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Student Wins National Geographic Explorer Autumn 2016 St David’s Catholic Sixth Form College Coleg Catholig Chweched Dosbarth Dewi Sant St David’s Student, Mphatso Simbao has beaten global finalists to be awarded the National Geographic Explorer Award at this year’s Google Science Fair. Turn to page 2 to read all about STUDENTSTUDENT his achievement. WINSWINS NATIONALNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICGEOGRAPHIC EXPLOREREXPLORER AWARDAWARD ATAT GOOGLEGOOGLE SCIENCESCIENCE FAIRFAIR ALSO IN THIS ISSUE STEM LIVE!, ENTERPRISE SUCCESS, LEAVERS’ CEREMONY 2016, ST DAVID’S FIRST S4C AMBASSADOR, NUFFIELD PLACEMENTS, AND MUCH MORE! This publication is also available in Welsh She concluded her speech by saying: “On behalf of the AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS students who are leaving College this year, I would like to thank everyone at St David’s who has guided and supported & CELEBRATIONS us; helping us to become mature and independent, so that we are ready to begin the next chapter in our lives with On Thursday 8th September, approximately 300 students, confidence and optimism.” (You can read Bethan’s full staff and family members filled St David’s Metropolitan speech on our website.) Cathedral for St David’s Catholic College’s fourth annual Leavers’ Ceremony. The Leavers’ Ceremony was an evening of great joy as the students celebrated their time at the College, but it was The evening was a resounding success and highlighted the also an opportunity to reflect and think of those who are achievements of the College’s 600 leavers during the 2015- no longer with us. The College commemorated the lives 16 academic year. St David’s takes great pride in the role it of Alesha O’Connor and Ishaq Ahmed, who both tragically plays in developing and supporting its students. The strong passed away in 2015, by introducing and presenting two community feel which envelops the College was perhaps new scholarships in their memory. best summed up by leaver Bethan Lenz’s Valedictory address at the Leavers’ Ceremony. The College gives scholarships each year to a selection STUDENT WINS NATIONAL of new students based on their academic achievement or “I believe that St David’s College should be proud of its their contribution to their community. These students were GEOGRAPHIC AWARD AT caring and nurturing ethos,” she said, adding: “From my invited to the Leavers’ Ceremony where they were awarded first visit to the College I felt welcomed and was made to their scholarships (pictured below). Awards were also given GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR feel at home by all of the staff I spoke to and met. Even to leavers who demonstrated particularly outstanding though St David’s is a large, international sixth form college, studentship in individual subjects and to those who made it manages to achieve a sense of community where students a significant contribution to College life during the 2015-16 have a sense of belonging and unity.” academic year. St David’s Student, Mphatso Simbao (pictured above, To help local farmers find low-cost, affordable solutions for right) has beaten global finalists to be awarded the pesticides and fertilizers, Mphatso investigated alternative COLLEGE AWARDS Health & Social Care: Frankie Hartland Sport (BTEC Dip): Joshua Slack ways of generating the supplies farmers need. He created National Geographic Explorer Award at this year’s History: Dan O’Driscoll; Kelly Whitehorn Sport (BTEC Extend): James Minto a simple, portable production station that requires basic Google Science Fair. Dom Bryan: Lauren Edwards IT: Alex Martin Welsh: Elinor Power cooking materials like charcoal and local plant leaves. Ieuan Wynne Jones: Samantha de Guia Law: Molly Whitehead Launched in 2011, the Google Science Fair is an online Based on his methods, Mphatso believes farmers can cut Chris Whelan: Brooke Martinson Law (BTEC Cert): Tejan Sesay SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS science competition which is open to students aged 13 costs by 50% on fertilizers and 80% on pesticides to help Stratford Caldecott: Gethin Jones Law (BTEC Subsid): Amy Tugwell to 18 from around the world. The competition challenges them produce better, more abundant crops. Georges LeMaitre: Jomcy John Maths: Jomcy John ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT students to use science and technology to solve some of Dante Alighieri: Zainab Hussain Further Maths: Luqi Lin; Ethan Hogg Mahjabin Chowdhury the world’s biggest issues. Mphatso conducted all of the research and experimental St Thomas More: Chloe Rice Media: Joe Oaten; Esther Munro Cerith Freeman work for this project in his own time and was justly rewarded St John Paul II: Shu Ying Gan Music: Kate Parry Ellie Jones In September, 16 finalists were invited to the Google when he was selected as the winner of the National PE: Jordan Taylor Ieaun Reed headquarters in