Welsh medium education

[Whisperer]

Funny you should say this Eric, cardiff council want to expand a Welsh primary as it’s full and has no space to expand in its current site, they also of course receive more money per pupil if they are learning in Welsh. My kids go to an English primary school nearby, a large site with two buildings, lots of space and it’s possibly not full due to 3 other schools being within half a mile.
We heard a few months ago the plan was to either swap sites or possibly merge giving the Welsh lot the smaller building for key stage 1, thus mixing the schools. Thought that might be quite a good idea but the welshy parents wanted all or nothing. The Welsh school is mainly all white middle class and ours is probably only 40%, it’s one of the most cosmopolitan schools in cardiff and has kids recently arrived from all over including Iraq and the like. I know a few of the Welsh parents and they don’t think they are but their views are bordering on racist which is why they don’t want precious Jonny mixing with kids from such places.
Put the council in a bit of a flux now anyway, all or nothing hasn’t gone down well in our school. You would think with covid and kids well being they would have other focus anyway. We will see hey

Yeah even the twee English middle class are learning the Welsh language - it’s so in vogue.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Yeah even the twee English middle class are learning the Welsh language - it’s so in vogue.

It's 'faux' Welsh. Probably the only language you'll hear around Riverside - sorry Pontcanna, most weekends. It's a major leg-up in getting a career in the Assembly, Local Council, or any of the 100's of quangos that have been created here in Wales over the past 20yrs.
The Missus's 1st language was Welsh, and she would prefer our grandson was at a main stream English speaking school