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The new Curriculum
for Wales web pages have been updated to make their information more accessible
and provide a structure for regular updates as curriculum developments take place.
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Dysg
summer recess!
Dysg will be taking a break over the summer holidays! Thank you for reading and we hope you have
found it useful. If you’d like to let us
know what you think of the e-newsletter or have some ideas of how we can
improve it, please let us know by filling in our survey or e-mail us direct dysg@wales.gsi.gov.uk. Hope you have a great summer and we’ll be
back in September!
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FREE! Ready to Learn resources
A new campaign to get children ‘ready to learn’ has been launched by the Education Secretary Kirsty Williams
‘Ready to Learn’ is designed to help parents and carers prepare their child for school through a range of engaging resources available from schools and nurseries. The materials include a leaflet for parents an activity chart for parents and carers to work through with their child and a short animation.
Packs have been distributed to primary schools, sessional day care providers and nurseries. If you’d like more packs please email
Pupils
entering Year 7 of maintained secondary schools in Wales in the 2016/17
school year who are eligible for free school meals will be eligible for the
school uniform grant; as will pupils in special schools, special needs resource
bases and pupil referral units in Wales who are aged 11 at the start of the 2016/17school
year and who are eligible for free school meals.
A new INSET
day training module has been developed to support practitioners and schools
when using arts, culture and heritage to mitigate the effects of deprivation.
Module 1 provides a brief overview of the major themes. It is the first of 4
modules to be published and available for use.
Meet educators from across Wales and the UK to explore the
latest innovative ideas and resources in STEM education. Join the British
Science Association at their annual celebratory ‘STEM in Ed’ evening at the
National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. A great opportunity to meet teachers,
activity providers and STEM Ambassadors; register for free here
The Cabinet
Secretary for Education has decided to withdraw the decision to amend the
expected levels for Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 and therefore any resulting
amendments to the target setting regulations, to increase the expected level of
achievement for learners in English, Welsh (first language) and Mathematics at
the end of Key Stages 2 and 3 from Summer 2018. A copy of the
letter sent to the education sector can be found here.
Parent and carer guides have been distributed to relevant primary schools for all parents and carers with children starting the relevant phases set out below.
Please upload and share links to the electronic versions of the guides on your school website ready for next term.
If you haven’t received enough copies and would like some for the beginning of next term, please email
The way Tremorfa Nursey School has driven up standards by
working with parents, families and the wider community has been commended by
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams.
Proposals for the registration fee models for the
Education Workforce Council (EWC) from 1 April 2017.
The Bureaucracy Project letter and Audit Tables outline information to develop
a comprehensive document which will be useful to schools and colleges as a
work-planning and bench-marking tool. It focuses on identifying duplication and
unnecessary returns to reduce and mitigate bureaucratic burdens. We welcome your comments, amendments and additions on the
Bureaucracy Project – Audit
Tables to: SchoolsandYoungPeopleWorkforceUnit@Wales.gsi.gov.uk
by Friday 21st October.
St David Awards 2017
Do you know individuals or groups doing remarkable things
and making a difference in your communities through the education sector, or
inspiring young people who are achieving great things?
Nominate them for the St David Awards, the highest accolades
given by the First Minister to celebrate Wales’s biggest success stories in the
Citizenship / Young Person Award categories. Nominate here until 21 October 2016.
National Tests 2017
The dates for the 2017 National Tests have been set as follows:
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Secondary Schools: 26 April – 10 May 2017
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Primary Schools: 3 – 10 May 2017
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Middle Schools: 26 April – 10 May 2017
National Test
Results
This guidance highlights some key points that may
be helpful to practitioners when discussing test outcomes with parents/carers.
Documents to
support the reporting of National Test results, including the “Calculating the
Learners Scores” tables, Pupil Results Sheet template and age-calculator are
now available on Learning Wales.
We have
produced a short animation to talk parents/carers through the National Reading
and Numeracy Test reports. A link to the animation is included on the pupil
results sheet, but you may wish to share this link on your school’s
website for parents and carers.
A guide to
parents/carers is also available in booklet
format.
Hwb+ Upgrade
As part of
the ongoing developments of schools Hwb+ sites, all 1600+ school sites in Wales
will be upgraded over the Summer holidays
The upgrade
will see the entire Hwb+ platform, including public facing websites, migrated
from the current SharePoint 2010 infrastructure to SharePoint 2013.
As this is a
whole platform upgrade all Hwb+ sites will remain accessible but in read
only mode from Friday 22 July.
All
migrated sites and content will be released by Thursday 1 September.
Hwb+
and the new academic year
To ensure your Hwb+ site is updated with users, classes and
subjects for the new academic year, a “rollover” process takes place. In most cases your local authority will be
managing the process and there should be very little admin required in school.
More information and guidance can be found on Hwb.
However, if you are experiencing any issues please contact the Hwb+ support
desk on 029 2099 0200 or e-mail supportdesk@hwbsupport.net
We
are calling all schools in Wales! Please take our short e-Safety survey and
share with us what e-Safety issues you are dealing with, what tools are you
using to support your e-Safety work, how are these tools helping you protect
children online.
Meic is the national
information, advice and advocacy helpline for children and young people (0-25)
in Wales. Since Meic was set up in 2011, it has dealt with
nearly 30,000 contacts, covering a wide range of issues from exam stress to
bullying, depression to eating disorders, and much more. Watch video
Deadline extended - Dahlightful Stories Competition
This competition is open only to
schools in Wales, so your school has a great chance of winning one of the
following amazing prizes!
- Free Roald Dahl - Imagine That! show for your school
(worth £150!)
- £100 worth of reading books
- Your school featured in a published anthology of
shortlisted entries
The Dahlightful Stories Competition
is an official Roald Dahl 100 Wales contest for children attending Primary
School (Year 3 to 6) or Secondary School (Year 7 to 13) in Wales. Read More
To help schools that want to develop pupils’ thinking about
global development ideas, the Global
Learning Programme-Wales is providing free bilingual classroom resources linked to
the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and Paralympics which begin on 5th August.
Global
Learning Programme Wales - Special Schools Network Training
GLP-W is
pleased to offer Global Learning Training on Friday 23 September at Ysgol Maes
y Coed, Bryncoch, Neath, SA10 7TY, with Tracy Edwards, Swiss Cottage School
Development and Resource Centre, Camden.
Particularly
relevant for SLD and PMLD schools and units in mainstream throughout Wales.
There will also be an opportunity to join the GLP-W Special Schools network.
For more details please contact: lbuckley@educationdevelopmenttrust.com
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