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The Welsh Government has accepted independent proposals for students to receive the equivalent of the National Living Wage during term time while they study, it was announced on 22 November.
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Deadline: Friday, 2 December 2016.
Time is running out for the
education workforce to have their say about the things that affect their work
such as professional development, performance management and workload.
The survey is available bilingually online at www.ewc.wales.
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Find out more about how the
Welsh Government is transforming the system for supporting children and young
people with additional learning needs (ALN) in Wales. Alun Davies, Minister for
Lifelong Learning and Welsh Language outlined the new system in his Written Ministerial Statement and announced a £2.1m innovation fund for
regional projects to support change. #AdditionalLearningNeeds
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Carbon monoxide (CO) can kill. Prevention
of CO poisoning is simple. Read on to know how
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Find out when the tests will be taking place in 2017 and other important dates.
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This publication sets out the arrangements
for the administration of the 2017 national reading and numeracy tests. It
provides important information regarding ordering test papers, administration
of the tests and access and disapplication arrangements.
All schools in Wales are to have access to superfast broadband speeds through £5m of new funding - Education Secretary Kirsty Williams
On the 17 November, plans for a new National Academy of Educational Leadership have been revealed by the Education Secretary Kirsty Williams. Find out more.
Education
Secretary Kirsty Williams has launched a consultation on a range of new
proposals to provide governing bodies with the flexibility to appoint governors
with the necessary skills and to organise themselves in a way that meets their
needs.
Your last chance to 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.
#curriculumforWales #digitalcompetence
Priority Qualifications List
Qualifications Wales has published a revised Priority Qualifications List (PQL), noting GCSEs and A levels for first teaching in September 2017, alongside a suite of qualifications in health and social care and childcare, for first teaching in September 2019. For more details, please click here.
Send
your Expression of Interest to Dysg@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Open to all secondary school science
teachers. Entries close on 31 December 2016. Application form
Sponsored
by Kirsty Williams AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education.
Tuesday 29 Nov 2016, Pierhead,
Cardiff Bay 11.45am – 2pm
45 young people from across Wales have brought home medals from the largest UK-wide skills competition, Worldskills UK.
Wales topped the leader board celebrating a clutch of 45 medals including 11 gold, 17 silver, 14 bronze and 3 highly commended at the final, which took place at the prestigious Skills Show in Birmingham from 17 to 19 November.
Wales’ Skills and Science Minister, Julie James, is pleased to announce that a project to improve the skills and job prospects of young people is being extended into East Wales thanks to an additional £1million EU funding boost.
Hear about the advantages of collaboration with Europe, and learn about the benefits to Wales as a result of European funding.
As
the UK prepares to negotiate its departure from the EU, ColegauCymru /
CollegesWales are taking the opportunity to platform the best practice
partnerships that exists between colleges in Wales and their European peers. Closer to home there will be an opportunity to gain insight into the Scottish
model of 'Recognition of Prior Learning'.
Is
the next big designer in your school? Ask learners to create a new online
safety logo for Safer Internet Day 2017.
Keeping
learners safe
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Module 1 (a general introduction to safeguarding)
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Module 2 (describes the role of the designated senior person
(DSP)
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Module 3 (a case studies module)
Keeping
learners safe was
published in 2015 and it was identified through engagement with stakeholders that
there was a need for consistent safeguarding learning tools to help embed the
guidance. The modules are for all staff within an educational setting. The modules are made available by accessing the PLAYLIST. No Hwb login
is required.
Online dictionaries
for Welsh-German and Welsh-Spanish
Online dictionaries for GCSE students. The dictionaries contain a section on verbs
as well as crosswords, wordsearches and hangman games. All the resources are
available now on Hwb!
Schools can now create accounts for their Governing Body to allow them to take
advantage of some of the tools offered by Hwb.
Our featured Hwb resource this week is GCSE
Biomechanics: Movement Analysis (KS4)
A guide for teachers on making and sharing your own
resources on Hwb
We hope you will find the
latest e-bulletin an interesting and informative read. If you have any comments
about the contents, or ideas for future use, please do not hesitate to contact
us. We would welcome your views. There are approximately 21,500 governors in
Wales, it would be great to think that all governors in Wales have joined our
mailing list, so why not spread the word to your colleagues …! http://eepurl.com/bz3m4T
Children’s Rights Symbols
Pack
A resource designed to teach
children and young people with additional learning needs about their human
rights under the UNCRC has been launched by the Children’s Commissioner for
Wales and is available to download for free from www.childcomwales.org.uk.
13-15 January 2017, Gregynog
Hall
Did you know that learning Latin can help with
literacy and learning other languages?
Here’s a unique and exciting opportunity to learn
how Classics and Latin can be incorporated into or added to your current
teaching. It’s open to all teachers, of any subject, in primary and secondary
schools across Wales.
Contact Catherine Rozier for further
information on catherinerozier@swansea.ac.uk
IPLC Canada- Modern Foreign Languages
Applications now open!
The Welsh
Government’s Global Futures Plan, launched in June 2015, aimed to address the
steady decline of the number of pupils in Wales studying Modern Foreign Languages
at GCSE level. The 2017 IPLC visit to Canada, in conjunction with British
Council Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Education, aims to explore
innovations in MFL teaching and strategies for engaging pupils in Wales with
MFL learning.
Contact iepwales@britishcouncil.org for
more information.
Computing education
The Royal Society has commissioned Pye Tait to understand how computing (including ICT) is being delivered in UK primary and secondary schools/colleges, including barriers faced. We encourage responses from all teachers of this subject to inform future support. To complete the online survey, please visit Pye Tait’s website
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