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Rhosddu Primary School, Wrexham

Pupils in Year 5 and 6 have had a taste of life as a journalism, putting together their own newspaper.

Led by the school's literacy coordinator Zara Jebb, children used The Guardian's 'NewsWise' resources to put together the Rhosddu Guardian.

Pupils interviewed local people to produce truthful, fair, balanced and interesting articles about the news stories that interest them.

Mrs Zebb helped the youngsters find regional or relevant angles to subjects that sparked interest from them.

Rhosddu Primary School pupils with Leader reporter Claire Pierce.

Having completed their project, which resulted in a seven-page edition, the pupils were able to find out more about journalism from the Leader's community content editor, Claire Pierce.

During a visit to the school, children asked her questions about the time it takes to put a real paper together, how many stories do reporters write and how do they find topics to write about.

Claire said: "Times have changed and children can access information from so many sources. This project has helped those behind the Rhosddu Guardian understand the importance of accuracy and being a reliable source of that information.

"Hopefully it will encourage them to question the things they read and hear, and has inspired a few to think about a career in journalism."

Mrs Jebb added: "The children have enjoyed it, they've had resilience throughout and pride in the end product."

Ysgol Trelawnyd VA School

The school recently welcomed two special visitors to talk with the children.

Eoin and Beth Donnelly are local beekeepers, who came to talk to the children about bees.

Learning about beekeeping at Ysgol Trelawnyd VA School.

Pupils were able to see real, closed hives with both honey and bumble bees. They learned lots of interesting things and took part in lots of exciting activities like dressing up as beekeepers and bees.

They pretended to be bees looking for nectar, we performed a little 'wiggle dance' to show their bee friends where the honey was, they even got to taste the delicious honey.

The school will be taking part in a local Bee Festival in June, so this exciting experience has given them lots of ideas and inspiration for their future learning.

Learning about bees at Ysgol Trelawnyd VA School.

Learning about bee behaviour at Ysgol Trelawnyd VA School.

St Mary's Aided School, Overton-on-Dee

Children from the Wrexham school took an active part in Sunday's Wrexham 10k. Through an invitation from Alan Lewis, director of events organisers Adrenaline Sports, the pupils were given the task of giving out medals and water to the runners at the finish line.

Mayor of Wrexham, Cllr Andy Williams with pupils at the Wrexham 10k.

They were kept busy with a fantastic field of nearly 900 runners but also had a chance to meet with the Mayor of Wrexham, Cllr Andy Williams and Welsh footballing legend Mickey Thomas. Nia Williams, PE coordinator at the school, said: "At St Mary's we are acutely aware of the benefits of sports and exercise to everyone's health and wellbeing so to get the pupils involved in an event like the 10k is really valuable and will hopefully inspire them to participate in similar events when they are older."

• St Mary's Year 6 pupils had a fantastic time when they took part in a STEM activity day led by engineering consultants, Melissa Ahmed and Greg Beddoe, from Techwuman, and sponsored by the RAF.

St Mary's pupils take part in STEM-based challenges.

Taking on different roles such as team leader, accountant, design engineer and manufacturing engineer, pupils worked with creativity and persistence to meet design challenges. First, was the Balloon Car Challenge - from concept to final model, pupils applied their scientific thinking skills to design the fastest car, testing and refining their designs along the way. Then it was off to the racetrack to find the winner.

Next, was the Moon Lander Challenge - aiming for the slowest and steadiest vehicle landing. This was made extra challenging with a limited budget to buy a range of components. With great imagination and collaboration, the teams devised successful models to suit the brief. To round off the fun, pupils then made hoop gliders for a final competition on the playground before the day's winning team and runners-up were awarded their medals.

Melissa Ahmed and Greg Beddoe, from Techwuman, hosted a STEM activity day at St Mary's, Overton.

Summing up their experiences, pupil Jack said: "I really enjoyed the teamwork throughout the day." Poppy added: "The challenges really got us thinking; my favourite was designing and racing the Balloon Cars."

Melissa, Techwuman's managing director, is dedicated in bringing these experiences into schools to inspire the next generation to pursue a career in the STEM industry. As the name suggests, Techwuman aims to break the stereotype of typical engineers. Year 6 learnt about the range of careers that require skills in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Afterwards, pupil Megan said: "I had so much fun, and I would love to work in STEM in the future."

