Unit 5 - Welsh Government
Supporting resources and materials
These supporting materials have been produced to support curriculum design within schools and settings.
They build on the Curriculum for Wales guidance and new school improvement guidance, and set out practical support for curriculum development, quality assurance, and self-evaluation.
Designing a Curriculum with a Purpose
This material gives a short guide of considerations to support the design and quality assurance of a purpose-led curriculum. It is not a checklist for curriculum design but provides useful prompts to consider your curriculum journey and what you might do next.
Learning with purpose_ a template to support curriculum design.pdfPurpose, progression, and assessment as the key to curriculum design.pdfPrinciples of Progression: supporting self-evaluation and a shared understanding of progression
Principles of progression (e) 22.06.22.pdfThis material provides prompts and questions to support school leaders and practitioners to use the mandatory principles of progression to support self-evaluation and improvement processes, and to help develop a shared understanding of progression.
Developing a shared understanding of progression
This material sets out what a shared understanding of progression is, with practical tips on how to develop this in your own school or setting. This complements ‘supporting learner progression: assessment guidance.
Shared understanding of progression.pdfAssessing Learner Progress
Assessment in the Curriculum for Wales (e) 22.06.22.pdfThis supporting material provides information, prompts, and guides on the development of assessment arrangements in the Curriculum for Wales.
Self - evaluation and improvement: learner progress
This guide provides prompts to support evaluating learner progress in school evaluation and improvement arrangements. This complements the Non-statutory school improvement guidance ‘School improvement guidance: framework for evaluation, improvement and accountability’ and the ‘national resource: evaluation and improvement’.
Self-evaluation and improvement (e) 22.06.22.pdfCAMAU Assessing for the Future
CAMAU Assessing for the Future is a package containing a handbook, which provides essential information about the use of the resource, and six workshop sessions for you to undertake. This resource has been produced for use by practitioners, schools and settings to develop your capacity and skills related to assessment as you engage with the ‘Curriculum for Wales guidance’.
Workshop 1 & 2: Progression and Assessment
Workshop 3 & 4: The learner at the centre
Workshop 5 & 6: Integrating curriculum, assessment and pedagogy
CAMAU CSC.pdfCase Studies
