http://gopetition.com/signatures/a-category-2b-school-for-the-gwendraeth-valley.html Online petition signatures en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:58 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12481436?utm_medium=rss Mon, 2 Apr 2012 04:17:51 UTC 12481436 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10950446?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Aug 2011 08:20:30 UTC 10950446 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10291682?utm_medium=rss I cannot believe that this is legal - I want my children to have a truly bilingual education - they would be severely disadvantaged if they were to attend the proposed new school in Maes yr Yrfa and I do not want them to have to travel for an hour each day to school. What happens in the winter months!!! This policy is shortsighted and if implemented would have a detrimental effect on the community - causing resentment and division and affecting the future economic wellbeing of the community.

]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:19:02 UTC 10291682 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10211011?utm_medium=rss If all schools are given Cat. 1 or 2A this will be against the freedom of being able to have a good education for those who are either not particularly excellent at Welsh or have moved from an area where welsh is not taught.
I was taught in a bilingual 2B school in Llandeilo. If you very good at Welsh (Group 1) you were able to learn Geography, History and RE in Welsh, all others in English. If you were a Group 2-5 in Welsh, all lessons were in English. If you go to Uni the subject is Engligh

]]> Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:44:20 UTC 10211011 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/8829418?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Nov 2010 02:39:33 UTC 8829418 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7497073?utm_medium=rss Sun, 2 May 2010 11:09:08 UTC 7497073 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7481603?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:44:11 UTC 7481603 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7452603?utm_medium=rss The idea of forcing children into Welsh medium education is absolutely ludicrous!! I can fully appreciate the need to cultivate the language so that it does not die out but essentially this is taking away children's rights. Going forward, if children were only to receive their education in Welsh this would make further education (university) increasingly difficult, especially if they were to study out of Wales. Anything other than a 2B scool is madness!!!!!!!

]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:29:26 UTC 7452603 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7276339?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 01:07:37 UTC 7276339 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7274569?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:52:27 UTC 7274569 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7269770?utm_medium=rss Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:30:05 UTC 7269770 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7179699?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:02:34 UTC 7179699 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7179684?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:59:35 UTC 7179684 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7068994?utm_medium=rss Having a category 2A is nothing more than rasism. The Gwendraeth Valley will be greatly affected after YOU LOT decide to throw out the English, Polish, Americans, Irish, Scottish, etc etc from the valley. These people have the right to live in our area and treated with respect, not treated like the Germans treated the jews.

]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2010 06:17:40 UTC 7068994 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7064153?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Mar 2010 08:12:22 UTC 7064153 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7056096?utm_medium=rss Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:29:47 UTC 7056096 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/7024929?utm_medium=rss Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:20:37 UTC 7024929 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6998629?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Feb 2010 01:35:00 UTC 6998629 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6997065?utm_medium=rss Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:05:39 UTC 6997065 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6993060?utm_medium=rss It is very important that Welsh people, who are first language English, are not discriminated against in our free and open country.

]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:09:28 UTC 6993060 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6979762?utm_medium=rss I WANT A 2B SCHOOL TO HAVE THE CHOICE

]]> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:00:43 UTC 6979762 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6968533?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Feb 2010 03:59:55 UTC 6968533 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/6957424?utm_medium=rss I havealways lived within the Gwendraeth Valley and consider it reprehensible for Carmarthenshire County Council to curtail our freedom of choice for our children by withdrawing a bilingual education option

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 05:21:05 UTC 6957424 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5965001?utm_medium=rss I attended this school for 6 years after my parents moved from England to Wales after my father's job changed. Despite only spending 6 of my 33 years in Wales, I have to say that due to the quality, bi-lingual education I received at Ysgol Gwendreath I consider myself part Welsh, have an excellent knowledge of Welsh heritage, culture and the language. A Welsh only medium of education at this school would deny others the same opportunity I recieved which would be a travesty.

]]> Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:49:25 UTC 5965001 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5956435?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:50:40 UTC 5956435 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5863491?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:26:21 UTC 5863491 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5863450?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:18:18 UTC 5863450 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5846422?utm_medium=rss We all have the right to decide what language we have our education in, a truly bilingual school will benefit all - english and welsh speakers. If the school becomes a welsh medium school only the welsh speakers will get an education.

]]> Wed, 8 Jul 2009 10:26:30 UTC 5846422 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5775473?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:27:47 UTC 5775473 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5773748?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:43:14 UTC 5773748 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5771000?utm_medium=rss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:22:09 UTC 5771000 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5770660?utm_medium=rss I Support the need for welsh medium education within the Gwendraeth Valley, but not to the detriment of our childrens education, and the segregation of a community.
Give the Gwendraeth Valley CHOICE !!!
Support Category 2B

]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:55 UTC 5770660 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5742657?utm_medium=rss 2B FOR GWENDRAETH VALLEY

]]> Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:31:20 UTC 5742657 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5361369?utm_medium=rss Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:17:26 UTC 5361369 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5287130?utm_medium=rss Category 2 schools are vital to the community. Not all parents want their children to go to a solely Welsh school as they worry their children will not cope with this as they are from a non welsh speaking family. the 2b school provides the opportunity for the child to be taught their national language but to have the combination of english teaching. please listen to the parents in this area..

]]> Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:35:01 UTC 5287130 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5283471?utm_medium=rss Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:54:15 UTC 5283471 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5277910?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:05:21 UTC 5277910 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5276849?utm_medium=rss i hope this school can stay open as 2 of my grand daughters go there and other 1 this year . its a good school they doing so good there it will b a pity 2 move them . thank you gaynor morgan conserned grand mother

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:32:12 UTC 5276849 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5275371?utm_medium=rss Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:33:43 UTC 5275371 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5226007?utm_medium=rss Please dont merge these schools by turning Gwendraeth into an all welsh school as well as maes yr yrfa you are leaving no English first language school around that area!

]]> Fri, 3 Apr 2009 05:58:28 UTC 5226007 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5200393?utm_medium=rss There is enough pressure on pupils with current curriculum requirements plus pressure to do well especially in the current economic climate without having to learn & be fluent in what could be a second language

]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:04:44 UTC 5200393 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5199702?utm_medium=rss Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:12:05 UTC 5199702 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5194522?utm_medium=rss Sat, 28 Mar 2009 06:59:09 UTC 5194522 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5188896?utm_medium=rss Fri, 27 Mar 2009 05:53:46 UTC 5188896 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5180956?utm_medium=rss Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:12:21 UTC 5180956 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5177431?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:16:24 UTC 5177431 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5175917?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:17:05 UTC 5175917 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5174509?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:27:03 UTC 5174509 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5174012?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:14:18 UTC 5174012 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5173564?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:17:21 UTC 5173564 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5173452?utm_medium=rss Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:38:44 UTC 5173452 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5173396?utm_medium=rss Fight till the end to leave it as it was!

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:25:55 UTC 5173396 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5170805?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:14:39 UTC 5170805 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5157557?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Mar 2009 09:02:21 UTC 5157557 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5157549?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Mar 2009 08:59:18 UTC 5157549 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5157023?utm_medium=rss Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:21:50 UTC 5157023 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5135698?utm_medium=rss Everyone in the community can speak English but not everyone can speak Welsh. 2B is the only choice for the community!!

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:13:06 UTC 5135698 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5135682?utm_medium=rss 2B is the only choice to satisfy the community as a whole!!!

]]> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 07:10:24 UTC 5135682 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5128496?utm_medium=rss I came to the Gwendraeth Valley having been brought up in America. Without a school that used English as the main language I would have suffered and my education could have been severely throttled. As Ysgol Y Gwendraeth taught me through the medium of both English and Welsh I was to get a good education and learn to speak Welsh. Surely, if the only education available is through the medium of Welsh, then the opportunities for the children of the valley are then being narrowed and stifled.

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 05:36:22 UTC 5128496 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5127213?utm_medium=rss I moved from Devon to Wales without one word of Welsh in my vocabulary. Ysgol Y Gwendraeth gave me the chance to LEARN Welsh, gaining an A* in my Welsh GCSE! I would have struggled and resented the language if I'd have been forced to do my education through the medium of Welsh. WE NEED CHOICE!!!

