Functional Skills-Entry Level
Functional Skills are relevant to the workplace and "provide a foundation for progression into employment or further technical education and develop skills for everyday life". Ofqual, 2019
Learning aims and outcomes
Subject Content: Entry Level 1
Using numbers and the number system – whole numbers
Using common measures, shape and space
Handling information and data
Solving mathematical problems and decision making
Functional Skills are relevant to the workplace and "provide a foundation for progression into employment or further technical education and develop skills for everyday life". Ofqual, 2019
Learning aims and outcomes
- Enable students to become confident in their use of fundamental mathematical knowledge and skills, as described through the content; and
- Indicate that students can demonstrate their understanding by applying their knowledge and skills to solve simple mathematical problems or carry out simple tasks.
Subject Content: Entry Level 1
Using numbers and the number system – whole numbers
- Read, write, order and compare numbers up to 20
- Use whole numbers to count up to 20 items including zero
- Add numbers which total up to 20, and subtract numbers from numbers up to 20
- Recognise and interpret the symbols +, – and = appropriately
Using common measures, shape and space
- Recognise coins and notes and write them in numbers with the correct symbols (£ & p), where these involve numbers up to 20
- Read 12 hour digital and analogue clocks in hours
- Know the number of days in a week, months, and seasons in a year. Be able to name and sequence
- Describe and make comparisons in words between measures of items including size, length, width, height, weight and capacity
- Identify and recognise common 2-D and 3-D shapes including circle, cube, rectangle (incl. square) and triangle
- Use everyday positional vocabulary to describe position and direction including left, right, in front, behind, under and above
Handling information and data
- Read numerical information from lists
- Sort and classify objects using a single criterion
- Read and draw simple charts and diagrams including a tally chart, block diagram/graph
Solving mathematical problems and decision making
- Use given mathematical information and recognise and use simple mathematical terms; and
- Use the methods given above to produce, check and present results that make sense; and
- Provide a simple explanation for those results.
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