We offer an extensive range of engaging resource that are proven to educate learners of various ages and abilities. Our catalogue of workbooks cover an array of subjects including Functional Skills, Maths, English, Digital Skills, Retail, Employability, Social Development and Tutorials.
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We offer an extensive range of engaging resource that are proven to educate learners of various ages and abilities. Our catalogue of workbooks cover an array of subjects including Functional Skills, Maths, English, Digital Skills, Retail, Employability, Social Development and Tutorials.
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These workbooks have been designed to subtly embed the valuable functional skills learners required to get the most out of education, work and everyday life and to help them function more confidently, effectively and independently.
Each resource has been proven to educate learners on a variety of subjects that will enhance knowledge as well as promoting creativity and individuality.
This particular instalment can be used effectively in Tutorials or Maths sessions and includes a Fictional TV guide. Leaners will study the schedule and then attempt to answer a series of questions related to the information shown. Learners will then take part in a discussion based on their own TV programme choices. They will create their own Perfect TV schedule, produce questions related to this new timetable and then test their peers.
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This 5th series of flashcards focuses on the characterisation of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.
There are ‘quotes’ to explore cards for Macbeth and Lady Macbeth who are the lead characters of the play. The final card summarises how the other characters interact.
These cards are valuable aids to helping students answer the part of the question where they are asked to relate their analysis of the given quote to other areas of the play
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are central. Act 1 introduces them both very forcefully, and then as the plot develops their characters evolve in opposite directions almost a reversal. The more the student gets to know the play the more obvious this characterisation movement becomes.
The quote is on the left hand side of each card.
Prompts for discussion are on the right hand side of each card.
The set also includes a breakdown of other characters in Macbeth.
Other sets available:
Set 1 – The Supernatural
Set 2 – Tragic Hero
Set 3 – Guilt/Anxiety
Set 4 – Ambition
Set 6 – Plot Development/movement
Look out for Bundles too!
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These worksheets have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of subjects that will enhance knowledge, creativity, individuality and embed valuable functional skills. The resource can be used effectively in Tutorials, English or ICT sessions.
This bundle includes the following 3 Resources:
DREAM JOB - focuses on allowing the learner to decide what they would imagine their perfect job to be. It then tasks them with breaking that job role down and asks them to create an advert for their chosen vocation.
They will explore the pros and cons of each others ‘perfect job’ choices and demonstrate their capabilities of understanding the opinions of others as well as being able to put their own opinion across. It includes and example of an advert designed by a previous learner.
ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY focuses on the importance of Attendance and Punctuality and is broken down into the following
Why is attendance so important? - An activity that requires learner to fill in the gaps of an informative piece of writing. An effective way of going over text and gaining a full understanding.
Reasons v Excuses - A couple of tasks that require learners to understand the difference between reasons and excuses used for being absent or late. Promotes some great lighthearted and fun group discussion.
Being on time - A eye opening activity where learners will use maths skills to determine the amount of time lost at school, work and College through poor punctuality. Scenarios given.
Q&A - A series of thought provoking questions that learner will answer individually and then take part in a group discussion to share thoughts and opinions.
Attendance and Punctuality Task - Learner are given a scenario that requires them to Propose, Produce and Promote an Incentive and reward scheme to help improve Attendance and Punctuality in a struggling primary school. The task then requires them to present their schemes with the rest of the group and even display in their ideas in the classroom.
SHOULD ANIMALS LIVE IN THE ZOO focuses on the controversial issue of Animals in Captivity and requires learners to demonstrate their capabilities of understanding the opinions of others as well as being able to put their own opinion across. They will explore the pros and cons of the subject using online research and also have the opportunity to debate their findings with each other.
The task then requires them to present their final investigations in a newspaper article which they can design and present to the rest of the group and even display in the classroom. The Resource also includes worksheets to brief learners on the task as well as a Word Doc newspaper article Template to get them started.
These workbooks have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of World Foods and recipes while promoting creativity and individuality.
