Wales is now treated as a serious player in the education world, for both what we have all achieved together and the vision set out in Wales: A Better Country, which will take forward our plans for a better education and lifelong learning system.
For the coming year one of the major development areas will be early years education. Already there are new early years centres across Wales, with more to come. We have given a commitment that every three-year-old in Wales will have a half-time Assembly-funded nursery place from September.
A huge amount of effort has gone into developing the way forward for the innovative and uniquely Welsh Foundation Stage for three- to seven-year-olds. This new early years education phase will concentrate on learning through well-structured play, practical activity and investigation. We are working with the experts to develop a curriculum that offers a broad range of experiences. Piloting will begin in September.
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