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Kirsty Williams to outline her Vision and
Values for Education at Seminar
Kirsty Williams,
AM, Cabinet Secretary for Education will be outlining her vision for schools
standards and values in education as part of the Athrofa series of seminars at
the Tramshed, Cardiff, at 18:00, Monday 23 April.
To
attend, register here
If you can’t be at the event, you will be able to
watch live on Periscope via @WG_Education
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Professional standards for teaching and leadership
Look out for the latest poster which will be available for every school in Wales. Download an online introduction to the professional standards for teaching and leadership to find out what they will mean for you.
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Test window dates for 2018
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Primary schools: 2–9 May
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Secondary schools: 25 April – 9 May
Primary Schools will receive
their test materials week commencing 23 April
Schools
are reminded that a balanced
curriculum should be maintained in the run-up to the tests and that time spent
familiarising learners with test techniques should be kept to a minimum.
We are looking for schools to take
part in the upcoming adaptive trials for the new procedural numeracy online
personalised assessments, which will be introduced in schools next academic
year. If your school would like to volunteer please email trials@nationaltests.cymru
Once again in 2018 there will be a Supported Marking Service for the Year 7 to 9 Numerical Reasoning Tests.
Schools across Wales are to share in over £90m in 2018-19 to help their most disadvantaged learners, Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced
Asbestos
Management in Schools Guidance – We are seeking your views
We are
refreshing our Asbestos Management in Schools guidance to support duty holders
with their responsibilities in this field. We encourage all people who have responsibility for asbestos management in
schools and colleges to review the proposed revised
guidance, and feedback on its usefulness, relevance and also make any
suggestions for improvement at 21stcenturyschools@gov.wales.
With over 65,000 children in Welsh-medium or bilingual
primary schools in Wales, why do parents consider the Welsh language important
for their children? We’ve created a guide to Welsh-medium education to help
parents begin the bilingual journey:
For those who want to use more Welsh at home, Cymraeg for
Kids has also created a helpful
songbook and video playlist to sing-along with.
Friday, 20 April, 2018 |
10:30 - 14:00 Media Resource Centre , Llandrindod Wells
National
Academy for Educational Leadership (NAEL) invites all providers to attend the
information day which will offer further information on the endorsement process
including full guidance and information on how it will work in this initial
stage.
The GTP
Policy and Priorities Statement for academic year 2018/19 is now available.
Application forms for GTP 2018/19 can be accessed via the Discover Teaching website. Queries
regarding making an application for a place on the GTP should be directed to
the relevant regional Initial Teacher Education Centre.
The
benefits of registering your Out of School Childcare Club are far reaching, but
do you know what the benefits to your school and its families are? Find out
more here.
The mission of the Supporting Service Children
in Education Wales is to provide the best possible educational support to
children, by ensuring education professionals understand the issues Service
Children in Wales may face. The project is a Welsh Local Government Association
project.
If you are actively using the Hwb+ learning platform for activities other than user management (usernames and passwords), you will need to migrate your data to other Hwb tools by Friday 25 May 2018. Contact hwb@gov.wales if you need support migrating your data.
Through Hwb, all maintained schools in Wales are able to use the Just2easy Toolsuite. This includes J2bloggy, a fully functioning WordPress website creation platform.
This guide outlines what the GDPR is, what it means for schools and sets out possible next steps to prepare your school.
There are
many activities happening to mark this special occasion including an NHS70 Children’s Drawing competition
for primary age children across Wales.
A set of 21 story books for children between 3-5 years old. Each book focuses on
helping children to recognise numerals by using fun and exciting methods. This
resource is available as a pack or as individual books.
A resource offering children 3-7 years old opportunities to respond physically
to a range of stimuli through music, stories or poetry, in order to foster and
develop their physical skills, literacy, promote their creativity and enhance
their self-confidence.
Caneuon Cŵl
A music book
containing 30 original songs in different styles for 3 to 5 year olds. The
songs have been specifically composed so that they can be used in various areas
(both indoors and outdoors) of the Foundation Phase classrooms. There are two
books available on gwales.
Taking
place again in 2018, every school in Wales is being urged to take part and give
their pupils a voice on matters concerning their future health and wellbeing.
Take
a fresh look at this important issue by examining it from global as well as
local perspectives with this new bilingual resource from Global Learning
Programme – Wales and Oxfam linked to the Send my Friend to School campaign
2018.
If your
school is one of the 100 primary schools and 50 secondary schools from across
Wales that has been selected and invited to participate in the study, your
participation is critical.
The purpose of the study is to collect
internationally comparative evidence on children's well-being. It asks
children about their lives, daily activities and time use.
Tell us what you have done by 11 May and your pupils could also be selected to represent your school at one of the Regional Events we are now very excited to announce!!
- 12 June 2018 * Llandudno, Venue Cymru
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19 June 2018 * Blaenavon Workmen's Hall
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21 June 2018 * Pembrokeshire, Folly Farm
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22 June 2018 * Newtown, The Hafren
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3 July 2018 * NATIONAL FINAL (secret venue) Cardiff
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