Rhiwbina Living Issue 57
The 15 year anniversary issue of Rhiwbina Living, the award-winning magazine for Rhiwbina.
The 15 year anniversary issue of Rhiwbina Living, the award-winning magazine for Rhiwbina.
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Percy’s Dilemma<br />
I wish to thank everyone who<br />
bought a copy of my children’s<br />
book, Percy’s Dilemma.<br />
All 200 copies that I had printed<br />
have raised £750 for the Tŷ Hafan<br />
Children’s Hospice in Sully.<br />
My thanks also to local shops<br />
and <strong>Rhiwbina</strong> <strong>Living</strong> magazine for<br />
their kind generosity in helping<br />
with sales, as well as schools and<br />
libraries in Cardiff and Penarth<br />
who bought many copies.<br />
Tŷ Hafan and myself thank you<br />
again for your support.<br />
Geraldine Seymour,<br />
<strong>Rhiwbina</strong><br />
Recycling Chaos<br />
I was one of the 'chosen' ones<br />
that was selected to trial the<br />
council's new recycling scheme.<br />
The new scheme involves<br />
me placing different types of<br />
recycling into separate bags and<br />
putting them out for collection.<br />
I understand the reasons<br />
behind the trial - harnessing<br />
the collective strength of the<br />
individual.<br />
However, on a practical level, it<br />
just doesn't work. For starters, I<br />
don't live in the biggest of houses<br />
and having to store these bulky<br />
bags is a pain in the backside.<br />
Previously, I was able to store<br />
the green plastic bags neatly in<br />
a kitchen drawer but I now have<br />
to keep these large and unsightly<br />
bags elsewhere.<br />
There have also been problems<br />
when it comes to collection. The<br />
bags are emptied and then left<br />
scattered on the pavement. God<br />
knows how this is all going to<br />
work out when the winter storms<br />
come along. We'll all be chasing<br />
empty bags around the street,<br />
trying to find whose bag belongs<br />
to who. It just doesn't work. Can<br />
we rethink this please?<br />
Cathy Williams,<br />
email<br />
Welsh Blood<br />
Service at WHS<br />
On Thursday, 24th November our<br />
Headteacher, Mark Powell was<br />
very pleased to welcome back the<br />
Welsh Blood Service (WBS). It was<br />
our second Blood Donor Day, the<br />
first being in November 2019. The<br />
original plan was to return every<br />
year, but for obvious reasons that<br />
proved impossible to put in place<br />
in early 2020 and 2021. However, in<br />
April this year we were pleased we<br />
could secure a date in November,<br />
then set about the planning.<br />
Thankfully, a lot of the logistical<br />
planning was in place from 2019,<br />
nevertheless we still underwent<br />
a rigorous process to ensure we<br />
were fit for purpose. It’s a major<br />
operation that the Welsh Blood<br />
Service do often, but we as a<br />
school need to plan accordingly<br />
for the one off event. A month prior<br />
to the day, Paul Chiplin from the<br />
WBS delivered two presentations<br />
at our assemblies for Year 13<br />
and 12 students, which in itself<br />
was very educational. It was<br />
an opportunity for them to ask<br />
questions too.<br />
If you wished to donate, you had<br />
to register for an appointment<br />
slot, via the Welsh Blood Service<br />
website link dedicated to our day.<br />
69 appointments were available<br />
and our 6th Form pupils were<br />
quickly filling them. We later<br />
opened them up to staff and with<br />
a few days to go, all slots were<br />
booked up. Very promising!<br />
It proved to be an extremely<br />
rewarding and successful day. Of<br />
the 69 available appointments,<br />
68 donors attended, 50 were able<br />
to give blood, with 39 of those<br />
50 donations giving blood for<br />
the first time. The Welsh Blood<br />
Service were also impressed that<br />
a remarkable 24 bone marrow<br />
samples were taken too.<br />
Some of our staff were able to<br />
donate, but the overwhelming<br />
majority of donors were Year 13<br />
pupils, and we also had some<br />
from Year 12. Our Headteacher<br />
took the opportunity to pass on<br />
his sincere admiration for our<br />
pupil contribution and the way<br />
they conducted themselves<br />
throughout the day. They were a<br />
credit to Whitchurch High School.<br />
We are very proud to provide for<br />
our community and Wales as a<br />
whole.<br />
The Welsh Blood Service were<br />
very complimentary of the<br />
school, hugely impressed with<br />
the students, and amazed by the<br />
overall results. It was beyond their<br />
expectations.<br />
We still remain the only school in<br />
Cardiff to have a Blood Donor Day<br />
and we look forward to inviting<br />
them back next year.<br />
Mrs Shepstone<br />
Whitchurch High School<br />
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