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This particular Bundle of work includes a selection of engaging theory tasks that will enable them to gain new knowledge of Pizza, Fajitas & Cottage Pie. Learners will then have the opportunity to plan, prepare and follow a each recipe method. They will finally self-assess their performance, receive feedback from an observer and set targets as part of their overall evaluation.
Each has different tasks that require learners to demonstrate numerous Functional skills:
Fajitas
What is Fajita? - Learners to choose the right word to complete the correct description.
Where did the Fajitas come from? - Reading comprehension with a quiz. (be aware of sensitive vegetarians in the group)
Modern Day Fajitas! - Learners to work in pairs to investigate alternative ingredients (includes vegan & Vegetarians)
Health and Safety - A task that enables learners to highlight health and safety awareness in the Kitchen.
What will you need? - A ‘letter fill’ activity revealing the ingredients for the practical element.
Over to you - Practical Element, learners will pair up to follow a method and cook fajitas using various ingredients supplied.
Pizza
What is Pizza - Introductory small writing task that promotes group discussion.
History of the Pizza - A true and False Quiz that will educate learners on facts of this world foods origin (answers on the last page)
Types of Pizza - An activity that requires the learner to match up ingredients with the correct pizza name (Italian to English).
The Perfect Pizza - Learners to work in pairs to investigate alternative ingredients and how they can accommodate lactose and wheat intolerances.
Health and Safety - A task that enables learners to highlight health, hygiene and safety awareness in the Kitchen.
What will you need? - An embedded maths activity where learners have to calculate the right amounts of ingredients depending on how many pizzas they would have to make.
Over to you - Practical Element, learners will pair up to follow a method and cook a Margherita pizza using various ingredients supplied.
Cottage Pie
Lets Start with a Quiz - Introductory Multiple choice and True & False quiz covering history and facts around the Cottage Pie.
What can be used - Being a very versatile dish this allows learners to include the basic and less common ingredients. They can discuss different tastes, likes an dislikes.
Traditional British foods - An activity that requires the learners to unscramble anagrams of various British foods and brainstorm any others they are familiar with.
The Perfect Cottage Pie - Learners to work in pairs to investigate alternative ingredients and how they can accommodate lactose and wheat intolerances.
Health and Safety - A task that enables learners to highlight health, hygiene and safety awareness in the Kitchen.
How to make a Cottage pie (method) - A problem solving task where learners have to rearrange the steps of making a Cottage pie and correctly paste them on to the method they will be using later.
Over to you - Practical Element, learners will pair up to follow a method and cook a Traditional Cottage Pie using various ingredients supplied.
These worksheets have been designed and proven to challenge and assess learners ICT knowledge and capabilities using a functional approach. The tasks engage all and promote creativity and individuality.
This particular worksheet focuses familiarising learners with the Microsoft WORD Calendar template. The task requires learners to experiment, design and print their own yearly Calendar.
It is available to download as a PDF file however an editable Word version is available just message me for this format.
These worksheets have been designed and proven to challenge and assess learners ICT knowledge and capabilities using a functional approach. The tasks engage all and promote creativity and individuality.
This particular worksheet focuses on a task that requires learners to demonstrate their capabilities of exploring a chosen country using online resources to research and then transfer their investigations into a presentation that will educate both their peers and tutor. They will then present their findings using the PowerPoint platform.
This resource is available to download as a PDF file however an editable Word version is available just message me for this format.
These worksheets have been designed and proven to challenge and assess learners ICT knowledge and capabilities using a functional approach. The tasks engage all and promote creativity and individuality.
This particular worksheet focuses familiarising learners with the Microsoft PowerPoint. The task requires learners to research, plan and pitch their ideal Festival event. They will then present their idea to others using the PowerPoint platform.
It is available to download as a PDF file however an editable Word version is available just message me for this format.
This 4 Workbook Bundle Pack has been designed and proven to challenge and assess learners understanding of the knowledge required of them to achieve a Functional Skills Maths Certificate at Entry level.
The workbooks include various tasks and activities that to suit learners of all ages and varied abilities in preparing them for their up and coming assessment. The resources have been very successful with keys stage 1 and 2 and with SEN/LLDD learners of all ages.
