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A lovely practical step by step introduction to area for L1 students.
The step by step problem solving approach also makes this ideal for underpinning L1 Functional Maths.

Level
Level 1
Maths
Functional Maths - measures, shape & space
MSS1/L1.9
Context
Painting Decorating & DIY

Working out the cost of carpeting a flat (compound shapes) and seeding and fencing a circular lawn.
The step by step problem solving approach also makes this ideal for underpinning L2 Functional Maths.

Level
Level 2
Maths
Functional Maths - measures, shape & space
MSS1/L2.7
MSS1/L2.8
Context
Gardening & Horticulture
Painting Decorating & DIY

A substantial 3 page text about capital city’s landmarks and tourist attractions. Ideal for students living in or visiting London. Followed by 6 pages of activities including questions, true/false, wordsearch, dictionary and alphabetical order work.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Adult Literacy: Reading - sentence focus (punctuation & grammar)
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
AL Rt/L1.1 Understand continuous texts
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8
Rt/L1.5
Rw/E3.4
AL Recognise and understand a range of words
Rw/E3.3
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
Context
Leisure, Hobbies, Travel & Tourism

A presentation full of useful DOs and DON’Ts that finishes with a differentiated proof reading task for E3, L1, L2.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Adult Literacy: Writing
Wt/E3.4
Wt/L1.6
Wt/L2.7
Context
Employment skills & Public services

A visit to the garden centre was written for NCPT horticulture students but ideal for anyone with an interest in gardening. Cover addition. subtraction. multiplication and division of whole number and money.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
Maths
MSS1/E2.2
AN MSS1/E3.1 Add & subtract money using decimal notation
Number
N2/E3.5
Context
Gardening & Horticulture

A fun way of preparing a group for the L1 multiple choice test! 15 questions cover ratios, measures, percentages, fractions, place value, mean average, volume, time and money.

Level
Level 1
Maths
General numeracy / maths
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

A fun way of preparing a group for the L2 multiple choice test! 15 questions cover ratios, measures, percentages, fractions, division, area, volume and negative numbers.

Level
Level 2
Maths
General numeracy / maths
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

Topical practice with reading and writing large numbers (up to billions) and ideal for start-of-term place value classes. Topics inc, Bruce Forsyth’s salary, the possible Cadburys takeover and Heathrow Airport statistics. Includes a useful place value chart.
A second updated sheet was added in April 2011 – also available below

Level
Level 2
Level 1
Maths
N1/L2.1
AN N1/L1.1 Place value to millions. < and > symbols
Functional Maths - numbers and the number system
Context
News, Politics & Government items

A fun way of preparing a group for the L2 multiple choice test! 15 questions covering apostrophes, commas, tense, spelling inc. homophones and vocabulary.

Level
Level 2
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV

Set of two resources written for ‘Literacy through Drama’ students and ideal for young social networking fans. A character must be selected and then imaginary Facebook / MySpace profiles written. Ideal for encouraging descriptive writing, use of adjectives, etc. 8 pages of writing frames plus a great PPT to introduce the topic (uses Bart Simpson as the character).

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Adult Lit Ws/E2.2 Use Adjectives
Ws/E3.1
AL Wt/E3.1 Plan & draft writing
Context
Art Film Media Music Radio TV