Shakespeare Schools Festival

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Shakespeare Schools Festival

Monday, 27 September 2010 11:06 |

Written by Mr. De Benedictis

As part of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, thirty year ten pupils from Treorchy Comprehensive School will be performing their version of Macbeth in one of Wales’ most prestigious venues.

The SSF is the UK's largest youth drama festival. This is the 10th anniversary of the festival. Since the year 2000, 90,000 youngsters from 4,248 schools have performed in 225 theatres.

The performance will take place at 7:00pm on Monday, 18th October at The Weston Studio, Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff. Treorchy will be one of three Welsh schools performing on that night; each school will perform a different Shakespeare classic.

The pupils attended a Shakespearean acting workshop at the Millennium Centre on the 22nd September run by actors from the National Youth Theatre.

As well as the performance side of the event, Head Boy, Elliot Howells and year 12 student, Amie Roberts have been assigned the roles of marketing director and head technician respectively. Elliot and Aime will be entered into a UK wide competition for their efforts and the winning team will get the chance to spend a day at London's main press office. The winners will be chosen based on the volume of ticket sales as well as the quality of the team's marketing efforts.

Tickets are available from the WMC at a price of £8 or directly from the school for £6. The school will also be providing a bus from Treorchy on the evening of the event for a minimal fee.

So why not join the Shakespeare Schools Festival and Treorchy Comprehensive on this date and see 3 local schools performing three half hour Shakespeare plays in an unforgettable evening of theatre.

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September 24th 2010

Treorchy Cadets win Silver at first attempt

Competing for the 1^st time in the Cadet Cambrian Patrol Competition, held on the 18^th & 19^th September, the Treorchy Comprehensive School CCF team were awarded a silver medal.

The competition is open to cadets from all over Wales, and is a true test of physical and mental endurance. The cadets work as a team to navigate a route of approximately 22 km, via a series of checkpoints, where they are tested on various aspects of the Cadet syllabus, including 1^st Aid, field craft and map reading.

The Treorchy Comprehensive School team were the highest scoring junior team from a CCF, beating more established CCF’s in private schools. The patrol commander was Cadet Sgt Catherine Lumby, who despite sustaining an injury early into the competition continued to lead her team, knowing that if she dropped out the team would lose points.

The whole team were extremely tired at the prize giving on Sunday afternoon, but can be very proud of their efforts and the Silver medals that they were awarded.

Uncovering Chemical Secrets

On Wednesday the 15^th of September a number of our Chemistry A level class attended a course at the University of Wales, Cardiff. The title of the course was ‘Uncovering chemical secrets’ and the pupils certainly did this! The day consisted of a morning lecture on chemical synthesis, an opportunity to complete a number of exciting experiments in the university laboratory and a tour of the Chemistry department where a number of expensive analytical machines and techniques were explained in detail.

The students thoroughly enjoyed the day and found it extremely useful as it covered a number of topics that they will be examined on in January as part of their A level qualification. It also gave the students a taste of university life, which hopefully they will experience next year when they leave Treorchy Comprehensive and embark on their future careers!

Outstanding Performances by our Dancers

Congratulations to the dancers from Year 9, 10, 11,12 & 13 for giving outstanding and professional performances at the Skills Cymru Conference held at the Millennium Stadium on the 16th & 17th September. All groups were invited to perform to an audience of students, teachers and exhibiters from across Wales and thoroughly enjoyed the day. Each performance was shown on the large screens in the Stadium throughout the day and footage was later shown on the ITV news.