St David's News

It was a great pleasure to present former pupil, Ben Hay, with his Team Wales hoodie as he prepares to represent Wales in the WorldSkills National Finals in Mechanical Engineering: CAD in Middlesborough on 14^th November.

Last year to much excitement Girls Rugby was introduced to the sporting curriculum for the first time, and now they have even designed their own kit.

Our Headmaster Mr Russell is incredibly proud to be coming home with a win in the Indepdendent School of the Year 2022 Awards. St David's took top sport in the "Innovation Award for an Outstanding Initiative". Massive congratulations to Mr Lycett and the rest of our outstanding PE & Sport Department for their amazing work to win this award.

This weekend in Llangranog, the St David’s College Ski Teams were in winnings ways. The boys’ Team A held off stiff competition from schools from all over Wales to be crowned as the Welsh Schools Champions!

Match Report by Joe Kennedy-Lynch (year 9). After playing in the thrilling encounter, Joe took the time to write up the match report about our game against Ysgol Y Creuddyn a few weeks ago.

Over the Exeat weekend four separate Duke of Edinburgh’s Award expedition groups have been out exploring the mountains and coast lines of the United Kingdom. Two Silver level teams of Year 11 pupils set out on the Anglesey Coastal Path, while the Year 13s went further afield and completed a four day crossing of the Lake District.

On September 21, people all over the world mark the International Day of Peace. This day has been designated by the UN General Assembly as a time to enhance the values of peace by engaging in a 24-hour period of nonviolence and a cease-fire.

St David’s College Head of Humanities, Matthew Roberts, believes to be a good teacher you need to have lived a little first.

“...so you’ve had different experiences and know a little bit about life.

“It’s also about keeping in touch with what’s going on in the world.”