skills development
Skills Development
This subject is not a qualification – it is specifically designed to develop targeted pupils’ basic literacy, numeracy and Science skills.
In addition, KS3 students also study a Travel Independence Training Across the Nation (TITAN) programme in order to develop their self-help and independence skills. The Skills Development programme is led by the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Department.
Skills covered:
- Writing for different audiences and purposes
- Writing imaginative and creative texts
- Developing greater written accuracy
- Reading with accuracy
- Inferring meaning from texts
- Basic Numeracy
- Applying Mathematics in real life contexts
- Interpreting data from a range of subject areas
- Interpreting and using graphs
Strategies for parents/carers:
- Support understanding in the four basic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
- Practise Mental Maths. For example, adding/subtracting without writing things down.
- Assist in identifying the everyday practical uses of Maths. For example, how long is Coronation Street on for?
- Encourage reading for meaning by asking: what is this about? Who is it about? What has happened?
- Encourage a variation of sentence starts e.g. ‘ing’ verbs ‘running’ and connectives: In addition, Furthermore, Moreover.
"Skills Development is brilliant because you get to go on Lexia and do different activities to learn new words."
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Wood Green Academy is an 11-19 over-subscribed National Support School specialising in Sport, Maths and Computing.
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- Wood Green Road
- Wednesbury
- West Midlands
- WS10 9QU
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