Different Language Schooling

[mummygow]

I was never going to send my dd to a school in our area (It's not a particulary nice area of Glasgow and she would never fit in).

I was always planning on a placing request, so after looking at the performance results of primary schools in and around Glasgow the one that I feel would offer her the best education and where she would flourish socially (as she is polite, well mannered and not streetwise at all) is the Glagow Gaelic School.

Howerever I am concered that for the first 2 and a half years they only speak Gaelic (I know this sounds obviouse), although the results for their exams in English for reading and writing was 93% last year.

My dd is a very clever and confident little girl and I have put a lot of effort into teaching her numbers, letters, basic maths and have started teaching her to read.

So what I wanted to know is, has anyone else sent their child to a school that speaks a different language and how has he/she coped, has their english suffered and have they fallen behind in their abilities as the teaching is in a differnt language.

Mummygow I have to be honest here. Oops I hope this thread is still active. It's pretty old and no doubt your DC is by now prattling away in two languages. But it is definitely not a problem learning in more than one language. FGS almost every other country in the world has more than one language - think Africa, Pakistan, India..... No the problem is that the curriculum emphasis is quite narrow. eg. will you be happy that she learns to sing ONLY Gaelic songs and never the happy-go-lucky folksy ones in English that other kids learn in school? There are some jolly ones but they are mostly quite dirgey. The school won't consider doing a musical show in English - which cuts you off from so many fun experiences. It's meant to be two languages and two cultures but actually, it's one culture.