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Cross-curricular skills frameworks: revised ABC steps

Question 1: Do you work in or support the delivery of education?

Yes	No
Yes	No

(i) If yes, what is your organisation? (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 what capacity would you like to provide feedback?

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

Yes	No
Yes	No

(v) If 'yes' please specify:

Question 2: To what extent do you agree or disagree with the changes to the ABC Steps within the Literacy and Numeracy Framework and the Digital Competence Framework?

If you do not agree with the changes, please explain why:

Question 3: The Frameworks include the key Routes for Learning milestones. The intension is to provide practitioners with an understanding of prior pre-requisite learning. Is this helpful?

Extremely helpful	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Slightly helpful	Not at all helpful
Extremely helpful	Very helpful	Somewhat helpful	Slightly helpful	Not at all helpful

Please explain your answer:

Question 4: Do the revised ABC Steps support practitioners to plan for learning progression and personalisation between steps?

Yes	No	Not sure
Yes	No	Not sure

Please explain your answer:

Question 5: Do you agree with the inclusion of motor function development from gross motor to fine motor skills within the Literacy and Numeracy Framework ABC Steps?

Please explain your answer:

Question 6: Some learners develop alternative methods for handwriting due to physical sensory difficulties. Should an additional element be added to the Writing strand of the Literacy Framework to recognise the development and progression of these skills (i.e. producing text without pen and pencil)?

Yes	No	Not sure
Yes	No	Not sure

Please provide details, explaining why:

Question 7: Are there any ABC Step statements that you feel are too detailed/not detailed enough? Please provide details, explaining why.

Question 8: What further support materials would be helpful?

Question 9: Learners may spend a considerable amount of their time learning within the A/B/C steps. Do the revised ABC Steps indicate the learning required to support progression?

Yes	No	Not sure
Yes	No	Not sure

Please provide more detail:

Question 10: We would like to know your views on the effects that the revised ABC Steps 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?

Question 11: Please also explain how you believe the revised ABC Steps 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

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