Dysg eNewsletter: 6 June 2025 • Issue 330

6 June 2025 • Issue 330

llwyn yr eos

Pupils with additional learning needs thrive at inclusive school

Lynne Neagle, Cabinet Secretary for Education recently visited Llwyn Yr Eos primary school in Aberystwyth, to see first-hand how learners with a wide range of complex learning and medical needs, are being supported within specialist teaching facilities at the mainstream school.

professional learning

Professional learning and school improvement update

The national body will lead on the delivery of professional learning in response to national priorities as set out by Lynne Neagle, Cabinet secretary for education.

Professional Learning and Leadership Education Wales is looking for a Chief Executive Officer

The closing date for applications is midday 30 June.

Enterprise troopers eng

The countdown is on!

Do you have a learner-led business at your primary school? Enter the Big Ideas Wales Enterprise Troopers competition by 16 June and you could win up to £2,500 for your school!

Enter now at gov.wales/enterprisetroopers

WELSH government EDUCATION NEWS

Secondment opportunity – Professional Advisers (curriculum and assessment)

Can you support national professional learning? We are currently advertising secondment vacancies for Literacy, numeracy, Curriculum design, progression and assessment that will be based within our Curriculum and Assessment Team.

Further information is available here on the roles and how to apply.

Personalised assessments: celebrating the delivery of over 5 million assessments

Thank you for supporting the delivery of over 5 million personalised assessments to learners in Wales since the online system began. Schools who are yet to complete their mandatory assessments for the 2024 to 2025 academic year are reminded that headteachers will first need to accept the data agreement.

Taith international exchange programme extended until 2028

Schools, youth, further, higher and adult education groups are all able to apply for Taith funding. Taith is especially committed to reaching individuals and organisations who may face additional barriers to international learning exchange opportunities, including people with additional learning needs.  Oral statement from the Minister for Further and Higher Education

Shape the future of digital skills in Wales

The Digital Competence Framework is evolving, and your voice matters.

Join our National Network Conversations in Swansea on 26 June or 

Wrexham on 8 July

welsh government news

Period Proud Wales  

Free period products are now available in more public spaces across Wales, thanks to the Welsh Government’s £3.2m Period Dignity fund.

RESOURCES, events and competitions

Nursery education

This toolkit helps childcare settings explain curriculum changes to parents and carers and the impact on children’s learning experiences.  

A guide for parents and carers of 3 and 4 year olds is available in English, Welsh and 19 other languages for parents and carers to help them make informed decisions on their child’s nursery education.

Careers Wales: CWRE Level 6 Careers Leadership Qualification

Up to 15 places offered on the Level 6 qualification in Careers Leadership for those with responsibility for CWRE in local authority funded schools across Wales, endorsed by the National Academy of Educational Leadership Wales. For more details, please visit.

e-sgol: French and Spanish Lessons

17 June start, a series of four French and Spanish virtual lessons with Lleucu Haf and e-sgol for years 3 to 6.

For more information, register here

‘Be a Superhero: Beat the Bugs’ competition

The competition gives all pupils attending school in Wales an opportunity to creatively showcase how they can help prevent infections and reduce antimicrobial resistance based on learning through the UK Health Security Agency’s e-Bug resources.

Sky Arts: Access All Arts Week

A free nationwide arts week for primary schools, returns for its fourth year between 16 and 20 June.

Find out more here: https://accessallarts.skyarts.uk/

The Embedding Research and Enquiry in Schools (EREiS) project

An award-winning project that supports schools to learn from research and carry out their own enquiries. Taking the learning from this project, a resource is currently being developed which will be available to all schools in Wales.

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