The need it meets
Purpose
No two students learn the same way — and most have never been shown why that's a strength. Study in the Real World maps the full spectrum live: AI Assistants, Memory Tools, Scheduling, Exam Prep, and Focus & Wellbeing. Every branch, every student, one session. They leave with a toolkit they'll actually use.
What students experience
In the room
Students begin with a practical task that proves everyone learns differently. Discussion creates shared ground, then the Modern Learning Map is built branch by branch before the full reveal of one connected platform for Welsh schools.
Learning intentions
What we aim for
- Build a positive, growth-focused attitude to learning across Years 7–13.
- Reduce revision and exam stress through clear, practical study routines.
- Deliver against the Digital Competence Framework — a mandatory cross-curricular skill — through practical, ethical AI and technology use.
- Equip every student with a practical exam-preparation toolkit they can apply immediately.
Concrete gains
Lasting takeaways
- Stronger self-awareness and metacognitive confidence.
- Knowledge of real tools across five learning areas.
- Confidence to use AI tools critically and ethically — the skill Welsh Government now explicitly requires schools to develop.
The arc of the session
How the time is spent
AI Assistants
Use AI tools as thinking partners, not answer machines.
Memory Tools
Apply proven retrieval and recall methods that make learning stick.
Scheduling
Build a realistic revision routine mapped to real subjects and deadlines.
Exam Prep
Find quality revision resources, practice papers and examiner guidance.
Focus & Wellbeing
Protect attention, manage stress and support sustainable performance.
The shift you can expect
After the session
Students leave with practical digital habits, confidence in their own learning style, and clarity on how to revise effectively. Schools report improved revision language and stronger independence in the weeks that follow. Schools also receive a live feedback report from every session — ready to use as pupil voice evidence for self-evaluation, wellbeing reporting and funding applications.
Assurance for leaders
Curriculum & inspection fit
Estyn 2024 Framework
Directly supports Teaching & Learning, Wellbeing Care Support & Guidance, and Leadership & Management outcomes for all learners in Years 7–13.
Digital Competence Framework
Delivers against Wales's mandatory cross-curricular digital skills requirement — and the AI literacy updates Welsh Government is currently embedding into the DCF.
Curriculum for Wales — Four Purposes & Health and Well-being AoLE
Develops Ambitious Capable Learners and Healthy Confident Individuals through metacognition, self-regulation and ethical technology use — with direct delivery into the statutory Health and Well-being Area of Learning and Experience.
New Made-for-Wales GCSEs (from September 2025)
Wales's reformed GCSEs — introduced for first teaching from September 2025 — are built around the Curriculum for Wales, with greater emphasis on digital skills, metacognition and independent learning across all subjects. Fflam directly prepares students for the demands of this new qualification landscape.
What to arrange
Planning the visit
- Duration: 90 minutes, extendable to 2 hours when timetables allow.
- Cohort Size: Up to 100 students per session.
- Space & Set-Up: Hall or large room, screen + projector needed. USB or computer with presentation brought by the presenter.
- Investment: £795 for two cohorts plus agreed at-cost expenses.
Evidence-based. Experience-built. Delivered in both languages.
Building a programme
Where to go next
Optional depth with
Typical investment
Each optional specialist workshop: £795 for two cohorts.
To book or discuss year groups, dates and language delivery, email: bookings@fflam.wales