Introduction
The central focus of the Welsh National Baccalaureate/Foundation is to provide a means for learners to reinforce and foster holistic and cross-curricular skills. The qualification will help learners prepare for the future by fostering skills, attributes and types of behavior that will be valued by educators and potential employers. The emphasis of the Welsh Baccalaureate is on applied learning i.e. acquire and use a range of transferable skills. The learners will cultivate skills in the context of purposeful tasks and appropriate knowledge and understanding. The Welsh National/Foundation Baccalaureate will encourage the learner to value the process of building skills as a key aspect of education and lifelong learning. It covers and consolidates the core purposes of the Curriculum for Wales, supporting learners to become:
ambitious, capable learners who are ready to learn throughout their lives
enterprising, creative contributors who are ready to play a full part in life and work
principled, informed citizens in Wales and the world
healthy, confident individuals who are ready to live a fulfilling life as valuable members of society.
Course Content
The qualification is divided into three projects designed to ensure that learners can exercise autonomy and personal choice when selecting areas of study that interest them or are relevant to their future progress paths.
The Skills Challenge Certificate consists of four components:
Individual Project
Enterprise and Employability Challenge
The Challenge of Global Citizenship
The Community Challenge
To gain the qualification, learners must complete the Individual Project and two of the Challenge components. The combined results of the three selected components will determine whether the Skills Challenge Certificate is awarded at National or Foundation level.
Assessment
The qualification is a non examined with no formal exam papers at all. Learners are assessed on the coursework which is presented throughout the two years.
The National Skills Challenge Certificate is graded A* - C. A Foundation Pass or Foundation Pass* grade is awarded for the Foundation Skills Challenge Certificate.
Examining body
School contact
Miss Rachel Williams