Welcome!

It’s a pleasure to welcome you, parents and prospective parents of Flintshire, to this unique website. The website’s main objective is to provide information about the authority’s current Welsh-medium provision, support available for families who choose Welsh education, and the general wider advantages of bilingualism. It’s a unique resource specifically created for the people of Flintshire as the content is directly based on the experiences of local parents.

As a parent, deciding on your child’s education will be one of the most important decisions you will ever make. This website details all the Welsh-medium provision in the county and sign posts other organisations able to provide advice and support on various aspects of the Welsh language as you weigh up your options. 

More and more families in Flintshire are enjoying the benefits of bilingualism. Some of their stories are featured here, as proof that whatever your linguistic background, children (and their parents too!) really do benefit from Welsh medium education. By choosing Welsh-medium education, you will ensure that your child will become completely bilingual.

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Brand new app to help children to learn to read in welsh! Free!

Menter Iaith Sir y Fflint present new apps to help second-language and fluent Welsh-speaking pupils learn to read in Welsh in the Foundation Phase. One app with 12 easy stories (Llyfrau bach Magi Ann) is specifically for second-language pupils, who don’t attend Welsh medium education. 3 apps (Llyfrau hwyl gyda Magi Ann, Set 1, 2 and 3) with 26 easy stories are for pupils who attend Welsh medium schools. And there are more to come soon!

Magi Ann was the favourite dolly of a little girl called Mena. After growing up, Mena started teaching at Gwenffrwd School, Holywell. In order to help the children learn to read in Welsh, she wrote 56 stories about Magi Ann.

Menter Iaith Sir y Fflint present an animated Magi Ann in colour for the first time.

Come learn to read in Welsh with Magi Ann, Pero, Teddy, Dolly and Dicw!  

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Acknowledgements

Diolch to everyone who has been a part of this project, bringing Magi Ann and her friends to your screen. 

Thanks to Mrs Nia Connah, Ysgol Terrig Treuddyn for the original idea and flash of inspiration to start this ambitious project. 

We thank Denbighshire Advisory Teachers for the Welsh Language for their permission to develop the original black and white book that have been so popular with pupils across the North East and beyond since the 80s!

Huge thanks to all the volunteers that have had a belly full of fun recording the voice-overs for the books. The Flintshire accent isn’t often heard in the media, and so here is a golden opportunity for our children to listen to the natural tones of our local accent in the company of Magi Ann and friends. Thanks to Ann Jones, Sychdyn, Anne Jones, Trelogan, Ben Elias, Connah’s Quay, Bryn Davies, Rhes-y-cae, Elwyn Roberts, Mold, Gareth (Gaj) Williams, Mold, Gemma Gardner, Pontblyddyn and Liz Carter-Jones, Mold for allowing us to borrow their melodic voices!

Thank you to SOH for allowing us to use their recording studio without charge, and to one special guy, who gave up hours of his time voluntarily to ensure the best quality sound, the unique Mr Tony Banjo Kensall.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Nia Wyn Jones, Buckley for her eagle eyes while proof-reading everything. 

Thanks to Emma Lloyd and Caryl Parry Humphreys, Assistant Field Officers with Menter Iaith Sir y Fflint (aka the minions) for all their support and time scanning photos. 

A special thanks to the boys at Cwmni Sbectol, especially Siôn Maffia Jones and Simon Beech for making all our wishes come true and bringing Magi Ann alive on our screens. 

Thanks to Jac (3 years of age) for bringing a smile to our faces with his sweet and melodic voice on the Magi Ann theme tune.

Thanks to Rhian Davies, Menter Iaith Sir y Fflint Communications Officer for steering the project and keeping everyone else in line!

And lastly thanks to a very special lady, Mena Evans, the author of the original books, creator and mother of Magi Ann. Without her colourful imagination, this project would never have seen the light of day. 

Magi Ann has worked her way into the hearts of all involved with this project. We hope that Magi Ann will make friends with children and families from across Flintshire and all corners of Wales as a result of this project!