Sport
Literacy: Ww/E2.2, Ww/E3.2, Rw/E2.2, Rw/E3.5
ESOL: ESOL Rw/E3.5a, ESOL Ww/E3.1a
Context: Catering Food Nutrition, Sport
Resource type: Sort or match cards
Level: E2, E3
This is a resource for teaching compound words to mixed ability groups. There are five different word match activities and two help sheets.
I use the first two activities, sports and food, with E1-2 learners. Depending on their ability you can either give the learners both topics at once or give them one at a time to make the activity easier. For very low level students I’d give the learners one topic at a time and a help sheet.
Numeracy: General numeracy / maths, Functional Maths - number
Free tags: Sport Relief
Context: Sport, Voluntary & Charity
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A Sport Relief task which looks at the dates of the events and the cost of buying products from the Sport Relief shop. It includes reading a calendar and working out the days/weeks left until the event. It also includes questions on comparing, adding, subtracting (working pout change) and halving money. Learners have to read prices from the Sports Relief shop and decide what to buy with a given amount of money.
With answer sheet, and fully mapped to the E2-E3 Functional Maths criteria.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
ICT: Finding and selecting information, Developing, presenting and communicating information
General: Generic resources for literacy, numeracy and beyond
Context: Sport
Resource type: Discussion points, ICT task sheet, Investigation or project, Listening and/or speaking activity, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1, L2
Learners must choose the next manager of the England football team. Using the task sheet to guide them, they must research, collate and present information for five candidates and then make the final choice.
There is scope for plenty of lively discussion around the choices made and also about what the manager’s job entails.
A Power Point presentation is included as an example, but can also be printed out to use in some of the additional activities described.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths, MSS1/E2.3, MSS1/E2.4, MSS1/E3.3
Free tags: Olympics
Context: Sport
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
This resource uses the 2012 Olympics cycling road race as a theme and focuses on dates and time. Learners use a calendar to find a day and date, extract information from a table, add times to blank clock faces and carry out simple calculations. There is also a road map of the race with questions to answer.
Fully mapped to E2-E3 Functional Maths
Literacy: Rs/L1.2, Ws/L2.4
ESOL: ESOL Rs/L1.2a, ESOL Ws/L2.4a
Context: Sport
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: L1, L2
Another expertly adapted text with ten missing apostrophes. Includes apostrophes of omission and possession (some example are challenging).
Inspired by Rachel Emmett’s ‘Capello Gerrard World Cup apostrophes’ resources (see below).
Literacy: Functional Skills English
Numeracy: Functional Maths
ICT: Finding and selecting information, Developing, presenting and communicating information
Context: Catering Food Nutrition, Sport
Resource type: ICT task sheet, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1
An E3-L1 Functional Maths, English and ICT task first used with learners at Leyton Orient Community Sports Programme. Plan and cost a restaurant meal for 20 officials (originally held at Frank and Benny’s, Chingford, but you will need to provide menus from a favourite local restaurant or chain) and then present your results in a spreadsheet..
Numeracy: Functional Maths - measures, shape, money, MSS1/L2.2, MSS1/L2.9, MSS1/L2.5
Context: Leisure Travel Tourism, Sport
Level: L2
Resource type: Hands-on / practical activity, Worksheet or assignment
Hands-on measuring followed by challenging questions about the cost and time involved in re-filling a swimming pool. Fully mapped for adult numeracy and Functional Maths.
Literacy: Reading: text focus (comprehension), Rt/L2.7, Wt/L2.7
Context: Sport
Level: L2
Resource type: Reading comprehension
A set of reading comprehension questions – designed to improve scanning skills. Accompanied by a short proof reading exercise. With answers and curriculum mapping.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Free tags: Wimbledon
Context: Sport
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Lovely topical set of maths questions based on mostly interesting Wimbledon statistics (men and women’s singles winners, ticket prices and strawberry sales). There’s also a set of questions based on the dimensions of a tennis court. The questions cover number, measures and data handling from E2 to L2; the majority of questions would be suit E3-L1. Many questions involve problem solving, ask the students to give reasons or thoughts, etc. thus making it very suitable for underpinning Functional Maths.
Literacy: Functional Skills English
Context: Sport
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Lesson plan, Listening and/or speaking activity, Reading comprehension, Scheme of work, Worksheet or assignment
A substantial set of resources for BTEC Sport students. Based on a Functional English lesson given on Sport Relief day (but suitable for any time of year as it is based on the Back Up charity for spinal cord injuries – not Sport Relief). Includes
- Scheme of work for an entire academic year – covers all aspects of Functional English (reading, writing, SL&C). 18 pages.
- Lesson plan, rationale and teaching notes for the Sports Relief session. Based on producing promotional material for a charity.
