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Curriculum for funded non-maintained nursery settings

 

Question 1 – Do you work in or support the delivery of education in a funded non-maintained nursery setting?

 

i) If yes, in which type of setting/organisation do you work? (If no continue to iii below.)

 

ii) What is your primary role?

 

iii) If you do not work in or support the delivery of education in a funded non-maintained setting, in what capacity would you like to provide feedback?

 

iv) Are you providing feedback on behalf of an organisation or group?

 

Question 2 – To what extent will this curriculum support effective planning in funded non-maintained settings?

 

Question 3 – Is it clear how the four purposes underpin the delivery of this curriculum?

 

Question 4 – Are the statements of what matters reflected appropriately in the developmental pathways?

 

Question 5 – Can you see how delivery of this curriculum will ensure children’s progression from the developmental pathways through to the descriptions of learning at progression step 1?

 

Question 6 – Is the purpose of the developmental pathways clearly explained?

 

Question 7 – Is anything missing from the statements in the developmental pathways?

 

Question 8 – Are the developmental pathways inclusive for all children?

 

Question 9 – Are the roles of the practitioner, environment and experiences clearly explained?

 

Question 10 – Is the link between the pathways and the roles of the practitioner, environment and experiences clearly explained?

 

Question 11 – Does this curriculum clearly explain how the developmental pathways will support development of the mandatory cross-curricular skills?

 

Question 12 – Is it clear that development of the mandatory cross-curricular skills should be embedded within holistic practice across the whole curriculum?

 

Question 13 – To what extent are the incremental statements for the mandatory cross-curricular skills helpful in supporting practitioners to understand how children develop these skills?

 

Question 14 – What, if any, additional information would be helpful?

 

Question 15 – To what extend are the separate functions of observation and assessment, as well as the link between them, clearly explained?

 

Question 16 – To what extent is the section on enhancing practice helpful?

 

Question 17 – What, if any, additional information would be helpful in this section?

 

Question 18 – To what extent are the reflective questions included throughout this curriculum helpful in:

i) supporting planning?

 

ii) prompting practitioners to consider their knowledge and skills?

 

iii) supporting continual improvement in practice?

 

Question 19 – We would like to know your views on the effects that this curriculum would have on the Welsh language, specifically on:

i) opportunities for people to use Welsh
ii) treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language

What effects do you think there would be? How could positive effects be increased, or negative effects be mitigated?

Supporting comments:

 

Question 20 – Please also explain how you believe this curriculum could be formulated or changed so as to have:

i) positive effects or increased positive effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language 
ii) no adverse effects on opportunities for people to use the Welsh language and on treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language.

Supporting comments:

 

Question 21– We have asked a number of specific questions. If you have any related issues which we have not specifically addressed, please use this space to report them.