P-05-828 Presumption in favour of rural schools – Correspondence from the Petitioner to the Committee, 17.09.18

Hear on anglesey every community/ villages are worried about our schools especially their are schools that are community schools where we will lose our school and our community halls. My children go to ysgol gymuned bodffordd where the school caters for 85 children and every morning the Mudiad cylch meithrin uses the school hall/community hall to hold their nusery. This nusery has been known one of wales best we strongly believe children come on leaps an bounds at a young age if the get the best education and this is what happens in this building. They move forward to their school years where they are familiar with everyone as the school works with the nursery. In the school they are taught good education and taught how to help one another they are a family they really are its an amazing school I have never known children to respect one another like they do and they all play to gether big kids with the youngest an the youngest with the oldest. All we as parents want for ysgol gymuned bodffordd is to keep the doors open and use federation have the first school on anglesey working side by side but on two different sites.

On a personal note my boys love the school my eldest loves learning he Evan thanked god in thanks giving for Bodffordd School. I have no doubt that he has the ability to survive in a bigger school. But my youngest so which has only turned 4 last month has started full time school yes he goes each day with the same morning routine the same snack and the same lunch. He loves his routines and we are going through the process of trying to get him assessed for quiet different things. I 100% believe big schools of 120-150+ is for everyone when you have a child with special needs you worry every minute of the day you look at the clock thinking are they ok or are they having a melt down. I know every parent have their worries but if they child need extra bit of attention they are petter in a small school. Bodffordd school have 15% of children with special needs ask your self why in such a small school because their families are comfortable and happy with how their children are progressing in the school. I’m on my hands an knees make anglesey county council use ysgol gymuned bodffordd and ysgol con hir and ysgol henblas to work together an try federation with our schools they have not tried this way before. Please please federation we need on anglesey if the schools have more than 60  

thank you for your time

Llinos roberts