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Good evening. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
A teaching union is calling for the Welsh Government to delay | 0:00:12 | 0:00:14 | |
the start of the new school curriculum, because they say staff | 0:00:14 | 0:00:17 | |
won't have had time to learn the new skills required | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
to implement it. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
The National Union of Teachers, which is holding its national | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
conference in Cardiff, says a significant proportion | 0:00:24 | 0:00:27 | |
of their members believe change is happening too quickly. | 0:00:27 | 0:00:30 | |
Nick Palit reports. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:35 | |
The new curriculum proposed by Professor Graham Donaldson | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
heralds the biggest shake-up of education in a generation. | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
With learning divided into six areas, from the expressive arts | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
to science and technology. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:44 | |
Covering pupils from the age of three right up to 16, | 0:00:44 | 0:00:47 | |
it will expect all teachers to deliver learning and literacy, | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
numeracy, and digital competency - that's IT skills. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
It's less focused on formal testing and aims to give | 0:00:53 | 0:00:56 | |
teachers more flexibility in tailoring their lessons around | 0:00:56 | 0:00:58 | |
a central curriculum. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
However, one union believes its implementation should be delayed, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
as a survey revealed teachers just aren't ready for it to be fully | 0:01:04 | 0:01:06 | |
up and running by 2021. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:09 | |
We know, for example, that some 45% of teachers do not | 0:01:09 | 0:01:12 | |
feel confident with regards to the introduction | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
of the new digital competency framework, which is coming in, | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
the first level of the new curriculum that's coming in. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:23 | |
A higher proportion, 71% of supply teachers and nearly | 0:01:23 | 0:01:25 | |
40% of schoolteachers lacked confidence or understanding | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
of Donaldson itself and what is proposed. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:34 | |
68 pioneer schools were chosen to lead the way in developing | 0:01:34 | 0:01:37 | |
the new curriculum, and more have followed. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
The unions say, though they are fully in favour | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
of the changes, there is confusion about what they're | 0:01:41 | 0:01:43 | |
actually expected to do. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
They want Education Secretary Kirsty Williams to review | 0:01:45 | 0:01:46 | |
the way the new curriculum will be introduced. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:49 | |
The Welsh Government says it is collectively | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
appraising progress. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:57 | |
A 21-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was seriously injured | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
last night in Llanelli. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:01 | |
The 19-year-old is said to be in a critical condition | 0:02:01 | 0:02:03 | |
after the incident on Graig Avenue. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
Police are appealing for anyone who was in the area between | 0:02:05 | 0:02:08 | |
5pm and 7pm to get in touch. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:13 | |
Plans to reduce the time it takes for people with hearing loss | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
to receive surgery have been announced by the Health Secretary. | 0:02:15 | 0:02:19 | |
Vaughan Gething says he's halving the waiting time target for hearing | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
implant surgery to 26 weeks. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:27 | |
Natural Resources Wales says it's "almost certain" | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
there'll be legal action, after a pollution incident | 0:02:30 | 0:02:32 | |
on the River Teifi near Tregaron in December. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:35 | |
NRW says all the salmon and sea trout in a two-mile stretch | 0:02:35 | 0:02:39 | |
of the river were killed. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
Anglers and businesses in the area have been calling for more | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
information about the precise impact of what's thought to have | 0:02:44 | 0:02:46 | |
been a slurry leak. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:50 | |
We were told that six or seven miles of river was affected, | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
but what we don't know, the information we haven't got is, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:55 | |
what about the salmon and eggs that were in the bottom of the river? | 0:02:55 | 0:03:01 | |
Also, more importantly, the invertebrates, | 0:03:01 | 0:03:03 | |
which is the trouts' food, has that been affected? | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
BBC Wales has learned a major hotel chain will make a decision early | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
next month about whether to pull out of a move to Newport City Centre. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
The site developer says Premier Inn has concerns about noise | 0:03:13 | 0:03:18 | |
from a nearby nightclub. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
Similar tensions between developers and music venues are | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
being seen in Cardiff. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:25 | |
Now there are calls for a change in the law, to protect music venues | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
and the multi-million-pound music tourism economy. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:32 | |
Jordan Davies has more. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:38 | |
"The heartbeat of live music" - | 0:03:38 | 0:03:41 | |
"the epicentre of grassroots music" - | 0:03:41 | 0:03:44 | |
descriptions of Cardiff's Womanby Street, | 0:03:44 | 0:03:51 | |
for years, the go-to place for new Welsh music, | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
like Gulp here. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
But there's concern this may be under threat. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
People could move into those buildings there, flats there, | 0:03:57 | 0:03:59 | |
flats there, flats there, and complain about the noise | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
and get us eventually shut down. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:05 | |
It is akin to moving to Grimsby, the biggest fishing port in England, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
and saying, "I don't like the smell of fish," and stopping that. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
Some people want this street recognised for the important it | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
plays in the night-time economy. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:16 | |
Permission has been granted for a Wetherspoons hotel to be | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
