Seventy years after the opening of the first ever Welsh medium school in Aberystwyth, 95,000 children across Wales now receive their education through the Welsh language.
In this new documentary, Cardiff Blues player Nicky Robinson and friends discover the story of Welsh language schools.
The outside-half will join pupils from Ysgol Gyfun Bro Morgannwg, Barry on a trip across the length and breadth of the country.
Their first stop is Aberystwyth – where the first Welsh language primary school was opened in 1939. The gang also visits Llanelli, where parents challenged the local authority for free Welsh education, and Tŷ'r Cymry in Cardiff, where a Welsh language nursery group was held in the 1940s.
The bus then takes them to north Wales, to Ysgol Dewi Sant in Rhyl and Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St Asaph. They also meet First Minister, Rhodri Morgan at the Senedd building to discuss the future of Welsh language education.
Nicky and his brothers, Jamie, who also plays for the Blues, and Ellis were raised in a non-Welsh speaking home, with their mother coming from Middlesbrough and their father from London. But their parents were keen for their sons to attend the capital's Welsh medium schools.
Nicky says, "It was a great experience to join Ysgol Bro Morgannwg's youngsters and see their attitudes towards the language. Most of them, like me, have been raised in non-Welsh speaking families – I could relate to them in that way," adds Nicky.
With the latest news that Cardiff County Council is planning to build two new Welsh comprehensive schools in the capital by 2012, Nicky is a keen supporter of these plans and believes that Welsh education is going from strength to strength.
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O Gymru / Made in Wales