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“Do we have
to use Tech to hit all the digital competence skills?” No!
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External Verification and Cluster Moderation arrangements this academic year
Kirsty Williams, Cabinet Secretary for Education issued a Statement on the outcomes and early termination of the External Verification programme after two years of successful operation.
Cluster moderation became a statutory requirement in September 2015 and all schools in Wales need to participate in cluster moderation arrangements at Key Stages 2 and 3.
If you’re a teacher or adviser working with students in
Wales, tickets are still available for the free
UCAS events in North and South Wales. Topics such as the Welsh Baccalaureate, changes
to qualifications in Wales and vocational qualifications will be covered in the
events sponsored by Qualifications Wales on the 15 and 17 May.
You may be contacted to help assess how the Fixed Penalty
Notice (FPN) policy on school attendance is being implemented across Wales. The
evaluation will run from 10 April to 31 July 2017.
We have commissioned ICF Consulting Ltd and Arad Research to
evaluate the implementation of FPNs.
The UK Government are holding a consultation on emergency adrenaline auto-injectors in schools at the below links. This affects schools in Wales and we would encourage your views. The consultation ends tomorrow, 5 May 2017.
Consultation end date: 9 June 2017
We are inviting all headteachers in Wales to nominate a hard-working, determined and aspirational pupil in either Year 10 or 11 to compete for a unique, once in lifetime opportunity to experience working life in London this July.
There is new best practice guidance available on child performance. The document sits within a suite of guidance on child performance, available on Learning Wales
GCSEs
in Wales are changing - and Qualifications Wales is launching an information campaign to make sure the reforms are fully
understood - find out more.
Survey open until the 5 July
Qualifications Wales is
inviting centres, learners, and other stakeholders to take part in a survey on
their regulatory outcomes and the mapping of Conditions. This work helps ensure
their regulatory activities focus on learners and the qualification system in
Wales.
Four Welsh competitors have been selected to represent the UK in the largest international skills competition, WorldSkills, held in Abu Dhabi in October this year.
Friday 20 October
2017 at the Celtic Manor, Newport
Application
forms for the Apprenticeship Awards Cymru are now available.
The Awards celebrate the achievements of learners, employers and work-based
learning practitioners who have excelled in contributing to the Welsh Government's Apprenticeship Programme. The
closing date for applications is 12noon on
23 June 2017.
Skills and Science Minister, Julie James, has welcomed new figures showing a decline in the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) during 2016.
Registration for the National Digital Learning Event opens next Monday. Find out more about the event.
Book at place at our Maesteg HwbMeet
now!
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May is VE day! Check out our World War 2 resources covering topics such as what
it was like for women and children during the war (KS3).
Supporting
the Digital Competency Framework, this resource offers a variety of
opportunities to develop digital literacy skills in a film club or classroom
setting (KS3/4).
This
year’s Awards looks to celebrate the achievements of teachers of German across
the UK. The application window for the Awards closes on 17 May 2017.
Connecting
Classrooms provides teachers with professional learning courses to help equip students
with some of the skills needed to prosper in a globalised society (also known as
‘core’ or ‘wider’ skills). Two training courses are delivered in Welsh or
English across Wales by the British Council’s approved provider; Think, Learn,
Challenge. Watch the Connecting Classrooms video clip.
Cardiff
City Hall, 8 May 2017
Education
Workforce Council have invited the Wales' four commissioners to speak on the
future of Welsh education and the roles they can play in shaping Welsh
education policy. Speaking on stage are Sally Holland, Children's Commissioner
for Wales; Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner; Meri Huws, Welsh
Language Commissioner and Sarah Rochira, Older People's Commissioner for Wales.
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