Process of curriculum and assessment design
Here you’ll find the curriculum and assessment process in 4 straightforward steps; Ask; Design; Teach and Reflect, which will support decision-making at both whole-school and classroom levels, giving you a clear framework to follow.
The process of curriculum and assessment design in the Curriculum for Wales
How is the curriculum and assessment design process meant to work?
Step-by-step process of designing learning at a classroom level
These templates will help guide you through designing learning experiences.
Examples in practice:
St Mary the Virgin Church in Wales School (video) has already put this process into practice, and their video shows how they’ve approached curriculum design in their context.
Lansdowne School’s video demonstrates how they’ve used these templates to transform their approach to learning design.
Curriculum storyboarding
The storyboarding approach, for instance, encourages us to focus on the ‘why’ of learning – making the purpose explicit for learners while ensuring coherence across different areas of study.
This template aims to support the streamlining of the process of curriculum design within the principles of Curriculum for Wales, focusing on the purpose of learning and making this clear for both teachers and Learners
Example in practice:
Raglan Church in Wales School shares how storyboarding has enhanced their curriculum development in their video.
Curriculum design within areas of learning and experience (Areas) animations
These animations will help practitioners consider how a topic or theme can contribute to broader conceptual understanding and realising the four purposes.
Languages, Literacy and Communications
If you would like more support and resources and please visit our tools and templates for curriculum design area on Hwb