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Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher's guides, one for each primary school year, Schofield & Sims Grammar and Punctuation is a comprehensive programme for teaching grammar and punctuation while also building on vocabulary, reading and writing skills. Through structured lessons, stimulating focus texts and engaging practice activities, children not only learn the correct terminology and usage of grammar and punctuation, but also build up the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply them successfully in their own writing. The Grammar 5 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 5. Featured topics include fronted adverbials; relative clauses; expanded noun phrases; modal verbs and adverbs to express possibility; conditional sentences; verbs with prefixes and suffixes; commas to avoid ambiguity; auxiliary verbs; linking ideas across paragraphs; Standard English and double negatives; and parenthesis (brackets, commas and dashes). Each pupil book practice page includes a concise summary of the key learning point for each lesson, followed by two short 'Try it' exercises and a 'Sentence practice' activity. Regular 'Revision' pages reinforce learning, while imaginative 'Writing tasks' allow children to 'show off' their grammar and punctuation skills in a more formal context. Additional features provided at the back of the book include a glossary to support the confident use of grammatical terminology and a self-evaluation checklist to strengthen understanding and encourage pupils to assess their own learning. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Grammar 5 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721713991), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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Times Tables Tests provides regular and structured times tables practice, helping children to strengthen their understanding of essential multiplication and division facts, before progressing to apply these facts to solve problems based on real-life situations. To further boost confidence and rapid recall skills, children are encouraged to work against the clock, which will also help them to prepare for timed examinations. Aimed at pupils in Years 4, 5 and 6, Times Tables Tests 2 features 24 single-page tests covering times tables up to and including 13 x 13. The short tests, designed to be used flexibly at home or in the classroom, progress in difficulty over the course of the book. Two 'Progress tests' with accompanying 'Results charts' enable children to see their consistency and speed build over time. A separate teacher's guide, Times Tables Tests Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714172), contains answers to all tests in the series, as well as guidance on teaching and reinforcing tables facts.

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This informative poster features a diagram of the solar system. The path of each planet's orbit around the sun is indicated, and a mnemonic is given to help remember their order. Alongside the image of every planet, a 'fact card' gives its distance from the sun, diameter at equator, mass, time taken for one rotation, time taken to orbit the sun and number of moons. Three further diagrams indicate the effect of the sun in creating night and day, the moon's relationship to the earth and the alignment of sun, earth and moon needed for an eclipse.

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This poster features the Periodic Table with the symbol, full name and chemical details of each element. The key to the table is given, and further symbols are used to indicate whether the element is gas or liquid at room temperature. More information is organised into the topics: elements; the structure of an atom; atomic number; mass number; isotopes; relative atomic mass; electron arrangement; groups; radioactivity; the discovery of the periodic table.

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Written by expert authors, Schofield & Sims Complete Comprehension equips you with everything you need to teach the comprehension skills identified in the National Curriculum. Each teaching unit targets one comprehension skill, which is introduced through a modelling session and then practised using test-style questions. This book includes: a Skills guide to explain every comprehension skill; 24 engaging text passages from a range of genres; a Lesson plan for each unit, featuring a Language toolkit to support explicit vocabulary teaching; extensive discussion and enrichment activities to build background knowledge; and three informal Progress check assessments.

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This brightly coloured poster familiarises children with the days of the week, and the wipe-clean surface allows them to mark each day with a whiteboard pen. The colour coding differentiates between weekdays and weekends, and the day record below the chart encourages children to practice writing the days of the week.

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The Schofield & Sims Revision Guides are closely matched to the National Curriculum and help children to revise what they have learnt at school, in preparation for the SATs. The accessible format and index enable children either to work through the topics in order, or to focus on a particular subject area. Six Schofield & Sims Revision Guides are available, providing structured practice in maths, English and science at key stages 1 and 2. Key features include helpful tips for tests and advice on how to revise effectively; remember boxes to summarise key information; regular `Test yourself' questions and answers to check recall of information; and a glossary to encourage the correct spelling and use of subject vocabulary. The KS1 SATs English Revision Guide meets the statutory requirements for Key Stage 1 English, covering word reading, comprehension and writing - including spelling, grammar and punctuation, as well as fiction, non-fiction and poetry. It contains clear explanations and colourful illustrations, making it easier to understand and remember key information. Accompanying KS1 SATs English Practice Papers mirror the appearance and content of the national tests and provide further opportunity for revision and test preparation.

