, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much, and thank you very much also for the opportunity to make a brief opening statement. I'm very pleased to be here with you—the first time for me to appear before this committee, or any committee, indeed, in my new role. I very much hope…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Good afternoon. Thank you very much, Chair. I'm Anna Brychan and I'm the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language. And joining me—
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Thank you very much for your question. I think that you would find that there are other views of the Curriculum for Wales also in the system and expressed by teachers. And I don't think, in terms of the workload either—. Even if I weren't wedded to it, and I…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Thank you very much. I'm pleased that you focused on systematic synthetic phonics, because it is an opportunity to emphasise again that we do expect this to be an approach that will be adopted in our schools. I've discussed this with Estyn, who acknowledge…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Diolch yn fawr. I put 'deliberately iterative' in there just to trip people, probably including myself. It comes back to an earlier point that you made. It is important to keep an eye on the data that feeds our system. That's not quite the same thing as…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Oh, targeted review. Sorry, I knew there was something else. Sorry. It was the curriculum review. It will be targeted. I am very keen that nobody in the system hears any intent on my part to depart from Curriculum for Wales and start with a new clean sheet of…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Thank you very much. Yes, a target for Government, that is what my intention is in establishing some of these expectations around, particularly, the year 6 indicator—that it is for us as a Government to assume the responsibility of Government around…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
In terms of identifying early intervention, I've already had conversations with the Deputy Prime Minister—First Minister, sorry—[Laughter.]—I translated in my head, didn't I—the Deputy First Minister, and the health Minister as well, because the key thing…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
Diolch yn fawr iawn. I will try and answer as many of those questions as I can. In terms of the delivery, I want this to demonstrate progress in Wales before the end of this Senedd term. In order to do that, I think we need to be clear what delivery means…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
We owe it to current and future generations to get literacy and numeracy right. This means allowing teachers, leaders and support staff to focus on what matters most: teaching, learning and supporting learners to succeed. But getting us to where we want to be…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
By the end of this Senedd term we want to see sustained improvement in literacy and numeracy for all children and young people; more children and young people making good progress from where they start; and more young people leaving education with better…
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Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Plan
First, it establishes year-on-year expectations that give absolute clarity about what children should learn and when, ensuring greater consistency across Wales. We will publish this detail for consultation shortly, so that it becomes statutory guidance as…
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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…
