Welsh Assembly Government Key Stage 2 Modern Foreign Languages Pilot Tregaron Cluster Celebration

On April 10th, 2008, Jane Hutt, the Welsh Assembly Government’s Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills attended a celebration of achievement within the Tregaron cluster of schools – the Secondary school and its associated Primaries - who have been taking part in the national Pilot Project to introduce foreign languages into primary schools.

This celebration, coincides with the start of an independent evaluation of Phase 2 of the Pilot as well as the recent launch of the Non-Statutory Framework for Modern Foreign Languages at Key Stage 2, which is a part of the newly revised National Curriculum.

An independent evaluation report of Phase 1 of the Pilot proved to be extremely positive and outlined that introducing a Modern Foreign Language into the primary curriculum is valuable and makes an important contribution to pupil transition from primary to secondary school. The Welsh Assembly has since made funding available, for similar activity within non-project schools, through the Better Schools Fund.