On Monday we also met with the new Cabinet following the annual general meeting in May 2019. The conservative party no longer have the majority and a new coalition has been formed between Labour, Llantwit First Independents and the Vale Independents groups. There are 7 Cabinet members and these are the areas they are responsible for: […]
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Today at student council we split up into student sub committees to plan how what we want to work on. As the school’s Student Ambassador group we have decided that we would like to create a presentation to give to year 7 on our next PSE day in order to widen their knowledge on Children’s Rights. We also discussed […]
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February 2019 “My favourite thing in Pencoedtre High is all the teachers and how you make new friends every day.” (Amy Yr7) “I have really enjoyed the Llangranog trip. We did many activities like zip-lining, trampolining, swimming and much more. It was really fun to go on a trip with my friends.” (Louise Yr8) […]
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Two of our Student Ambassadors attended the Children’s Commissioner for Wales’ first Student Ambassador event last week. There were pupils there from over 30 different schools. Pupils took part in a number of different workshops that got them thinking about how to promote children’s rights in their school as well as gender equality. Pupils also […]
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Pencoedtre High School Parliament pupils have been getting creative designing a new ‘classroom rules’ poster for each classroom in school – the Head Teacher set them the challenge to create the poster to encompass what they felt were the keys to a successful lesson. Their responses focused around being polite, prepared, productive and positive, which […]
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At yesterday’s youth cabinet meeting we met managers from Careers Wales to further discuss our work experience proposal and the possibility of a Council Careers Fair. Our idea is to hold a careers fair with multiple stalls to promote the Council as a future employer, and the current opportunities to available such as apprenticeships. We […]
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Cowbridge Comprehensive has made another donation to Play it Again Sport!!! Thank you to all CCS students who have made a donation and to Ethan, Jacob, Rhys and Harry on helping to organise the donations. Also well done to Play it Again Sport on their Sustainable Academy Award. Fantastic!!
Aled Rees from Y12 used all his rugby skills recently filming in a Bollywood movie. The film, Jungle Cry, is about an Indian youth rugby team which won a ‘world cup’ against the odds and has been filmed at several locations in south and west Wales. Congratulations Aled on your big screen debut!
Congratulations to Rhian Shillabeer of year 13 who has been elected to represent Cardiff South and Penarth Constituency in the first ever Welsh Youth Parliament. Rhian is particularly interested in working towards improving the environment, providing better living standards across Cardiff and highlighting the importance of Education. We wish her every success.
Thank you to Years 9-13. A fantastic amount of Food Bank donations were handed in. These will be given to the Vale Food Bank, which will help many families over the Christmas period. It is really appreciated.
