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Latest Curriculum for Wales blog post
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DIARY MARKER:
In November/December the Cabinet
Secretary for Education will be hosting three conferences:
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16
November, SSE SWALEC, Cardiff (Central South and EAS)
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23
November, Venue Cymru, Llandudno (GwE)
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14 December, Parc y Scarlets,
Llanelli (ERW)
Headteachers and key education stakeholders are
invited. It will be a further opportunity for Headteachers to engage with
Welsh Government on our National Education Reform journey. Please put
the date in your diary, further information will follow shortly.
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Workshops:
Schools are being reminded to get their applications in
for Arts Council of Wales’s ground-breaking Creative Collaboration fund.
Schools and arts, culture and heritage organisations can
apply for funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 to develop creative activities
that are out of the ordinary and not run-of-the-mill. Find out more.
By taking part in the survey, you will help Estyn to understand how well this is happening now and what could be improved, and so help to shape future policy.
Schools – save on recruitment costs!
Post job adverts for free on People
Exchange Cymru. To register to advertise your vacancies, email.
PCET Reform: Learner Voice Events
Help us
spread the word so that learners have their say on the future of education and
training in Wales. We are running lively and interactive events targeting
learners on:
- 4 October 2017 –
The Quay Hotel & Spa, Deganwy
- 12 October 2017 –
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff
These
are key opportunities for your students to have their voice heard. To book
spaces for your group or for more information contact PCETReform@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Thirty star learners, employers and learning
providers involved in the delivery of successful skills programmes across
Wales have been shortlisted from hundreds of applicants for this year’s
Apprenticeship Awards Cymru. Find out who The Apprenticeship Awards 2017 finalists are!
Register now for half-day online safety training sessions for designated senior persons for
child protection (DSPs) taking place across six locations in Wales during September and October.
Register now for half-day training events across six
locations in Wales.
Sessions
will focus on how to create effective strategies for tackling online bullying
and help you understand what to do if you suspect
a child is being bullied online.
Can you trust
everything you see or read online?
A new resource – Trust me Cymru – aims to help upper KS2 primary
and secondary teachers educate children and young people to critically evaluate
inaccurate online information, including content that seeks to deliberately
influence their opinions.
This week's resources on Hwb
For the new
GCSE: to be taught from September 2016 a textbook to
develop students' knowledge and understanding of food and nutrition, improve
practical food preparation and cooking skills. A useful resource for preparing
students for assessment.
Goodness! This is Issue 18 of Ciwb. This time, we’re using
patterns from issues 1-17. What are the interesting hobbies? Where does Carwyn
Claude Crawford want to go on holidays? Why wear a gas mask on your holidays?
Read the recommendations from our latest report on how to better support pupils with their career choices.
Qualifications
Wales is currently reviewing GCSEs, A levels and vocational qualifications in
ICT, taken by pupils in Wales, and the skills they develop from studying these
before starting a career in ICT.
Qualifications Wales is holding two workshop based events for teachers of ICT in North and South Wales (Tŷ Menai in Bangor and Brynteg school in Bridgend). We need your help identifying content and assessment needs for future ICT qualifications for 14-16 year olds. Lunch is provided before a 12.30pm start but places are limited so it will be on a first come, first serve basis.
Adoption UK has published this resource to help adoptive parents work effectively in partnership with
education professionals, particularly those in school, and to equip parents
with the knowledge and skills to do that.
One stop shop for information for all potential and current teachers Discover Teaching aims to increase the number of teachers here in Wales, by keeping the high quality and teaching standards. This national campaign is led by the four education consortia in Wales – ERW, EAS, GwE a CSC. It is also being supported by other various partners such as EWC, Careers Wales, USCET and the Welsh Government. If you’d like any more information or have any questions, please contact info@discoverteaching.wales.
Why not start the new school year
with refreshed teaching approaches and book a FREE Autumn Connecting Classrooms
professional learning course? Explore the British Council’s online spaces
to set up a partnership with a teacher
participating in the programme overseas. You can take your collaboration
further by working on a project or applying for a £3,000 grant to work together face-to-face.
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