Application of Number: Hair and Beauty; STOCK CONTROL

This book provides a series of lessons and activities for teachers to deliver functional skills/ Essential Skills Wales/ Core Skills Scotland Application of Number sessions to level 2 functional skills (England) students. The lessons are contextualized in the hair and beauty industry, motivating students to learn. The book includes interactive whiteboard activities, powerpoint slides, and worksheets with a professional voice over artist to support poor readers of English. It will save teachers hours of preparation time and enable them to deliver quality learning experiences.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 40 pages
Publication date: 28 February 2018
Publisher: GLMP Ltd

The beauty industry is a significant employer, and it is essential that all employees have numerical skills. This title is a valuable contribution to this field, as it provides a comprehensive guide for teachers delivering Application of Number sessions for level 2 functional skills (England), Core Skills (Scotland and Northern Ireland), and Essential skills Wales.

The book covers a range of topics, including addition, rounding, time, percentages, reading graphs, mean, median, mode, area, and volume. Each lesson is designed to provide a scenario where students have to engage in stock control in a fictional salon. The actual numeracy being delivered is the use of percentages, decimals, and fractions. It is essential that this cohort of students can work comfortably within each of these basic skill areas and can switch when required.

The contextualization of these skills within the context of hair and beauty motivates them to learn, as they are given a purpose. The book also comes with language-based smartboard activities that should work on other platforms. These activities are designed to develop the use of appropriate language with students and help to develop their communication skills. Additionally, there are a number of powerpoint slides (and their Open office equivalents) to support colleagues in delivering learning sessions to their students.

Finally, the worksheets have been recorded by a professional voice over artist to enable poor readers of English to access the learning materials in this package.

This book will save teachers hours of preparation time and enable them to deliver quality application of number learning experiences. The author is currently working on future books for this series.

Weight: 166g
Dimension: 212 x 299 x 3 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781842854501