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Street Banners go up in Penrhiwceiber, Miskin and Perthcelyn
If you drive through the villages of Penrhiwceiber, Miskin and
Perthcelyn after the 6th of July, you will notice
something a little different. To celebrate the summer, and to
help brighten up our streets, 5 local primary schools have been
involved in a project to create 5 street banners which will be
decorating lamp-posts across the area.
At the end of May, artist Dianne Murphy visited Penrhiwceibr
Primary School, Perthcelyn Community Primary School, Miskin
Primary School, Our Lady’s Primary School and Pengeulan Primary
School, where she worked with the children to create designs for
the banners.
The banners feature images of local buildings, symbols and one
features the Penrhiwceiber Paddling Pool, which celebrates its
50th anniversary this summer.
“The children were very excited to be part of such a public
project” said Paul Morgan, Headmaster of Pengeulan Primary
School, “it is great that they are able to show how proud they
are of their community, and by having their work on show to the
public, the community can show how proud they are of their young
people”.
All 5 banners will be put up in time for the Penrhiwceiber
Carnival on Saturday 7th of July.
This project was organised and supported by Creative Communities
and the Penrhiwceiber Strategy Group.
Creative Communities is an arts based capacity building
programme funded by Communities First and Objective 1.
For further details please contact Rhian Brewster on 01443
479734.
PENRHIWCEIBER
CARNIVAL 2007
Saturday 7th of July
12pm - Procession from the Miskin Christian
Centre
to Pentwyn Fields (until 4pm)
Battle Re-enactment, Jazz Bands, Gladiators,
Stalls,
Fancy Dress Prizes, Competitions,
Entertainment and much much more!
Everyone Welcome!
For more information contact 01443 479734
Penrhiwceibr Primary School Launch
their new Website!
www.penrhiwceibrprimaryschool.ik.org
The new school website has generated great
interest in its first week, attracting 250 visitors. The
site features information about the school and the work that the
children have been doing. Take a look!
'Killing Me Softly'
This performance will feature performers
from our Bellydancing group.
It will also feature extracts that were filmed with the Penrhiwceiber Old Age Centre Joan Club and Penrhiwceibr Primary
School Year 5 Pupils as part of a recent storytelling project.
For further information call Rhian on
01443 479734
Talent Showcase
A great big THANK YOU to all the 82 children,
young people and adults who participated in the Talent Showcase
on Monday the 16th of April. The audience gave the
participants fantastic support, and it was great to see so
many people enjoying the evening in Penrhiwceiber Hall.
Look out for photos of the evening in our Picture Library!
PACT - Partnerships and Communities
Together
PACT meetings allow local people to
identify the issues that they would like the police and partners
to address. The regular PACT meetings generate three priorities
that will be dealt with by police and partners. Local
people are then encouraged to become involved in providing the
solution to the identified priorities.
The last PACT meeting for Penrhiwceiber/Perthcelyn/Miskin
was held on 3rd April 2007 at 6pm, and the next will be at the
beginning of June.
The priorities from the last meeting at
Penrhiwceiber were -
- Speeding in Penrhiwceiber
- White lines on the road in
Penrhiwceiber
- Ward wide letter
www.ourbobby.com
Cheeky Monkeys Stay
and Play
Do you have children under school age? Are
you looking for things to do with them?
If so, come and join this friendly
group of parents and toddlers at St Winifred's Church Hall,
Penrhiwceiber every Tuesday morning from 9.30-11.30am.
There is a small charge of £1 per child to cover costs. Drinks
and healthy snacks will be provided.
This is an initiative set up by a group of
local parents, which has had support from the Communities First
team along the way. Please note that this is not a
creche, parents/carers will be required to stay with their
children at all times.
If you'd like a chat or further
information call Kath on 01443 479734.
DO YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT ANY
NHS SERVICE?
Merthyr & Cynon Valley Community Health
Council Complaints Advocacy Service will be holding advice
surgeries on the FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH AT PENRHIWCEIBER
LIBRARY. These will be held from 10am until 1pm.
For further information please telephone
01685 384023 and ask for extension 213.
