14/04/2017 BBC Wales Today

A teaching union is calling for the Welsh Government

to delay the start of the new School Curriculum,

because they say staff won't have had time to learn the new skills

The National Union of Teachers says a significant proportion

of their members believe change is happening too quickly.

The new curriculum proposed by Professor Graham Donaldson

heralds the biggest shake-up in education in a generation.

With learning divided into six areas, from the expressive arts,

Covering pupils from the age of three right up to 16,

it will expect all teachers to deliver learning and literacy,

numeracy and digital competency and IT skills.

It's less focused on formal testing and aims to give

teachers more flexibility in tailoring their lessons around

However, one union believes its implementation should be delayed

after a survey revealed teachers just aren't ready for it to be fully

We know, for example, that some 45% of teachers do not

feel competent with regards to the introduction

of the new digital competency framework, which is coming in,

the first level of the new curriculum that's coming in.

A higher proportion, 71% of supply teachers and nearly

40% of schoolteachers lacked confidence or understanding

of Donaldson itself and what is proposed.

68 pioneer schools were chosen to lead the way in developing

the new curriculum, and more have followed.

The unions say though they are fully in favour

of the changes, there is confusion about what they're

They want Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to review

the way the new curriculum will be introduced.

The Welsh Government says it is collectively

A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was seriously injured

last night in Llanelli. The 19-year-old is said to be

in a critical condition after the incident on Graig Avenue.

Police are carrying out house to house enquiries and are appealing

for anyone who was in the area between 5pm and 7pm

Plans to reduce the time it takes for people with hearing loss

to receive surgery have been announced by the Health Secretary.

Vaughan Gething says he's halving the waiting time target

for hearing implant surgery, to 26 weeks.

Natural Resources Wales says it's almost certain

there'll be legal action, after a pollution incident

on the River Teifi near Tregaron in December.

NRW says all the salmon and sea trout in a two-mile stretch

Anglers and businesses in the area have been calling for more

information about the precise impact of the pollution.

We were told that six or seven miles of river was affected

but what we don't know, the information we haven't got is,

Also, more importantly, the invertebrates,

which is the trouts' food, has that been affected?

BBC Wales has learned a major hotel chain will make

a decision early next month, about whether to pull out of a move

The site developer says Premier Inn has concerns about noise

The owner of the club says the developer should have taken

that into account before renovating the site.

Both parties say they're working to resolve the issue.

There is a solution but the solution involves them doing quite a bit of

work. It is our heritage, it is Wales being renowned for music and

Football, and a 1-0 win for Newport County

against Yeovil means they are now just one point adrift from safety in

County are still in the relegation zone but a third straight win means

they are only a point behind their nearest

In the Championship, mid table Cardiff City lost 1-0

Wrexham lost 3-1 to Maidstone United.

Cricket, and play has just ended at the first day

of Glamorgan's County Championship match against Worcestershire

After Glamorgan were bowled out for 207, the visitors were 180-4,

27 runs behind with six wickets remaining.

It's the biggest day in the rugby calendar for the Welsh regions.

Tomorrow more than 60,000 fans are expected at

the Principality Stadium for Judgment Day.

All four clubs are in action, looking to consolidate

But as Claire Summers reports, it's also a last chance for players

to impress British and Irish Lions selectors, before coach

Warren Gatland names his squad next week.

There will be many motivating factors when the teams take to the

The Cardiff Blues and the Ospreys will

kick off proceedings with the Swansea-based

in the table needing a win to keep control of their own fate.

And for the Blues who were thrashed by the

Ospreys in their previous meeting, they want revenge.

They played well that day and they beat us convincingly.

As a team we need to front up tomorrow because they are a good

We have got a good understanding of their strengths and we're going to

have to be on the top of our game without the ball

The Dragons and the Scarlets kick-off later at 5.15 with

the men in red needing a win to close the gap as they hope to

The Dragons have won just four Pro 12

They feel they have something to prove.

He said, I can't wait till next year when we play on Judgment

So he is already looking at it a year away.

If we can play to our potential hopefully we can get

some points out of this game which will keep us heading

Warren Gatland will be keeping a close eye

He names his Lions squad on Wednesday.

And Robin McBryde is finalising who will tour

Judgment Day could play a huge part in deciding how players

Time for the Easter weekend weather forecast now.

Tomorrow the brighter day, some bright spells on Sunday. Improving

again on Monday. Tonight some rain and drizzle moving eastwards. Cloudy

for a time and then turning clearer and chillier overnight. It is a

chilly start tomorrow turning into a largely fine day. A variable amounts

of cloud. Some sunny spells. The odd ice with that show are possible.

Brisk north-westerly winds keeping things relatively cool. Settled

tomorrow, thanks to high pressure from the south. France to the north

and West will edge closer overnight bringing in more unsettled the. --

fronts drying up for most later on. Lastly and not too warm. Easter date

will be a couple of days colder than Christmas Day. Not too bad for the

Easter weekend. Decent sunshine especially Saturday and Monday. Rain

for some on Easter Sunday but remaining cool and breezy.

Ill be back with our next update at 10.20pm.