Picture Gallery
We also had a great anti-bullying week ending with a PJ Day to raise money for Children in Need Day!
Our Integrated Curriculum topic is around the World Wars โVoices from the trenchesโ
Fabulous Halloween Disco ๐ and a Healthy Day of the Dead buffet for Healthy Eating Week ๐ป
Loads of aerial fun! Half term reward trip to Vertigo! ๐คฉ
Toffee Apple making on Rewards Friday though I think Rio and Lisa had the most fun ๐คฉ
So many positive postcards for attendance, kindness and improvements made!
KS3โs own compositions and some beautiful handwriting of some famous poems.
Lots of positive postcards and 70% of pupils with full points ๐คฉ
Our girls riding group have used the horses as their inspiration for National Poetry Day!
Well done K in Y11 working so hard, out of his comfort zone, showing resilience and commitment.
Nearly everyone had full points again and lots of postcards given out!
Great MacMillan Coffee Afternoon! โ๏ธ So lovely to see everyone ๐ง
Fab Celebration Assembly today!
And so much work in class, along with break time fun and Revolting Rhyme assembly!
Roald Dahl Day fun ๐คฉ ๐
Summer Fete Fun ๐คฉ
Using crafts in 1:1 sessions, lovely work by KC.
Friday celebration assembly, full points for too many to list and these amazing adult nominations!
UNICEF Soccer Aid 2025 โฝ๏ธ Football with a serious side #article31 the right to play and relax
Wow! Well done KS3 pupils and the fabulous veg from the raised beds!
Very proud of K in Y7, a literary star in the making with her โGrim Taleโ
VE Day celebrations! ๐ฌ๐ง
Some great arts and crafts work going on in 1:1 support sessions โค๏ธ
End of term reward trip! Vertigo versus Ty Gwyn โ๐ผ
KS3 visit to Bryn Pica Education Centre, what a load of rubbish (and recycling) โป๏ธ
Such hard work from Y11 for level 2 Catering and Hospitality ๐ฝ๏ธ
Circuits for KS3, building fitness for life!
Y10 and 11 working hard at our alternative provider Ark Rail ๐
Red Nose Day for Comic Relief 2025! Fun with a serious side that we heard about in assembly today.
Our Lent Ladder "little acts of kindness" is looking amazing!
World Book Day 2025! ๐
Fab reward trip to Ninja Warrior ๐ฅท and almost everyone earned a place! Great day out ๐
Love is in the air โค๏ธ
Safer Internet Day 2025
Forest School Fun ๐ฒ
Some thoughtful work for HMD 2025 #bethelight
Our half term reward is Ninja Warrior! 5 weeks of full or nearly full points! You can do it!
After 3 weeks of term, almost three quarters of pupils have tickets for full weeks in the attendance draw!
The Ty Gwyn Christmas Fayre 2024! ๐ ๐ผ
Children In Need 2024! Its a pyjama day and we have raised over ยฃ50!
Anti-bullying Week 2024!
We had some terrible injuries for the spooky picnic ๐ and a delicious snack! ๐ป
A fun spooky afternoon picnic and visit from PC Arndell and her colleague re OpBang!
World Mental Health Day in Ty Gwyn ๐
What a great time our pupils had on their reward visit to St Fagans. We even had sunshine!
Look at these Y7 stars working together with Sam ๐น Great to see ๐๐ผ
Macmillan Coffee Morning Taylor Swift style theme!
Celebrating Roald Dahl Day! All the characters and a lot of reading ๐
Pictures from Wooden Spoon Rugby Charity opening our fabulous bike shed!
Well what a great Summer Fete and it was even dry โ๏ธ
Sam won the bet that England would win and Lee lost and had to wear this stunning outfit for the day lol!
Minecraft for Education and the Olympics! Paris 2024 here we come!
Don't forget to vote, KS3 certainly did today :)
Someone didn't get the memo about postponing odd sock day to next week when the weather cools down :)
Great fun at our weekly Skateboard Academy session with Sam ๐น
Congrats to Paige on achieving her MELSA qualification:)
Well done to Caleb and TJ winners of the ยฃ10 attendance gift vouchers ๐๐ฝ
Well done to our support staff Kylie and Jo on passing their Girls on Board training! Ready to support social skills development ๐ค
100% attendance certificates for March and April, da iawn! All the 100% and good attenders are also in the draw for the amazon voucher!
