English: I thank the Conservative spokesperson for her questions, and I'm pleased that she welcomes the flexibility that my statement describes, which I think is a proportionate response to the variability in parts of the sector in terms of preparedness. The decisions have been taken, obviously, having listened to practitioners for many weeks since I became education Minister, and I detected a very clear commitment to the principles and the reality of the curriculum, an enthusiasm for moving forward with the curriculum, but also a sense in some quarters that perhaps a little bit more time to focus and a little bit more flexibility to do that was welcome, and I have listened to that. I want to be very clear, though: what this is not is a wholesale delay to the curriculum. The curriculum will begin to be rolled out in 2022 and it will end being rolled out in accordance with the original schedule. What it provides is an element of flexibility in relation to the introduction of year 7 next year, and that will become mandatory in 2023. Schools are very well able to decide for themselves whether they are ready to progress with introducing curriculum reforms in 2022 or the following year, and so we will trust schools' judgment in relation to that, as her question asks. With regard to the national network, I think this is a really important forum, which will bring together teaching professionals, experts, stakeholders and policymakers, and the aim, really, is to identify and address the barriers and opportunities around curriculum implementation, and it'll be open to all schools and settings, and I really want the forum to have a sense of national co-construction, if you like. It will help develop, I think, at a national level, a range of approaches and ideas that practitioners can take back to inform curriculum design and implementation in their schools and settings, and recommendations for how to commission and develop specific resources and support around professional learning as well. She mentions working on this throughout the summer months; I want teachers to be as far as possible in a position to take an opportunity to rest and to reflect, if you like, on the experience of the last year over the summer months. I know that she feels that as well. In relation to schools' readiness, I'm anxious not to be in a situation where I'm looking for new reporting obligations to place on schools themselves, but I think she can take from me that we will take our lead from schools as to whether they feel that they are ready to begin reforms in 2022 or to follow the mandatory provision in 2023. On curriculum implementation more broadly, I will be providing an annual report on the state of play, if you like, with regard to that, which I hope that she will find helpful, as I hope will other Members. In relation to the sum of money of £7.24 million which I mentioned, the guidance, really, is to support schools to make best use of that, really. It's intended to allow schools to make decisions around how they work collaboratively with others to free up time and space to design and plan approaches to the curriculum, and I hope that schools will find that helpful.
Welsh: Diolch i lefarydd y Ceidwadwyr am ei chwestiynau, ac rwy'n falch ei bod yn croesawu'r hyblygrwydd y mae fy natganiad i'n ei ddisgrifio, sydd, yn fy marn i, yn ymateb cymesur i'r amrywioldeb mewn rhannau o'r sector o ran bod yn barod. Mae'r penderfyniadau wedi'u gwneud, yn amlwg, ar ôl gwrando ar ymarferwyr am wythnosau lawer ers i mi ddod yn Weinidog addysg, a gwnes i synhwyro ymrwymiad clir iawn i egwyddorion a realiti'r cwricwlwm, brwdfrydedd dros symud ymlaen gyda'r cwricwlwm, ond hefyd ymdeimlad mewn rhai mannau bod ychydig mwy o amser efallai i ganolbwyntio ac ychydig mwy o hyblygrwydd i wneud hynny i'w groesawu, ac rwyf i wedi gwrando ar hynny. Rwyf i eisiau bod yn glir iawn, serch hynny: nad oedi sylweddol i'r cwricwlwm yw hwn. Bydd y cwricwlwm yn dechrau cael ei gyflwyno yn 2022 a bydd yn dod i ben yn unol â'r amserlen wreiddiol. Yr hyn y mae'n ei ddarparu yw elfen o hyblygrwydd o ran cyflwyno blwyddyn 7 y flwyddyn nesaf, a daw hynny'n orfodol yn 2023. Mae ysgolion yn gallu penderfynu drostyn nhw eu hunain a ydyn nhw'n barod i symud ymlaen gyda chyflwyno diwygiadau i'r cwricwlwm yn 2022 neu'r flwyddyn ganlynol, ac felly byddwn ni'n ymddiried ym marn ysgolion o ran hynny, fel y mae ei chwestiwn yn gofyn. O ran y rhwydwaith cenedlaethol, rwy'n credu bod hwn yn fforwm pwysig iawn, a fydd yn dwyn ynghyd gweithwyr addysgu proffesiynol, arbenigwyr, rhanddeiliaid a llunwyr polisi, a'r nod, mewn gwirionedd, yw nodi ac ymdrin â rhwystrau a chyfleoedd sy'n gysylltiedig â gweithredu'r cwricwlwm, a bydd yn agored i bob ysgol a lleoliad, ac rwyf i wir eisiau i'r fforwm gael ymdeimlad o gyd-adeiladu cenedlaethol os hoffech chi. Bydd yn helpu i ddatblygu, rwy'n credu, ar lefel genedlaethol, amrywiaeth o ddulliau a syniadau y gall ymarferwyr eu dwyn yn ôl i lywio'r gwaith o gynllunio a gweithredu'r cwricwlwm yn eu hysgolion a'u lleoliadau, ac argymhellion ar sut i gomisiynu a datblygu adnoddau a chymorth penodol ynghylch dysgu proffesiynol hefyd. Mae hi'n sôn am weithio ar hyn drwy gydol misoedd yr haf; rydw i eisiau i athrawon fod, cyn belled ag y bo modd, mewn sefyllfa i fanteisio ar gyfle i orffwys ac i fyfyrio, os hoffech chi, ar brofiad y flwyddyn diwethaf yn ystod misoedd yr haf. Rwy'n gwybod ei bod hi yn teimlo hynny hefyd. O ran pa mor barod y mae ysgolion, rwy'n awyddus i beidio â bod mewn sefyllfa lle rwy'n chwilio am rwymedigaethau adrodd newydd i'w gosod ar ysgolion eu hunain, ond rwy'n credu y gall hi gymryd fy ngair i, y byddwn ni'n cymryd ein harweiniad o ysgolion ynghylch a ydyn nhw'n teimlo eu bod nhw'n barod i ddechrau diwygiadau yn 2022 neu i ddilyn y ddarpariaeth orfodol yn 2023. O ran gweithredu'r cwricwlwm yn fwy cyffredinol, byddaf i'n darparu adroddiad blynyddol ar y sefyllfa, os hoffech chi, o ran hynny, ac rwy'n gobeithio y bydd yn ddefnyddiol iddi hi, fel y bydd i Aelodau eraill gobeithio. O ran y swm o arian o £7.24 miliwn y gwnes i sôn amdano, y canllawiau, mewn gwirionedd, yw cefnogi ysgolion i wneud y defnydd gorau o hwnnw. Y bwriad yw caniatáu i ysgolion wneud penderfyniadau ynghylch sut y maen nhw'n cydweithio ag eraill i neilltuo amser a lle i ddylunio a chynllunio dulliau o ymdrin â'r cwricwlwm, a gobeithio y bydd hynny o gymorth i ysgolion.