GCSE Everyday Stuff

So we're on the starting blocks and I read a really interesting piece from Tony Attwood at Hamilton House entitled GCSE Everyday Stuff. It's very relevant to how we approcah Functional Skills as part of the new 14-19 curriculum at www.guroo.co.uk Here's a extract from Tony

"At first sight these exams appear to be similar to GCSEs in the same subjects. But there is a subtle difference, a difference that has led some to rename Functional Skills as GCSEs in Everyday Stuff.

It’s an apt title for, as every question that appears in the sample exam papers made available by Edexcel reveals, students not only have to have the prescribed knowledge, they also have to know how to apply it.

Such a development will be welcomed by those in business who have complained in the past that students leave school unable to apply their knowledge of maths, English and IT to the workplace."