The Breconian SUMMER 2025
Editor’s Note This issue marks the end of the academic year and my final contribution as editor. I must say it has been a privilege to serve in this role and represent the vibrant and varied life of our school community. My final issue is a celebration of what our school has achieved this term, showcasing recent events and successes across both academic and extracurricular life. Some features of this issue include: musical insights, sporting endeavours, and dramatic pursuits. All of which display excellence across the school, and bring us closer together as a community.
Prep School News How time has flown! We can’t quite believe that we are in the final term of the academic year. However, there is no winding down in the Prep School and we have been as busy as ever! This year, we celebrate 10 years of St Nicholas House at Christ College Brecon. To mark this special occasion, we asked our Student Council to think of a project that would represent and hold memory to this incredible past decade. Our fantastic Student Council came up with the idea to create a mural that could be displayed at our school entrance. We decided we wanted the mural to be made out of clay, with St Nicks’ pupils contributing to the final piece. The Student Council introduced a competition where the pupils had to design the final picture, we had so many wonderful entries but William in Year 3 took the winning spot. Well done William!
To everyone that has contributed their time, thoughts, and talents to this issue, I thank you, as your voices have helped to make a meaningful and lasting representation of a remarkable term. I would like to extend my thanks to the prefect team this year, whose leadership, dedication, and constant presence has made a significant impact on the entire school community. I wish the new prefect team the best of luck in their roles for the next academic year.
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Congratulations to William for his winning design, our pupils have been working hard with Vicky to create tiles for the final piece!
We contacted a local ceramics expert to help us decide how we could incorporate Will’s design with the rest of the pupils’ ideas. Vicky from ‘Vicky Ware Ceramics’ took our idea and turned it into a truly remarkable piece of artwork that marks this special occasion perfectly. All of the children have created their own clay tile that was fired and put together, with Will’s design glazed over the top. A huge thank you to Vicky, the Student Council and all of the pupils in St Nicks who have worked so hard to make this project come to life!