Please find our link to our Curriculum Summary for 2023 here

Our curriculum vision and our non negotiables here

Over the last year, practitioners, stakeholders and partners have been co-constructing that additional and revised guidance, which is now being published for consultation.

Eight areas are open for consultation, which will run for eight weeks until 16^th July 2021. They are:

The consultation titles are:

• Relationships and Sexuality Education guidance and Code
• Religion Values and Ethics
• Careers and Work-Related Experiences
• Enabling Pathways
• Revisions to the Cross Curricular Skills Frameworks
• A curriculum for non-maintained settings to adopt

And covering subordinate legislation:

• Draft Progression Code
• Draft Statements of What Matters Code

A new curriculum for Wales  – a guide for children, young people and parents

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Curriculum Changes

The new Draft Curriculum for Wales has been been launched by Welsh Government. This is an exciting time for Welsh education and we are looking forward to developing our Brynmill curriculum with our school community. For more information about the changes, click below:

Online personalised assessments

Welsh government are introducing new online personalised assessments for all learners from Year 2 to Year 6 over time. This year, the current paper based assessment for procedural will be replaced. During the next half term, pupils in these year groups will have to opportunity to try out and become more familiar with the new personalised assessments.

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Please click here for information about our forthcoming Workshop on Curriculum Changes-

We are excited to share with you the changes to our curriculum in response to the Successful Futures developments in Wales. In order to prepare for this we are reviewing our curriculum topics and themed weeks to ensure that pupils have a voice in how and what they learn. We are excited to share with you the changes to our curriculum in response to the Successful Futures developments in Wales. In order to prepare for this we are reviewing our curriculum topics and themed weeks to ensure that pupils have a voice in how and what they learn.

The whole approach to developing young people aged 3 to 16 will change. The whole approach to developing young people aged 3 to 16 will change.
The new curriculum will have more emphasis on equipping young people for life. It will build their ability to learn new skills and apply their subject knowledge more positively and creatively. As the world changes, they will be more able to adapt positively. The new curriculum will have more emphasis on equipping young people for life.
They will also get a deep understanding of how to thrive in an increasingly digital world. A new digital competence framework is now introducing digital skills across the curriculum, preparing them for the opportunities and risks that an online world presents.
Meanwhile teachers will have more freedom to teach in ways they feel will have the best outcomes for their learners.
The central focus of assessment arrangements will be to ensure learners understand how they are performing and what they need to do next. There will be a renewed emphasis on assessment for learning as an essential and integral feature of learning and teaching.
The purpose of the new curriculum is to support our children and young people to be:

• • ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives
  • enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work
  • ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world
  • healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society.

It will have six ‘Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLE). It will have six ‘Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLE).

• • Expressive arts.
  • Health and well-being.
  • Humanities (including RE which should remain compulsory to age 16).
  • Languages, literacy and communication (including Welsh, which should remain compulsory to age 16, and modern foreign languages).
  • Maths and Numeracy
  • Science and technology.

It will also include three cross-curricular responsibilities: literacy, numeracy and digital competence.
Assessment is a continuous process and takes place on a daily basis in schools. Progression reference points help learners, teachers, parents and carers to understand if appropriate progress is being made. They will set out expectations for learners in each area of their learning relating broadly to ages 5, 8, 11, 14 and 16.