The All Wales Attendance Framework is a practical resource toolkit for use by the Education Welfare Service and provides standards and guidance for practitioners to ensure greater consistency of practice throughout Wales. Press release
The Remit sets out the advice being commissioned by the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS) in 2010-2011.
…‘The Further Education (FE) sector has been very proactive in sharing services with local partners such as local authorities, other FE institutions, higher education institutions and combinations of the above.'
This document provides best practice information to assist local authorities to establish and implement effective protocols to provide pupils with the opportunity to make a fresh start in a new school.
This report provides a review by the Wales Employment and Skills Board of Welsh Language skills in the workplace. It outlines recommendations and suggests some areas for future work.
On 29th March the Deputy Minister for Children will launch exciting new materials showing how young people in alternative educational settings and with additional learning needs can be involved in decision-making, and how this can make a difference! Book your place
The Welsh Assembly Government commissions a wide range of resources which support the teaching of Welsh as a subject, other subjects through the medium of Welsh, and bilingual (Welsh/English) materials to support the teaching of Wales-specific aspects of the school/college curriculum. If you have any ideas on the type of resources which you would like to see being commissioned, please contact Heulwen Goodwin by 8th April 2011.
These Regional events are open to anyone planning to run the qualifications or to find out more information.
Environment Agency Wales is writing to the headteachers of all 126 schools at risk of flooding across Wales. Support and assistance will be offered in developing and implementing a school flood plan. Please e-mail the agency for a copy of the letter.
‘Flood Awareness Wales’ aims to make sure everyone living in an area that is ‘at risk of flooding’ is aware of their own risk and how to help protect their family, homes, schools and communities. Enter your postcode to find out your risk. Literature has been produced for pupils to take home to parents/guardians.
A new DVD showing how pupils across Wales have been involved in improving their learning and helping to make their school a better place is now available to view on the Pupil Voice Wales web-site.
NGfL Cymru has teamed up with Environment Agency Wales’ Flood Awareness project to support the teaching and learning for the AS/A2 Geography specifications. There are also materials linked to GCSE Geography.
This page provides links to Environment Agency Wales’ resources to support teaching and learning for KS2 and KS3 Geography as well as PSE and ESDGC.
This report evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of history in primary and secondary schools.
The director of business and enterprise in a specialist college used student voice to understand students’ preferences, improving teaching and learning of the subject in the sixth form.
A secondary school modern foreign languages teacher trained to use an interactive whiteboard to enhance her own teaching and contribute to the training and development of her colleagues.
Topics covered in this edition include: Skills Minister calls for a million learning opportunities across Britain and Apprenticeships Week 2011.
National Science and Engineering Week runs from the 11th - 20th March.
