Primary schools

In Carmarthenshire, Welsh medium education is available to all children and young people, within reasonable travelling distance from their homes. In Welsh medium education, Welsh is used as the medium for teaching, but both Welsh and English are taught as a subject also. All children who receive Welsh medium education will be able to transfer to Welsh medium secondary education regardless of the language used at home.

Welsh medium education immerses children in the Welsh language from the start. The children speak Welsh in class and are encouraged to use Welsh when socialising and taking part in activities. Having experience of Welsh in all aspects of life improves the standard of their Welsh and ensures that they are fully bilingual.

A Language Charter is being implemented in primary schools in Carmarthenshire which helps to provide more opportunities for children to use Welsh socially. Experts recognize that a minority language like Welsh needs to be used in all aspects of life in order for an individual to be truly bilingual. 

Who’d have thought?!

Young children don’t need to learn a language as adults do. They absorb languages if they are exposed to them enough.