Latest information and news!

• Christmas Card recycling challenge 2024! ♻️

  Mon 12 May 2025

  Christmas Card recycling challenge 2024!

  Well done to everyone who recycled 2,600g of waste, saving it from landfill ❤️ 

  

• Appreciation of our excellent staff!

  Fri 09 May 2025

  Every week on a Friday we have our celebration assembly where we celebrate everyone’s hard work where they have achieved full or nearly full “Be Your Best” points. 
  Be Your Best points are earned on a daily basis for behaviours based on our school values:

  Be respectful 

  Be safe

  Be engaged

  Be responsible 

  The number of pupils gaining full or nearly full BYB points is steadily increasing and this means lots of postcards and texts home as well as treats and rewards in school.

  This week we added a new award “Amazing Adult” nominations from the pupils! Anyone can write on a slip and these thank yous and well dones will be shared every Friday in assembly. The slips will be given to the staff nominated to keep and the highlights displayed outside the Head’s office.

  A great idea from School Council #pupilvoice

   

  

• Easter Fayre 10th April

  Wed 02 Apr 2025

  Easter Fayre 

   

  All re welcome, coffee and cakes, Easter gifts for sale!

   

  Thursday 10th April 1.15pm in the hall, all welcome.

   

  Great fun was had by all, thank you to everyone who attended today, great to see you.

   

  Happy Easter 

  Pasg Hapus! 

  

• Red Nose Day 2025

  Tue 18 Mar 2025

  Wear red Friday and £1 contributions welcome for this very good cause!

  We raised £30, thanks everyone!

  

• First Aid Success with Ark Rail

  Mon 03 Mar 2025

  Today, 4 pupils passed their First Aid at work course with our alternative provision partner Ark Rail. 
  Great news and well done to Noah, Frazer, Logan and Tarian! You did so well and are now equipped for any emergency situation!

   

  

• Welcome back to the second half of the spring term!

  Mon 03 Mar 2025

  Welcome back to everyone today!

   

  It’s a busy time of year and we’ve got off to a great start. It was a pleasure to welcome Father Richard from St Fagan’s Church to deliver a special St David’s Day message in assembly today. Do the small things well is good advice and during Lent we are going to fill our Ty Gwyn ladder with kind acts for the next 40 days and nights.

  We will have Pancake Day first of course! 
  We look forward to celebrating World Book Day on Thursday and anyone is welcome to be a literary character - I can’t wait to see the three staff as the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from the second book in the well loved CS Lewis series!

  We are also focussed on attendance and ask you to remember to ring in if there is an absence, we will always support where we can but will also take enforcement action in the form of penalty notices if required. It’s coming around to holiday season quickly and I respectfully remind everyone that term time holidays disrupt progress and learning. 
  There is an INSET day on Monday 10th March. 
  Thank you and don’t hesitate to ring should there be any concerns.

  Victoria Cox-Wall

   

   

  

• Holocaust Memorial Day 2025

  Mon 27 Jan 2025

  Ty Gwyn held a very solemn and heartfelt assembly to mark Holocaust Memorial Day with our visitor Martin Silezin. 
  He told the story of a friend and how his family were abducted to a concentration camp to threaten him into joining the German Army. 
  There was a sad outcome to the story and Mr Silezin made the point that whilst it may seem some time ago and those involved may be elderly and frail now, remember their strength, their courage and integrity. Well done to everyone who was respectful and polite, thank you Mr Silezin. 
   

  

• Y11 Parent and Carer Evening 4th February

  Fri 24 Jan 2025

  All Y11 parents and carers are invited to attend Ty Gwyn from 3.15pm onwards on 4th February. A letter has been sent with details and we ask you make an appointment please.

  There will be the opportunity to meet with subject teachers and discuss the autumn term report, the upcoming exam series and how to prepare your child effectively. We will also have some free books and resources to help!

  We look forward to seeing you soon! 

• Great news re our pupils’ exam success!

  Mon 20 Jan 2025

  Ty Gwyn is proud to share news re the positive exam results achieved by our Year 11 pupils in the summer of 2024.

  The comparative exam data from learners in PRUs across Wales is published every January.
  As you would expect in a specialist provision, we have a wide range of children and young people joining us at different stages of their education, some facing real challenges in their lives. 
  Thanks to the hard work and dedication of our amazing staff and the support of our families, the cohort achieved more than double the Welsh national average for learners attending a PRU in their exam points (called the capped 9 score) and well above the Welsh national average in literacy, numeracy and science points. This means all our learners were able to move to their post 16 choices with  great pride and all their potential! 
   

  Well done to everyone! 

• Christmas Wishes to all!

  Thu 19 Dec 2024

  All the staff at Ty Gwyn wish all our pupils and families a very Happy Christmas.

  We have worked hard this term and had some fun as well, lots of challenges and lots of progress.

  Christmas is also a time to think of others and many staff and friends of Ty Gwyn in the community have donated presents and treats to ensure every child had a gift bag to take home. Any finance left will be added to the school account for the benefit of the pupils next year.

  We have also linked with the local Trussell Trust branch to support our families at this time and donated hampers and other items ourselves.

  The ancient African word “ubuntu” means humanity to

  others, the true spirit of Christmas and our final

  thought of the year.

  See you all 6th January 2025!