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11 March 2020

How We Responded to Australia Bushfires

Written by Habib- Student Australia has been ravaged by severe bushfires since the summer of 2019.  The fires have swept across the country destroying almost anything in their path.  The scenes have been described as “apocalyptic”. Entire species of animals may have been wiped from the face of this earth.   Since September, the fires have killed at least 28 people, including three firefighters and have left entire towns in ruins. Almost 2,000 homes have been […]

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6 March 2020

Ffynone House turns Law School

Ffynone House students became solicitors and barristers for the day when they were called to defend Ginny Weasley against a serious accusation of wand theft!  Students spent the morning being defence solicitors; taking instructions from their client in the police cells, inspecting the custody record and observing a police station interview.  Working in their law firm, they then had to analyse the case, investigate lines of enquiry, interview witnesses, map out the scene of the crime, draft […]

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2 March 2020

My Guitar Learning Journey

Written by Druv – Year 7 Student In my opinion, being able to play the guitar is a fantastic skill to have. I first got into guitar in my primary school where I learnt classical guitar. When my parents introduced electric guitar to me, I knew that I totally needed that in my life!   The thing that really inspired me was […]

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24 February 2020

Chess Club, the Megafinal and GigaFinal

Written by Hoaran – Year 7 Student Now, Chess isn’t a game like checkers or some other simple board games and it is obviously more than just do any random move and then you win. It may seem like that but if you’re a chess player, then you know it is full of strategy and […]

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14 February 2020

The Annual Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians

Written by Kayla – Year 11 Student Throughout the last few days, many of us at Ffynone took part in the annual Abertawe Festival for Young Musicians in the Brangwyn Hall. They had classes for various instruments. The violin, cello, piano, trumpet, flute, guitar and many more! They were also split up by instrument grades and whether the class was competitive or non-competitive.   I have taken part in the ABRSM before for the […]

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