Curriculum

Curriculum at Ty Gwyn Education for Years 7, 8 and 9

From September 2022, learners in Years 7, 8 and 9 will be working on and from the new Curriculum for Wales

Ty Gwyn Education Centre teaching staff have worked with specialist staff from Central South Consortium and consulted with parents, carers and our Management Committee to develop a new curriculum, over a series of INSET days and workshops.

This curriculum will be based around the six areas of learning experience:

Health and Wellbeing
Languages, literacy and communication*
Maths and Numeracy
Expressive Arts
Humanities
Science and Technology

*Ty Gwyn does not offer teaching in Modern Foreign Languages

Ty Gwyn will continue to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum, with a further level of focus on the Health and Wellbeing AoLE. This includes additional planned whole school physical activities on a weekly basis and a continued strengthening of our trauma informed work on emotional and social development and support for better mental health. The development of literacy, numeracy and digital skills are a priority for learners at Ty Gwyn, across all areas of learning to ensure barriers to learning are reduced.

Ty Gwyn has ensured the planned curriculum will facilitate the delivery of the 4 purposes of the new curriculum and ensure children and young people become:

Ambitious, capable learners
Enterprising and creative contributors
Ethical and informed citizens
Healthy, confident individuals

The curriculum will also feature cross cutting themes:

Relationships and Sexuality
Careers and the World of Work
Diversity
Human Rights
Religion, values and ethics

The new curriculum is progressive across the year and as a small, specialist provision, our highly differentiated teaching means teachers are always aware of where learners are achieving and where more support or challenge is needed. All learners access interventions where required in literacy or numeracy.

Each AoLE has progression steps within and a range of monitoring and assessment activities are undertaken and recorded during the year so there is clarity for all about where learners are and their next steps. Assessment activities include baseline testing as learners join us, formative marking (this includes the next steps for the learner), on going verbal feedback and dialogue with learners about next steps and summative marking/moderation at key points during the year against the progression steps.

The content, knowledge and skills within the new AoLEs will be reviewed throughout the year by teaching staff, supported by CSC Improvement Partners and specialists to ensure appropriate progression and coverage is within. Ty Gwyn undertakes half termly self evaluation activities, observing teaching, reviewing books and speaking to learners using both senior staff and peer to peer work to ensure engagement is positive and pace and progression (relative to the needs of our learners) is evident. This evaluative information is regularly shared with the Management Committee of Ty Gwyn Education Centre.