{"id":189,"date":"2025-01-13T01:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ysgolyllys.cymru\/eng\/?page_id=189"},"modified":"2025-01-13T01:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:34:56","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ysgolyllys.cymru\/eng\/english\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"skt-builder-image-text-block-146\" class=\"skt-builder-block-wrapper skt-builder-image-text-block skt-builder-image-text-block-146\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; background-image: url(https:\/\/ysgolyllys.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/BGyell_squ-scaled.jpg); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 24px; \">\r\n\t<div class=\"skt-builder-block-inner skt-builder-block-inner-146\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"skt-builder-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"skt-builder-columns-row skt-builder-columns-row-2column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skt-builder-column\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skt-builder-block-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"color: #ff0000; text-align: center;\">About us<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skt-builder-column-inner\"><h3>Ysgol y Llys creates a happy and safe environment for all the children. Our aim is to develop self-confidence and self-discipline in a caring and supportive atmosphere.<\/h3><p>The school was established as a primary bilingual, co-educational day school in 1975. It is a parental choice that their children attend and of the children admitted some are Welsh speaking and the remainder come from non Welsh speaking homes in Prestatyn and the surrounding area.<\/p><p>Welsh is the official language of the school, but the majority of our newcomers are English speaking.<\/p><p>The first task is to ensure that they settle down and then every possible effort is made to enable them to learn Welsh as soon as possible so that they can take their natural place in the life of the school. 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