A unique revision programme to consolidate skills & focus revision in the countdown to the 11+ selection tests incorporating a placement test to target the areas where further revision is most needed with straight-to-the point revision material & progress tests to quickly build skills & maximise marks. * A placement test to target the areas where further revision is most needed * Each topic starts with a clear summary of the skills that the child needs to master * Straight-to-the point explanations * Worked examples based on the most challenging 11+ questions * Skills practice questions for active revision * End of section tests to check understanding with links back to the relevant revision material. ...

This series provides realistic test practice & is excellent for preparing children for SATs tests & other assessments. The test papers are written by examiners & teachers with proven records of helping children to achieve their potential. These practice test papers can be used in Years 7 8 & 9 to: * ensure understanding of all curriculum topics * establish a student's potential National Curriculum attainment level * help improve skills & ability & monitor progress * build confidence ahead of tests & assessment ...

This new book offers assessment testing by level &

Includes:: advice from teachers on how best to use the tests

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In line with the National Primary Strategy this core introductory textbook provides comprehensive up-to-date & most importantly creative guidance on teaching English in the early years & primary classroom. Covering all of the key curriculum areas in manageable & accessible chapters the book aims to motivate & support teachers to achieve enjoyment progression breadth & balance in their teaching of effective & creative English. Key topics covered include: assessment for learning; co-operative learning; & popular culture & multi-media. By combining subject knowledge with effective pedagogical approaches to teaching English this book is an essential one-stop resource for all busy teachers. ...

English is central to the primary school curriculum since it permeates all subject areas. Now fully updated English 5-11 provides comprehensive up to date & creative guidance on teaching English in the primary school. Key areas covered include:- Communication language & literacy Grammar & punctuation Talk for learning Synthetic phonics Drama Reading & writing Fiction & poetry Creativity Teaching in a multilingual classroom Spelling ICT Assessment Written by highly experienced authors & former government advisors with frontline teaching school management & teacher training experience each manageable chapter provides the busy teacher with indispensible advice & guidance as well as opportunities to reflect upon current practice in the classroom. This second edition reflects changes in government policy & gives greater attention to systematic synthetic phonics assessment drama & talk for writing & is closely related to the changing curriculum for primary English. English 5-11 will be an invaluable resource to all trainee & practising teachers interested in teaching English in an accessible contemporary & dynamic way. ...

This new book offers assessment testing by level &

Includes:: advice from teachers on how best to use the tests

...

This new book offers assessment testing by level &

Includes:: advice from teachers on how best to use the tests

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This revision guide will help pupils achieve A* grades in GCSE & International GCSE English exams. Its purpose is to remind pupils of everything learnt in English lessons & to develop exam technique & the ability to write outstanding exam answers. The book takes pupils through the various skills required at this level giving examples of excellent answers & providing questions so that pupils can practise & consolidate what they have learnt & form a solid basis of knowledge to achieve A* grades. ...

Using his own drawings diagrams & photographs Trevor Yorke explains the history of the abbey & how it was used in the past. Divided into three parts the book charts the origins of the abbey examines the individual parts in detail & contains a time chart for dating abbeys. ...

Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Profumo scandal An English Affair is a sharp-focused snapshot of a nation on the brink of social revolution. Britain in 1963
- Harold Macmillan was the Prime Minister of a Conservative government dedicated to tradition hierarchy & above all old-fashioned morality. But a breakdown of social boundaries saw nightclub hostesses mixing with aristocrats & middle-class professionals dabbling in criminality. Meanwhile Cold War paranoia gripped the public imagination. The Profumo Affair was a perfect storm & when it broke it rocked the Establishment. In An English Affair the author of the critically-acclaimed Titainic Lives Richard Davenport-Hines brings Swinging London to life. The cast of players

Includes:: the familiar
- louche doctor Stephen Ward good-time girls Christine Keeler & Mandy Rice-Davies & Secretary for War John Profumo himself. But we also encounter the tabloid hacks property developers & hangers-on whose roles have until now never been fully revealed. Sex drugs class race chequebook journalism & the criminal underworld
- the Profumo Affair had it all. This is the story of how Sixties England cast off respectability & fell in love with scandal.




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