The Spelling & Vocabulary series provides a complete and comprehensive course building a child's spelling and vocabulary expertise. Working through the series will give your child a working vocabulary of more than 5,400 words. The series helps prepare children for the GL Assessment and CEM 11+ exams, SATs, CATs, the Northern Ireland Transfer Test, Common Entrance and scholarship examinations for independent schools, and all other styles of verbal reasoning/ability and English tests. This series of books is designed to be used in sequence and is divided into three levels: Foundation (Workbooks 1-3) for children aged 7 to 9 Intermediate (Workbooks 4-7) for children aged 8 to 10 Advanced (Workbooks 8-12) for children aged 9 to 12 We recommend older children who face challenges in spelling and vocabulary work from Workbook 1 to ensure that there are no gaps in their understanding and their skills are built progressively. Children with more developed skills could begin with the Intermediate or Advanced series. All our materials have been rigorously classroom tested. The methodologies have been successfully used in AE Tuition classes for over 20 years.

Suitable for ages 7 to 11 Provides support to consolidate your child's learning of grammar, punctuation and spelling Ideal for learning at home with your child Answers included in the back of the book Boost confidence and encourage results Easy-to-use, bright and fun, this engaging guide will support, nurture and consolidate children's learning as they develop their grammar, punctuation and spelling skills. Its lively, friendly approach will help them build resilience and stamina, test and track progress and gently motivate them to achieve their best. Keep on track and stay focused Expert feedback notes make it easy for children to focus on improving their weaknesses whilst building their strengths. The unique 'At a glance' pages put usage in context and support everything they're learning in class so they can quickly make progress and feel pride in their achievements. Build skills and test knowledge An appealing array of enjoyable activities, targeted exercises and SATs-style tests alongside engaging revision content take children deeper into the subjects. They'll have fun practising their skills as they hone their abilities in preparation for the official tests.

Class 3F and Mr Zim, their unusual, and favourite, teacher, go on their annual camping trip to Black Mountain. The class is having a fantastic time at camp when, halfway through a game of Frisbee, it suddenly starts to snow! Children will explore the character of Mr Zim and discuss the benefits of school trips to education. Part of the Bug Club reading series used in over 3500 schools Helps your child develop reading fluency and confidence Suitable for children age 7-8 (Year 3)

'A must have for any Year 4 teacher!' Liberty Minoli, English Lead, @MissMinoliYear4 An exciting reading comprehension resource from Andrew Jennings (@VocabularyNinja), the creator of the hugely popular Write Like a Ninja, Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja: Non-Fiction series. This photocopiable resource contains 24 immersive and imaginative fiction and poetry texts from acclaimed writers including Jo Simmons, Karen Inglis and Brian Moses, as well as original texts by Adam Bushnell and Andrew Jennings aligned to the National Curriculum. Each is accompanied by differentiated activities and answers to boost retrieval skills and help pupils become fully fledged Comprehension Ninjas! Ideal for KS2 SATs practice, the reading texts are high-quality and rich in vocabulary. They cover a wide variety of genres including historical fiction, sci-fi, contemporary stories, adventure, traditional tales and poetry. If you're searching for engaging resources to help pupils practise comprehension strategies and question types such as skim and scan, true or false, draw and label, find and copy, fill in the gap, sequencing and multiple choice, Comprehension Ninja for Ages 8-9: Fiction & Poetry is the book for you. For more must-have Ninja books, check out the Vocabulary Ninja and Comprehension Ninja classroom and home learning resources.

A handy teacher's resource providing useful lists of words made from the individual letter sounds and digraphs. Ideal for dictation and blending practice in class. In addition there are initial and final consonant blends, alternative vowel spellings and tricky words lists that can be used.

