Opera director calls for Welsh history focus in schools
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 07:17 · Archive
An opera director is calling for greater focus on Welsh history in schools after finding pupils largely unaware of the 1936 Penyberth arson attack.
Patrick Young, founder and artistic director of OPRA Cymru, is calling for greater focus on Welsh history in schools. Following workshops held in secondary schools across north Wales, Young found that many pupils were familiar with the Tryweryn story but largely unaware of the 1936 Penyberth arson attack, in which three Welsh nationalists set fire to buildings at an RAF bombing school near Pwllheli.
Young has written to Education and Welsh Language Cabinet Minister Anna Brychan, urging the Welsh Government to give landmark moments in Welsh history greater prominence in the Curriculum for Wales. He said the Penyberth story and its influence on subsequent Welsh protest movements, involving figures such as Eileen Beasley and Gwynfor Evans, should be better known to the current generation of school pupils.
Historian Arwel Vittle, who fact-checked the libretto for Young's opera, also supports greater emphasis on Welsh history in the classroom. Vittle described the direct action at Penyberth as 'an important part of Welsh history'.
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- Opera director calls for Welsh history focus in schools after Penyberth workshopsAn opera director is calling for greater focus on Welsh history in schools.Tivyside Advertiser · 5 Nov, 06:00
- Opera director calls for Welsh history focus in schools after Penyberth workshopsAn opera director is calling for greater focus on Welsh history in schools.South Wales Guardian · 5 Nov, 06:00
In this story: Patrick Young · Anna Brychan · Arwel Vittle · OPRA Cymru · Penyberth · Pwllheli · Wales
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