Collins Primary Catalogue 2013 by Collins

Collins Primary 2013

Reach Every Child

Highlights from Collins Education Collins Big Cat Phonic readers

Collins Big Cat Progress

A selection of high quality fullydecodable books. Boost your phonic resources with these titles, featuring half ﬁction and half nonﬁction. Brilliant children’s authors provide real books to develop the skills for real reading.

Each book is dual-banded for interest and ability level, with topics connected to the curriculum and a particular focus on boys’ interests. Build conﬁdence in your struggling readers – these fantastic books not only help to bring reading levels up to KS2 standard, but encourage children to love reading too.

Collins New Primary Maths: Enriching Maths

Collins Primary Focus Assessment

Challenge children working above age-related expectations with a bank of activities that offer genuine breadth, depth and pace without repetition or pre-empting next year’s teaching.

Get prepared for the new year 6 Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation test with a new range of Focus resources to boost core language skills.

ISBN 978-0-00-792966-5

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Reach Every Child Our promise to you

Our curriculum promise

At Collins Primary we strive to bring you the most up to date resources for teaching and learning. And because as teachers you want the very best for all your children, whatever their ability, we are dedicated to helping you reach every child.

Through our fully trained primary sales consultants, e-newsletters and websites, we will ensure that you are kept informed about the new 2014 curriculum. Sign up to our e-newsletter for updates.

All of our resources will help you teach and motivate children across the ability range – from strugglers to the most able.

The best authors and educationalists

All round service to our customers We publish the best resources for teachers, and we want to ensure that we give you the best service too. From specialist primary sales consultants who can advise on all our resources to a dedicated customer service team, we can provide the support that you need. Please see our website for more details.

We work with the most talented authors and educationalists in the country to bring you the best in curriculum resources - Peter Clarke, series editor for Collins New Primary Maths and Cliff Moon, series editor for Collins Big Cat to name but two. Plus we have a wealth of best-selling authors within the Collins Big Cat series, including Michael Rosen and Berlie Doherty.

Value for money resources We want to help you stretch your school budget further by ensuring that our prices are as competitive as they can be! And with incentives for buying in bulk, and our team of Primary Educational Sales Consultants nts to advise you on how to get the most for your money, we are conﬁdent that you won’t be disappointed.

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Contents Collins Big Cat

Key

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

For ages 4-11

Collins Primary Focus

For Early Years

Collins Primary Literacy

KS1

For Key Stage 1

Collins Dictionaries

KS2

For Key Stage 2

Science

Assessment Support

For Cambridge Primary

History/Geography

95 PD

Professional Development

IPC

For International Primary Curriculum

Primary Atlases

Citizenship/PSHE

97 PYP

Belair

Collins Home Learning and Letts

Contact your rep

Matches the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme

102

115

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Why Collins Big Cat? Series editor: Cliff Moon

Collins Big Cat is a reading programme that provides real books for real reading. Inspire and motivate your young readers with top quality books, with 50/50 ﬁction and non-ﬁction from much-loved authors including Julia Donaldson, Michael Rosen and many more.

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Monitor and improve reading levels for all children with extensive teacher support

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Ensure measurable progression and understanding with expert levelling and a variety of reading strategies, including phonics

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Provide a rich and enjoyable reading experience with a wide variety of writing genres, illustrations, book formats and text types

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Ideal for independent reading, group reading and for send-home, the books support parents to get the most out of reading with their child

Our children really love the Collins Big Cat series. The children ﬁnd the books interesting and enjoyable to read, they are deﬁnitely a favourite at our school! Vicki Costello, Park Hill Primary

Free online: www.collinsbigcat.com APP Matching Charts Free worksheets Scottish resources

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KS1

KS2

IPC

PYP

What’s new for Key Stage 1 28 new titles in the Green-Lime Bands for Collins Big Cat are out now for you and your 5-7 year olds to love.

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Introduce literary heritage to the primary classroom in Dickens’ bicentenary year with a reworking of the classic tale Oliver Twist and a non-fiction book about the life of the author

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Inspire your class with Olympic Heroes

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Mark 100 years since the sinking of The Titanic, a book that will capture children’s imaginations as they read the story behind the doomed liner

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Encourage your Year 2s to look at poetry more closely with I Never Know How Poems Start by the well-loved poet Michael Rosen

Collins Big Cat

Age 3-11

Sample pages from I Never Know How Poems Start

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What’s new for Key Stage 2 24 new titles for the Copper-Diamond Bands in Collins Big Cat are out now for you and your 7-11 year olds to love.

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Do some background reading for Black History Week with biographies of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass

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Two new autobiographies by adventurer James Adair and wheelchair basketball Paralympian Ade Adepitan

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Introduce your class to poetry and drama with a new play in partnership with Polka Theatre, London and two new poetry anthologies

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Plus even more books on history and science themes

Get your pupils reading the classics with a fantastic retelling of the Dickens novel Great Expectations

Chapter 1

I lived at the forge with Joe and Mrs Joe. My trembly fears were the result of living with Mrs Joe. The small warm feeling I had of not being quite alone in

I didn’t have great expectations. I didn’t have any expectations. I had a great many trembly fears.

the world came from living with Joe. “Ever the best of friends, eh Pip?” said Joe. Pip – that was me.

I spent a lot of time in the graveyard. It’s the first place I remember. Not the forge, with the red fire and the low roof and the wild bare marsh all around. Not the wet, rutty road that led to the village and then to the town and then on to far-off wonders: London, perhaps, or the end of the world. The graveyard. If I felt in the right place anywhere at all it was in there, puzzling over the gravestones. My father was there, and my mother, and my five little brothers. The reason I wasn’t there too was a mystery to everyone.

Sample pages from Great Expectations

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Collins Big Cat

New phonic readers A brand new selection of 20 phonic readers will be available in January 2013. ●

With the usual 50/50 split of fiction and non-fiction, they are perfect for phonic practice both in the classroom and at home.

