Students

News of our groups:

We currently have groups in Aberystwyth, Haverfordwest, Carmarthen, Merthyr, Pontypridd, Llandudno, Conway, Cardiff, Swansea and. Caerphilly.

We are thrilled to announce that we have secured additional funding from the Welsh Assembly Government to offer new groups in South East Wales and North East Wales. The School of Early Childhood is currently recruiting in these areas for the Certificate of Higher Education in Welsh and Bilingual Practice in the Early Years (Level 4).

Story Sacks

Photographs of students in Carmarthen, sharing their story sacks as part of their Blasar Iaith 3 assignment.

Student Quotations

Reasons for joining course

To use the Welsh language more with young children in my workplace

I am working in a Welsh playgroup and I need help!!

To take back Welsh activities to Nursery

To improve personal bilingual skills and be able to promote bilingual skills throughout the school.

To improve my knowledge and pronunciation of Welsh for the Early Years (as I trained in this age group with a PGCE)

To further vocabulary and gain confidence in working with young children, bilingually

To work with my colleagues to promote bilingualism

To learn enough Welsh to use in the assessment unit; and to increase bilingualism in the school

To be able to communicate with Welsh-speaking children in the day nursery where I work

To learn ways of introducing the Welsh language into 'everyday' life within a nursery setting

How is the course going so far?

Very good. The course is very 'hands on' and very informative. Plenty of ideas are given in each session

Very helpful, relaxed and fun

Really well. Tutor is very good, very patient, explains well.

Excellent. Easy to follow

Very enjoyable; lots of practical ideas; excellent, enthusiastic tutor; plenty of content.

Very well. Course is children-specific, involving songs and games that keep children interested and keen to learn.

Excellent - a good provider with superb resources that are applicable to the class situation; lovely activities during session and providing these at a good pace

I am finding the course valuable; I am enjoying myself and I am beginning to feel confident in speaking small sentences and phrases.

I feel I'm learning a lot from the course so far, I've already been able to use some of the work in my setting and it's helped me to communicate with the 2 Welsh-speaking children

It is going at a good pace - I am able to understand it well

learning slowly but enjoying it

Some good ideas for making learning Welsh fun for the children

I'm already using a lot of the ideas in my classroom and seeing the benefits