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• Ty Gwyn achieves Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award

  Fri 24 Jul 2026

  Ty Gwyn Education Centre receives prestigious UNICEF UK Gold Award

   

   

  Ty Gwyn Education Centre, is to be awarded Gold by UNICEF UK’s Rights Respecting School programme.

   

  UNICEF is the world’s leading organisation working for children and their rights. The Rights Respecting Schools Award is granted to schools that show commitment to promoting and realising children’s rights and encouraging adults, children and young people to respect the rights of others in school. Gold is the highest accolade given by UNICEF UK and shows a deep and thorough commitment to children’s rights at all levels of school life. There are over 600 schools across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales that have received Gold.

   

  Headteacher Victoria Cox-Wall, said: Ty Gwyn is extremely proud to have achieved this prestigious award, we have worked hard across the staff, governors, learners and parents and families to secure the RRS Gold award. Ty Gwyn recognises the rights all children have and uphold and live these daily in school to ensure learners have a voice and meaningful participation in their education, their development and their communities. It is particularly pertinent in a setting like ours where most children and young people have

  faced adversity and challenge. Thankyou to all the staff and school community members who came on the journey with us.

   

  The Award recognises achievement in putting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child at the heart of a school’s planning, policies and practice. A Rights Respecting School is a community where children’s rights are learned, taught, practised, respected, protected and promoted.

   

  The UNICEF UK Rights Respecting Schools initiative is aimed at schools across the UK, including those in an early years setting. Currently, it works with nearly 5,000 primary schools, secondary schools, schools for children and young people with special educational needs and pupil referral units across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Schools have reported a positive impact on pupil behaviour, relationships and well-being by enhancing pupils’ self-esteem, leading to less truancy and bullying, better learning and improved academic standards.

  

• A very hard goodbye to Mark Bright

  Tue 21 Jul 2026

  Our much loved Construction and PSE teacher Mr Mark Bright has retired!

  Anyone who knows Ty Gwyn knows Mark, he’s been part of our story since the beginning.

  He is retiring to spend more time with the family and as he has always been a committed foster carer, he will now devote more time to his two much loved little ones. 
  Mark has touched so many lives over the years, always ready to listen, deeply caring and ever ready to step up, whatever the challenge. It’s often said someone has a a heart of gold, Mark is solid gold.

  He will be greatly missed by the colleagues he calls friends and the children he has devoted his life’s work to.

  We surprised him on our last day with everyone singing “Mr Brightside” and wearing Mark masks as he came into a special assembly. We shared the beautiful poem and lots of memories and not a dry eye in the house ❤️

  #teamtygwynalways

  

• Summer holiday offers for meals and days out free or reduced!

  Sat 11 Jul 2026

  Lots of great offers for the summer holidays! 

  

• Important Water Safety Information for your teenagers. Please read! 💦

  Sat 27 Jun 2026

  Summer Water Safety – Please Share 💧

  As the weather improves, more young people are spending time near rivers, lakes and the coast. Tragically, nearly half of UK drownings happen between May and August, with teenagers among the most at risk. [rlss.org.uk]

  Please take a few minutes to talk to your child about staying safe around water:
  ✅ Don’t jump into unknown water
  ✅ Be aware of cold water shock—even on hot days
  ✅ Avoid using inflatables in open water
  ✅ Never swim alone
  ✅ In an emergency, call 999 – don’t enter the water

  Having these conversations can save lives.

  Find out more:
  🔗 https://www.rlss.org.uk/water-safety-for-teenagers
  🔗 https://www.rlss.org.uk/Listing/Category/summer-water-safety

  #WaterSafety #StaySafe #SummerSafety

  

• Ty Gwyn Education Centre Summer Fayre 2026

  Tue 23 Jun 2026

  All are welcome to our Summer Fayre

   

  9th July 1-2pm

   

  School Hall 

   

  Coffee, cakes, treats and games!

  

• The Big Lunch #bettertogether

  Fri 19 Jun 2026

  This year we held the Big Lunch in school, we had planned to go to the park but the weather was against us as you may have noticed.

  Becuase of this we didn’t have families or friends this year but it was fantastic to see the whole school sat down at lunch together and thank you to our fabulous cooks Emma and Steph for the pizza slices too!

  All of the other food was donated by staff and friends to mark the special occasion and celebrate community, however it looks!

  if you would like to hold a Big Lunch or be part of one, this is the link: https//:Edenprojectcommunities.com/thebiglunch

  

• Goodbye and good luck to our Y11!

  Tue 09 Jun 2026

  A day of sadness and pride as we said goodbye to our Y11s. As a very small school, it feels like saying farewell to family, we wish you all well and every future success. We hope we have taught you all to take pride in yourselves, be open to learning and new experiences and always work hard to succeed. 
  Hwyl fawr a phob lwc:

  McKoley

  Jayden

  Logan

  Kamyran

  Rosie

  Katie

  D

  Kenny

  Glanville

   

  #therighttobethebestyoucanbe

  

• Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2026 ⚽️

  Tue 02 Jun 2026

  Soccer Aid for UNICEF 2026!

   

  We raised £70 and had a fantastic game of football, greens v blues 

   

  I’m sure the blues (the gals) won even though those greens had a professional on their team!

  💚🩵

   

  We have the right to play and relax.

   

  Children all over the world are denied this fundamental childhood right and the chance to thrive and develop. 
  Every penny we raised is spent by UNICEF on making sure children can play ⚽️

   

  ⚽️check out the picture gallery tab for more pix⚽️

  

• Mental Health Awareness Week 💜

  Fri 15 May 2026

  This week, staff and pupils have been considering our own and others’ mental health. It is as important as physical health and we have to take care of it. Sometimes, just like physical health we need help as well and have the right to access good healthcare! 
  In school, we have a Therapeutic Team and a lot of amazing support staff who will always offer help, even if you don’t feel able to ask. We also have “I wish my teacher knew” boxes if you want to ask for someone else or yourself and our Eye2Eye counsellor Lydia every Thursday 💜
  Please check out these #toptentips for good mental health! 
  https://mentalhealth.org.uk

   

  

• Project Vote! Wales votes…

  Thu 07 May 2026

  Ty Gwyn went to the polls today!

  Pupils have reviewed the main party manifestos and created their own, they have shown great maturity and thought about the rights and needs of themselves, their contemporaries and children in less safe environments globally. 
  They have thought about things they want and need to be successful and happy in Wales, including no internet for under 12s! Very surprising!