GOSDEN HOUSE SECONDARY TOOLKIT ‘A nurturing and responsive curriculum which serves our students.’ Richard Baird OBE, Rochford Review BELOW ARE THE DEPARTMENT’S 10 ESSENTIAL WIIFM (What’s in it for me) STUDENT TOOLS THAT ARE NURTURED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR SECONDARY CURRICULUM. THESE TOOLS ARE KEY TO PREPARING OUR FUTURE GOSDEN GRADUATES FOR LIFE POST 16 AND WE BELIEVE NEED TO BE IN THEIR TOOLKITS. STUDENT LED WIIFM’S TOOLS CONTIOUSLY DRIVE FORWARD AND MOULD OUR CURRICULUM. NUMERACY SKILLS LITERACY SKILLS WIIFM - I have functional numeracy WIIFM - I have functional Literacy skills skills and I can use my maths knowledge and I can communicate effectively with a to help me in everyday life and in the variety of different people through spoken workplace. and written language in everyday life and in the workplace. LESSON BASED LEARNING Small group ability based groups LESSON BASED LEARNING Many identified cross curricular learning opportunities Weekly Social Skills lessons including Gardening – See Year Curriculum Overviews. Reading Buddies LEARNING FOR LIFE Shared and guided reading sessions Working Café – handling money and measurement Literacy through Drama Business Enterprise Projects Development of speaking and listening skills through Garden Shop – number and measurement Drama Design & Technology – number and measurement RWInc sessions throughout Secondary Food Studies – measurement and budgeting Functional Skills Literacy exams Entry Level - Level 2 - College Experience – buying lunch KS4 ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES Learning subject specific vocabulary. B-Squared Maths Strands and KS4 Functional Skills LEARNING FOR LIFE exams delivered through EDEXCEL. Student’s ‘Tool Box’ Reading Buddies – reading to younger members of the Award sheets. school to help encourage their reading skills Weekly PAT dog visits HOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Reading and following instructions in other lessons e.g Having pocket money, helping with the shopping, reading recipes and planting seeds in the allotment, paying for things, reading the time, looking at following medicine instructions for our animals timetables, cooking at home. ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES B-Squared English Strands and KS4 Functional Skills exams delivered through EDEXCEL and WJEC. Student’s ‘Tool Box’ Award sheets. HOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Daily reading at home, writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls, writing shopping lists, following recipes and instructions.
GOSDEN HOUSE SECONDARY TOOLKIT ‘A nurturing and responsive curriculum which serves our students.’ Richard Baird OBE, Rochford Review BELOW ARE THE DEPARTMENT’S 10 ESSENTIAL WIIFM (What’s in it for me) STUDENT TOOLS THAT ARE NURTURED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH OUR SECONDARY CURRICULUM. THESE TOOLS ARE KEY TO PREPARING OUR FUTURE GOSDEN GRADUATES FOR LIFE POST 16 AND WE BELIEVE NEED TO BE IN THEIR TOOLKITS. STUDENT LED WIIFM’S TOOLS CONTIOUSLY DRIVE FORWARD AND MOULD OUR CURRICULUM. NUMERACY SKILLS LITERACY SKILLS WIIFM - I have functional numeracy skills and I can use my maths knowledge to help me in everyday life and in the workplace. LESSON BASED LEARNING Small group ability based groups Many identified cross curricular learning opportunities including Gardening – See Year Curriculum Overviews. LEARNING FOR LIFE Working Café – handling money and measurement Business Enterprise Projects Garden Shop – number and measurement Design & Technology – number and measurement Food Studies – measurement and budgeting College Experience – buying lunch ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES B-Squared Maths Strands and KS4 Functional Skills exams delivered through EDEXCEL. Student’s ‘Tool Box’ Award sheets. HOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Having pocket money, helping with the shopping, paying for things, reading the time, looking at timetables, cooking at home. WIIFM - I have functional Literacy skills and I can communicate effectively with a variety of different people through spoken and written language in everyday life and in the workplace. LESSON BASED LEARNING Weekly Social Skills lessons Reading Buddies Shared and guided reading sessions Literacy through Drama Development of speaking and listening skills through Drama RWInc sessions throughout Secondary Functional Skills Literacy exams Entry Level - Level 2 - KS4 Learning subject specific vocabulary. LEARNING FOR LIFE Reading Buddies – reading to younger members of the school to help encourage their reading skills Weekly PAT dog visits Reading and following instructions in other lessons e.g reading recipes and planting seeds in the allotment, following medicine instructions for our animals ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES B-Squared English Strands and KS4 Functional Skills exams delivered through EDEXCEL and WJEC. Student’s ‘Tool Box’ Award sheets. HOME LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Daily reading at home, writing letters, sending emails, making phone calls, writing shopping lists, following recipes and instructions.
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