These particular workbooks primarily focus on 4 areas, Addition, Subtraction Multiplication and Division and can be easily adapted to stretch abilities of learners working at a higher level. Word versions are available and feel free to message me directly for these formats at SmartbooksED@outlook.com
The Addition installment includes:
Dominoes Challenge
Dominoes (Test your friends)
Roll the dice!
Family Picnic & Quiz
Piggy Pairs
Numbers Game
Against the clock
Squares Count
Pyramid Puzzle (easy, Medium, Hard)
Colour your own sums
Counting the Pennies
Holiday Money
Number Line Counting
Let’s use Tally (Farmyard Task)
Time for Bingo (Bingo & Caller cards included)
and the Subtraction workbook includes:
Difference Dots
Fruit & Vet Sale
Less than 2 minutes
Saturday Night Take Away
Subtraction Squares (Easy - Medium - Hard)
The Washing Line
Lets Go Bowling
Lets Bowl Game
Subtraction in Space (Easy - Medium - Hard)
Dice Cream Game
Real Life Sums
Double Decker Bus
Time For Bingo
The Multiplication workbook includes:
Coloured Table and Sums (Easy, Harder and Hardest)
King Fred the frog (Easy, Harder and Hardest)
Mum’s shopping trip (Easy, Harder and Hardest)
A day in the garden (Easy, Harder and Hardest)
Right or Wrong (Easy, Harder and Hardest)
Who has the Answer - A Card game that the whole group can play involving learner listening and calling out the correct answer.
The Division Workbook includes:
What is Division (intro)
Coloured bookmarks to use as revision
Sums (Easy, Trickier and More Difficult)
Joe and Beth Balloon trivia
Animal Division problems (Easy and More difficult)
Joe’s Smudged Homework
Sum Search
I Have Who Has (a 30 card Division based Card game where each learner try not to break the chain)
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These worksheets have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of world foods and recipes while promoting creativity and individuality.
This particular unit of work includes a selection of engaging theory tasks that will enable them to gain new knowledge of this popular cuisine. Learners will then have the opportunity to plan, prepare and follow a Fajita recipe method. They will finally self-assess their performance, receive feedback from an observer and set targets as part of their overall evaluation.
The 8 tasks are set as follows:
What is Fajita? - Learners to choose the right word to complete the correct description.
Where did the Fajitas come from? - Reading comprehension with a quiz. (be aware of sensitive vegetarians in the group)
Modern Day Fajitas! - Learners to work in pairs to investigate alternative ingredients (includes vegan & Vegetarians)
Health and Safety - A task that enables learners to highlight health and safety awareness in the Kitchen.
What will you need? - A ‘letter fill’ activity revealing the ingredients for the practical element.
Over to you - Practical Element, learners will pair up to follow a method and cook fajitas using various ingredients supplied.
Self-assessment - A written evaluation, including guided questioning. Photographs taken during practical can be attached.
Witness Statement - Tutor/Teacher to feedback and promote Target setting in areas needing improvement i.e confidence, communication, timing, focus etc.
This resource is available to download as a PDF file. Word versions are available and feel free to message me directly for these formats at SmartbooksEd@outlook.com.
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This series of resources have been created for those Teaching and Studying the City & Guilds Employability Skills Award/Certificate/Diploma (5546)
The qualification itself is made up of many Units all of which require assessment that can present evidence and demonstrate that all learning outcomes have been met.
These Workbooks include various challenges, activities and tests to prove learners understanding and collate the evidence required to confirm they have met all outcomes and can be used as a Final Assignment. Each page has a header that includes the individual outcomes covered and can be assessed easily and then signed off.
These can be completed by the individual learners as a final assignment or as a group if delivered as a workbook and would normally follow 2 - 3 sessions of underpinning knowledge, group activities, research tasks and relevant delivery.
This particular installment in the series focuses on preparing learners for a Work Based Placement and is broken in to two parts. The first series of work sheets are designed to give the learner an understanding of how to prepare for their up and coming work experience and plan their journey to their placement. It then also includes an extensive and detailed Work experience Diary which will be used to gather evidence throughout and after their placement.