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The new decodable readers are fun and motivating and complement any existing scheme.

To ﬁnd out more about Collins Big Cat Phonics, please see pages 14-19.

New struggling reader progress books New Collins Big Cat series Progress was launched to help struggling readers in 2012. ●

Now another 32 titles will be added to the series in May 2013, this time with a higher reading ability level, which has been much requested by teachers.

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The new releases cover reading levels Orange-Gold, with interest levels of Copper-Diamond.

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There’s a greater choice than ever to help close the reading gap between KS1 and KS2 and develop a love of reading in every pupil.

Plus new decodable progress readers too New for September, we are pleased to offer a range of decodable Progress books for struggling readers. Aimed at children in Year 2 who have failed the phonics screening check, the books provide catch-up support to get them back on track. To ﬁnd out more about Collins Big Cat Progress, please see pages 20-23.

For the latest information on all these new titles visit www.collinsbigcat.com and sign up to our emails to be the ﬁrst to hear about new resources

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Collins Big Cat Component Chart Age

3–4

4–5

5–6

Year Group

Reception / P1

Year 1 / P2

National Curriculum Level

Towards 1

6–7 Year 2 / P3 Towards 2

Year 2–3 / P3–4 2+ (Towards 3)

Band

Fiction

9 Books

13 Books

16 Books

9 Books

7 Books

Non-ﬁction

9 Books

10 Books

9 Books

7 Books

Teacher Resources

Assessment and Support Guide A

Assessment and Support Guide B

1 Poetry Big Book

1 Non-ﬁction Big Book

Assessment and Support Guide C

Assessment and Support Guide D

1 Reading Activity Handbook

Talking Books On CD or Download Individual Titles

1 CD

e-resources

Digital Resources: E-Resources, CD-Roms, Flipcharts

CD-Rom A

CD-Rom B

1 CD

CD-Rom C

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart flipchart

Phonic Fiction

3 ﬁction

5 ﬁction

Phonic Non-ﬁction

3 nonﬁction

5 nonﬁction

Phonic Talking Books Phonic Teacher Resources

1 CD

1 Phonics Handbook and CD-Rom

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8–9

9–10

Year 3 / P4

Year 4 / P5

Year 5 / P6

10–11 Year 6 / P7

Age

Year 6+ / P7+

Year Group National Curriculum Level

2+ (Towards 3)

2–3 (Towards 3)

Band

12 Books

8 Books

6 Books

Fiction

8 Books

6 Books

Non-ﬁction

Assessment and Support Guide E

4–5

Collins Big Cat

7–8

Assessment and Support Guide F

Teacher Resources

Talking Books

Digital Resources: E-Resources, CD-Roms, Flipcharts

Yellow / Copper

Yellow / Ruby

Yellow / Sapphire

1 ﬁction

Yellow / Diamond 1 ﬁction

1 non-ﬁction

Blue / Copper

Blue / Ruby

Blue / Sapphire

Blue / Diamond

1 ﬁction

Progress (Reading Age / Interest Age)

1 non-ﬁction

Green / Copper

Green / Ruby

Green / Sapphire

Green / Diamond

1 ﬁction

1 non-ﬁction

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Collins Big Cat

How Collins Big Cat teaches reading Ensure precise, measurable progression to support the reading needs of every child – every book is levelled by reading expert Cliff Moon. With high quality illustrations and writing, a huge variety of genres, different book formats and text types, there is a wide choice to keep young minds excited about reading and wanting more.

Seahorses live in warm seas, along muddy shores or in reefs.

They change colour to hide from larger ﬁsh that may try to eat them. Seahorses need to hide from people too. 8

Sample pages from Seahorses

A 50/50 split of ﬁction and non-ﬁction to guarantee an engaging read for all the tastes in your classroom.

Sample pages from Brown Bear and Wilbur Wolf

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Collins Big Cat

Every book contains a unique reader response activity and Ideas for reading page, helping you to monitor reading comprehension through dialogue and activities.

Collins Big Cat has made a real difference to our progress in reading. The children love the books and the feedback from parents has been so positive. I would be happy p to recommend it to any school. Yvonne C Cullen, ll S St John’s Primary

Sample pages from Seahorses

Learning objectives, curriculum links, highfrequency and interest words are highlighted, and activities ensure children are reading for meaning and connecting reading to writing.

Ideas for reading Written by Clare Dowdall BA(Ed), MA(Ed) Lecturer and Primary Literacy Consultant

Getting started Learning objectives: find specific information in simple texts; read more challenging texts which can be decoded using acquired phonic knowledge and skills along with automatic recognition of high frequency words; distinguish fiction and non-fiction texts and the different purposes for reading them; ask and answer questions, make relevant contributions, offer suggestions and take turns; convey information and ideas in simple non-narrative forms

• Ask children if they know what a seahorse is and if they can describe what a seahorse looks like.

Curriculum links: Science: Ourselves

• Look at the words seahorses and amazing. Discuss strategies for reading these longer words, e.g. looking for shorter known words or chunks within words; looking for familiar word endings.

High frequency words: about, their, don’t, people Interest words: life cycle, seahorses, special, centimetres, forwards, upright, stomach, shrimps, reefs, coral, pouch, kangaroo, millimetres Word count: 276 Resources: internet

• Look at the cover together. Explain that this is a seahorse and ask children to describe its appearance to a partner using descriptive vocabulary. • Read the blurb together. Ask children if this is a story book or an information book and how they will know.

Reading and responding • Read pp2–3 with children. Ask children to tell you what is special about seahorses. Model how to collect key information from the text, e.g. their tails curl forwards.

• Read the fact box with the children. Explain what a fact box is and that the book is full of facts about seahorses. • Ask children to read aloud to the end of the book. Support them to read and help them to note key facts by asking them questions.

Checking and moving on • Ask children to draw a picture of a seahorse and label the parts with as much information as they can, e.g. they have heads like horses.

