Resource Links

You may find the following websites useful. Many of them feature downloadable materials and/or online games and quizzes.

	www.aclearn.net Becta website to support the NLN Adult and Community Learning Initiative.
	www.askoxford.com A dictionary based website managed by Oxford University Press. Contains useful web based activities to support literacy skills development.
	www.bbc.co.uk/keyskills On-line activities and sample tests for Key Skills levels 2 and 3.
	www.bbc.co.uk/raw BBC Skills for Everday Life website learner pages.
	www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise On-line games, quizzes and resources for learning and teaching.
	www.bbc.co.uk/webwise The BBC beginner's guide to the Internet.
	www.bis.gov.uk The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
	www.bodmin.lil.clara.net Link into Learning web site. Offers downloadable resources.
	www.counton.org Numeracy resources website managed by the University of York on behalf of the DfES.
	www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/embeddedlearning Materials that aim to help learners to improve the literacy, language or numeracy skills they need to succeed at work, in community-based activities or as part of vocational training programmes.
	www.dfes.gov.uk/readwriteplus/nosmapping On-line versions of "Getting the Basics Right in..", the mappings of adult literacy and numeracy standards to a range of occupational standards.
	www.earth.google.com Website offering satellite images of the earth. Can be used to support literacy and numeracy skills development activities.
	www.excellencegateway.org.uk/sflcurriculum Online, revised Skills for Life core curriculum. Offers improved accessibility and links to other supporting material.
	www.keyskills4u.com Interactive website for Key Skills learners offering a range of on-line activities and resources.
	www.literacy.ie Website of the National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland
	www.literacytools.ie Learners' website from the National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland. Features interactive games, quizzes and a virtual guide called Nala!
	www.mlay-skillsforlife.org.uk 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.
	www.moneymatterstome.co.uk NIACE financial literacy website with useful information, activities and resources.
	www.move-on.org.uk 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.
	www.myguide.gov.uk The DCSF funded myguide is free, ready-made and can help you and your learners by providing a simple introduction to computer and internet skills.
	www.nln.ac.uk National Learning Network. Offers free downloadable materials for Skills for Life learners.
	www.onestopenglish.com Site offering free downloadable English language resources and session plans
	www.onlinebasics.co.uk Online basics is a free course that aims to help thousands of offline adults take their first steps with computers and the internet.
	www.philologus.co.uk Philologus is a fun site which allows you to create online games based on popular TV quizzes like Who wants to be a millionaire. Once you create your free account you can make up quizzes on your own literacy and numeracy topics.
	www.plainenglish.co.uk Plain English campaign website. Offers a range of useful guides to writing in clear English, including an A to Z Guide of plain English alternatives to big, official sounding words! Good for simplifying texts.
	www.sflqi.org.uk/online/index.htm A range of downloadable QIA Skills for Life Quality Initiative resources to support professional development.
	www.skillsforfamilies.co.uk QIA managed website . Contains a selection of schemes of work, lesson plans and resources to support Family Literacy, Language and Numeracy programmes.
	www.skillsworkshop.org Adult Basic Skills Resource Centre web site. Offers downloadable and photocopiable resources.
	www.ToolsLibrary.co.uk Website to support the trialling of the Skills for Life Assessment Tools developed by the DfES Skills for Life Strategy Unit.
	www.visionofbritain.org.uk Web site that presents the history of Great Britain through places. A good resource to support Level 1 and 2 Handling Data activities.
	www.vitallink.org.uk The Vital Link libraries and Skills for Life project website.
	www.waterpalace.org.uk Website about Victoria Baths, Manchester. Offers an online quiz and downloadable activity sheets to support literacy, language and numeracy skills development.
	www.wedigtv.com Your learners can have fun with words and numbers, take a trip down memory lane, and remember some of their favourite television game shows with this interactive website. The activities include Family Fortunes, Countdown and Bullseye games.
	www.whichbook.net A website that helps readers to choose books.
	www.wikipedia.org 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.