The length of time for objections to be raised about school reorganisation proposals has been reduced from two to one calendar month Education Minister Leighton Andrews has announced.
The conferences will put a spotlight on behaviour and attendance in the context of the Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning, Leighton Andrews’ recent speech 'Teaching makes a difference'.
Do you have great school grounds that you would like to share with other schools in Wales? 21st Century Schools and Learning Through Landscapes would like interested schools to get in touch and become case studies which will form part of the school grounds guidance. Please note the deadline has been extended until March 7th.
A Financial Education microsite, developed on NGfL Cymru, is now available to provide teachers with information and educational resources to support delivery of effective financial education in the curriculum.
The Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning gave an address entitled ‘Teaching makes a difference’ on Wednesday 2 February 2011. The speech focused on teaching, learning, accountability and collaboration. The Welsh Assembly Government and Estyn also held a National Education Conference on the 14th February. View the keynote speeches.
This guidance document will help teachers, health professionals, social workers, the police and other key practitioners in Wales to tackle sexual exploitation. The Welsh Assembly Government has commissioned Barnardo’s Cymru to provide training in March to assist in implementing this guidance.
In 2009/10 there were 185 permanent exclusions, a decrease from 213 in 2008/09.
The activities include an electronic version of St David’s story, wordsearches, matching and sequencing activities, information book, multiple choice question games, create pictures, matching pairs games and jigsaws.
A selection of activities to support the teaching of e safety in the classroom covering web browsing, email and social networking.
Making high quality childcare accessible and affordable has a key role to play in reducing child poverty, Deputy Minister Huw Lewis said today as he launched the Welsh Assembly Government’s Childcare Policy Statement “Nurturing Children – Supporting Families”.
This document sets out the role that schools have in developing and supporting strategic approaches to promoting and maintaining community cohesion and preventing violent extremism.
