In Ysgol Pant y Rhedyn, we are now changing the way in which we are
teaching and learning in order to make the curriculum more enquiry
and skills based. This method is known as Formative Assessment or
Assessment for Learning.
It enables children to be more in control of their own learning,
through using Thinking Skills, developing their research and enquiry
skills and encouraging them to ask and answer open ended questions
relating to the task they are doing.
Allowing children to
work in groups and with 'Talking Partners' helps develop their
thinking and communication skills. It involves the key questions:-
WHO? WHAT? WHEN? WHERE? WHY? HOW?
This way of teaching
helps to create an environment where children feel in control of
their own learning and therefore more motivated, enthusiastic and
inspired.
Darren Taylor ( Deputy Headteacher)

Cwricwlwm diwygiedig i
Gymru
Bydd cwricwlwm diwygiedig ar gyfer dysgwyr 3-19 oed yn cael
ei roi ar waith o fis Medi 2008 ymlaen.
Wrth ddiwygio’r cwricwlwm, yr her oedd
sefydlu cwricwlwm ar gyfer yr unfed ganrif ar hugain a fyddai’n
cwrdd ag anghenion y dysgwyr unigol ac yn cadw mewn cof, ar yr
un pryd, anghenion ehangach Cymru. Er mwyn helpu i gyflawni hyn,
mae’r cwricwlwm ysgol diwygiedig yn anelu at y canlynol:
- canolbwyntio ar y dysgwr
- sicrhau bod datblygu sgiliau mewn modd
priodol yn cael ei wau drwy’r cwricwlwm
- cynnig llai o gynnwys a chanolbwyntio
mwy ar sgiliau
- canolbwyntio ar barhad a dilyniant 3-19,
drwy adeiladu ar y Cyfnod Sylfaen a chysylltu’n effeithiol
gyda’r rhaglen Llwybrau Dysgu 14-19
- bod yn hyblyg
- cefnogi polisi’r Llywodraeth, yn cynnwys:
dwyieithrwydd, y Cwricwlwm Cymreig/Cymru, Ewrop a’r Byd,
cyfle cyfartal, bwyd a ffitrwydd, datblygiad cynaliadwy a
dinasyddiaeth fyd-eang, a byd gwaith ac entrepreneuriaeth
- parhau i gyflwyno cwricwlwm unigryw sydd
yn briodol ar gyfer Cymru.
Mae’r cwricwlwm diwygiedig yn cynnwys y
chwe maes canlynol:
- y Cyfnod Sylfaen
- datblygu sgiliau
- y cwricwlwm cenedlaethol
- addysg bersonol a chymdeithasol
- gyrfaoedd a’r byd gwaith
- addysg grefyddol
Datblygu sgiliau
Mae’r cwricwlwm yn ei gyfanrwydd yn seiliedig ar
ganolbwyntio ar ddatblygu sgiliau, ac er mwyn ategu hyn,
datblygwyd fframwaith sgiliau anstatudol, 'Fframwaith
sgiliau ar gyfer dysgwyr 3 i 19 yng Nghymru'.
Mae’r fframwaith hwn yn rhan allweddol o’r cwricwlwm
diwygiedig sy’n canolbwyntio’n fwy ar ddysgwyr a sgiliau ac
sydd i’w roi ar waith yng Nghymru o fis Medi 2008. Mae’n
rhoi canllawiau am barhad a dilyniant mewn meddwl,
cyfathrebu, TGCh a rhif i ddysgwyr o 3-19 a’r tu hwnt -
sgiliau sy’n gwbl hanfodol os yw dysgwyr am lwyddo.
Gellwch
lawrlwytho'r dogfen yma trwy clicio ar y PDF
DATBLYGU SGILIAU MEDDWL
Rhai negeseuon allweddol o adolygiad o’r
cwricwlwm oedd y dylai:
- canolbwynt unrhyw gwricwlwm newydd
fod ar ddatblygu sgiliau, yn enwedig meddwl
- asesu fod yn ffurfiannol drwy bob
cyfnod allweddol.
I gefnogi hyn, rydyn ni wedi ariannu
rhaglen ddatblygu ar gyfer datblygu meddwl ac asesu ar gyfer dysgu,
gan gydweithio gyda chlystyrau o ysgolion ac ymgynghorwyr Awdurdodau
Addysg Lleol (AALl). Roedd y rhaglen yn canolbwyntio ar ddatblygu,
gweithredu a lledaenu arfer da mewn addysgu datblygu meddwl a
strategaethau asesu ar gyfer dysgu.
Prif nodau’r rhaglen oedd:
- gwella perfformiad disgyblion
- cynyddu’r cyswllt â dysgu
- newid arfer yn y dosbarth, a thrwy
hynny gwella addysgeg
- cynyddu amlder y gwersi creadigol.
A revised curriculum for Wales
A revised curriculum for 3 to 19-year-olds in Wales will be
implemented from September 2008.
In revising the curriculum,
the challenge was to establish a curriculum for the twenty-first
century that meets the needs of individual learners whilst taking
account of the broader needs of Wales. To help achieve this, the
revised school curriculum aims to:
- focus on the learner
- ensure that appropriate skills development is
woven throughout the curriculum
- offer reduced subject content with an
increased focus on skills
- focus on continuity and progression 3-19, by
building on the Foundation Phase and linking effectively with
the 14-19 Learning Pathways programme
- be flexible
- support Government policy, including:
bilingualism, Curriculum Cymreig/Wales, Europe and the World,
equal opportunities, food and fitness, sustainable development
and global citizenship, and the world of work and
entrepreneurship
- continue to deliver a distinctive curriculum
that is appropriate for Wales.
The revised curriculum comprises the following
six areas:
- Foundation Phase
- skills development
- national curriculum
- personal and social education
- careers and the world of work
- religious education.
Skills Development
A focus on skills development underpins the whole
curriculum and to reinforce this, a non-statutory framework,
'Skills framework for 3 to 19-year-olds in Wales', has been
developed.
This framework is a key part of the revise
d learner-centred
and skills-focused curriculum to be implemented from
September 2008. It provides guidance about continuity and
progression in thinking, communication, ICT and number for
learners from 3 to 19 and beyond - skills that are
fundamental for learners to become successful individuals.
DOWNLOAD THE WAG DOCUMENT HERE
Developing thinking and assessment for
learning:
Some of the key
messages from the review of the curriculum were that:\
- the focus of any new curriculum should be
one that developed skills, especially thinking
- assessment should be formative throughout
each key stage.
To support these, we funded a development
programme for developing thinking and assessment for learning
working in partnership with school clusters and Local Education
Authority (LEA) advisers. The programme focused on the
development, implementation and dissemination of good practice
in the teaching of developing thinking and assessment for
learning strategies.
The main aims of the programme were to:
- improve pupil performance
- increase engagement with learning
- change classroom practice, thereby
improving pedagogy
- increase the frequency of creative
lessons.