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This guidance will support schools and education practitioners to improve the experiences in education of children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.
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Guidance on what it is and how to use it to reduce the impact of poverty on educational achievement.
Practitioners have gained real insights and made great contacts. Find out more on our blog and see available dates in January and February 2024.
This report presents a theory of change for the reforms, summarises findings from a synthesis of existing evidence on Additional Learning Needs (ALN) system implementation, and articulates the plans and priorities for the next phases of the evaluation.
The post will be responsible for supporting the continued implementation of the Additional learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 across a national footprint. Further information available. Closing date: 17 December 2023
Personalised Assessments
- Discover how Ysgol Min y Ddol and Ysgol Merllyn are using personalised assessments to complement their approaches to assessment.
- Personalised Assessments are mandatory in 2023 to 2024, however teachers should note there is no specific ‘window’ for using them. Schools have the flexibility to schedule the personalised assessments at any point during the academic year that they consider is most beneficial to inform learning, teaching and progression planning.
Consultation ends: 31 December 2023
Consultation ends: 5 February 2024
Consultation ends: 12 February 2024
This consultation is for anyone with a role or interest in school admission arrangements, including local authorities, school governing bodies, diocesan authorities, admission appeal panels, parents/carers and other interested parties. It is limited, seeking views on the above changes only. Consultation ends: 23 February 2024
Estyn have recently set up a Parents and Carers Community to hear the views of this group. Estyn are encouraging parents and carers to share their views about education through short surveys and focus groups. Find out more.
Closes 22 December 2023
As well as completing the surveys, participating schools are asked to avoid delays in receiving school reports by ensuring that they have entered their Total Year Group numbers and submitted the parental opt-out form via their school dashboards by 15 December. If you have any questions regarding the research, please contact the SHRN team: shrn@cardiff.ac.uk
Researchers at Bath Spa University and the University of Manchester are looking for teachers in Wales to help improve our understanding of practical work in primary science in schools. The survey will ask for your thoughts and experiences regarding practical work in primary science and the questionnaire link is available in English.
We all need a little well-being support from time to time, an opportunity to stop, unload, reflect and review. Please click the link to find out more and sign up to the Consortia reflective coaching support offer.
New live lessons using Adobe Express with Dom Traynor, Adobe’s Education Evangelist / Adobe Creative Educator Level 1 and 2 English training sessions!
Resources and training on how to use artificial intelligence (AI) for educational purposes with Microsoft’s AI Hub for educators.
Discover the wealth of festive resources available on Hwb this Christmas!
Talk PANTS Day
Have you received your bilingual books? Thanks to support from the Welsh Government, you should have received five free copies of the NSPCC’s Pantosorws a Phwer y PANTS. Use this fantastic teaching tool to Talk PANTS in the classroom. The NSPCC are encouraging all schools across Wales to get involved in an online competition and hold their own Talk PANTS Day on or around 23 January 2024. More information will be available in Dysg at the beginning of next year.
The brand new Enterprise Troopers Challenge for primary schools is now open for registrations! It combines the thrill of owning a business with learning valuable new skills in creativity, problem solving, communication, organisation, while developing their confidence in literacy and numeracy.
Every January we ask schools and youth groups to join us in celebrating democracy by delivering democratic education with their students and young people. We aim to support young people to get the knowledge they need to feel confident to cast their vote.
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