Getting Ready for Functional Skills Maths Level 2

Course Title: Getting Ready for Functional Skills Maths Level 2

Brief course description:

This is a 10-week, Level 2 Getting Ready for Functional Skills Maths course

(takes place twice a week)

In this course, you will learn a range of essential mathematical skills. This is a non-exam course and you will learn the skills needed to move onto a qualification course. You’ll gain practical skills essential for everyday life, work, and further education. You’ll learn how to calculate with large numbers, evaluate expressions, and make substitutions in formulae. The course covers reading, writing, ordering, and comparing positive and negative numbers, like adjusting fridge temperatures from coldest to warmest. You'll also explore fractions, decimals, and percentages, including calculating percentage changes, ordering and comparing amounts, and performing arithmetic operations with decimals.

By the end of the course, you should feel more confident and capable in your mathematical skills and application to solve increasingly complex real-world problems. You’ll use the skills you have learned on the course to help you face new concepts and challenges that may be valuable in future challenges of everyday life.

Objectives:

1 Manage Finances and Budgeting: Calculate and manage expenses involving positive and negative numbers, large amounts, and decimals, including estimating costs and applying the order of operations to create an effective household budget.
Evaluate Financial Decisions: Assess and compare financial options by calculating interest rates, percentage changes, and discounts on purchases. This includes working with fractions, decimals, and percentages to make informed decisions about savings, investments, and spending.
Organize and Analyse Data: Compare and interpret numerical data in various forms, such as fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals. Use these calculations to analyse data trends, like comparing the performance of different products or evaluating the efficiency of different items
Apply mathematical skills to financial calculations, such as calculating compound interest on savings, determining discounts during shopping, and managing a household budget.
Perform geometric and measurement calculations by determining the amount of paint needed to cover a wall (area of 2-D shapes), calculating the volume of a storage box (3-D shapes), and converting recipe measurements from metric to imperial units.
Scale drawings, coordinates, and 2-D/3-D representations to design a floor plan for a room renovation, map out a garden layout using coordinates, and furniture placement in a space using 3-D representations.
Analyse and Compare Data Using Measures of Central Tendency
Determine the average test score (mean) of your class, identify the most common score (mode), and compare it to another class to evaluate overall performance.
Calculate and Express Probabilities in Various Forms. Predict the likelihood of drawing a red card from a deck, express this probability as a fraction, decimal, and percentage, and apply this understanding to games or real-world risk assessments.
Interpret and Use Scatter Diagrams to Recognize Correlation. Analyse the relationship between study hours and exam scores by plotting the data on a scatter diagram, identifying whether the correlation is positive, negative, or nonexistent.

Entry requirements:

You will need to have completed an Entry level 3 qualification or be able to demonstrate language at the required level. This means you will be able to develop and apply mathematical skills to solve increasingly complex real-world problems. Understand the importance of mathematics in both work and everyday life.

Equipment required:

Please bring to every lesson:

A folder
Pens & pencil
Lined A4 paper
A smartphone (if you have one)
A reusable water bottle

We will give you the WIFI details in the first lesson.

If you do not have access to a smart phone or a computer, speak to your tutor.

You will also need a personal Gmail account to access the Google classroom, which will be used for submitting coursework and accessing course materials. If you do not have a Gmail account speak to your tutor.

What courses can I go on to:

There are other courses you can do after or at the same time as this course:

Getting ready for Functional Skills Maths Level 1 / 2
Functional Skills Maths Level 1/2
Multiply Financial Inclusion course Level 1
Multiply Essential Skills Maths Level 1
Becoming Confident in Digital Skills
Digital Skills Entry 3/Level 1
Digital Skills for creating: How to organise a community event
Digital Skills in the workplace: Promoting and Selling your product or business online
Digital Skills in the workplace: Using Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Please ask your teacher for more information or contact Functional Skills email: functionalskills@towerhamlets.gov.uk

What examination is there:

There is no examination for this course. You will agree individual learning goals with your tutor which you must achieve by the end of the course.

How will I know I am making progress:

At the start of the course, your tutor will talk with you about which parts of your Maths you need to practise most and help you create an individual learning plan. Throughout the course, you will have a tutorial meeting to discuss your strengths, areas for improvement, and any problems you may have. You will keep a folder with your work, which will help you review your learning outside of class. Your tutor will give you regular feedback on your class work and homework to help you improve. To make progress, you need to attend all your classes and do work outside of class.

You will lose your place if your attendance is less than 80%.

Other info:

One of our aims is to help you make progress in work or future studies. We also want to help you participate in your communities and become an active citizen. In our classes, you will develop important skills that employers value and that will help you in everyday life. Here’s what you will learn:

Communication Skills: You will learn to speak and write more clearly and confidently. This includes practising conversations for work, writing emails, and filling out forms.
Decision-Making: You will learn how to make good choices by evaluating different options and thinking critically about situations.
Teamwork: You will learn how to work well with others.
Problem-Solving: You will develop the ability to identify problems and find effective solutions, useful in both work and daily life.
Time Management: You will practice managing your time effectively, including setting goals and meeting deadlines.

By improving these skills, you will increase your chances of finding a job, advancing in your career, and becoming an active member of your community.

Extra support

We can help you if you tell us you have a learning difficulty, disability or other support needs. Please tell us when you enrol or in your first class.