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MEET THE TEACHER MR WALDRON NEWS CHRISTMAS SPORT RUGBY

Christmas Edition /thecyfle

On Friday 18th December 2015,

Newtown High School will be saying

goodbye to two inspirational members of

staff who have guided our school to the

success it is today. Mrs J Pryce,

Headteacher and Mr S Waldron, Deputy

Headteacher will be retiring after 12

years and 17 years respectively at

Newtown High School. Along that journey

we were privileged to be able to assist

Presteigne in keeping education there

ensuring that all students have a

safe, secure and outstanding

education. They were also

instrumental in our most recent

achievement - the best GCSE

results ever for our Newtown

Campus which we obtained this

year. We wish them all the best for

their retirement and thank them

for the outstanding contribution

they have made to our school, and

the lives of young people in our

area for over a decade.

EDITORS

Mr R Williams and Mr J Mitchell

NEWS EDITOR

Abbey Carter

SPORT EDITOR

Ellie Williams

LLAIS CYFLE EDITOR

Alice Butler

ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

Owen Thompson

PHOTOS EDITOR

Esme Morris

PUBLICITY COMMITTEE

Hannah Owen

Alice Butler

Danielle Chaney

Nicole Jackson

Logan Ricketts

Abbey Carter

Amy Davies

Chloe Megan Ralph

Jack Bright

Ellie Williams

Esme Morris

Owen Thompson

Lowri Francis

Eve Connah

Christmas

Charity

Fayre

Inside

Dear Parent/Carer,

I have been asked to write a few words to mark my retirement after twelve years as

Head Teacher of Newtown High School.

When I started my career as a teacher in Powys in 1980 I had little idea that I would still

be here in 2015 but I am delighted that this is how it worked out. It has been a privilege

to have worked with the young people in Powys for over 35 years. Spending my

working days with our pupils has been a source of joy to me. Some of you who are

reading this today sat in my classrooms in Welshpool, Caereinion, Llanidloes or

Newtown during those years! I shall never forget the wonderful memories of pupils,

past and present, and I thank you for those memories.

For the last twelve years I have been privileged enough to serve as Head Teacher of

Newtown High School. I have been proud to lead a school that has done its best to be

inclusive and to try its best to live CYFLE. I have very much enjoyed these last twelve

years in my role as Head Teacher. We are a truly comprehensive school and it’s been

great to work with all ages and personalities. As a community we have shared and

celebrated many good times. We have also experienced some difficult times but we

have come through those by supporting and helping one another.

I would like to express my sincerest thanks to everyone who has contributed to the

school during the time I have been here. I believe that everything we achieved here has

been the result of the key partnerships that exist between pupils, their parents/carers

and all of the staff in school. I would like to wish Newtown High School parents/carers

and pupils all the best for the future.

Enjoy the festive break. I hope 2016 is a good year for all of you.

Judith Pryce

Head Teacher

From the whole team @ The Cyfle we wish you a

Happy Christmas and a Fantastic New Year

On Monday 14th December our annual Newtown Campus Christmas Charity Fayre was

held in the School Hall. With lots of students taking part, it was a great event packed full

of cakes, bracelets, bottles, tie dye and some lovely and creamy hot chocolate. It was a

great evening and was lovely to see so many young people raising money in memory of

former student, Kalun Longman.

We raised a fantastic £358

On Tuesday 8th December Newtown Campus held their Christmas Concert in the

school hall. The concert held a huge variety of talent from right across the school, from

our newest members singing in year 7 with a brilliant solo from Catrin Bufton up to our

oldest in the upper sixth, including Adam Jones who performed his annual Michael Bu-

ble rendition. The concert saw 3 new groups performing this year who have not per-

formed before including; The Boomwhackers, Newtown High School Samba Band and

Parti Merched yr Eisteddfod who sang Can Y Ser. A huge well done to the staff band

and an even bigger thanks to Miss Jones who performed a beautiful rendition of Calon

Lan to the tune of The Rose. Adam Jones' cheesy jokes kept everyone going through

the evening. A great time was had by all and we look forward to seeing you all next

time. A huge thank you to everyone involved in the concert. Nadolig Llawen a Blwyddyn

Newydd Dda I chi gyd.