California to present their projects to the Geographic Explorer Award. This is an amazing achievement SUBJECT AWARDS Performing Arts: Bethan Lenz Harry Robson judges and compete for one of five awards: the Grand and we are all delighted by Mphatso’s success. Philosophy: Jodie Voss; Alex Parsons Emily Stradling Prize, the Scientific American Innovator Award, the National Biology: Sophie Wilcock Photography: Sione James Bethan Williams Geographic Explorer Award, the Lego Education Builder Mphatso’s hard work and determination was reflected in Biology (BTEC): Preeti Gurung Physics: Gethin Jones Laura Wright Award, and the Virgin Galactic Pioneer Award. his A Level results this summer when he achieved A*’s in Business: Patrick Uriot Politics: Jonathan Leighfield Coco Zhang Chemistry, Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Chemistry: Paul Murphy Psychology: Agata Jakubiak The National Geographic Explorer Award honours an Economics: Anthony Hau Physics (BTEC): Elise Curtis CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY outstanding project with an experimental approach to As a winner of the National Geographic Award, Mphatso English Literature: Joanne Fabian Religious Studies: Sophie Riella Angelica Alviar answering some of the greatest questions in our natural will receive an educational scholarship, which he will put English Lit & Lang: Sophia Hathaway Science (BTEC): Shanice Desmond Eleanor Houlston Clark world. towards completing his Mathematics degree at Nottingham Drama: Becky Ford Sociology: Lizzie Lewis Bethan Linbourn University. Film: Chloe Falcon Spanish: Angharad Evans Daniel Rogers “Can a closed system that uses better use of non-renewable French: Dan O’Driscoll Sport (BTEC Subsid): Alex Martin fuels centred around on-site production, storage and usage As well as the scholarship, Mphatso will enjoy a year-long of ammonia gas using plant protein in 3 steps be used to mentorship, and a 10-day National Geographic Expedition provide nitrogen fertilizers and a green pesticide to a low to the Galápagos Archipelago. Known as “Darwin’s living income family in rural Zambia that has no electricity?” laboratory”, it is home to an abundance of wildlife. Mphatso will have exciting, up-close encounters with species such This was the question posed – and successfully answered as domed giant tortoises, marine iguanas, and flightless - by Mphatso when he submitted a research project to the cormorants. He will explore with a diverse team of experts— 2016 Google Science Fair. from naturalists to regional specialists—who will share their knowledge and insights on the wildlife, landscapes, and Mphatso, originally from Zambia, was keen to examine local culture. ways of reducing poverty in his community. Southern Africa is currently struggling to recover from its worst This will be a richly deserved break for Mphatso, who should drought in decades. As a result, farmers are seeing their be exceptionally proud of all that he has achieved this year. crops destroyed, leading to famine for millions and a huge We wish him the best of luck in all of his future endeavours reduction in income for the farmers. and look forward to hearing about what he gets up to next! 2 ST DAVID’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE AUTUMN 2016 NEWSLETTER ST DAVID’S CATHOLIC COLLEGE AUTUMN 2016 NEWSLETTER 3 MILLENNIUM VOLUNTEERS A big congratulations to Natasha Axford-Dando, Sam De-Guia, Lauren Edwards, Reeta James, Jomcy John, Layla Rogers, Amy Tugwell and Natalie Vejayakumar who all achieved 50 hours of volunteering with Millennium Volunteers this year. Their volunteering took the form of peer mentoring, where the students worked with their Health and Social Care peers to support them in their studies. They also worked to build the confidence and self-esteem of their mentees, to improve their literacy and numeracy, and to help them develop their organisational skills. All students who were mentored by the Millennium NUFFIELD PLACEMENTS Volunteers passed their qualification, with some achieving MICRO-TYCO double Distinction*. ENTERPRISE SUCCESS This summer, Tanya Chiganze completed a very successful This year, to develop talent, Deloitte has partnered Nuffield placement working with Michael Scott-Evans of Volunteering is a great way to gain new skills, meet new with WildHearts on ‘Micro-Tyco’, a unique experiential Cardiff University’s School of Psychology. Nuffield Research people, give something back to your community and have FRESHERS’ FAIR programme that challenges pupils to take a £1 micro- Placements are available each year, and provide students fun in the process. The Millennium Volunteer programme loan and turn it into as much money as possible in just with the opportunity to work alongside professional is open to anyone aged 14-25 who currently volunteers or Once again we had a very successful fresher’s fayre (pictured 30 days. Micro-Tyco helps participants
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