David Melvin
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Cardiff City season ticket holder for 40 yrs. Go to all away games. Assessor for engineering vocational qualifications in schools and apprenticeships.
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Just met these two fellas outside Sheffield Cathedral who were also here for the game 🤣
@Joe_Ralls
@ryanwintle123
@CardiffCityFC
@CardiffCityLive
#CityAsOne
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Bacuna”s brother clapping us for saying your Sh*t like your brother then taking a free kick which landed on the moon 🤣
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This year
@CardiffCityFC
@CCFC_SC
@CardiffCityLive
@ccfc_forum
I am going g to fill a 40yr ambition by going to every Cardiff game home and away for the first time. Missed out by 2 games due to work last yr but have mapped it out and this yr it’s game on!
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After an eventful journey we eventually arrive at Hull For tomorrows game
@CardiffCityFC
#CityAsOne
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Another team of yr 8’s
@CardiffWestCHS
celebrate success in the marble run design challenge 🥳
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Am famous now as have been showcased by the Royal Academy of Engineering in their national magazine for my positive impact on pupil engagement during lockdown
@CardiffWestCHS
teaching STEM activities remotely. 😀
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Many thanks to
@enconconstruct
and Careers Wales
@Beacardiff2
for hosting our Year 10 Engineering class
@CardiffWestCHS
this morning at their housing development in Ely. The pupils were amazing ambassadors of the school and showed a genuine interest in possible careers.
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Great day meeting pupils in my year 7 form class.
@CardiffWestCHS
and everyone of them embracing the new way of working and enthusiastically wearing masks when required. 😃
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@CardiffCityFC
@CCFC_SC
Doing the Ayatollah all day in Turkey before we fly to Liverpool tomorrow to drive to Leeds for 3 massive points. Man u fans already come to speak to me so reminding them of super Nat Lang 🤣
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A Swans fan walks into our pub in Beverley. Said he lives here and is off to Hull for the afternoon…….good luck 🤣
@CardiffCityFC
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Fantastic young ambassadors representing the engineering department
@CardiffWestCHS
@BouyguesUK
had a site tour of the Cardiff Innovation Campus today to learn about the varied careers on offer and pathways into the construction industry. Am so proud 👍
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Yr 8 product design pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
loving painting their chosen design on their Blockbot! 😎
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A pleasure to pick up and deliver 2 fold up beds 🛌 for use by parents staying overnight with their precious babies at
@CTMSCBU
Prince Charles Hospital Neonatal unit funded by wonderful recent parents.
@CardiffWestCHS
@CwmTafMorgannwg
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Amazing - 16 pupils from year 7 and 8
@CardiffWestCHS
spent over an hour and a half of their own time after school today at our STEM club. Based on 'engineering during the pandemic', they all made a wind tunnel which tested the suitability of a range of materials for face masks.
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High flying year 9 students
@CardiffWestCHS
extending their learning by using the metal lathe safely and enthusiastically for the first time to drill an 8mm diameter hole into a hexagonal block with accuracy of 1/10 of a mm.
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Big Hitting Dave Melvin hits 4 runs v 8W in our form class baseball match today
@CardiffWestCHS
Still got it - and the pupils loved it!
@car
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@away_ends
@Away_Endss
@AwaydaysInsta
@footbalIfights
@FBAwayDays
As a Cardiff fan on the tram in Sheffield after our game yesterday i can only say it was a pleasure to talk about our respective teams and the game. What is this all about?
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Ella
@CardiffWestCHS
has produced an amazing Elephant Kettle as an Alessi designer. Watch out for this is shops soon! 😄
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Cameron and Harvey
@CardiffWestCHS
showing great enthusiasm vacuum forming PS4 cases they have designed as part of their product design gcse.
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After 6 hours of designing and building
@CardiffWestCHS
our entry to the Royal Engineering Society Great Marble Run challenge was a huge success. The enterprise, resilience and team work of pupils from my 8T form class was a joy to watch. We have won a programmable robot at least
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Mr Melvin’s first day!
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STEM club
@CardiffWestCHS
use a Light Dependent Resistor to play a tune on a synthesiser. We managed to get the theme from EastEnders!
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Yet again Jayden
@CardiffWestCHS
has been incredible using a range of wood working skills to create a zombie from Minecraft. Da iawn.
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Made it to Tamworth for a night stop over on way to Rotherham in morning.
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An amazing 11 pupils attend the inaugural Mr Melvin's
@CardiffWestCHS
STEM club from their homes after school today. Pupils loved making and playing tunes on a pencil piano using a synthesiser, and then created an LED colour spectrum generator using the primary colours.
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Great day out
@MillwallFC
yesterday in the sun with the company of the Anderson’s and the Damian’s. Spitfire larger was a new one on me but ok.
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Staffordshire overnighter with Burnley tomorrow. First big trip of the season
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#CityAsOne
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Amazing outcomes from yr 9 Product Design pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
who had the design brief to make a simple wooden puzzle for a 3yr old child. Project included researching hardwood, softwood, man made boards and sustainability. Da Iawn!
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Yr 10 engineering and construction pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
had a fantastic morning building mechanical excavators thanks to
@balfourbeatty
@tfwrail
which also included an insight into career paths offered by both.
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Overwhelmed by the passion shown by yr 11 engineering students
@CardiffWestCHS
who are on the final straight to completing the tool box and gaining level 2 NVQ!
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An amazing 20 year 7 pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
turn up to our first after school Kodu club! Brilliant atmosphere and loads of collaboration. Can’t wait for next week!
