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.
Good luck to Mrs Nicholas in her cricket endeavours. For those that don’t know, Mrs Nicholas was the first Welsh player to appear in the Kia Super League , and she was a key contributor to Western Storm’s 2017 success.
On the back of that, the children in Year 3/4 had a taster session with Cricket Wales this afternoon, which they really enjoyed!
We have had an increasing number of comments from parents telling us that a few children in Year 5 and 6 are using WhatsApp irresponsibly outside of the school day. This is taking a considerable amount of school time to deal with the fallout from incidents. Whilst we are duty bound to pass on any offensive material that is shared with us, our role is not to police the use of Social Media amongst pupils outside school.
The school asserts the following guidance:
WhatsApp’s age has recently been upgraded to 16.
Pupils should NOT be adding contacts and creating groups for the purposes of sharing offensive posts with pupils.
Passing on offensive material is considered legally to be on a par with initiating it.
Making multiple groups/ multiple Admins is inadvisable at best.
Should parents feel that their child is emotionally responsible enough to use apps such as WhatsApp despite being considerably underage, we advise that you discuss this with your child and agree boundaries.
Please be assured that your child’s emotional well being is important to us and we are keen to work in partnership with parents on a range of E Safety concerns. With this in mind please follow this link for further guidance.
The children thoroughly enjoyed our assembly from Mad Mari from the Mad Science team. They had a taste of what they could experience if you sign up to their after school club offered on letters sent home with the children. Please you include payment with the registration slip. Also please note that the dates are slightly wrong on the letter – they start on Tuesday 12th June and end on Tues 17th July.
Lovely thought provoking assembly from Y34J this morning. They talked through their group presentations that they’d worked so hard on in class about Charity and did brilliantly. They shared interesting facts on the role of important charities of Water Aid, UNICEF, BHF, Cancer Research UK, Comic and Sports Relief and Children in Need. All with very little time to practice. Well done 34J!