Due to our deadline to print we could not include the John

Beddoes Christmas Concert but it will feature in the next edition.

Alarm clocks had been set early the whole group arrived in plenty of time for an early

start to the NEC in Birmingham; arriving in good time to attend our design seminar.

Here we met a fashion buyer for River Island, an independent designer for a pop up

shop in Dorothy Perkins and the lead designer for the cat walk show at Clothes Show

Live who explained how their designs worked and what they looked for when

employing people.

Next we were all able to visit the

exhibition halls to look at the

Fashion Worlds predictions for the

coming year; with smaller cat walk

shows, showing new young

designers and looks from the key

high street fashion stores. This

year’s exhibition showcased new

designers with the opportunity for

them to show their styles and

ideas in pop up styled shops. Vintage styling still ranked with a focus on upcycling and

re using clothes and accessories. Traditional high street stores also displayed shopping

mall boutique styled shops. There were still plenty of Cheap and Chic stalls of fashion

clothing and accessory bargains or freebies to please everyone’s taste; plus loads of

tips on customising and makeovers to give new ideas for our fashion looks.

Finally the red carpet fashion show with a real fashion forecast to start telling us how to

put the latest looks off the high street together a must for all fashionistas. A number of

photos also evidence the high celebrity presence there, so Newtown High School was

again right up there at the top, with some of last year’s Newtown students appearing in

this year’s official Clothes Show TV advert.

A number of 2016’s fashion statements have already been included in year 11’s GCSE

projects, predicting next year’s

design trends so Newtown students

can be a fashion step ahead. A lot of

bargains were purchased by many,

some coach seats were over

brimming with bags of goodies on

the return journey.

Laura Shinton - 2nd Individual Medley, 2nd Breaststroke

Sam Holwill - 2nd breast stroke and 3rd Butterfly

Jack Williams - 3rd freestyle

Tom Jarman - 2nd backstroke and 3rd freestyle

Lauren Tomey - 3rd backstroke

Seph Tomley - 3rd freestyle

Boys relay - 3rd medley and 3rd freestyle

Young Farmers Eisteddfod

Olivia Jones and Lowri Evans came 3rd with the

Humorous duet.

Well done to our Year 7 and 8

Gymnastics team who have

been hard at work competing in

the South Powys Under 14

Tournament. The team came 1st

Overall which is a fantastic effort

and all of them got Medals and

Certificates to take home. They

did our school proud so well

done to all!!

For this edition we decided to interview and chat to Mr Waldron

What is your favourite colour?

Red or Green

Who is your favourite artist?

Queen

Who is your favourite rugby player?

Alun Wyn Jones or Gareth Edwards

What is your favourite day of the week?

Work days!

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

Rugby, reading, watching sport

What is your favourite rugby team?

Wales

What is your favourite food?

Lots!

Thank you for chatting to us!

If you have a teacher you

want us to meet, let us

know!

Contact one of the

members on the 2nd

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New Kit

Our under 14 and under 16 rugby teams have both received new playing kit, kindly

sponsored by local companies Hughes Architects and EOM Electricals. Thanks both

once again for your generous support!

Welsh Cup rugby results

Both our under 14 and under 16 teams completed their Welsh Cup North Powys

round matches this half-term, playing against Llanidloes, Llanfair and Llanfyllin.

In Llanidloes, our u16s had a tough day at the office coming off second best to their

Llanidloes counterparts 36-0. Our 14s were triumphant, winning 21-19 in a closely-

contested affair, with two tries from centre Joe Hughes and one from wing Tom Davies.

Full-back Rhys Morris provided the extras with the boot.

Against Llanfair at home, our u16s produced a better display against strong opposition,

before succumbing 17-7. Our try was scored and converted by man-of-the-match

Lewis Jones. Our 14s won 19-14 with tries from Joe Hughes, second-row Ryan Hughes

and scrum-half Morgan Jones.

