Achieve maximum potential using step-by-step guidance that helps to practise skills learned and improve exam technique. - Build confidence with practical study tips and effective revision strategies. - Reinforce understanding with clear explanations of every topic covered in the Cambridge Lower Secondary Checkpoint curriculum framework with a focus on Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening and Use of English. - Strengthen and test language and vocabulary skills with a range of questions and worked examples. Answers and audio recordings are available free online at www.hoddereducation.com/cambridgeextras

Study & Master English First Additional Language has been especially developed by an experienced author team according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The Comprehensive Learner's Book includes: * useful information and constructive activities that develop all the skills specified by the CAPS curriculum. * colourful illustration, paragraphs and diagrams that promote understanding. * current and relevant content, clearly set out according to the curriculum document. Grades 4, 5 & 6 in the English series include a colourful Core Reader and an innovative Teacher's Guide.

Study & Master English First Additional Language has been especially developed by an experienced author team according to the Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS). The colourful Core Reader includes: * stories, poems and interesting information texts, carefully selected to stimulate a love of reading * original artwork by well-known illustrators Grades 4, 5 & 6 in the English series include a comprehensive Learner's Book and an innovative Teacher's Guide.

This is a true story about a boy who made a trip down the Orange River. The book records the trip in photographs and with simple text so that the learners can follow each step of the way.

This is an information text about fishing. See how fish were trapped and traded in our country long ago. Follow the modern process that begins with fishermen catching fish in nets from a trawler, through the harbour and into the fish factory.

The neighbourhood children have to cross a very busy road to get to school. Mrs Patel thinks it is dangerous, so she calls the traffic police. But the drivers slow down when they see the policeman, so he won't help. She complains to Aja, who tells her not to worry. He borrows some equipment and sets up his own pretend speed trap. His plan works and the cars all slow down.

This is a Neighbours story. There is going to be a street party on First Avenue. Tiny is very keen to dance with Dudu, but she is not interested. So Tiny enlists the help of others in First Avenue. They help him dress and they organise music that will make Dudu want to dance. Everyone joins in and Tiny gets his wish!

This is a Neighbours story. Mrs Allie, Gogo Vilakazi and Susan Smit are looking for Sam, the twins and Nuha. Layla, Lindi and Neesha offer to help find the other children. They realise that Raj knows where they are, but that he has promised to keep it a secret and not tell anyone else. He does point the girls in the correct direction though and they find the children in an abandoned car on the empty plot. Nuha is reading them stories!

Open up the world of science to your students, enthusing and encouraging them to become focused, questioning and successful scientists, thinkers and problem-solvers. Science and technology encompass some of the most important skills children need to master in the modern world. This series introduces and develops the building blocks of science study, ensuring student interest and academic progression continue hand-in-hand throughout the primary school and on into secondary education. - new, appealing resource planned and designed to make each student feel and work like a scientist - language controlled with vocabulary support for students, plus full support for non-specialist teachers - features special projects and research projects to build skills towards the end of primary examinations - focus on practical work, green technologies, environmental issues and science in daily life.

This is a Neighbours story. The readers are introduced to the games that the children who live in First Avenue play or don't play.

This book offers learners age-appropriate exercises. The text is supported by step-by-step photographs showing learners what to do with their bodies. There is something for everyone here, with warm-up exercises and programmes dedicated to building strength, flexibility and stamina. The end of the book presents special training programmes for athletics, soccer and gymnastics. Readers are given a template to record their own programme on the last page.

This is a Neighbours story. The Vilakazi family has chickens in their yard. One chicken escapes through a hole in the fence and runs around the neighbourhood. The number of items increases as the story progresses, so you have one chicken, two children, three dogs and so on.

This is a Neighbours story. The book introduces one of the main characters in this series as well as her family and her home.

This is a Neighbours story. Layla and Neesha share a room, but Neesha is very untidy and she leaves her things all over the place. So Layla decides to draw a line down the middle of the room. She makes Neesha take all her things to her own side of the room.

This book shows the town and the people of Sophiatown as it was before people were forced to leave the town during apartheid times. The illustrations in this book are all photographs.

This is a Neighbours story. The children in the neighbourhood are very hot. They decide to go down to the river at the end of their road to have a swim. When they get there, the water is very dirty, so they decide to clean it. As they clean, they get hot and dirty, but they still cannot swim because the water is still too dirty. Then they hear some splashing from Lindi's house. The dirty children look over the wall and ask if they can join her.

This is a Neighbours story. The story takes us to the houses of most of the neighbours who live in First Avenue. The learners have to say who lives in each house. Each house is different, with the concept of opposites introduced through the adjectives used to describe each house.

This is an information book. There are three main sections in this book plus a glossary at the end which explains key words: Alphabets: This section describes the history of different alphabets used as writing evolved around the world. Morse code: This section describes how Morse code is used and how the reader can use the code..Braille: This section explains how blind people use Braille to read.

Captain Half Arse is a comic book based on the true story of a seventeenth-century pirate. Captain Half Arse sees a Spanish merchant ship, he tries to trick the ship into thinking they are also Spanish, so as to rob them, but the ship attacks them. Captain Half Arse decides to get revenge by tricking his attackers into believing they have attacked their own ship. A mighty battle follows with Captain Half Arse ending up with the back of his trousers being blown off

This is a Neighbours story. The readers are introduced to the games that the children who live in First Avenue play or don't play.

This information book teaches how to tell the time on the hour using an analogue clock (with two hands). It then goes through the times of the day and links these to activities.

All the poems in this book contain patterns of some kind. For example, 'Pattern repeats' on page 4 is a poem where the words are made up of only the letters that appear in the title. 'I was on top' has a line of symmetry running down the middle, and the words on the right are the words on the left written backwards. The other poems have rhythm, rhyme, assonance and/or alliteration.

Checkpoint World English Stage 9 is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. This series offers full coverage of the learning objectives for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English as a Second language curriculum framework (0876) and is mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference. - Stimulate learners with model texts and a range of activities to develop skills, knowledge and comprehension. - Revisit previous knowledge with the 'Do you remember?' feature to recap topics and activate schema, along with practice tasks, exercises and 'Challenge yourself' activities to consolidate learning. - Clearly address the key objectives: reading, writing, speaking, listening and use of English. - Support activities and knowledge covered in the Student's Book with the accompanying Workbook and Teacher's Guide with Boost subscription. - Audio files are available free at https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/cambridgeextras

This is a Neighbours story, which introduces characters who live in the street and who all look very different.

Checkpoint World English Stage 8 has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education. This series offers full coverage of the learning objectives for the Cambridge Lower Secondary English as a Second language curriculum framework (0876) and is mapped to the Common European Framework of Reference. - Stimulate learners with model texts and a range of activities to develop skills, knowledge and comprehension. - Revisit previous knowledge with the 'Do you remember?' feature to recap topics and activate schema, along with practice tasks, exercises and 'Challenge yourself' activities to consolidate learning. - Clearly address the key objectives: reading, writing, speaking, listening and use of English. - Support activities and knowledge covered in the Student's Book with the accompanying Workbook and Teacher's Guide with Boost subscription. - Audio files are available free at https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/cambridgeextras