The Development of 'A Curriculum for Wales, A Curriculum for Life'

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 1:55 pm on 6 February 2019.

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Photo of Hefin David Hefin David Labour 1:55, 6 February 2019

In spite of those great steps, the children's commissioner has been critical that the voices of children haven't been heard enough in the development of the new curriculum. I hosted an event last week at the Pierhead building on Tuesday with Caerphilly Youth Forum, where they submitted a petition that said that they wanted to make sure that 'curriculum for life' lessons were compulsory in the new curriculum. They feel the current curriculum is failing to provide them with the life skills that they need. The Children's Society have also recommended that child well-being be a central part of the new curriculum, and the general feeling among those people I spoke to is that still more could be done to involve children's voices in the development of the curriculum. Therefore, what progress is she making?