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Karate and Yoga. Thursdays – Shelta Cymru, Kyokushin Karate, Cynffig Crafts and Hip Hop with Revolutionize.
Fridays – Bounce and Rhyme, Tang Soo Do Martial Art and Gymnastics for Children.
Saturdays – Story Time and Craft, Baby Ballet with Revolutionize and Dance with Revolutionize.
For more details and times drop in to Pyle Library.
Mynydd Cynffig Primary School: Year 6 pupils are invited to attend the Youth Club based at Cynffig Comprehensive School every Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30pm8.30pm where staff offer games, football, pool, social events, hairdressing taster sessions and a variety of other activities.
Call Senior Youth Worker Roger Went on 07904 924 799.
Pencoed Comprehensive School: Year 9 pupils have been raising money as part of Christian Aid week. They have been busy raising money for the charity, by organising a sponsored walk and a raffle, they raised over £100. Well done all.
Cuppa with a Copper: Come along to Pyle Library on Mondays from 2pm-4pm. Sylvia Tittley. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and agreed.
A report, by our delegate, was given to members regarding the GFWI Council Meeting in Port Talbot, where truly inspiring speakers included Dame Rosemary Butler and Helen Sharman, the astronaut.
Our Laleston link meeting was declared a success, having been attended by Aberkenfig, Pen-y-Fai and Ogmore Valley WI members.
The excellent cakes were provided by members and the captivating entertainment by Debra John with her Welsh Folk Tales. Ogmore Valley WI gave thanks and will be hosting the next link social evening.
Our trip to Chavenage House, Tetbury will be on Monday, August 21, all members are excited about this outing. The house features in the BBC’s adaptation of Poldark. The two WI Resolutions were discussed and voted for, in preparation for the Annual Meeting in Liverpool.
The annual reports were given by Vice Treasurer Val Lock and Secretary Diane Marshall. During the President’s address, Dawn informed members of her decision to stand down from the committee.
A vote was held and Diane Marshall is now President, Margaret Williams the Treasurer and Maureen Morgan the Secretary. Other posts on the committee will be decided at a later date.
The Luncheon Club will be on June 13 and the Book Club, at Bridgend Library, will take place on June 20.
The WI’s next meeting will be held this Thursday, June 1 at 7.15pm in Blandy Hall, Laleston. The speaker will be Terry Walton, the Radio 2 gardener and the competition is an ‘obscure gardening tool’.
New members are always welcome, why not come along and join us, we are a very friendly group.
For further information call Diane on 01656 656600.
Craft Fayre: Friends of Ysgol Bryn Castell are holding a Craft Fair and Table Top Sale at Bryncethin Campus Sports Hall on Sunday, June 11 from 9.30am-12 noon. There will be face painting and refreshments. All proceeds to YBS Charity No. 1122001. Admission free. Tables to be booked before the date for £10 – call 01656 815595.
Day Trips: In order to raise money for the Bridge Mentoring Plus Scheme, Manuela Hiett is organising the following:
Sunday, July 30 – Day trip to Tenby with dropping off points to Folly Farm, Tenby, Heatherton Park. Cost – £15.
Sunday, September 17 – Day trip to Abergavenny Food Festival. Cost £12.
Contact Manuela on 07505 530 567 or Sara Grinnell at Bridge Mentoring Plus on 01656 647 891 for details.
Bryntirion Comprehensive News: It has been a busy term and exams are now taking place for some of the students in the school but lots of nicer happenings have taken place throughout the term.
Congratulations to all of Year 12 in organising the annual school Eisteddfod. It was a day everyone enjoyed with singing, poetry, disco and folk dancing. Well Done to Hywel House on winning the Eisteddfod and to the House Captains Adam Meaton and Holly Williams.
Visit from Phillipa Tuttiett – Wales Rugby Union and Rugby Seven player came to Bryntirion School as a Sky Sports for Living Sports athlete mentor. She delivered a workshop on success and achievement, along with leading team building sessions with Year 7 - 9 pupils.
Science Club – British Science Week took place in March and Years 7 and 8 did some practical based lessons in Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Thursday, March 16, was demo Day and a few Science demonstrations (that are rarely seen in lessons) were put on during lunch time and about 60 pupils attended.
