National 1 Documents
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Communication
Unit Specification
- Communication: Creating Text (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Interacting in the Community (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Interacting in the Workplace (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Listening and Responding to Scottish Texts (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Listening and Responding to Texts (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Character in Fiction (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Signs in the Community (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Text (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Responding to Ideas in Fiction (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Communication: Using Information Texts (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014
Unit Support Notes
- Communication: Creating Text (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Interacting in the Community (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Interacting in the Workplace (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Listening and Responding to Scottish Texts (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Listening and Responding to Texts (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Character in Fiction (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Signs in the Community (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Responding to Ideas in Fiction (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Using Information Texts (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014 - Communication: Recognising Text (National 1) Unit Support Notes
February 2014
Creative Arts
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Food for Health
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Food Preparation
Unit Specification
- Food Preparation: Food Hygiene (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Using Small Electrical Equipment in the Kitchen (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Using a Microwave (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Using a Cooker (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Presenting Food (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Snack (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Hot Dish (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Basic Meal (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Food Preparation: Baking (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013
Unit Support Notes
- Food Preparation: Baking (National 1) Unit Support Notes
Aug 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Basic Meal (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Food Hygiene (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Hot Dish (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Presenting Food (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Using Small Electrical Equipment in the Kitchen (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Using a Cooker (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Using a Microwave (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Food Preparation: Making a Healthy Snack (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013
Health and Wellbeing
Unit Specification
The following units can be completed as freestanding units or can contribute to the ‘Adult Learning and Transition Award’. The Support Notes for each of these units are included at the end of the unit Specification.
- Communication Passports
September 2021 - Keeping Safe: Adult Relationships
September 2021 - Learning in a Different Environment
September 2021 - My Body: Growing Up and Puberty
September 2021 - Preparing for Adult Life
September 2021
Independent Living Skills
Unit Specification
- Independent Living Skills: Basic First Aid (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Independent Living Skills: Common Dangers in the Home (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Independent Living Skills: Going Shopping (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Independent Living Skills: Using General Household Electrical Appliances (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013
Unit Support Notes
- Independent Living Skills: Using General Household Appliances (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Independent Living Skills: Going Shopping (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Independent Living Skills: Common Dangers in the Home Unit (National 1) Support NotesAugust 2013
- Independent Living Skills: Basic First Aid (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
Information and Communications Technology
Unit Specification
- Information and Communications Technology: On-screen Meetings (National 1) Unit Specification.
December 2022 - Information and Communications Technology: Capturing Digital Images (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Searching for Information (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Working with Digital Images (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Working with Assistive Technologies (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Working with Software Applications (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Working with Multimedia Applications (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Information and Communications Technology: Working with Communications Technologies (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014
Unit Support Notes
- Information and Communications Technology: Working with Digital Images (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Working with Software Applications (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Searching for Information (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Working with Multimedia Applications (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Working with Communications Technologies (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Capturing Digital Images (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Information and Communications Technology: Working with Assistive Technologies (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
Life in Another Country
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Music
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Number Skills
Unit Specification
- Number Skills: Recognising Numbers (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Using a Calculator (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Number Processes (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Measurement of Weight (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Measurement of Volume (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Measurement of Length (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Handling Money (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Handling Information (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Shape (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Number Skills: Time (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014
Unit Support Notes
- Number Skills: Using a Calculator (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Number Processes (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Measurement of Weight (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Measurement of Volume (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Measurement of Length (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Handling Money (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Handling Information (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Time (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Shape (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Number Skills: Recognising Numbers (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
Performance Arts
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Personal Development
Unit Specification
- Personal Development: Taking Part in Leisure Time Activities (National 1) Unit Specification
February 2014 - Personal Development: Developing Positive Behaviour (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Experiencing a Work-Related Activity (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Making a Journey (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Managing a Difficult Personal Situation (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Personal Hygiene (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Personal Organisation (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Residential Experience (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Personal Development: Finding out about the World of Work (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013
Unit Support Notes
- Personal Development: Taking Part in Leisure Time Activities (National 1) Unit Support NotesFebruary 2014
- Personal Development: Residential Experience (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Personal Organisation (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Personal Hygiene (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Managing a Difficult Personal Situation (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Making a Journey (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Finding out about the World of Work (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Experiencing a Work-related Activity (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
- Personal Development: Developing Positive Behaviour (National 1) Unit Support NotesAugust 2013
Physical Education
Unit Specification
- Physical Education: Taking Part in an Individual Activity (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2013 - Physical Education: Improving Performance (National 1) Unit Specification
November 2014 - Physical Education: Taking Part in a Group Activity (National 1) Unit Specification
November 2014 - Physical Education: Taking Part in a Water-Based Activity (National 1) Unit Specification
November 2014
Unit Support Notes
- Physical Education: Improving Performance (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Physical Education: Taking Part in a Water-based Activity (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Physical Education: Taking Part in a Group Activity (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013 - Physical Education: Taking Part in an Individual Activity (National 1) Unit Support Notes
August 2013
Practical Craft Skills
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Religious and Moral Education
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Science in the Environment
Unit Specification
- Science in the Environment: Everyday Materials
September 2021 - Science in the Environment: Forces
September 2021 - Science in the Environment: My Body – Appearance
September 2021 - Science in the Environment: Sensory Perception
September 2021 - Science in the Environment: Simple Experiments
September 2021 - Science in the Environment: Energy (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Science in the Environment: Living Things (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Science in the Environment: Materials (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Science in the Environment: Nature and the Environment (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014 - Science in the Environment: Reduce Re-use and Recycle (National 1) Unit Specification
May 2014
Unit Support Notes
- Science in the Environment: Living Things (National 1) Unit Support Notes
May 2014 - Science in the Environment: Reduce, Re-use and Recycle (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Science in the Environment: Nature and the Environment (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Science in the Environment: Materials (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
- Science in the Environment: Energy (National 1) Unit Support NotesMay 2014
Social Subjects
Unit Specification
Unit Support Notes
Verification
Verification
Qualification Verification Summary Reports distil messages from verification activity from a given session. In 2020 not all planned activity took place, so reports have a more limited scope than in previous years.
- National 1 and 2 Qualification Verification Summary Report May 2023
- National 1 and 2 Qualification Verification Summary Report July 2020
- National 1 and 2 Qualification Verification Summary Report June 2019
- National 1 and 2 Verification Key Messages Round 2 - June 2018
- National 1 and 2 Verification Key Messages Round 2 - June 2017
- National 1 and 2 Verification Key Messages Round 1 - March 2017
- National 1 and 2 Verification Key Messages Round 2 - March 2014
- National 1 and 2 Verification Key Messages Round 1 - January 2014