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I was like a proud parent with a tear in my eye this afternoon
@CardiffWestCHS
as Mason in yr 9 product design collected his wind powered Whirligig that he had designed and made. Thanking me for everything that i have done reminds me of why i love working in Cardiff West.
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Great careers workshop attended by year 9 Product Design pupils today
@CardiffWestCHS
. This included designing a cost effective energy efficient house. Thanks to
@Sphere_Recruit
@acttrainingltd
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Received our 3D printer today for winning the
@RAEngNews
Marble run challenge
@CardiffWestCHS
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Year 9 engineering pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
excitedly spraying their phone stands ready to take home.
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Rachel in yr 7
@CardiffWestCHS
has excelled in using a range of woodworking and painting skills to produce an amazing anime character. Da iawn!
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Yr 10 product design pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
are using our new 3D printer to learn all about rapid prototyping. Very exciting!
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My boy Tom Melvin
@CardiffCityFC
@CCFC_SC
is 18 today. Season ticket holder for 13 years. Booked a weekend in Newcastle for him and 15 friends taking in the Middlesbrough game! As its off, thanks to
@WhitleyBayFC
for reserving tables in their clubhouse for their home game 🥳
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Just bought my international on line pass for Blackpool to watch poolside in Southern Spain. Bluebirds!
@CardiffCityFC
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STEM Club 3pm - 4pm
@CardiffWestCHS
This week we will be making a wind tunnel to test the effectiveness of a range of face masks, and also experimenting with some really cool smart materials. Resource packs can be collected now. See you there.
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@jasonmohammad
Colwell looked really good when he came on which is a plus. Pompey fans were great fair play!
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Yr 8 pupils in collaborate in teams of 4
@CardiffWestCHS
to design, build and test their own marble runs based around triangulation and structures. Great when it then all comes together! 🥳🥳
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The Melvins’s have travelled to Tenerife for 5 days warm weather training before Southampton
@CardiffCityFC
p.s. it’s hot 🥵
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Year 9 product design pupils
@CardiffWestCHS
learn about plastics and then enthusiastically try their hand at vacuum forming and line bending.
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What an amazing decision it was to drive to Watford after work last night! Amazing display which sets up Saturday nicely.
@CardiffCityFC
@CCFC_SC
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Can’t believe my year 9 engineering class have never heard of the ‘Elves and the show maker’! I told them they reminded me of the elves as they were all tapping pin hammers making hinges. Ended up telling the story. Fantastic lesson 😀
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An exciting new STEM club
@CardiffWestCHS
is being launched Weds 3rd March 3pm - 4pm, where a selected group of pupils will have the opportunity to open packs of mini STEM projects sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering live with me, and then complete at home.
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Year 8 pupils Annalise and Ffion
@CardiffWestCHS
continue with their STEM packs at home to create their own sound waves. Amazing work girls.
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DT teachers Heaven - just popped in to grab a folder and saw santa had been! 35 new wooden robust stools 🥳🥳🥳
@CardiffWestCHS
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Very proud of Jayden
@CardiffWestCHS
who after learning how to use the scroll saw assisted a class mate to cut out a very impressive butterfly.
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So proud of my year 11 engineering class
@CardiffWestCHS
who attended a full day yesterday completing their NVQ level 2 coursework.
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@CardiffCityFC
Thought TNS would have offered more! A good run out and Tanner looks promising 😎
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A fantastic opportunity for Engineering and construction students
@CardiffWestCHS
. We have a live Teams event with Jo Tanner, student recruitment officer at CAVC who will be outlining progression routes on completion of your NVQ. Event taking place At 12.10 - 13:05, Fri 26th Feb
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Examples of Blockbots which will be designed and made by our Year 7 & 8's
@CardiffWestCHS
make a guest appearance at our dept Teams meet yesterday - socially distancing of course!
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Great piece of home working by Ffion who has redesigned, modelled, and had her family assess her Nintendo controller.
@CardiffWestCHS
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@roathboy
Our passing and ball control is a million miles from last year. Pleasure to watch. Fly to Newcastle Fri for Sunderland game. Ramsey and a 3-1 win.
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Walking into Beddgelert with Snowden behind me. Am making the most of being able to self cater in Wales 😀
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So if losing 4-1 wasn’t bad enough, after breaking down 1 mile from Hull Travelodge Fri 8pm and Green flag taking us the last mile. We went via Enterprise Grimsby home to Cardiff- car to follow 🤣
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If are losing at home to the Swans again this season can someone please run on with orange powder 🤣
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Great day for
@CardiffWestCHS
engineering students visiting
@ChallengeWales
in Penarth marina learning the ropes in preparation for our sailing day on the 24th.
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7C
@CardiffWestCHS
spend 2 lovely hours painting a great range of Blockbot designs. More future superstars!
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@RyanBaxt87
@CardiffCityFC
@aaronramsey
Perhaps its another event foe ‘elite fans’ 😡 36 yrs of season tickets plus 80% attendance to away games didn’t qualify me apparently!
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@albymarch_alan
@WelshGovernment
@Cardiff_Airport
Bristol used to be cheap - silver parking and drop off fees are frightening- we saved money driving and flying from Liverpool in the summer. Also the journey to Bristol is a nightmare. Cardiff needs a low cost airline however, also niche flight like the iceland connection.
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@secondtierpod
Personally love it. Eapecially if u stay at the Holiday Inn in the corner. This was my room view Saturday. Also a nice spoons by the river for prees 🤣
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