Areas of Learning and Experience
Areas of Learning and Experience
The new, inclusive, broad, balanced and challenging curriculum gives schools and practitioners more responsibility for determining what is taught. This responsibility sits within a curriculum that comprises:
- common Areas of Learning and Experience (AoLEs) from ages 3 to 16
- progression reference points at ages 5, 8, 11, 14 and 16
- achievement outcomes which describe expected achievements at each progression reference point
- three cross-curriculum repsonsibilities – literacy, numeracy and digital competence
The new curriculum sets the parameters for each AoLE. These are:
- Expressive arts
- Health and well-being
- Humanities
- Languages, literacy and communication
- Mathematics and numeracy
- Science and technology
Each AoLE includes, where appropriate, a Welsh dimension as well as an international and UK perspective. Schools are be able to use the AoLEs to determine their own curriculum and how it should be organised.