Adult Core Curriculum
Skills for Life practitioners teach to adult literacy and numeracy core curricula. The key curriculum documents are summarised below:
| Curriculum name | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Adult literacy curriculum | Speaking, listening, reading and writing skills for adults. |
| Adult numeracy curriculum | Numeracy skills for adults. |
| Adult ESOL curriculum (English for Speakers of Other Languages). | A literacy curriculum for adults learning English as an additional language. |
| Adult pre-entry curriculum | This document provides a curriculum for learners who are not yet at Entry level 1. |
| Access for All curriculum | This document provides advice on how to make the curriculum accessible to learners with other needs, from hearing problems to dyslexia. |
Copies of the Adult Core Curriculum can be downloaded from the DfES Read Write Plus website. You can also get a free hard copy of the curriculum by contacting DfES publications on 0845 6022260.
More information about the Adult Core Curriculum, provided by the London Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, can be found in the following document: Summary of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Core Curriculum [32.6kb]
When working with Skills for Life learners, it is important that museum, library and archive (mla) staff are aware of the content of the curriculum. Feedback from Skills for Life tutors shows that resources produced or activities developed need to be mapped to the relevant curriculum if they are going to use these activities with their learners.
Many mla activities can be used to successfully support the core curriculum. The following documents demonstrate how mla activities can support speaking and listening, reading, writing and numeracy activities.
mla Activities Mapped to the Literacy Curriculum [41.3kb]
mla Activities Mapped to the Numeracy Curriculum [30.5kb]