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I'm Helen Greenwood
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and I run Pontypool Nursery school.
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One of the best things about working here
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is the variety.
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Clearly, we don't leave the same toys out all the time,
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so we get a chance to keep things
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and take other things out every team
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and talk to the children about
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what they want in the play corner.
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Can you find the red? And the orange too!
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A lot of research has been conducted over the years
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that demonstrates young children's ability to learn
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a second language very quickly.
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Good morning friends. Very good!
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It's very important that the majority of the staff
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Are either fluent in Welsh
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or are learning
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and are ready to use the Welsh with the children.
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For me, it's important
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because they start to learn now
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and they're like sponges.
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They take everything in now.
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Gloves and the hat…
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Well, it's everything to those of us in the family
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that can speak Welsh at home.
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It's important that our daughter
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who attends the nursery school here
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can have an education through her mother tongue
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and the fact that she can see
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that the language is alive
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and something she can use every day.
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Clap our hands. Clap our hands.
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Definitely, I'd like to see more people considering
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coming to work in nursery schools in the community.
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It's the best thing I've ever done.
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It's been fantastic here.
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