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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 6 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 6. Featured topics include active voice and passive voice; synonyms and antonyms; formal and informal vocabulary, including the use of Standard English; colons and semicolons in lists; linking main clauses using colons, semicolons and dashes; the subjunctive form; hyphens to avoid ambiguity; word classes and homonyms; and layout devices (bullet points and tables). 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 6 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721714011), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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A rainbow unicorn grants Willow some wishes! What will she wish for? 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. A summary of the phonics coverage in each Reader can be found in the My Letters and Sounds Readers Phonics Coverage Chart. 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 The Rainbow Unicorn: * Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phase Five * Fiction * Book Band Green * Phonics focus: Alternative pronunciations of ow /oa/, ie /ee/, ea /e/ * Tricky word: any, many, two

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Designed for use at Foundation Level, this workbook features fun-to-do numeric exercises giving children an understanding of early number work.

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The Handwriting Practice books support literacy in schools by giving children practice in forming and joining letters, helping them to develop handwriting that is neat, fluent, legible and fast. Fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme, Handwriting Practice works methodically through the different letters and joins, and features workbook style exercises for children to complete. The simple format of the books makes them easily accessible, enabling all children to work independently - though support from an adult helper is always beneficial. FOCUS points at the foot of each page highlight key points for helpers to look out for. Handwriting Practice 1 focuses on letter formation, with capital letters introduced in the middle section. Children are supported by coloured dots, dotted lines and arrows indicating where to begin each letter and how to form the shape, guidelines indicating the height and length of letters and real-life copying tasks, including writing notes, message and an invitation.

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Schofield & Sims Nursery Books is a range of colourful and fun workbooks written to help children aged 3 years and above develop the essential skills for life. Nine write-in books form a structured pre-school programme, providing a range of activities created to help children improve fine motor skills, develop letter recognition and practise subitising. Designed to be as engaging and varied as possible, the activities include matching, complete the picture, counting, mazes, colouring, letter tracing, odd one out and many more. Nursery Numbers is a series of graded activity books that reinforce mathematical language and early number skills, including matching, counting, adding and subtracting. The books cover concepts such as money, shapes and measure, and are brought to life by the engaging character of Scamp the dog. Nursery Numbers Book 3 covers: Numbers to 10; Adding more; Simple addition using pictures; Simple subtraction; Comparing quantities (fewer); Counting on and back; Number sentences and stories; Position words: in front/behind.

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Schofield & Sims Nursery Books is a range of colourful and fun workbooks written to help children aged 3 years and above develop the essential skills for life. Nine write-in books form a structured pre-school programme, providing a range of activities created to help children improve fine motor skills, develop letter recognition and practise subitising. Designed to be as engaging and varied as possible, the activities include matching, complete the picture, counting, mazes, colouring, letter tracing, odd one out and many more. Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books that reinforce early reading, writing and mathematical skills, including matching, sequencing and counting. The books cover concepts such as colours, pen control, shapes and numbers, and feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Nursery Activity Book 3 covers: Numbers to 10; Common shapes (including rectangles); Comparative size (tall/small, big/small); Simple addition; Repeating patterns.

