2 x 50 minutes

2 x 50 minutes

Autumn Term 
PSE:
• Positive Relationships
• Health and emotional well-being

Spring Term 
 PSE:
• Active citizenship and
Team Enterprise Activity - 15 hours at the Foundation and Intermediate levels, which helps them understand how businesses work and develop entrepreneurial skills.

Summer Term 
PSE:
• Sustainable development and global citizenship
• Students are required to work with an employer for at least 30 hours. This will give them valuable experience of the world of work and they will complete a self-evaluation form to reflect on the experience and what they learnt.

Students are also required to engage in an activity in the local community, this is the fifth element in PSE. Candidates are expected to spend 15 hours on this activity at the Foundation and Intermediate levels.

Autumn Term 
Wales, Europe and the World
• Politics
• Social issues
• Economic and technological issues
• Cultural issues

Spring Term 
Individual Investigation
The Individual Investigation provides an opportunity for students to investigate a topic or an issue they are studying or have studied in any of their Welsh Baccalaureate Core or Options programmes. The Individual Investigation can arise from any part of the Core, may be related to the Options, and must involve consideration of a local/Wales perspective and at least one other perspective (e.g. the UK, Europe, the world), or, alternatively consideration of an issue in a more thematic way drawing examples from a variety of perspectives. The learner takes a high level of personal responsibility for the investigation which may be presented in written or oral form.

The Individual Investigation is designed to encourage experiential learning and provide opportunities for candidates to acquire and practise a range of Key Skills. Through their completion of the Investigation learners are encouraged to develop skills including autonomous learning, enquiry, creative thinking, information processing, reflection, and presentation.

Students are also required to engage in an activity in the local community, this is the fifth element in PSE. Candidates are expected to spend 15 hours on this activity at the Foundation and Intermediate levels.

In year 13, the following Key Skill is assessed:
• Problem Solving

In addition, the Foundation or Intermediate Diary and Individual Investigation will be submitted for assessment.

Assessment of the Core
Students are required to keep a diary/record of their activities and experiences e.g. relating to Wales, Europe and the World and Personal and Social Education, plus the activities in Work-related Education and Personal and Social Education.

In addition, a verification and evaluation statement is required for the Community Participation and the Working with an Employer.

Key Skills
To gain the key skills of Communication, Application of Number, ICT, Improving Own Learning and Performance, Working with Others and Problem Solving, the students will have to provide portfolios of evidence.

Individual Investigation
There are assessment criteria at level 3 for the Individual Investigation which is pass/fail.

Language Module
Students are required to complete an approved method of self-assessment, (the European Language Portfolio may also be used), recording the progress of their language skills in any language.

Assessment of the Core
Students are required to keep a diary/record of their activities and experiences e.g. relating to Wales, Europe and the World and Personal and Social Education, plus the activities in Work-related Education and Personal and Social Education.

In addition, a verification and evaluation statement is required for the Community Participation and the Working with an Employer.

Key Skills
To gain the key skills of Communication, Application of Number, ICT, Improving Own Learning and Performance, Working with Others and Problem Solving, the students will have to provide portfolios of evidence.

Individual Investigation
There are assessment criteria at level 3 for the Individual Investigation which is pass/fail.

Language Module
Students are required to complete an approved method of self-assessment, (the European Language Portfolio may also be used), recording the progress of their language skills in any language.

Requirements for the Advanced Diploma
To gain a Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma students must achieve the core certificate and optional qualifications:-

Core Certificate at level 3:
• Three key skills at level 3, together with the other three key skills at level 2. At least one of the key skills must be Communication, Application of Number or ICT
• Diary records and where relevant verification statements, for Personal and Social Education, Wales, Europe and the world (including the language module) and Work related education
• Individual Investigation at level

Candidates may substitute a qualification in A Level Computing or ICT at Grade E or above for the Level 3 key skill requirement in ICT. Candidates may substitute a qualification in GCSE ICT at Grade C or above for the Level 2 key skill requirement in ICT.

Options:
NVQ Level 3 or BTEC National Certificate at pass level, or two grades A-E at GCE A Level or equivalent. 

Requirements for the Advanced Diploma
To gain a Welsh Baccalaureate Advanced Diploma students must achieve the core certificate and optional qualifications:-

Core Certificate at level 3:
• Three key skills at level 3, together with the other three key skills at level 2. At least one of the key skills must be Communication, Application of Number or ICT
• Diary records and where relevant verification statements, for Personal and Social Education, Wales, Europe and the world (including the language module) and Work related education
• Individual Investigation at level

Candidates may substitute a qualification in A Level Computing or ICT at Grade E or above for the Level 3 key skill requirement in ICT. Candidates may substitute a qualification in GCSE ICT at Grade C or above for the Level 2 key skill requirement in ICT.

Options:
NVQ Level 3 or BTEC National Certificate at pass level, or two grades A-E at GCE A Level or equivalent. 

Every Welsh Baccalaureate student has a personal tutor and is entitled to a one-to-one personal tutorial every half-term. The student also has group tutorials.

The personal tutor will help the student through their studies, helping them set targets and follow individual action plans. They work together to track the student's progress, identifying and overcoming areas of difficulty, such as with study skills and completing UCAS application forms.

Working in this way helps the student develop the key skill of Improving Own Learning and Performance.

Every Welsh Baccalaureate student has a personal tutor and is entitled to a one-to-one personal tutorial every half-term. The student also has group tutorials.

The personal tutor will help the student through their studies, helping them set targets and follow individual action plans. They work together to track the student's progress, identifying and overcoming areas of difficulty, such as with study skills and completing UCAS application forms.

Working in this way helps the student develop the key skill of Improving Own Learning and Performance.