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WELSH EDUCATION NEWS
Book for all schools will help teachers and pupils unearth the “diversity and complexity” of Wales’s history History Grounded will be provided to all schools in Wales to give all pupils an insight into Wales’s history.
Written Statement: Update on the Interim Youth Work Board’s recommendations Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Written Statement: Extending Free School Meal entitlement to all primary school children Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language
MORE WELSH EDUCATION NEWS
Strengthened measures to keep Wales safe as omicron strikes
New measures will be introduced from 6am on Boxing Day to help keep Wales safe.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guidance
Written Statement: Guidance on School categories according to Welsh-medium provision
Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Creating space/listening
Speech given by Jeremy Miles, Minister for Education and Welsh Language.
Budget to build stronger, fairer, greener Wales
Welsh Government Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has today announced a 3 year budget to “support the Wales of today and shape the Wales of tomorrow.”
Qualifications Wales: Get involved
Our next steps – looking for practitioners to create qualifications fit for the future.
ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS
NEW: Information Session Video for ALNCo’s
Focuses on the new Additional Learning Needs system in Wales, and the commencement of the next stage of implementation of the Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act.
The video seeks to inform, reassure and help ALNCos prepare for the significant changes required by the education reforms.
Guides to support ALN Implementation
A series of guides to support local authorities, practitioners, parents and carers during the first year of implementation.
A technical guide to implementing the Act during the first year of implementation (2021 to 2022)
A practitioner guide to the implementation of the Act during 2021 to 2022
ALN training opportunities for workforce
What does the new Additional Learning Needs system mean for practitioners?
E-learning: An introduction to the new additional learning needs system in Wales
Recognised training: National Professional Learning Pathway for Additional Learning Needs (NPLP ALN)
Accredited ALN professional learning route available via the National Masters in Education (Wales)