‘Encouraging a positive attitude to maths’
As part of the Maths4Us campaign we are offering free 2-hour maths taster sessions for intermediaries and front line workers in community settings.
For Intermediaries and Front Line Workers
A fifth of adults in the UK do not have the basic numeracy (maths) skills needed for everyday life, such as household budgeting, working out their change during shopping, calculating credit card interest rates or helping their children with homework. This can have a dramatic effect on life chances and people with poor numeracy (maths) skills are twice as likely to be unemployed as those who are competent.
Maths4Us is a joint initiative between unionlearn, NIACE and The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) to encourage people to tackle maths, take-up maths learning and have fun with maths.
As part of the Maths4Us campaign we are offering free 2-hour maths taster sessions for intermediaries and front line workers in community settings.
The taster sessions will help participants to feel positively about maths, providing them with the tools and confidence to encourage others to take up maths learning too. (www.maths4us.org)
NIACE are seeking organisations who would like to host a free 2-hour maths taster session. The sessions will be delivered by NIACE and will be available for delivery from mid-September 2010.
The taster sessions will introduce a range of engaging maths activities and provide participants with an enjoyable, stimulating mathematical experience.
Sessions will be offered on a ‘first come first served’ basis. If you would like to host a session for your employees/colleagues/volunteers or are interested in finding out more please contact:
Linda Dixon
Project Officer, LLN
Linda.dixon@:niace.org.uk
0116 2047056
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