Eisteddfod Gwyl Ddewi

The Saint David's Day Eisteddfod is held at school with an open invitation to members of the community to enjoy the day's activities. The emphasis is on enjoyment and celebrating the children's achievements - usually all the children compete.  Prior to the day, the children are very busy preparing for the written and art competitions.  On the day, everyone has the opportunity to compete on an individual and group level.

Pupils of the three houses, namely Cledan, Peris and Ysig compete and by the end of the day, there is quite some anticipation as pupils and audience alike await the announcements of the winners of the Dolgoed Cup - for gaining the highest number of individual points, Cadwgan Chair- for the best written work and  Argoed Shield - for the winning team.

This year the eisteddfod was held on Wednesday, September 18th, 2009. The audience enjoyed an entertaining day listening and watching all pupils singing and reciting, and several pupils performed on the piano, clarinet and recorder and disco dancing.

	The Cadwgan Chair was presented to Gethin for winning the written competition.
The Dolgoed Cup was presented to Owen for gaining the highest number of points for his house.
	Mr. a Mrs. Jeff and Rhiannon Lewis were the judges. They were kept busy all day judging the various competitions. Here they are with the two oldest pupils,  Gethin and Megan.
Cledan was the victorious house. The captains, Gethin and Ashley, are pictured holding the Argoed Shield.

	The judges, Mr. Trevor Pugh and Mrs. Beti Emmanuel had to work very hard throughout the esiteddfod. Here they are pictured with our two youngest pupils, Ethan a Holly.
Cledan was the winning house this year. The Argoed shield was presented to the captains, Katie a Jamie.

The results for last year, 2007, were as follows:

The table below shows the results for last year.

In 2005, the following were triumphant: