FLINTSHIRE COUNCIL ATTACKS WELSH-MEDIUM TEACHING.

People in Wales have the right to be educated in the language of Wales. Nearby in Wrecsam we have just celebrated the National Eisteddfod, just as we did in Mold four years ago. A celebration of Welsh literature, poetry, music and above all, culture. Can you imagine the impact in the future when the Eisteddfod returns to Flintshire if we merge Welsh and English speaking schools? The future generations would not be able to celebrate the festival as they can now as their heritage becomes diluted. It is a poor argument saying that the merger would encourage the English speaking children to learn and speak Welsh. We know it would not as just as happens now, in order to communicate the Welsh speaking children would naturally divert to English. Keep Welsh language schools, safeguard them at all costs. The current generation has more Welsh speakers than the previous generation because of the push on getting more people to learn the language. A proposal to merge would mean the Welsh language would potentially slowly bleed to death in this area. Please do not let this happen.