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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 1 Question Book (9780721717319) 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 4 reinforces Phase Four of My Letters and Sounds. In Phase Four, children practise blending to read and segmenting to spell words - including words with adjacent consonants. Most activities involve reading words, captions and sentences. Children also practise writing short words and progress to writing longer words, including two-syllable words. At this stage, children also write words to complete sentences. With a page or double-page spread for every new learning point in My Letters and Sounds, the books provide 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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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 5 reinforces the content from Phase Five, Term 1 of My Letters and Sounds. In this book, your child will revise the graphemes learnt in Reception, as well as being introduced to 18 new graphemes. Using the concept of 'phoneme families', they will be taught that a number of different graphemes can represent a given phoneme. This helps to consolidate reading of these graphemes, as well as developing children's awareness of spelling, when they need to choose the correct grapheme to represent a sound in a particular word. 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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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 11: Style children will develop their personal style by experimenting with various lettering styles and practising writing for different purposes. 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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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: Writing Letters familiarises children with the shapes and movements needed for writing letters. This book begins with simple mark-making exercises to develop pencil grip. The letters are then introduced one by one and are grouped by formation family for ease of learning. 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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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 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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The Schofield & Sims 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 36 single-page tests on topics including letter and word problems; vocabulary; spelling; number patterns; and problem-solving. The target times for the tests range from 10 to 15 minutes, making them ideal for regular independent work sessions. Aimed at children aged 8 to 9 years, 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 verbal reasoning puzzles, 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: People encourages children to explore the differences between themselves and others, developing their understanding of the world as a diverse place full of different people and traditions. This book covers topics such as clothes, hobbies, friends, families and communities. 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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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 3 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 3. Featured topics include conjunctions; comparative adjectives; the articles 'a' and 'an'; adverbs; prepositions; direct speech; past and perfect verb forms; main and subordinate clauses; pronouns; nouns with prefixes and suffixes; headings and paragraphs; and word families. 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 3 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721713953), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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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 2 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 2. Featured topics include sentence types; verbs (past and present tense); joining words; the progressive form; commas in lists; apostrophes used for possession and shortened forms; nouns and noun phrases, plural nouns and verbs; adverbs; adjectives; and suffixes. 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 2 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721713939), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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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 1 supports the National Curriculum requirements for Year 1 and covers the following topic areas: times of day (morning, noon, afternoon, evening); basic units of time; comparing and sequencing events in chronological order (earlier/later; first/next; yesterday/tomorrow); telling the time to the hour, half hour and quarter hour; the days of the week and months of the year; calendars; and seasons.

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My school diary helps to ensure strong home - school communication and encourages children to take ownership of their work. Diary pages include space for children to record their homework throughout the year and also feature a 'Comments' box, where teachers, parents and carers may share any important information for the week. A structured 'Reading log' allows an adult to keep track of the child's reading at home, recording the pages read and making any appropriate notes for the teacher. This book provides: 42 homework diary pages with 'Date due' and 'Comments' boxes; a 'Reading log' with space to record the book title; pages read and an adult's comments; pages for children to fill in their school timetable, class rules and personal learning targets; helpful homework tips for children, parents and carers; useful reference pages, including a world map, multiplication square and vocabulary lists.

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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 4 pupil book contains 30 single-page lessons and covers the National Curriculum requirements for Year 4. Featured topics include adverbials; determiners; word classes; co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions; apostrophes for plural possession; pronouns to avoid repetition; Standard English; the perfect form of verbs; negative sentences; adjectives with prefixes and suffixes; direct speech; and question tags. 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 4 Teacher's Guide (ISBN 9780721713977), contains lesson plans, answers to all the questions in the pupil book, and assessment and record-keeping resources.

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Sound Phonics prepares children for full fluency in reading, writing and spelling by providing intensive practice in phonics. A comprehensive phonics resource, it is fully compatible with 'Letters and Sounds' and any other incremental phonics programme. Its graded activities, best completed with an adult, reinforce early literacy skills through listening and speaking, and support a multi-sensory approach. In Sound Phonics Phase Five, the child explores different pronunciations of the same grapheme and different spellings of the same phoneme, and key spelling patterns are identified and practised. By Phase Five, children are more skilled at recognising graphemes made up of more than one letter, so the use of 'sound buttons' is much reduced. Instead the emphasis is on 'sounding out' words without them. The use of phoneme frames is also phased out as children practise spelling through counting phonemes, recognising spelling patterns or applying spelling rules. Sound Phonics Phase Five Book 1 is the sixth book in the series and a one-per-child activity book. It focuses on: revising Phase Three graphemes; practising 19 new graphemes for reading (including some split digraphs).

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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 term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions. However, children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers. A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding. The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book, plus additional resources for teachers. Book 3 includes: numerals to 20, symmetry, halves and quarters, telling the time.

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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. Spelling meets the National Curriculum requirements for Key Stage 2 English, and covers the following areas: prefixes and suffixes, using a dictionary, syllables, tricky words, word structure, word families, and homophones. This book describes a range of spelling strategies, including learning how to spell specific words, remembering spelling rules and checking for mistakes. Key features of Understanding English 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; 'Now you try' activities to develop children's understanding of English outside the classroom.

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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 1 Teacher's Guide provides you with everything you need to teach the Year 1 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 1 (ISBN 9780721713755). A selection of free supporting downloads is also available from the Schofield & Sims website.

