Sixth Form
Home Learning Support…
… how families can help
Autumn 2017
This term’s topic is, ‘Entrepreneurs’ where students will be practising and applying the skills of resilience, innovation, creativity, industriousness, curiosity and self-confidence. Alongside the theme of the world of work, the teaching and learning will also focus on responsibility, having good ideas and making good choices. You can support your child at home in many ways, including:
¶ Referring to the topic while chatting; asking questions using Who? Where? What? How? Why?
¶ Asking questions and discussing everyday objects and services; Who invented Lego/ aeroplanes/ the Internet? Why is an umbrella a good idea?
¶ Encouraging curiosity: what job are they doing?
¶ Pointing out social signs when out and about e.g. shop/ car logos, how do we know a shop has a sale on? Pound and pence signs.
¶ Spelling practice/ word recognition of common words such as cost, sale, buy, idea.
¶ Encouraging them to be self-organised; pack school bag, get clothes ready, carry out personal hygiene and beauty routines.
¶ Watching consumer programmes such as Rip Off Britain, Dragon’s Den and discuss what a complaint is/ good invention is.
¶ Involving them in making purchases such as gifts and wrapping them.
¶ Ordering in cafes, restaurants, shops. Purchasing tickets at the cinema, swimming pool etc. Selecting a coin/ note to make an exchange.
¶ Give pocket money and explain why it will run out!
¶ What work can be done around the home? Encourage students to sort laundry, hang out washing, pair socks, water plants, feed pets, put shopping away, change bed linen, vacuum, set and clear the table, wash the car, polish/ wipe shoes, replace batteries etc.
¶ List job types, talk about skills and interests e.g. a caretaker has to look after places and equipment, a dog walker must know how to stay safe near roads etc.
¶ Identify the uniforms people wear, tools used.
¶ Number opportunities: money awareness – value and function. More and less.
¶ Shape – point out shapes; round coins, square/ cuboid packaging.
¶ Measure – cooking and baking in the home, using cups and scales to weigh ingredients.
¶ Prepositions – practise prepositions and directions such as left, right, up, down, in front, behind, on top etc. when in shops: “the juice is above the water, can you find the bread on the top shelf?”
We can provide support in the form of visual aids/ symbols, photographs, programming voice output devices and i-Pads. Please speak to class staff for any resources that may help.
SEN Code of Practice, January 2015
8.31
All young people should be helped to develop the skills and experience, and achieve the qualifications they need, to succeed in their careers. The vast majority of young people with SEN are capable of sustainable paid employment with the right preparation and support. All professionals working
with them should share that presumption.
EntrepreneursCore Vocabulary / Describing vocabulary / Specialised Vocabulary
CV, idea, money, cash, buy, sell, make, show, team, share, winner, loss, try, want, pound, pay, job, work, good at, enjoy. / Expensive, cheap, attractive, inspirational, worthwhile, exciting, popular, disappointing, fortunate, unlucky, rich, hard-working, / Design, purchase, profit, advertise, market, bargain, product, negotiate, competitive, resilience, creativity, inventor.
Your child’s EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan), and school SLP (Student Learning Plan) show individual targets and how they are to be achieved.
At Portland we believe topic-based learning is a very effective vehicle for engaging students and giving them cross-curricular opportunities to learn and practise knowledge and skills.
Together, relevant, achievable targets and a motivating curriculum will ensure good outcomes.
If you would like to discuss your child’s programme of study at any time, please contact the class teacher or registration tutor.