ART CLASSES
Beginners Portrait
and Landscape Painting - Thursdays 10.00am - 12.00pm
Penrhiwceiber Hall.
There will be an opportunity to use a
variety of media and topics are broad enough to attract and
respond to different learners and styles. The tutor is
Sandra MacDonnagh, she is a very experienced and friendly
community tutor who has been delivering a variety of art classes
in the community for a number of years. She has well
established WEA classes in Tonteg, Pontypridd and Abercynon.
ALL ABILITIES ARE WELCOME to the class as
learners are very much encouraged to work at their own pace.
Accreditation is available to all.
The classes are free for those who are
unemployed, working less than 16 hours a week and those retired
on a state pension.
For further information on this class,
please contact -
Kim Madden on 01685 382710 or 07979 962013
kim1wea@hotmail.com
(WEA for the Valleys, 73 Honeysuckle
Drive, Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 9DD)
INTERESTED IN WELSH CLASSES
IN THE EVENING?
We are currently collecting names of
people in the area who would be interested in attending free
evening classes in Welsh (beginners).
If there is enough call for it, the classes will be put on.
If you would like to put your name down
for either class, please email
penstrategy1@tiscali.co.uk or call the Strategy office on
01443 479734.
September 2006
 
PENRHIWCEIBER CARNIVAL PHOTO
COMPETITION 2006
DURING JULY 2006, CREATIVE COMMUNITIES AND THE PENRHIWCEIBER
COMMUNITY REVIVAL STRATEGY GROUP ACCOMPANIED PHOTOGRAPHERS MO
WILSON AND BRIAN MORGAN INTO SIX LOCAL PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO TEACH
CHILDREN IN YEARS 5 AND/OR 6 HOW TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS.
THE
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WERE –
Miskin Primary School
Perthcelyn Community Primary School
Penrhiwceibr Primary School
Pengeulan Primary School
Ysgol Gymraeg Abercynon
Our
Lady’s RC Primary School, Miskin
THE
CHILDREN WERE THEN GIVEN A TASK, WORKING IN PAIRS OR
INDIVIDUALLY WITH ONE 27 EXPOSURE THROW AWAY CAMERA, TO TAKE THE
BEST PHOTOS THEY COULD OF THE PENRHIWCEIBER CARNIVAL ON THE 8TH
OF JULY.
A
SECOND WORKSHOP AT EACH SCHOOL RESULTED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS YOU
SEE HERE TODAY BEING SELECTED FOR EXHIBITION.
CREATIVE COMMUNITIES AND PENRHIWCEIBER COMMUNITY REVIVAL
STRATEGY GROUP WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR
ASSISTANCE WITH THIS PROJECT –
Rhondda Cynon Taf Community Arts
Walters Photo and Video, Aberdare
Penrhiwceiber Library staff
Rhondda Cynon Taff Libraries
Mo
Wilson and Brian Morgan
All
the schools and pupils involved
PRIZE GIVING – 1st OF SEPTEMBER
Mo
and Brian kindly agreed to judge the photographs taken, and were
given all 444 exhibited photos without names attached and
somehow they managed to come up with 8 winners.
On
the 1st of September we announced the winners of 9
prizes in total. The winners were -
Best Photos from each School
Best Photo from Ysgol Gymraeg Abercynon
Robyn Williams & Abigail Davies
Best Photo from Penrhiwceibr Primary School
Amelia John
Best Photo from Miskin Primary School
Alex Hughes & Owain Jones
Best Photo from Our Lady’s RC Primary School
George Howell
Best Photo from Pengeulan Primary School
Ashley Johnson & Curtis Jones
Best Photo from Perthcelyn Community Primary School
Charlotte Bache
Other Prizes
Best Photo as Voted for by the Public
Tiffany Lee, Penrhiwceibr Primary School
Best Series of Photos
Molly Howell & Hannah Johnson, Our Lady’s RC Primary School
The
Main Prize
Best Photo of the Competition
Ashley Johnson & Curtis Jones, Pengeulan Primary School
THESE PHOTOS CAN BE VIEWED BY
GOING TO THE BBC ONLINE'S IN PICTURES WEBSITE.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE BBC'S SITE.
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