From September 2019 City & Guilds/WJEC will be the sole provider of a new suite of fundable Health and Social Care, and Childcare qualifications in Wales. On their website, Health and Care Learning Wales have a range of digital resources have been designed to enhance your delivery of the underpinning knowledge required within the qualifications with guidance for teaching/delivery, assessment materials, and student guides available for most of the qualifications. They can support independent learning by engaging learners and signposting them to other resources they may find useful.
WJEC learning resources on the Health and Care Learning Wales website
Pollution and waste in agriculture
This resource supports the teaching and learning of unit 316 ‘Pollution and waste control management’ of the City and Guilds: ‘Advanced Technical Extended Diploma’ in Agriculture (Level 3). It will improve learners understanding of the pollution generated by the agricultural industry, and how waste can be practically and effectively managed This resource demonstrates how to deal with agricultural waste, helps learners to understand what is meant by organic and inorganic waste and helps learners to identify the legislation and codes of practice relevant to agricultural waste management. This resource has been created or commissioned by the Welsh Government.
Health and safety on the farm
Within the City & Guilds framework it is essential for students to study the 'Principles of Health and Safety' unit. The purpose of this resource is to enable students to understand the principles of health and safety and how health and safety standards can be implemented within the agricultural sector. This resource highlights the importance of health and safety on the farm. It demonstrates health and safety statistics and legislation relevant to the agricultural industry, looks at the implications of accidents on the farm, and provides examples of good practice to reduce the number of incidents. This resource has been created or commissioned by the Welsh Government.
Training resource to support bilingual working: Language, dignity and care
Training resource to support bilingual working: Language, dignity and care
The following pack is for individuals who wish to introduce a language awareness training session for their learners. The duration of the session is one hour. The course is suitable for: Level 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 health and social care or childcare students tutors and assessors in colleges social care/work or childcare students in universities. It could also be used as part of in-service training for workers in these areas and the Social Care Wales workforce. The pack aims to equip trainers to present information about language and discuss how to work bilingually with their learners. It is intended to share information that will educate and empower learners to offer a valuable service to their service users ensuring that language is always a central consideration. The pack is presented in PowerPoint format with trainer notes to support each slide. The trainer notes present a lead script, in addition to offering a few ideas about how to present tasks and encourage learners to be proactive in the session.
Online Teaching with MS Teams (Workshop by Dyddgu Hywel)
This workshop will benefit anyone who wants to develop and build on online teaching methods, innovative learning, online delivery and student engagement. Objectives of the workshop Adopt effective teaching skills online Delivering effectively through Microsoft Teams Leading group work activities during online seminars Content (a series of 3 video presentations by Dyddgu Hywel) Video 1 - Communicating with students through Teams Video 2 - Online teaching through Teams Video 3 - Breakout Groups At the end of these workshops, trainees should be: comfortable with online teaching confident leading online activities and tasks comfortable using all equipment within Microsoft Teams Presenter Background Dyddgu Hywel Background Dyddgu studied BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status' at Bangor University, she graduated with first class honors. Her early career started as a Design and Technology A Level lecturer at Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, before being appointed as a Design and Technology teacher at Rhydywaun Comprehensive School. She’s now been working at Cardiff Metropolitan University for the last seven years, working as a senior lecturer in the School of Education, with her expertise in innovative teaching, student engagement and technology enhanced learning.
Why study Welsh as a subject?
This is a collection of resources that emphasize the benefits of studying Welsh as a subject. The resources encourage pupils to continue to study Welsh as an AS / A level subject and as an university degree. The collection contains various material such as video clips, documents and links to external websites. These resources are part of a wider collection of resources that offer support and encouragement to pupils and teachers of Welsh.
Studying A Level Welsh Second Language
This is a collection of resources for AS and A Level Welsh Second Language pupils and teachers. The resources are relevant to the specification, and offer support and encouragement as they adapt to a new way of learning and teaching at an unprecedented period in Welsh education. The collection contains various material such as video clips, promotional material and links to external websites.
Studying A Level Welsh First Language
This is a collection of resources for AS and A level Welsh First Language pupils and teachers. The resources are elevant to the specification, and offer support and encouragement as we adapt to a new way of learning and teaching at an unprecedented period in Welsh education. The collection contains various material such as video clips, promotional materials and links to external websites.
Studying GCSE Welsh Second Language
This is a collection of resources for Welsh Second Language GCSE pupils and teachers. The resources are relevant to the specification, and offer support and encouragement as you adapt to a new way of learning and teaching at an unprecedented period in Welsh education. The collection contains various material such as video clips, promotional materials and links to external websites.
Studying Welsh GCSE First Language
This is a collection of resources for GCSE Welsh First Language pupils and teachers. The resources are relevant to the specification, and offer you support and encouragement to adapt to a new way of learning and teaching at an unprecedented period in Welsh education. The collection contains various material such as video clips, promotional materials and links to external websites.
Resource to Support Post-16 Education
The resource includes planning resources pertaining implementing the Welsh Medium Further Education and Apprenticeship Action Plan. The resources will help you plan based on the themes below: Strategic Planning Learners Staff Provision Teaching Resources Qualifications Employers Sgiliaith Resources You will also have access to a calendar, discussion forums and a messaging system. The material resides on the Coleg Cymraeg's Blackboard site, and so you will need to create a Blackboard account to view the resources (see below for link). Please find a video detailing how to use the resource below.
Mathemateg Pob Dydd 2
Having good maths skills are important for everyday life. In fact, you may have never noticed how often you use maths on a day-to-day basis. This free course is an introduction to Level 2 Essential Skills in maths that’s designed to inspire you to improve your current maths skills and help you to remember any areas that you may have forgotten. Working through the examples and interactive activities in this course will help you to, among other things, calculate how much paint you'll need for decorating, convert currencies or make progress in your career or further education. To complete this course you will need access to a calculator, a notepad and pen, and a protractor. This is a free OpenLearn resource and a full description can be found by following the link.