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Ideal for both whole-school and independent learning, this comprehensive and high-quality series builds on pupils' phonic knowledge while also helping them to understand how word structure and meaning can help them to spell words. Providing excellent preparation for the national tests, the Schofield & Sims Spelling activities systematically introduce and revise spelling conventions, explore word structure and the relationship between words of shared origin, suggest strategies for remembering common 'exception words' (or 'tricky words'), teach pupils how to monitor their own spelling, and encourage them to write sentences from memory or dictation. As pupils work through each book, the intensive practice provided will enable them continually to develop, consolidate and improve their skills, encouraging them towards effective spelling for life. Spelling 2 covers: segmenting words into phonemes and selecting the correct spelling from alternatives; learning new ways to spell phonemes; distinguishing between homophones; adding prefixes and suffixes to spell longer words; applying rules for adding suffixes; learning spelling guidelines.

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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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Key Stage 2 Problem Solving is a series of graded activity books helping children to sharpen their mathematical skills. It encourages them to apply their maths skills to a range of 'real-life' situations, such as shopping and keeping score in games. Key Stage 2 Problem Solving Book 1 is particularly suitable for children in Years 3 and 4, and covers: equations, multiples of 2/3/4/5/6 and 10, lines of symmetry, counting money, recognising coins to GBP1, calculating change, data handling, height, length, distance, capacity and time.

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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 term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions. However, children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers. A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding. The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book, plus additional resources for teachers. Book 1 includes: counting, adding and subtracting, 2D and 3D shapes, days of the week, word problems.

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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 3 encourages children to move beyond simple understanding and recall to look for more complex meanings. It includes: adventure stories from Roald Dahl, Mark Twain, Anthony Buckeridge and Kenneth Grahame, an inspiring biography of Falklands soldier Simon Weston, further non-fiction from Jacqueline Wilson and Emmeline Pankhurst, evocative poems from some of the best British poets (such as Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning and R.L. Stevenson), an appealing letter written by Stevenson as a teenager and an introduction to the writing of J.R.R. Tolkien and William Shakespeare.

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Key Stage 2 Problem Solving is a series of graded activity books helping children to sharpen their mathematical skills. It encourages them to apply their maths skills to a range of 'real-life' situations, such as shopping and keeping score in games. Key Stage 2 Problem Solving Book 4 is particularly suitable for children who are preparing for the transition to Key Stage 3, and covers: reflection, translation, rotation of shapes, averages (mode/median/mean), metric-imperial conversions, percentages and decimal numbers, converting fractions, probability and using a calculator.

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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. Tailored to meet the requirements of the National Curriculum for primary mathematics, each book contains 36 one-page tests. Each test is presented in a unique three-part format comprising: questions where use of language is kept to a minimum; questions using number vocabulary; questions focusing on one- and two-step word problems. Structured according to ability rather than age, the series allows children to work at their own pace, building confidence and fluency. Two Entry Tests are available in the Mental Arithmetic Teacher's Guide and on the Schofield & Sims website, enabling teachers, parents and tutors to select the appropriate book for each child. All the books can be used flexibly for individual, paired, group or whole-class maths practice, as well as for homework and one-to-one intervention.Mental Arithmetic 4 is aimed at pupils in upper Key Stage 2 and covers the key subject areas of number, measurement, geometry and statistics, including Roman numerals, square numbers, equivalent fractions, problem solving, reflection, translation and line graphs. Three Progress Charts, together with four topic-based Check-up Tests, are provided to monitor learning and identify any gaps in understanding. A separate accompanying answer book, Mental Arithmetic 4 Answers (9780721708089), contains correct answers to all the questions, making marking quick and easy.

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Ideal for both whole-school and independent learning, this comprehensive and high-quality series builds on pupils' phonic knowledge while also helping them to understand how word structure and meaning can help them to spell words. Providing excellent preparation for the national tests, the Schofield & Sims Spelling activities systematically introduce and revise spelling conventions, explore word structure and the relationship between words of shared origin, suggest strategies for remembering common 'exception words' (or 'tricky words'), teach pupils how to monitor their own spelling, and encourage them to write sentences from memory or dictation. As pupils work through each book, the intensive practice provided will enable them continually to develop, consolidate and improve their skills, encouraging them towards effective spelling for life. Spelling 4 covers: using further prefixes and suffixes; using rules for adding suffixes beginning with vowels; spelling a range of homophones; developing an understanding of word structure and word origin; learning guidelines for alternative spelling of phonemes; learning guidelines relating to the spelling of endings.