KS3 and 4 visit to Viridor Energy Recovery (recycling) Cardiff
Such a high standard of clay work in our Y9 transition project! Da iawn E!
ยฃ10 attendance Amazon voucher winners for spring half term 2!
Can't wait for this week's housepoint challenge! Its the turn of the staff Lee and Scott from Yellow House to BAKE OFF!
World Book Day 2024! โOne book, one pen, one child, one teacher can change the worldโ Malala
Some Eisteddfod work by KS3 ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ and some other fun ๐คฉ
Well done Bradley for winning the ยฃ10 amazon voucher for last half term and great start to those with tickets in the draw for this week!
Well done to the 9 pupils who passed their cycling proficiency tests this week. Safety first! ๐ฒ
Brilliant Brazil was an excellent topic ๐ง๐ท creative, fun and full of life, sound and colour ๐ง๐ท
Reward trip to Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary- well done everyone who earned their points โ
Good bye and good luck to Amanda our Assistant EP who is returning to the central service!
Safer Internet Day 2024!
Well done all, a good sum raised for #wearitred for Velindre โค๏ธ
Another positive week! Respectful behaviour and good attendance, da iawn!
We celebrated Santes Dynwenโs Day in assembly โค๏ธ
100% attendance winners (1 ticket in the draw for each full week of attendance every half term) ๐ ๐ผ
Thanks to all who joined us for our Christmas Fete! Lovely to see you all ๐
KS3 visit St Fagans, the living museum of Welsh history. You have to know the past to understand the present.
Y11 take on Dare Valley Gravity Bike Park Pump Track!
KS4 visit St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
We raised ยฃ100 for Children in Need wearing PJs, spots and stripes! #Pudsey #Blush
The winner of the October 100% attendance draw (a ticket for each week of full attendance) was Glanville!
A great time at the spoooky Halloween Disco! ๐ป and ๐ thanks Lisa for the โinjuriesโ and Jess, Lorraine and Amy for for decorating โ ๏ธ
Wow! Chef standard effort from R Y11 ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ณ ๐จ๐ผโ๐ณ
Great story writing from Alfie Y10, winning a Headteacher's Award! Using dialogue, wow vocabulary and developing a strong plot.
Well done John on winning the high attendance ยฃ10 gift voucher for September!
The Mad Hatterโs Tea Party for Macmillan Coffee Morning!
Make sure you are here for the Mad Hattter's Tea Party 29.09.23 Be there or miss out on all the cakes!
20 pupils were entered into the 100% attendance monthly draw this week! Da iawn, great effort!
Roald Dahl Day 2023, a celebration!
Summer Fete fun in the โ๏ธ
Well done to Sasha, one of our very hard working and talented Learning Support Assistants!
The opening of the new trail in our school meadow area! Well done G and K working with Mr Murphy.
Anyone for tennis? Itโs been Wimbledon weather this term ๐พ
Weโve been working with Sam @Skateboard Academy developing our skills ๐น
Well this termโs topic is... The (Terrible) Tudors! ๐
Well done Charlotte and Gage winning the ๐ฏ attendance and the be engaged prizes respectively.
End of the half term fun and our coronation โbig lunchโ ๐
We have so enjoyed the good weather and walks to Aberdare Park!
This weekโs good achievements and attendance awards! Well done all โ๏ธ
Our mini coronation street party ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ง
Please be aware many of our children and young people don't feel comfortable with their photos being taken and the picture gallery reflects this.Our final spring term awards!
End of term reward and enrichment trip - Super Bowl time!
What a great Easter Fayre ๐ฃ
This half term the topic is Castles and Culture, today KS3 visited the most famous leaning tower outside Pisa - Caerphilly Castle!
Our โbe engagedโ winner this week - Mia!
100% attendance raffle tickets for the half termly draw! Well done for this week :)
First winner of the โBe Engagedโ gift voucher prize...Kenny!
Solar panel installation week #ecoschool
St Davidโs Day competitions and fun! Which house won?! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Everyone enjoyed pancakes as an end of half term treat!
100% attendance draw winners for this half term - cinema tickets and a gift voucher prizes!
