Blippit and the Curriculum for Wales

Thanks to a  collaboration with 4 Welsh schools in 2024,  Blippit's capabilities were expanded so that teachers in Wales could organise curriculum impact examples (video, photos, audio, document links, text) to help Welsh schools celebrate their successes with the Curriculum for Wales.

If you're responsible for knowing how the new Curriculum for Wales is looking in your school or cluster, then like many other schools, you'll know that the job is a big one.

One big challenge is that in your own school, or in a cluster of schools, as a leader, it's difficult to get examples of good up to date practice without feeling like you're on a major expedition. Teachers in Wales are keen to share and get concensus about what, for example, 'secure' in PS2 writing might look like, but that's easier said than done.

Bespoke Curriculum Organisation in Welsh schools

There are naturally differences in how schools organise and describe their curriculum. Recently, we collaborated with one Welsh primary school to provide them with 8 tailor-made bespoke curriculum tag categories that their teachers use to tag examples of curriculum practice in school.

Blippit provides ready-to-use Curriculum for Wales tag categories (pdf at the bottom of this help page) as standard. Using the dashboard, schools in Wales can run reports for any aspect of the curriculum.

“Blippit Boards allowed us to get everything into one place, it's really accessible, it's really quick and easy to access through things like the tags and the filters and the date range and all of those kind of things. It's also allowed us to ensure the whole teaching staff and governors are able to contribute towards their self-evaluation activities.”
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^{Mr. R Hatwood, Headteacher. Ysgol Yr Holl Saint - All Saints' School}

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‍Top 3 uses of Blippit^® for schools in Wales

1. To promote consistency and raise the profile of key Curriculum for Wales priorities, whatever they may be in a individual schools.
2. Cluster and school-wide sharing of teacher-assessed standards in, for example, writing, AoLE and much more.
3. To promote and build on collaborative practice in school or school clusters

Blippit Boards Dashboard & the Curriculum for Wales

A big-picture view like this helps teachers and leaders find what they need quickly. As well as classroom visits, Blippit  ensures evidence is always to-hand.

1. Do you need to boost your evidence-base on one of the Four Purposes at your school?
2. Have you heard great things about the new Science and Technology scheme at another school in your cluster and you'd like to see how it's evidenced?

Questions like these are answerable without Blippit Boards. Good practice captured in the curriculum using the app drives what the dashboard can illuminate in chart or report format.

‍More: Read about Blippit's collaboration with Headteachers in Wales.