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Cardiff Sixth Form Debating teams were fortunate to be allocated five team slots for the Imperial University Schools' Debate competition, which took place on- line on Saturday 2 October. With 54 teams competing from across the UK and abroad, it is certainly not a debate for the faint-heated! Our students rose to the occasion as ever debating on such challenging topics as: “This House Would Hand Over...

A student at Cardiff Sixth Form College has been awarded the Independent Schools Association Lexden Prize. Buraq Ahmed was given the prize today, which is given to the most outstanding student chosen from the organisation’s 528 schools. The Lexden Prize celebrates the achievement of sixth formers, with achievement and education considered in the broadest sense and not just from an academic...

Llandovery College has appointed former Welsh International Nathan Thomas as its new head of Rugby. Nathan gained nine caps for his country and one for the Barbarians. He had spells with Cardiff Blues and the Scarlets, along with seven seasons at English Premiership team Bath, where he won the European Cup. He has been heavily involved with senior rugby at the college for the last five years and as...

Rydal Penrhos hosted a Prep and Primary Schools’ Lego Challenge yesterday, which was held in partnership with STEM Cymru and the Royal Academy of Engineering. Five pupils from the Prep School, along with their local counterparts at Ysgol Pen y Bryn, took part in a series of different activities based on the theme of water, where they were tasked with working as a team to solve the challenges put in...

Rydal Penrhos School has announced the appointment of Paul Sanders as the new head of Middle School. He will take over from John Murphy at the start of the next academic year in September. Mr Sanders studied a BA in Sport Management at Coventry University before heading to the University of Manchester to undertake his PGCE. This was followed by teaching work in the Manchester and Bolton area where...

Menna Fitzpatrick MBE recently visited Rydal Penrhos to collect a donation for charity. Year 6 ski captain Telor Jones and Jamie McLeod, head of boys’ games, took a trip to Llandudno’s dry slop earlier this month, presented a cheque to Great Britain’s most successful Winter Paralympian. The Prep School raised a total of £400 from a fundraising disco, which was held in aid of Disability Skiing...

Business-minded students from Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools have advanced to the UK Young Enterprise National Final. MySlides, formed by A Level students at Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools, scooped three awards at the Welsh final on Monday, winning the Welsh Young Enterprise Company of the Year, Best Company Report, and the Digital Award. The team previously won four awards in the regional final...

Music staff and pupils from Monmouth School for Girls recently joined together for a charity concert. The Musical Roots concert showcased the talents of six staff in an evening which raised £307.15 for Music in Hospitals and Care Wales. Christopher Horner, a violin tutor, professional performer and event organiser, said: “As musicians, we get so much out of a wonderful evening like this. It is...

St David’s College recently welcomed back a former pupil who arrived at the school in a navy helicopter. Lieutenant Ben Daw landed on the school’s tennis courts in the £19m Merlin helicopter, who welcomed him as he arrived. He gave pupils a tour of the anti-submarine vehicle and saw his former teachers and Year 8 nephew Marley. Steve Delaney, deputy head, said: “It was an exciting day and...

A Sixth Form pupil at Rydal Penrhos visited Buckingham Palace to collect her Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award last week. Jenny Johnson joined other candidates at a ceremony on Thursday, just days before the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She received her certificate from rugby star Johnathan Davies and met Princess Anne at the garden ceremony. Jenny said: “It was beyond...

An artist from Rydal Penrhos has won a regional art competition. Will Glanville, 8, beat off more than 70 entries to win the U14 category at the Llanelian Open Art showcase for his watercolour painting entitled ‘Pheasant’. He earned a cash prize, the Llanelian Art Competition Cup and a signed photo of Darth Vader from actor Spencer Wilding, who played the villain in Rogue One: A Star Wars...

Llandovery College recently hosted Warren Gatland, head coach of the Welsh rugby team, at its annual Sports Awards Evening. The college welcomed Warren to the glittering event celebrating the sporting achievements of its pupils. He gave a speech highlighting the benefits of sport for general health and wellbeing, not only for young people but across all generations. Warren has coached Wales since...

A footballer from Monmouth School for Boys has been crowned Newport County U15s Player of the Year. Midfielder Alex Grocott was presented with the award at the club’s development centre by Gavin Foxall, the club's operational chairman. A Newport County spokesman said: “Alex has developed and progressed into a very confident player, who is very skilful and has a fantastic attitude towards...

Monmouth School for Boys’ cricket team have recently been on a tour of Sri Lanka. The trip was the school’s first to the country since 1985, when a squad including former Glamorgan and England opener Steve James toured the island. The squad was drawn from last year’s U13 and U14 squads and achieved three wins in six matches. The tour began in the city of Kandy where Monmouth lost by 92 runs to...

Rugby players from Monmouth School for Boys were recently visited by a former pupil and top referee. The U18s met Wayne Barnes at the Rosslyn Park HSBC National Schools 7s tournament last week. The Old Monmothian holds the record for the most Aviva Premiership matches officiated and has also taken charge in three World Cups. He left Monmouth to study law at the University of East Anglia, which he...

The U12s celebrate their achievements on home soil Two rugby sevens teams from Monmouth School for Boys have recently reached three finals. The U12 side competed in last week’s Monmouth School for Boys’ Annual U12s Sevens competition, with the school’s A team finishing as runners-up to Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf and the B team coming second to Aberdare Community School. Jon Despontin,...

Equestrians from Haberdashers’ Monmouth Schools have qualified for two national finals. Bibi Zijlmans, Holly Thomas, Flora Macfarlane and Alice Garfield will be the first riders to represent the school when they compete at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in the team 90cm class in May. The quartet won their section in the National Schools Equestrian Association (NSEA) Show jumping qualifiers at Kings...