Our Fairtrade Assembly ended in the best way, with chocolate ๐ซ
Honesty - Article #17 you have the right to honest information and you also have a duty to be honest (in person and on line) in our assembly today.
Tree planting with Keep Wales Tidy ๐ฒ Thanks Jacob ๐ณ
Disaster has struck in KS3! (don't panic, its only our topic this term!) and some of our other work. Da iawn!
Ty Gwyn celebrated the Year of the Rabbit in our assembly - everyone liked the idea of an envelope full of coins!
Trago Mills Ice Rink Well-being and Reward visit โธ๏ธ๐คฉ
Christmas Fayre fun! ๐ ๐ผ ๐ ๐ผ
Design, build and create #Formula1 Great work H in Y10 ๐๏ธ
KS3 Autumn term review, we have had a great time!
Thanks Jason (our site manager) for setting this up for us โฝ๏ธ #WorldCup2022
Thanks Ashley from Barod for the excellent assembly on vaping. You have the right to good health! Article #24 #RRS
The theme of the week is #peace and our Remembrance Assembly is 11.11.22
A sad anniversary marking the loss of the children (and adults) of Pantglas School.
Some great biome building from KS3 on this half termโs topic โ
Some of our Show Racism the Red Card work, also check out the RRS tab!
Spooky goings on in Art this week ๐
Exploring Black History Month in assembly and Form Family Time
Celebrating National Poetry Day in KS3 ๐
This year, as part of the new curriculum, we have launched Move it Monday! Lots of new and traditional sports and activities to try.
Energy Quest came to visit us and we learned to save on our bills this winter, we should use fruit power! #costoflivingcrisis
A very happy BIG 50 to Mr Murphy, this lovely cake baked by Cameron and Ms Satherley was enjoyed by us all!
Our Y10 Art students off to a great start with their sewing project ๐งต
Last day of term Beach Clean, great work all!
Such a great visit from our friends at Astro Cymru...the mysteries of the planets!
Some shots of our lovely school garden ready for our Eco-Schools visit!
Goodbye and Good Luck to (some) of our Y11s! Keep learning - article #29
Platinum Jubilee celebration time ๐
Y10 learning about forces ๐ข I think they are hinting for a visit to Oakwood...
Some great design, coding and building by G Y7! Amazing ๐คฉ
Some detailed drawing in KS3 Art today, great work M!
The right to relax and play! In the sun ๐ Article #31
A great well-being visit to Limitless! Great behaviour and attitude from everyone, especially after a tough week of mock exams for Y11
Fairtrade Fortnight Assembly, the journey of cacao to chocolate ๐ซ
World Book Day 2022
1st session with Skateboard Academy ๐ค๐ฝ
Dydd Gwyl Dewi Hapus!
SNAPS from this week!
Exciting times, looking at the world of work on the A465 Hirwaun ๐ง
Some SID 2022 activities! Staying safe has never been more important ๐ป
Winter Olympic Science #Beijing2022
Celebrating Chinese New Year! ๐จ๐ณ
Some of our New Yearโs resolutions!
What have we been up to this week?!
Such a busy second week of term!
Almost half of learners achieved ๐ฏ attendance this week, super effort from you and parents/carers too ๐คฉ
Ty Gwyn is working towards becoming an ASD Friendly School
WOW! Look at the new pathway and meadow (in spring) ๐ธ
Our project with Keep Wales Tidy is coming along nicely!
The hard working Mr Silke, staff member of the month!
Some Autumn Term fun! ๐คฉ
Certificates and Awards from the Dallaglio Rugby Works Merthyr tournament ๐
Children in Need fun ๐คฉ #spots #stripes #pjs
More Anti-bullying week highlights #onekindword
Compliment Tuesday for #OneKindWord for Anti-bullying week!
One Kind Word is the theme of Anti-Bullying Week 2021!
At last the unsightly patch of weeds and rubbish is gone!
Well done Rhys, delicious ๐ bread, ๐๐ผ delivered to SLT. What a treat!
Remembrance Day
There they lie
Torn and tattered
Blown to pieces, like the ground of the terrain where they rest, where blood splattered,
Never found, never uncovered.
