9. Cross-curriculum responsibilities

Good teaching and learning regularly reinforces Cross-curriculum Responsibilities, inc L, N and DC, and provides opportunities to practise them

The Review proposals will see the Cross-curriculum Responsibilities of literacy, numeracy and digital competence, together with the wider skills, embedded in the Areas of Learning and Experience. Following consultation, the Welsh Government has embedded literacy and numeracy in existing subjects and Areas of Learning. In due course, this work will require revision to take account of the revised curriculum structure. However, the principle of embedding will remain. The proposed digital competence framework and the wider skills will similarly be embedded in the Achievement Outcomes, identifying opportunities for application as part of the teaching and learning process.

The challenge for teaching posed by the Cross-curriculum Responsibilities will be to maintain the focus on these responsibilities within teaching and learning so that their application becomes natural and authentic rather than an add-on.

Resources from Numeracy Coordinator workshop delivered by Gary Jones, HMI, in March 2020 at Ysgol Caer Elen.