Intent
Functional skills offer the students a chance to learn about the world they live in in a variety of different ways. Students are encouraged to build on their self-confidence and the belief that they can achieve what they set their mind to with support from both staff and their peers.
Implementation
Each week there will be a different theme that the students explore using a variety of different methods. Some may be paper based, making items, following recipes, healthy lifestyle, working as a team or individually to complete tasks set at the level they can access.
It is important that the students enjoy the sessions and each half term, discussions are held as to what they might like to learn about and where possible these can be implemented into the planning of future sessions.
Impact
The students enjoy the sessions, and they like the fact that they are asked about what they want to learn. Knowing the students, sessions are planned to encourage their natural curiosity about subjects and have a mixture of staff and student-led discussions. The sessions are relaxed and incorporate the many different needs that the students have. Making their learning fun, they are able to get the most out of each session without realizing how much they are absorbing.
