National
Qualifications
ACCESS PROVISION IN FIFE
RESOURCES
Newsletters giving information about Access provision in Fife
Support Pack giving an overview on Access procedures and Access provision in Fife
Parent leaflet giving details on Access provision
Pupil leaflet giving details on Access provision
ACCESS CD ROM
An important resource for Access is the CD-ROM produced by Learning and Teaching Scotland (distributed in December 2001).
It contains all the major support documents for Access 1, 2 and 3 that were available at that time
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT BANK MATERIAL (NABs)
There are now NABs for most subjects at Access 2 and Access 3 levels ( check the NAB List on the SQA website). NABs are available online and your school SQA co-ordinator has the password.
A CD-ROM was issued in April 2002 by SQA. It contains all the Access 2 NABs available at that time. These NABs can be adapted to suit the needs of the particular pupil.
ONLINE RESOURCES LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND
Learning And Teaching Scotland’s National Qualification website is a very useful source of curriculum support materials. NQ online has a e-library which contains a large number of resources. It also has links to some useful educational websites.
INTER-AUTHORITY COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
Education Authorities in Scotland have produced over 250 packs of support materials. These resources have been very useful in the last few years, but did vary in quality. Learning and Teaching Scotland are about to withdraw these from their website and concentrate on high quality downloadable resources. At present Fife Council has purchased the following resources:
Resources Purchased by Fife Council.
The following are general guides and can be downloaded free from the Resources section (search under Rapid Guides) of NQ online or on the Access CD-ROM:
This pack contains support materials for Access 3 English and Communication.
The texts used are:
Support Pack giving an overview on Access procedures and Access provision in Fife
Parent leaflet giving details on Access provision
Pupil leaflet giving details on Access provision
ACCESS CD ROM
An important resource for Access is the CD-ROM produced by Learning and Teaching Scotland (distributed in December 2001).
It contains all the major support documents for Access 1, 2 and 3 that were available at that time
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT BANK MATERIAL (NABs)
There are now NABs for most subjects at Access 2 and Access 3 levels ( check the NAB List on the SQA website). NABs are available online and your school SQA co-ordinator has the password.
A CD-ROM was issued in April 2002 by SQA. It contains all the Access 2 NABs available at that time. These NABs can be adapted to suit the needs of the particular pupil.
ONLINE RESOURCES LEARNING AND TEACHING SCOTLAND
Learning And Teaching Scotland’s National Qualification website is a very useful source of curriculum support materials. NQ online has a e-library which contains a large number of resources. It also has links to some useful educational websites.
INTER-AUTHORITY COLLABORATIVE NETWORK
Education Authorities in Scotland have produced over 250 packs of support materials. These resources have been very useful in the last few years, but did vary in quality. Learning and Teaching Scotland are about to withdraw these from their website and concentrate on high quality downloadable resources. At present Fife Council has purchased the following resources:
Resources Purchased by Fife Council.
- Social Subjects: Geography Support Materials, Access 3 (AC 52)
- Social Subjects: Deciding, Access 2 (AB 61)
- Social Subjects: Contrasting (Public Transport), Access 2 (AB 85)
- Biology: Biotechnological Industries, Access 3/ Intermediate 1 - Pupil notes, Information Sheets, Summary Notes and Homework Booklets (AB 11)
- Enterprise through Craft, Access 2 (AN 15)
- Personal and Social Education, Access 2, Social Awareness and Development: Participating in a Community Activity (AN 10)
- Religious, Moral and Philosophical Studies, Access 2, Questioning Belief (AN 18)
- Home Economics Cluster, Access2 (AC 40)
- Contributing to an Enterprise Activity, Access 2 (PK 56)
- Planning an Environmental area, Access 2 (AB 60)
- Participating in a Leisure time Activity, Access 2, (AN 9)
- Healthy Basic Eating - Support Materials , Access 2 (AC 51)
Resources SectionRAPID GUIDES
Auchterderran Centre
Cardenden
KY5 0NE
Tel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 58 33 73
The following are general guides and can be downloaded free from the Resources section (search under Rapid Guides) of NQ online or on the Access CD-ROM:
- Access 1 Support Pack
- Access 2 Rapid Guide
- Access 3 Rapid Guide
This pack contains support materials for Access 3 English and Communication.
The texts used are:
- Kids in the Bin by Robert Carter
- A Time to Dance by Bernard MacLaverty
Nora Conlin,
Adviser,
Auchterderran Centre,
Cardenden
KY5 0NE. Tel: 08451 55 55 55 + Ext 58 33 73