Year 12 WO1 Good luck to Lisa Gourley who is working towards the ISTD intermediate Grade 8 Modern Theatre Dance Qualification and to Joe Ingram who is composing music for the Penarth Operatic and Dramatic Society production of ‘Twelfth Night.’ Joe is also a member of the National Youth Orchestra for Wales. Congratulations also to Andrew Richards who is this year’s Senior Rugby Team Player of the Year. WO2 Samuel James has been working towards the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award and Jessica Green has been working towards the silver. Well done to Georgina Attwood who won the Lily Ann Rogers cup for endeavour at our annual awards ceremony and to James Porteus who has been chosen to play cricket for Penarth’s first XIs. Both James Chaffey and Hamish Couper have completed the EESW Engineering scheme and good luck to Laura Elder who will be running the Race for Life on July 15th; she has raised £150 thus far. WO3 Well done to Tom Murray who won the Players’ Player award for the Penarth Youth Rugby Team, to Joshua Ellis who has passed his Grade 8 exam on the trumpet, to Joseph Keenan for passing Grade 8 exams on the cello and in singing and to Beth Hopkins for passing Grade 8 on the saxophone. Good luck to Kirsty McGarrigle who is currently fundraising for the Joshua Foundation.
Mrs A Mansfield & Mr M Gershenson val. He also sang for the Cardiff Bay Rotary Club in a fundraising event for Cancer Research. Good luck to Mikaela Wood who will be representing South Wales in the Trampolining competition in the Gemau Cymru (Welsh Games) which will be held in July. She will also begin her third year on the YAS acting course at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Finally, well done to Alana Thomas who won an award for her services to Stanwell School in this year’s award ceremony. WO5 Well done to Jessica Leighton-Price who has completed her National Award 3 Dance exam, to Jonathan Wise who has been working towards Grade 3 on the guitar and to Oliver Oswin who has been working towards the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Leah Dalby has had a final call-back for a BBC Wales short film production, Amy Palin has been working with Penarth Youth Action and the Vale Youth Forum helping to set up youth events and Charlotte Preece has gained two gold medals in the first part of her swimming club championships. Charlotte has also been supporting the Drama department with the choreography for the Year 8/9 production of High School Musical. Visiting the Nursing and Midwifery department at the University of Glamorgan.
WO4 Well done to Taite Drew who won both the ‘Highly Commended’ and Most Promising Singer awards at the South Glamorgan Festi-
‘students have been attending university open days’