S 110 Sample Matura tasks Open gap fill: Project helps parents to help their children Read the text about a school project in Wales. Some words are missing. Complete the text by writing one word for each gap (1–10) in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. For those of us who … 0 our way through the Welsh education system before the year 2000, or even that of five or ten years … 1 , our experiences will inevitably be different from those of the current generation of school children, who are in the middle of a Welsh government drive to boost … 2 standards in literacy and numeracy. You might think the most fundamental difference is that this generation have never known a time … 3 the internet, smart phones or tablets. But with so … 4 incremental government changes to our education system in recent years and current plans to develop a unique curriculum specifically for Wales, the way in which core … 5 like maths and English are taught now will inevitably be different … 6 the way the previous generation (or two, or three) were taught. Equally, some of the content in today’s syllabus may not have been taught in the past – which means parents or carers couldn’t help … 7 if they wanted to. This is where schools are … 8 steps to encourage parents and carers to come along to after-school sessions and community events, to help them to engage not only in school life but the very things their children are learning on the curriculum. Of course, trying to balance work, family and after-school sessions is far from easy, especially if you don’t live near your child’s school. This is why sessions like those organised by Newport’s Duffryn High School … 9 place every Wednesday in the community itself, at the old library in Pill where many students and their families live. “In the evenings we go over how you can work with your child in English and maths, the heads of English and maths show them what the course is and what the demands will be, and simple techniques of … 10 they can help their child,” explained Duffryn head teacher Jon Wilson, whose school was recently praised by the education inspectorate for its high percentage of “good” or “excellent” lessons. (South Wales Argus; adapted and abridged) 0 made 1 6 2 7 3 8 4 9 5 10 7 ✔ Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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