Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
This film shows examples of effective foundation phase practice in delivering literacy and numeracy in Year 1 and Year 2 through the use of fun and interactive learning experiences. The aim of the film is to stimulate discussions both within and between schools to promote effective practice in teaching and learning across Wales. The film has five chapters which look at standards in literacy and numeracy, pupil voice and independence, provision for literacy and numeracy, teaching and assessment, and leadership.
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools should:
- R1 Ensure a balance between the development of pupils’ skills and of their knowledge and understanding of subject content
- R2 Ensure that pupils’ learning experiences in the humanities are wide-ranging, interesting, progressive and challenging, particularly at key stage 4
- R3 Monitor the progress that pupils make in the humanities more closely
- R4 Evaluate the curriculum for the humanities to prepare for the development and implementation of the new area of learning and experience
- R5 Establish local networks of good practice to share resources and expertise, including making greater use of the schools’ locality
Local authorities and regional consortia should:
- R6 Provide better professional learning opportunities for teachers of the humanities
- R7 Provide more support for schools to evaluate their curriculum and to plan for the development of the humanities area of learning and experience
The Welsh Government should:
- R8 Ensure that initial teacher education courses provide new teachers including primary teachers with the necessary skills to teach the humanities successfully and to respond to the new Curriculum for Wales
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools should:
- R1 Provide stimulating and challenging learning opportunities in science involving effective practical work to meet the needs of all pupils, including the more able
- R2 Evaluate their curriculum for science in preparation for the new area of learning and experience for science and technology
- R3 Ensure that departmental self-evaluation is robust and based on a range of evidence to evaluate subject-specific standards and the quality of teaching
- R4 Use feedback from the latest PISA report to inform planning for improvement
- R5 Ensure that assessment helps pupils to know what they need to do to improve
Local authorities and regional consortia should:
- R6 Provide more subject-specific support for science teachers on improving teaching and assessment, and facilitate the sharing of good practice
- R7 Provide more support for schools to evaluate their curriculum, and plan for the development of the science and technology area of learning and experience, as well as the changes to qualifications in science
The Welsh Government should:
- R8 Campaign to attract more science graduates into the teaching profession in Wales
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools should:
- R1 Ensure that all pupils have regular discussions about their progress, aspirations and possible learning pathways, especially in Year 9 and Year 11
- R2 Provide pupils with accurate and up-to-date information about the full range of sixth form, further education and apprenticeship opportunities open to them
- R3 Evaluate their CWoW provision to ensure that it:
- a. is delivered by well-trained staff, equipped with up-to-date resources
- b. provides pupils with relevant work-focused experiences
- c. makes better use of information to monitor and track trends in pupils’ achievement and progression so as to plan improvements in provision
- d. is integrated into whole-school self-evaluation, improvement planning and accountability processes
- R4 Involve governors more in the strategic oversight of CWoW
Local authorities and regional consortia should:
- R5 Help schools to develop their use of information to evaluate the effectiveness of their CWoW provision
The Welsh Government should:
- R6 Facilitate stronger partnerships between schools, providers, employers and others to improve the delivery of impartial advice and guidance
- R7 Review the CWoW framework and update guidance in light of the principles of curriculum reform identified in Successful Futures
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Improvement Resource Type: Thematic Report
Recommendations
Schools should:
- R1 Make sure that science lessons challenge all pupils, particularly the more able, and reduce the achievement gap between pupils eligible for free school meals and their peers
- R2 Make sure that pupils have opportunities to learn about all areas of the design and technology curriculum, particularly ‘systems and control’
- R3 Ensure that assessment helps pupils know what they need to do to improve
- R4 Ensure that self-evaluation processes are robust and focus on pupils’ subject knowledge, understanding and skills, and on the quality of teaching
- R5 Provide teachers with training in the areas of science and of design and technology where they lack knowledge and confidence
Local authorities and regional consortia should:
- R6 Provide more subject-specific support for teachers to improve teaching and assessment in science and design and technology and facilitate the sharing of good practice
- R7 Provide more support for schools to evaluate their curriculum and plan for the development of the science and technology area of learning and experience