Seahorses

Returning to the book • Discuss the idea of a life cycle. Using pp22–23, help children to see that a life cycle doesn’t have a beginning or end and discuss why they think this is. • Challenge children to ﬁnd a tricky word and explain how they decoded it. • Model how to choose an amazing fact to share. Ask children to work in pairs to ﬁnd and share an amazing fact that they have learnt from their reading. • Ask children what they have found out about how seahorses have babies. What is different to other animals that they know about?

they have heads like horses

ﬁn they have tails like monkey tails

• Help children to ﬁnd out more about seahorses using the internet and ask them to make notes of the key facts. • Help children to make a quiz for the class using the amazing facts that they have collected from their reading of the book and their research.

Reading more Spines, Stings and Teeth (Green/Band 5) is another book about creatures under the sea.

Sample pages from Seahorses

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Collins Big Cat

Starter Sets The best-value way to buy Collins Big Cat

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Starter Sets contain a complete set of titles from each band with a big discount on the normal price.

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They provide the ideal way to boost your reading resources, plug gaps or try out the series – plus they’re quick and easy to order.

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Collins Big Cat

Professional Development Events Collins Big Cat is now offering events to help progress your professional development. These events will provide practical strategies that you can implement in your classroom straight away. ● Strategies and ideas that will really help from expert literacy consultants ● Entertaining and inspiring author talks ● Share ideas and best practice with other teachers

It has been an excellent session – extremely informative and useful. Full of new ideas and ways of improving my own teaching Delegate from the Struggling Readers training day in Hertfordshire.

Fabulous! Very inspiring g and really interesting to listen to. Delegate from the Struggling Readers eaders day in Manchester.

Fantastic day - lots of interesting ideas to take away. The e author talk was inspirational! Delegate from the Struggling li R Readers day in Birmingham.

Photos from a Collins Big Cat event in March 2012

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Collins Big Cat Phonic Readers – Now with Match-Funding Books that put the fun back into phonics! Every one of the 52 phonic readers is fully decodable with high quality writing and illustrations to get children to love reading right from the start – and now they’re match-funded.

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Real books written by real children’s authors - developing phonic skills but also a love of reading

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Guidance notes in each book means they are suitable for send-home, making phonics straightforward for parents too

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Progression is easy as readers are levelled across six book bands, with a mix of 50/50 fiction and non-fiction on every level

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The books complement and support other existing phonic programmes

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Ideal for phonic practice and to improve fluency by blending and segmenting sounds in words

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KS1

Collins Big Cat

Age 4-6

AS Lots of variety in topics and stories with different characters and designs that make learning phonics genuinely fun

The servants put the ladder by the tree. But they could not catch the moon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have a plan,â&#x20AC;? said Crumb.

The servants went up to the top of the tower. But they could not reach the moon.

Sample pages from Catching the Moon

Ideas for reading Written by Clare Dowdall BA(Ed), MA(Ed) Lecturer and Primary Literacy Consultant

Learning objectives: retell stories, ordering events using story language; recognise automatically an increasing number of familiar high frequency words; apply phonic knowledge and skills as the prime approach to reading unfamiliar words that are not completely decodable; identify the main events and characters in stories and ďŹ nd speciďŹ c information in simple texts

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Curriculum links: Art and Design: Mother Nature; Science: Earth, Sun and Moon

Â&#x2019; 2WaQcaa bVS QVO`OQbS` ]T 6OZ EVOb YW\R ]T P]g Wa VS- 2WaQcaa bVS S\RW\U ]T the story. Did he get the moon in the end?

Focus phonemes: ch, al, ow, au, -y

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Fast words: was, to, go, he, what, do, said, we, have, some, put, by, could, very Word count: 269

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Â&#x2019; CaW\U ^% RSaWU\ O aSb ]T instructions for catching the moon.

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Reading more The Small Bun 0ZcS 0O\R " Wa O ZWdSZg dS`aW]\ ]T O b`ORWbW]\OZ ab]`g

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The Ideas for Reading page gives you activities to develop higher order thinking skills, plus the phonemes used and any tricky words included in the reader

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Collins Big Cat Phonic Readers

Pink A / Band 1A

Nip! Nip! Shoo Rayner It’s a game of hide and seek and Dad the crab is looking for Tim. 978-0-00-733096-6

In a Pit Jane Clarke Sid is sad because his dad is in a pit, but he comes up with a cunning plan to get him out. 978-0-00-733488-9

Pam Naps Helen Cunningham While Pam naps in her rocking chair, her cats cause havoc around her. 978-0-00-742190-9

Pink B / Band 1B

Rat Naps Paul Shipton Sid is a rat at the tip, and Rick the cat is on the look-out for some dinner. 978-0-00-733287-8

Sam and the Nut Sheryl Webster Sam the squirrel has seen a juicy looking nut at the top of a tree. 978-0-00-733499-5

No, Sid, No! Kate Scott When a cat climbs in through the window, Sid tries to chase the intruder away. 978-0-00-742192-3

Red A / Band 2A

Muck It Up! Jane Clarke When two frogs, Plip and Plop, muck up the pond, they decide to clean it up. 978-0-00-723583-4

Ant and Snail Paul Shipton Ant and Snail decide to have a race. 978-0-00-723584-1

Cat and Dog in a Mess Shoo Rayner When Cat and Dog play in the park, Dog gets into a mess. 978-0-00-723582-7

Puff the Pup Tony Mitton Puff the pup is digging a hole and ﬁnding lots of interesting things. 978-0-00-742194-7

Panda’s Band Laura Hambleton Panda wants to put together a band and share his music with others. 978-0-00-742195-4

Red B / Band 2B

The Mouse and the Monster Martin Waddell When a mouse meets a monster on the road, he needs to think fast. 978-0-00-723589-6

