Foundation Built Environment
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
WJEC Foundation Built Environment is a two year, 120 hour Entry Level and Level 1 course for learners in Years 10 and 11 who want a practical route into construction, leading on to VCSE Built Environment. Both units are teacher-set portfolios, marked in school and moderated by WJEC. No software is required and no digital skill is assessed for its own sake. The digital work sits in how evidence is gathered and shown: every portfolio must be submitted digitally, so practical work is photographed, filmed or scanned, and the example tasks suggest Google Street View walks, Canva posters and presentations, interactive quizzes, short videos and small case studies of Welsh developments. The most useful thing KS3 can build is clear photo and video recording of practical work, saved and named sensibly.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam nesaf i fyny
- VCSE Built Environment, Level 1 and Level 2
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Getting to Know the Built Environment: Centre marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence, maximum assessment time 9 hours (typically 7 to 9 hours), 36 guided learning hours, 60 of the qualification's 132 points, tasks set by the teacher, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2028
- Unit 2: Practical Hand Skills: Centre marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence, maximum assessment time 21 hours (typically 19 to 21 hours), 84 guided learning hours, 72 of the qualification's 132 points, tasks set by the teacher, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2029
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
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Making digital posters, presentations and displays
Across Unit 1 and the health and safety part of Unit 2, the example tasks for Entry 3 learners ask them to create a presentation, poster or wall display, for instance with Canva for Education, about building types, the lifecycle, land classification, job roles or hazards and PPE. Level 1 tasks include information sheets, a good practice guide and presentations of findings.
DCF: Creu cynnwys digidol, Gwerthuso a gwella cynnwys digidol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils make a one page poster in Canva or PowerPoint showing four types of building, with a photo, a heading and one fact for each.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils create a short slide presentation on the PPE needed for three workshop tasks, using a consistent layout, images they have cropped and a clear title on every slide.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils design a safety display for younger pupils on hazards in a workshop, choose fonts and colours for that audience, ask a partner for feedback and make two changes before printing.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Examples of tasks, pages 23 to 26; Unit 2, Examples of tasks, LO2.1, page 44; Unit 2, Examples of tasks, LO2.2 to 2.6, page 45
“could use tools like Canva for Education”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o feddalwedd i ddewis, cynhyrchu a golygu ystod o gydrannau aml-gyfrwng at ddiben penodol, megis:
- testun a delweddau, e.e. fformatio testun (print trwm, tanlinellu, italig, uwcholeuo); gosod a golygu blychau testun; colofnau; defnyddio offer mireinio (gwirydd sillafu, chwilio a disodli); lapio geiriau; tocio; newid maint a siâp; newid delweddau; ychwanegu effeithiau; byrhau a hollti clipiau sain a fideo; rhoi effeithiau ar ddiwedd sleidiau; defnyddio techneg ‘croen winwnsyn’
- cyflwyniad, e.e. cyfeiriad y dudalen; animeiddio; rhoi effeithiau ar ddiwedd sleidiau; dileu ac addasu delweddau; defnyddio cefndir; defnyddio botymau gweithredu i greu hyperddolen; ymgorffori gwrthrychau.
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio offer meddalwedd i wella’r canlyniadau ar gyfer cynulleidfaoedd penodol.
Rwy'n gallu sicrhau bod yr allbwn yn briodol at ddiben penodol.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio amrywiaeth o feddalwedd, offer a dulliau priodol i greu, addasu a chyfuno cydrannau aml-gyfrwng ar gyfer amrywiaeth o gynulleidfaoedd a dibenion, megis:
- testun a delweddau, e.e. archwilio a defnyddio dulliau addasu delweddau yn effeithiol; archwilio a defnyddio’r agweddau niferus ar gynllun dogfen yn briodol; defnyddio animeiddiad, effeithiau fideo a sain fel adlais, tempo, amlen, haenu, cyfradd fframiau, fframiau allweddol
- cyflwyniad, e.e. defnyddio offer dylunio; addasu themâu a lliwiau at y diben; creu templedi meistr.
Rwy'n gallu awgrymu a gwneud gwelliannau sy’n berthnasol i’r gynulleidfa a’r diben, ar sail adborth a hunanwerthusiad o’m gwaith digidol.
Da gwybod
- Every portfolio goes to WJEC electronically: "All evidence must be submitted digitally." (Section 3.3, page 48), with paper and practical work scanned, photographed or filmed and uploaded through IAMIS. Each portfolio also needs the Learner Assessment Record from the WJEC website.
- No software or device is required. Canva for Education and Google Street View appear only in the example tasks, and the specification states "These tasks are not mandatory." (Section 2.1, page 9).
- Several Entry 1 and Entry 2 task lists end with "NB: these tasks could be done digitally." (Unit 1, pages 23 to 25), so card sorts, matching and quizzes can be on screen or on paper.
- Recorded work counts as evidence: the list includes "recordings of the learner performing a task, giving a presentation, or participating in a discussion" (Section 3.3, page 48).
- Entry 1 learners may use technology for access: support can include "use of symbols, or assistive technology" (Section 3.4, page 49).
- The specification says nothing about artificial intelligence. It does state "Learners must be supervised by a teacher while completing assessment activities." (Section 3.5, page 49), and learners and teachers sign authenticity declarations.
- Appendix A (page 56) maps Interacting and collaborating and Producing to almost every section of both units, Data and computational thinking only to land classification (1.3.1), and leaves Citizenship blank.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The specification names VCSE Built Environment as the next step. Both qualifications rely on photographing and recording practical work as evidence, submitting it digitally and finding out about building projects in Wales. The VCSE steps these up: learners study how apps, digital mapping, GIS, photography and drones support site analysis, may sit an on-screen sector test, work from a case study released on the WJEC Portal, and compare materials and options using data and a project plan with a critical path. Street View walks and land classification also link with GCSE Geography, and tool and material choices with GCSE Design and Technology.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Built Environment specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).