Resource Links
You may find the following websites useful. You'll find links to the DfES diagnostic assessment materials and to the online Skills for Life core curriculum.
 | Adult Skills for Life Core Curriculum Available from the Excellence Gateway |
| Diagnostic Assessment materials Skills for Life diagnostic assessment materials, available as PDF downloads. Please note that paper copies are no longer available. |
| Keyskills4u Interactive website for Key Skills learners offering a range of on-line activities and resources. |
| Literacy Tools Learners' website from the National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland. Features interactive games, quizzes and a virtual guide called Nala! |
| Money Matters to me NIACE financial literacy website with useful information, activities and resources. |
| Move On Website to support the national Move On Up Programme, which aims to help adults brush up their basic skills and take the national tests. Offers a range of resources. |
| National Learning Network NLN website. Offers free downloadable materials for Skills for Life learners. |
| Open Doors Website to support the Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives Open Doors project. The project offers support, information and inspiration for museum, library and archive (mla) staff and Skills for Life practitioners. |
| ReadWritePlus These resources were developed over the period 2001 to 2010, to support the national Skills for Life Strategy and other Skills for Life developments. They are now available on the Excellence Gateway. |
| Resources from SfLQI A range of downloadable Skills for Life Quality Initiative resources to support professional development. |
| Skills for Families This website contains a selection of schemes of work, lesson plans and resources to support Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy programmes. |
| Skills Workshop Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre web site. Offers downloadable and photocopiable resources. |
| Skillswise On-line games, quizzes and resources for learning and teaching. |
| Vision of Britain Web site that presents the history of Great Britain through places. A good resource to support Level 1 and 2 Handling Data activities. |
| Water Palace Website about Victoria Baths, Manchester. Offers an online quiz and downloadable activity sheets to support literacy, language and numeracy skills development. |
| Webwise The BBC beginner's guide to the Internet. |
| Which Book A website that helps readers to choose books. |
| Wikipedia A free-content encyclopedia, written collaboratively by people from all around the world. Could be used as a teaching and learning resource for Skills for Life learners. |
