Target audience: AoLE leads in primary schools and settings.

‘Curriculum for Wales: The journey to 2022’ sets out consistent expectations for schools and settings for the process of designing and implementing their curricula. The Curriculum for Wales Implementation plan sets out shared aspirations – which describe what the education system should look like in the long-term, as a result of schools and settings designing and implementing their curricula. Practitioners should have the space to develop and use their teaching, agency and creativity to help realise their ambitions through the curriculum and enabling a space for AoLE leads within primary settings to discuss learning and teaching that enables all learners to realise the aspirations of the four purposes is key.

Only by creating opportunity for practitioners to own the reform process in their schools and settings, for them to feel valued and empowered by that process, and to feel motivated to contribute to its continuing development, can we ensure the long-term success of Curriculum for Wales.

The termly Primary AoLE Leads network will allow opportunity for all to share, discuss and enhance knowledge and understanding of the unique needs of all mandatory AoLEs and the skills to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of each AoLE within their schools. Practitioners will develop pedagogical knowledge that supports the effective delivery of each AoLE, ensuring all learnes will make progress.

• Attendees will engage with and have a better understanding of each AoLE in order to design their local curriculum.

• Attendees will have a deeper understanding of progression within each AoLE

• Attendees will develop pedagogical knowledge in order to support effective design and implementation of each AoLE.

• Attendees will develop skills and understanding to become reflective AoLE leads in order to monitor and evaluate each AoLE

• Attendees will decide content for termly networks and have opportunities to share Curriculum for Wales experiences.

Event details:

24/10/23 All day
Teifi, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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12/03/24 All day
Teifi, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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04/07/24 All day
Teifi, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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Adrian Smith Science and Technology AoLE adrian.smith@partneriaeth.cymru 

Stuart Jacob Science and Technology AoLE stuart.jacob@partneriaeth.cymru 

David Bradley Science and Technology AoLE david.bradley@partneriaeth.cymru 

Target audience: Secondary middle leaders

These termly networks provide opportunities for leaders to collaborate across Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Swansea. Attendees receive updates and training on:

1. Teaching and learning - subject specific pedagogy, resources and other school examples shared to support middle leaders in driving improvements in their own departments.

2. Curriculum - mandatory elements of Curriculum for Wales and providing practical guidance on how to implement these messages effectively as middle leaders  to support teachers in their departments. 

3. Qualifications - updates from Qualifications Wales and specific WJEC GCSE examination series. Opportunities to discuss wider qualification reform. 

4. Leadership - supporting middle leaders in undertaking their roles effectively looking at quality assurance processes, self-evaluation, GCSE and A Level administration and improvement planning.

• All delegates will have an improved understanding of their roles as middle leaders in securing and driving improvement in their areas of responsibility.

• All middle leaders will have an improved understanding around curriculum and qualification reform.

• All middle leaders will discuss and hear examples of current and effective teaching and learning strategies appropriate to their subjects.

• All middle leaders will have an opportunity to share and hear examples of effective practice of either middle leadership, teaching and learning or curriculum/qualification reform. 

Event details:

All day

18/10/23 Carmarthenshire
Y Llwyfan, College Rd, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ
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19/10/23 Pembrokeshire
Queens Hall, Narberth SA67 7AS
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20/10/23 Swansea
Dylan Thomas School, John Street, Cockett, Swansea, SA2 0FR
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06/03/24 Carmarthenshire
Taf Suite, Halliwell Centre, Carmarthen SA31 3EP
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07/03/24 Pembrokeshire
Queens Hall, Narberth SA67 7AS
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08/03/24 Swansea
Dylan Thomas School, John Street, Cockett, Swansea, SA2 0FR
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26/06/24 Carmarthenshire
Y Llwyfan, College Rd, Carmarthen SA31 3EQ
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27/06/24 Pembrokeshire
Queens Hall, Narberth SA67 7AS
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28/06/24 Swansea
Dylan Thomas School, John Street, Cockett, Swansea, SA2 0FR
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David Bradley Science and Technology AoLE david.bradley@partneriaeth.cymru

Target audience: All staff in schools and educational settings.

Partneriaeth are committed to providing quality bespoke and universal professional learning to all schools and settings across the region. Partneriaeth recognise the significant challenges facing schools at the moment and the difficulties many face when trying to facilitate staff to attend professional learning events. In order to try and mitigate these challenges Partneriaeth have scheduled online AoLE drop-in sessions.

These termly (these half termly) drop-in sessions have been scheduled to provide opportunities to speak with Partneriaeth officers leading on AoLE development and support. They are informal and by their nature will be responsive to the needs of those attending.

• • • Have an opportunity to raise concerns and be supported to find solutions.

Event details:

27/10/2023 09:30 - 11:00
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13/03/2024 15:00 - 16:30
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04/07/2024 13:00 - 14:30
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 For further Information please contact:

Adrian Smith Science and Technology AoLE adrian.smith@partneriaeth.cymru

Stuart Jacob Science and Technology AoLE stuart.jacob@partneriaeth.cymru

David Bradley Science and Technology AoLE david.bradley@partneriaeth.cymru