Art Exhibition

A year of hard work in the art department has come together and the results are stunning. Throughout the year pupils have been working hard on different artistic pieces right through the school. The work of the school from GCSEs, BTECs and A/AS level are on display has been brought together in this gallery, along with work from year 8 and the Marion Centre.

Pieces in the art gallery convey a range of emotions and themes through a wide variety of techniques. Talents in many areas are shown from origami right through to video-making. Several pieces of work will not be leaving bishop, however, as they have been purchased to join the school’s collection.

External Examination Results

The A2 and AS results will be published on Thursday 19th August 2010.  GCSE results will be published on Tuesday 24th August.

The school will be open from 8.00am to 10.00am on both days.  If you are unable to collect your results you may:

• Provide a relative/friend with a letter giving written permission for them to collect the results.  Staff will read and retain the letter of permission.
• Provide a stamped, self-addressed A5 envelope to Mrs Gallop, Examinations Officer, before the end of the Summer Term and results will be posted out.  Please note, Mrs Gallop is not able to post them until 19th August. 
• Exam results will not be available via telephone or email.
• Information regarding Post Result Examination Services will be provided on the Results Day.  This service deals with the checking of results and remarking, for which there is a charge. 
• Exam certificates from previous years will be available if they have not yet been collected from the School Office. 

Max, Bell & Casper Save the World

by Anna Surridge

Anna Surridge, a 2009 Climate Change Champion has produced a children’s book to help make the messages around climate change simpler and easier to understand.  The book, entitled ‘Max, Bell and Casper Save the World’ follows three superheroes – Max the dog, Bell the cat and Casper the chicken. Anna’s book features bright colours and innovative hand drawn cartoons. It uses the three characters to describe the small actions that everyone can take to tackle climate change and reduce their carbon footprint.

Anna was the driving force behind organising for the bilingual book to be sent to every primary school in Cardiff and will be doing a reading session at the Eisteddfod in Llangollen on one of the children's days - 6th July 2010.

If you would like a copy, you can download an electronic version or request a hard copy from the following website:  http://wales.gov.uk/walescarbonfootprint/home/youngpeople/champion/champions09/maxbellcasper/?lang=en

Moviemakers Course 2010

A Moviemakers Course is being organised by Careers Wales for Year 9 and 10 students (2009-2010 academic year).  There are two two-day courses available:

• Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd July.
• Thursday 5th and Friday 6th August.

The course is being held at Media4Creative, Penarth Road, Cardiff.  If you are interested please see Mrs Bird for an application form. 

School Sports Day 2010

Wednesday 14th July 2010 

This year's Sports Day will follow the same format as last year.  The event will be held at the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Leckwith Road, Cardiff and will start at 8.30am, finishing at 2pm.

The travel arrangements, timings and instructions regarding uniform and kit can be found on the downloadable letters below.  Please note the School buildings will be closed to all pupils on the day.

Last year's Sports Day was an overwhelming success at the new venue with all previous participation records being broken.  We hope that all pupils will support their houses again this year and sign up for their respective teams! 

Attachments:

Instructions to Pupils	[ ]	28 Kb
Letter to Parents - School Sports Day	[ ]	27 Kb
Timetable - Sports Day	[ ]	55 Kb

Transition - A Warm Welcome to Our New Students...

Attachments:

Transition Timetable

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BISHOP'S GOT EVEN MORE TALENT

The Bishop of Llandaff High School is putting on a showcase event to display the talents of our students.  "Bishop's Got Even More Talent" is taking place on Wednesday 23rd and Thursday 24th June 2010 from 7pm onwards.  On the main stage students (and staff!) will be showcasing talents in dance, drama and music.  A full list of On Stage Acts is available to download below.

Tickets are on sale NOW (£7 for adults and £5 for concessions) and further details can be downloaded  below.

Attachments:

Bishop's Got Talent Letter	[ ]	34 Kb
Running Order - Wednesday 23rd June 2010	[ ]	42 Kb
Running Order - Thursday 24th June 2010	[ ]	42 Kb

The Summer Learning Festival

Please see the link below for more information about the Summer Learning Festival, a free programme of activities taking place during the first three weeks of the summer holidays.  It is available for pupils in Cardiff LEA High Schools in Years 7 to 10.

www.cardiff.gov.uk/summerlearning

MARION CENTRE - UPDATE 

I am delighted that the Minister has confirmed his approval for the Marion Centre developments.

The formal acceptance includes approval from the Minister for an all weather Astroturf and the improvements to the main rugby playing fields; which I am particularly pleased about as I felt that there needed to be some significant improvements to the grounds of the school if we were to going to allow the Marion Centre to take up some space on what is already a fairly compact site.

So in this first step we have been able to gain what I believe is a significant improvement to our school facilities and I can assure you that the PE department are delighted.  The next step is to apply for planning permission and that process will be underway very shortly.

C G Hollowood

Headteacher

We’re presently hosting an exhibition of sculptures on the theme of Grief and Loss housed in the main hall.   Pupils in year 9 will be exploring the meaning behind the heads in lessons with the RE and Art teachers over the coming week.   The lessons will explore the grief cycle and aim to provide pupils with the emotional vocabulary to deal with loss and separation in their life at present or in the future.   Each sculpture deals with an aspect of the grief process: DENIAL, DISBELIEF, QUESTIONING, ANGER, DEPRESSION, ACCEPTANCE, HEALING, PEACE. If you would like to know more about the heads then please follow this link:  http://www.westhillendowment.org/goodgrief.html.    If any parents (or church groups) would like the visit the exhibition then please email me This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I would be happy to facilitate this after school.   The statues are with us for  two weeks. 

Revd. Gareth Williams, School Chaplain.