Functional Skills Newsletter March 9th

Our bi-weekly look at the world of Functional Skills.

Are QCDA on a productivity bonus, Functional Skills in the School Report Card, brand new "Functional Skills in ...." booklets, Lisa needs your help and that link to the early demise of ALAN again.

QCDA's big Functional Skills push. A 16 page Functional Skills supplement published with the SecEd magazine and four brand new QCDA videos focused on Functional Skills case studies in GCSE, Diplomas, Apprenticeships and Foundation Learning. That's a lot from QCDA in two weeks!

Votes for the School Report Card? At a lively seminar at ASCL last week the official line as well as the general consensus was that the School Report Card was definitely coming with the big discussion (argument) over the use of a single overall "grade". Labour think yes, Conservative are probably no. And with the next meeting of the SRC "committee" not until June - where do your votes go? Whatever happens, there are four minimum sets of KS4 indicators with level 2 maths and English Functional Skills included. Click here for the SRC prospectus - the extract below comes from page 23, paragraph 60.

More subject publications, more Diploma videos. Developing Functional Skills in music, history, citizenship, MFL, RE, geography, art, science are all covered in a series of brand new national strategies produced booklets that also cover KS3. And not content with the pathways videos, QCDA have added some more line of learning specific videos about work experience in Construction, Engineering and Hospitality Diplomas to their YouTube site.

Lisa needs some help! "I was thrilled to discover this Functional Skills forum, after spending months deliberating over the most appropriate ways in which to deliver functional skills (English). Can anybody offer me any advice and guidance on how to produce effective contextualised resources, for the teaching of functional skills to Hairdressing Level 1 Students and Introductory Diploma in Art and Design Students?" We've started the ball rolling at http://www.functionalskills.org/showthread.php?p=4723#post4723 Please feel free to add your suggestions.

ALAN is leaving the building.... The most popular click through ever on this newsletter was recorded last time out with the story about the demise of ALAN for 14-19. Just to remind everyone that "providers are now expected to deliver functional skills qualification for young people where ever possible" Click here for the link.

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