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VCSE Public Services

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VCSE Public Services asks learners to read and judge sources on a local wellbeing issue, write proposals, evaluations and justified recommendations, and adapt spoken and written communication for different audiences, with analysis and evaluation (AO3) carrying 34% of the qualification and 80% of the marks coming from NEA. Numeracy depends on the optional unit: Unit 3 is built on measuring fitness, comparing results with public service standards and normative data and measuring improvement from a baseline, while Unit 4 asks for interpreting local demographic data and analysing survey feedback. The single biggest thing KS3 should build is the habit of collecting real data, working out what has changed and writing a justified conclusion that quotes the figures.

Corff dyfarnu
CBAC
Lefel
Level 1 and Level 2
Addysgu gyntaf
Medi 2027
Faint o waith llythrennedd
Uchel
Faint o waith rhifedd
Canolig
Manyleb
Agor y fanyleb
Y cam cyn hyn
Foundation Public Services, Entry Level and Level 1
Sut mae'r cymhwyster hwn yn cael ei asesu
  • Unit 1: Introduction to the Public Services Sector: External sector test 1 hour, 20%, 50 marks, set and marked by WJEC, paper-based or on-screen
  • Unit 2: Public Services in Action: External NEA 5 hours, 20%, 62 marks, set and marked by WJEC, set brief with five tasks that changes each year
  • Unit 3: Wellbeing and Fitness for Public Services (optional, taken instead of Unit 4): NEA 11 hours (not including the six-week health and fitness training programme), 60%, 98 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC
  • Unit 4: Citizenship and Community within Public Services (optional, taken instead of Unit 3): NEA 10 hours (not including the small-scale community or school-based wellbeing project), 60%, 98 marks, set by WJEC, marked by the centre and moderated by WJEC

Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Strategaethau darllen

  1. Researching and reading sources on a local wellbeing issue

    Asesu: Mewn gwaith cwrs (asesiad di-arholiad)

    In Unit 4 learners research a community wellbeing issue in a Welsh local authority area from online sources, local media and public data, and review their Public Service Board Wellbeing Plan, its objectives and intended improvements. The NEA research phase includes guidance on research approach and referencing.

    Llythrennedd: Strategaethau darllen, Deall, ymateb a dadansoddi

    Paratoi disgyblion

    Blwyddyn 7
    Pupils read their county council's web page on recycling collections, skim for the main idea and scan for three key facts to note in their own words.
    Blwyddyn 8
    Pupils read a local news story and a council report on the same issue, such as antisocial behaviour in a park, and list what each says, who wrote it and why.
    Blwyddyn 9
    Pupils read one objective in their local Public Service Board Wellbeing Plan, summarise it in their own words, and find two further sources that support or challenge it.
    Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd

    Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Unit 4, Section 4.2.1, page 54; Section 3.3, page 61

    “reviewing the Public Service Board (PSB) Wellbeing Plan, including its objectives and the improvements it aims to achieve”
    Cam cynnydd 3

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth, e.e. cip ddarllen (sgimio) am yr hanfodion, llithr ddarllen (sganio) am fanylion.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ffynonellau cyfeirio/digidol i ddewis, crynhoi a chyfuno gwybodaeth, gan gyfeirio atyn nhw fel y bo'n briodol.

    • Rwy'n gallu coladu a gwneud cysylltiadau, e.e blaenoriaethu, categoreiddio, rhwng gwybodaeth a syniadau o wahanol ffynonellau gan gynnwys testunau digidol a chlyweledol.

    Cam cynnydd 4

    • Rwy'n gallu ymchwilio i amrywiaeth eang o ffynonellau cyfeirio a digidol er mwyn datblygu dealltwriaeth lawn o bwnc neu fater.

    • Rwy'n gallu gwerthuso defnyddioldeb a dibynadwyedd testunau.