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:49:18 UTC 5127213 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5126522?utm_medium=rss GO RUTH!!!

]]> Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:27:41 UTC 5126522 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5124390?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:42:03 UTC 5124390 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5124331?utm_medium=rss A 2B option affords pupils all subjects through Welsh and English. Pupils and parents who want a totally Welsh medium education CAN DO SO. Pupils who want to have some subjects in Welsh and some in English CAN DO SO. And those who wish to have an English medium education CAN DO SO. This is the INCLUSIVE solution. Further, a school with such a strong Welsh ethos and with so many fluent Welsh speakers can only help to improve the language skills of those who do not speak Welsh as a first language.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:21:44 UTC 5124331 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5124235?utm_medium=rss 2B for Ysgol y Gwendraeth. Children are what matters. They all deserve a choice in life. The Deserve a choice to what school they go to, they deserve a choice of what they want to be when they grow up, They Deserve a choice at what language they wish to speak. Without a choice. Takes away their freedom of speech... Their freedom of speech in whatever language they desire to speak.

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2009 04:44:47 UTC 5124235 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5123160?utm_medium=rss make welsh a secondary language

]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:23:51 UTC 5123160 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5122956?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:23:55 UTC 5122956 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5122806?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:43:27 UTC 5122806 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5121720?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Mar 2009 05:09:30 UTC 5121720 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5118121?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:50:25 UTC 5118121 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5118104?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:47:28 UTC 5118104 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5116707?utm_medium=rss Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:31:47 UTC 5116707 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5113603?utm_medium=rss first thing wy close gwendraeth school when its the best school in our county .The amount of help iv had from the techers there is unbelivable when i started all of the teachers are welcoming and helpfull in every way possable. Most of the people and kids who had a choice what school do you want to go to its gwendraeth . I am welsh when i got told you got to do maths in welsh i was gobed smacked .all of gwendraeth teachers have my full backing to help to save YSGOL Y GWENDRAETH .

]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:43:48 UTC 5113603 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5110166?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:43:44 UTC 5110166 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5107057?utm_medium=rss I can't believe that parents at Maesyryrfa are so blinkered not to see that their children can still have a welsh medium education in a 2B school, whereas our children won't be able to get an english medium education in a 2A school. This is all about wstatus and Maes think they are more important than us at Gwendraeth. Real pity to watch 30 year friendships being ruined by this political move.

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:19:47 UTC 5107057 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5106370?utm_medium=rss Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:57:53 UTC 5106370 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5106181?utm_medium=rss 2b

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:27:30 UTC 5106181 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5104070?utm_medium=rss Lets us not be a inwardly looking valley.

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:32:22 UTC 5104070 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5102910?utm_medium=rss leave gwendraeth as a cat 2b school or you will divide the valley

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:59:36 UTC 5102910 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5098677?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:20:18 UTC 5098677 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5098644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:15:15 UTC 5098644 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5097979?utm_medium=rss Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:46:38 UTC 5097979 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5095486?utm_medium=rss I am a Welsh speaker who values the right to choose!

]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 07:34:24 UTC 5095486 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5092328?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:20:47 UTC 5092328 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5092323?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:20:00 UTC 5092323 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5092315?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:19:15 UTC 5092315 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5092313?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:18:45 UTC 5092313 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5091502?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:33:13 UTC 5091502 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5091497?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:32:45 UTC 5091497 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5091494?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:32:09 UTC 5091494 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5091485?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 03:31:23 UTC 5091485 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5091217?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 02:59:37 UTC 5091217 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5090595?utm_medium=rss Mon, 9 Mar 2009 01:57:06 UTC 5090595 https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/5089663?utm_medium=rss I think we need a billingual school in this area as there is so much english families that are in this area and need the facilities, i have been to Gwendraeth school and its a fantastic school and has given me great education in years without the english language i would have failed drastically with ny education, i have also now got a child and i can speak welsh but my partner cant and he will be very good with dealing with her homework in certain subjects that i am not very good with

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