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Coventry Transport Museum makes the perfect learning environment for school visits.

Adult Learning

Coventry Transport Museum has a range of activities designed to help adult learners practise essential English and Maths skills.  

The activities are suitable for learners undertaking Functional Skills qualifications and other similar literacy and numeracy programmes. The English activities will also benefit ESOL learners.  

These are free resources, and are available to print for educational use below.

Alternatively, the activities are available in laminated packs for ease of use while walking around the exhibitions. If you would like to borrow these, please see below.

Teacher Resources

Teacher Information Pack - Entry 2 - Level 1 


English 

Entry 2+ The First Bicycles

Answer Sheet

In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Using illustrations, captions and images to locate information
  • Understanding the main points in texts
  • Sequencing words in alphabetical order

Entry 3+ The Pioneers

Answer Sheet

In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Listening for relevant information and detail
  • Spelling words correctly

Please check with the museum to see if the exhibition interactive required for the activity is working

Level 1+ Transport Technology

Answer Sheet

 In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Understanding and using organisational features to locate relevant information
  • Reading and understanding specialist words in context
  • Using knowledge of punctuation to help understanding
  • Spelling words correctly                     

Maths

Entry 2 + Workdays and Holidays

Answer Sheet

In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Adding, subtracting, dividing
  • Recognising and naming 2-D and 3-D shapes
  • Describing the properties of common shapes
  • Reading time (on analogue clocks

Entry 3 + What could you buy? 

Answer Sheet

In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Rounding (numbers less than 1000 to the nearest 10 or 100)
  • Adding and subtracting (using three-digit whole numbers)
  • Multiplying (two-digit whole numbers by single-digit whole numbers)
  • Dividing (two-digit whole numbers by single-digit whole numbers)

Level 1+ The boom in car ownership  

Answer Sheet

In this activity, learners will practise:

  • Reading, writing and comparing large numbers
  • Multiplying and dividing (whole numbers and decimals)
  • Using simple formulae for one-step operations      

Booking Information

You can book a slot between 10-11.30am, 12.30-2pm or 3-4.30pm

The adult education resources are free to use, however booking is essential. 

To book simply contact ctm.info@cvlife.co.uk.

Just tell us which learner packs you would like to borrow, and how many of each. (We have up to 30 available for each activity). We also have up to 10 adult answer packs available.  

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We thoroughly believe there is no such thing as being too old for play! 

Get involved in our ever-growing Family Programme around Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.

We also have free to loan family activities which are available at the Box Office.

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