Pupils of Ty’n y Wern Primary School have been busy creating a walking trail around their local area as part of their entry to the Welsh heritage Competition.
Each year the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative Committee invites all schools in Wales to enter heritage projects in a nationwide competition.
The school’s spring term humanities topic ‘Taith Trwy Trethomas’ saw each class researching the history of certain buildings in and around the locality. Their findings were used to produce the new and exciting walking trail – The TTT – Which will contribute to the school’s 12th entry into the competition.
Each landmark or building displays a sign which has a short description and a QR code. Whilst at the location, walkers can scan the QR code to find out more about the history of the building as well as being informed of how many steps you have taken at that point in the journey.
If you are interested in walking this fabulous trail, maps are available from the school and local shops.
The staff and pupils at Ty’n y Wern Primary are encouraging the whole community and beyond to get involved and ask that everyone floods their Twitter or Facebook feeds using the hashtag #WalktheTTT.
As well as being very proud of their community and its heritage, Ty’n y Wern are also an ‘Active Journeys’ school therefore, the walking trail supports one of the school’s core values of encouraging active journeys and supporting physical and mental wellbeing.
The school’s Pupil Leadership Team said, “We really enjoyed this topic as the information that we learnt about the buildings in our community was very interesting and it was fascinating to compare how the village has changed throughout time. We thoroughly enjoyed setting the trail and getting out and about in our lovely village. We hope that the trail can be used and enjoyed by the community and visitors for many years to come.”
The project title was also used as the theme for our Dogs Trail Snoopy sculpture, which is currently on display at Caerphilly Library. The school’s Snoopy, which was inspired by the Welsh artist Martyn Evans, depicts buildings and areas of interest from around Trethomas.
Richard (Ed) Edmunds, Corporate Director for Education and Corporate Services commented, “We at Caerphilly Council are very proud of the enthusiasm shown by both pupils and staff at Ty’n y Wern. This trail is an amazing achievement and we wish you the best of luck in the competition.
“I would encourage all schools across the Caerphilly County Borough to take part in this competition for students of all ages, to learn about their heritage and their wider community.”
