I have over 20 years experience as a lecturer/teacher and also assessor and internal verifier. I currently moderate and test assessments for an awarding body and am a member of SET (Society for Education and Training). I write English, Maths, Food Hygiene and Safety, Food Technology, Online Safety and ICT resources and also computing resources for key stages 2, 3 and 4, GCSE and adults (ECDL etc). I also write and teach botany and ecology courses.
I have over 20 years experience as a lecturer/teacher and also assessor and internal verifier. I currently moderate and test assessments for an awarding body and am a member of SET (Society for Education and Training). I write English, Maths, Food Hygiene and Safety, Food Technology, Online Safety and ICT resources and also computing resources for key stages 2, 3 and 4, GCSE and adults (ECDL etc). I also write and teach botany and ecology courses.
This resource assesses knowledge and understanding via 10 multi choice questions (answers are provided). The questions cover cleaning and hygiene.
This resource is ideal for anyone working with food such as canteen staff, apprentices, teachers, assistants etc or for programmes of study, such as GCSEs in food preparation and safety..
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 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
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
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 23 page resource of three practice papers is written to match the style of the Edexcel Level 1 assessment and covers:
Use the Internet
Creating a leaflet/letter and combining information
Using spreadsheets and charts
Password protection and Read Only
Use Email with attachments
Using presentations
Editing databases
There are data files and worked copies/solution for each paper
There are 3 specimen practice papers written to match the AQA Functional Skills assessment style papers and these are suitable for Functional Skills ICT at Level 2. There are data files and worked copies (answers). The papers cover the following:
Email
Creating logos and presentations
Creating leaflets
Creating letters
Creating newsletters
Using databases
Using spreadsheets and graphs
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
This resource assesses knowledge and understanding via 8 multi choice questions (answers are provided). The questions cover Hazards and critical control points.
This resource is ideal for anyone working with food such as canteen staff, apprentices, teachers, assistants etc or for programmes of study, such as GCSEs in food preparation and safety..
An activity workbook to cover Functional Skills Maths at Entry Stage 1. Suitable for the complete beginner and for learner' who struggle with numeracy. The workbook contains explanations and actvities with examples on how to do it to test the learner's skill and knowlede at each section. The workbook has 35 pages and covers:
Counting
Sorting
Addition and subtraction
Firsts, seconds, thirds
Working with dates
Working with 2D and 3 D shapes
Poitioning
Size
Weight
Dealing with money
Working out distances
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.
This 18 page resource is an extract from a Functioal Skills ICT Level 2 Activity Workbook (by the same author) and covers software applications, using nterface features and adjusting system settings. The activity resource contains theory for each of the subjects, followed by multi-chioce and matchmaker activities to test knowedge. Also included are 'how to' help sheets for opening an aplication, installing and uninstalling software and managing unresponding applications. This worksheet/activity includes answers.
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.
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.
This guide covers 28 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 Excel spreadsheets 2013 software application that a user might need to know and is presented in 10 steps per operation (e.g. Basic operations, Formatting, Editing, formulaes etc). The guide is useful for anyone wanting to get their heads around using Excel 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 (opening, closing, saving, printing etc)
EDITING (insert and edit data, undo/redo, search/replace, selecting, switching between worksheets)
FORMATTING (fonts, sizes, colours, alignment, borders/shading, number/date formats, AutoFill, sorting, cell orientation and wrapping)
MANAGE WORKSHEETS (working with rows and columns, managing worksheets)
USING FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS (BODMAS, arithmetic operators, cell references, ranges and functions)
PAGE LAYOUT (margins, orientation,, headers/footers, paper size, row/column headers, gridelines, title rows, preview etc)
CREATING CHARTS (pie, line, column, editing and formatting etc)
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.
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