Ysgol Tir Morfa - Newsletter

FRIDAY 8th May 2026

Dear Parents and Carers,

It may have been a shorter week following the bank holiday, but it has certainly been a busy and exciting one in school. Our pupils have thrown themselves into a fantastic range of activities, showcasing their enthusiasm and determination throughout. Dosbarth Brenig had a brilliant start to the week, proudly receiving their medals after completing their Bikeability session on Tuesday, followed by great success at the Panathlon Curling event on Wednesday. Pupils from Dosbarth Alwen and Dosbarth Tegid represented the school wonderfully at a Multi Sports Panathlon Event, while pupils from Grange Road and Dosbarth Aled enjoyed taking part in a Cricket Festival at Eirias Park. Thank you to all pupils and staff for their hard work and energy this week. Wishing everyone a lovely, restful weekend.

Kind regards,

Susan H. Roberts

Headteacher

Calendar of Events

Friday 22nd May - School closes to pupils for half term
Monday 1st June - School open to pupils
Tuesday 2nd June - Friends of Tir Morfa Meeting - Cafe Morfa - 10.30am
Monday 8th June to Wednesday 1st July - Visiting Teachers from Lesotho, Southern Africa
Wednesday 10th June - Pop and Play Parent Event - 1.30 to 2.30pm (Haul, Lleuad, Enfys, Seren classes only)

Our Week at Tir Morfa

Dosbarth Tegid were a great team this week, planting their new pots and hanging baskets that will be ready to order next week as part of their class enterprise! 🪴

Pupils from Grange road have taken part in Cricket festival at Eiras Park this week. Key moments from Dosbarth Findeg. Great effort by everyone.

Famau developed environmental sculptures which were then photographed at different angles and distances.

Brenig have had an active week. They took part in a Duathlon and a Panathlon. It has been such fun!

Joining our friends in Enfys exploring all creatures great and small under the sea during a circle time session.

Aled Class enjoyed our games session this week, developing mental maths and collaboration skills.

Tryfan enjoyed experiencing the Bodfari Woodland Skills centre; building dens, melting smorrs on the fire and making wood cookie jewellery.

Enfys enjoyed a walk in the local area to enjoy the lovely sunshine. We visited a café a spotted some beautiful flowers along the way and also had a lovely messy time exploring flour, salt and water, to make salt dough. They added sticks to the dough to create hedgehogs.

Siabod learned how to press flowers in Blooms this week and spent some quality time with the therapy dogs.

We have been enjoying learning about the people who help us grow plants and flowers. We have tried being gardeners ourselves by learning how to plant seeds and look after our wildlife garden. We have also been watching the bees and butterflies busily fly from plant to plant, and have enjoyed being out in the big outdoors, loving the fresh air and sunshine.

Lots of fun in Haul this week with some great communication and engagement. Da iawn pawb!

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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

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