Mudiad
Ysgolion Meithrin
Project Manager - Medi James
Boulevard St Brieuc
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1PD
T: 01970 639639
F: 01970 639638
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin are the leading Welsh early years specialists. MYM’s aim is to improve the Welsh language skills of its childcare staff. MYM is the main provider of Welsh medium early years care and education in the voluntary sector in Wales. It employs 180 staff nationally and over 1,500 members of staff work in MYM’s cylchoedd Meithrin (play groups).
As play is integral to every aspect of children’s development, the experiences and activities offered across MYM’s range of provision are based on learning through play and acquiring a second language. Special emphasis is placed on language development and the personal, social and emotional development of the children in MYM’s cylchoedd.
The purpose of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin’s work in CWLWM is to provide MYM staff in Cylchoedd (playgroups) and Cylchoedd Ti a Fi (parent toddler groups) with a team of Welsh language support officers to work, over a two year period, in the areas of Wales where the Welsh language is deemed to be at its weakest.
This will improve the Welsh language skills of MYM’s childcare staff and reinforce an essential key skill necessary for work with young children under the auspices of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin. It will take place in the workplace where staff and young children are gaining communication skills at an early age and what they learn in one language is instantly available through their other language.
Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin’s CWLWM work will result in:
- Securing 14 Welsh language support officers in 14 counties across Wales.
- Approximately 100 people will benefit from training.
- Successful training will lead to a boost in the confidence of MYM’s staff to speak more Welsh, firstly with the children in their care, and subsequently with the childrens’parents.
For further information about the Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin click here to visit their website.
