A Bury Council Skills for Life learner describes her learning experience from when she returned to learning to complete her Level 1 Numeracy qualification with Bury's Adult Learning service.

Summary : An introduction to planning and organising your writing using fifteen factsheets, planing your writing worksheets and the 'Virtual Traveller' writing game where you listen to an audio messaage and have to type in relevant notes on-screen. This information is provided by the BBC.

Objectives : Improve your writing skills by using several techniques covered in factsheets, worksheet examples and game.

How to access this training.

If you wish to access this learning, you should click on the course name link. When you select this link you will be taken to a further page where you will be told where to click to begin the training.  You will be able to access this information free and without needing to register. No training record will automatically be kept of your progress through this material since it is not linked to our automatic learning tracking system. You should therefore add this learning to your personal training record manually.

A collection of useful links relating to essential skills such as the NIACE (Basic Skills Agency) site, literacy and numeracy diagnostic tests to assess current skills levels, the Free Rice game, Money Matters (BBC RAW) etc