The four purposes are underpinned by integral skills which should be developed within a wide range of learning and teaching. At the heart of these skills is the importance of learners recognising, using and creating different types of value. In the context of integral skills, value means worth and importance in a range contexts, including financial, cultural, social and learning value.

For our pupils here in Crug Glas, skills which underpin the four purposes are the bedrock of all aspects of our teaching and learning - for our children and young people, they are Wider Skills. 

We have developed a bespoke Wider/Integral Skills Framework which encapsulates both sets of skills and is the basis from which all our practice stems.  The Framework has been co-constructed over a number of years, contributed to by a number of professionals in their field of expertise; including specialist teachers, therapists, stakeholders, key partners and the pupils themselves.