Just like the real thing - only shorter! Help your child prepare for the SATS with these bite-sized National test papers. This book offers 10 complete Grammar and Punctuation tests and 10 Spelling tests in a flexible format for use at any time of the day. Question types and mark schemes match the format of the National tests and offer an authentic SATs experience. A handy progress chart is also supplied to give you some indication of the scores your child is likely to attain.

"Great for older kids as it practises SPAG as well as handwriting." Cazza, Amazon customer Handwriting is essential for the English curriculum. Our simple workbooks help to break down the skills children need to master to meet their curriculum objectives in a clear and fuss-free way. This workbook supports children in Years 3 and 4 (ages 7-9) to develop their handwriting skills. Practice activities to use at home or in school Matched to National Curriculum requirements Quickly builds dexterity, speed and confidence Includes extra notes and tips to reinforce skillsAll answers available online Matched to the Scholastic English Skills: Handwriting teacher resource book Perfect for use in class or at home

"These series of books are of really high quality. [They] take the time to explain the issues and work in good straight forward steps - meaning frustration-free learning!" Nick H, Amazon customer Handwriting is essential for the English curriculum. Our simple workbooks help to break down the skills children need to master to meet their curriculum objectives in a clear and fuss-free way. This workbook supports children in Years 5 and 6 (ages 9-11) to develop their handwriting skills. Practice activities to use at home or in school Matched to National Curriculum requirements Quickly builds dexterity, speed and confidence Includes extra notes and tips to reinforce skillsAll answers available online Matched to the Scholastic English Skills: Handwriting teacher resource book Perfect for use in class or at home

"Such a useful book! I use these on a daily basis with my Year 4 class." Rachel, Amazon customer Grammar is back on the national curriculum in a big way. Our simple workbooks help to break down the skills children need to master to meet the new objectives in a clear and fuss-free way. This workbook supports children in Year 4 (ages 8-9) to develop their grammar knowledge through fun and engaging activities. Practice activities to use at home or in school Matched to National Curriculum requirements Quickly builds confidence and understanding Includes extra notes and tips to reinforce skills All Answers available online Matched to the Scholastic English Skills: Grammar and Punctuation teacher resource book Perfect for use in class or at home

"Fun and useful." Amazon customer Spelling and vocabularly play a key part in the primary English curriculum. Our simple workbooks help to break down the skills children need to master to meet their curriculum objectives in a clear and fuss-free way. This workbook supports children in Year 3 (ages 7-8) to develop their spelling skills through fun and engaging activities. Covering rules and exceptions, inflectional endings, prefixes and suffixes, tricky spellings and much more! Practice activities to use at home or in school Matched to National Curriculum requirements Quickly builds confidence and understanding Includes extra notes and tips to reinforce skillsAll answers available online Provides additional spelling and vocabulary practice Matched to the Scholastic English Skills: Spelling and Vocabulary teacher resource book Perfect for use in class or at home

Just like the real thing - only shorter! Help your child prepare for the SATS with these bite-sized National test papers. This book offers 10 complete Grammar and Punctuation tests and 10 Spelling tests in a flexible format for use at any time of the day. Question types and mark schemes match the format of the National tests and offer an authentic SATs experience. A handy progress chart is also supplied to give you some indication of the scores your child is likely to attain.

A series of three photocopiable literacy activity books for secondary schools and home study. Each book covers key objectives of the Text Level strand of the National Literacy Strategy framework for one year at Key Stage 3. All the material is photocopiable, so minimal teacher preparation is required. Developing Literacy has been hugely successful at primary level - and this secondary series was requested by Key Stage 3 teachers who have been using the NLS Framework since September 2001. The books are also compatible with the 5-14 Guidelines for Scotland and the Curriculum for Northern Ireland.

This study guide is written for students, inexperienced and returning teachers, whether or not they are undertaking a formal course of pre- or post-experience training. It covers the teaching of all aspects of English in the primary school, including reading and writing different genres and for different purposes, speaking and listening, and drama.

Collins Citizenship and PSHE Book 4 (previously from Folens) is intended for children age 10-11 in Year 6. Personal development, citizenship, lifestyle and relationships are investigated through speaking and listening, reading and writing activities that encourage children to consider issues, assess options and opinions, and justify decisions. Illustrations, photographs, case studies and examples for children to discuss Speaking and listening, reading and writing activities encourage children to assess opinions and reach conclusions Photocopiable activity sheets provide support, extension and assessment Planning grids and teaching notes off full support throughout the programme

"A really useful classroom resource." Mrs J. Holloway, Amazon customer. Help children master core English skills required for success at school and beyond. Matched to the curriculum, our acclaimed Scholastic English Skills series is full of easy ways to teach the essentials. An ideal English toolkit for the primary years Gets children speaking, reading and writing confidently Tackles common problems that hold back progress Saves time with inspiring ready-made lesson ideas, activities and posters Includes detailed background knowledge and teacher notes The CD-ROM contains interactive activities for the whiteboard, perfect for starter or plenary activities This spelling and vocabulary teacher's book covers rules and exceptions, word families, prefixes and suffixes, tricky spellings and much more. A linked pupil workbook is also available.

Each book in the Lesson for Every Day series includes 190 creative activities for Literacy or Maths lessons, one for each day of the teaching year. Every activity is matched to the Primary Frameworks for Literacy and Maths, and structured by planning block, providing a comprehensive and balanced resource to support teaching all year round. Teachers' notes provide ideas for extension and support. Every activity is also matched to the Assessing Pupils' Progress guidelines, helping teachers as they gather evidence to support APP. The CD-Rom provides all the activity sheets as PDFs and Word documents, which can be edited by the teacher to personalise the activities. Every sheet can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard, printed or saved on to a school's learning platform.

