Headteachers Blog

20 June 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr A moment to stop and reflect, and a mixed bag of emotions… In my humble opinion, this week is always a defining week in the annual cycle of our school. It is a week that is often overlooked and a week that passes by at speed. […]

13 June 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr If only we could bottle the energy and exuberance of youth! I often wish I could bottle some of the amazing energy expended by the young people of Llanishen High School. And that’s exactly how my sneak peek behind the scenes of the choreography and orchestra […]

7 June 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Welcome back to the last half-term of this academic year, and what an action packed 7 weeks it promises to be. We hope everyone had a refreshing break.  Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 have more in the rearview mirror than ahead of them, but we […]

23 May 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr School in a Bag On Monday 20th May we were humbled to host Luke Simon, Founder and CEO of the School in a Bag Charity, along with a crew of strong volunteers from the Rotary Club of Llanishen. Luke founded the charity, the Piers Simon Appeal, […]

16 May 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr As we fully embrace the summer exam series, I must start this week by dusting off a few pearls of wisdom that have stood the test of time. A few words that are exclusively for our students… To all students in years 10, 11, 12 and […]

9 May 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Everybody get Footloose! Ok readers. I’m not going to lie to you. The last few weeks have been hard graft for Years 10, 11, 12 and 13 as they all prepare for the most important exams of their lives to date. One really important piece of […]

2 May 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr LHS website – Phase 2 This week, we need your help, your voice, your input, and your perspective. Over a year ago, we launched phase 1 of the new school website.  Now we have the substantive website in place, we enter phase 2. Phase 2 is […]

25 April 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr If you could give yourself some motivational advice for the year ahead, what would it be? Depending on your viewpoint, the summer exam series is either creeping slowly closer, or it is closing in on you with an acceleration that defies the normal laws of physics. […]

19 April 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr This week, I present to you a ‘well travelled and energetic’ blog! We’ve seen brief interludes of sunshine this week, but our intrepid Taith travellers were hogging it all in Murcia, Spain. They had a glorious experience this week. So let’s start there. Taith exchange to […]

11 April 2024

Dear Parents, Guardians and Students/Annwyl Rhieni, Gwarchodwyr a Myfyrwyr Welcome back to the summer term. We hope that our readers had a beautifully refreshing break.  That was certainly the case for our LHS globe trotters to let’s start there… LHS on international travels to the Azores… In the words of expedition leader, Mr Prince…. At […]