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Schofield & Sims Primary Practice is the must-have series for mastery of the English and maths curriculums. With high expectations for all learners these books use a structured approach to ensure children develop a deep understanding of key knowledge and skills. Pupils work through a mixture of lively questions and activities to keep them engaged and on track. Step-by-step practice ensures that learning is fully embedded while varied question types encourage fluency and build confidence. Topics are split into three 'Practise', 'Extend' and 'Apply' sections, establishing a structured progression to build and extend children's learning. Three comprehension units draw on a range of stimulating fiction, non-fiction and poetry to develop reading skills. Each set of comprehension questions includes an '...in Action' box allowing children to apply their knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling or vocabulary to a real text, while an extended composition task gives children the opportunity to showcase their creative writing. This workbook provides: remember boxes to summarise key knowledge and terminology; handy Tip boxes to help with tricky concepts or question types; a final practice section with mixed questions to check progress; online answers with explanations. Try the Primary Practice Maths Year 6 Question Book (9780721717364) for further curriculum coverage.

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Schofield & Sims Primary Practice is the must-have series for mastery of the English and maths curriculums. With high expectations for all learners, these books use a structured approach to ensure children develop a deep understanding of key knowledge and skills. Pupils work through a mixture of lively questions and activities to keep them engaged and on track. Step-by-step practice ensures that learning is fully embedded while varied question types encourage fluency and build confidence. Topics are split into three 'Practise', 'Extend' and 'Apply' sections, establishing a structured progression to build and extend children's learning. Visual representations of key mathematical concepts develop children's understanding, while word problems and puzzles enable them to apply their skills in a range of contexts. This workbook provides: remember boxes to summarise key knowledge and terminology; handy Tip boxes to help with tricky concepts or question types; a final practice section with mixed questions to check progress; online answers with explanations. Try the Primary Practice English Year 1 Question Book (9780721717388) for further curriculum coverage.

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Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds is a comprehensive programme for teaching systematic synthetic phonics. The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Practice Pupil Books can be used in conjunction with the My Letters and Sounds Teacher's Handbooks to help support and embed learning. Designed for use at home or at school, they provide practice in the key phonic skills of grapheme recognition and recall, blending to read and segmenting to spell, and build children's confidence in reading and writing captions and sentences. Phonics Practice Pupil Book 1 reinforces Phase Two of My Letters and Sounds. In Phase Two, children learn 19 single-letter graphemes and digraphs 'ck', 'ff', 'll' and 'ss' and their corresponding sounds. They also learn how to blend sounds to read words and begin to use segmenting to spell words. Most activities involve reading words, captions and sentences. Letter formation practice also features throughout. With a page or double-page spread for every new learning point in My Letters and Sounds, the book provides highly targeted practice and integrated revision of recently learnt GPCs and tricky words. Each book provides: targeted practice of each new learning point from My Letters and Sounds; integrated revision of previous learning; enjoyable, age-appropriate activities; a helpful glossary of key phonic terms.

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Aimed at children aged 9 to 12 years, the Schofield & Sims Maths Progress Papers provide rigorous and flexible practice for the 11+ and other school selection tests. The papers cover more than 80 topic areas, developing and consolidating children's mathematical knowledge and problem-solving skills. Children can either work through the papers systematically for all-round revision or focus on questions from several tests at once for targeted practice of specific topics. Each book contains seven assessment papers, each with 100 questions. The papers are suitable for use at home, in school or with a tutor, and may take between 45 and 75 minutes to complete. Questions increase in difficulty throughout the series, providing a clear measure of progress. Key features include a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with marking guidance for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including a `Topics chart' and a `Sample paper', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Written by expert authors, Schofield & Sims Complete Comprehension equips you with everything you need to teach the comprehension skills identified in the National Curriculum. Each teaching unit targets one comprehension skill, which is introduced through a modelling session and then practised using test-style questions. This book includes: a Skills guide to explain every comprehension skill; 24 engaging text passages from a range of genres; a Lesson plan for each unit, featuring a Language toolkit to support explicit vocabulary teaching; extensive discussion and enrichment activities to build background knowledge; and three informal Progress check assessments.

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Written by expert authors, Schofield & Sims Complete Comprehension equips you with everything you need to teach the comprehension skills identified in the National Curriculum. Each teaching unit targets one comprehension skill, which is introduced through a modelling session and then practised using test-style questions. This book includes: a Skills guide to explain every comprehension skill; 24 engaging text passages from a range of genres; a Lesson plan for each unit, featuring a Language toolkit to support explicit vocabulary teaching; extensive discussion and enrichment activities to build background knowledge; and three informal Progress check assessments.