Learner outcomes are as follows;
Be able to prepare for his/her work experience
Be able to plan a journey to work
Be able to follow requirements during the work experience
Be able to complete a work experience review
Other Units in this series are available on TES and within the SmartBooks Resource Shop
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These workbooks have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of subjects that will enhance knowledge, creativity, individuality and embed valuable functional skills. The resource can be used effectively in Tutorials, English and various other sessions
These particular instalment focuses on Understanding Stress and requires learners to complete various tasks, take an active role in group discussions and participate in activities to help them gain an understanding of the causes of stress in our day to day lives and as well as learning techniques to reduce it.
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These Smartbooks have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of subjects that will enhance knowledge, creativity, individuality and embed valuable functional skills. This resource can be used effectively in Tutorials or English sessions.
This Smartbook focuses on the dangers of Text Driving and other distractions that cause accidents on the road.
The resource includes various tasks that look at:
Attitudes & Current Mindsets
The Consequences
The Facts & Statistics
Prevention
Tutor Answers to current statistics are also included, however these are obviously subject to change.
NOTE: The video used is available on YouTube, but should be watched before delivery as some more sensitive learners may find it upsetting.
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This 2nd series of flashcards, one from each act, evidence ways in which Shakespeare has highlighted Macbeth as a tragic hero.
A tragedy play in Shakespeare’s time begins with qualities in a hero that are admired. The hero is loved and there is an element of celebrity and role model.
Then a weakness is highlighted and manipulated to bring down the hero with tragic consequences. However, each quote also has relevance to other themes.
The purpose of memorising the quotes is to aid a deeper knowledge of the play so that when answering a question the student can move around the play with ease.
The quote is on the left-hand side of each card.
Prompts for discussion are on the right-hand side of each card.
The quotes also have relevance in the discussion of other themes, especially questions that explore the characterisation of Macbeth and plot development.
Other sets available:
Set 1 – The Supernatural
Set 3 – Guilt/Anxiety
Set 4 – Ambition
Set 5 – Characterisation
Set 6 – Plot Development/movement
Look out for Bundles too!
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These Work Books have been designed and proven to educate and enhance learners knowledge, creativity, individuality and embed valuable functional skills. The resource can be used effectively in Tutorials, English or various other sessions .
These particular BUNDLE Focuses on Functional skills in English and includes the following;
Using a Thesaurus - Understanding synonyms and enabling learners to expand their vocabulary both verbally and with in their written communication. The Workbook requires learners to demonstrate these new skills and confirm understanding using a series of engaging tasks including rewriting a wonderful poem by Spike Milligan (Extremely relevant to the events of 2020)
Homophones - Includes various tasks and activities that to suit learners of all ages and varied abilities. Learners will be able to expand their knowledge of homophones and confirm their understanding through tutor assessment.
Dictionary Skills - Requires learners to demonstrate new abilities in how to use it effectively through a series of tasks. The tasks include finding words associated with each other and sorting them alphabetically and a timed activity where learners compete to find certain words in the quickest time. The final light-heated challenge requires learners to find words in the dictionary to describe each other and their teacher or tutor using the letters of everyones first names.
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These workbooks have been designed and proven to educate learners on a variety of subjects that will enhance knowledge, creativity, individuality and embed valuable functional skills.
The particular resource can be used effectively in Tutorials, English and various other sessions. The unit also incorporates ICT with the optional use of Microsoft Excel, Publisher and Word.
The resource focuses on setting lifetime goals in the form of a ‘Bucket List. Learners participate in activities and discussions to help them gain an understanding of how compiling a checklist of goals can promote a real sense of earnestness and determination to achieve them as well as being positively beneficial in keeping life exciting, fun and full of purpose.
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These resources have been created for those delivering the Digital Functional Skills Qualification at Entry Level which replaces the current Functional Skills ICT Qualification from 31st of July 2023.
The DFS qualification’s main purpose is to provide reliable evidence of a learner’s achievements against content that is relevant to the workplace and real life.