Science Club runs on a Monday from 3.15pm4.15pm and involves Sixth Formers helping with 4 Science teachers’ participation. The pupils try and make it practical and hands-on and do some things that won’t necessarily get covered in class.
Hut 9 and History Club – History Club once again supported the Island Farm Hut 9 open weekend throughout the voluntary work of several pupils. Whether educating guests, collecting donatons or advertising our upcoming Wartime Bridgend event, the pupils represented Bryntirion brilliantly and were an invaluable help to the historians present.
The History Department returned to the battlefields of France and Begium to commemmorate the soldiers of WWI and to extend their learning of this most important conflict during its Centenary years.
Some 50 pupils visited a vast array of sites ranging from national memorials and museums to archaeological fields, some even laying poppies at gravesides of their own relatives. With surprisingly good weather the trip provided experiences the pupils will always remember.
Bryntirion Netball – Congratulations to Year 10 and 11 Netball Squad on reaching the Ann Smart National Final. They did Bryntirion proud! Megan Webb (2) Rosie Pope (3) and Elinor Robinson (2) were awarded Players of the Match. Also well done to Martha Hill, Lili Workman, Holly Saunders, Amy Harwood and Ella Hampton who make up this successful Netball Squad !
Water Sports Success – Holly is currently a member of the Welsh Swimming Academy Squad and achieved great succss by becoming triple Welsh Champion in July 2016.
Holly, who swims six days a week, and must be in the pool for 5.30am in the moring before school, said: “Early mornings ae the worst part about swimming but when you do achieve success it is all worth it.”
She is hoping to become a fullSquad member in the next couple of years and has her sights firmly set on Commonwealth and Olympic Games in the future.
Water Polo – Anybody who has watched a water polo match will know it is not a sport for the faint-hearted. It is a tough sport which requires skill, commitment an both mental and physical toughness.
Well it seems Charlotte Evans has this in bucket loads as she has recently secured a place in the Welsh Water Polo Selection Squad.
Charlotte who has been playing water polo sice she was 10 trains three times a week in Cardiff and hopes to be called up for full international duties in the near future.
Explaing why she chose water polo over other sports, she said: “I like the fact that it is a team sport and is dynamic and energetic – you never know what might happen!” Special thanks to the Journal’s Editor Anna Davies and her team of contributors for Bryntirion’s news News Items: Please send any items to the address at the head of the column by the Wednesday evening for publication the following week.
After the usual business was concluded, statements on the resolutions going forward to the National Annual Conference were read out for the members to vote on. Gloria Gore read the motion for Alleviating Homelessness and Jennifer read Plastic Fibres out of the Environment. Both were well supported and the results will go with the delegates to the conference.
Members were also treated to slices of homemade cake with the usual cup of tea to celebrate the Penyfai WI’s 32nd birthday.
The May trip to Hampton Court Castle in Herefordshire takes place this week. The Luncheon Club meet at the Star Inn in Treoes on June 14. The next meeting of the Penyfai WI will be on June 19, when the speaker will be Sadie Hurley talking on Ceramics.
Community Council: The Next meeting of the Newcastle Higher Community Council will be held on Tuesday, June 13, at 7pm.
Play and Community: Play Group (for 2-4yrs) meets at the Scout Hall on Court Coleman Road, from 9.15am -3pm, Monday to Friday term time. Call 07813 392 464. used the funds raised to pay for uniforms, trips, etc. Vacancies in Senior Section (11-18 years) and if your child would like to join please contact Debbie on 01446 796208. Once again this year members took part in the Lions Charity Swim.
Ewenny Arts Festival: Cerddorfa Dinas Powys Orchestra Charity Concert at 7.30pm on Sunday, June 18, at Ewenny Priory with proceeds towards a defibrillator for the church. Tickets £7.50.
Llantwit Major Market: There will be a market in the Precinct and a Victorian Fair in the vicinity of the Town Hall from 11am-5pm on Saturday, June24. Many stalls, refreshments, entertainment by choirs and bands together with activities for children such as circus acts and face painting as well as a funfair – why not go along and join in the fun!