Family and Community

Family & Community practice materials include resources used by practitioners to support families and communities. It currently focuses on advice contributed by organisations to assist people in their practice, however we are actively seeking examples of resources used directly with families and communities. If you have materials you are able to share, please let us know by contacting us at contact@exchangewales.org

  • Sharing information to safeguard children

    This guidance supports UK education-sector staff and organisations working with under-18s to confidently share personal information for safeguarding purposes.
  • Using social media safely in schools

    The practices and principles for schools’ use of social media guidance has been developed.
  • VAWDASV Education Toolkit

    This toolkit is designed for any professional working in a school setting across Wales, as well as governors and parents or carers of learners.
  • Supporting positive behaviour in education

    A toolkit designed to support positive behaviour in schools through relationships, environment, teaching and learner-focused strategies.
  • Engagement Toolkit for funded non-maintained nursery settings

    This parent and carer engagement toolkit will help settings explain the curriculum changes and how they will impact their children. Resources include a poster, newsletter template and key messages.
  • Unlock the power of play in early learning

    Are you ready to transform your approach to teaching and inspire young minds
    through the magic of play? Dive into our curated collection of play and play-based
    learning resources.
  • Wales’ Professional Learning Resources – A Teacher’s perspective

    For the first time, Professional Learning resources have been centralised in one place on Hwb. The freshly categorised and classified resources are now readily searchable and accessible.
  • Early Years and Teaching and Learning toolkits

    A new evidence-informed resource June 10, 2024 The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has launched a new partnership with the Welsh Government to support evidence-informed practice in Wales.New Welsh-language versions of the Early Years and Teaching and Learning toolkits are now available on Hwb. They give schools and early years settings access to evidence from over 2,500 high-quality education studies, summarised to… Read More
  • PLAY AND PLAY-BASED LEARNING

    Working with stakeholders, these professional learning modules have been developed to support current practice in early education and the implementation of Curriculum for Wales from September 2022. They will help you continue to strengthen your practice in supporting our youngest children in their learning and development, and support them in their continuing journey throughout education.… Read More
  • Pause, Play, Fast-Forward

    Pause, Play, Fast-Forward: The Journey of Children in Wales offers a unique way to reach children and young people directly, speaking in their language to help raise awareness of The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). As the book was written by our young volunteers, it presents children’s rights in their… Read More