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Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception. Comprising twelve activity books and three accompanying teacher's guides, Get Set Early Years covers all the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for Literacy, Mathematics and Understanding the world. Carefully designed to appeal to young children, each activity book page contains two stimulating activities for children to complete, such as matching, complete the picture, connect the dots, mazes, picture sequencing, colour by sound and odd one out. Additional features include a `Teaching Tip', `Notes for parents and carers' and `Key Vocabulary' and `Extension activity' sections to reinforce classroom learning. Get Set: The World immerses children in their surroundings, exploring the similarities and differences between places, objects, materials and living things. This book covers topics such as animals, mini-beasts, plants, habitats, weather, environments and holidays. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Get Set Understanding the World Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714462), contains detailed teacher's notes, links to show corresponding pages in the activity book, and supporting photocopiable resources. A selection of free downloads, including a `Handwriting chart' and a `Learning diary', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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This fascinating poster is structured around a central 'sword' timeline, and gives information on Anglo-Saxon culture and life, Viking life and religion, King Alfred the Great, Beowulf, Ethelred and Cnut. Colourful maps indicate the path of the Viking invasion, the origins of the Anglo-Saxons and the Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England, whilst photographs of Offa's Dyke and the Lindisfarne Gospels show the legacy of these invasions. Examples are given of Saxon runes and Old English, and images of artefacts such as the Alfred Jewel and a 10th century woollen sock provide exciting evidence of the period.

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Comprising eleven pupil books and one accompanying teacher's handbook, Schofield & Sims WriteWell is a complete course designed to guide children from their first steps in mark-making towards the development of secure, fluent and comfortable joined handwriting that can be adapted for a range of purposes. Handwriting is a complex process that requires the simultaneous use of cognitive, physical and perceptual skills. As development can vary greatly from child to child, Schofield & Sims WriteWell splits learning into manageable modules, offering you the flexibility to select the appropriate book for your child's needs. Young writers can then move through the programme at their own pace as their handwriting skills flourish - a highly personalised approach that ensures a confident foundation for every child. Each pupil book contains 15 units, together with a child-friendly introduction and at least one longer `WriteWell challenge' task giving pupils the opportunity to use their best handwriting to `show off' everything they have learnt. Each of these units provides a clear handwriting focus, explained in the information panel at the beginning of each spread, followed by focused practise activities that gradually increase in difficulty, progressing from simple `Try it' and `Practise it' exercises involving tracing and copying, to more challenging `Apply it' activities that encourage children to use the handwriting focus in a realistic context. In WriteWell 3: More Letters children will learn to write the rest of the letters of the alphabet, following on from those covered in WriteWell 2: First Letters. A separate accompanying teacher's handbook, WriteWell Teacher's Handbook (ISBN 9780721716442), mirrors the structure of the pupil books and contains detailed teaching notes and photocopiable resources to help support the teaching of handwriting. A selection of free online resources is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The 10-Minute Tests are short, timed tests designed to consolidate skills and build speed and confidence as children approach the SATs. Ideal for independent work sessions at home, the tests provide essential bite-sized practice of key national test topics. KS2 SATs Reasoning 10-Minute Tests contains twenty-four short tests to develop children's mathematical reasoning skills. As well as mixed topic tests, the book includes sixteen topic-specific tests designed to give children targeted practice of the eight key areas tested in the SATs: number and place value; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; fractions, decimals and percentages; ratio and proportion; algebra; measurement; geometry; and statistics. Questions are presented in the same style and format as those in the SATs, and the tests become gradually more challenging throughout the book. Pull-out answers ensure quick and easy marking and a progress chart allows you to record scores and track improvement.

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The 10-Minute Tests are short, timed tests designed to consolidate skills and build speed and confidence as children approach the SATs. Ideal for independent work sessions at home, the tests provide essential bite-sized practice of key national test topics. KS1 SATs Arithmetic 10-Minute Tests contains twenty-two short tests to develop children's calculation skills and number fluency. Each test begins with two untimed warm-up questions, followed by twelve timed calculations covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and fractions. Questions are presented in the same style and format as those in the SATs, and the tests become gradually more challenging throughout the book. Pull-out answers ensure quick and easy marking and a progress chart allows you to record scores and track improvement.

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It is Sam's birthday and he is having a party. Will he get any cake? The Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are carefully levelled, fully decodable stories that build a solid foundation in early word reading. Only a small number of new grapheme-phoneme correspondences are introduced in each book, allowing teachers to select exactly the right book for each child's current reading level, from the very earliest stages of learning to read. Extra support for children and parents is built into the story texts through the highlighting of digraphs, trigraphs and tricky words. Engaging story texts and appealing illustrations provide rich stimulus for discussion of child-friendly topics, supporting the development of children's language and vocabulary skills. The inside front and back covers feature useful tips, notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check children's understanding. Information about Sam: Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phase Two; Book Band Pink A; Focus grapheme-phoneme correspondences: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d

