Merthyr Tydfil
Your Bilingual Journey / Becoming Bilingual
Are you thinking of Welsh Medium Education for your child? There are many advantages to being bilingual which can be found in the following resources
The Being Bilingual Booklet and video can be found here
What is available in Merthyr Tydfil to support you and your child?
We have a number of Ti a Fi groups for age 2 to 3
Playzone Trago Mills Merthyr Tydfil
Menter Iaith Merthyr Tydfil a Chanolfan Soar
We also have 5 Cylch Meithrin:
Trinity Childcare Cylch Meithrin Aberfan
There are two established Welsh Medium Primary Schools
Ysgol Santes Tudful are also overseeing the setting up of a third Welsh medium school in the North of the County
For secondary provision all children transfer to Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun in RCT
What about supporting the family if they don’t speak Welsh?
There are lots of opportunities to learn Welsh and we work very closely with Learn Welsh Glamorgan
As a Local Authority we have developed our own brand #Shwmaeronment and our vision is to develop Merthyr Tydfil as a County Borough where the Welsh language is heard, spoken and celebrated through all walks of life.’ Please follow our social media pages where we share all we are doing to promote and develop the use of Welsh supported by our very own mascot – Dwynwen.
Shwmaeronment twitter page
For any more information on Welsh Language Education and promotion please contact shwmaeronment@merthyr.gov.uk