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In September 2022, all primary schools will be introducing the new Curriculum for Wales.

The curriculum, designed by the school teachers, will support your children with creative lessons with a focus on positive experiences, knowledge and skills. It will suit their needs and help them reach their full potential.

The Four Purposes (above) are the starting point of everything to do with children’s education. Every pupil is at the centre of the Curriculum. Overarching the Curriculum in a cross-curricular way will be the 'Literacy and Numeracy Framework, the ‘Digital Competency Framework’ and 'The Foundation Phase Framework'.

The frameworks need to be embedded and run alongside all ‘Areas of Learning and Experience’.

There are 6 Areas of Learning and Experience: -

• Expressive Arts

• Health and Well-being

• Humanities

• Languages ​​and Literacy

• Mathematics and Numeracy

• Science and Technology

Within each Area of ​​Learning and Experience there are statements of 'What Matters'. These provide a focus for the continuum of learning for all learners. Each 'What Matters' includes learning descriptions. Each learning description is designed to support the increasing depth and sophistication of learning over time.

The pace of a child's progress may vary throughout his or her learning journey but the New Curriculum is broadly organized into stages of progress- Steps 1,2,3,4 and 5. A child is expected to complete Stage 1 at age 5, Stage 2 by 8 years old and stage 3 by 11.