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Aimed at children aged 9 to 12 years, the Schofield & Sims English Progress Papers provide rigorous and flexible practice for the 11+ and other school selection tests. The papers cover more than 40 topic areas, developing children's grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, comprehension and composition skills. Children can either work through the papers systematically for all-round revision or focus on questions from several tests at once for targeted practice of specific topics. Each book contains six assessment papers, each with 85 questions. The papers are suitable for use at home, in school or with a tutor, and may take between 45 and 75 minutes to complete. Questions increase in difficulty throughout the series, providing a clear measure of progress. Key features include a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with marking guidance for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including a `Topics chart' and a `Sample paper', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Aimed at children aged 9 to 12 years, the Schofield & Sims Verbal Reasoning Progress Papers provide rigorous and flexible practice for the 11+ and other school selection tests. The papers cover more than 40 verbal reasoning question types that commonly feature in the 11+, developing children's logic, critical thinking, vocabulary, spelling and problem-solving skills. Children can either work through the papers systematically for all-round revision or focus on questions from several tests at once for targeted practice of specific topics. Each book contains six assessment papers, each with 100 questions. The papers are suitable for use at home, in school, or with a tutor, and may take between 45 and 75 minutes to complete. Questions increase in difficulty throughout the series, providing a clear measure of progress. Key features include a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with marking guidance for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including a `Topics chart' and a `Sample paper', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds is a comprehensive programme for teaching systematic synthetic phonics. The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Practice Pupil Books can be used in conjunction with the My Letters and Sounds Teacher's Handbooks to help support and embed learning. Designed for use at home or at school, they provide practice in the key phonic skills of grapheme recognition and recall, blending to read and segmenting to spell, and build children's confidence in reading and writing captions and sentences. Phonics Practice Pupil Book 8 reinforces content from Phase Five, Term 3 of My Letters and Sounds. In this book, your child will learn more alternative graphemes for known sounds. For example, children learn that the /n/ sound can be made by the grapheme 'kn' as well as the grapheme 'n' which they learnt in Reception. The main focus is on reading words with the newly learned graphemes, but this will also support the development of children's spelling later. By the end of the book, children will have learnt all of the grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPCs) in Phase Five. With a page or double-page spread for every new learning point in My Letters and Sounds, the book provides highly targeted practice and integrated revision of recently learnt GPCs and tricky words. Each book provides: targeted practice of each new learning point from My Letters and Sounds; integrated revision of previous learning; enjoyable, age-appropriate activities; a helpful glossary of key phonic terms.

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The Schofield & Sims Non-verbal Reasoning Rapid Tests are short, timed tests designed to build speed and fluency in preparation for the 11+ and other school selection tests. Written by an experienced tutor, the tests cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that children have the skills and knowledge to succeed in any of the major providers' tests - including CEM and GL. Each book contains 18 double-page, multiple choice tests on topics including recognising similarities and differences; identifying reflected and hidden shapes; and completing series. The target times for the tests range from 5 to 8 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 8 to 9 years, Non-verbal Reasoning Rapid Tests Book 3 features a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with explanations and `Action notes' for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including non-verbal reasoning puzzles, is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Telling the time is a complex skill that many children struggle to grasp. Schofield & Sims Telling the Time breaks this difficult topic down into a sequence of manageable ideas that young learners can approach at their own pace. Beginning with child-friendly explanations of times of day and units of time, it moves on to introduce telling the time on an analogue clock, before progressing to cover a wide range of related concepts, including different ways of measuring and representing time, time expressions and everyday time problems. Each activity book provides large, clear clock faces for easy counting and colour-coded hands to aid recognition of hours and minutes. 'Learn' panels help to explain time-telling in simple steps, while regular 'Did you know?' boxes provide fun general-knowledge facts to enrich learning. Answers to all the practice questions are included at the back of the book for easy marking.Telling the Time Book 3 supports the National Curriculum requirements for Years 3 and 4 and covers the following topic areas: reading and writing the time to the nearest minute; converting between analogue and digital 12- and 24-hour clocks; comparing durations of events; Roman numerals; timetables; time zones; and solving problems involving converting between units of time (including seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years).

