Real projects. Real skills. Real futures.
Tuning the Curriculum for Wales’ Four Purposes into lived reality — through “community-rooted, stakeholder-engaged, ethically-guided, and creativity-fueled learning” (Healey-Benson, 2024)
We’re just days away from the full unveiling of the Harmonious Heroes Showcase @Plas Llanelly House — and there’s already so much to celebrate. Over the past week, pupils across a place-based cluster of four Llanelli schools have been fine-tuning and finessing their contributions to Arwyr Cydgordiol — Harmonious Heroes. They’ve been diving into rich, real-world learning that connects their passions to local challenges, community heritage, and the expertise of people and places around them — producing outputs that are as thoughtful as they are impactful.
This isn’t just a showcase — it’s a living example of what happens when education, community, and creativity converge with purpose. Learners have become designers, interviewers, scientists, technologists, storytellers, and problem-solvers — guided by the EntreComp framework, the Curriculum for Wales, and a town-wide ethos of contribution, curiosity, and care.
Why It Matters
Harmonious Heroes isn’t just another project — it’s a growing ecosystem of learning, leadership, and local change-making. It connects schools with businesses, artists, activists, families, civic leaders, funders, and community builders — creating a shared language and shared space for learners to apply their skills in ways that are meaningful, authentic, and ethical.
Rooted in the Curriculum for Wales and aligned with the EntreComp framework, the initiative empowers young people to grow not just as “entrepreneurs” — but as contributors, problem-solvers, and caretakers of their communities. Whether through green innovation, social values, or digital transformation, the work emerging from these classrooms speaks to the future we all want to co-create.
What’s Been Happening on the Ground — Just This Past Week…
As the showcase approaches, the energy hasn’t slowed — in fact, it’s accelerating. The last few days alone have been filled with hands-on learning, community collaboration, and learner-led innovation. This is not the whole picture — just a snapshot of the ongoing momentum. All four schools are still working, crafting, reflecting, right up to the final moments.
Swiss Valley Primary – Solar Solutions & Energy Ethics
As part of their Harvesting Change, Watering Growth project, learners engaged in sessions co-led by myself and entrepreneur, Dyfrig Richards of BartyPower Ltd. They explored the potential of a local solar farm, questioned real-world sustainability challenges, and co-designed a solar-powered watering system for their school polytunnel — proof that green ideas can start young and grow wide.
💛 Pentip VA Primary – Mapping Kindness, Growing Greatness
In a session with their Young Leaders, I was privileged to facilitate their thinking on their Grow Our Greatness Guide. Using the EntreComp flower, pupils translated competences like resilience, initiative and ethical thinking — from abstract term into their own words, and as tools for kindness and problem-solving. These mapped values will be embedded in the school’s curriculum redesign for September.
🧠 St John Lloyd Secondary – AR Meets Feminist History
With the guidance of Karl Sedgwick from Domingos Studios, pupils at SJL have been added further software skills to their Augmented Reality experience that brings Emmeline Pankhurst’s 1912 visit to Llanelli to life. This bold project blends local history, gender justice, and digital storytelling — and it’s all being shaped after school, by learners choosing to dig deeper.
🌍 St Mary’s Primary – Superpowers in Action
Following their Green Futures, Skills & Superpowers event (full story here), pupils have been developing their card-based showcase that captures their learning and research as local learner superheroes. The project draws from interviews with 12 professionals across green, digital, and social enterprise sectors. The pupils’ creativity, reflection, and professionalism continues to shine — and they’re still designing right up to the wire.
A Big Shout-Out to Our Supporters & Partners
To the families, teachers, headteachers, classroom assistants, civic leaders, creative collaborators, local businesses, third-sector organisations, and colleagues across the engaged cluster of schools — thank you. Your time, trust, encouragement, and expertise have made this work not only possible, but meaningful. This is what happens when communities become co-educators and children become co-creators of change.
A heartfelt thank you to all who have supported this shared journey — including our learners, educators, mentors, funders, and friends from across Llanelli and beyond.
A special thank you to Plas Llanelly House and its team for their exceptional hospitality and professional event support. Their commitment has helped us prepare for 2 special days as we welcome distinguished guests, stakeholders and the community from across Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, and beyond.
Thursday 19th June – Invite-Only Seated Event
(email me if you would to attend: healeybenson-education@outlook.com)
Friday 20th June – Open Public Exhibition
🕤 9:45am–2:00pm
Upstairs, Llanelly House (opposite Llanelli Library)
Cofion, Dr Felicity Healey-Benson
Emergent Thinkers™ 
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