Ysgol Gymraeg Mornant

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Ysgol Gymraeg Morning is located in the northeast corner of Flintshire on a village called Picton, near Penyffordd, Holywell. Morning is a small rural school with 42 pupils registered at the moment. The school looks out over the Dee River towards Liverpool and is a beautiful location on a summer’s day. During the winter it can be very stormy and extremely windy with winds blustering in from the sea.
In the early 50s, the English medium infant’s school at Ffynnongroyw included several young Welsh speakers. In 1954 a Welsh-medium primary school was opened in the village, under the leadership of Rhys Jones. There were 72 pupils on the register, and the name Ysgol Mornant was later adopted. In 1971 a new school building became empty in the village of Gwespyr (Picton) about two miles away, and the school has flourished here ever since.
The school recently celebrated sixty years of Welsh education in 2013, with the children attending from a wide area – with children from local farms and others from the villages of Trelawnyd, Gwespyr, Trelogan, Penyffordd, Gronant, Tyn y Morfa, Ffynnongroyw, Penyffordd, Mostyn and Llanasa. The pupils commute to school via bus and taxi. The school has a homely, family nature with staff and parents working together closely to ensure the best outcomes for the pupils. Every pupil is important to Ysgol Mornant and receives personal attention due to the nature of the classes – small numbers of children in three classrooms, with the support of staff and experienced assistants.
Ysgol Gymraeg Mornant is a Welsh Medium Primary School within the Local Education Authority, at present accommodating approximately 42 pupils in the 3 – 11 age range. We are proud of our links with our local Welsh-medium Secondary school, Ysgol Maes Garmon, in Mold. We see this continuation of Welsh-medium education as being an integral part of the standard in service that we as a school offer, and we are proud of the productive relationship that exists between our schools. We believe being fluently bilingual is an enormous advantage in life and we’re extremely proud that we’re able to play our part in the provision of Welsh-medium education from 3 years to 18 years in Flintshire through our partnership with Ysgol Maes Garmon.

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