Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council’s Council Chamber played host to the Grand Final of the Merthyr Tydfil Schools Dragons Apprentice. The event is the finale of an exciting project run in all four schools for Year 12 pupils as part of the Enterprise module of the Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification.
Each school held its own Dragons Apprentice competition in school with the winning teams representing them at the Final. Each team had to put together a presentation on a charity event that they planned to hold in their schools.
This year the three Dragons, Verity Imm and Natalie Kell from the cancer charity Tenovus and Dr Kath Ringwald from University of Glamorgan, grilled the finalists on their charity campaigns and prizes were awarded in three categories – Best Presentation, Best Idea and Best Overall, with a prize of a £50 donation to the winning team’s chosen charity.
The overall high standard of the pitches was commended by the Dragons and the hard work and efforts of all pupils who had taken part was commented upon. But in the end there could be only one winner and the ‘Best Overall’ category was taken by ‘Eclipse’ from Penydre High School, who also won the Best Presentation category. The ‘Best Idea’ category was won by Music for Money from Cyfarthfa High School.
The event was funded by the Merthyr Tydfil 14-19 Network and was managed and organised by Mid Glamorgan Education Business Partnership. Thanks are also extended to staff in Democratic Services for their help in preparing the venue.