Bot on the Moon Shoo Rayner Bot, the golf-loving robot, is going for a trip in his rocket ship. 978-0-00-723588-9

We Are Not Fond of Rat! Emma Chichester Clark Poor Rat! No one wants to be his friend. 978-0-00-723590-2

Max Can Do It! Charlotte Raby Bee Rex the dinosaur loves to swing from the trees, but her brother can’t do it. 978-0-00-742198-5

Goat’s Coat Laura Hambleton Goat loves her red coat and Fox loves his spotty socks. 978-0-00-742199-2

Yellow / Band 3

Diggety Dog Michaela Morgan Diggety Dog is looking for a bone but he only seems to uncover trouble! 978-0-00-723595-7

Horse Up a Tree Martin Waddell When Horse went up a tree, he didn’t think about how to get down again. 978-0-00-723596-4

Bart the Shark Paul Shipton Bart the Shark is big and bad. Bart the Shark is feeling mad! 978-0-00-723594-0

The Singing Beetle Linda Strachan Poppy the beetle sings all day, but her singing isn’t very popular. 978-0-00-742202-9

I Spy Fly Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham The ﬂy was hungry, and went to see what he could ﬁnd. 978-0-00-742203-6

Blue / Band 4

Decodable Fiction

The Small Bun Martin Waddell A hungry man and his wife baked a small bun. 978-0-00-723601-5

Mole and the New Hole Jane Clarke Winter is coming and Mole is looking for a new hole to stay in. 978-0-00-723600-8

Hansel and Gretel Malachy Doyle Hansel and Gretel are left all alone in the Brown Wood. 978-0-00-723602-2

Catching the Moon Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham The King and Queen send their servants out to catch the moon. 978-0-00-742206-7

The Hat Maker and the Chimps Adam Guillain When The Hat Maker stops for a nap a group of chimps steal his hats. 978-0-00-742207-4

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Sip It, Dip It, Tap It Monica Hughes Look at a variety of different types of food from around the world 978-0-00-733490-2

Dip it! Tap it! Catherine Baker Join Dan and Sam as they have fun dipping and tapping. 978-0-00-742191-6

Pink B / Band 1B

Pips in Pots Alison Hawes Photographs of each stage showing how to plant your own pips. 978-0-00-733504-6

In the Net Jillian Powell All the different football skills needed to play the game, score and win. 978-0-00-733501-5

Got It! Charlotte Guillain Follow a young girl as she sets out to catch a crab. 978-0-00-742193-0

Red A / Band 2A

Pet Cat, Big Cat Alison Hawes What are the differences between your pet cat, and a big cat in the wild? 978-0-00-723587-2

Run, Jump, Hop! John Foster Comparing the way animals and humans move. 978-0-00-723586-5

The Big Red Bus Alison Hawes A little girl and her dad as they go for a journey on the big, red bus. 978-0-00-723585-8

Get Fit! Gina Nuttall It’s fun to get ﬁt! Find out different ways to exercise. 978-0-00-742196-1

Chick to Hen Elspeth Graham Follow the life of a chicken – from its early days as a chick, to laying eggs of its own. 978-0-00-742197-8

Feelings Monica Hughes Examining a range of feelings through a little boy and his dog. 978-0-00-723592-6

Thick and Thin Alison Hawes Children compare and contrast different thick and thin things. 978-0-00-723593-3

Pond Dipping Alison Hawes If you dip a net into a pond, what will you see when you scoop it out? 978-0-00-723591-9

I Found a Sound Vic Parker How many sounds do you hear in your day? 978-0-00-742200-5

Pond Food John Townsend Take a look inside a pond and discover the food chain inside. 978-0-00-742201-2

Real Monsters Nic Bishop Follow the adventures of a monster-like lizard. 978-0-00-723598-8

Rock Out! Janice Vale A group of children make instruments out of junk. 978-0-00-723599-5

The Sun and the Moon Paul Shipton The Sun and the Moon both shine on Earth, but differ in many ways. 978-0-00-723597-1

Peas, please! Fiona Macdonald How do peas grow and how do they get from the ﬁeld to our dinner plates? 978-0-00-742204-3

Frog or Toad? Sue Barraclough What’s the difference between a frog and a toad? 978-0-00-742205-0

Birds Jilly MacLeod Learn about a wide variety of birds from around the world. 978-0-00-723604-6

How to Grow a Beanstalk Janice Vale Discover how to turn a small bean into a tall beanstalk. 978-0-00-723603-9

The Rainforest at Night Nic Bishop Meet the animals and insects that live in the Rainforest. 978-0-00-723605-3

Gorillas Teresa Heapy Find out all about gorillas’ habitat, diet and behaviour. 978-0-00-742208-1

From Cow to Carton Vic Parker Ever wondered how milk gets from the cow in the ﬁeld to your glass? 978-0-00-742209-8

Blue / Band 4

Yellow / Band 3

Pit Pat! Tip Tap! Jillian Powell Playing with paint, play dough and a sandpit. 978-0-00-733492-6

Red B / Band 2B

Pink A / Band 1A

Decodable Non-Fiction

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Phonics CD-Rom and Handbook A highly interactive, accelerated programme providing everything that you need to turn your pupils into ďŹ&#x201A;uent readers using systematic synthetic phonics.

Phonics CD-Rom Put the fun back into phonics with bite-sized daily 10 minute sessions. Practice blending and segmenting, learn tricky words and decode and blend non-words too.

42 phonemes are introduced at the rate of one per day â&#x20AC;&#x201C; this develops reading and spelling. The word appears one letter at a time to develop independent reading.

After hearing the word, the segmented word appears on screen, developing independent spelling.

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Phonics Handbook Helping you to support phonic learning, the handbook offers Benchmark Assessments to check expected progress during the programme. Clear and practical guidance on how to secure progression is offered for children who are under-achieving. Saving you lesson-planning time, the handbook also contains photocopiable assessment support. You can also ﬁnd practical tips about how to extend learning, using activities.

