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Ysgol Cwm Gwyddon opens Nov 2023.
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Ysgol Bro Allta extension is completed by Nov 2023.
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Ysgol Cwm Derwen extension is completed by Dec 2023.
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Childcare provision bespoke build at Ysgol Ifor Bach is completed by Summer 2023 (subject to WG approval of additional funding).
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Welsh Language Childcare (day care) extension of Pengam Library is completed Summer 2023 (subject to WG approval of additional funding).
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Submission of specific childcare capital projects and implementation to expand Welsh language childcare provision.
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Use Small Capital grant scheme to develop Welsh medium provision to deliver quality inclusive childcare provision for Flying Start expansion.
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Continue to work with Mudiad Meithrin to develop further Welsh medium provision in future Flying Start childcare expansion areas.
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Work with Mudiad Meithrin, Cymraeg I Blant, Parent Network and Gwent Association of Voluntary Organisations to support community-based peer support groups to be developed and run by volunteers.
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Youth Service will work with Menter Iaith, Urdd and wider partners to map the percentage of youth provision delivered through Welsh language and work collaboratively to increase the offer to 26% target by 2032.
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Support the Road to Bilingualism for English language childcare settings to progress through the continuum towards category 3 Welsh language childcare provision, increasing the number moving to category 2 then moving to category 3.
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Work with maintained CCBC childcare setting staff to support Welsh language development to move them towards delivering bilingual and/or Welsh immersion sessions.
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Work with individual schools and Education Achievement Service business plan to set targets to increase the language skills in the workforce.
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Continue to work with our schools to explore opportunities for collaboration and federation as opportunities arise.
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Work with our young people in secondary school and Careers Wales to promote careers in childcare, education, and wider workforce opportunities for Welsh speakers.
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Work as an early years’ team with Mudiad Meithrin and Menter Iaith along with secondary schools across the region, Coleg y Cymoedd and Coleg Gwent as well as private training providers to develop our childcare workforce.
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Increase the Welsh speaking workforce across Education, childcare, and school teams.