These resources provide a structured assessment in workbook form to evidence learner’s knowledge and skills as well as their ability to apply these in different contexts and demonstrate that all learning outcomes have been met.
The qualification itself is made up of many 5 main skill areas (Modules) each with its own series of units.
The unit workbooks include various challenges, activities and tasks to prove learners understanding. Each page has a header that includes the individual outcomes covered and can be assessed easily and signed off.
This resource covers:
Module 3 - Communicating
3.4. Know what is meant by a digital footprint, understand the implications of a digital footprint, and know the range of digital activities (including social media activity, web searches, emails), that leave a digital footprint.
This resource includes:
Task 1 - Learners to be able to Know what is meant by a digital footprint and identify various examples.
Task 2 - Learners will explore the difference between ‘Active’ and ‘Passive’ online activity.
Task 3 - Learners are required to create a digital footprint daily log based on their online activity. There is guidance on how they can find this data and information and a template log included.
Task 4 & 5 - Learners to study two fictional stories that both focus on the negative and positive implications of leaving a digital footprint.
Task 6 - Learners will reflect on to improve their online behaviour and then required to create a personal Action Plan. Template included
Recap Quiz (Answers included)
Also included in this resource is a Glossary for learners to fill out and Skills and Knowledge checklist to be completed before and after delivery of this unit.
This resource is currently in a PDF file format. Word versions are available for free upon purchase of the PDF, please message me directly for these at SmartbooksEd@outlook.com.
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Other Workbooks in this DFSQ series are available on TES. Modules 4 and 5 are being created and will all be available soon.
This resources includes all 6 sets of the series.
Set 1 - The Supernatural
Set 2 – The Tragic Hero
Set 3 – Guilt/Anxiety
Set 4 – Ambition
Set 5 – Characterisation
Set 6 – Plot Development/movement
The purpose of memorising the quotes is to aid a deeper knowledge of the play so that when answering a question the student can move around the play with ease.
The quote is on the left-hand side of each card. Prompts for discussion are on the right-hand side of each card.
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The Brain Game series offers a fun and enjoyable way to exercise learner minds and improve their English and Maths skills using a variety of different puzzles.
Brain Game #3 - Word Links requires learners to find a connection using three given words. Example: PIZZA-PEPPERONI-PEPPERS = PIZZA TOPPINGS. They can also earn extra points by finding other valid relevant links. i.e. They all have 3 P’s in their spelling.
You can use each slide individually as a Starter Activity or Challenge learners to complete all 18.
Two formats are included, PPSX PowerPoint Show & PPTX PowerPoint Presentation, which can be edited, added to or personalised however you want.
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The Brain Game series offers a fun and enjoyable way to exercise learner minds and improve their English and Maths skills using a variety of different puzzles.
Brain Game #1 - Word Ladders requires learners to climb down each of the 18 ladders filling in the empty steps between the top and the bottom word.
At each step they can only change one letter.
Example: THE - TIE - TIN - WIN
You can use each slide individually as a Starter Activity or Challenge learners to complete all 18. The puzzles progress in difficulty with the last 6 requiring the learners to identify the first and last word from just the pictures.
Two formats are included, PPSX PowerPoint Show & PPTX PowerPoint Presentation, which can be edited, added to or personalised however you want.
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These workbooks have been designed and proven to educate learners on various foods and recipes while promoting creativity and individuality.
Each of the units of work include a selection of engaging functional skill theory tasks and practical cooking sessions.
The practical elements require learners to pair up and follow a method to cook, Homemade Burgers, Pork Stir fry and Traditional Scones which can be adapted to taste, intolrances, allegies and dietry choice.
They can then complete a written evaluation which includes guided questioning. Any photographs taken during the practical can be attached as additional evidence.
Finally, a Tutor/Teacher can give feedback and promote target setting in areas needing improvement, i.e. confidence, communication, timing, focus etc.
This resource is available to download as a PDF file. Word versions are available, so please feel free to message me directly for these formats at SmartbooksEd@outlook.com.
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