Chaplaincy Team
Chaplaincy Team
The Chaplaincy Team is made up of pupils from across the school who meet regularly in their groups with the school chaplain. The teams explore a number of topics within their meetings, ranging from the liturgical calendar and season to charities and collaborative work with the diocesan schools. Members of the team are given the opportunity to regularly work with our catholic feeder primary schools, catholic high schools, within the local community and the SVP centre. Part of their role as the chaplaincy team is also to help prepare and assist during Mass. Our ‘Chaplaincy’ page will give a brief insight into all the wonderful work our pupils do.
Cafod
Foodbank
Lord Mayor's Charity Guide Dogs Cymru
Open Evening 2023
Our Primary School Community
Rumney Forum
St Vincent de Paul Centre
Collective Worship
Teachers' Mass : September 2023 and September 2024
Form Assemblies
Form Assemblies – Form classes across KS3 create and lead their own collective worship with the help of their form tutor and school chaplain. They have the option to follow the liturgical calendar by encompassing feasts and seasonal events or they can pick a theme of their own.
Year 7 Welcome Mass - September 2023
Religious Education Department
The Religious Education department at St Illtyd’s Catholic High School has five qualified RE specialist teachers.
There are five dedicated fully resourced RE rooms situated in the Humanities corridor.
Pupils at St Illtyd’s have at least 10% of curriculum time dedicated to Religious Education.
Pupils study the following:
Key Stage 3
Year 7: Since September 2023 – The Religious Education Directory
Year 8: From April 2024 – The Religious Education Directory
Year 9: ICONS scheme
Key Stage 4
Year 10: WJEC GCSE Unit 1 – Catholic Christianity and Judaism
Year 11: WJEC GCSE Unit 3 – Catholic Christianity and religious responses to ethical themes.
Religious Education is the “core of the core curriculum” in a Catholic school. (Pope St John Paul II).
Placing RE at the core of the curriculum in Catholic schools helps the school to fulfil its mission to educate the whole person in discerning the meaning of their existence. (Catholic Education Service)
Who’s Who
Mr D Brown Head of (Religious Education)
Miss Z Jones – (Religious Education Directory co-ordinator)
Mrs C Pocknell
Miss C Mills
Mr W Rawson
Miss L Perry
Catholic Life and Mission
St. Illtyd’s Catholic High School is a vibrant educational community where faith and learning intersect. Our mission is rooted in Gospel values of respect, care, compassion, and love. As a Catholic school, we believe that each individual has the potential to discover, develop, and achieve their fullest capabilities. Guided by the teachings of Jesus Christ, we foster positive relationships and nurture the whole person—mind, body, and spirit. At St. Illtyd’s, we celebrate our rich history while embracing an exciting future. “Together in Christ, we make a difference”.
Youth Action Group
Everyone is invited to join the Youth Action Group, which meets twice a month and is run by members of the RE department and School Chaplain. The groups fundamental focus is social action and CAFOD.
CAFOD Escape Room
Members of the YAG helped to promote as well as take part in the CAFOD: Escape Poverty Fundraiser, tickets to the escape room were sold during break by members of the RE department. The escape room was made up of 5 tasks, led by a RE teacher. Each team needed to complete each room as quickly and correctly as possible in order to escape! The goal to was raise £150 for CAFOD World Gifts so the YAG can start to build a CAFOD village.
Alzheimer's Society
The Youth Action Group put their heads together to create a fundraising plan. They soon realised that there were lots of friends/staff/families that are affected by Alzheimer’s in our school community. Upon learning that they decided to organise a bake sale to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Society. Thanks to the generosity of the pupils, families and staff they managed to raise £180!
Lenten Challenge
St Illtyd’s staff and pupils took on the challenge of walking 200km as a school during Lent to raise money for CAFOD. They covered a massive distance during their PE lessons, topped up by those who took the distance on as a personal challenge. Thanks to the generosity of our school community and local parishes we managed to raise £357 for CAFOD last year.
Relationships and Sex Education
Catholic Education is an education of the ‘whole person.’ Our mission is to support the development of all our pupils spiritually, morally, socially and ethically which is rooted in the teachings of Jesus and the Catholic Church. The education of children in human sexuality is an important, precious and privileged responsibility. Teaching healthy relationships is an essential part in the formation of the ‘whole person’. The Catholic Church teaches us that this is very much a partnership with parents, in which parents are the ‘first educators’ of their children on these matters; ultimately, you confer on us the right to co-educate your children with you.
Our RSE curriculum is based on three key themes:
- Created and loved by God
- Created to love others
- Created to live in community
This is delivered via Religious Education, Science, Health & Wellbeing, the school nurse and bespoke PSE lessons using Ten Ten resources approved by the Archdiocese of Cardiff and the Catholic Education Service.
Ten Ten is an award-winning Catholic educational organisation that is well respected and very experienced in this field of work. It produces the resources, ‘Life to the Full.’
Our Relationships and Sex Education policy can be found on our website under the ‘School Policies’ page and our school contact is Mr P Moriarty, Deputy Headteacher.
Centenary Mass
Centenary celebrations
St Illtyds Catholic High School marks its centenary this year and began doing so with a Mass at St Albans Catholic Church in Splott, Cardiff. St Albans was the local church closest to the schools original site and all were made welcome by Father Sebastian and the Oratory.
Archbishop Mark O`Toole was the main celebrant but he was also joined by fellow priests, many of whom were themselves Old Illtydians. It was a wonderful opportunity for all past pupils and staff to share their own memories of the school and suffice to say a lot has changed.
We were delighted that Brother Michael and brother Ben could join us. Brother Ben spoke of his own time and memories of St Illtyd`s and this was a theme carried on the next day at the school itself where Mass was celebrated by Archbishop George Stack and Father Brian Grey, Chair of governors and father Sebastian. We were also joined by Headteacher Mrs Hart and pupils from St John Lloyd.The mass took place in the Chapel which was a part of the Brothers lodgings when they were ever present in the school.
It was great to have brother Michael and brother Ben with us. They helped to reinforce our rich history and association with lasallian education and we hope it is the first visit of many as the centenary celebrations continue.