COLLINS BIG CAT PHONICS HANDBOOK

DETAILED PROGRAMME OUTLINE

Sessions 27–46 (no longer than 10 minutes, for all subsequent sessions) Tips For blending, point to each sound, then sweep along the word to blend. For segmenting use finger counting with the children – signal each sound by raising a finger, starting with your thumb. If you are left-handed, start with the little finger of your left hand. Play games using a ‘robot’ voice and a puppet who cannot blend three sounds. Say ‘t-a-p’ and ask them which word it makes.

Your observations of the children should indicate several children who will be ready for reading Collins Big Cat Phonics Readers Red A. Work with a small group of two to four children and see how they get on.

Sessions 47–66 Tips

Sing the Alphabet Song and do the Rainbow Letters activity on the CD-ROM. Do the air-writing activity. Using the outside learning area, ask the children to paint their names in water and to make an alphabet snake with letters.

Ask your teaching assistant to observe individual children that may be struggling, using Observation A on page 72 or Benchmark Assessment A on page 63. Is there a hearing difficulty?

1. Say All phonemes from the first set have now been introduced. These go on being repeated every session until 150.

s a t i p n c k ck e o r m d g u l h f b ai j oa ee z w oo (as in wood) oo (as in cool) ie v y (as in yak) ch sh th (as in that) th (as in thank) ng x qu ar er ou oi u-e or

2. Blend Practised for 20 sessions

Make up a story about Stan the slug. Try out more children with Collins Big Cat Phonics Readers.

Make a duplicate set of name cards for sorting into sets, e.g. same initial letter, same number of syllables, boys’ names, girls’ names.

Break up the sessions by using an activity on the CD-ROM on one or two days. Praise children for writing as part of their play, e.g. in their role-play, they can write labels for the ‘shop’. Praise children for attempting to spell words, using their phonic knowledge. Tell them Big Cat and Snappy would be pleased!

1. Say

s a t i p n c k ck e o r m d g u l h f b ai j oa ee z w oo (as in wood) oo (as in cool) ie v y (as in yak) ch sh th (as in that) th (as in thank) ng x qu ar er ou oi u-e or

2. Blend

Focus phoneme groups for words: s a t i p n • c k ck e o r • m d g u l – dog get dig Mum Dad mess sun duck muck pond land slug Stan

Focus phoneme groups for words: s a t i p n • c k ck e o r – can cat ran pop pet pen top rock stop nest

3. Chop

Focus phoneme groups for words: s a t i p n • c k ck e o r • m d g u l – dog get dig Mum Dad mess sun duck muck pond land slug Stan

3. Chop Practised for 20 sessions

Focus phoneme group for words: s a t i p n • c k ck e o r – can cat ran pop pet pen top rock stop nest

4. Fast words

I the • to was • he she • we said • you are • all they my come • me go • like no • have be

4. Fast words

I the • to was he she • we said • you are • all they

5. Read or Write Alternate sessions

It is a nest. It is a nest on a rock. Pop is a pet. Pop is a pet in a nest. Pop is on the top.

Stan is a slug. The dog can get Stan. Stan was on the land. The duck was in the pond. The sun is on Mum and Dad.

I am a rat. I am on the rock. I am on top. I am in the nest. Pop was in the nest. Stop, Pop!

The pond is a mess. A duck is in the muck. Mum can get the dog. We said it was a mess. Mum can dig the land.

The reading section in session 59 37

Say, Blend, Chop, Fast words, and Read or Write – is summarised so that you can see, at a glance, when new elements are introduced.

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Collins Big Cat Progress Support struggling 7-11 year old readers with books tailor-made for them. Help to develop accurate, ﬂuent readers whilst also inspiring a new love of reading and conﬁdence, and bridge the gap to bring strugglers up from KS1 to KS2 level.

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Ensure accuracy and help pupils to catch up - each book is dual-banded for interest and ability level

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Avoid stigma - all your 7-11 year olds will want to pick up a Progress book. With age-appropriate illustrations and themes, the books are meaningful to their age group, with topic links to the KS2 curriculum

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Promote speaking and listening skills – every book contains a reader response page to check comprehension, plus practical guidance and creative ideas to consolidate learning

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A Progress Handbook with tips to support you and your struggling readers is also available, plus Progress talking books too

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KS2

Collins Big Cat

Age 7-11

The books have a particular focus on boys’ interests, with themes and topics to hold their attention

There is an equal split of ﬁction and non-ﬁction

The track has jumps and bends. The fastest rider wins a gold medal.

In the Olympics, riders race on a track. 12

Sample pages from Olympic BMX

No one lives at Angel House. It’s empty. Angel House is like a huge, dark ﬂower in a wild garden.

The path is covered with grass. The grass reaches past my waist.

Sample pages from Angel House

Progress can be used for topic-based classwork – involving the whole class not just struggling readers

Promote speaking and listening skills – use the ideas at the back of the book for practical guidance and creative ideas to consolidate learning

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Collins Big Cat Progress

Yellow

Fiction

In the Game Katy Coope A manga graphic novel. Dan and Sara are bored but little do they know what adventures are about to happen. 978-0-00-742873-1 Interest band Ruby

Top Secret Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom Christine Granville was a British spy who risked her life to save her comrades. 978-0-00-742875-5 Interest band Sapphire

Thin Ice Anne Curtis Captain Scott travelled to the Antarctic in 1901 – the ﬁrst man in the world ever to go there. 978-0-00-742877-9 Interest band Diamond

The Dolphin King Saviour Pirotta A ﬁsherman injures the Dolphin King and puts the lives of his friends in peril. 978-0-00-742879-3 Interest band Copper

Dinner with a Pirate Saviour Pirotta When Pedro the ﬁsherman catches a swordﬁsh, he decides to share his meal with a captured pirate. 978-0-00-742881-6 Interest band Ruby

