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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS – MATHS

Functional Skills – Maths may be the perfect qualification, or stepping stone qualification, for your young person. Doing the research and understanding your young person’s strengths and potential is, of course, vital. Many home educators choose Functional Skills because: tests can be taken year round (there isn’t a set ‘exam season); ability at Level 2 may enable a young person to enter a College or Apprenticeship programme; they can provide foundation knowledge and confidence, as well as being a good point to starting earning qualifications; all of the assessments may be able to be completed online, depending on your exam centre. In addition to the video/live tutorials, throughout the academic year, there will be live, drop-in tutor ‘office hours’ on Zoom for any questions/queries/chats etc. as needed, available for all enrolled learners.

FS – Number Skills – MAF1 – (6 sessions – £60) – 13+
In this first short course, you will improve your all-important number skills. We will cover all four operations with whole numbers, decimals and negative numbers using not only traditional but also alternative methods for those of you who learn more visually. As the focus is on applications in this course, we will use examples and practice questions in context. An excellent course to start your functional skills journey or for those of you wanting to improve your number skills. (Scroll down for the booking form)
Available: Online, Live – next dates TBC
Available: Online, Flexible Format – enrol at anytime

FS – Fractions and Percentages – MAF2 – (6 sessions – £60) – 13+
In this second part of the functional skills series, you will learn all about calculations with fractions and percentages as well as applying them in a real-life contexts including budgeting and tax calculations. Using visual representations will aid your understanding and make a topic which is often perceived as “hard”, accessible for everyone. (Scroll down for the booking form)
Available: Online, Live – next dates TBC
Available: Online, Flexible Format – enrol at anytime

FS – Shapes – MAF3 – (6 sessions – £60) – 13+
In this third part of functional skills we will discuss both 2D and 3D shapes. We will cover area, perimeter and volume, surface area and nets, drawing shapes and elevations as well as coordinates and angles using practical examples. You will be able to use your own design for your calculations if you would like to. (Scroll down for the booking form)
Available: Online, Live – next dates TBC
Available: Online, Flexible Format – enrol at anytime

FS – Proportional Reasoning – MAF4 – (6 sessions – £60) – 13+
In this fourth short course of the functional skills series, we will look at everything in proportion. Using real life contexts, topics including ratio, scale drawings, proportion, metric unit conversions and compound measures will be covered. There will be opportunities to get creative with maths in this course. (Scroll down for the booking form)
Available: Online, Live – next dates TBC
Available: Online, Flexible Format – enrol at anytime

FS – Handling Data & Probability – MAF5 – (6 sessions – £60) – 13+
The final short course of this functional skills series covers data collected for science, psychology, sociology and using averages and scatter graphs to draw conclusions. Furthermore we will use survey results to calculate probabilities. There will be plenty of opportunity to apply the number skills from part 1 and 2 of this course plus collecting and analysing your own data set. (Scroll down for the booking form)
Available: Online, Live – next dates TBC
Available: Online, Flexible Format – enrol at anytime

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About the Functional Skills Maths Courses:
*The Functional skills mathematics short courses cover all the math skills you might need in real life. No complicated algebra to be covered but plenty of opportunities to apply the maths you are learning: using calculations to help you with budgeting, building, planning, navigating, data interpretation and so on.
*In 5 short courses, all the necessary skills to pass the Level 2 Functional skills maths test will be covered. While the content is the same for all exam boards, the homework tasks will be targeted to the exam board relevant to you. Courses are best completed in order. Courses: include ‘live’/‘recorded’ video tutorials, detailed support materials, graded assignments, full tutor support!
*But even if you do not want or need to pass the Level 2 Functional skills maths test, these courses will still be relevant to you and will teach you those mathematical life skills you will definitely use in the future. So whether it’s real life, an extra step toward other exams/qualifications (such as GCSEs and IGCSEs), or an extra step toward other qualifications that you might gain at college or otherwise, these skills-based courses are a real benefit to many young people as they move forward into their adult lives.
*Functional skills tests may enable a young person to start a college course or apprenticeship. The functional skill tests can be completed online and year round. You can learn more here https://qips.ucas.com/qip/functional-skills . All short courses are 6 sessions long, available in both ‘live’ and ‘flexible/recorded’ formats (the flexible/recorded format is available once the course has run ‘live’ initially). Individual courses are £60 each if booked individually or £250 if booked as a combined package (a savings of £50)
*Throughout the academic year, there will be live, drop-in tutor ‘office hours’ on Zoom for any questions/queries/chats etc. as needed, available for all enrolled learners.

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