The main problem at the moment is that Welsh medium teaching materials/resources are not as comprehensive as those available in English which means we as teachers have to prepare and adapt more materials ourselves.

Enlgish language materials are generally of a better standard than those available in Welsh. Welsh web-sites are often not as children-friendly as English medium ones.

The all encompasing presence of English in children's lives has a detrimental effect on their knowledge and use of Welsh with children having a tendency to use a lot of English vocabulary and sentence structure.

Possible solutions:

1) Provide good models of Welsh language use for the children and invite Welsh celebrities with a good standard of Welsh to contribute to school activities.

2) Although the standard and availability of Welsh language resources has improved significantly during the past 10 years there is still a need for additional funding for the production of Welsh medium resources.

The school is situated in a Welsh-speaking rural community in north-east Wales. The majority of pupils come from Welsh speaking homes. However the school also has an international feel with a number of pupils speaking languages other than Welsh and English at home namely; German, French, Tagalog, Spanish, Italian and Turkish. Non-Welsh speaking children who attend the school make rapid progress in their learning of Welsh and so the school plays an important role in assimilating newcomers to the community and sustaining the Welsh language.