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Aimed at children aged 9 to 12 years, the Schofield & Sims Non-verbal Reasoning Progress Papers provide rigorous and flexible practice for the 11+ and other school selection tests. The papers cover the 10 most common non-verbal reasoning question types, developing children's logic, deduction, geometry, spatial awareness and problem-solving skills. Children can either work through the papers systematically for all-round revision or focus on questions from several tests at once for targeted practice of specific topics. Each book contains seven assessment papers, each with 50 questions. The papers are suitable for use at home, in school, or with a tutor, and may take between 45 and 75 minutes to complete. Questions increase in difficulty throughout the series, providing a clear measure of progress. Key features include a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with marking guidance for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including a `Sample paper', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception. Comprising twelve activity books and three accompanying teacher's guides, Get Set Early Years covers all the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for Literacy, Mathematics and Understanding the world. Carefully designed to appeal to young children, each activity book page contains two stimulating activities for children to complete, such as matching, complete the picture, connect the dots, mazes, picture sequencing, colour by sound and odd one out. Additional features include a `Teaching Tip', `Notes for parents and carers' and `Key Vocabulary' and `Extension activity' sections to reinforce classroom learning. Get Set: Reading and Rhyme explores much-loved nursery rhymes and fairy tales while developing children's vocabulary, early comprehension and story-telling skills. This book also covers different characters and settings, opposite and similar words, captions and rhyme. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Get Set Literacy Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714400), contains detailed teacher's notes, links to show corresponding pages in the activity book, and supporting photocopiable resources. A selection of free downloads, including a `Handwriting chart' and a `Learning diary', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception. Comprising twelve activity books and three accompanying teacher's guides, Get Set Early Years covers all the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for Literacy, Mathematics and Understanding the world. Carefully designed to appeal to young children, each activity book page contains two stimulating activities for children to complete, such as matching, complete the picture, connect the dots, mazes, picture sequencing, colour by sound and odd one out. Additional features include a `Teaching Tip', `Notes for parents and carers' and `Key Vocabulary' and `Extension activity' sections to reinforce classroom learning. Get Set: Letter Sounds introduces children to early phonics through exploring the single letter sounds. Following the structure of Letters and Sounds, this book takes young learners through each phoneme, from `s' for `sun' to `qu' for `queen'. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Get Set Literacy Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714400), contains detailed teacher's notes, links to show corresponding pages in the activity book, and supporting photocopiable resources. A selection of free downloads, including a `Handwriting chart' and a `Learning diary', is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The Schofield & Sims Maths Rapid Tests are short, timed tests designed to build speed and fluency in preparation for the 11+ and other school selection tests. Written by an experienced tutor, the tests cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that children have the skills and knowledge to succeed in any of the major providers' tests - including CEM and GL. Each book contains 36 single-page tests on topics including place value; calculation; fractions, decimals and percentages; algebra; measurement; geometry; and statistics. The target times for the tests range from 8 to 12 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 10 to 11 years, Maths Rapid Tests Book 5 features a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with explanations and `Action notes' for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including maths puzzles, is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Schofield & Sims Fractions, Decimals and Percentages is a comprehensive programme that supports a mastery approach to teaching and learning this tricky areas of maths. Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher's guides, this structured series helps children to develop a deep, secure and adaptable understanding of fractions, building up to decimals, percentages, ratio and proportion. The Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Book 6 Teacher's Guide provides you with everything you need to teach the Year 6 National Curriculum requirements for fractions, decimals and percentages, including: detailed instructions for use; time-saving lesson plans with accompanying graphics and scripted questions to guide children's understanding; a National Curriculum coverage chart; and a complete set of answers to all the questions in the corresponding pupil book, Fractions, Decimals and Percentages Book 6 (ISBN 9780721713854). A selection of free supporting downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The Schofield & Sims English Rapid Tests are short, timed tests designed to build speed and fluency in preparation for the 11+ and other school selection tests. Written by an experienced tutor, the tests cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that children have the skills and knowledge to succeed in any of the major providers' tests - including CEM and GL. Each book contains 18 double-page tests on topics including comprehension; grammar and punctuation; and spelling and vocabulary. The target times for the tests range from 8 to 12 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 9 to 10 years, English Rapid Tests Book 4 features a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with explanations and `Action notes' for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including English puzzles, is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The Schofield & Sims English Rapid Tests are short, timed tests designed to build speed and fluency in preparation for the 11+ and other school selection tests. Written by an experienced tutor, the tests cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that children have the skills and knowledge to succeed in any of the major providers' tests - including CEM and GL. Each book contains 18 double-page tests on topics including comprehension; grammar and punctuation; and spelling and vocabulary. The target times for the tests range from 8 to 12 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 8 to 9 years, English Rapid Tests Book 3 features a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with explanations and `Action notes' for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including English puzzles, is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The Schofield & Sims English Rapid Tests are short, timed tests designed to build speed and fluency in preparation for the 11+ and other school selection tests. Written by an experienced tutor, the tests cover a wide range of topics, ensuring that children have the skills and knowledge to succeed in any of the major providers' tests - including CEM and GL. Each book contains 18 double-page tests on topics including comprehension; grammar and punctuation; and spelling and vocabulary. The target times for the tests range from 8 to 12 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 7 to 8 years, English Rapid Tests Book 2 features a `Progress chart' for recording scores and tracking improvement, and a separate pull-out answer booklet with explanations and `Action notes' for all tests. A selection of free downloads, including English puzzles, is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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The Schofield & Sims Study and Practice Books are the essential resource for 11+ success, providing child-friendly explanations of all the question types that appear in the 11+, together with step-by-step techniques for tackling them, clear worked examples and a wealth of exam-style practice questions. Perfect for use in the early stages of a child's 11+ preparation, the Verbal Reasoning Study and Practice Book equips children with the knowledge, skills and strategies they need to answer verbal reasoning questions in a wide range of presentations and variations. Children are guided through an easy-to-follow method for answering each question type, and practice pages at the end of each section allow children to try out the techniques they have learnt. Key features include: detailed explanations describing key verbal reasoning strategies for all question types; practice pages at the end of each section to reinforce recent topics; and an hour-long Practice test to be completed after working through the entire book. Full answers are provided in the back of the book.

