Ysgol Tir Morfa - Newsletter Friday 30th JANUARY 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

This week has flown by! It has been lovely to see the Therapy Dogs back with us this week, providing a comforting, calm and happy place for our pupils to visit. Congratulations to the table top cricket team who came third this week in a competition at Ysgol Y Gogarth, a great achievement, well done to all involved. Thank you, as always for your continued support

Kind regards,

Susan H. Roberts

Headteacher

Calendar of Events
  • Tuesday 10th February - Friends of Tir Morfa - Brews Cafe - 10-11 am
  • Friday 13th February - School closes for half term
  • Monday 23rd February - School opens to pupils
  • Tuesday 24th February - Therapy Dogs visit Ffordd Derwen site - 9.30 to 10.30am
  • Friday 27th February - Staff Training Day
  • Wednesday 18th March - Therapy Dogs visit Grange Road site - 9.30 to 10.30am
Our Week at Tir Morfa
Famau enjoyed learning about the Green Man and modelling his face using nature materials
Another busy week in Dosbarth Haul practising our communication skills through a range of games and activities.
This week pupils from Grange road have taken part in a table cricket competition at Ysgol Gogarth. Great fun!
Aled Class have been taking part in shop, cook and eat this week. Some students went out shopping for ingredients to make pizzas. In school students were able to make independent choices about which topping they preferred and they made their individual pizzas.
This week siabod learned about the respiratory system and started to make a tote bag in textiles.
Exploring ‘The World of Roald Dahl’ in Seren this week!
Pupils from Tryfan representing Ysgol Tir Morfa at the Old Trafford Finals Table Cricket Tournament this week
One of the children in Dosarth Alwen spotted a beautiful rainbow in the sky. She then took hold of her friends’ hand and took him over to see the rainbow, in fact there were two rainbows! She then copied the signs and for the rainbow song, and shared her picture and song with the whole class. Da iawn Dosbarth Alwen
Wellbeing this afternoon in Dosbarth Tegid. Pamper and play after a busy week working hard! Da iawn pawb 💛
Core Word of the Week

Core word of the week next week will be: different

Information & Other Events

Attendance Information for Parents and Carers

As part of our continued focus on attendance this year, we have decided to share attendance data regularly with parents and carers through our newsletter. Attendance remains one of our school priorities, and we believe that sharing this information helps keep everyone informed and working together to support our pupils. In Wales, the Welsh Government defines good attendance as 95% or above. Attendance of 90% or below is classed as persistent absence. These benchmarks are used nationally across schools in Wales. We would like to reassure families that we fully recognise that many pupils at YTM have significant health or medical needs which may make it difficult, or sometimes impossible, to meet these targets. As a school, we understand this and want to be very clear that no parent or carer should feel pressured or judged where absences are due to genuine health-related reasons. Our intention in sharing attendance data is simply to ensure transparency and awareness of our overall school attendance and the expectations placed upon us as a school. We value our strong partnership with families and appreciate your continued support in helping pupils attend whenever they are able to do so. If you would like to discuss attendance in relation to your child, please do not hesitate to contact the school - we are always happy to work together to provide the best possible support.

Term Dates for this year are now available on our website by clicking the button below

Term Dates
Ffordd Derwen Dinner Menu

The dinner menu at Ffordd Derwen next week is: Week 2