Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg
Even in my long(ish) career I can’t remember a more hectic year, packed with challenges but with a real sense of potential.
That hectic life will be all too familiar to you, but it’s not the only thing we have in common.
We’re all striving to make a difference to young lives. You in a very immediate way, those involved in education reform less directly just now (unless you’re a pioneer teacher of course), but I know that when the new curriculum arrives it will give you more freedom, more power to your elbow to make that difference.
Just as it is a joy to hear a baby utter its first words, the sound of children and young people growing confident in the use of Welsh is a wonderful thing. When they begin to communicate and express themselves fluently and have a full sense of Welsh culture, they enjoy the richness and opportunities offered by both languages of Wales and deepen their sense of identity.
“My tablets have frozen”, and “my laptop has crashed” are complaints my team have heard many a time when visiting schools as part of building Welsh Government’s digital strategy.