Welsh in EM settings
Welsh in EM settings
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For all resources to support Welsh in English-medium settings refer to https://sites.google.com/hwbcymru.net/ygromlech
Insights from Pembrokeshire
Insights from Pembrokeshire
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Pennar School
Pennar School
Age range: 5 - 11
Cost: £100 inital training of Welsh Lead during Welsh Coordinator meeting Spring 2022
3x Twilight sessions for PS2/3 Staff on MARS EARS approach and activities at no cost
£520 to purchase additional copies of the support books (50x Pawen Lawen and 50x Herio)
Summary of approach
All schools can use this approach to deliver Welsh as a second language from year 2 onwards.
Potential for the same approach/activities to be used for MFL in the future.
A minimum of three half-hour sessions of curriculum time needed weekly for the approach to be successful.
Links strongly with CfW expectations that pupils should be bilingual and confident in their use of Welsh. Offers opportunities for cross-curricular use of Welsh.
Impact evaluated in Pembrokeshire schools
Pennar Community School have been trialing the approach since Summer 2022, initially only in Year 3 and 4 and then across PS2/3 Since Sept 2022.
Feedback from staff and pupils very positive.
Feedback from ESTYN inspection in October 2022 was positive regarding the impact of the MARS EARS approach in Year 3/4.
Website/link to resources
Y GROMLECH - MARS EARS Training
Monitoring template
Monitoring template
Central to the Language Strategy is the importance of understanding the impact of what we do on learner progress.
We need to understand current abilities in order to successfully develop these abilities across the continuum 3-16.
We advocate a 'photo album' rather than 'snapshot' approach to assessment of standards and progress.
Alongside is a way of summarising and reporting learner skills relative to the formerly age-related Literacy Framework. If you use it, simply delete out the year groups not relevant to the learners you are considering.
With all monitoring we recommend:
mapping out all monitoring and feedback/planning sessions across the year in advance and publishing expectations to all involved.
ensuring that actions agreed at previous monitoring are revisited, reflected upon and informed decisions are made whether to persevere or pivot from a previously agreed way forward, before any new actions are considered.
discussing findings and co-constructing a way forward with all staff very soon after the monitoring in scheduled planning meetings.
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