Headteachers Blog

16 June 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr This week, we start we more of our adventures out of school in the pursuit of new knowledge and skills. Long may we continue with all ventures that start at 7am with a fleet of coaches!! On Friday 26th May, the English Department took 90 Year 8 […]

9 June 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Run for the hills! Or run an easy 21 kilometers around our beautiful capital city! On Sunday 1st October, an 18-strong team of staff from Llanishen High School will be ‘running’ the Cardiff half-marathon to raise vital funds for City Hospice. City Hospice is a charity […]

25 May 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Our mathematical geniuses strike again! If you would like to see what a group of brilliant young minds looks like, look no further.  Although I grant you, the brilliant bunch in the top photograph do look significantly happier than the brilliant bunch in the second photograph. […]

18 May 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Let’s talk about mobile phones, social media, and the generation that we are currently raising and educating There aren’t many students in Llanishen High School who haven’t heard my repetitive lecture about life as a teenager in the 1980’s. There was one telephone in my house.  […]

12 May 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr (I digress for a moment to send a few words that are exclusively for our students…) Dear Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 A few words from me as you go into the most important weeks of your school life so far. It has been a privilege […]

5 May 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr This weeks’ blog features some Mathematics, English, and PE for starters! Maths Circles and Maths Battles! Maths Circles are weekly training sessions exploring topics that promote the art of problem-solving, such as elementary mathematical logic, induction and the pigeonhole principle. Maths Circles teach students the general […]

28 April 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr It’s that time of year again…how quickly it comes around This half term is a very particular time in the school year that can only really be ‘experienced.’ However, I will attempt to capture it for our parents, governors and community partners. This is the time […]

21 April 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr A seat fit for a King! The Hearing-Impaired Resource Base entered an Historic Royal Palaces’ competition to design a Coronation Bench to be displayed at the Tower of London during the Coronation celebrations in May. There were over 1,500 entries across the UK and the HIRB […]

26 January 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni,Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Rotary Cardiff Area Young Musician of the Year 2023! Fresh from our success of our school debating team at the Rotary Youth Speaks competition at Howells School last week, we were privileged to be supported by the Rotary Club of Llanishen again this week. On Monday night […]

20 January 2023

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rieni,Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Success for our Senior Debating Team! I’m delighted to start this week by celebrating a resounding success! On Monday 16th January, Miss Davies and Miss Rees took two teams to compete at the Rotary Youth Speaks competition at Howell’s School. After weeks of perfecting and practising their […]