Use of the Welsh Not
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Reconstruction of the use of the 'Welsh Not' in Welsh classrooms.
The Welsh Not was a device used by teachers to shame school pupils out of using the Welsh language in schools throughout Wales - any child heard using Welsh in the class was made to wear a board around their neck. They passed the board onto the next child heard using the language. The child wearing the board at the end of the day was punished - either by caning or detention. This shows a reconstruction of the use of the 'Welsh Not' in Welsh classrooms.
From: The Celts The Final Conflict
First broadcast : 11 June 1987
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9,9-11
Subject : History, Welsh First Language
Topic : Modern Wales and Britain, Victorians, Forming a nation
Keywords : Welsh education,Treachery of the blue books,Welsh language,
Notes : History notes - What was the Welsh Not? Why was it used? What was its effect on Welsh education? Welsh first language notes - Use in work on the theme 'Welshness' (Cymreictod). Start a discussion on punishments in the classroom. Pupils can produce an advert to promote the use of Welsh. ( in both English and Welsh).