St David's High School, Saltney Ferry

Students at the school have become published writers, after they were tasked to write a thrilling mini saga to enter into the Young Writers’ competition, Mission Catastrophe. Students were asked to keep the story original and creative.

One hundred students from Years 7 to 11 now have the opportunity to see their worked published, after success in the competition. The book, Mission Catastrophe - Astonishing Adventures, will be published on June 14, 2024.

Some of the St David's students that took part in the Young Writers' competition.

The entries were organised by the head of languages, literacy and communication, Rebecca Williams, who said: “We are extremely proud of our students for their fantastic participation - they produced some creative, inspiring and emotive stories, and we can’t wait to read them in the published book.

"This has been a real confidence boost for our students and some have now been inspired to write more, both inside and outside of the classroom.”

Discussing what they enjoyed most about the writing process, one of the Year 7 students said: "I enjoyed the challenge of having to write in under 100 words!"

Argoed High School, Mynydd Isa

ENGLISH students at the Flintshire high school watched a short and humorous version of a Shakespearean play by a visiting theatre group, complete with costumes and props.

Argoed High School's Year 8 students were treated to an exciting and engaging performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream, by four professional actors from 440 Theatre, a company created to provide live action Shakespeare that educates and entertains in just 40 minutes.

George O'Reilly takes part in improvisation as part of the workshop.

By stripping the narrative to its core yet keeping the essence of Shakespeare's words alive, the amusing play was brought to life for the students, and designed to enrich students' knowledge and understanding of the play as well as ignite their enthusiasm for Shakespeare as they embark on a study of his works.

Following the show, the students took part in a workshop with the actors to help reinforce learning of the play.

Rebecca Jones, English teacher, said: "The students thoroughly enjoyed being immersed in the play in the way that Shakespeare intended - via the stage. The four actors, who each took on numerous roles, were extremely talented and not only made the play accessible, but gave the students a real insight into where a love of literature and drama can take you."

440 Theatre actors perform A Midsummer Night's Dream.

George O'Reilly, one of the students who watched the performance and was chosen by the actors to play the role of 'the wall', said: "I really enjoyed participating in a drama experience. It helped boost my confidence to stand up in front of people and actually take part."

It's the second time that the theatre company has visited the school this academic year, the first session last October being for year 10 GCSE students.

Mrs Jones added: "The interactive nature of the session was a real hit amongst students. The experience is one that they will remember, and that will help with their studies going forward."

Pupils' insight into life at the Senedd

AN MS welcomed a group of "enthusiastic" pupils from Flintshire to the Senedd.

Llŷr Gruffydd, who represents North Wales, gave youngsters from Ysgol Glanrafon, Ysgol Terrig, Ysgol Gwenffrwd, Ysgol Croes Atti and Ysgol Mornant a tour of the Welsh Parliament.

Ll?r Gruffydd MS and Hannah Blythyn MS with pupils from Ysgol Ganrafon and Ysgol Terrig.

The Plaid Cymru politician who is his party's Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs, spoke to the children about his role speaking up for constituents as well as scrutinising and challenging the Welsh Government.

Mr Gruffydd said: "It was fantastic to have the opportunity to welcome pupils from so many schools in Flintshire to the Senedd.

"Among their number could well be some of the politicians of the future because a lot of the questions they had would not have been out of place if they had been asked in the Senedd chamber.

"They showed a real passion for making the country a better place and they were clearly enthusiastic to learn because they asked a lot of challenging and thought-provoking questions.

"They wanted to know about my work as a Senedd member, and how I speak up for my constituents.

Ll?r Gruffydd MS speaking with pupils from Ysgol Mornant, Ysgol Gwenffrwd and Ysgol Croes Atti at the Senedd.

"They also wanted to know how they could engage more with politics through the Senedd and how they could push issues that are important to them higher up the political agenda.

"It's vital for our democracy here in Wales that young people get to understand how the Senedd works and know how to engage with it.

"We need to get as many young people involved in the political process as possible because the Senedd takes important decisions that impact the day to day lives of them and their families in very real ways.

"It's always hugely encouraging and an inspiration to see young people taking such an active interest in Welsh politics."

The pupils also met with Delyn MS Hannah Blythyn during their visit.