What is Explore?
Explore is not your average continued professional development. It’s a bold, inspiring, and totally free professional learning programme for teachers, support staff, and school leaders across Wales. Led by a team of expert Creative Learning Facilitators, Explore introduces you to Creative Learning pedagogy through hands-on sessions focused on either curriculum design, literacy, and health & wellbeing.
Through practical exercises, case studies, and reflection, Explore invites you to step outside the ordinary, try out fresh, creative methods of teaching. Whether you're new to Creative Learning or ready to deepen your practice, Explore will spark ideas you can immediately bring back to your classroom. You’ll leave energised, motivated and better prepared to support your learners’ diverse needs with confidence and creativity.
Why should you sign up?
Because Explore makes space for the things that matter:
- Embedding the Four Purposes of the Curriculum for Wales, with a focus on developing enterprising and creative contributors.
- Aligning to the integral skills by developing creative and critical thinking skills, helping learners to thrive in an ever-evolving world.
- Improving literacy and oracy, especially for our most disadvantaged learners
- Improving learner wellbeing and engagement by making learning more meaningful and inclusive.
- Placing the learner voice at the centre of curriculum design and school development planning.
What to expect
- Opportunities for deep reflection and growth
- A supportive community of like-minded educators
- A joyful, energising learning experience
- Practical, classroom-ready ideas
Who can sign up?
Explore is available to teachers, support staff, and school leaders employed in local authority maintained and voluntary-aided primary, secondary, special schools, and specialist teaching facilities based in Wales.
Explore welcomes both new and returning educators. You can sign up to Explore even if you have participated in Creative Learning Cymru programmes before.
Termly Themes for 2025–26
- Autumn 2025: Creative Learning across the Curriculum
- Spring 2026: Creative Learning for Literacy
- Summer 2026: Creative Learning for Health & Wellbeing
Is Explore Right for You?
Yes! If you want to:
- Rediscover your excitement and passion for teaching
- Learn approaches that align with the Curriculum for Wales
- Be part of a learning community of open-minded creative educators
- Experiment, reflect, and grow
- Enjoy a day of learning with great food and laughter
Then Explore is made for you.
How to sign up
Registrations for Autumn 2025 are now open!
Want to be the first to know when Spring and Summer sessions open? Sign up to our Creative Learning Cymru bulletin.
Yes. Our sessions closely align with its principles.
Of course! Explore welcomes new and returning educators.
Yes. Having an open Go and See, Have a Go or Experiment grant does not affect your eligibility.
Yes. Taking part in the Creative Leadership Programme will not prevent you from signing up to Explore.
Explore is free to attend.
No. Your school will need to meet the cost of any supply cover or travel expenses required to attend.
Yes. We love a good training lunch!
Yes. Please inform us on registration form
No, but you may want to attend a different session in future terms with a different theme.
Venues across Wales; details will be available on the registration form.
Yes. All information will be shared in advance.
You must register in advance; we have a cut-off date of 7 days in advance of each training date.
Sessions are delivered from 9:30 – 14.30. Unfortunately, we do not have an option for part-attendance, when signing up you commit to attending for the full day
Explore is a new programme of activity and at present all our sessions are hands-on and delivered face-to-face. If this presents a barrier to you, please get in touch so that we can consider the demand for an online option.
Definitely — the more, the merrier! Please register for each individual person attending, we have a 7-day cut off for registration.
No experience needed — just bring your curiosity.
No. There’s nothing to prepare in advance and no standing up to present your own examples!
We circulate all the information after the session so no need to bring anything with you. We advise you to leave laptops at home so that you can be fully immersed in the learning experience. We also advise you to wear comfortable clothes that you’re happy to sit and move around in.
No, unfortunately this opportunity is only available to teachers, support staff, and school leaders employed in local authority maintained and voluntary-aided primary, secondary, special schools, and specialist teaching facilities based in Wales.
No, unfortunately this opportunity is only available to teachers, support staff, and school leaders employed in local authority maintained and voluntary-aided primary, secondary, special schools, and specialist teaching facilities based in Wales.
No, unfortunately this opportunity is only available to teachers, support staff, and school leaders employed in local authority maintained and voluntary-aided primary, secondary, special schools, and specialist teaching facilities based in Wales.