The Spelling & Vocabulary series provides a complete and comprehensive course building a child's spelling and vocabulary expertise. Working through the series will give your child a working vocabulary of more than 5,400 words. The series helps prepare children for the GL Assessment and CEM 11+ exams, SATs, CATs, the Northern Ireland Transfer Test, Common Entrance and scholarship examinations for independent schools, and all other styles of verbal reasoning/ability and English tests. This series of books is designed to be used in sequence and is divided into three levels: Foundation (Workbooks 1-3) for children aged 7 to 9 Intermediate (Workbooks 4-7) for children aged 8 to 10 Advanced (Workbooks 8-12) for children aged 9 to 12 We recommend older children who face challenges in spelling and vocabulary work from Workbook 1 to ensure that there are no gaps in their understanding and their skills are built progressively. Children with more developed skills could begin with the Intermediate or Advanced series. All our materials have been rigorously classroom tested. The methodologies have been successfully used in AE Tuition classes for over 20 years.

Help your child practise core grammar and punctuation skills, fill gaps in learning and boost their confidence. This Pearson Grammar & Punctuation Activity Workbook provides the tools to support your child's grammar and punctuation skills development at home. Using our years of experience designing literacy schemes proven to work in schools, we have created this series of activity workbooks to boost your child's confidence as they work through a series of engaging activities to build essential grammar and punctuation skills. There are six books spanning years 1-6 to support your child as they progress through school. Each Grammar & Punctuation Activity Workbook introduces age-appropriate techniques for you to support your child as they work through the activities. With helpful hints, tips and guidance we break down the concepts and help you track your child's progress. The workbooks are created by experts with a child-friendly design with the following features and guides: A comprehensive topic planner Tackling common misconceptions Tips and prompts, specific to the content as well as engagement techniques How to apply grammar and punctuation skills Extend and stretch activities for children who have easily grasped a topic Motivating ideas and suggestions for children that might be struggling Consistent progress checks throughout the book Also available to accompany the series are Pearson Handwriting Activity Workbooks for Years 1-6.

In Incredible Quests, read all about the joys of journeys - and their dangers! * After she escapes the sinking Titanic, can Grace create a new life in New York? * How did New York City become what it is today? * Can a young girl escape bedtime to see the stars? * What adventures happen in the imagination of a shy child? * How could a school trip look in the distant future?

Boost pupils' writing skills with CGP's Writing Targeted Question Book for Year 4! It's packed with engaging activities and extracts covering fiction and non-fiction genres. What's more, it all supports the 'composition' elements of the National Curriculum. Answers and hints are included, alongside a range of free online texts with annotations (downloadable from the CGP website) to use for inspiration.

The educational world is experiencing exciting yet tension-filled times. We all wish to strengthen and support creativity and creative teaching in schools. Yet recent debates about what "creativity" means, and how it should be implemented, raise the need for more specific approaches. Write a Science Opera (WASO) is one such approach. WASO is a transdisciplinary, inquiry-based approach to teaching at the intersection of art and science in schools. It is all about creative teaching and teaching for creativity. Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guidebook to Writing a Science Opera provides teachers with the reasons for, and advantages of, introducing pupils of all ages to WASO. It provides step-by-step instructions for how to implement WASO in classrooms. WASO is challenging, but the rewards are powerful: In WASO, it is the pupils' curiosity and creative imagination which develop their science and art curriculum. Get ready for an exciting, creative journey ...

Help poor writers improve their skills with Expressive Writing, an easy-to-use approach to teaching the basics of good writing. Expressive Writing focuses on the writing and the editing of basic sentences, paragraphs, and stories. Instructional strands include Mechanics, Sentence Writing, Paragraph and Story Writing, and Editing, making the program an ideal solution for students who: Have trouble getting started Have problems knowing when to capitalize and punctuate Omit important parts of the story Write incomplete sentences Ignore paragraph structure Edit ineffectively or not at all

Join the children as they paint amazing pictures of animals, each one starting with a simple dot. (Letter-sounds featured: m d g o c k) It is not a Dot! is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception

Faith is fishing at the dock with her mum and dad. Will they be able to catch lots of fish for lunch? Or will they have to make other plans? (Letter-sounds featured: ch sh th ng ai) Fish Lunch is part of the Rocket Phonics teaching and learning programme from Reading Planet. Rocket Phonics ensures that every child achieves phonics success. This fully-decodable Target Practice reading book provides focused practice of a small group of letter-sounds. The book also includes useful notes and activities to support reading in school and at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 4-5/Reception