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This site is owned and maintained by Maggie Harnew. I am a basic skills tutor at Abingdon and Witney College where I use the site as a resource in my literacy, numeracy, ESOL and study support classes.
The site is non-profit making and is maintained in my free time. Thanks must go to all my students, past and present, and to all the site users who have contributed resources or words of encouragement.
All resources, unless otherwise stated, are copyright Maggie Harnew. Resources can be used freely for teaching purposes but cannot be used for profit or placed on other web sites. Resources contributed by site users have the author's name on every page and their copyright remains with the author.
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This page last updated 22/02/08

Resources on the site reflect whatever subjects and levels I am teaching (currently Entry 1 - Entry 3 and Level 2 numeracy, Entry 1 ESOL, and Entry 1 - 3 Literacy). However, in order to create a balanced site we need Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL resources at all levels.
PLEASE consider contributing a resource. If you have a worksheet or teaching idea that has worked well in your own classes - it will be useful to other tutors. See below for further information.
If you can't send a resource you can still contribute by sending comments, feedback or differentiation ideas to Maggie. Most resources are printable PDF files but free editable Word versions are available in exchange for your contributed resources or feedback.

View my list of site supporters and read the comments page.

 

Contributing resources

Simply send them to me at this address as an email attachment (i.e. Word, PPT , XLS file etc)

Don’t worry about adding headers, curriculum links, fancy formatting etc. I can do that for you as needed (but if you want to add them that’s great too!)

Let me know how you would like the credit line at the bottom of each page.
Normal credit is: This resource kindly contributed by (NAME, COLLEGE, EMAIL) but some contributors prefer not to include their email and/or institution.

Apologies in advance if there is a delay before resources appear on site but I nearly always have a bit have a bit of a back log here (it can take from 12 hours to 3 months for resources to appear). I send you PDF and Word proofs before uploading (only PDF versions appear on site due to space restrictions).

Contributors are welcome to ask for editable Word versions of other site resources in exchange – this is done on a one to one exchange basis but I’m pretty flexible about it…

Please contact me if you have further queries / worries.

Plagiarism - please provide web links if any information or pictures in your resources are copied or adapted from other sources.

 

2005-6 pre-GCSE Maths special online activities page for use in class and at home.
2003-4 pre-GCSE Maths L1/2 interactive scheme of work.

'Using Laptops to Develop Basic Skills' manual - available free from NRDC and Basic Skills Agency
2002 E1 literacy: students' projects.  2001 E1-L1 literacy: weekly diary (updated 30/07/07), photos, group, projects.
E1 Literacy interactive scheme of work as featured in 'Using laptop computers to develop basic skills' available free to practitioners or download as PDF.

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