Latest information and news!

• Jeans for Genes Day!

  Fri 17 Sep 2021

  UPDATE 

  We raised over £65 for this great cause!

  Da Iawn! 
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  Wear jeans to school for this great cause!

  
  Jeans for Genes is a fundraising event to raise money for this charity and fund vital research into genetic conditions affecting children. 
   

  Friday 24th September 
   

  Show off your denim collection (no revealing rips) and bring in £1! 
   

  Thanks everyone 😊 

  

• Lots of opportunities to learn Welsh!

  Fri 17 Sep 2021

  Parents and Carers

  Want to learn Welsh? 
  See below for info! 
   

  Learn Welsh Glamorgan, the nationally approved Welsh Language training provider are soon to be launching Welsh Language lessons tailored at parents and guardians and more general courses for anyone else with an interest in learning a little bit of Welsh. 
  
  We’d be very grateful if you could share some information about this with your school community to encourage more people to become part of our million Welsh speakers by 2050 - parents, staff, guardians and governors.
  
  Courses are available at different times, locations, and on-line to suit all needs and cost as little as £45 for a full year of tuition. 
  
  More information is available by clicking here or visiting the Learn Welsh website – www.learnwelsh.cymru. 
   

   

  

• Welcome to a new school year! Some handy reminders for parents and carers, please read.

  Mon 13 Sep 2021 Mrs Cox-Wall

  Welcome to the new school year! 
  We are pleased to be back and glad to see all learners, including several new, across all our year groups. 
  We’d like to remind parents and carers of the following:

  1. Face coverings should be worn on school transport and the contractor can refuse entry to the vehicle.

  2. Learners should attend every day, unless genuinely unwell. Absence for reasons like haircuts or shopping will not be authorised and cases of concern will be referred to the Attendance and Well-being Service. Please ring as soon as possible if your child is absent.

  3. Ty Gwyn is a no phone school. If your child brings a phone on the taxi it is to be handed in on entry. This is a decision around safeguarding and applies to everyone. You will be contacted if there is an issue re this and we request your full support. 
  4. Smoking is not permitted on site, please do not supply smoking materials, you will be contacted if there is an issue. 
  5. Coronavirus continues to be a serious concern. Social distancing, hand hygiene and careful observation of symptoms will reduce the spread. If your child has symptoms, keep them at home and notify school via phone as soon as possible. If you or another close contact have symptoms, please also keep your child home until you have been tested. Please advise school. 

  Lateral Flow Tests are available from school and are recommended for testing twice a week. 
  Thank you for your support across these key areas. When learners are supported and in an established routine they learn and progress. 
  Please contact school and/or Damien Petts (Family Engagement Officer) if you have any concerns. 
  Victoria Cox-Wall.

• EEP Robotics Programme Regional winners 2021!

  Fri 16 Jul 2021

  Ty Gwyn is proud to share the news that we have coded, built and organised a brilliant entry to the national EEP Robotics Programme competition and we won! (Regional Winners!)

  Well done coders Michael, Conrad and the others who were part of it and thanks to Mr Murphy! 

  

• Miles for Malawi Challenge UPDATE!

  Thu 15 Jul 2021 Mr Petts

  Dear Damien
  I am writing to thank you for the fundraising that you and the young people and their families did for New Horizons- it is much appreciated.
  To date we have received £195.65 (including £20.18 gift aid) through Just Giving.
  Your support is much appreciated
  If you would like more information about the charity in the mean time please do not hesitate to contact me

  Kind regards and thank you again

  
  Many Thanks 
  Diolch yn fawr
  Janet Whiteman

  Director 
  Cyfarwyddwr
  E: janet.whiteman@newhorizons-mentalhealth.co.uk - T: 01685 881113
  New Horizons Mental Health /Gorwelion Newydd Iechyd Meddwl - Registered Charity No/Elusen Gofrestredig Rhif : 1153115 - 16a Dean Street · Aberdare · CF44 7BN
  www.newhorizons-mentalhealth.co.uk · www.mentalhealthsupport.co.uk 
       
   

  

• June and July newsletter, coming your way!

  Sat 03 Jul 2021 Mr Petts

  See Newsletters section for a full digital copy and check your letter box! 

  

• Well done to our Dallaglio Rugby Works Champion Ryan

  Tue 29 Jun 2021

  Today we celebrated some great news! Our Y11 learner Ryan has won the Champion’s award at the annual Dallaglio Rugby Works Foundation celebration and awards ceremony. 
  Ryan is a talented sports person, an excellent golfer, representing his age group for Wales and securing a scholarship for next year to the prestigious Hartpury College. 
  Ryan has also achieved a Sports Leaders qualification with the DRW mentors, a level 2 merit in WJEC Sports and Coaching and 9 other GCSE and equivalent qualifications. This includes Hospitality and Catering (level 2 merit) so we know he can look after himself when away at college with more than beans on toast!

  Well done Ryan, Ty Gwyn is proud of you and your achievements. We wish you well! 
   

   

  

• TES Awards Finalists 2021

  Fri 25 Jun 2021

  So, we are disappointed we didn’t win this prestigious National award, but very pleased to have been nominated as finalists in this category, particularly in our circumstances of a sustained improvement journey. 
  The mental health and well-being of all our learners is everyone’s business and it’s always our priority. We are so impressed to see the wider work by schools all over the UK in this category and we congratulate the winners Chortlon High School on their work, well deserved and well done. 

  

• Clean Air Day 2021

  Thu 17 Jun 2021 Mrs Cox-Wall

  Today is Clean Air Day 2021

  Today we have joined lots of other schools and organisations across RCT in activities for Clean Air Day! We have surveyed the trees in Aberdare Park and observed the lack of moss and lichen on the road side of the trunks and asked the children to suggest why that would be?

  They also reflected on the quality of air in this area and the ways in which they could improve air quality by walking more and using less aerosol spray. 

   

  See the RCT website for more information:

  https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Newsroom/PressReleases/2021/June/RCTCouncilisdoingitsbittotackleairpollutiononCleanAirDay.aspx

   

  ►UNCRC Article 24 the right to a clean environment

  

• Miles for Malawi Challenge!

  Tue 08 Jun 2021

  Ty Gwyn learners have organised a summer term challenge "Miles to Malawi" where we will be walking the distance from Aberdare to Malawi (around 6, 675 miles) over the next half term.

  We will also research Malawi and how the rights of the children and young people are implemented there.

  The money raised will go to New Horizons Mental Health. If you would like to donate or walk, please get in touch or use the link below:

  
  https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/65ppCAPl3UNxvBOsGRjhB