Their bones one of millions, piled in those fields
Overgrown by poppies and never revealed
And as the earth reclaims what once was there
May we once understand that war is never fair
Dylan Year 9
Firework safety talk from South Wales Fire Service for KS3
Well so many of these sent out this week! For good work, attendance and kindness.
A and R working collaboratively with Lowri from RCT Music Service ๐ถ
Our grounds improvement project with Keep Wales Tidy is off to an excellent start! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Some of our GCSE work โ
Enrichment Friday ๐
World Poetry Day in KS3 is about enjoying poetry and also being creative!
Y11 Construction and the Built Environment visit to the Tilbury Douglas Construction site at Prince Charles Hospital
Enrichment Fun ๐คฉ Sport/Cooking/Art&Craft ๐คฉ
We raised over ยฃ70 at our Macmillan Coffee Morning bake sale!
Sad to say goodbye to Lois, one of our Assistant Educational Psychologists!
Another great workshop with Spectacle Theatre.
What skills does model building use? Focus/Patience/Vision/Imagination/Commitment ๐
Y10 studying waste and recycling โป๏ธ
The ending of physical punishment in Wales! Great news for your rights!
Thanks from The World Land Trust for contributing to their survey and ensuring they could plant hundreds more ๐ฒ
The right to clean food and water RRS article #24 ๐ฆ
Autumn time ๐
Roald Dahl Day with Campbell, Caradog and Cadwaladr classes in KS3 ๐
Welcome and Croeso to 2021-22!
Here you will find snaps of life at Ty Gwyn and our busy school days 
EEP Robotics Programme Regional Winners 2021! Wow!
How much fun was Sports Day?! Ended with singing ๐
Astro Cymru workshop part 2
Always a pleasure to show good work ๐
Transition activities - Y9 to 10 is a jump, even with friends to help ๐
Making Monsters with Spectacle Theatre ๐ญ
Celebrating our success!
One of our younger learners A using emoji cutters to express his feelings in a well-being session ๐
Time for a quick show off! Well done Ryan โณ๏ธ ๐
Well done everyone at Ty Gwyn, one brilliant team ๐คฉ
Fab well-being session with Y10 playing the floor is lava ๐
Goodbye and Good Luck Y11! If you werenโt in, weโll post your year book โค๏ธ
End of the week praise postcards for L, C and M, plus 2 positive calls for D and P โ
Y11 GCSE Art portfolios ready for moderation ๐
Cerulean Blue Water using poster paints by L Y10
Some thoughtful decoupage work from S Y10 ๐ผ
Y11 Brunch was a lovely event with snacks, bingo and kahoot!
Llongyfarchiadau i'r staff canlynol:
Part of enrichment and trying new foods was the bush tucker trial!
We have entered a national robotics competition, watch this space!
KS3 Topic work, this term is "conspiracy theories"...lots of oracy, drawing and writing to explore some intriguing mysteries!
Our Spacedust Workshop - we searched for micro-meteorites and found them in Ty Gwyn...who would have thought such treasure existed!
Voting Day update! What a great experience to โvoteโ in the Senedd election! #therighttobeheardandtakenseriously ๐ณ
As part of Project Vote we interviewed Cynon Valley candidate Mia Rees.
Trying new things taster menu with KS4. Its good for our wellbeing too!
A stunning silk painting for GCSE Art by E Y11. Quite amazingly eye catching.
Forces Fitness Day with Paul. A fun team building session and some great competitive-ness!
Eco Schools Silver Award ๐๐ผ Gonna need a bigger display wall!
And to end the Spring term, our engagement with families in lockdown is recognised! ๐๐ผ
Such a kind donation from Mr Collins (grandfather of Ms Jones) we used for everyone to have an Easter treat ๐ฃ
Proud of R today, making yellow hearts to both commemorate and look forward after a tough year for many ๐
Ty Gwyn is a Girls on Board accredited school. This is a girls only toolkit to resolve conflict and friendship issues in and out of school.
Y11 preparing chosen dishes for WJEC Level 2 Catering and Hospitality ๐
National No Smoking Day! Slides from our interactive class assembly :)
Monday is International Women's Day, check Google classroom for an RRS assembly on why education matters to women and girls wherever they are in the world.
Goodbye and good luck to one of our lovely Y10s moving on today โ๏ธ And update - we've heard he's doing so well in his new school!
