Up-date in relation to Religious Education and the Humanities Area of Learning and Experience currently being developed as part of the new curriculum for Wales
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Minutes:
Submitted - an
update on Religious Education and the Humanities Learning and Experience Field
which was being developed as part of the New Curriculum for Wales.
During the
meeting, Members were presented with the comments made by NASUWT on the
proposals noting that Religious Education, History, Geography and Business
should receive equal attention in terms of time and resources such as the
number of lessons, specialist teachers etc.
It must be ensured that the qualification requirements of Religious
Education received priority and that provision was made for the Donaldson
principles at secondary schools. The
principles to meet were suggested as follows:
·
Endeavour to get schools
to appoint Religious Education subject teachers
·
Ensure that religious
education was a Key Stage 3 subject and not a supplement for other subjects
·
Ensure that religious
education received the same resources and time as the other humanities subjects
·
Ensure that qualification
requirements (GCSE etc.) received priority on Donaldson requirements
Recommended: To
ask the Assistant Education Resources Officer to send a letter to Manon Jones,
Curriculum, Assessment and Education Sub-division, Welsh Government, to convey
the above-mentioned comments, and to approve them at the next SACRE meeting.
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Up-date in relation to Religious Education and the Humanities Area of Learning and Experience currently being developed as part of the new curriculum for Wales
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