A campaign of advertisements will appear throughout Wales advising children and young people who are being bullied to talk to someone or contact meic advocacy helpline for help. The focus for Anti Bullying week this year is on cyberbullying and sexual bullying. The revised Anti-bullying guidance for practitioners and parents is also available. Press release and Anti-bullying posters.
On 08 November the Minister for Education and Skills made an oral Statement in the Siambr.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child has been adopted by the Welsh Government and since May 2011 Wales has become the first country in the UK to enshrine the UNCRC into domestic law. What about running a school assembly to raise awareness of the UNCRC in your school? You can also find lots of interactive activities on Pupil Voice Wales and the Let’s Get it Right web site.
The purpose of this non-statutory guidance is to help head teachers and governing bodies to set out their policies on charging and remission for school activities and school visits.
This guidance describes the method of assessing the capacity of primary and secondary schools and deriving appropriate admission numbers from the capacity.
Janet Hayward, Headteacher at Cadoxton Primary School, has been asked by the Minister for Education and Skills to chair an external task and finish group to explore how digital teaching can best be used to improve learner experience and teacher collaboration. Janet would like to get the views and insights from across education and training into: 1) How should high quality, Welsh and English language accessible digital classroom content be developed? And 2) How should teachers get the digital teaching skills to use ICT to transform schools? If you would like to share your views and evidence, please send these to the following mailbox. The deadline for responses is 6 January 2012.
DfES is committed to achieving excellence in the way we communicate and engage with you. As a result of the 2010 Stakeholder Survey, we have developed a very short feedback form to explore your perceptions of our strengths and weaknesses. Please take a few minutes to fill in this confidential short form.
On 1 November 2011 the Minister for Education and Skills made an oral Statement in the Siambr on School Standards Unit Stocktakes.
This resource investigates aspects of different vehicles and how it is important to design the vehicle to match the needs of the person who will be using it.
series of Interactive stories that allow the reader to control the path the story takes. The learners can be encouraged to read the story more than once, selecting a new path each time they read the story and discussing how the plot has changed.
A catalogue of recently published resources for primary schools in Wales which includes details about books, interactive materials, DVDs, CD-ROMs and free resources.
This consultation seeks views on proposals to introduce a revised Employment-based Teacher Training Scheme to take effect from 1 September 2013.
This consultation document seeks views on commencing the provision within the Equality Act 2010.
School-based Counselling is an integral part of school provision in Wales, according to an independent evaluation report from the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Press release and final report.
You can claim your free tickets to the Games through the London 2012 Ticketshare initiative or ensure that your students have the chance to experience the magic of the Games by submitting your school's Get Set network application form. Find out more and submit your application.
In addition to the offer of free tickets, we are offering 212 Get Set network schools the opportunity to nominate a 12-year-old student to run with the Olympic Flame. Join the Get Set network before 16 December 2011 to be in with the chance to nominate one of your students. Join now.
