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@StanwellSchool - 16:24 PM - 7 Jun 2023

A sample of the uniform available in the uniform swap shop tonight. Thank you for the donations pic.twitter.com/UwaVd0oFbN— Stanwell_School () June 7, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 16:18 PM - 7 Jun 2023

Selection of dresses and suits available for prom or Valedictory dinner. The uniform swap shop open in Stanwell now pic.twitter.com/qKXdWRK7Zp— Stanwell_School () June 7, 2023
Uniform swap shop today Thursday 4th May: 4:00-5:30pm. Open to all. Please do not feel you need to have anything to swap— Stanwell_School () June 7, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 14:55 PM - 7 Jun 2023

Reminder: Uniform Swap Shop today 4:30pm - 6:00pm pic.twitter.com/qjkddNea4M— Stanwell_School () June 7, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 14:11 PM - 7 Jun 2023

@StanwellSchool - 20:06 PM - 6 Jun 2023

June reads 📕📗📘📙📖📚and the Stanwell Pride week addition 🏳️‍🌈📒 pic.twitter.com/v3ogC7kGdp— Stanwell_School () June 6, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 20:40 PM - 5 Jun 2023

Exam equipment needed after the half term break 📝✏️✍️📝📏📐✍️📝 https://t.co/U3Zd2O4O9f pic.twitter.com/XdCDbCrHsN— Stanwell_School () May 26, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 20:39 PM - 5 Jun 2023

Vale of Glamorgan Family Information Service are holding a Parent Information session in Penarth Library Monday 12th June 10.30am  - 1.30pm pic.twitter.com/L7EaV8fMdw— Stanwell_School () June 5, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 13:19 PM - 5 Jun 2023

Courtyard wild flower project in full bloom 💐🌸🌺🌷🌻🌹 pic.twitter.com/DqrwxUqlR8— Stanwell_School () June 5, 2023
Weekly Friday communication to parents can be found on the website under letters home https://t.co/3wevGhLUfL— Stanwell_School () May 26, 2023

@StanwellSchool - 15:12 PM - 26 May 2023

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Curriculum for Wales

Stanwell School Roadmap to 2022

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 2021/2022 to plan their 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.

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.