Churchill+School

**Developments in functional English**
Activity undertaken with a group of 30 Year A*-D grade students as follows:- //Outcome:// Valuable and meaningful for all learners //Progress made by learners:// Awareness of careers and progression route involved; understanding of interview requirements; realisation of what's neded to secure chosen career. Student response recorded in plenary. Implications for teaching: make use of support staff to help develop career fact files with a lower readability for less able pupils. Access to ICT.
 * Action research summary**
 * 1) Research careers: skills, qualifications, tasks involved, specific vocabulary.
 * 2) Analyse oral skills for successful job interview and plan likely questions.
 * 3) Role play interview for oral assessment.

**Developments in functional Maths**
2 Y10 groups entered for Level 2 exam summer 2008 with AQA Development of WRL project 'Max Box' to be ready for use with all Y10 classes in Term 5, 2008 = =