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Telling the time is a complex skill that many children struggle to grasp. Schofield & Sims Telling the Time breaks this difficult topic down into a sequence of manageable ideas that young learners can approach at their own pace. Beginning with child-friendly explanations of times of day and units of time, it moves on to introduce telling the time on an analogue clock, before progressing to cover a wide range of related concepts, including different ways of measuring and representing time, time expressions and everyday time problems. Each activity book provides large, clear clock faces for easy counting and colour-coded hands to aid recognition of hours and minutes. 'Learn' panels help to explain time-telling in simple steps, while regular 'Did you know?' boxes provide fun general-knowledge facts to enrich learning. Answers to all the practice questions are included at the back of the book for easy marking.Telling the Time Book 2 supports the National Curriculum requirements for Year 2 and covers the following topic areas: counting in fives; telling the time to five minutes; units of time (minutes, hours, days); ordering and comparing intervals of time; digital time; comparing analogue and digital clocks; and problem-solving using time.

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Schofield & Sims English Skills provides regular graded practice to develop pupils' literacy skills at Key Stage 2. Fully in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum for English, the series comprises seven pupil books with accompanying answer books, as well as a single teacher's guide. Key areas are constantly revisited, giving pupils the intensive and rigorous practice that is essential to embed learning and prepare for the Key Stage 2 national tests. English Skills 3 Answers contains answers to all the questions in English Skills 3 (ISBN 9780721714080), along with photocopiable writing task assessment sheets and 'Focus' panels summarising the key learning point of each set of questions. A selection of free supporting downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Understanding Maths is a series of topic-based study books for children in Key Stage 2, providing rigorous practice of key subject areas. Each topic contains a concise summary of the information required by the National Curriculum, making the series ideal for use as preparation for the Key Stage 2 tests. Each book is a stand-alone resource, so children can either work through them in order or focus on individual aspects of the subject. Together, the nine books support the whole of the Key Stage 2 maths curriculum, providing a solid foundation for success in maths. Number Patterns & Algebra meets the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2 maths, and covers the following areas: factors, multiples, fraction sequences, prime numbers, odd and even numbers, negative numbers, Roman numerals, cube and square numbers, term-to-term rule, unknowns and variables, and simple algebra. This book develops skills in recognising and explaining number patterns and sequences. Key features of Understanding Maths include: an 'Explanation' to introduce each topic; activities to consolidate and revise knowledge and skills; thought-provoking facts to foster a love of learning beyond the National Curriculum; regular 'Progress tests' and a 'Final test' to track children's development.

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Schofield & Sims English Skills provides regular graded practice to develop pupils' literacy skills at Key Stage 2. Fully in line with the requirements of the National Curriculum for English, the series comprises seven pupil books with accompanying answer books, as well as a single teacher's guide. Key areas are constantly revisited, giving pupils the intensive and rigorous practice that is essential to embed learning and prepare for the Key Stage 2 national tests. The English Skills pupil books each contain 36 one-page tests featuring 'Warm-up' exercises, 'Word work' questions covering spelling, word structure and vocabulary and 'Sentence work' questions covering grammar, punctuation and sentence formation. At the end of each section a 'Writing task' encourages children to apply what they have learnt in their own writing, while a 'Proofreading task' further reinforces learning. Additional features include a glossary to support the confident use of literacy terms and a progress chart to allow pupils to monitor their own skills.English Skills 1 aligns with the National Curriculum end-of-year expectations for Year 3 and covers the following topics: homophones and homonyms; main and subordinate clauses; conjunctions; prefixes and their meaning; apostrophes in contractions; inverted commas in direct speech; maintaining and changing tense; and spelling rules and exceptions. The accompanying answer book, English Skills 1 Answers (ISBN 9780721714059), contains answers to all the questions in English Skills 1 and the single Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714165) contains further guidance and resources to help children practise and develop literacy skills. A selection of free supporting downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher's guides, one for each primary school year, Schofield & Sims Grammar and Punctuation is a comprehensive programme for teaching grammar and punctuation while also building on vocabulary, reading and writing skills. Through structured lessons, stimulating focus texts and engaging practice activities, children not only learn the correct terminology and usage of grammar and punctuation, but also build up the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply them successfully in their own writing. The Grammar 1 pupil book contains 15 double-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 1. Featured topics include words and sentences; capital letters; full stops; spacing; the joining word 'and'; question marks; exclamation marks; singular and plural; describing words; linking words; verb endings; and the prefix 'un-'. Each pupil book practice page includes a concise summary of the key learning point for each lesson, followed by two short 'Try it' exercises and a 'Sentence practice' activity. Regular 'Revision' pages reinforce learning, while imaginative 'Writing tasks' allow children to 'show off' their grammar and punctuation skills in a more formal context. Additional features provided at the back of the book include a glossary to support the confident use of grammatical terminology and a self-evaluation checklist to strengthen understanding and encourage pupils to assess their own learning. A separate accompanying teacher's guide, Grammar 1 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721713915), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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Written Calculation comprises six Pupil Books, six Answer Books, a Teacher's Guide and a Teacher's Resource Book and uses methods recommended in the National Curriculum. Designed for use at Key Stage 2, each Pupil Book uses 18 carefully structured steps to guide the learner towards full mastery of each written method, supporting them in their national tests and other areas of the National Curriculum. Written Calculation also helps pupils develop confidence and fluency in their learning by practising and embedding place value, number facts and problem solving skills. The importance of estimating and checking answers is also emphasised. Written Calculation: Division 1 Answers accompanies the corresponding Pupil Book and provides correct answers to all questions. Each of the six Answer Books begins with a useful reminder of the key principles in the Pupil Book and includes a card cover, making it a durable resource, suitable for frequent reference. Answers are clearly laid out in the format of a correctly completed Pupil Book in order to make marking quick and simple. Scores may be recorded for each pupil in a class/set on the Group record sheet, located at the back of this Answer Book. The accompanying Teacher's Guide provides useful notes and ideas for planning lessons, enabling a whole-school approach. Detailed Teaching notes outline clear learning objectives and a Summary of the steps for each Pupil Book is included. Photocopiable Assessment resources allow you to monitor and assess pupils' progress. Supplementary Further practice and Problem solving questions can be found in the Teacher's Resource Book. These photocopiable resources may be used for further practice, assessment, revision or homework and correspond to the steps covered in each of the Pupil Books.

