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

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who come from English
medium primary schools

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to develop the linguistic skills
in the Welsh language

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that they're fluent by the time
they leave the comprehensive.

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

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so after three years
in a comprehensive school,

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

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

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Beyond that, they will leave
the school when ready

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to further education or employment
with the language skill developed.

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

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to live themselves
within the Welsh language

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and to hear the Welsh language
within a classroom and around school

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and the extracurricular activities
that we have on offer

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and also to gain
two extra qualifications early.

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We have two transition teachers employed
by the school in the primary school

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so they're involved with teaching
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
school teachers and assessing them

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on a termly basis
in the language skills:

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reading, writing, and oracy, of course.

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With the main emphasis on oracy
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
stage levels in Welsh second language

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as well as teacher assessments
across the board in the core subjects,

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CAT scores then decide

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which pupils are suitable
for the fast-track class.

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

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so giving them as enough opportunities
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
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
the language all the time.

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

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I think has widened
our grasp with that subject

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and give us a more
complex grasp with that subject

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

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I think it has definitely improved
my confidence linguistically

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and just in communication
and teamwork in skills

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

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because I'm from
an English-medium primary school

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

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you've got all the teachers
helping you as well

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and then soon you doing subjects
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
and 'chwyldro' is revolution

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

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

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and, you know, well above national
averages and local authority averages.

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