A significant milestone has been reached this week as children across Wales return to school following the summer break. From this term, all children aged three to seven will be able to experience the Welsh Government’s revolutionary early year’s curriculum, the Foundation Phase.
The Minister for Education and Skills has decided to revise the professional standards for Higher Level Teaching Assistants, teachers and head teachers and that these revised standards will come into force from 1 September 2011. Access the Revised Professional Standards for Education Practitioners. You can also read a summary of responses to the consultation.
As the new term gets underway we are able to give greater detail about the timeline for refining and agreeing the final banding model; issuing the provisional and final banding information, and providing the support materials to assist you in communicating with parents and the public.
This document provides guidance for governing bodies and headteachers on issues relating to implementing or changing a school uniform and appearance policy.
Visit the Estyn website where you can read how providers from around Wales have effectively overcome challenges such as supporting more able and talented pupils, delivering a skills-based curriculum and improving boys’ literacy. The new best practice section on the Estyn website is part of Estyn’s commitment to promote improvement in the delivery of education and training across Wales.
Steady progress has been made on implementing the Welsh Government’s Welsh-medium Education Strategy, according to the first annual report. Press release and Annual Report 2010-11.
The Minister for Education and Skills has decided to allow schools to continue to take up to two further INSET days provided that they are taken in the summer term of academic year 2011/12 and that they are focussed exclusively on literacy and numeracy. However, as last year, use of these additional INSET days will be reduced pro-rata if any school teaching time is lost due to bad weather in the two preceding terms.
A bank of electronic picture stories for sharing with young children. There are supporting story frameworks for use by the teacher.
A dice that allows learners to read, analyse and write stories covering six different genres.
National Curriculum Teacher Assessments of the Core Subjects, 2011
National Curriculum Teacher Assessments of the Non-core Subjects, 2011
The bidding process to access new funding to assist schools with Service children to help mitigate the impact of mobility and deployment within the Armed Forces is now open. For more information and an application form please contact Laura Peel or Claudia Guy
The Lesotho Teacher Placement Programme is run by Dolen Cymru with the support of the British Council and is funded by the Welsh Government. The Programme provides an opportunity for qualified teachers from Wales to work in a school in Lesotho for 6 or 12 months. The deadline for applications has been extended to 15th September 2011.
