Foundation Humanities
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Humanities is a two year, 120 hour course for learners aged 14 to 16, assessed entirely by portfolio across two of five subject units (Business, Geography, History, Religious Studies and Social Studies) and the mandatory Unit 6 on sustainable communities in Wales. Literacy carries the course: learners read different types of evidence, compare perspectives, use key terms, explain causes and impacts, and write informed viewpoints, with discussion and presentations where tasks ask for them. Numeracy is light and depends on the units chosen: revenue, costs, profit and loss and pricing in Business, temperature and rainfall data in Geography, and measuring a campaign's success in Social Studies.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level and Level 1
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Uchel
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Manyleb
- Agor y fanyleb
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
- Unit 1: Business (optional): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 8 hours, 35%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 2: Geography (optional): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 8 hours, 35%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 3: History (optional): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 8 hours, 35%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 4: Religious Studies (optional): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 8 hours, 35%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 5: Social Studies (optional): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 8 hours, 35%, 60 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
- Unit 6: Creating sustainable communities in Wales (mandatory): Portfolio of six tasks (non-examination assessment), suggested timing approximately 7 hours, 30%, 50 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC. Learners take two of Units 1 to 5 plus Unit 6, ideally in the final year
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Llythrennedd ariannol
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Calculating revenue, costs, profit and loss
Unit 1 asks learners to understand revenue, costs, profit and loss and to know that revenue minus cost gives profit or loss. They also understand why maximising revenue and controlling costs matter for making a profit.
Rhifedd: Llythrennedd ariannol, Cyfrifiad, Dealltwriaeth gysyniadol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils run a pretend tuck shop, adding up the cost of items bought and the money taken, and work out the profit.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils work out the profit or loss for each school fair stall from a table of costs and sales, including one stall that makes a loss.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils use a small business's weekly figures to show how cutting a cost or raising sales would change profit, and explain which change is more realistic.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.1.2, page 12
“Learners should know that Revenue - Cost = Profit or Loss.”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio elw a cholled mewn cyfrifiadau prynu a gwerthu.
Rwy'n gallu adio a thynnu rhifau gan ddefnyddio rhifau cyfan a degolion.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu defnyddio dulliau ysgrifenedig effeithlon i adio a thynnu rhifau a degolion o unrhyw faint, gan gynnwys cymysgedd o rifau mawr a bach â niferoedd gwahanol o leoedd degol.
Rwy'n gallu dehongli atebion o fewn cyd-destun y broblem ac ystyried a yw atebion, gan gynnwys dangosyddion cyfrifiannell, analog a digidol, yn synhwyrol.
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Understanding pricing strategies and promotions
In the Unit 1 marketing mix, learners understand pricing strategies, including cost-plus, competitive and psychological pricing, and sales promotion. The specification does not ask for pricing calculations, but understanding these strategies means comparing prices and judging value.
Rhifedd: Llythrennedd ariannol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils compare the prices of the same snack in different pack sizes and decide which is best value.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils explain why many prices end in 99p and work out a selling price by adding a set amount of profit to the cost.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils compare a buy one get one free offer with a percentage discount on the same product, decide which saves more and name the pricing strategy each shop is using.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 1, Section 1.2.3, page 14
“cost-plus pricing, competitive pricing and psychological”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu cymharu prisiau a deall pa un yw'r gwerth gorau am arian.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu gwneud penderfyniadau ar sail gwybodaeth yn ymwneud â gostyngiadau a chynigion arbennig.
Da gwybod
- Appendix A (pages 35 and 36) maps Listening, Reading, Speaking and Writing to all six units. For numeracy it maps the number system and statistics strands to all units, mathematical proficiency to every unit except Unit 4, and geometry and measurement to Units 2, 3, 5 and 6.
- The only explicit calculation in the content is in Business: "Learners should know that Revenue - Cost = Profit or Loss." (Unit 1, Section 1.1.2, page 12). Calculator use is not mentioned.
- No marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar are mentioned. Marks sit under AO1 (40%), AO2 (30%) and AO3 (30%) (Section 3.1, page 27), and "The Assessment Pack will include all detailed information relating to assessment." (page 27).
- Spoken work is evidenced by the teacher: "Where required, performance evidence (e.g. presentations) must be documented using observation records" (Section 3.4, page 29), and "Written evidence must be annotated to show how it meets the marking criteria." (page 29).
- Learners can redraft once: teachers "may allow a learner one opportunity to improve their evidence and resubmit it", but feedback must "avoid directing learners on how to improve their mark" (Section 3.5, page 29).
- The content uses four stems that set the depth of reading and writing, from "Learners should be aware of" to "Learners should be able to" (How to read the amplification, page 11).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Each optional unit leads towards the matching GCSE, Business, Geography, History, Religious Studies or Social Studies, which the specification calls "a broad basis for progression onto GCSEs in the Humanities area" (page 9). Those GCSEs step up the same literacy, from reading a few sources to judging bias and reliability, and from short viewpoints to extended evaluative writing. GCSE Business extends profit and loss to break-even, cash flow and income statements, and GCSE Geography and GCSE Social Studies extend climate and campaign data to averages, percentages and graphs. The reading, writing and speaking here also support GCSE English Language and Literature.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Entry Level/Level 1 Foundation Humanities specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).