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Mental Arithmetic provides rich and varied practice to develop pupils' essential maths skills and prepare them for all aspects of the Key Stage 2 national tests. It may also be used as preparation for the 11+, and with older students for consolidation and recovery. The Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide offers a full introduction to the Mental Arithmetic series, including guidance on choosing the most appropriate book for each child, as well as diagnostic support and more than 20 photocopiable classroom resources. Key features of the Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide include: an Overview of the series, describing how the books may best be used in school or at home; a simple chart showing which books are appropriate for each year group; two Entry Tests to help you choose the most appropriate book for each child; a one-page Diagnostic Check for each Mental Arithmetic pupil book; Maths Facts copymasters including a fractions chart, 0 to 100 number line, and counting and multiplication squares.

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Knowing the times tables is vital to success in maths. Times Tables Practice gives children extensive practice in all the times tables relevant to their age group, providing enjoyable activities with attractive illustrations that will hold their attention throughout. All the activities have been devised to support the National Curriculum. Times Tables Practice 1 covers the x2, x3, x4, x5 and x10 times tables. The activities are structured in sections that look separately at different tables. Each section encourages children to: practise counting; build the multiplication table; memorise and manipulate number facts; improve their rapid recall skills; derive related division facts. Many exercises in the book include notes highlighting useful rules that will help children to remember their tables. Children are also prompted to use known facts learned earlier in the book to help them tackle more challenging multiplication and division questions. Once they have mastered each table, problem-solving pages incorporating everyday themes, including money, encourage them to apply their new-found skills to real-life situations. The book ends with number problems, 'What I know' and multiplication table pages designed to reinforce learning and build confidence, preparing children for classroom testing.

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Closely matched to the National Curriculum, the Schofield & Sims Revision Guides help children to revise what they have learnt at school, in preparation for the end of key stage tests. Clearly presented examples and colourful illustrations help bring revision to life, while targeted practice questions highlight any gaps in understanding.The Key Stage 2 Science Revision Guide covers the statutory requirements for Key Stage 2 science, including: living things and their habitats, animals (including humans), evolution and inheritance, materials, rocks, light, sound, Earth and space, forces, electricity and working scientifically. The accessible format and index enable children either to work through the topics in order, or to focus on a particular subject area.This 96-page book includes: helpful Tips for tests and advice on how to revise effectively; Remember boxes to summarise key information; regular Test yourself questions and answers to check recall of information; a Glossary to encourage the correct spelling and use of subject vocabulary.The accompanying Key Stage 2 Science Practice Papers (ISBN 9780721713700) reflect the appearance and content of the Key Stage 2 Science Sampling Test, providing further opportunity for revision and test preparation.

