Curriculum

The Curriculum for Wales 

On 30th June 2015, the Minister for Education and Skills announced that the Welsh Government would accept, in full, all of the recommendations set out in Successful Futures, Professor Graham Donaldson’s review of the curriculum and assessment arrangements in Wales.

The new curriculum will have more emphasis on equipping young people for life. It will build their ability to learn new skills and apply their subject knowledge more positively and creatively.

Click here to see information from the Welsh Assembly Government 

Click here to view our Curriculum Summary from September 2022

 See our updated Curriculum Summary for 2023 below. 

The purpose of the new curriculum is to support our children and young people to be:

·                                 ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives

·                                 enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

·                                 ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world

·                                 healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society.

It has six ‘Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLE).

·                                 Expressive arts.

·                                 Health and well-being.

·                                 Humanities (including RE which should remain compulsory to age 16).

·                                 Languages, literacy and communication (including Welsh, which should remain compulsory to age 16, and modern foreign languages).

·                                 Mathematics and numeracy.

·                                 Science and technology.

The curriculum includes three cross-curricular responsibilities: literacy, numeracy and digital competence.

 https://gov.wales/docs/dcells/publications/151021-a-curriculum-for-wales-a-curriculum-for-life-en.pdf

https://gov.wales/docs/dcells/publications/151021-a-curriculum-for-wales-poster.pdf

How you can help at home?

We can help our children by showing them how we use literacy and numeracy in everyday life. 

Literacy

• Let your child see you reading and writing for a purpose:

• Write shopping lists together.

• Read letters from the school together.

• Read letters together e.g. from the council.

• Help your child to write or e-mail thank you letters, invitations or birthday cards.

• Talk about each page of the school reading book.

Numeracy

Money

• Pocket money spending, all ages.

• Child bank statements

• Sales 

• Determine what can be bought within a given budget

• Plan and track money and savings by keeping accurate records

• Make comparisons between prices and understand which is best value for money

• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using bank accounts

Time

• Starting in foundation phase, seasons and o’clock times

• Tell the time on any clock

Cooking

Cooking is a great way to practice numeracy!

·         Let your child see the recipe – or estimate what is needed.

• Weighing out the ingredients

Times tables

• You probably use times tables every day. When you are working things out (like the price of 3 packets), make sure the child understands that you are using tables.