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Help shape the future of inspection in
Wales
Estyn has launched a consultation on
proposals for how they inspect education and training in Wales. The proposals
will take effect from September 2017.
If you’re involved in
education in Wales, Estyn would like to hear from you - whether you’re an
education professional, a governor, a parent or a learner.
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The message this year is ‘Bullying is
everyone’s business’ to empower children and young people to identify and
address bullying, whether it is happening to them or someone else or if
bullying occurs face to face or online, further information on how you can help
stop bullying can be found here.
The Welsh
Government has also published guidance for parents
whose children are being bullied and for children who are being bullied.
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A new national network of excellence for
mathematics is to be set up to boost standards in Welsh schools, it was recently announced (Thursday 3 November).
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Helpful
messages for schools to share with parents and carers
This
document briefly explains why the curriculum will change, and gives a timeline.
Please feel free to use its messages in your newsletters, letters to parents,
Annual Reports, Parents’ evenings or on your websites.
Share the new
‘Education Begins at Home’ TV advert
This
autumn you will see the latest TV advert encouraging parents/carers to support
their children by the little things they do at home, by reading with them,
making sure they have breakfast, taking an interest in their school life and
giving them the confidence to do well. Download the advert
and share on your schools website.
Are
you ensuring the correct safeguarding and qualification checks have been made
in relation to the employment of all supply teachers and supply support
staff?
CERN teacher placement
7 – 11 February 2017
Expressions
of interest are invited to recruit secondary school physics teachers to visit
CERN, for this once in a lifetime experience that will enrich you and your
students. The funding covers teacher’s travel, subsistence and teacher cover
whilst away from school. Video of the first Welsh science teachers in CERN. Please
send your expression of interest to Dysg.
Five year plan to
examine vocational qualifications in Wales
A
five year plan to examine the quality and suitability of vocational
qualifications in Wales has been announced.
Vocational qualifications make up
around 90 per cent of all regulated qualifications available in Wales and
account for around 60 per cent of all qualifications awarded to learners. The strategy, which is in the final stages of
preparation, will set out Qualifications Wales’
approach to tackling the task.
Safer Internet Day
2017 - Competition now open
We
are calling on learners to take part in our Safer Internet Day competition to
create a new logo for online safety in Wales.
Click
here for further information.
Here
is the first edition of a Welsh-medium online magazine for students and
teachers of Religious Studies at Key Stage 3. The magazine contains a number of
contemporary articles and tasks/activities to promote the religious education
skills, literacy and numeracy of learners. The magazine will be available
termly and will be free of charge on Hwb.
Use
our quick guide to creating and using our new Hwb Classes feature.
Our
featured Hwb resource this week is the British Legion Learning Pack (Foundation Phase, KS2-4).
Welsh
Government will be hosting a stand at Bett 2017 to showcase the free tools
available to schools through the Learning in Digital Wales Programme. If you’re
planning on attending Bett, make sure you register for your free ticket and visit us at stand H310.
Come
for a cuppa and a chat about the education technology that’s available to you
for free. Book now!
Understanding
that information security underpins the born-digital approach, Welsh Government,
the National
Training Federation for Wales and Jisc have
committed to a change programme driving ISO 27001:2013 conformance – the
international information security management standard – across the work-based
learning sector in Wales, by July 2017.
Contact Alyson
Nicholson for further
information.
GLP-W supports teachers to develop their
learners as ethical and informed citizens of Wales and the world. Our Autumn
newsletter includes new case studies exemplifying the linking of local and
global themes, and challenging misconceptions about the refugee crisis.
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