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RJ: "Cwrs Carlam" is a teaching approach[br]that was designed to enable pupils

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who come from English[br]medium primary schools

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to develop the linguistic skills[br]in the Welsh language

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that they're fluent by the time[br]they leave the comprehensive.

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The idea behind it is that[br]by the time they're in year 9,

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so after three years[br]in a comprehensive school,

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the pupils will be in a position[br]to set their GCSEs in Welsh Language

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and they will then go on in year 10 and 11[br]to study for their AAS and Welsh language.

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Beyond that, they will leave[br]the school when ready

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to further education or employment[br]with the language skill developed.

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BW: Well, the Cwrs Carlam obviously[br]gives the pupils an opportunity

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to live themselves[br]within the Welsh language

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and to hear the Welsh language[br]within a classroom and around school

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and the extracurricular activities[br]that we have on offer

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and also to gain[br]two extra qualifications early.

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We have two transition teachers employed[br]by the school in the primary school

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so they're involved with teaching[br]their pupils on a weekly basis

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and they are then involved with

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working in collaboration with the primary[br]school teachers and assessing them

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on a termly basis[br]in the language skills:

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reading, writing, and oracy, of course.

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With the main emphasis on oracy[br]within the Key Stage 2.

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At the end of year 6,

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their results with regards to the key[br]stage levels in Welsh second language

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as well as teacher assessments[br]across the board in the core subjects,

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CAT scores then decide

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which pupils are suitable[br]for the fast-track class.

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With any language if it's about speaking[br]and gaining the confidence

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so giving them as enough opportunities[br]to hear and use the Welsh language

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is of the utmost importance,

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and that is why we teach those five[br]other subjects bilingually as well.

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that would be history, RE, PE, PSC

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so that they can hear[br]the language all the time.

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LC: In doing other subjects[br]through the medium of Welsh's.

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I think has widened[br]our grasp with that subject

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and give us a more[br]complex grasp with that subject

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and then in terms of Welsh[br]giving us a wide vocabulary.

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I think it has definitely improved[br]my confidence linguistically

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and just in communication[br]and teamwork in skills

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FT: I thought it'd be[br]quite a hard transition

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because I'm from[br]an English-medium primary school

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but I found that it was quite easy[br]because this is not on your own

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you've got all the teachers[br]helping you as well

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and then soon you doing subjects[br]in Welsh like history, geography, and RE.

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And soon you remember words in history

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like 'canrif' is century[br]and 'chwyldro' is revolution

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so it was much easier[br]than I thought it was going to be.

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BW: The results with regards to Welsh[br]at Key Stage 3, 4, and 5 are excellent

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and, you know, well above national[br]averages and local authority averages.

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So I definitely think that it's benefited[br]the school and the pupils in general.