A few people have asked me for a transcript of the speech I gave recently about Curriculum for Wales. #CfW

Here it is, with a few useful sources linked in.
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And the original video in case you missed it (viewed over 1k times now).

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An important post here about the very real and practical problems with vague curriculums.

Vagueness is often the political solution to hard problems. But it doesn't solve them - it just creates more problems down the line.

The Curriculum for Wales needs more clarity and less ambiguity. The Facebook groups are full of comments below. It's not fair on hard working teachers to deal with such vagueness.

'Curriculum for Wales needs clarity not ambiguity' My latest blog on the current state of education in Wales. Inspired by Lucy Crehan Gareth Evans
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Super excited to start this ace course led by Lucy Crehan in a couple of weeks! 🌍

Just saw this on someone’s Facebook. Normally I just grimace and ignore these things but I couldn’t bear to leave this one unchallenged.

Very interesting thread here on Curriculum for Wales by Dr Nigel Newton from Cardiff Met University. #CfW

It would be a disaster for pupils if there was no national agreement on what knowledge learners ending Y6 are expected to have acquired before they progress to Y7. We can't assume the PS nor WM are sufficiently explicit to ensure equity for all pupils in relation to knowledge.

As someone interested in reading, over the years I have found Debbie Hepplewhite's IFERI forum/website to be invaluable.

iferi.org is a goldmine for people interested in teaching reading.

It is well worth checking out (or bookmarking for later perusal).

If you’re not already following Sarah you are missing out on some absolute gold. I find myself bookmarking everything she tweets!

On building a knowledge-based #curriculum badly.
Watch out for this sort of thing Lucy Crehan #cymru Erica Stanford MP #aotearoanewzealand .
England's curriculum was rushed, many gotchyas like this.
A well designed knowledge-based curriculum has to mean a coherent web of knowledge

'This is not about isolated facts. In fact I'm arguing for the opposite. Isolated facts are what you end up with if you don't deliberately plan a curriculum around progression and knowledge.'👏 So much brilliance in this talk from Lucy. A must-watch ⬇️

News doesn't come much bigger than this in the reading world.
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I'm grateful and humbled that world-leading curriculum experts like Prof Mark Priestley 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Christine Counsell and Mary Myatt have retweeted or responded positively to my message to Welsh government.

I hope Welsh Government Education are giving it their consideration also.

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A really important message from international curriculum expert Lucy Crehan - we are very lucky to have her here in Wales. I hope the Welsh government listen to experts like Lucy Crehan Rob Randel who are dedicated to improving the life chances of our children Lynne Neagle

Completely agree and hope Lynne Neagle will take note of this, consider the evidence and evaluate the current position for the benefit of all children. Teachers and leaders cannot work any harder but the opaqueness of the curriculum is providing a straight jacket to success.

Concerned about the Curriculum for Wales? Wondering why after 10 years it doesn’t make sense? Desperate to know how we can set about ‘reforming curriculum reform’? Thank God we are waking up at long last: Lucy Crehan has done the heavy lifting. Watch her brilliant 15 mins video

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Welsh Government Education please, engage. Clear and better guidance for schools now.