Seal Skull Anne Curtis A boy takes home a seal skull that he ﬁnds at the beach. It has dark, empty eyes that stare back at him. 978-0-00-742883-0 Interest band Sapphire

Fire in the Sky Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom Discover the incredible true story of Sergeant Jackson when his plane was hit in 1945. 978-0-00-742886-1 Interest band Diamond

The Deadly Monster Linda Chapman Jack and Sam think their school trip to the museum is boring, until they see a glowing statue… 978-0-00-742887-8 Interest band Copper

Zara and the Fairy Godbrother Margaret Ryan When Zara wishes for a new dress for a party she doesn’t expect to see a fairy godbrother appear! 978-0-00-742889-2 Interest band Ruby

Winkie’s War Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom Follow the true story of Winkie, a carrier pigeon in WWII whose crew crash landed in the sea. 978-0-00-742894-6 Interest band Sapphire

Angel House Anne Curtis He doesn’t ﬁt in at school; they don’t understand him there. But in Angel House he feels stronger and free. 978-0-00-742892-2 Interest band Diamond

Green

Blue

Mission Mars Anne Curtis The Star Ship Orca is taking off on a mission to ﬁnd a new planet for the people of Earth. 978-0-00-742871-7 Interest Band Copper

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Yellow

Non-Fiction

Olympic BMX Charlotte Guillain Find out the skills that go into making a great Olympic BMX competitor. 978-0-00-742874-8 Interest band Ruby

Muscles Anna Claybourne What is a muscle? How do they work? Why are they so important? 978-0-00-742876-2 Interest band Sapphire

When Rosa Parks Met Martin Luther King Junior Zoe Clarke Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King publicly fought against prejudice – in very different ways. 978-0-00-742878-6 Interest band Diamond

Tigers in Trouble Louise Spilsbury Once, there were 100,000 tigers, but now these beautiful creatures are under threat of extinction. 978-0-00-742880-9 Interest band Copper

World’s Deadliest Creatures Anna Claybourne Take a closer look at some very poisonous, venomous and deadly animals. 978-0-00-742882-3 Interest band Ruby

The Modern Pentathlon Zoe Clarke Discover the extraordinary skills needed to compete in this challenging event. 978-0-00-742884-7 Interest band Sapphire

Animals in War Jillian Powell & Imperial War Museum With photographs from the Imperial War Museum, learn about the animals that were involved in battle. 978-0-00-742885-4 Interest band Diamond

Natural Disasters Adrian Bradbury Find out about the natural disasters people face around the world. 978-0-00-742888-5 Interest band Copper

Long-Distance Lunch Anita Ganeri Where does the food in your lunchbox come from? How far has it travelled? 978-0-00-742890-8 Interest band Ruby

Amazing Escapes John Foster Read survival stories of people who were bitten by a shark or trapped in an avalanche. 978-0-00-742891-5 Interest band Sapphire

Growing up in Wartime Jillian Powell & Imperial War Museum Find out what life was like for the children growing up during World War II. 978-0-00-742893-9 Interest band Diamond

Green

Blue

Cool Cars John Foster Find out about some of the world’s coolest and most unusual cars. 978-0-00-742872-4 Interest band Copper

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Ages 3-7 – a love of reading right from the start Collins Big Cat is all about learning to love reading. For ages 3-7, the books are fun and engaging with stories and content that will have your pupils wanting to read more and more.

The books have a mix of familiar words and new vocabulary to ensure early readers utilise a range of reading strategies including phonics to build conﬁdence, accuracy and ﬂuency

So he did, and it took some courage. Oliver walked up to the fat man who gave out the gruel and he said, “Please sir, I want some more.”

They thought of selling him to the chimney sweeper who had accidentally killed three boys already by making them climb up chimneys with If Oliver had said, “Please sir, I want Mr Bumble stuffed and roasted with plenty of gravy,” there could not have been more fuss. Mr Bumble and all his helpers went wild with rage. They pushed

ﬁres underneath. They thought of sending him to sea and hoping he would drown.

poor Oliver into the cellar while they thought

And then they thought of selling him to

about what to do with him.

Mr Sowerberry, and that’s what they did.

Sample pages from Oliver

The content was brilliant not only for guided reading sessions but also as early non-ﬁction ﬁnding out sessions. BRILLIANT! Leominster Infants School, Herefordshire

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Age 3-7

KS1

IPC

PYP

Collins Big Cat

50/50 ﬁction and non-ﬁction covers a range of interests and enthusiasms – from much loved authors who know just what children want to read

shell

We saw a spiral. 10

Sample pages from Shapes on the Seashore

Ideas for reading at the back of each book supports each child with learning objectives; curriculum links; and high-frequency and interest words highlighted

Ideas for reading Written by Clare Dowdall BA(Ed), MA(Ed) Lecturer and Primary Literacy Consultant

Learning objectives: read independently and with increasing ﬂuency longer and less familiar texts; draw together ideas and information from across a whole text; engage with books through exploring and enacting interpretations; adopt appropriate roles in small and large groups and consider alternative courses of action

Curriculum links: History: What was it like to live here in the past? Citizenship: Choices Interest words: pickpockets, gruel, courage, undertaker, artful, punishments, handkerchiefs Word count: 2,088 Resources: whiteboard, internet, DVDs about Victorian London

Getting started • Ask children if they know the famous story Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, or if they’ve seen a ﬁlm or musical version of it. Explain that the original book was written over 150 years ago in Victorian Times and that this is a shortened version written for children nowadays. • Ask children to predict what it was like in Victorian times and make notes on a whiteboard. • Show the children the illustration of Oliver Twist on the front cover. Ask what they can work out from the picture, e.g. he wants food. • Read the blurb with the children. Ask children to suggest what a “band of young pickpockets” is and establish that they are child-thieves who steal from pockets.

