VCSE Built Environment
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
VCSE Built Environment asks learners to know how apps, digital mapping, GIS, photography and drones support site analysis, to research a Welsh building project, and to plan projects and compare options, but most marks come from hands-on trade work. Unit 1 can be sat on screen, Unit 2 responses must be submitted digitally, and Unit 3 practical work reaches the moderator only as photographs or recordings, with no software named anywhere. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is clear photo and video recording of practical work, saved and named so it can stand as evidence, alongside simple spreadsheet planning.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Level 1 and Level 2
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith digidol
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
- Y cam cyn hyn
- Foundation Built Environment, Entry Level and Level 1
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Introduction to the Built Environment Sector: Examination (sector test) 1 hour, 50 marks, 20%, set and marked by WJEC, paper-based or on-screen
- Unit 2: The Built Environment in Focus: NEA 6 hours 30 minutes, 50 marks, 20%, set and marked by WJEC, tasks based on a case study released each year on Portal
- Unit 3: Skills Development and Demonstration: NEA 14 hours, 90 marks, 60%, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC, practical tasks in three chosen trades plus an evaluation
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Datrys problemau a modelu
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Sequencing a project plan and finding the critical path
Learners must evaluate how projects are planned, including the structure of a project plan, planning tools, order of operations, and critical paths and bottlenecks. The specification names no software, but a Gantt chart or flowchart built digitally is a natural way to model this, and Appendix A maps Data and Computational Thinking to this section.
DCF: Datrys problemau a modelu, Cyrchu, chwilio a chynllunio cynnwys digidol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils put cards for building a garden shed (base, walls, roof, paint) in order, then draw the sequence as a simple flowchart in PowerPoint.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils plan a classroom makeover as a simple Gantt chart in Excel, shading cells for each task over two weeks and marking which tasks cannot start until another ends.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils build a Gantt chart in Excel for a small house extension, using formulae for start and end dates, then find the critical path and explain what happens if the roof delivery is two days late.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r FCD
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 2, Section 2.3.2, page 25; Appendix A, page 51
“purpose and structure of a project plan and use of planning tools”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu creu a mireinio algorithmau a siartiau llif er mwyn datrys problemau, gan ddefnyddio nodweddion fel dolenni, gwerthoedd Boolean a fformiwlâu.
Rwy’n gallu deall pwysigrwydd trefn datganiadau o fewn algorithmau.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu creu model syml neu algorithm annibynnol.
Rwy'n gallu dewis a defnyddio amrywiaeth o dechnegau cynllunio yn effeithiol.
Cam cynnydd 5
Rwy'n gallu creu a dylunio modelau'n annibynnol, ac esbonio sut y maen nhw'n cynrychioli problemau yn y byd go iawn, e.e. dewis dull i gyfleu problem, megis siart lif neu daenlen, a'i ddefnyddio'n gywir.
Rwy'n gallu cynllunio fy ngwaith digidol yn effeithiol, a hynny mewn ffordd cynyddol gymhleth.
Da gwybod
- Unit 1 can be sat on paper or on screen: "Centres may enter candidates for either a paper-based or an onscreen version of the test" (Section 3.2, page 42).
- Typing is optional for Unit 2: "The assessment must be submitted digitally, either as scanned handwritten responses or completed digitally" (Section 3.2, page 42).
- Unit 3 practical work reaches the moderator only as images or video: evidence "must be submitted digitally, either as scanned photographs or recordings of the construction tasks completed" (Section 3.2, page 43).
- No software is named. For Unit 2 "There are no specific requirements for assessment" (page 21), and for the Unit 1 on-screen test centres are pointed to the WJEC website for system requirements (page 12).
- Rules on AI are not in the specification. Further information "including information on the use of AI" is in the WJEC guides to conducting non-examination assessment, and "learners will be supervised by a teacher while completing assessment tasks" (Section 3.3, page 43).
- Appendix A maps Data and Computational Thinking to Units 1 and 2 but not Unit 3, and Citizenship to only four sections, 1.1.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.3.3 (pages 50 to 51).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Site analysis, land use and flood risk overlap with GCSE Geography, and choosing materials and planning a sequence of work overlap with GCSE Design and Technology, so shared KS3 work on digital maps and spreadsheet comparisons would serve all three.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Level 1/Level 2 VCSE Built Environment specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).