A step-by-step guide to Entry Level Functional Skils ICT in Office 2010 and Windows 7 with handy training notes, help sheets and revision tips, and activities. This guide has 63 single side A4 pages and comprehensively covers the Functional Skills ICT specifications for Entry 1, 2 and 3.

These exercises bridge the gap between initial learning and assessment. There are two exercises covering 32 pages - the first exercise guides the learner through the tasks and provides handy tips, using Office 2010, on how to do each of the tasks and the second exercise allows the learner to attempt the tasks without tips or help. There are data files and worked answers for each exercise. The exercises comprehensively cover the Functional Skills ICT specifications at Level 1 and include the following Files & folders Using the Internet Using email Creating a logo Create a leaflet Create a newsletter Create a letter Create a presentation Spreadsheets Databases Combing information Evaluation questions

This 5 page guide covers HACCP and its importance in food safety. It teaches learners the difference between hazard and risk and helps them understand physical and chemical hazards. Learners will learn about critical control points and the importance of keeping records. They will also learn about due diligence and the legal requirements of caterers regarding food hygiene and safety. Learners will understand how to put HACCP procedures in place and know what is critical and non-critical. learners are assessed through multi-choice questions (answers are provided). This guide is useful for programmes of study in food preparation and safety and ideal for anyone working with food (school canteen staff, teachers, apprentices, teaching assistants) or anyone who is interested in working within catering.

This 4 page guide covers the 14 allergens that must be listed. Learners will understand that allergies can be serious and fatal. Learners will learn that allergenic ingredients must be stored and handled separately to non-allergenic food and will learn the procedures for preventing cross contamination. Knowledge and understanding is assessed via 10 multi choice questions (answers are provided). This guide is ideal for anyone working with food such as canteen staff, apprentices, teachers, assistants etc or for programmes of study in food preparation and safety.

This activity and revision resource covers Functional Skills ICT Level 1 and Level 2 Databases and contains 26 pages of theory, activities, help sheets and practical exercises. Comprehensively covering the FS specifications at both L1 and 2, the resource covers: Designing and creating database - data types/field names Field properties Primary keys Importing text Validation rules Queries and filters Comparison and logical operators Sorting Reports

These worksheets/activities are an extract from a Functional Skills ICT Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) and cover file storage, file extensions, file compression, recycle bin, file and folder sizes, file properties, types of storage media, The resource can be used for a whole lesson and contains theory, activities to test knowledge (mix and match/multi-choice) and also 'how to' help sheets for saving, compressing, renaming, deleting and restoring files, plus creating folders, view properties, copy and move files. There are also 4 Practical Exercises for learners to attempt to test their skills. Answers are included.

Ths resource is aimed at Functional Skills Entry Level Stage 2 & 3 and/or early years Maths and offers explanations and activities (with answers) covering 21 pages: Counting - Entry 2 Number Sequences - E2 & E3 Halving and Doubing - E2 Thirds and Quarters Addition with 2 digit numbers - E2 Addition with 3 digit numbers - E3 Addition with decimal points - E3 Subtraction using 2 digit numbers - E2 Subtraction using 3 digit numbers - E2 Subtraction using decimal points - E3 Rounding - E3 Multiplication - E3 Division - E3

This 14 page spreadsheet activity resource is suitable for Functional Skills ICT - Numerical Data and Graphs and covers: Theory sheets providing explanations and examples of arithmetical formulas, referencing and BODMAS and also functions such as SUM and also IF and VLookup/HLookup statements, along with creating comparison bar charts. Handy 'how to do it' sheets giving practical help for Excel 2010 - formulas, functions, headers & footers, layout, editing, importing and also creating charts and graphs from two data sets Questions (with answers) to test knowledge and understanding Practical 'hands on' exercises using formulas and functions and creating comparison bar charts, line graphs and scatter graphs

This resource is suitable for Key Stage 3 Year 7 as part of the Computing curriculum (using software to analyse and solve problems etc) and the Functional Skills L1/L2 ICT specifications for processing numerical data and creating charts and graphs. The resources contain the following: 1. Lesson plan 2. Starter activities/lessons/worksheets - 11 pages containing explanations, practical 'how to do it' help sheets (in Excel 2010), questions (with answers) and practical exercises covering data entry, formatting, using formulas and functions, create a pie chart, create a column chart 3. Build-up exercise for the teacher to work through with the learners. The data for this exercise is generated by the learners (their hobbies) which enables each learner to be involved in the data and provides a sense of 'ownership'. This covers data entry, variables and rules, relative and absolute cell referencing, using SUM, MIN, MAX functions and arithmetical formulas, adding and deleting rows/columns and noting changes in formula cells, formatting cells and creating charts/graphs. There is a worked copy included. There is a worksheet included for Variables and Rules 4. An extension activity with a data file and worked copy based on a helicopter tour business which covers using arithmetical formulas and functions to calculate revenue, discounts and expenditure , editing and formatting and creating graphs

This FREE one page worksheet/activity is an extract from a Functional Skills Entry 1 Maths Workbook(by the same author) and covers Hundreds , Tens and Units , adding 3 digit numbers and taking numbers over to the next column. The one page activity provides a clear explanation and example and then an activity for the learner to try. The answers to the activities are at the bottom of the page.

