Skills for Life: Science and Technology in Everyday Life
Mae disgrifiad y cymhwyster yn Saesneg yn unig, gan ei fod wedi ei gymryd o fanyleb Saesneg CBAC.
Science and technology in everyday life is a 20 hour Skills for Life unit, from Entry 1 to Level 2, which learners combine with other units into a Skills for Life or Skills for Work Award, Certificate or Diploma. Learners explore how technology is used in daily life, complete personal tasks online, protect personal information and consider the social, legal and ethical effects of technology. Literacy sits in reading and following on-screen instructions and in giving, describing and explaining benefits, risks and effects, orally or in writing. Numeracy is light: comparing prices and checking balances in online shopping and banking appear only as examples in the amplification.
- Corff dyfarnu
- CBAC
- Lefel
- Entry Level 1 to Level 2
- Oriau dysgu dan arweiniad
- 20
- Addysgu gyntaf
- Medi 2027
- Faint o waith llythrennedd
- Canolig
- Faint o waith rhifedd
- Isel
- Pecyn uned
- Agor y pecyn cyflwyno ac asesu
Sut mae'r uned hon yn cael ei hasesu
- Entry Level (Entry 1, Entry 2, Entry 3): Four learning outcomes, each with assessment criteria at Entry 1, Entry 2 and Entry 3 (unit codes S623E1, S623E2 and S623E3). Evidence is compiled into a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 20 guided learning hours.
- Level 1 and Level 2: Four learning outcomes, each with assessment criteria at Level 1 and Level 2 (unit codes S623L1 and S623L2). Evidence is compiled into a portfolio, internally assessed by the centre and externally quality assured by WJEC. 20 guided learning hours.
Sgiliau sy'n defnyddio Llythrennedd ariannol
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Money in online shopping and banking
The examples of everyday technology include shopping online to compare prices, using a cash machine to check a balance and online banking to view accounts or pay bills. No assessment criterion asks for a calculation, so this numeracy is taught through the amplification and simulated transactions rather than assessed, and numeracy demand in the unit is low.
Rhifedd: Llythrennedd ariannol
Paratoi disgyblion
- Blwyddyn 7
- Pupils add up a basket of three items on a demo shop website and check whether it fits within a £20 budget.
- Blwyddyn 8
- Pupils compare the price of the same pair of trainers on three websites, including delivery, and decide which is best value.
- Blwyddyn 9
- Pupils use a mock online bank statement to work out the balance after a direct debit and a card payment, and decide whether a 20% off offer is really a saving.
Dangos geiriad y fanyleb a datganiadau'r Fframwaith Llythrennedd a Rhifedd
Ble mae yn y fanyleb: Amplification of LO1, page 9; amplification of LO2, page 11
“shopping online to browse items, compare prices, or buy”
Cam cynnydd 3
Rwy'n gallu rheoli arian, cymharu costau siopau gwahanol a phenderfynu beth y gellir ei brynu o fewn cyllideb benodol.
Rwy'n gallu cymharu prisiau a deall pa un yw'r gwerth gorau am arian.
Rwy'n gallu deall manteision ac anfanteision defnyddio cyfrifon banc.
Cam cynnydd 4
Rwy'n gallu gwneud penderfyniadau ar sail gwybodaeth yn ymwneud â gostyngiadau a chynigion arbennig.
Rwy'n gallu deall manteision ac anfanteision defnyddio cyfrifon banc, gan gynnwys cardiau banc.
Da gwybod
- Each level has its own unit code: "S623E1", "S623E2", "S623E3", "S623L1" and "S623L2" (Unit overview, page 3).
- Explanations do not have to be long essays: "Whilst evidence may be verbal, written, practical or visual, extended written work is not required unless appropriate", and judgements should not focus "on spelling or presentation unless specifically assessed" (Sources of evidence, page 15).
- Oral evidence counts: sources include "Q&A/discussion notes about benefits, risks, or responsible technology use" and "audio/video recordings of learners demonstrating communication via email, messaging, or video calls" (Sources of evidence, page 15).
- Entry Level activities can be "scaffolded using visual prompts, simplified interfaces, signing, objects, symbolised text" (Suggested activities, page 14), and accessibility tools such as "screen readers, or translation tools" can be used to complete tasks.
- Learn My Way, a free platform for online basics, shopping and forms, "is available in Welsh and English" (Resources available to support delivery, page 17).
- AI tools can be used only if acknowledged; learners "risk committing malpractice if AI is misused", including "Copying or paraphrasing whole responses of AI-generated content" (Skills for Life and Work specification, Section 4.6, page 21).
- Suggested assessment tasks in the pack "are not mandatory"; teachers may use, adapt or replace them (Skills for Life and Work specification, Section 4.1, page 18).
Cysylltiadau â chymwysterau eraill
Reading on-screen instructions and explaining the benefits and risks of technology supports the non-fiction reading and explanatory writing in GCSE English Language and Literature and GCSE Cymraeg Language and Literature, and the work on scams, misinformation and data protection is shared with GCSE Digital Technology and GCSE Computer Science, which the pack links to through Digital Technology. The money examples link to the financial literacy content of GCSE Mathematics and Numeracy. In the Skills Suite the pack names Online safety, Financial literacy, Digital film and media, Sustainability in action, Business finance and Using IT in the workplace as units to deliver alongside it, and Financial literacy carries the fuller numeracy.
Ffynhonnell: WJEC Science and technology in everyday life unit delivery and assessment pack, read with the WJEC Entry 1 to Level 2 Skills for Life and Skills for Work specification, approved by Qualifications Wales, teaching from September 2027 (© WJEC CBAC Ltd 2026).