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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
None of this means that I am any less committed to the Curriculum for Wales, and I have no intention of moving away from its underlying principles and purpose-driven orientation. I have seen first-hand the difference it can make to learners, but literacy and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Our foundational literacy and numeracy plan is about setting clear expectations for action. It sets out in detail what we will do and when, and it brings together all key stakeholders under the same vision for change. The plan recognises the range of partners…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Diolch yn fawr, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Following the results of PISA tests taken last year and reported last week, I am today publishing our foundational literacy and numeracy plan. This plan represents an important first step in the development of an equitable…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much. I can hear the frustration and the fluency in the question there. In terms of learning Welsh in our schools, we are looking closely and carefully at increasing the number of pupils who have access to Welsh-medium education, and that…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much. I always welcome the opportunity to talk about Powys. I used the pull the leg of the Member's predecessor by saying that Powys was a continent and not a constituency. It certainly felt that way when driving from the bottom to the top of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much for that question. I knew that the Member would take a great interest in the history of Merthyr and the linguistic context there. I did some research and I found that Merthyr in the nineteenth century was alive with Welsh language culture…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Diolch yn fawr. I can assure her that access, because this is a particularly key demographic post 16, and their access to educational opportunity through the medium of Welsh, but also the opportunities to use their Welsh—. I'd be very interested in looking at…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much. Clearly, strengthening the rights of Welsh speakers and ensuring that there are more opportunities for people to use the Welsh language is important to us all, and these standards are part of that. We are working at extending the…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much. If I could take the questions back to front, because I don't want to miss the opportunity to encourage everybody to attend the National Eisteddfod, Eisteddfod y Garreg Las. I went to Cardigan recently—the Cabinet Minister for Finance was…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much. I appreciate also the fact that you're willing to support us and push us, because this, as I said in the statement, is clearly a responsibility that we all share, and therefore are willing to work together. It's possible that I won't have…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much for those comments, and I think not only do we have experiences in our families in terms of acquiring the Welsh language, and the Welsh language coming and going over generations, but we also agree on its importance to Wales, and also our…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
The Welsh language belongs, in different ways, to all of us. As toddlers and teenagers, parents and grandparents. It belongs to the digital world and the real world. To Effi from Blaenau and Lloyd Lewis from Cwmbran. From Gwalchmai to Cardiff. Some 86 per…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Welsh Language Priorities
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. I am here to outline my national priorities and those of this Government for the Welsh language. In doing so, it's important to remember that language does not live solely through policy, but through people and through…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Thank you very much, Niamh, for that question. Whilst we're sharing our personal stories, it's particularly encouraging for me, as the daughter of a mother from Blaenau Gwent who learned Welsh as an adult, to see these opportunities that she didn't have being…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
I thank you for drawing attention to Aberystwyth primary school in the question, an institution that had a huge impact on my education, and for you as well, I'm sure. I'm aware that I need to be very careful in terms of making statements on issues relating to…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you for that question. It's obviously a very important consideration. The way that we support children and young people with additional learning needs is a focus for the entire education system, both in term time and also in school…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Thank you very much, Alun Cox, and thank you to the staff at ysgol Llwyncelyn and Cwm Rhondda too for the valuable work that they do. We are currently working on the numeracy and literacy plan. I have already committed that the focus will be on support and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Thank you very much for those questions. I welcome his commitment to scrutinise the progress that we make over the period of this Senedd. That's exactly the kind of debate we want in an area as important as this, and people's expertise across the Chamber and…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Diolch yn fawr. If I can start by agreeing with her that this is definitely the best job in Government, and I think she and I can agree very happily on that. If I miss any of your points, I will come back to them and write to you, if I can. I hope I wrote…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Thank you very much for those questions. I'll go through them, but I can also assure the Member opposite that I'm looking forward to collaborating with her and with the other education spokespeople—I know that we're arranging meetings at present—because she…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
This Government has made education a priority because the future of Wales depends on us doing that. Our economic ambitions depend on the education system, our public services depend on it. Without a strong education system, we won't be able to unlock the full…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
We cannot either separate education from the Welsh economy. If we want to see a stronger Wales, a stronger economy, better paying jobs, we need a stronger skills system. That's why we've embarked on an all-Wales skills audit to understand future skills needs…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
That is particularly important in the transition from statutory education to tertiary education or employment. With regard to the Welsh language, we know that too many young people lose contact with the language at this time, as the opportunities to keep in…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
Poverty affects the potential of our children and young people. Our children are our future, and their ability to learn should not be impacted by the cost of living. That's why our manifesto also included a commitment to extend free school meals to pupils in…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: Priorities for Education
It is vital that we have an inclusive education system, and so we will ensure that the support for children with additional learning needs is clearer for families and for our whole system. We have committed to developing a sustainable model for ALN education…
