Nat 5 Lifeskills COURSE OUTLINE

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UNIT 1
Numeracy
June -Oct
  UNIT 2
Managing Finance and Statistics
Oct - Dec
  UNIT 3
Geometry and Measures
Jan - May

Percentages
compound Interest, Appreciation
Significant figures, VAT, inflation, HP

Weights & Measures problems converting units
Scales

Foreign Exchange

Speed Distance & Time
including time differences

Ratio – 3 parts

Numeracy Assessment A

Graphs & Charts
compound bar charts, back to back stem & leaf, pie chart proportions

Fractions

Probability

 

Earnings 
Wages, salaries, NI, Tax

Saving and Spending

      Foreign Exchange, Best Deals, Cards & Loans

Budgeting

Assessment: Finance Outcome (Start Nov)

Statistics
Medians, quartiles & boxplots, Standard Deviation

Scattergraphs and Probability

 

Areas & Volumes of composite shapes 

Measures
Tolerance, precedence tables, efficient packing

Gradient and Straight Lines Pythagoras Theorem

Assessment: Geometry Outcome

Scale drawing and Navigation

 
Assessment: Numeracy  (September) Assessment: Statistics Outcome (End Jan ) Assessment: Measures Outcome  (end March)

 

COURSE NOTES

 

PUPIL INFORMATION BLOCK 1 PUPIL INFORMATION BLOCK 2 PUPIL INFORMATION BLOCK 3

REVISION MATERIALS