    • Rwy'n gallu crynhoi, cyfuno a dadansoddi gwybodaeth er mwyn magu dealltwriaeth fanwl, e.e. o achosion, canlyniadau, patrymau, gan ddefnyddio gwahanol ffynonellau.

    Cam cynnydd 5

    • Rwy'n gallu ymchwilio'n annibynnol i amrywiaeth eang o ffynonellau er mwyn datblygu dealltwriaeth o bwnc neu fater cynyddol gymhleth.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio testunau a argraffwyd a thestunau digidol i chwilio'n ddethol, gan asesu dibynadwyedd, arwyddocâd a chywirdeb yr hyn rwy'n ei weld.

    • Rwy'n gallu cyfuno a dadansoddi gwybodaeth er mwyn magu dealltwriaeth eang a chytbwys o ffynonellau a allai gynnwys safbwyntiau croes.

  2. Using public services terms accurately in short answers

    Asesu: Yn yr arholiad

    The Unit 1 sector test checks knowledge with objective questions in Section A and short answers, some based on industry scenarios, in Section B. Learners need precise terms such as statutory and non-statutory, the names of organisations, and initiatives such as JESIP and the M/ETHANE model from Unit 2.

    Llythrennedd: Geirfa, sillafu, gramadeg, Strategaethau darllen

    Paratoi disgyblion

    Blwyddyn 7
    Pupils build a glossary of ten public service words, such as statutory, emergency, volunteer and council, in English and Welsh with a short example for each.
    Blwyddyn 8
    Pupils read short scenario cards and answer two questions on each using the correct term, for example naming which service is statutory and why.
    Blwyddyn 9
    Pupils answer timed short-answer questions on applied scenarios, spelling key terms and acronyms correctly and using them in full sentences.
    Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd

    Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Section 3.2, page 59; Unit 1, Section 1.1.3, page 17; Unit 2, Section 2.2.1, page 34

    “Section B covers AO2 and includes short answer questions some of which could be based on short industry scenarios.”
    Cam cynnydd 3

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio geirfa amrywiol, briodol a manwl gywir, gan gynnwys geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth at ddibenion gwahanol.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau amlsillafog, cymhleth ac afreolaidd yng nghyd-destun pob maes dysgu a phrofiad.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau er mwyn dod o hyd i wybodaeth, e.e. cip ddarllen (sgimio) am yr hanfodion, llithr ddarllen (sganio) am fanylion.

    Cam cynnydd 4

    • Rwyf wedi cael profiad o ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol, ac yn gallu ei defnyddio wrth i mi gyfathrebu.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio amrywiaeth o strategaethau ac adnoddau i sillafu geirfa gyfarwydd ac anghyfarwydd a geiriau sy'n benodol i faes dysgu a phrofiad/disgyblaeth yn gywir.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o strategaethau, e.e. darllen cyflym, darllen agos, anodi, rhagfynegi, i gip ddarllen (sgimio) testunau i gael yr hanfodion, y syniadau a’r themâu allweddol, a’u llithr ddarllen (sganio) am wybodaeth fanwl.

    Cam cynnydd 5

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio ystod o eirfa sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geirfa academaidd gyffredinol yn fanwl gywir.

    • Rwy'n gallu defnyddio strategaethau i sillafu geiriau sy'n benodol i ddisgyblaeth a geiriau academaidd cyffredinol mewn cyd-destunau priodol.

    • Rwy'n gallu darllen a dadansoddi ystod o destunau nas gwelais o'r blaen, testunau a argraffwyd a thestunau digidol, gan ganolbwyntio ac yn annibynnol.

Da gwybod

Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill

The Unit 3 fitness testing, normative data and percentage improvement work matches GCSE Physical Education and Health, and the Unit 4 source reading, local demographic data and justified recommendations overlap with GCSE Social Studies and Geography, so these departments can share one KS3 approach to data and evaluative writing.

Ffynhonnell: WJEC Level 1/Level 2 VCSE Public Services specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027, for award from 2029 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).