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 THE SCHOOL ETHOS

Since the school is an official bilingual school it is expected that both parents and pupils are enthusiastic about education through the medium of Welsh.

It is expected that pupils show respect and pride in the Welsh language by using it constantly inside and outside the classroom.

We strive to engender a pride in the pupils for the language, culture, history and heritage of Wales.

We do our best to instil in the pupils a respect for people and property so that we live in a civilised and tolerant society. We also try to nurture personal virtues in the pupils, virtues such as courtesy, honesty, perserverance and conscientiousness amongst others.

The importance of providing equal opportunities for every child regardless of his/her ability, sex, age or linguistic background is emphasised.

High standards of discipline are maintained in the school which are reflected in the appearance and behaviour of the pupils. We belive that the most effective way of maintaining discipline is by fostering self discipline and responsible attitude among the pupils.

There is a family atmosphere in the school with close co-operation between the staff, (teachers, administrative staff, kitchen staff) pupils and parents. An excellent Parents Association exists and there is very good support for any event held at the school.

The school is a community school. The community uses the facilities of the school extensively in the community as a resource to enrich the education of the children.

The aim of the school is to ensure that every pupil achieves his/her true potential - academically, socially, and in personal development - in a bilingual community.

 

 PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES

Our aim is to do our utmost to ensure that pupils who suffer from any disability - physical, mental or a learning disability - are admitted to Ysgol y Preseli.

Even though the building is not very suitable for pupils with physical disabilities we would liaise with the Education Authority to ensure that the necessary adaptations were made in order that the majority of classrooms were accessible to children with physical disabilities.

We firmly believe in equal access to the curriculum as well as equal opportunity to children with physical, mental or learning disabilities. In order to achieve this we liaise with the parents and the Education Authority to decide on the best programme of study for each individual child. The success of the programme provided is monitored annually and modified as necessary. This is done in consultation with the parents at the Annual Review Meeting.