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Key Maths is a series of graded activity books that reinforce children's mastery of important skills and concepts as required by the Primary National Strategy for maths at Key Stage 1. Areas covered include algebra, measures, money, fractions and data handling. Key Maths Book 4 includes: numbers to a hundred, tens and units, vertical addition and subtraction of 2-digit numbers, capacity (litres), counting in tens, quarter past and quarter to times, odd and even numbers and right angles.

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Early Comprehension is a series of graded activity books that develop children's ability to make sense of pictures and text - through activities such as story sequencing, reading for meaning and traditional comprehension work. Early Comprehension Book 3 covers: advertisements; invitations; notices; newspaper articles; book covers and reading comprehension based on fiction and non-fiction texts.

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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 term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions. However, children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers. A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding. The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book, plus additional resources for teachers. Book 5 includes: read and write numbers to 1000, add and subtract mentally, missing number sequences, digital clock.

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Key Stage 2 Problem Solving is a series of graded activity books helping children to sharpen their mathematical skills. It encourages them to apply their maths skills to a range of 'real-life' situations, such as shopping and keeping score in games. Key Stage 2 Problem Solving Book 2 is particularly suitable for children in Years 4 and 5, and covers: thousands, area, perimeter, angles of shapes, co-ordinates, lines of symmetry, odd and even numbers, multiples of 3/7/8 and 9, fractions and probability.

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Springboard is a series of nine graded activity books designed to help build the functional English skills required at school, at work and in other aspects of day-to-day life. Illustrations are used throughout to support the wide variety of activity types included, ranging from simple word reading and letter formation exercises to complex writing tasks requiring considerable precision and attention to detail. Springboard 2 helps students to practise: Alphabetical order (first and second letters in a word), Classification of words, Homophones and Abbreviations.

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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 term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions. However, children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers. A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding. The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book, plus additional resources for teachers. Book 4 includes: reading and writing two digit numbers, multiplication and division, halves, quarters and three-quarters, sorting objects, measuring lengths and reading scales.

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Number Book is a series of graded activity books designed to help children learn basic calculation skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Number Book 1 is suitable for children making the transition from the Early Years Foundation Stage to Key Stage 1 and includes: counting sets of objects to 10, addition to 10 and subtraction from 10.

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My Word Book encourages children to learn new words and to use them accurately in their own writing. Featuring over 800 words arranged alphabetically, with suffixes shown in red to highlight word structure and demonstrate the rules of spelling, it can be used across subject areas to help children recognise words and spelling patterns, record new vocabulary and build word power. More than 300 further words arranged by type or theme are also provided, including: 'Verbs', 'Colours', 'Numbers', 'Opposites', 'Question words', 'Feelings words', 'Story words', 'Power words', 'Time words' and 'Tricky words'. Colourful illustrations serve as useful prompts to help children remember word meanings, while blank spaces allow children to add in new words as they discover them.

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Number Book is a series of graded activity books designed to help children learn basic calculation skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Number Book 4 is suitable for children making the transition from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2 and includes: multiplication and division by 2 and 3, tens and units, counting in tens number facts (for example pairs of numbers that add up to 20), using a hundred square, recognition of coins to 50p, counting money and giving change, vertical addition and subtraction (without borrowing or carrying).

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Light-up skates are fun to whizz around on! Will Eve get a pair?The Schofield & Sims My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are carefully levelled, fully decodable stories that build a solid foundation in early word reading.

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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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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 term 'mental arithmetic' is usually associated with spoken questions. However, children using all the Schofield and Sims Mental Arithmetic materials read the questions themselves and write down their answers. A Language of Maths glossary helps to develop children's number vocabulary and three Check-ups assess children's understanding. The separate First Mental Arithmetic Answers provides answers to all questions contained in this book, plus additional resources for teachers. Book 6 includes: adding and subtracting two-digit numbers, reading numbers on scales, multiples of 10, right angles.

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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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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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