Part of 3. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 4:08 pm on 10 February 2021.
Thank you, Huw, and thank you for acknowledging the immense efforts that headteachers, classroom teachers and teaching assistants have put in, finding innovative new ways to keep children learning at this time, and going above and beyond to support children and families. Clearly, we need to utilise all opportunities to address the interruption of learning, and ensure that children have the opportunity to address that interruption. But as I said in answer to an earlier question, we need to start from the understanding of addressing children's well-being and their readiness to learn. And, Huw, I want our recovery programme also to recognise the immense pressure and stress that our teaching workforce themselves have endured over the last year, and ensuring that we support them also to be in a position to continue to provide that support, which we know is going to have to be intensive in the short, medium and long term. So, we need to support them to carry on doing what they're doing for children and young people.