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Pupils
who are eligible for free schools meals or are looked after could receive
£125 to buy school uniform, equipment, sports kit and kit for activities
outside of school if they are entering reception class in primary school;
entering year 7 in secondary school; or aged 4 or 11 in special schools,
special needs resource bases or pupil referral units.
Over 200
children from over 20 schools across the South Wales Valleys, will take to the
airwaves, with the release of “Sing it Loud, Sing it Proud”, a song written by
Welsh singer songwriter Kizzy Crawford, in partnership with local school
children.
Download on
Spotify by searching Ein Cymoedd Our Valleys and follow
@talkvalleys on facebook, twitter and Instagram to view the music video and the
“making of”.
This is a
continuation of the Welsh Government’s current policy and means that students
will be eligible to receive support until they finish their course.
Queen’s 2019 Birthday
Honours list – Nominations Now Open!
The
Education and Public Services Group are inviting nominations for the Queen’s
2019 Birthday Honours list. If you know of any deserving people who work
in the Education and Skills sector that have demonstrated exceptional
achievement or service, then please submit your nomination by 30 July 2018.
For further information and forms email David.Gardiner@gov.wales
The Welsh Government, on behalf of Welsh Ministers, aims to
help protect children and young people from illegal and harmful content on the
internet and to promote safe, responsible and considerate behaviour online.
This important survey
is available to all educational practitioners and education professionals for optional
completion from June 27 to July 20 2018.
The 360 degree safe Cymru toolis a self-review framework for
school improvement in online safety designed to help schools review and improve
their online safety policy and practice. The tool generates actions and
suggested next steps and reports on improvements made. It allows schools to
review and improve their online safety policy and practice.
The first guide in a new series of five offering useful
ideas for parents and carers has been published.
This guide gives an overview of the potential risks and
what teachers can do to address these.
Five new playlists about the effect of the internet on
body image and self-esteem, are now available for children and young people, education practitioners, parents and carers,
and governors.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething has today announced
plans for the expansion of medical education across Wales, including new
opportunities to study in north Wales.
The
consultation outlining further proposals for the establishment and operation of
the Tertiary Education and Research Commission for Wales will close on 17th
July. We would welcome your views before
the consultation closes.
We have introduced a new ‘platform notice’
feature for service announcements that will help explain when any planned
upgrades are scheduled or issues are encountered. We hope you won’t see this
very often!
A Welsh medium
resource, suitable for 14 to 19-year-olds with tutorial videos for Sibelius,
Logic Pro X and Garage Band music software.
A case study video from Morriston Comprehensive
highlighting the successful application of scientific principles through
creative activities. Key Stage 3 learners visited a surgeon and prosthetic
limb department of their local hospital.
As an EWC registrant, you get free access to EBSCO –
an online library of research, e-journals, magazine subscriptions, and e-books.
To find out how to access this via your Professional Learning Passport and more
about this resource, click on the link
We
have invited naturalist and TV presenter Iolo Williams, and Sue Williams,
Senior Education Adviser at Natural Resources Wales to discuss the role of
nature and the outdoors in modern Welsh education and associated wellbeing and
health benefits.
Leaders of Mathematics – What do you want? What do you
need?
To inform the National Network for Excellence in
Mathematics’ (NNEM) forward work on mathematics leadership we are asking that
all leaders of mathematics complete a short questionnaire
Mathematics teachers – share your views
The NNEM aims to understand the professional development landscape for teachers of mathematics in Wales. In order to gather views, we are asking all teachers of mathematics, in all phases of school and college education, to complete a short questionnaire by 31 July 2018
Help Into Film shape our CPD for the next academic
year – complete the survey here
S4C is proud
to announce Côr Cymru 2019 - the competition with a first prize of £4,000.
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