Issue - meetings

To submit a report by the Head of Learning.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan 2017-2020;

·           To approve the Action Plan for delivering the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan objectives;

·           To approve the review of the Anglesey Education Language Policy in light of the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan and the Isle of Anglesey County Council’s  language policy.

The report of the Head of Learning was presented to the Executive for

consideration with regard to all local authorities expected to present the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan to the Welsh Government.

The Head of Learning said that over the past few months the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan has been subject to consultation with the Council Language Forum, the schools and other expected stakeholders and there was an opportunity for the public and relevant organisations to respond. The Strategic Plan was modified in light of the consultation and it was agreed to add the Action Plan for delivering the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan objectives. She said that Mr. Alun Davies A.M., the Minister for responsibilities for Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language has announced in the last week that he is to hold an emergency review of Welsh in education. She noted that she considered that it is anticipated that this matter will have to been reviewed to comply with the ambitions of the Welsh Government to aim for 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050.

Councillor R. Meirion Jones the Shadow Portfolio Holder for the Welsh Language said that the only way the Welsh Government is to achieve 1 million Welsh speakers by 2050 is affording children the opportunities in both the Welsh and English language equally within schools.

It was RESOLVED :-

·           To approve the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan 2017-2020;

·           To approve the Action Plan for delivering the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan objectives;

·           To approve the review of the Anglesey Education Language Policy in light of the Welsh in Education Strategic Plan and the Isle of Anglesey County Council’s  language policy.