Dysg eNewsletter: 22 May 2024 • Issue 335

22 May 2024 • Issue 335

Invitation to Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinators to join roundtable session

Opportunity to take part in an online session with the Cabinet Secretary for Education.

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Education Wales Blog: Online safety and sextortion – help and training for teachers

Incidents of online abuse are ever evolving with ‘sextortion’ the latest issue to make the headlines.

WELSH government EDUCATION NEWS

Oral Statement: Our national mission: delivering on Wales’ education priorities

20 million additional free school meals served up in Wales through “transformational” initiative

All primary school children and more than 6,000 nursery-age pupils attending a maintained school will be eligible for free meals by September 2024.

Speech, language and communication

Developing effective communication, language and early literacy skills are important to children’s development and the foundation for relationships, learning, play and social interaction. Some resources to support practitioners are: The five developmental pathways and pedagogy module (slides 71-100), Story time, Toolkit to support oracy and reading, Communication developmental pathway case study, and Nature notes resource

Canolfan Addysg Conwy learning exchange to Finland

Taith is a Welsh Government international learning exchange programme, providing funding for learners and staff from across Wales to experience international opportunities. Canolfan Addysg Conwy, the first Pupil Referral Unit to be awarded Taith funding, recently took 10 students with additional learning needs to Finland. Watch the video on Taith’s website.

Youth work funding review: phase 2

What we are doing to develop a sustainable model for youth work in Wales.

Personalised Assessments

  • Numeracy Reasoning resources for teachers - Teachers can access Numeracy Reasoning resources from the learner and group reports.  Schedule a Numeracy (Reasoning) personalised assessment for your learners via Hwb to gain access to these resources.
  • Using the Personalised Assessment reports - Remember that you can use the reports generated by the personalised assessment system to help with planning next steps. The webinars on the system can help you consider how to use the information in the reports.

more education news

Careers Wales

Careers Wales would like to co-ordinate the development of a series of challenges linked to Areas of Learning in the curriculum.

Education Workforce Council

Important changes to registration in Wales. Several registration changes have come into effect for those employing education practitioners in Wales. They include new categories required to register, and the introduction of minimum qualifications for some categories. Everything you need to know is on the EWC website.

Reflective practice for professional development

Join this joint EWC Masterclass and NAEL Leadership Unlocked event, where Professor Carol Campbell from the University of Glasgow will lead a discussion on professional learning and educational improvement. Don’t miss out, get your free ticket now.

New e-learning on Supporting Service children in education in Wales

The SSCE Cymru free training package gives teachers and practitioners the tools to understand and support Service Children in school. (Learners with parents / carers serving in the UK Armed Forces / Reserves).

Department for Education, UK Government: Grants to schools for electric vehicle chargepoints

This grant is for state-funded schools and education institutions to install up to 40 electric vehicle chargepoint sockets at their site(s). Apply!

HWB AND OTHER RESOURCES

How to reset multi-factor authentication on your Hwb account

Contact your school’s Digital Champion to reset multi-factor authentication (MFA) on your Hwb account.

‘Pause, Play, Fast-Forward: The Journey of Children in Wales’

Written by Children in Wales’ young volunteers, it offers a unique way to reach children and young people directly, presenting children’s rights in their own words. We have a limited number of hard copies of the book, if you would like to request a copy please email us.

EVENTS

German language virtual taster sessions

Ahead of the European Cup being held in Germany in June, why not sign up for virtual taster sessions being run by our colleagues in the e-sgol programme and the Goethe Institut to deliver fun German language lessons for Year 5 and 6 learners.

The Great Welsh Ice Cream Adventure

Wednesday 19 June 2024, 11am (English), 2pm (Welsh)

Join NFU Cymru and NFU Education for a free, curriculum-aligned, interactive live lesson for Progression Step 2 & 3. By getting involved, your pupils will: have an insight into a working farm, join us to collect all the ingredients needed to make ice cream, explore key STEM topics in a real-life, local context. Sign up now!

e-sgol Conference, 4 July 2024

National Botanical Garden of Wales

Primary and secondary teachers as well as education practitioners will come together to learn more about the work of e-sgol and partners. There will be presentations, a market area for organisations to promote their work, and e-sgol workshops. Register today!

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