In their final game our 14s played Llanfyllin in the rearranged fixture from earlier in the

term. This was a potential winner-takes-all affair with the possibility that Newtown,

Llanfyllin and Llanfair all could be level on points come the end of the game. In the end,

our boys just came up short, losing 14-7 in blustery conditions in a very close game,

with our try coming from Morgan Jones, converted by Joe Hughes. As all three teams

were now level on league points, it went down to points difference as the deciding

factor, with Newtown just missing out on qualification to the next round by 2 points!!

Welsh Cup Football results

Our U15 boys football team progressed to the next round of Powys matches in the

Welsh Cup, where they faced Builth Wells at home. After a close first half, Newtown

pulled ahead in the second half to finish comprehensive winners by 5-1, with goals

coming from Tomos Williams, Ismail Ozdemir and Dray Rogers.

This result meant that they went on to face Welshpool in the Powys final of the

competition. Playing most of the football throughout the game, Newtown went ahead

four times in the match, with two goals from Tomos Williams, a 30-yard screamer from

Ismail Ozdemir and Tai Jones, before losing out late on 5-4 in an evenly-contested

game.

North Powys Football Tournament Winners

Newtown campus pupils enjoyed a successful day at the recent annual football

tournament held at Latham Park. Out of the six schools, both our year 7 and year 9

teams won their respective age-groups, with our year 8 team finishing third. Special

mention must go to our year 9 team, who won all their games, only conceding one goal

along the way. Da iawn bechgyn!

Year 7 team – Ethan Holloway, Sam Davies,

Lewis Jones, Charlie Mainwaring, Jez Wheel-

don, Euan Morris, Connor Cullen-Jones,

Dylan Downes, Tom Vaughn, George Lister.

(Above) Year 8 team – Owen jones, Declan Ward, Niall Bentley, Rhys

Humphreys, Lloyd Davies, Will Lister, Luke O’Brien, Tomas Parry,

Ryan Morris, Dan Briskham, David Box, Ethan Jones.

(Left) Year 9 team – Isaac Davies, Joe Hughes, Tom Davies, Ethan

Thomas, Keane Marks, George Jones, Tai Jones, Ronan Davies,

Ethan Grigg, Lewis Gorman, Rhys Morris, Jacob Davies.

John Beddoes Campus’ Lewis Jones

has won the Final of the Boys 12

And Over Section of the 2015

Shelter Cymru Welsh Mini Masters

Golf Competition. He played in 2

qualifier competitions at

Llandrindod Wells and Prestatyn

and won to get to the final . The

event was held at the Celtic Manor

Golf Resort on the Montgomerie

Course. There were 9 children in

the final from all over Wales. It was

played over 9 holes and he had an excellent round of 38 shots. Lewis is a member of

Knighton Golf Club and is noted as fast become one of best young golfers in Wales. We

look forward to following his progress, well done Lewis!

Rhian’s dad first encouraged her to start

Archery with him in the local club, Hafren

Foresters Archery club back in January. With

improving form, she decided to do two

heritage shoot competitions during summer

2015 in which she won a second place

medal. The second competition lead to

meeting a level two coach who asked her to

join a special training session two hours on a

Saturday at the National training centre in

Lillishall. The coaches saw a unique talent in

her and talked to a group of Olympic

coaches. They then invited Rhian to go to

Lillishall every Tuesday at 5pm to have

coaching from past and current GB coaches.

Well done Rhian

(Rhian Costall, Year 10)

The Year 8 Football Team competed in the South Powys 7-a-side Football Tournament

held at Brecon HS in November. The boys did extremely well and were unbeaten all

day. They beat Maesydderwen 6-0, Gwernyfed HS 3-1, Builth HS 3-1 and Crickhowell HS

3-0. They were very unlucky to draw 2-2 against the hosts, and eventual winners Brecon

HS, narrowly missing out on goal difference! Lewis Jones was the stand out performer

of the day scoring over 10 goals!

