, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. We've not had further comment back from the petitioner on this matter, but the subject is really tying up with much of the first two petitions, with the funding, but also the review of provision, as well as the work of the Children, Young…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
I do.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
You should write your own blog, on the new places you visited this summer. [Laughter.]
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
No, I did not.
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Do you have camping on your farm?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Yes. Diolch, Cadeirydd. The response from the Minister and the response from the petitioner are actually quite constructive and helpful in moving matters forward. The Minister makes it clear that the Welsh Government is mindful of the desire of a range of…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
It's just worth noting that Welsh Ministers do intend to write guidance under Chapter 4 of some of the legislation we've already passed. It'll still then be a matter for political parties to take steps, but that will be publicly made available if the…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Agree, Chair.
, Petitions Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Just to note, given the items we're to discuss today, I am an honorary associate of the British Veterinary Association.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 12
Can I just ask, because I think it will help us to move on—? When you hear evidence like this, sometimes people get very excited and say that it means that nothing is going to work, people are moving in different directions and this undermines the purpose of…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 12
The GCSE hasn't been developed in that same way. We're talking about mapping across what the GCSEs are going to do, as they're introduced from 2025. So, it's really about not just the appropriateness of CEFR but how much work you'd anticipate you'd want or…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 12
It follows on from what you've already had to say about CEFR and its usage, and about how appropriate CEFR is in the context of the Bill and in particular what you've already had to say about the fact that we've got new GCSEs. So, there's the Cymraeg and the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Sorry, Chair. A note on that might be helpful, rather than pursuing more questions.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Thank you, Chair. It's about the work you're doing with the Government about incentives to try and increase the teacher workforce. I'd be very interested in not just that piece of work, but on whether you're looking at wider challenges or factors about why…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Okay. I'm interested in the point about staging, but that might be more appropriate with the questions that are coming up, otherwise I'll ask all of Tom's questions, and he may never forgive me. [Laughter.]
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 11
Thank you. It's following on from what you said at the starting point about how realistic the goal is that pupils would be at least independent users by the time they finish compulsory education. So, how realistic is that goal and how much of an expansion in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Okay. Diolch yn fawr. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Okay, we're going to hear evidence later from Qualifications Wales and the WJEC on future qualifications for primarily English-medium and Welsh-medium schools as well, so that's interesting. But, on your point around a literacy framework to guide children…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 10
Diolch, Cadeirydd. I want to start by going back to questions that I've asked consistently on the common European framework of reference for languages, or CEFR, and whether it can be applied effectively, in your view, in the context that the Bill proposes.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
That's helpful. Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
It's just on this point, about whether there needs to be a separate delivery plan or whether actually you could have the delivery plan for Welsh education included and integrated within the school improvement plan. My reading of the Bill was that it wouldn't…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
I think we'll cover that with Qualifications Wales and the WJEC later, actually. Sorry. Marc.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 9
Thank you. That goes into a final question, which is about those people who won't get to the basic user level, and there can be a range of reasons for that, and about whether you think descriptors are available for those people who can move beyond the top end…
