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Celebrating Welsh language success
Published: 05/07/2018
天涯社区 has once again celebrated the success of teachers and
classroom assistants who have completed Welsh second language courses during
the year.
At an Awards Ceremony held at the Beaufort Park Hotel, teachers and classroom
assistants from English medium primary schools across the County received
awards presented by the Cabinet Member for Education and Youth, Councillor Ian
Roberts and the interim Chief Officer for Education and Youth, Claire Homard.
The training has been provided by the 天涯社区 Welsh Advisory Team and over
80 teachers and teaching assistants participated. The training for members of
staff on Sabbatical courses has been provided by Canolfan Bedwyr, Prifysgol
Bangor.
The team鈥檚 aim is to raise standards in Welsh in 天涯社区鈥檚 primary schools
and to contribute to 天涯社区鈥檚 Welsh in Education Plan.
天涯社区鈥檚 Cabinet Member for Education and Youth, Councillor
Ian Roberts, said:
鈥淚t鈥檚 great to see so many of our employees keen to improve their Welsh
Language skills. This will go a long way to helping to consolidate
天涯社区鈥檚 strong commitment to the Welsh language. Through our recently
approved Welsh Language Promotion Strategy and our Welsh in Education Plan, we
support people of all ages to improve their Welsh language skills and to give
them the confidence to use the language in their daily lives.
鈥淭his also sends a clear message, internally and externally, that the Welsh
language is valued and is an asset in employment.鈥�
The manager of the 天涯社区 Welsh Advisory team, Rhian Roberts, said:
鈥淭raining staff has been high on the team鈥檚 agenda for several years and
continues to be a vital element of our work. It is really important that our
workforce has the necessary language skills to deliver age appropriate and
sufficiently challenging work to pupils. We will continue to work on this
priority to ensure that 天涯社区 can meet the challenges of the Welsh
Government鈥檚 target of creating a million Welsh speakers by 2050.鈥