Each book in the Lesson for Every Day series includes 190 creative activities for Literacy or Maths lessons, one for each day of the teaching year. Every activity is matched to the Primary Frameworks for Literacy and Maths, and structured by planning block, providing a comprehensive and balanced resource to support teaching all year round. Teachers' notes provide ideas for extension and support. Every activity is also matched to the Assessing Pupils' Progress guidelines, helping teachers as they gather evidence to support APP. The CD-Rom provides all the activity sheets as PDFs and Word documents, which can be edited by the teacher to personalise the activities. Every sheet can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard, printed or saved on to a school's learning platform.

This is the fifth strand in a brand new series of Developing Literacy, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Literacy. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using Word documents supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.

Drawn from the best-selling library of photocopiable teaching resources, this compendium contains a huge selection of Developing Literacy activity sheets for poetry, suitable for children aged from 4 to 7 years. The book contains a new introduction by the author, extensive notes for teachers and parents, and the activities are all clearly matched to the government's revised Primary Framework for teaching literacy.

Speaking and Listening is a brand new strand of the best-selling series Developing Literacy. There is one book of photocopiable activity sheets for each year of primary school. The government have recently published a complete set of teaching objectives for this important area in a document entitled "Speaking, listening, learning: Working with children in KS1 and KS2" which was sent to all primary school teachers, heads and deputies. This has given a higher status to talk in the classroom. These books provide a wealth of focused tasks and activities designed to develop skills in speaking, listening, group discussion and interaction, and drama.

Collins Citizenship and PSHE Book 3 (previously from Folens) is intended for children age 9-10 in Year 5. Personal development, citizenship, lifestyle and relationships are investigated through speaking and listening, reading and writing activities that encourage children to consider issues, assess options and opinions, and justify decisions. Illustrations, photographs, case studies and examples for children to discuss Speaking and listening, reading and writing activities encourage children to assess opinions and reach conclusions Photocopiable activity sheets provide support, extension and assessment Planning grids and teaching notes off full support throughout the programme

These are the final two titles in a series of seven photocopiable science activity books for primary schools and home study. The books provide activities to support the teaching of science in the Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. These activities are designed to develop children's skills in scientific investigation and to encourage them to use those skills in furthering their knowledge and understanding. The activities are presented in a way which stimulates children's interest and enthusiasm in the world around them, and which links scientific principles to everyday observations and phenomena.

A photocopiable literacy activity book for Key Stage 3 students in Year 8. It seeks to cover the key objectives of the "Sentence Level" strand of the National Literacy Strategy framework. There are over 50 pages of photocopiable activities, and minimal teacher preparation is required. Each topic section includes a "lesson starter" to use with the whole class (an OHP sheet, a handout or cards), a consolidation activity to reinforce the skill, and an extension activity to challenge more able pupils. There are notes for teachers. The text is part of a series in which there is one book for each year group at Key Stage 3, from Year 7 to Year 9.

These photocopiable sheets are intended for Year 1 use at school and at home. They include activities on making decisions; reasoning about numbers and shapes and problems; problems involving real life contexts and money; measures and the organizing and using of data.

"Such a useful book! I use these on a daily basis with my Year 4 class." Rachel, Amazon customer Help children master core English skills required for success at school and beyond. Matched to the curriculum, our acclaimed Scholastic English Skills series is full of easy ways to teach the essentials. An ideal English toolkit for the primary years Gets children speaking, reading and writing confidently Tackles common problems that hold back progress Saves time with inspiring ready-made lesson ideas, activities and posters Includes detailed background knowledge and teacher notes The CD-ROM contains interactive activities for the whiteboard, perfect for starter or plenary activities A writing section in each chapter helps turn theory into practise This grammar and punctuation teacher's book covers verbs and adjectives, apostrophes and hyphens, sentence construction and much more. A linked pupil workbook is also available.

Collins Citizenship and PSHE Book 2 (previously from Folens) is intended for children age 8-9 in Year 4. Personal development, citizenship, lifestyle and relationships are investigated through speaking and listening, reading and writing activities that encourage children to consider issues, assess options and opinions, and justify decisions. Illustrations, photographs, case studies and examples for children to discuss Speaking and listening, reading and writing activities encourage children to assess opinions and reach conclusions Photocopiable activity sheets provide support, extension and assessment Planning grids and teaching notes off full support throughout the programme

Collins Citizenship and PSHE Book 1 (previously from Folens) is intended for children age 7-8 in Year 3. Personal development, citizenship, lifestyle and relationships are investigated through speaking and listening, reading and writing activities that encourage children to consider issues, assess options and opinions, and justify decisions. Illustrations, photographs, case studies and examples for children to discuss Speaking and listening, reading and writing activities encourage children to assess opinions and reach conclusions Photocopiable activity sheets provide support, extension and assessment Planning grids and teaching notes off full support throughout the programme

This is the fifth strand in a brand new series of Developing Literacy, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Literacy. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using Word documents supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.

This is the fifth strand in a brand new series of Developing Literacy, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Literacy. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using Word documents supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.

This is the fifth strand in a brand new series of Developing Literacy, developed to be fully in line with the government's Revised Primary Framework for Literacy. It features completely new content, a fresh up-to-date look both inside and out, and comes with a CD-ROM that contains all of the activity sheets in a customisable format. Using Word documents supplied on the CD-ROM, teachers can effortlessly adapt the activities to make them more challenging or to create further exercises for children who need a bit more practice. New text and images can be easily imported and saved without fear of corrupting the original files, and teachers can print out as many copies as they wish.