For most of us school was our first detailed experience of a building outside the homes of our parents friends & relations. Many people react emotionally when their old school charged with so many memories is closed or demolished. Not all school buildings are worthy of designation but many are major local landmarks & demonstrate an important part of our societys evolution. This book aims to raise awareness of the wide range of school buildings built in England from the Reformation to the Millennium & discusses which buildings may be worthy of greater appreciation & preservation. It summarises the development of schools & analyses how social attitudes have been expressed in their architecture & planning. Finally it looks at the adaptation of older schools to modern needs & new uses for schools around the country drawing on examples of best practice from Historic Building Inspectors & Advisers. ...

Details the turbulent period of history between the late Anglo-Saxons to the English Civil war. This work helps to learn how to identify the denominations kings & mint marks of those little historical documents that are likely to have stood the test of time
- the coins.
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Simon Jenkins has travelled the length & breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county each church is described
- often with delightful asides
- & given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county sections are prefaced by a map locating each church & lavishly illustrated with colour photos from the Country Life archive. Jenkins contends that these churches house a gallery of vernacular art without equal in the world. Here he brings that museum to public attention.

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A hymn to good architecture an ode to authentic domestic interiors buy beg borrow or steal a copy to keep in the car. No other ...

Mike Engleby has a secret... This is the story of Mike Engleby a working-class boy who wins a place at an esteemed English university. But with the disappearance of Jennifer the undergraduate Engleby admires from afar the story turns into a mystery of gripping power. Sebastian Faulks's new novel is a bolt from the blue unlike anything he has ever written before: contemporary demotic heart-wrenching
- & funny in the deepest shade of black.
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The third English Basic Skills book provides plenty of practice questions to work through to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2. Written by educational experts Practice in the Basic Skills English Book 3 saves your valuable time with ready-to-practice questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English. Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2 & builds on English skills learnt in Book 2. Content
Includes:: punctuation nouns adverbs adjectives vocabulary & spelling plurals pronouns contractions sentence writing apostrophes as well as compound words & opposites.
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The first English Basic Skills book provides plenty of practice questions to work through to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2. Written by educational experts Practice in the Basic Skills English Book 1 saves your valuable time with ready-to-practice questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English. Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2. Content
Includes:: initial middle & final sounds plurals nouns verbs (present tense) short vowels long vowels (oo) ch double consonants consonant blends vocabulary building as well as colours opposites is/are was/were a/an rhymes & word puzzles.
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The Success Workbook complements the Success Revision Guide & provides questions to help children test their understanding & find areas of weakness on topics in a fun context. * Quick tests allow children to rehearse the skills & knowledge they have * Highlight any areas where further revision may be needed * Consolidate learning & prepare pupils for SATs ...

The Success Workbook complements the Success Revision Guide & provides questions to help children test their understanding & find areas of weakness on topics in a fun context. * Quick tests allow children to rehearse the skills & knowledge they have * Highlight any areas where further revision may be needed * Consolidate learning & prepare pupils for SATs ...

These worksheets provide further practice to test & reinforce understanding of the material covered in the KS2 English Revision Guide. These worksheets provide further practice to test & reinforce understanding of the material covered in the KS2 English Revision Guide. ...