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About Us

Due to the success of the project, GVOC

is continuing with the good work for the voluntary and community organisations and their service users within the Borough of Gateshead.

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National Qualifications Framework

To find out What the Learner Levels mean and the National Qualification framework click on the document below

WHAT DO THE LEVELS MEAN?

Test Yourself

Why not test yourself or your staff to see if a Skills For Life Course in Numeracy or Literacy would be useful.

Test 1

1)   Eighty people work in a nursing home. 20% of them work full-time. How many work full-time?

A  (10)    B  (16)    C   (20)     D  (14)

2)  The distance from Birmingham to Carlisle is 187 miles. What is this to the nearest 10 miles?

A  (180)    B  (185)    C  (190)     D  (200)

3)  Which of the following sentences is not punctuated correctly?

A)    The Bus was late getting into market street on Monday.
B)    Why didn't you get to work on time on Monday?
C)    June had to work an extra hour on Monday evening.
D)    She didn't get her pay until Saturday afternoon.

Test 2

1)  A pushbike courier cycles between 35-50 miles a day to make 20 deliveries. The courier is paid £3.50 for each successful delivery. How much would the courier earn for making 20 deliveries?

A  (£60.00)     B  (£65.00)    C  (£70.00)     D  (£80.00)

2)  Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

A)   The government are helping new business

B)   When the alarm goes, staff must leave by the nearest exit.

C)   Each worker is responsible for their own set of tools.

D)   Sparclean as developed a new industrial cleaner.

3)  Fancy walking 12 miles over rough ground in 2.5 hours with a 44lb backpack, and another 9lbs carried on your front? This is the challenge of the Army's Combat Fitness Training.  What would be the mean speed for a successful walk?

A)   (4.1 MPH)  B)  (5 MPH)  C)  (4.8 MPH)  D)  (5.1 MPH)

Test 3

1)   Read the following advertisement.

WANTED. Waiter/ Waitress for a small popular and lively restaurant in city centre for evening work - Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Experienced person preferred. Excellent rates of pay. Write to Mr B Roberts, The Silver Crown, Main Street, Derby DF1 2XP

Which is an opinion?

A)  Write to Mr B Roberts

B)  In City Centre

C)  Excellent Rates of pay

D)  WANTED. Waiter/ waitress

2)   Read The following information.

CHEAPER 'N' THEM 11 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS

With new charges on the market and some massive reductions making a mobile phone even cheaper to buy and run, now is a greater time than ever to buy a new mobile or upgrade your old one. Now Cheaper 'n' Them is in its second decade.

Cheaper 'n' them is:

A)  Over ten Years old

B)  Just ten years old

C)  Less than ten years old

D)  Twenty years old

3)   For a recipe, Sam must measure out 15 fluid ounces of milk. His jug measures in millilitres, to the nearse 5 millilitres. ( 1 fluid ounce = 28.4 millilitres). how many millilitres of milk should Sam use?

A)  400ml

B)  410ml

C)  415ml

D)  425ml

ANSWERS TEST 1
1 B (16) , 2 C (190), 3 A

ANSWERS TEST 2

1 C (£70.00) , 2 B , 3 C (5.1 MPH)

ANSWERS TEST 3

1 C , 2 A , 3 D

Useful Links to other Web sites

 Basic Skills Agency - Home

 DfES, Department for Education and Skills homepage

 Northern Learning Trust

 Education & Learning Home

 Gateshead College - Home

Gateshead Council

DfES, Read Write Plus

WTTW

For more information contact:

Jane Sheehan

janesheehan @ gvoc.org.uk

Tel: (0191) 4784103

or

Jillian Lamb

jillianlamb @ gvoc.org.uk

Tel: (0191) 4784103

This project is co-financed by the LSC

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