Monthly News for Centres - July 2009

• New sample questions for 6129 Plumbing have been added to the support materials on SmartScreen
• Important changes to our Hairdressing logbooks.
• What 7100 support materials would you like? We want to hear your views
• Update on our innovative Health & Social Care resources and Hospitality & Catering special offer
• A sneak preview of our L2 Diploma Student Handbook for Hair and Beauty Studies.

We've added some new sample questions to our 6129 support materials on SmartScreen

If you are a 6129 SmartScreen subscriber you will be interested to know that we have just added a new set of sample questions to each unit of the of the Level 2 Certificate in Basic Plumbing ie units 201-211. 

Please note that the GOLA assessments which relate to these units have different numbers (221-231), so this is what we have named the sample questions.

Why not log in now and take a look!

Don't forget we support over 100 qualifications with SmartScreen resources if you are not already subscribed take a look at our full list of quals, information and prices here.

We've revised our Hairdressing NVQ/SVQ Candidate Logbooks.

Our new Hairdressing Candidate Logbooks support the (NVQ) Certificates and Diplomas and SVQs incorporate the new standards and are mapped to the new QCF framework and all three levels of these 3008 logbooks are now available to order using the order form in the related documents section below. 

Alternatively, Levels 2 & 3 are available to order on the Walled Garden (Level 1 will be available from 31st July). 

What 7100 support materials would you like? We want to hear your views

We are planning to support the Level 1 and Level 2 VRQs in Professional Cookery on SmartScreen and we would like your feedback as to the kinds of support you would find most useful to you and your learners.

There are just seven questions - please give your answers below!

Click here for online survey

Help us develop materials that are of real benefit to you.  We really value your feedback.

 Don't forget we already have our ProActive Hospitality and Catering fully integrated training and assessment package for 7100 Diplomas in Professional Cookery  - combining e-learning, e-portfolio, online tutor support and candidate textbooks.  ProActive has been developed in conjunction with Heinemann, the UK's leading Educational publisher.  For more information and to view our case study please click here.

Innovative Health & Social Care resources to help boost motivation!

City & Guilds and Heinemann, the UK's leading educational publisher, are working together to bring you a fully integrated training and assessment package! ProActive brings together e-learning, textbooks, tutor support, e-portfolio and assessment for Level 2 health and social care courses! Find out more online at http://www.heinemann.co.uk/proactive 
 
Coming Soon: Online Case Study .Hear directly from both tutors and candidates to see just how effectively ProActive can transform your teaching.  Watch this space for more information.

Plus,

Special offer!  Order 10 or more copies of either our Professional Cookery or Food & Drink Service Logbooks and receive a discount on our ProActive Hospitality & Catering texbooks.

To take advantage please order your logbooks at http://www.walled-garden.com/ and then simply email Lloyd.best@cityandguilds.com to discuss your discount on ProActive textbooks.  You will need to quote your logbook order number.  
 

Take a sneak preview of our new Student Handbook for the Level 2 Diploma in Hair and Beauty Studies.

As you may already be aware AQA-City & Guilds are currently creating a student handbook for the Level 2 Diploma in Hair and Beauty Studies which is due to publish in August.  The handbook will take the student through the Diploma unit by unit, clearly explaining what they need to do in a fun, modern and engaging way. 

It's been written with the learner in mind to help them understand and enjoy their course, filling in forms along the way to help them track progress.

Would you like a sneak preview?
In the meantime we have posted a sample chapter on the Diploma Website and in the related documents section below.  Watch this space for more information.