built here above the pub. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Some are worried that if more hotels and flats are built here, | 0:04:21 | 0:04:24 | |
there will be more noise complaints, which may affect live music here. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:29 | |
But others say we need more hotels and flats. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
Planners say the rooms here must be soundproofed. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:36 | |
One Cardiff MP thinks grassroots music should have the same status | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
as theatres or operas. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
We would like to see the Agent Of Change principle | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
introduced, which would have to be done through | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
the National Assembly, so, for example, if you were a developer | 0:04:46 | 0:04:49 | |
and you want to build some residential premises here, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
you would have to and make sure that all the soundproofing was done, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
because you wouldn't be able to then rely on complaints about noise | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
from existing activities. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
In Newport, too, there's tension. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
The developer of this site, who received nearly ?500,000 | 0:05:04 | 0:05:07 | |
of Welsh Government money, has told me Premier Inn | 0:05:07 | 0:05:10 | |
may pull out of Newport as early as next month, | 0:05:10 | 0:05:14 | |
because of the noise coming from the club next door. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
The developer says he is trying to resolve the situation. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
One, two, one, two. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:22 | |
Iftekhar Harris owns the club next door. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:25 | |
He is concerned that venues like his are under threat. | 0:05:25 | 0:05:28 | |
There is a solution, but the solution involves them doing | 0:05:28 | 0:05:30 | |
quite a bit of work. | 0:05:30 | 0:05:32 | |
It is our heritage, you know? | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
Wales is renowned for music, and we're in danger | 0:05:34 | 0:05:36 | |
of losing all of that. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
The Welsh Government say the rules around planning and streets | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
like this are being looked at. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
The challenge for the authorities is balancing people's passion | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
for live music with the changing needs of modern cities. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:56 | |
Football, and a 1-0 win for Newport County against Yeovil | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
means they're just one point away from moving out of the relegation | 0:05:59 | 0:06:04 | |
zone in League Two. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:05 | |
In the championship, mid-table Cardiff City lost 1-0 | 0:06:05 | 0:06:07 | |
to Sheffield Wednesday. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
And despite an early lead, Wrexham lost 3-1 to Maidstone United. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:15 | |
Cricket, and after the first day of Glamorgan's County Championship | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
match against Worcestershire at the Swalec Stadium, the home side | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
were bowled out for 207. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:24 | |
The visitors finished the day on 180-4 - | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
that's 27 runs behind with six wickets remaining. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:33 | |
Time for a look at the Easter weekend weather now. | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
Good evening. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:38 | |
Mixed fortunes for Easter weekend. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
Tomorrow is a brighter day. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:41 | |
Brighter spells on Sunday but rain for some, improving again on Monday. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:45 | |
Overnight, rain and drizzle moving eastwards, cloudy for a time. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
Turning clearer and chillier overnight, | 0:06:48 | 0:06:49 | |
with lows of four to eight Celsius. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:54 | |
A touch of rural frost possible tomorrow, and a chilly start, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
but turning into a largely fine day. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
Similar across the UK. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
A bit cloudier where fronts linger in the south, but, for many, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
some brighter spells are developing. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
Also a few showers, though, across the north-west of Scotland | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
and Northern Ireland, and even wintry in the hills. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:12 | |
Brisk, north-westerly winds making it feel cold. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
Top temperatures between nine Celsius in north-east Scotland | 0:07:15 | 0:07:19 | |
and 15 Celsius in south-east England. | 0:07:19 | 0:07:21 | |
For Wales, variable cloud, some sunny spells, and just the odd | 0:07:21 | 0:07:24 | |
isolated shower possible. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:26 | |
Brisk north-westerly winds keeping things relatively cool, | 0:07:26 | 0:07:30 | |
between just 10 Celsius in Conwy and 12 Celsius in Swansea. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:34 | |
Mostly fine tomorrow, thanks to high pressure from the south. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
Then these fronts to the north and west will edge closer | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
overnight, and bring in more into the day on Sunday. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:47 | |
So a greater chance of rain for north and mid-Wales. | 0:07:47 | 0:07:49 | |
Brighter in the south and drying up almost later on. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
Blustery, though, and not too warm. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
In fact, at ten to 13 Celsius, Easter Day will be a couple | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
of degrees colder than Christmas Day. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
Now, any cloud and rain early Monday should clear, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:00 | |
turning drier and brighter, but the cool and north-westerly | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
winds are there again. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:07 | |
So, some sunshine for Easter weekend, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
especially Saturday and Monday. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:10 | |
Rain for some on Easter Sunday, but remaining cool and breezy. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:17 | |
We'll be back with our next update at 6.20pm tomorrow evening. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
From all of us here, have a lovely Easter weekend. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:25 | |
Goodnight. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:28 |