, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much. That's a very important point, because we do want everyone to be clear that access to the Welsh language for every community in Wales is the driver behind this Government's work. And whilst policy is going to be a little different—well…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much. I know we've repeated consistently the cross-government commitment to the Welsh language. I think when the programme for government was launched, this was one of the elements that was referred to by the First Minister specifically as a…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I can't do that today, but there will be specific actions. There will be questions arising about the consultation from other members on the panel as well. But I think that will be the development of this strategy from the previous one: there will be more…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
That is work that is proceeding. The intention was to understand better the difference between the estimates of Welsh language use from the census, the annual population survey and other statistics, and drawing all of that together. But as Jeremy said, the…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
And that is a factor, but ensuring an effective evidence baseline is the intention in all of these discussions.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much. It's good to know that you feel perhaps that we are in a more positive position than some of the data would suggest. That's why, I think, for those reasons, we are looking at more careful and powerful ways of identifying ability and of…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I hope you're right.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We will still continue to use, I think, the census information as the baseline; that is what has fed the strategy so far. It's enriching that and allowing us to interrogate that data more thoughtfully—more intelligently, I suppose—that the code will offer us…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
You're right, there's a lot of data pertaining to the Welsh language in the system at the moment, and we have, as did the previous Government, I think, the census figures as the baseline against which we measure our progress for the million by 2050. But there…
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you for your question.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you.
, Culture, Communications, Cymraeg and Sport Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Thank you very much. There are a number of elements with regard to the language in the programme for government, and a number of those have already started. So, we have achieved every one of the commitments for the 100 days and have invested significantly in…
, 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—
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
, Plenary
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…
