Brewster, Rosie 11K Harris, Liv 11W Smithson, Daniel Payne-Johns, 11W Hedgecoe, 11O Simon Bryant, 11T Sofia 11X Davis Tang, Hiu Ling 11K Joseph Paynter, Hicks, Reuben 11T 11E Thomas, Luc 11T Cross, Eddie 11O Hu, Trinity 11X Oliver Trivett, Taite 11L Pedwell, Davies, Ella 11W John, Ross 11R 11K Warlow, Elena 11O Joshua Davies, Ifan 11A Johnson, Elys 11R Weir, Helen 11E Pepper, Rhys 11L Davies, Johnson, Westmoreland 11A 11K Pesticcio- 11T Morgan Thomas 11R , Caitlin Croll, Eloise Denton, Amy 11O Khan, Mustafa 11L Williams, Katie 11O Poddar, Max 11A Evans, Niamh 11R Lannon, Chris 11T Williams, Power, Claire 11K 11R Finnes, Rose 11M Lin, Oscar 11W Rebekah Priestley-Bell, Friedl, Anna 11E 11K Zaman, Lloyd, Eleri 11L Dylan 11E Garvey, 11A May, Michael 11A Sufyanul

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