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I wish to update you on the progress of the Review of curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales. This review is one of my key activities in developing a Welsh education system that equips our young people with the right skills and attributes for the future Welsh economy.  We know that we need to teach and assess our learners on how they can adapt their knowledge to the workplace, show initiative and drive and become valued employees who can compete in a global marketplace.


 


Last October, I launched phase one of the Review of curriculum and assessment arrangements, which focused on key principles relating to literacy, numeracy and wider skills. I asked a number of questions about proposals to embed literacy and numeracy in the curriculum. That consultation closed in January of this year, and I’m pleased to publish a summary of those consultation responses.


A clear message from the consultation is that the majority support our proposals for making literacy and numeracy the key priorities within the curriculum in Wales. In particular, there was support to revise the Foundation Phase Areas of Learning for Language, Literacy and Communication Skills and Mathematical Development.  There was also support to revise the programmes of study for English, Welsh (first language) and mathematics in Key Stages 2 to 4 so that they would complement the approach taken in the National Literacy and Numeracy Framework (LNF).  We have developed proposed revisions to those Areas of Learning and programmes of study and will be consulting on these until 13 June.


Another clear message is to extend the LNF, on a non\-statutory basis, to include emergent literacy and numeracy in the Foundation Phase for three to four\-year\-olds and to ensure progression towards new GCSEs and the Welsh Baccalaureate at Key Stage 4\.


There were other proposals within the phase one consultation. These include proposals for assessment and the introduction of wider skills as statutory elements of curriculum arrangements in Wales, the latter of which has received overwhelming support from stakeholders to date. These will form part of the remit for Professor Donaldson’s independent review of assessment and the national curriculum, which I announced two weeks ago.


These represent significant milestones along the journey to reform curriculum and assessment in Wales. The consultation on proposed Areas of Learning and programmes of study for Welsh education will listen closely to, and act on, feedback from practitioners, and help us to set in stone the emphasis on literacy and numeracy.


At the end of this journey, with the help of the education sector and expert leadership from people such as Professor Donaldson, I’m confident that we will see a curriculum that provides our children and young people with opportunities for learning that will support them in being able to think, do, prosper, and adapt.







Translation:


 
Rwyf am roi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf ichi ar yr adolygiad o’r cwricwlwm a’r trefniadau asesu yng Nghymru.  
   
 Ym mis Hydref, lansiais gam 1 yr adolygiad, a oedd yn canolbwyntio ar egwyddorion allweddol ym meysydd llythrennedd, rhifedd a sgiliau ehangach. Gofynnais nifer o gwestiynau am gynigion i wneud llythrennedd a rhifedd yn rhan annatod o’r cwricwlwm. Daeth yr ymgynghoriad hwnnw i ben ym mis Ionawr eleni, ac rwy’n falch o gael cyhoeddi crynodeb o’r ymatebion.  
   
 Un o negeseuon clir yr ymgynghoriad yw bod y mwyafrif yn cefnogi ein cynigion i wneud llythrennedd a rhifedd yn brif flaenoriaethau cwricwlwm Cymru. Yn benodol, roedd yna gefnogaeth i ddiwygio Meysydd Dysgu Sgiliau Iaith, Llythrennedd a Chyfathrebu, a Datblygiad Mathemategol y Cyfnod Sylfaen. Roedd cefnogaeth hefyd i ddiwygio rhaglenni astudio Cymraeg (iaith gyntaf), Saesneg a mathemateg yng Nghyfnodau Allweddol 2 i 4 er mwyn iddynt ategu’r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd Cenedlaethol. Rydym wedi datblygu fersiynau diwygiedig o’r Meysydd Dysgu a’r rhaglenni astudio hyn a byddwn yn ymgynghori arnynt tan 13 Mehefin.   
   
 Neges glir arall yw y dylid ehangu’r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd, ar sail anstatudol, i gynnwys llythrennedd a rhifedd ar ei ffurf gynharaf yn y Cyfnod Sylfaen i blant tair a phedair oed a sicrhau ei fod yn cynnwys hefyd y cyrsiau TGAU newydd a Bagloriaeth Cymru yng Nghyfnod Allweddol 4\.   
   
 Roedd yna gynigion eraill yn ymgynghoriad cam 1 \- yn eu plith asesu a chyflwyno sgiliau ehangach fel elfennau statudol o drefniadau’r cwricwlwm yng Nghymru, rhywbeth sydd wedi cael cefnogaeth aruthrol gan randdeiliaid hyd yn hyn. Bydd y rhain yn rhan o’r cylch gwaith ar gyfer adolygiad annibynnol yr Athro Donaldson o’r cwricwlwm cenedlaethol a’r trefniadau asesu, a gyhoeddais ddwy wythnos yn ôl.   
   
 Mae’r rhain yn gerrig milltir pwysig ar ein taith i ddiwygio’r cwricwlwm a’r trefniadau asesu yng Nghymru. Bydd yr ymgynghoriad ar y Meysydd Dysgu a’r rhaglenni astudio arfaethedig ar gyfer addysg yng Nghymru yn gwrando’n astud ar adborth ymarferwyr, ac yn gweithredu arno. Bydd hefyd yn ein helpu i sefydlu llythrennedd a rhifedd fel elfennau hanfodol.  
   
 Erbyn diwedd y daith, gyda chymorth y sector addysg ac arweiniad arbenigol gan bobl fel yr Athro Donaldson, rwy’n hyderus y gwelwn gwricwlwm sy’n rhoi cyfleoedd i’n plant a’n pobl ifanc ddysgu mewn ffordd a fydd yn eu helpu i feddwl, gweithredu, ffynnu ac addasu.