School News July

Celebrating the Eisteddfod

In the first week back after the holidays, the Welshness Committee held lunchtime activities to celebrate and raise awareness of the fact that the National Eisteddfod was coming to Lŷn and Eifionydd.  There were different activities during the week including fundraising activities, an 'Ein Llŷn ac Eifionydd Ni' activity and a photobooth.  Myrddin ap Dafydd was at the  school on Thursday, he came over to see the pupils' activities.  Thanks to the committee members for all the hard work during the busy week!

Pupils carry out fund-collecting activities for the National Eisteddfod's local fund

Llŷn and Eifionydd Film Project

The year 9 film crew have been very busy in recent weeks preparing a joint film with Seiont Film Company.  They have had the opportunity to interview several people from the area including the Mayor of the Town, Keith Parry to talk about the Nature Reserve, John Dilwyn Williams to talk about the history of the town, Myrddin ap Dafydd to talk about the Eisteddfod and Pwllheli connections and Paul Jenkison to talk about his experiences as a nature photographer.  In addition, some members of the crew visited Neuadd Dwyfor to interview staff Dyfed Pritchard and Ceridwen Price to talk about entertainment in the town of Pwllheli.  We look forward to seeing the finished film soon.

SECONDARY PRIMARY TRANSITION

It was great to welcome pupils from school’s catchment area for a morning to see the animation work that has been done during the term. There has been collaboration between our year 9 pupils and the primary school pupils.  You will get to see the finished work in the school tent at the National Eisteddfod.

After lunch the pupils along with the school's year 7 pupils had the opportunity to enjoy Tudur Phillips' show "Coming soon to Boduan". This was a fun afternoon and a chance to learn about what will be enjoyed on the field.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Chayika Jones who has been accepted to attend Oxford University's residential summer school as part of the Government's SEREN scheme. The  competition for places were high . Well done Chayika and good luck at Oxford.

Equally warm congratulations to Lea Roberts on securing a place at Summer School at the "Royal Conservatoire of Scotland" to practise her musical skills. Good luck and enjoy this valuable experience.

Congratulations to Erin Gwen, Lily Hardy, Chloe and Cara 9A for their success in the translation competition from French to Welsh under the auspices of Oxford University.

Erin and Lily's translation came to the forefront of their region and the task was to translate a poem from French into Welsh. Their work will go on to a competition at British level.  Chloe and Cara's work was commended by the judges for the excellent quality of their translation of the poem. With over 15,000 learners applied across all categories this year, this is quite an achievement. 

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT PROJECT

As part of their work on the theme 'Our Planet', Year 7 and the English Department worked on the beach at Pwllheli.  There was a chance to clean up the beach and three large bags of rubbish were collected.  Everyone took pride in seeing the place look much tidier and the afternoon was an opportunity for everyone to remember our responsibility to our localality and environment. Well done for your efforts Year 7 !

SPORTS DAY

The school sports were held on a torrid day and had a great day of keen competition. Thanks to Mr Thirsk, Mrs Roberts and all PE staff for their preparations

Individual Awards:

Victor Ludorum Award for the athlete who has earned the most points on the day:

Year 7- Meinir Dyfed (Gwylan) and George Clavin (Gwylan)

Year 8 – Effi Jones (Enlli) and Monti Ellis (Tudwal)

Year  9 – Lily Hardy (Gwylan) and Enes Yilmaz (Gwylan)

Year 10 – Elin Rhisiart (Gwylan) and Charlie Griffith (Enlli)

Effort Award:

Year 7 – Mia Thomas and Lexi Evans (Tudwal), Elis Jones and Harri Hughes (Gwylan)

Year 8 -Kimberley Jones (Enlli), Ela Jones (Tudwal), Eban Jones (Enlli) and Ollie Armitt (Gwylan)

Year 9 – Nansi Jones and Alys Atkin (Tudwal), Kai Worsley-Jones (Enlli)

Year 10 – Elliw Evans (Enlli), Beca Brew (Gwylan), Harri Studt (Gwylan) and Tomos Jones (Tudwal)

New Recordings:

4 records were broken on the day.

Year 9 boys- Enes Yilmaz (Gwylan) in the 100m with a time of 12:30

Year 10-Charlie Griffith (Enlli) boys in the Long Jump with a jump of 5m 67 and in the High Jump with a leap of 1m 67.

Girls year 7: Gwylan in the relay for 4 members over 100 meters. The members of the team were Meinir Dyfed ,Leila Ellis, Lili Jones and Shan Jones. Well done.

Athletics:
NASUWT Meirion-Dwyfor Athletics team competition results 21/6/23:
 
Year 7- 6th Girls
Boys Year 7- 6th
 
Year 8 Girls - 3rd
Boys Year 8 - 1st
 
Year 9 and 10 Girls - 3rd
Boys Year 9 & 10 - 3rd
 
The Year 8 Boys team went through to the Eryri round.
 
ERYRI NASUWT Athletics team competition 29/6/23:
 
Congratulations to Year 8 boys who have won the NASUWT Eryri competition with a total of 74 points. There were a number of outstanding performances on the day with Anthony Evans victorious in the Weights, Cian Read in the 200m and Monti Ellis in the 300m.
The boys will now progress to the national competition in Aberdar on July 12th. Good luck to you boys, we are very proud of your success.
 
Basketball
 
The Year 8 Boys have finished 7th throughout Wales in the NBA Basketball competition in Aberystwyth. The boys beat Ysgol Ystalyfera after losing to Ysgol Alyn and Penglais on the day.

MATHEMATICAL LEUTHISM

This year, 68 Year 8 pupils took part in the Mathematical Competition run by "The National Scientific Society". Three pupils received a yellow certificate for very high quality work, namely Leusa Sheret, Katie Jenkinson  and Olivia Krakowska. The other pupils received a green certificate for standard work.

CELEBRATION

We had a very special celebration to say goodbye to Year 11 pupils on Thursday, June 22nd. The pupils and their parents came to school   in the afternoon and we had a very special ceremony in the company of two of our former pupils Alun Jones-Williams and Twm Ellis who are busy members of Bwncath. Their message to the pupils was extremely timely and valuable.
 
Following a wonderful afternoon at school, there was a great evening in Nant Gwrtheyrn in the company of DJ Bustach. Thank you to all the staff at the Nant  for the wonderful arrangements and food and thank you to everyone involved for ensuring our pupils got to celebrate successes and have the opportunity to say goodbye to the school. We look forward to seeing you in August and following your next adventures. Thank you for being a great bunch and good luck to all of you.