Good luck to the Year 9 football

team who will be playing Llanfair

Caereinion HS in the Powys Final of

the Welsh Schools Football

Association Cup on Thursday 17th

Dec. The game will be a repeat of

the final played 2 years ago where

we narrowly lost 3-1. The year 9

football team convincingly beat

Builth HS 7-1 and Bro Hyddgen HS 3

-0 in their previous games. The year

7 team also beat Bro Hyddgen 9-0 with Nathan Weale scoring an incredible 7 goals,

and Taylor Francis scoring the other followed by an unfortunate own goal. The year 7s

were unlucky not to progress to the area final after a narrow 3-1 defeat to Builth in

October.

Powys Schools Gymnastics

Pupils from the Newtown Campus recently

attended the Powys Schools Gymnastics

Competition in Newtown. The standard was very

high, and there was a record number of entries

this year. Our pupils were a credit to the school,

and performed very well. In the individual

competition, Tayla Trigg achieved a 1st place

and Katie Shackleton achieved a 3rd place –

ardderchog merched! Well done to our U12

girls team who came 2nd, however massive

congratulations to the U14 team who came 1st

and went on to represent Powys at the Welsh

Novice Gymnastics Finals in Cardiff. Even though

they did not achieve a top 3 finish in Cardiff, the

girls performed exceptionally well after a VERY

early start! Well done to all participants.

Swimming

The Powys Schools Sprint Swimming Gala was

held at Maldwyn Leisure Centre on Friday 20th

November. There was a large entry from the

Newtown Campus, who all swam extremely well

and were very good role models for the school.

Some notable results from the day were;

Laura Shinton – two 3rds and a 4th

Sam Holwill – 4th, 5th and 6th (with Tom Jarman!)

Stephanie Tomley – 5th

Lauren Tomley – 5th

Yr 7&8 Girls Relay Team – 2nd

(5x60 sport news is continued on the next page)

Well done all! Sport Powys are holding a Powys Games this year to celebrate the Rio

Olympics 2016 by collating results from some of the competitions and tournaments

that are being held in Powys – these results will put us very high on the leader board!

Last week the John Beddoes Campus Athletics team were in action in the South Powys

tournament in Brecon. The event was well attended with schools from all over Powys

competing in a wide range of competitions. Many of our team were competing against

older pupils from other schools, but we still had some brilliant results which can be

seen below, well done to all involved!

U13 Girls

Hannah Bright Triple Jump 1st

6 Lap 2nd

Holly Dodgson Triple Jump 2nd

Long Jump 3rd

Mair Hughes Triple Jump 3rd

U13 Boys

Nathan Weale Triple Jump 1st

2 Lap 2nd

Jamie Beech Vertical Jump 2nd

Josh Deakins Triple Jump 3rd U15 Boys

Chris Rowlands Long Jump 1st

4 Lap 1st

Triple Jump 2nd

Evan Lee Triple Jump 1st

2 Lap 2nd

Speed

Bounce

3rd

Jordan Price Speed

Bounce

1st

Rhys Morris Speed

Bounce

2nd

North Powys Badminton Tournament

Pupils from Years 7 to 10 recently took part

in the North Powys Badminton Tournament

at Maldwyn Leisure Centre. Teams from all

6 North Powys schools entered this year.

The boys Yr 7&8 team came 3rd, and the Yr

9&10 team came 5th. The girls brought

home the medals this year with both Yr 7&8

and Yr 9&10 teams coming 2nd. Huge

congratulations!

The Cyfle - Christmas Edition - Edition #9

Edited by Mr R Williams and Mr J Mitchell

rwilliams@newtown-hs.powys.sch.uk / jmitchell@newtown-hs.powys.sch.uk

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RGC South U15 selection

Ten Newtown High School pupils have been selected in the RGC South u15 Dewar

Shield squad for this season, they are Freddie Jones-Hoare, Keesaw Moss-Davies, Joe

Hughes, Liam Morris, Rhys Morris, Cai Jones, Kyle Rowlands, Ryan Parry, George Wilde

and Brandon Price. The squad trains weekly in either Newtown or Dolgellau and also

attends training camps in the RGC development centre at Parc Eirias in Colwyn Bay.

Have a fantastic

Christmas and a

joyful New Year

from all of us at

Newtown High

School