Are you ready for World Book Day? Thursday 4th March! RRS Article 31 the right to relax and have an adventure in a book!
Welcome back and welcome to our new street furniture! ๐คฉ
KS3 have been decorating their common room with the Gratitude Tree ๐ฒ
Safer Internet Day 9th February 2021
What are the minimum ages for popular social media platforms?
You need to know to protect yourself!
check here ๐๐ผ
https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/what-age-can-my-child-start-social-networking/
For parents and carers too:
Its important you know that all social networking platforms (or social networking apps, if on a smartphone) have age limits. Some social networks use technologies that may not be right for some ages or engage with communities that are made up of people much older than your child.
RRS Article of the Month is the right to fair and honest information in the media!
It's Children's Mental Health Week! The theme is..."express yourself". Check out these ideas...
Some of our activities in CMHW!
WJEC Sport and Coaching level 2 session led by Y11. I think R passed with flying colours ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ ๐๏ธโโ๏ธ ๐๏ธ
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mr Silke! ๐คฉ
Well done KS3 #WeRemember #HMD2021
D and E built Lego models and used code to make them move!
Our Form Family and Welsh icon pictures are now ready!
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mr Murphy! ๐คฉ
Learning packs to support Google Classroom winging their way home! ๐ฎ
Right of the month is article #24 Access to health care is more important than ever during the current pandemic.
Very chilly daily mile! Well done everyone ๐ฅถ
Starting 2021 with a lovely comment from our sports mentors at the brilliant Dallaglio Rugby Works!
An unusual end of term in a very unusual year ๐ ๐ผ Happy Christmas everyone ๐คถ๐ผ
Every child/young person won such super prizes in the TG Christmas raffle (all prizes donated by staff) ๐งธ
Aelod o staff yr wythnos is Lois!
Christmas means thinking of others, KS3 visited the Salvation Army Church in Aberdare.
We had a lovely Christmas Dinner as a whole school โค๏ธ
Exploring forces with spaghetti bridges ๐
Merry Christmas from the Science Department ๐งฌ ๐ ๐ผ ๐
Aelod o staff yr wythnos x 2
Friday reward activities! Well done everyone #goodtimes ๐๐ผ
Itโs Robin Gwyn! Heโs upholding the right to relax and play in the hall!
Our Assistant Educational Psychologists work with individuals and groups on their social and emotional skills...some of our activities this term.
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mr Priday yay!
Meet Robin Gwyn our new RRS Mascot, as voted by pupils. You will see him around school wherever a right is being upheld.
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mrs Pennington ๐คฉ
Some fun with fairground games at break! ๐ช
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mr Murphy ๐คฉ
100% Attenders Draw for the half termly gift voucher prize โ๏ธ
Aelod o staff yr wythnos is Ms Finney! Always working hard and ready to rock at touch rugby ๐
Rewards Friday (a special one for half term points) was at Ty Gwyn Ice Cream Parlour ๐ฆ
Great end to the half term, raising money for Wear it Pink for Breast Cancer ๐
Staff Well-being event ๐ well done Ms Browning winning the movie quiz ๐ฟ
Some of our collection for St Johnโs Church, Aberdare. Thanks all!
Aelod o staff yr wythnos x 2! ๐คฉ
Aelod o staff yr wythnos Mr Lucas!
Enrichment Wednesday #goodtimes
Reward Friday RRS article #31 the right to relax and play!
Aelod o staff yr wythnos! Mrs Rigby ๐คฉ
Some lovely examples of DACW from Y11 looking at childrenโs rights ๐คฉ
Wednesday Enrichment activities look fab!
Wet lunchtime bingo #fullhouse #line ๐๐ผ #winnerwinnerchickendinner ๐
Aelod o staff yr wythnos! Ms Jones ๐๐ผ
Enrichment Wednesdays have been a hit!
Jeans ๐ for Genes ๐งฌ fundraising - ยฃ112 raised! WOW ๐คฉ
Aelod o staff yr wythnos is Ms Fowler!
New KS3 pupils learning to use tools safely with Mr Bright in DT :)
KS4 Hospitality and Catering Level 2 learners applying their knife skills to some healthy veggies! Yum...
Mr Lewis worked hard on our allotment this summer! Wow!
Our new trauma informed practice displays reflect our whole school approach.
