Wisdom of School Holidays in March Questioned; Welsh Schools Miss the Benefit of Good WeatherWestern Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
Welsh government accused of having wrong priorities for education as it presses on with proposals to shorten summer holidays in shake-up of school calendars
Government financing and central planning, however, have helped reverse the decpne of Welsh. Road signs and official pubpc documents are written in both Welsh and Engpsh, and schoolchildren are required to learn both languages. Welsh is now one of the most successful of Europe’s regional ...
Ms Williams expressed concern over the Welsh government’s decision to scrap the scheme providing food to children in poverty during school holidays, citing budget constraints and the lack of additional COVID-related funds or underspend from free school meals. This is despite ...
There we met the chairman of governors, Dr David Williams, as well as the headmistress, Magali Roberts, and Catrin Morris, a parent and teacher at the school. The energy of the place was astounding, despite the fact it was meant to be closed for the summer holidays. Children played and...
With lockdown affecting so many people’s plans for holidays and travel, many of us have turned to more home-based ideas to spend time in the fresh air. We have spent a lot of time in the garden over this past year or so, and I thought it would be nice to combine ideas for the...
Government.Valleys' parents are no better when it comes to ensuring primary school children attend lessons: pupils in Pontypridd were the worst in Wales for failing to make classes with 8.3% of half day sessions missed, closely followed by youngsters in Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney where 8.2% of...