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Understanding English is a series of topic-based study books for children in Key Stage 2, providing rigorous practice of key subject areas. Each topic contains a concise summary of the information required by the National Curriculum, making the series ideal for use as preparation for the Key Stage 2 tests. Each book is a stand-alone resource, so children can either work through them in order or focus on individual aspects of the subject. Together, the eight books support the whole of the Key Stage 2 English curriculum, providing a solid foundation for success in English. Understanding English covers: punctuation, poetry, grammar, fiction, spelling, non-fiction, and vocabulary. Practice contains numerous questions on each of these topics, to give children the support they need when preparing for the Key Stage 2 tests. Each section has cross-references to the relevant study book in the series, assisting children with their learning.

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Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a unique collection of stimulating texts that appeal strongly to both boys and girls, together with questions that both build and stretch comprehension skills and widen vocabulary. Comprising four one-per-child activity books and providing more than 72 texts in total, the series encourages children to pay close attention to literal meaning, make inferences and deductions, observe how writing is structured and identify literary devices. A separate Teacher's Guide is also available. Book 4 reflects the broadening interests and word power of young people who will soon move to secondary school, or have now done so. It includes: non-fiction texts covering the discovery in Russia of a long-extinct mammoth, shells and their origins and the life of explorer Robert Scott, the poignant 'last letter' from Scott to his widow, classic poetry from Rudyard Kipling, Edward Thomas, Edward Lear and William Wordsworth, a short extract from the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare, riveting fiction from R.L. Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Daniel Defoe and Charles Dickens and absorbing autobiographies and biographical fiction from Roald Dahl and Alison Prince.

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Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher's guides, one for each primary school year, Schofield & Sims Grammar and Punctuation is a comprehensive programme for teaching grammar and punctuation while also building on vocabulary, reading and writing skills. Through structured lessons, stimulating 'focus texts' and engaging practice activities, children not only learn the correct terminology and usage of grammar and punctuation, but also build up the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply them successfully in their own writing. Covering the National Curriculum requirements for Year 3, the Grammar 3 Teacher's Guide contains supporting material for the 30 lessons found in the Grammar 3 pupil book (ISBN 9780721713946). Based on the model 'teach, practise, apply and assess', the guide provides you with everything you need to help children master the complexities of grammar and punctuation, including detailed teaching notes; a short focus text designed to help you to teach each learning point in context; reinforcement activities for each lesson; answers to all the questions in the pupil book; an end-of-year test with a mark scheme and analysis sheet; and a comprehensive glossary of grammatical terms to support teacher development. A selection of free supporting downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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This workbook has been specially written for use with the Schofield & Sims First Illustrated Dictionary or First Dictionary and with the Schofield & Sims First Thesaurus - choose between the two dictionaries according to which books you have available and how much support individual children need. Presented as a one-per-child workbook, the First Dictionary and Thesaurus Activities will provide you with a permanent record of each child's work. The activities contained with the book: clearly demonstrate the value of the dictionary and thesaurus and help children to develop the skills and knowledge that they need for using them, include clear and attractive illustrations, are enjoyable and stimulating, enriching children's language and encouraging them to be more accurate and more adventurous in their choice of words, may be completed in class or as homework and include helpful notes for teachers and a list of objectives covered.

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First Comprehension provides an early introduction to written comprehension, developing children's enthusiasm for reading and their ability to interpret texts. When working through the series, support from an adult will boost children's confidence and help them to understand and evaluate each text. The books are easy to mark and provide a permanent record of each child's work, helping you to monitor progress. Designed to support the National Curriculum for Years 2 and 3, the content of this series has wide appeal and may also be used by older children. First Comprehension Book 1 is aimed at children in Year 2 (ages 6 - 7) who are attempting written comprehension for the first time. 18 carefully selected texts reflect the range of genres recommended by the National Curriculum, and accompanying questions are presented in two parts, to suit the concentration level of most children in this age group. The first of two First Comprehension activity books, this book features work by writers such as Roald Dahl and A. A. Milne, as well as an excerpt from a children's dictionary and a number of accessible non-fiction texts. The series provides: a brief introduction, enabling teachers, parents and adult helpers to use the books effectively; passages from classic and contemporary fiction to broaden children's reading experience; a wide selection of poetry, from William Wordsworth to Tony Mitton; stimulating non-fiction extracts, with different subjects and structures; a range of question types, including direct, inferential and evaluative questions. The separate Teacher's Guide contains teaching notes, sample answers and further activities for each text, allowing you to use First Comprehension to its full potential.

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First Mental Arithmetic provides carefully graded questions that develop children's essential mathematics skills. A downwards extension of the Schofield & Sims bestseller Mental Arithmetic, the series comprises three workbooks for Year 1 (Books 1 to 3) and three for Year 2 (Books 4 to 6). The First Mental Arithmetic Answers book provides the correct answers to all the questions contained in the corresponding workbook. Answers to the Check-up tests are included, together with the photocopiable Group record sheets and an additional photocopiable Check-up. All the Answers books contain: correct answers to all the questions contained in the corresponding workbook, answers to the Check-ups, photocopiable Group record sheets.

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