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As we approach an exciting milestone in the creation of our new curriculum for Wales, I want to thank all those who have played a part in creating it.

Practitioners across Wales have been committed to this pioneering work for some three years. They have engaged with the latest international thinking and have had their outputs challenged by external experts; they have debated, and tested latest thinking with their colleagues.

On April 30^th we will publish the result for feedback – the draft curriculum for Wales 2022. I encourage all practitioners to review it, consider it, and provide feedback before the closing date of 19^th July. The graphic (below) sets out the timeline for this and next steps.

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Schools are already applying the new National Approach to Professional Learning to help them prepare for the new curriculum.

In this podcast, Mike Bubbins speaks to teachers from St Julian’s school in Newport to find out what they’ve been doing and how it’s working. He also asks a consortium representative to explain how the approach is supported by the regions.

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The latest draft ‘What Matters’ are now available, as part of short presentations.

‘What Matters’ will be key to school-level curriculum development. They comprise headlines and rationales , which used together will inform the knowledge, skills and experiences to be provided for pupils. They provide the crucial link to the four purposes and are the basis on which progression has been built. Continue reading →

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As a group of schools fully committed to developing as learning organisations we feel it is important to develop other schools’ awareness and understanding of the seven dimensions.   Even though we understand what is meant by schools as learning organisations, do all other schools understand?  More importantly, do our pupils, the most important individuals in our organisations, understand what being part of a learning organisation means? Continue reading →

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A new parent and public-facing website has been created to explain the changes underway in Education in Wales. Launched to coincide with the White Paper consultation on the new curriculum, it features a scene-setting video, the curriculum animation and a link to the consultation.

Designed to be very accessible, over time it will grow to include information on other significant changes.

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Following the Government’s attempt to reach a million Welsh speakers by 2050 and increase the number of individuals who use the language on a daily basis, there is more emphasis than ever on seeing our schools produce confident bilingual speakers. But the challenge of increasing Welsh language speakers and users varies from one context to another – from one area to another, from one school to another, from one home to another, from one teacher to another, and from one pupil to another – and it is vital that any strategies are flexible enough to allow the teacher to consider those variations, and what is relevant and appropriate within his or her own educational context. Continue reading →

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Our new curriculum will of course be underpinned by law. A ‘White Paper’ produced by Welsh Government sets out proposals for the legislation required and is open for consultation from 28^th January to 22^nd March 2019.

Consultation

The proposals reflect the ambitions and recommendations set out in Successful Futures, aiming to give practitioners freedom to use their professionalism and creativity to meet the needs of learners.

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