First Minister Carwyn Jones has announced the members of his new Cabinet as the Welsh Government begins its ambitious programme to stand up for Wales and create a country of equality, opportunity and social justice. Leighton Andrews AM has been appointed the Minister for Education and Skills.
Two new guidance documents which support the teaching of religious education at Key Stages 2 and 3 are now available. The documents ‘Religious education: Guidance for Key Stage 2 and 3’ and ‘Exemplifying learner profiles at Key Stages 2 and 3 in religious education: Additional guidance’ support the implementation of the exemplar framework by providing key messages for planning learning and teaching.
This document is statutory guidance for local authorities in Wales. It underpins their responsibilities to help support the education and training of children and young people in youth custody.
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. We would welcome any ideas on the type of resources which you would like to see being commissioned, please contact Heulwen Goodwin by 10 June 2011.
The CânSing programme is focused on helping to encourage and develop singing activities in schools across Wales. Delivery of the programme is led by ContinYou Cymru, with funding support from the Welsh Assembly Government. A National CânSing Day is being held on Tuesday, 21 June 2011.
The Welsh Chess Union (WCU) is keen to support the establishment of chess clubs in every school in Wales, and has been encouraged by the Welsh Assembly Government in taking forward this aim. If you would like to get a chess club going in your school, please look on the WCU website for ideas and for help in getting started.
The Welsh Assembly Government’s Appetite for Life Initiative is aimed at improving the food and drink provided in schools. Information in the form of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) has been developed for School Governors to help them develop an understanding of Appetite for Life and the role they can play. (The FAQs appear approximately 2/3 of the way down the page).
This DVD clip explores the elements of good integrated sustainable school design, including engagement of pupils and staff in the design and in the construction, and through the curriculum.
The update is to keep you informed of developments in implementing and moving forward on the ‘Model for Delivering Advocacy Services for Children and Young People in Wales’.
The conference will be one of the first opportunities to hear from a number of the newly elected Assembly Ministers.
The aim of this report is to improve practice in English across all schools and particularly to help them become outstanding.
Talk is a teacher’s prime teaching tool, but how many of us stop to plan or analyse what we say, or think about how it affects pupil learning? This research summary features a project* that examined in detail how teachers use talk to promote meaningful learning in science.
The UK Government announced plans to ensure that more young people leave school or college with a good grasp of English and maths.
