A New Curriculum for Wales

At Cantref Primary School, despite a disrupted year with Covid 19’s arrival, we have been busily preparing for and moving toward the new Curriculum for Wales which will be made statutory in September 2022.

The changes have been brought about by the Welsh Government; responding to an ever changing world and future for our young people in Wales; to better prepare them for their lives as citizens of Wales and the wider world. 

The Curriculum for Wales has been developed by teachers and experts in industry for the children of Wales. At Cantref we have been engaged right from the earliest stages with consultations, training and roll out of all information, in order that we are fully prepared for its implementation. We have been working on our curriculum development here at Cantref to fully reflect the changes coming our way and have been adapting in readiness for some time now.

Important things you need to know:

• Children at Cantref will continue to learn in a variety of ways - including focusing on skills, knowledge and experiences. We will continue to offer our children a rich and varied learning experience, including many outdoor learning opportunities.
• There will be 6 new Areas of Learning and Experiences (AoLE)

1. Expressive Arts
2. Health and Wellbeing
3. Humanities
4. Languages, Literacy and Communication
5. Mathematics and Numeracy
6. Science and Technlogy

These will replace the current foundation phase areas and national curriculum subjects.

• There are 4 purposes to the curriculum and they are central and at the heart of the new curriculum, driving it forward. They are what we want our children to embody at the end of their journey through their educational career.

They are:

• Ambitious, capable learners wh are ready to learn throughout their lives.
• Enterprising, creative contributors who are ready to play a full part in life and work.
• Ethical, informed citizens who are ready to be citizens of Wales and the world.
• Healthy, confident individuals who are ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society.

 

• These 4 purposes are displayed in our classrooms and are becoming familiar expressions for the children. At Cantref we try to frame ‘why’ we are doing ‘what’ we are doing with the children. Pupil voice plays an integral part in the building of our curriculum and allows us to respond to and reflect the pupils’ choices; while keeping the 4 purposes at the heart of that process.
• Teachers have a Literacy and Numeracy Framework, which is already embedded, and a Digital Competence Framework, to develop children’s ICT skills.

	new curriculum easy-read for pupils	[pdf 916KB]
	CURRICULUM SUMMARY	[pptx 688KB]