Joined February 2017
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Da iawn to our Year 11 Product Designers for coming in during a wet and windy half term to brush up on their theory knowledge! 👏 @CCYD_school #arbennig #ambitiouscapable #rainydays
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Some lucky year 8 learners got to prototype and race mini F1 #Racing cars 🏎️🏁🏎️today, with thanks to @EESWSTEMCymru and their lovely team! And some more tomorrow! ⚙️⏱️✂️ #engineeringisfun #prototype #creativeenterprising @CCYD_school
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Noisy fun in D&T in our Year 6 open evening last night! We look forward to seeing you all next September! @CCYD_school #welcome #hammers #saws #screwdrivers #miniflatpack Spot Mrs Wellington!
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Still loving those turbines! A whole host of different designs coming out across the year group, great to see creativity! Da iawn 8A! @CCYD_school
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Happy Half Term! Good luck to year 11 and year 13, last official school day today! Year 8 have been creating turbines in D&T. Well done to those of you who have finished! #sustainable #renewableenergy 🍃 @CCYD_school
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Some lucky learners from our y10 Product Design classes took part in @SonyTechUK ‘s amazing #sustainability 🌱seminar today with a tour of the factory, 🦾robotics & some creative problem solving thinking about our climate emergency. Thanks for having us! @CCYD_school @PlanitEco
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Today D&T had a fascinating visit from STEM ambassador Ben Lepley who explained where products come from with the help of his pet rocks - a lot of shiny ores and minerals! We all loved it! Thanks Ben! 🪨 💎 🔑🧨 @CCYD_school #minerals #responsiblemining
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Our 6th form teams participated in the @ICE_engineers challenge at Swansea Uni today! Congrats to our team winning 2nd place, for holding a weight of 39kg on their structure of playing cards! &thanks for a sneak peek at civil engineering facilities @SwanseaUni @CCYD_school
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Check out engineering as a career; the UK needs more engineers! You could be the next big problem solver!
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Thursday, the Seren pupils in year 9 were invited to Swansea University with other schools from Bridgend District, to discover more about Material Engineering. A huge thank you to the Seren coordinators and University staff.
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Lovely to meet all our year 6s and others who might be joining us next year! We had a fun and noisy time with sawing and hammering challenges! Da iawn! Can you spot Mrs Stockton, our head of year 7? Croeso to D&T! @CCYD_school and thanks to all our helpers! #designtechnology
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Testing how aerodynamic our rocket designs are, with 7B! 🚀 As part of our The Sky is not the Limit challenge in D&T. Didn’t quite hit the moon yet! 🌙 @CCYD_school @CcydYear7 #rocketlaunch #iterations #space #technologies #aerospace
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And bye from Mrs D to a fabulous cohort, you’ve been amazing… especially to my lovely form class who endured me for 5 years 🤪 … and so much love to the wonderful Mrs Hewitt, our fabulous head of year! 🥰 #aboveandbeyond #bestever Bye Year 11! #allthebest @CCYD_school
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Bye to my amazing y11 engineering class! Love Mrs D 😃 I’ll miss most of you… 😂 #engineering #putthehammerdown #doyourcoursework! @CCYD_school
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Sad goodbyes yesterday to some lovely learners! And remembering how you got to where you are now! Fond farewells to our y13s including Leila and Levi pictured below. & a shout out to Isabel for having the highest coursework marks for 3 years running! 🌟 @CCYD_school #farewell
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Year 10 learners thinking about anthropometric data and #ergonomic design today with a mini fun task - could they make a mask in 5 minutes that anyone in the class could see through? Gathering measurements & models of 6 teams’ results below! #LearningJourney @CCYD_school
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Some lucky members of our Year 11 Engineering classes really enjoyed our trip to @astonmartin Lagonda today! “Best experience of my life!”According to one of our learners! Our thanks to the apprentices and alumni Bethan D for the tour!
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17 Nov 2023
Some of our fabulous staff at CCYD supporting Children In Need and filling the school with fun and enthusiasm.
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Thanks for having us! @CCYD_school
A big welcome to students from @CCYD_school building rockets with our award winning rocketry society today! 🚀
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18 Oct 2023
Amazing Lara! We're so proud of you lovely girl 😍 Sending the biggest congratulations from all of us in the Music Department! Gwych! 👏🏆🎉 @CCYD_school
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