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• Tree planting with Keep Wales Tidy

  Fri 27 Jan 2023

  Ty Gwyn has been very lucky to secure 140 tree saplings in conjunction with Keep Wales Tidy for the school grounds. 

  As with most schools, our yard is surrounded by functional metal fencing, the trees we planted to day will not only mask the fence and improve the appearance of the yard but will provide a home to lots of different flora and fauna. Trees also clean the air and reduce levels of pollution (as school transport vehicles enter the yard). 

  A great day's work everyone and thanks Mr Murphy for organising!

  

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2023

  Fri 27 Jan 2023

  All Ty Gwyn learners attended a special assembly today, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day and acknowledge genocides all over the world, with the Chair of the Management Committee, Martyn Silezin. 

  Mr Silezin's father was Polish but because of his Russian surname, he and his family were taken to concentration camps by the Nazis who carried out this heinous persecution of groups they wanted to exterminate. Mr Silezin (senior) escaped and came to the UK, his brother John also escaped (twice) by holding up his trousers as if he had been given old clothes - as someone would be when leaving the camp. The brothers didn't find each other when the war was over and it is not known what happened to John. 

  Mr Silezin intends to go to Poland and look at the records and try to trace what happened to John later this year.

  Both John and Mr Silezin's father have now passed away but their remarkable story of daring courage in the face of such horror lives on.

  All children were extremely respectful and several insightful questions were asked. We also held a moment's thought for those who didn't escape and those killed in other genocides since.

  #HMD2023 #bethelight

  The right to follow your own religion and customs -  UNCRC articles #19 and #30 were never more important. 

  

• Letter to parents and carers re the planned industrial action by the NEU

  Thu 26 Jan 2023 RCT

  Dear Parent/Carer,

  As you may be aware, the National Education Union (NEU) has announced four days of intended industrial action. The proposed industrial action dates are as follows:

  • Wednesday 1st February 2023

  • Tuesday 14th February 2023

  • Wednesday 15th March 2023

  • Thursday 16th March 2023

  The decision regarding whether your child’s school will remain open on these dates will be made by your child’s school, based on the school’s individual context and risk assessments. Your child’s school will aim to let you know whether the school will be open at least three working days before each of these dates. Where schools have made a decision to close in advance of planned industrial action, pupils eligible for free schools (eFSM) meals will be provided with a packed lunch the day before. eFSM pupils attending school on the day of planned industrial action will receive a free school meal as normal unless the headteacher determines to close the school prior to lunchtime. In this case, a packed lunch will be made available to eFSM pupils in the morning to take home with them. Parents and carers are advised that home-to-school transport for eligible pupils will continue to run as normal (unless a school has determined to close prior to the day of planned industrial action). However, there is a risk that on the day of planned industrial action a school or a year group will be forced to close due to staff supervision levels, and parents/carers of younger pupils should make themselves or another responsible adult available during the morning of the day, to collect their child from their dedicated bus stop/pick-up point at short notice.

  Schools are working closely with the local authority to minimise the disruption as far as possible, and we appreciate your support for all our staff and pupils. Your school will update you directly on local arrangements and will continue to provide updates as the situation develops. Kind regards,

  Gaynor Davies

  Director of Education and Inclusion Services

• Ty Gwyn alumni success with our partners Dallaglio Rugby Works

  Wed 04 Jan 2023

  Ryan left Ty Gwyn in 2021 and went on to Hartpury College with a golf scholarship. He has continued to flourish since this time, now studying locally and working as a coach!

  Well done Ryan, living our school motto: believing in young people/credu mewn pobl ifanc. 
   

  Click here for full story;

  Dallagliorugbyworks.com and click on impact report 2021-22 for all the latest information and the success of the programme nationwide.