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-The Welsh family is changing.

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-Within the past half a century...

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-..the traditional model

-of Mam, Dad and 2.4 children...

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-..has all but disappeared.

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-It has been replaced by an

-altogether more contemporary unit.

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-One that's more complex

-and colourful than before.

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-These are the stories

-of the modern Welsh family.

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-Wales is a nation of exiles.

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-Come and get your Welsh cakes!

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-These days, half a million of us

-live in England.

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-More than 2,000 Welsh speakers

-leave Wales every year...

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-..to raise their families

-a long way from home.

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-A lot of people from Wales come

-to London to pursue their careers.

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-I'm from Merthyr Tydfil originally.

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-I left the town

-when I went to university...

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-..before moving down to London

-to be with Carol.

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-When Lynden moved to England,

-instead of forgetting his roots...

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-..he decided to learn Welsh and

-persuaded wife Carol to do the same.

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-How's your Welsh today?

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-Fine, thanks. I've been practising.

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-I don't know

-if it's any good or not good!

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-Lynden and Carol have two very

-special reasons for learning Welsh.

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-My name's Angharad

-and I'm seven years old.

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-My name's Lowri

-and I'm five years old.

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-It's very important for me,

-in particular, that they grow up...

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-..being able to speak Welsh.

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-I'm English...

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-..but I know it's good for

-the children to learn two languages.

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-I agree. I agreed.

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-When it came to choosing a school...

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-..it was the obvious choice.

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-..it was the obvious choice.

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-Good morning.

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-Good morning,

-Miss Rawlins and everyone.

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-I use the same word every time.

-It's really, really unique.

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-Apart from Patagonia,

-Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain...

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-..is the only Welsh-medium school

-outside of Wales.

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-It's a village school,

-only it's in London.

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-It's a small miracle.

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-I'm in Reception, Bronwen's in

-Reception and Genova's in Reception.

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-Despite the journey from hell and

-the stress of getting to school...

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-..hearing 'bore da' at the gates

-takes a load off, it really does.

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-In order to provide a bilingual

-education for the children...

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-..parents sacrifice a great deal.

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-Mami!

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-Carol and Lynden had to agree...

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-..on who would give up their job

-to care for the children.

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-I leave the house very early.

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-I leave at...

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-..before seven o'clock.

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-Lynden has to...

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-..see to everything

-for the children in the morning.

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-It's hard work.

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-Ow!

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-Ow!

-

-Sorry, am I going too fast?

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-Sorry.

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-Ouch!

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-For Lynden, getting to school

-is a job in itself.

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-Door to door, it's about 45 minutes.

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-Are you alright?

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-Miss Sullivan,

-the school's headteacher...

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-..is first to acknowledge the effort

-made by parents like Lynden.

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-People travel a long way to school.

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-Some come from St Albans

-while others come from Heathrow...

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-..or further down from Heathrow.

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-Fair play, their commitment

-to the school is incredible.

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-The parents who travel furthest...

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-..are Mark and Carlene.

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-So this is the start of our journey.

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-It's about an hour and a half...

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-..we have to allow ourselves

-to get out in the mornings.

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-Coming back, it's two hours.

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-It's an hour and a half

-in the mornings, on a good morning.

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-The journey to school...

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-..is quite boring.

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-There are so many cars on the road

-because many people live in London.

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-It takes ages.

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-The worst thing is the journey.

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-The journey, without a doubt.

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-The school I attended in Llanelli

-was just around the corner.

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-I grew up with the children

-who were in my class at school.

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-Our children don't get that...

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-..at present.

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-But the advantages

-outweigh the disadvantages.

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-I can't fully explain...

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-..but in my heart...

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-..I'm really determined

-that my children will speak Welsh.

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-CHILDREN SING IN WELSH

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-# Everyone, shout out loud

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-# I'm Welsh

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-# Now I'm going to shout it out loud

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-# I love my country,

-I love my language #

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-Good morning, Year 1.

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-Good morning, Year 1.

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-Good morning, Miss Rawlins...

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-..and everyone.

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-Once everyone is present,

-the teaching begins...

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-..not in two but three languages.

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-Good morning, William.

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-Good morning, William.

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-Good morning, Miss Rawlins. Ca va.

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-Ca va bien?

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-No, just ca va.

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-No, just ca va.

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-Comme ci comme ca?

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-Yes? So-so.

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-At school,

-we speak Welsh, French and English.

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-Bronwen, will you

-help Aneurin with his book?

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-The children play nicely together...

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-..and with different ages.

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-I'm very happy with the school.

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-It's really difficult

-to explain to a person...

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-..who isn't familiar

-with Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain.

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-It's the best Welsh school

-in the world, in my opinion.

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-But to keep the school open...

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-..every parent must contribute.

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-The school couldn't continue...

