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@StanwellSchool - 08:45 AM - 4 Jun 2025

Well done to year 8 pupil, James Taylor, who won the NextGen competition at the Yanmar Freestyle Football Championships in the Netherlands. pic.twitter.com/f16YHJO3g8— Stanwell School PE () June 4, 2025
Well done to Tilda (Year 8) and Lilyana (Year 11) Niemela-Skidmore who have been selected to represent Wales at the prestigious dance World Cup in Spain in July! Good luck girls!— Stanwell_School () June 2, 2025

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@StanwellSchool - 09:47 AM - 23 May 2025

There may not have been much rain in May, but the rain garden plants are in full bloom! pic.twitter.com/GymcqnNewE— Stanwell_School () May 23, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 21:02 PM - 22 May 2025

A huge congratulations to all our Year 8 and 9 girls who competed in athletics today! Your hard work, determination, and team spirit were on full display, and we are incredibly proud of your efforts and achievements ⭐⭐⭐ pic.twitter.com/3X8TEtPJyW— Stanwell_School () May 22, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 10:20 AM - 22 May 2025

The art department have been busy creating a community art project at Specsavers in Penarth- well done to Mrs Lewis and the year 12 and 13 Art students that were involved. pic.twitter.com/ZGaLWFXY5d— Stanwell_School () May 22, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 13:11 PM - 21 May 2025

Well done to year 8 pupil James Taylor who won the ‘Rising Star of Freestyle’ trophy at the international freestyle football championships in Madrid in April!! He has now qualified to represent the UK U16s at a tournament in the Netherlands in June! Good luck, James! pic.twitter.com/z0VWbbmwkN— Stanwell School PE () May 21, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 21:40 PM - 20 May 2025

Wrth fy modd yn dysgu Bl 6 eto a siarad â'r Criw/ Loved Bl 6 again this week and catching up with the . Diolch ! pic.twitter.com/KUIevTikmx— Cymraeg Stanwell () May 20, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 22:03 PM - 18 May 2025

Amazing photos! Well done girls again👏🏻👏🏻⚽️🔷🔶 https://t.co/YqXNEYREEq— Stanwell School PE () May 18, 2025
A big congratulations to Claudia, Evelyn, Amelia, Ulla and Sydney for there involvements today in the finals. Winning both the U13 and U14 Girls competitions representing the . Well done girls we are very proud of your achievements👏🏻⚽️🔷🔶— Stanwell School PE () May 18, 2025

@StanwellSchool - 22:02 PM - 18 May 2025

@StanwellSchool - 18:57 PM - 18 May 2025

Congrats to our U14 girls winning a close final v Also congrats to Sydney Baker on being player of the match 🏆 pic.twitter.com/A2EZXQq8bz— Cardiff & Vale Schools & Colleges FA () May 18, 2025
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Curriculum for Wales

Stanwell School Roadmap 

Where did we begin?

High quality professional development focusing upon learning and teaching, curriculum design and the National Mission has been the essential ingredient on our journey towards the Curriculum for Wales. The school's on-going self-evaluation and a series of weekly training sessions, has helped to co-construct a common language of excellence

All staff were trained in the principles of coaching and introduced to professional enquiry as a means of making change, engaging with educational research and evaluating the impact of practice.

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Next, we 'unpicked' what the Four Purposes of the Curriculum for Wales meant for our learners and audited our current schemes of learning. This allowed us to celebrate what we did well and identify what we wanted to improve or change.

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Subject and pastoral leaders created a set of 'non-negotiables' within their departments  and across Areas of Learning which focused upon knowledge, skills and experience. These became the building blocks for our curriculum design. Practitioners were asked to consider what knowledge, skills and experience a 16-year-old pupil should have at the end of year 11 when the curriculum had been designed.

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Subsequently, subject leaders were released, within AOLE teams, to discuss and plan for curriculum design. They were joined by our Curriculum Consultants, a team of pupils with a keen interest in curriculum. These sessions were invaluable in the planning and design process.

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Next, we explored representation, diversity, Welsh, global and authentic contexts in AOLE and departmental teams and staff engaged with the Cross Cutting Themes. 

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When the final curriculum guidance was published, staff were given time to familiarise themselves with the documentation.  Numeracy, Literacy and DCF Coordinators undertook 1:1 coaching sessions with every  subject leader to discuss natural opportunities to teach skills across Areas of Learning. 

INSET was provided on the new skills frameworks and staff were given time to reflect upon best practice in the teaching of skills and how they would be embedded into curriculum design.

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We went onto explore the what, how, why and when of curriculum design. This required staff to engage with the Progression Steps, Statements of What Matters, Skills Frameworks and curriculum guidance to start designing our curriculum.

A whole school map has been created and practitioners are using 2023/2024 to plan their curriculum for Year 8 alongside evaluation for Year 7 curriculum. Coaching is utilised to support practitioners through this process and enquiry practices are used to test aspects of curriculum design this as we progress.

We began teaching our new curriculum to Year 7 in September 2022 and to Year 8 in September 2023

Curriculum for Wales Summary

At Stanwell our curriculum protects and celebrates subject specialism and this is highly valued. We explore the natural and organic links that occur within and across Areas of Learning, and we develop our learners’ ability to make connections between subjects. Across departments the development of skills underpins ALL learning.  Our curriculum places the four purposes at its core, where real- life context is paramount, enabling our learners to value, understand, contribute to and sometimes challenge the world in which we live.  We value and promote diversity, inclusion and equality, and lesson content is supported by enrichment activities, a fundamental part of our school life. Curriculum design enables learners to make progress across all areas of the school and nurture a healthy sense of wellbeing.