Ysgol Gymraeg Penalltau

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We strive to create a safe, supportive and happy environment; where pupils and staff can develop to their full potential through support, encouragement and respect. All learners at Ysgol Gymraeg Penalltau are encouraged to be independent learners who think creatively in order to achieve the highest possible academic standards and to develop the necessary skill to be life-long learners.

Our Aims

• To encourage respect and passion for the Welsh language, our culture and heritage and to ensure that equal respect is shown towards other languages, cultures and religions.
• To ensure pupils develop the necessary literacy and numeracy skills essential for every day life.
• To give every child an opportunity to reach their full potential in all areas of the curriculum.
• To promote respect, honesty and a sense of responsibility in every child and ensure high standard of behavior and courtesy.
• To treat every pupil fairly, ensuring equal opportunities for all regardless of ability, race, gender or sexual orientation, religion, cultural or economic background .
• Provide a safe, happy and supportive environment for all members of the school community.
• To provide stimulating and challenging learning opportunities.
• To encourage every pupil to be independent, creative and inquisitive by developing their thinking skills; enabling them to process information, investigate, reason and evaluate.

The success of our school is based on the fact that we are a happy, open and friendly school. Our main aim is to ensure that all children are happy and enjoy coming to school to enable them to achieve their full potential. To ensure that this is the case, we employ the very best teaching and support staff. All our staff work hard and are totally committed to the continued development of all the children within the school. We aim to foster a partnership between parents and the school, with a view to providing the very best education for your child. It is essential that you as parents have high expectations of us as a school and we in turn have high expectations of your children. It is our vision that our school is a place where both staff and are highly motivated, where they have opportunities to experience success and develop to make the most of their talents. Our recent Estyn inspection noted that “the pupils’ voice and wellbeing are very strong features of the work of Ysgol Gymraeg Penalltau.”