AM Welcomes Training

CARL SARGEANT WELCOMES £4 MILLION FOR WELSH LANGUAGE TRAINING
A £4 million funding package to train early years Welsh medium teachers has been welcomed by Welsh Labour’s Alyn & Deeside AM Carl Sargeant.
The new money, which will support the roll out of the Labour-led Welsh Assembly Government’s pioneering Foundation Phase, will run until March 2013 and builds on the £6 million already invested in Welsh Language training for the early years since 2008.
Training will be delivered through Cam Wrth Gam, which operates under the umbrella of Mudiad Ysgolion Meithrin and Geiriau Bach, part of Trinity University College.
Cam wrth Gam provides a comprehensive national support infrastructure for Welsh-medium early years’ practitioners, which is built around a work-based learning model. Geiriau Bach focuses on improving the Welsh language skills of early year’s practitioners. The qualifications and skills gained are key to taking forward the Assembly Government’s Iaith Pawb agenda and securing qualified staff with the bilingual skills to meet the requirements of the Foundation Phase.
Carl Sargeant AM for Alyn & Deeside said,
“The Foundation Phase is a ground-breaking new approach to learning for children aged three to seven. It is based on the principle that children learn better through first hand practical experiences, play and active involvement rather than by completing exercises in books, I welcome the additional funding and I am certain that this will benefit the educational experience of local schoolchildren.”