Language Policy
The Gwynedd Education Authority operates a bilingual policy throughout all Gwynedd schools and this is reflected in Ysgol Friars.
The aim is to develop the ability of pupils to become bilingual in order to enable them to participate fully in the bilingual society in which they live. However, no pupil will be put into a teaching group where he or she could not cope with the language of instruction.
According to its resources, Ysgol Friars will seek to reflect and support the county language policy in its administration, its social life and pastoral organisation as well as in its academic provision.
The Gwynedd Language Policy Document shows that Ysgol Friars is in the category of Model CH, and fuller details are to be found in the document regarding the demands upon the school and its aims. Schools in this category teach up to 30% of the curriculum in Welsh
The daily administration of the school is bilingual.
Welsh as a subject
All pupils will take lessons in the Welsh Department up to the end of Year 11.
Bilingual Teaching
Some classes are taught in Welsh or bilingually for some of their timetable. Pupils will not be put in a class where they will not cope with the language of teaching. Pupils wishing to continue with some of their education in Welsh are able to do so.
During Years 7-9 we will seek to provide support for the work of the Welsh Department. This will entail seeking to strengthen the Welsh of all learners by providing opportunities for discussion in Welsh and communication in Welsh with teachers, and seeking to offer some subjects through bilingual teaching for the most fluent pupils.