This 17 page worksheet/activity is an extract from the Functional Skills ICT Level 1 and Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) and is suitable for use as a class activity to cover a whole lesson or broken into two sessions (e.g. Images and Drawing Shapes). The worksheet/activity contains clear explanations of image resolution, resizing, cropping, creating and formatting shapes, ordering, grouping, positioning, wrapping etc and also provides 'how to' Help Sheets in Office 2010. There are activities to test knowledge in the form of matchmaker and multiichoice questions and practical exercises to test skill. Answers to multi-choice questions are included.

This 13 page worksheet/lesson/activity is an extract from Functional Skills ICT Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) which covers the Internet, the WWW, Search Engines and URLs, Boolean Oerators and other search techniques, currency, relvance, bias, copyright. The worksheets/activity can be used for a whole lesso and consists of theory, activities to test knowledge (matchmaker and multi-choice) and also 6 practical exercises to test skill. Answers are included.

This guide covers 16 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Outlook 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Outlook 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL, Functional Skills and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications). The guide covers basic operations, (opening, creating a new message, forward, reply, cc and bcc, sending, closing etc), editing folders and emails, work with email messages (attachments, priority, flag, signatures,), work withcontacts, appointments and meetings and calendars.

This guide covers 20 A4 pages (single-sided) printed in colour using a visual style with images and callouts. The guide is designed to cover the most useful and popular operations within the Access 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Access 2013 and as a handy reference guide for ICT programmes of study (e.g. ECDL and other L1/L2 ICT qualifications). The guide covers basic operations (openng, creatng a new database/table, closing, printing etc), editing a database, working with tables, relationships, queries, wildcards, forms and reports.

This 2 page resource is suitable for Key Stage 2/3 Computer Science and comprises a guide and activity for algorithms. This resource provides explanations of algorithms with examples of pseudocode and flowcharts and also provides 2 actvities for learners to test knwledge (answers included).

This resource helps to bridge the gap between initial learning and final assessment and cvers all aspect of the Entry level ICT specifications. The first build-up exercise includes handy tips to guide the learner through the exercises and each question is labelled with the Entry level. The second build-up exercise is designed to test the learner's skills and knowledge without any tips/hints. There are separate tasks designed for each Entry level (stage 1, 2 or 3). You will also need to download the data files and worked copies. The build-up exercises cover 23 single-sided A4 pages and cover the following: Keeping safe and secure Working with files Creating a poster Spreadsheets Combining information Find and select information Label an image Search a list of information Email Contacts Presentations

These practice papers (23 pages) are written to follow the style of the Edexcel Functional Skills ICT Entry Level assessment and are split into Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3 papers (so they get progressively harder). There are 2 papers per entry stage (6 overall). The papers cover the following: ENTRY 1 Open an email Make changes to a document (e.g. flyer/poster) Label an image ENTRY 2 Email reply Edit, format a document and insert an image ENTRY 3 Email reply and new email Create a poster and a newsletter work with spreadsheets Internet search and downloading There are data files and solutions/worked answers for each of the papers

These practice papers (29 pages) are written to follow the style of the Edexcel Functional Skills ICT Level 2 assessment and cover the following: Use the internet and download information Use a spreadsheet and charts Create a newsletter Create a leaflet Create a presentation Use email Use compression Evaluation questions There are data files and worked answers for each of the papers

This 11 page resource is an extract from a Functional Skills ICT Level 2 Training Guide and is based on the Using ICT, Plannng Solutions to Complex Tasks By Analysing the Necessary Stages part of the Functional Skills ICT specifications. The resource consists of the theory behind planning complex tasks and the types of planning techniques available, such as schedules, timetables, Gannt charts, heirarchical charts, storyboards, spreadsheets, websites and mind maps. The theory section is followed by activities and multi-choice revision questions. Answers are included. This resource would be useful for a range of programmes which require the learner to understnd planning techniques.

Ponds and rivers are a great resource for enthusing learners and enabling them to earn outside the classroom. However school visits to waterways can present many hazards to health and safety and these can come from different sources, such as plants, bacteria and insects. This FREE 3 page resource provides useful and important safety advice and guidance on conducting school visits to ponds or rivers. The guide covers: Physical safety Water Borne Disease Poisonous Plants Invasive Plants and the Law Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) Transferring Disease and Cleaning Equipment