Pen y Dre Humanities

Brilliant to see our students getting involved with Remembrance and collecting on behalf of the @PoppyLegion - a fantastic cause and one our students are proud to be part of #teamPYD #teamhumanities #RemembranceDay @1Penydre

A fantastic trip for our year 8, 9 and 10 Humanities students to visit the World War One battlefields in Belgium and France last week. Special moment seeing two of our students take part in the wtreath laying ceremony at the Menin Gate #TeamPYD #Teamhumanitiespyd

The Natural History Museum and Camden Market @1Penydre @PenydreDRAMA @PenYDreEnglish

And we are off to London!! @1Penydre @PenYDreEnglish @PenydreDRAMA

These fabulous year 9 students took part for the first time in the Welsh Wise Quiz against other Merthyr Tydfil schools today. They took second place which is an amazing achievement, very proud! Thank you to @BishopHedleyRC for hosting. Can't wait for next year! @1Penydre

DofE pupils practicing their cooking skills ahead of their expedition! #TeamPYD @1Penydre

Thank you to the wonderful year 11's who attended Miss Tandy's revision sessions the first week of half term! Geography on Monday and Sociology today! The pizza was definitely deserved 😊👏🏼🍕 #TeamPYD @1Penydre

A big well done to all of the pupils who came into school on a Sunday to complete a practice DofE walk, amazing commitment! Shout out to Miss Hoskyns for organising and her dream DofE team (if we say so ourselves) Miss Richards and Miss Tandy 😄👏🏼 @1Penydre

The pupils did amazing on their practice walk for DofE today! And to come in to school on a Sunday just shows their commitment! 👏🏼 Shout out to Miss Hoskyns for organising DofE and Miss Richards joining, we all make a fab DofE team 🤩 #TeamPYD

Some members of Student Parliament visited phase 2 today before the opening to all pupils and staff after Easter. It was wonderful to see the fantastic facilities that will be on offer for our pupils next term @1Penydre

The humanities faculty had a tour of phase 2 of the new build today and it is looking great! Exciting times ahead! #TeamPYD @1Penydre

Year 8 have been looking at causes of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest and have created pie charts to represent this. Miss Tandy was very impressed with their work! 🥧 🌲 @1Penydre

An impressive poetry piece from a year 9 pupil inspired by @AHicksonLovence and the Scribbler’s Tour @1Penydre

Year 8 and 9 have been learning about generating electricity as well as renewable sources of energy. Here are some excellent pieces of work from Miss Bull’s class this week. Very proud! @1Penydre

Can you guess the song that's playing? Christmas at @1Penydre 💃🏻🎄 #TeamPYD

Year 8 pupils had a fantastic time at Cadbury World yesterday. An interesting geography talk and lots of free chocolate included! 🍫 🌎 @1Penydre

Year 8 enjoyed their trip to @CadburyWorld yesterday. Had a fab geography talk and lots of free chocolate which the pupils certainly loved! 🍫 🌎 #TeamPYD @PYDHumanities

A successful and very busy open evening in the Humanities department! Showing what geography, history and RVE has to offer. Looking forward to seeing some familiar faces next year! #TeamPYD @1Penydre

⭐️Pen y Dre’s Student Parliament 2023-24⭐️