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-..without the support

-of the parents...

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-..and without fundraising and fees.

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-The school could never stay open.

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-Although Lynden

-doesn't work full-time...

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-..he does

-an important job on the schoolyard.

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-The school has no caretaker...

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-..so we have to step in.

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-Many parents help out here.

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-The school depends on us, really.

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-The lower school's buildings

-are quite old.

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-I think they're Victorian.

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-They require a lot of upkeep.

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-I like being here...

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-..and being part of the school...

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-..but it'd also be nice

-to have a caretaker!

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-I'll go and find a brush.

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-Sara-Ellen

-is another parent who contributes.

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-She uses her writing skills

-to market the school.

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-The Welsh school is for the family.

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-That's the only way

-to describe it...

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-..because there are

-15 families in the school.

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-Everyone works together.

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-More help is required during lunch.

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-Sean is one of the parents

-on duty today.

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-Every Friday...

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-..two parents come to look after the

-children during their lunch break.

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-I feel it's very good because you

-get the chance to see your child...

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-..chatting and interacting

-with the other children.

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-You get to see them at school...

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-..in an environment

-you don't normally see them in.

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-Every parent has a reason

-for making the effort.

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-Oh, Genova-Rose!

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-Right.

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-It's very important...

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-..that she attends

-Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain...

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-..because I didn't get

-the opportunity to learn Welsh...

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-..at school.

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-Welsh culture

-is very important to me.

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-When we were little...

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-..my mum,

-she wanted us to learn some Welsh.

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-Are you helping me?

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-Turn it and turn it.

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-We learned bits and pieces...

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-..so you could speak a little bit.

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-But not many people

-speak Welsh in Swansea.

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-Crack it. Ah! Oops!

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-Sara-Ellen's husband, Stefano,

-is Italian.

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-When Genova-Rose was a baby,

-the family lived in Italy.

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-I always knew

-we'd come back from Italy...

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-..and Genova-Rose

-would go to the London Welsh School.

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-I wanted to give her

-the opportunity that I never had.

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-"Girella E La Regina..."

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-At home, I speak Welsh...

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-..Italian and English,

-all in the same sentence sometimes!

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-We've invented

-almost like a hybrid...

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-..of English, Welsh and Italian now.

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-I don't know

-what you'd call it in Welsh.

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-Cymsaeseg maybe?

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-I don't know.

-It's a bit of a mix anyway.

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-Do you want to

-read the story in Italian now?

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-Dad will read the story. OK?

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-You're happy. OK.

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-"Giulio Cornelio...

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-"..e la farfalle."

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-"..e la farfalle."

-

-Bravissima.

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-What's farfalle in Welsh?

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-What's farfalle in Welsh?

-

-Pili pala.

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-Genova-Rose will have the choice

-of three languages for ever...

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-..but Sara-Ellen hopes she will

-favour one more than the others.

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-I'm sure Genova-Rose

-will speak Welsh in future.

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-I'm sure about that.

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-When she's bigger, she might

-want to go to university in Wales.

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-I don't know. I hope so.

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-.

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-Subtitles

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-Subtitles

-

-Subtitles

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-Though there's a village-school feel

-to the classroom...

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-..Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain

-is an inner-city school...

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-..which fulfils a special demand.

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-It's important

-for the children to learn Welsh...

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-..and to have

-a Welsh-medium education.

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-It's a vital resource

-for everyone in Wales, potentially.

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-Answer me, please, Angharad.

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-Lynden and Carol

-have sacrificed a lot...

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-..to provide a Welsh education

-for their children.

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-What do you say?

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-Thank you, naughty Dadi!

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-We lived in Clapham in south London.

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-We decided

-to move to Harrow initially...

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-..to be near the school.

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-It was very important to me

-for them to grow up...

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-..being able to speak Welsh.

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-Before long, they will have to make

-yet another sacrifice...

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-..if they want Lowri and Angharad...

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-..to have

-a Welsh-medium secondary education.

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-They finish primary school

-at 11 years of age.

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-We have to decide

-whether we move to Wales...

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-..for them to finish

-their Welsh-medium education...

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-..or stay in London.

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-We'll see.

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-At the moment,

-it depends on your career...

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-..and on your work, really.

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-You want to move to Wales.

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-I'd like to move back to Wales.

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-But it depends on several factors.

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-I don't know at the moment

-but we have to decide soon...

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-..in the next year or so.

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-We have to decide soon, anyway.

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-What's in there?

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-What's in there?

-

-A snail. Two snails and one slug.

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-For Mark and Carlene's children,

-the decision has already been made.

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-We've decided

-to move back to Wales now.

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-Hopefully to Llanelli.

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-I wouldn't be happy

-returning to Wales...

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-..if the children

-couldn't speak Welsh.

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-It's so important

-for our children...

