Foundation Public Services
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Foundation Public Services is a two unit, portfolio assessed Entry Level and Level 1 qualification for learners aged 14 to 16 who want to find out about the police, fire and ambulance services, councils, the Armed Forces and voluntary groups. Its one directly digital learning outcome is LO1.3 in Unit 1, where learners name digital platforms such as websites, apps, social media and email and describe how public services use them to communicate, and Unit 2 adds the radios, tablets, drones and public warning systems services use at incidents. Most other digital work sits in the suggested tasks, such as online news research, digital posters, a mock website and a mock social media campaign, and all portfolio evidence must be submitted digitally.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Canolig
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam nesaf i fyny
- VCSE Public Services, Level 1 and Level 2
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Introduction to the Public Services Sector: Centre-marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence from teacher-set activities, maximum assessment time 9 hours (typically 7 to 9 hours), 48 guided learning hours, 72 of the 152 qualification points, criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3 and Level 1, assessed in the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2028
- Unit 2: Public Services in Action: Centre-marked non-examination assessment, portfolio of evidence from teacher-set activities, maximum assessment time 15 hours (typically 11 to 15 hours), 72 guided learning hours, 80 of the 152 qualification points, criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3 and Level 1, assessed in the centre and moderated by WJEC, available from summer 2029
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Cyrchu, chwilio a chynllunio cynnwys digidol
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Finding information on approved websites and online news
Suggested tasks across both units have learners use approved websites, printed screenshots and online news outlets such as BBC Wales and ITV News Wales to find examples of public service organisations, career pathways, digital communication and local incidents. At Level 1 learners research independently, for example four digital platforms or incidents locally, in Wales, the UK and internationally, and present what they find.
DCF: Cyrchu, chwilio a chynllunio cynnwys digidol, Hunaniaeth, delwedd ac enw da
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils use a teacher's list of approved websites to find two facts about their local fire and rescue service and note which site each fact came from.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils search BBC Wales News for a local incident with two different sets of keywords, bookmark the article and say whether it was an emergency, a non-emergency or a large-scale event.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils research one public service career across three sites, such as the service's careers page, Careers Wales and a news report, list the sources and say which they trust most and why.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, examples of tasks LO1.1, LO1.3 and LO1.5, pages 28, 30 and 32; Unit 2, examples of tasks LO2.1, page 50
“use approved websites or printed screenshots to find examples of digital communication”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu addasu geiriau allweddol a thechnegau chwilio er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth berthnasol.
Rwy'n gallu dechrau cyfeirnodi ffynonellau a ddefnyddir yn fy ngwaith, ac ystyried a yw’r cynnwys yn ddibynadwy.
Rwy'n gallu meddwl yn feirniadol am wybodaeth a gaiff ei rhoi ar-lein, e.e. effaith rhannu delweddau a fideos, metadata o ddelweddau a fideos.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu chwilio amrywiaeth o ffynonellau gan ddefnyddio technegau chwilio perthnasol a mwy cymhleth.
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Building a simple information website
A suggested Level 1 task for LO2.2 has learners develop a website, using programs available through Hwb, as a mock information page that signposts people in their local area to the right public service for non-emergencies, emergencies and large-scale events. This needs planning pages, writing short content and linking to services.
DCF: Cyrchu, chwilio a chynllunio cynnwys digidol, Creu cynnwys digidol, Cyfnewid a rhannu gwybodaeth
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils build a one page Google Site about school safety contacts with a heading, an image and a short paragraph.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils add three pages to a Google Site, one each for emergencies, non-emergencies and planned events, with buttons that link between the pages.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils sketch a site map, then build a mock local help website that signposts 999, 101, 111 and the council with hyperlinks to the real services, and check that every link works.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2, examples of tasks LO2.2, page 51
“which could be a mock information page for individuals in their local area”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu creu a chynllunio gwaith yn annibynnol cyn dechrau ar dasg ddigidol.
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 creu a rhannu hyperddolenni i ffeiliau lleol, rhwydwaith ac ar-lein.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio amrywiaeth o dechnegau cynllunio yn effeithiol.
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.
Da gwybod
- All work must reach WJEC in digital form: "All evidence must be submitted digitally." Paper work and physical evidence "should be scanned, photographed or filmed" and uploaded through IAMIS (Section 3.3, page 59).
- There is no examination or on-screen test. Both units are "Centre marked non-examination assessment" built as a "Portfolio of evidence" (Summary of assessment, page 5).
- Most digital activities are suggestions, not requirements: the example tasks "are not mandatory" (Section 2.1, page 10), and teachers design their own activities so long as they meet the assessment criteria (Section 3.1, page 58).
- No software or equipment is named for assessment: "There are no specific requirements for assessment." (Unit 1, page 12) and "No specialist resources are required for assessment." (Unit 2, page 37). The only software pointer is a website task using "programmes available via HUB" (page 51).
- Evidence can be digital media and recordings, including "video/audio recordings" of presentations or discussions and "photographic evidence" with context (Section 3.3, page 59).
- Entry 1 learners may use "assistive technology" as part of the high level of support they need (Section 3.4, page 60).
- The cover warns that "The UK Government has announced plans to restrict social media use by children under 16", which may affect social media tasks (page 1), so the suggested social media campaign is best kept as a mock up.
- The specification states no rule on AI tools. It refers only to malpractice: "Candidates must not take part in any unfair practice" (Section 3.8, page 62), and learners must be supervised when completing assessment activities (Section 3.5, page 60).
- Appendix A (page 67) maps Digital Competence Citizenship to LO1.3 and LO2.6, Interacting and collaborating to LO1.6 and LO2.5, Producing to LO1.7 and LO2.4, and Data and computational thinking to LO1.3 and LO2.5.
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
The specification names VCSE Public Services as the Level 1/2 progression route. The Foundation shares its knowledge of how public services use digital communication, such as social media, websites, radios, tablets, drones and public warning systems, and its digital submission of evidence. VCSE Public Services steps this up with an external sector test that can be taken on screen, online research into a local wellbeing issue with referenced sources, and either recording and analysing fitness test data or planning a community project with digital tools and analysing survey feedback in a spreadsheet. The online research, safety messages and incident work also link with GCSE Social Studies, and the online safety content with GCSE Digital Technology.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Public Services specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).