Reading and responding • Walk through the book together. Ask children to notice how it is organised in chapters and to look at the illustrations to get a ﬂavour of what will happen in this story. • Ask children to read pp2–3 quietly, looking for three facts about Oliver. Help children to recount their ideas.

Activities promote higher-order thinking; speaking and listening; and writing skills

• Ask children to read independently to p29, paying particular attention to what life was like for Oliver in Victorian London and how his fortune changed throughout the story.

Returning to the book • Ask children to recount the key events that happened to Oliver throughout the story, in order, and list them on a whiteboard. Discuss how Oliver can be described at each key event, e.g. he was bold when he asked for more gruel. • Using the information on pp30–31, ask children to discuss the different posters, exploring who has written each poster and why each character wants to ﬁnd Oliver. • Create cameos of Nancy, Fagin, the Artful Dodger and Oliver, where children introduce themselves in role and recount their part in the story to the group, assuming they are talking after the event. • Lead a discussion about the character of Nancy. How does her behaviour and personality change throughout the story and why do the children think that this is?

Checking and moving on

12th March

• Support children to write a letter to Nancy from Oliver, after he has been saved. Remind them of the key features of letter writing, e.g. beginning the letter by addressing the recipient.

Dear Nancy, Thank you for telling Mr Brownlow about what happened to me ...

• Using the internet, research what life was like for poor families and children in Victorian London. Search for information about workhouses and education. Watch clips from ﬁlm versions of Oliver using DVDs or the internet. • Ask children to prepare an information sheet about what life was like in Victorian London, using images, for a classroom display.

Reading more Charles Dickens (Lime/Band 11) is a biography of the author.

Sample pages from Oliver

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Band 0 Lilac – wordless books that tell stories or give information through pictures Fiction

Non-Fiction

Oh Dear Me, I’m Late For Tea! O

My Party

A Alison Hawes Granny’s race against the clock as she tries G tto get to her grandchild’s birthday tea.

Maoliosa Kelly This simple recount takes the reader to a party.

978-0-00-718530-6 9

978-0-00-718533-7

Little Red Riding Hood L

How to make a Pizza

K Katharine McEwen A hairy, toothy surprise awaits her Little Red Riding Hood! R

Zoë Clarke Cooking can be fun and easy! Follow these simple photographic instructions.

978-0-00-732912-0 9

978-0-00-732913-7

Stop That Robot! S A Alison Sage A boy who is supposed to be tidying his rroom enlists the help of a robot.

What am I? Maoliosa Kelly This non-ﬁction book looks at different professions. 978-0-00-718679-2

978-0-00-718678-5 9

Get the Fruit! G P Paul Shipton A pair of monkeys have their eye on a juicy llooking fruit hanging just out of reach.

Look Out, Butterfly! Nic Bishop Follow the butterfly on its journey from flower to flower. 978-0-00-718532-0

978-0-00-718529-0 9

Stripes Goldilocks and the Three Bears G B Barbara Mitchelhill This wordless version of the classic fairytale T ffeatures a rather naughty Goldilocks. 978-0-00-718531-3 9

Cat and Dog C S Shoo Rayner Cat and Dog love to chase each other, but C when one is in trouble, the other is sure to w help. h 978-0-00-718528-3 9

The Big Turnip T M Monica Hughes An old man tugs on a giant turnip, but A ccannot move it at all.

Monica Hughes Where do you see stripes around you? Do you see them on a zebra’s fur, or as shadows on the pavement? 978-0-00-718534-4

Carry Me Monica Hughes How do different animals carry their babies? Find out in this wordless book. 978-0-00-718535-1

How to Make a Scarecrow Kim Wilde Kim Wilde explains how to make a lively, colourful scarecrow. 978-0-00-718645-7

978-0-00-718644-0 9

This is Me!

The Frog Prince T

Charlotte Guillain It’s fun to draw your own portrait! Follow one girl as she shows you how.

C Chris Fisher When the princess drops her ball in the pond W sshe doesn’t expect a frog to bring it back.

978-0-00-741274-7

978-0-00-741272-3 9

How to Make a Maraca!

The Pied Piper of Hamelin T

Susie Hodge Ever wanted to make a maraca? This step by step guide will show you how.

J Jane Ray The town of Hamelin is over-run with rats T but then the mysterious Pied Piper appears. b

978-0-00-741275-4

978-0-00-741273-0

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Fiction

Non-Fiction

The Picnic T

Minibeasts M

M Monica Hughes The family have gone on a picnic, only for T ssome uninvited guests to arrive – wasps!

S Siobhan Hardy An introduction to lots of different A minibeasts. m

978-0-00-718539-9 9

978-0-00-718537-5 9

The Farmer’s Lunch T

My Family Tree M

P Paul Shipton The farmer’s hungry, but his lunchbox is T empty! e

Zoë Clarke Z Use this family tree to learn all about U one family, and discover how families are o cconnected.

978-0-00-732914-4 9

Collins Big Cat

Band 1A Pink A – offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations

978-0-00-732915-1 9

IIn the Boat P Paul Shipton Who is in the boat? A hilarious counting W sstory about a mouse with a boat.

How Many Animals? H Lee Newman L This counting non-ﬁction book shows T photographs of animals. p

978-0-00-718646-4 9

978-0-00-718647-1 9

The Very Wet Dog T

Pushing and Pulling P

D Damian Harvey A little girl and her dad take the dog for a walk in the park. w

Monica Hughes M Different ways of pushing and pulling using D sswings, roundabouts and climbing frames.

978-0-00-718543-6 9

978-0-00-718541-2 9

IIn the Garden

Cars C

M Mitch Cronick What happens when Mum is in the garden W ttidying up, but the children just want to play? p

M Monica Hughes This book helps children identify different T ttypes of car by colour. 978-0-00-718558-0 9

978-0-00-718538-2 9

My Skateboard M

Dinosaur Rock D

Maoliosa Kelly M A boy prepares to go skateboarding with his friends at the local skateboard park. h

D Damian Harvey How many dinosaurs are there in the H dinosaur band? d

978-0-00-718536-8 9

978-0-00-718540-5 9

Shapes S P Paul Shipton It’s midnight, and the guinea pigs are not I iin their cage!

