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Following a period of co-construction and consultation with practitioners, the Curriculum for Wales guidance has been updated to include ‘Continuing the Journey’, which outlines our expectations for ongoing curriculum design.
Whilst our expectations for curriculum design have not changed, we have, in response to practitioners, made the guidance shorter and easier to navigate and understand.
It has been split into 4 areas:
- Purpose: what should our learners learn and why?
- Progression: what should progress in that learning look like for each learner?
- Assessment: how are we assessing to enable that progression?
- Pedagogy: how does our daily practice support our curriculum?
Easy to access support is also now available on Hwb, including:
- Navigating the Curriculum for Wales Framework – a hyperlinked document to help navigate the guidance.
- Key terms from the Curriculum for Wales – explaining more about terms such as ‘cross cutting themes’, ‘the four purposes’ and ‘principles of progression’.
- Understanding Cluster Working – a model for cluster working to support planning, designing, reviewing, and refining curriculum and assessment.
- What are schools legally required to do? An understanding of the mandatory and statutory duties for headteachers and governing bodies.
- Assessing learner progress – practical support for assessment design
- Developing a shared understanding of progression.
- Shared understanding of progression: supporting cluster working
- Principles of progression: supporting self-evaluation and a shared understanding of progression.
- A range of Professional learning resources to support effective curriculum design.
Work is underway, with input from schools, to provide updated guidance on each of the areas of learning and experience.
Keep an eye out for more information over the next couple of months.