Llys Llywelyn Review of the Year 2012-2013

Pupils of Llys Llywelyn have achieved a lot over the past academic year, some of these amazing successes include 7Ll2 winning the Year 7 Benchball tournament with George Ratcliffe being the main man. The Year 7 football team also won the Newport Schools championships and top footballers included Jake Clark, Tomos Vinnicombe, Joseph Keating and Zach Chambers. However the pinnacle goal was provided by George Ratcliffe, who has been tipped to be the next Lionel Messi!

Another triumph was 9Ll2’s Oliver Blenkin who was selected to represent the Gwent Cadet force in a military tattoo in Germany in September; it’s a world class musical event and Oliver will be performing in front of 60,000 people! However it’s not only about doing things for the school or house as two Year 11 pupils (Lucy Bateman & Hannah Thorpe) have spent their free time raising money for the St Anne’s Hospice, a truly selfless effort to help others. Year 10 also joined in with the achievements with Llys Llywelyn pupils Kate Kennedy, Beth Counsell, Phoebe Arthur, Morgan Westacott, Maddison Williams and Samantha Rogers who have all been working with the British Red Cross to train in order to become peer mentors; this involves educating other pupils in the plight of referees and asylum seekers. They plan to represent the rest of the school in September.

Plenty of Llys Llywelyn pupils also took to the stage in the school’s performance of Bugsy Malone, but it was Llys Llywelyn’s Baris Carcabuk who blew everyone away with his performance of Fat Sam! At the end of the year all eyes turned to the annual sports day involving all four Year 7 houses but it was our very own Llys Llywelyn who stole the show with both boys’ and girls’ teams winning the relays, an absolutely fantastic achievement!  Well done to all involved.

A final congratulations to Sunna Tariq & Jay Starmore who were both awarded the title Pupil of the Year for Llys Llywelyn.  What a fantastic year it has been!  Have a great summer holiday.