Football-themed curriculum source launched in Wales

Ahead of Wales’ involvement in EURO 2020, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) and the FAW Trust teamed up with two Key Stage 2 teachers [teaching 7–11 year-olds] to develop and produce a bespoke, bilingual football-themed education pack.

The FAW’s latest education pack is a curriculum resource created for Key Stage 2 teachers, guardians and learners across Wales. The pack is free of charge and can be accessed via ‘Hwb’, the Welsh government’s digital platform for learning and teaching in Wales.

Rich learning tasks

This resource contains a package of planned rich learning tasks and a series of activities which teachers and guardians can use and adapt to fit the needs of their students or children.

The education pack employs the themes of literacy, numeracy and digital competency across the curriculum areas, via a series of fun, exciting learning challenges, all with the aim of further engaging with and inspiring Wales’ 7–11 year-olds.

To further showcase the FAW’s educational packs, a series of humorous videos featuring women’s and men’s Wales’ players has been released across the FAW’s social channels. With the hope of engaging a younger audience, players answered questions related to the resources, describing their favourite post-match meals and go-to dance moves, along with the key question they would ask their team-mates in a press conference.

This article originally appeared in UEFA Direct 195