At the request of Key Stage 3 teachers Schofield & Sims has rebranded two key series
- English Skills & Mental Arithmetic
- for use at Key Stage 3 & beyond. Perfect for recovery work & for building functional skills in English Essential English gives each student intensive practice that is matched exactly to their ability level supporting differentiation & personalised learning. The series enables students to succeed in skill areas where they have previously failed & widens written vocabulary helping them to gain proficiency in other subjects both academic & vocational. Essential English Skills 2 is for pupils who can use simple conjunctions to write compound sentences. They can spell correctly most high-frequency words & use spelling strategies to spell those that are less familiar. This book helps students learn to: use conjunctions (while when because) open sentences in different ways chose words for impact & precision adapt some spellings when adding a suffix & use apostrophes in shortened forms.