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-..to understand Welsh and to speak

-Welsh, especially in modern Wales.

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-It's important

-for many jobs nowadays.

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-My children are of mixed race too.

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-I don't want them to move to Wales

-without being able to speak Welsh.

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-Did you know there are

-more sheep in Wales than people?

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-While Mark is from Llanelli, Carlene

-comes from the Cayman Islands.

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-I'll braid it

-and put the beads at the end.

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-Aidan, Seren and Saffron

-are raised in both cultures.

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-We still manage to maintain

-our traditional Caribbean values.

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-So I try to raise the children

-in that way, to an extent.

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-Surprisingly,

-it's very much close to the Welsh...

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-..because it's

-very much family oriented.

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-I'm very close to my family,

-even though they're in the Caymans.

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-Mark is close to his family as well.

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-We take the kids to Cayman as well.

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-It gets harder

-now they're in school.

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-We used to take them out

-three times a year.

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-Cayman's warm.

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-When it rains, you know about it

-because it rains so heavily.

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-This is mine too. It's Cayman sand.

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-What's sand in Welsh, Seren?

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-Tywod.

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-It takes 12 hours to reach Cayman.

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-Then from Cayman to Cabo beach.

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-That's Cabo beach there.

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-The children spend school holidays

-in Wales too with Mam-gu and Tad-cu.

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-Wales is fun.

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-There's the same amount of things

-to do as there is in London...

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-..but you don't have to

-queue up for everything.

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-When they go to Wales...

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-..it makes me feel very emotional.

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-They don't expect

-to see mixed-race children...

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-..speaking Welsh.

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-It's nice because they start

-asking them questions after that.

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-"What school do you go to?"

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-"Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain."

-"Llundain?"

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-It's nice to hear that.

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-It makes me feel 10-feet tall.

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-I speak Welsh because

-Welsh is the language of heaven.

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-Genova-Rose is also growing up...

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-..influenced by many cultures.

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-THEY CHANT

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-Sara-Ellen became a Buddhist..

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-..when she was 17 years old.

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-The whole point of chanting

-Nam-myoho-renge-kyo...

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-..is to transform

-the negativity in your life...

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-..and to develop your courage,

-compassion and wisdom...

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-..which are your Buddhahood.

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-THEY CHANT

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-Dad's Catholic

-and my mother's Protestant.

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-So, for my mum, Mum said...

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-"If you want to be a Catholic,

-Protestant, Jew or Buddhist...

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-"..that's completely up to you.

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-"No problem. Don't worry."

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-At school, the children get a chance

-to escape the hustle and bustle...

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-..and write a story in silence

-to end the day.

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-"As we leave and head for home

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-"Please look after us

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-"Keep us from hurt and harm

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-"Make us refrain

-from doing foolish things. Amen."

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-Let's fetch our coats and bags.

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-Are you going to say goodbye?

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-Homework.

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-The journey home from school

-is a long one for everybody.

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-It doesn't always end

-on a Friday afternoon either.

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-In order to keep

-the school's doors open...

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-..parents and teachers must work

-in their leisure time too.

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-Here's the school staff.

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-The headteacher, teachers

-and support staff too.

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-They're all amazing.

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-In a normal school...

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-..you'd go at Christmas

-to watch the show...

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-..and you'd go to the parent-teacher

-day, and that's about it...

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-..bar the odd raffle ticket

-or fundraiser.

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-For us, it's a guerra,

-as they say in Italian.

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-It's a war,

-it's a battle, battaglia...

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-..to constantly keep

-the school going.

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-Who's winning?

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-It'd be nice

-if it received funding from Wales...

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-..one day in the future.

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-The school really needs

-more support from Wales.

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-Until that happens, they must

-do their best to raise money...

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-..in a joint effort.

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-Come and get your Welsh cakes!

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-In Queen's Park, they're trying

-to fill the school's coffers...

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-..with a taste of Wales.

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-I look forward

-to the Queen's Park Day every year.

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-The children get excited.

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-The first thing they say in the

-morning is, "Can we have cakes?"

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-It raises a lot of money

-for the school too...

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-..so it's important

-to support the cause.

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-Do you like it?

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-Among the Welsh cakes

-and bara brith...

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-..friends get together.

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-Are you alright?

-I like the shirt.

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-Thanks. Fancy seeing you here!

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-Welsh cakes! Welsh cakes!

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-Lots of people

-are buying things from the stand.

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-That was the plan.

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-You can see

-the children are having fun too.

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-This is Idris, this is Sion...

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-..this is Seren.

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-There's a great team spirit here.

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-With every penny...

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-..and every effort...

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-..they're winning the battle

-to retain their Welshness.

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-Everyone's helping out.

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-Everyone's been doing their bit.

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-A bit before, a bit now...

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-..and the cleaning up afterwards!

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