Monica Hughes M Explore the circles, squares, triangles, E sstars and hexagons which can be found in everyday objects. e

978-0-00-718648-8 9

978-0-00-718649-5 9

The Guinea Pigs T

Walking and Walking W A Anthony Robinson Follow this girl and her family as they take F a walk through changing landscapes and sseasons.

Getting Dressed G T Teresa Heapy Follow one girl as she gets dressed in F cclothes appropriate for the changing weather outside. w 978-0-00-741278-5

978-0-00-741276-1 9

Teeth T

Yum! Y Z Clarke Zoë One snail, two beetles, three worms, O ffour spiders and ﬁve ﬂies – the frog eats tthem all.

Nick Arnold N Find out all about teeth: from baby teeth and F adult teeth to using them and cleaning them. a 978-0-00-741279-2 9

978-0-00-741277-8 9

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Band 1B Pink B – offer emergent readers simple, predictable text Fiction

Non-Fiction

Fly Away Home F

The Pond

S Shoo Rayner Poor Ladybird is lost and ﬂies around the P garden looking for somewhere she can g ccall home.

Claire Llewellyn Which animals live at the pond? Find out in this simple non-ﬁction book.

978-0-00-718544-3 9

Playing P

978-0-00-718549-8

In the Desert

Tim Hopgood A lovely story of three friends who enjoy playing outside in all seasons. p

Becca Heddle The exciting, extraordinary elements of the desert, from beautiful plants to tall buildings.

978-0-00-732916-8 9

978-0-00-732917-5

Monster Mess M Tasha Pym In this funny story, two little monsters I have a great time painting different h sshapes – on their mum!

I Can Do It! Paul Shipton Learn how we can move our bodies, and move like kangaroos and sloths. 978-0-00-718651-8

978-0-00-718650-1 9

Cats

The Robot T

Claire Llewellyn Find out all about domestic cats and their wild relatives.

P Paul Shipton The inventors are building a robot – but do T tthey have all the pieces they need?

978-0-00-718548-1

978-0-00-718546-7 9

The Big Splash T M Maureen Haselhurst A young monster is getting everything she needs to take a dip. n

Come to the Circus Damian Harvey Meet the performers children might see in a circus, such as clowns and acrobats. 978-0-00-718551-1

978-0-00-718557-3 9

The See-saw T P Paul Shipton Hippo wants to play on the see-saw. H Who will play with him? W

Wheels Frances Ridley All kinds of wheels, from skateboards to tractors.

978-0-00-718553-5 9

978-0-00-718550-4

Colour Bears C

We Like Fruit!

Tasha Pym Red and yellow make orange, blue and yellow R make green, but what do three bears and m tthree paints make? A mess!

Gill Budgell Mouthwatering photographs of melons, oranges, strawberries and much more. 978-0-00-718653-2

978-0-00-718652-5 9

I Can Help

In the Forest

A Anthony Robinson It’s fun to help! Follow one boy as he helps I his family over the course of one day. h

Becca Heddle There are many exciting things in the forest. Find out all about them in this highly photographic book.

978-0-00-741280-8 9

978-0-00-741282-2

Splash! S L Lucy Courtenay There’s a storm brewing and a mother and T daughter are out on a walk – what can they see? d 978-0-00-741281-5 9

Seasons Scrapbook Charlotte Raby Follow one girl as she visits the park at different points of the year, collecting objects and pictures. 978-0-00-741283-9

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Fiction

Non-Fiction

The Beach T

Shapes on the Seashore

A Alison Hawes This is a story of a journey to the seaside, T and what the children see on the way. a

Frances Ridley A boy and his mother go for a walk along the seashore and ﬁnd all sorts of shapes.

978-0-00-718547-4 9

978-0-00-718556-6

The Magic Egg T Vivian French When a hungry boy wishes for an egg he W gets a surprise – a magic egg that makes g everything he wishes for come true. e 978-0-00-732918-2 9

Collins Big Cat

Band 2A Red A – offer predictable text with familiar objects and actions

How to Make a Sock Puppet Jillian Powell Get an old sock, some glue, marker pens and material to make your own frog or snake hand puppet. 978-0-00-732919-9

Have You Ever? H Tasha Pym What better way to explore your imagination W tthan through sight, touch, taste and sound. 978-0-00-718654-9 9

Weather Report Alison Hawes A fascinating and informative insight into the world outside the classroom window. 978-0-00-718655-6

Tec and the Cake T Tony Mitton Tec the detective follows the crumbs to ﬁnd T out who ate the cake. o 978-0-00-718545-0 9

In the Dark Claire Llewellyn What happens in the neighbourhood when it is dark? 978-0-00-718552-8

Tec and the Hole T Tony Mitton Tec the detective has found a hole in the T ground – but who dug it? g 978-0-00-718554-2 9

What’s Inside? Monica Hughes What’s inside a nut? What’s inside a pod? What’s inside you and me? 978-0-00-718542-9

A Day Out C Claire Llewellyn Bill went for a walk. He went over a river, up B a hill and into a wood – followed by a hungry bear who wanted his lunch! b

Up, Up and Away

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Cat and Dog Play Hide and Seek C S Shoo Rayner Shoo Rayner’s comic duo play hide and seek, S with hilarious consequences, in this lively story.. w 978-0-00-718660-0 9

Sue Graves Follow the red balloon on its journey through the sky in this non-ﬁction book.

My Bike Ride Maoliosa Kelly This simple non-ﬁction text recounts a girl’s journey by bicycle using symbols, maps and directions. 978-0-00-718661-7

A Night at the Gallery P Paul Shipton Something strange is happening in the S gallery, as piece by piece the clothes from g one painting move to other images. o 978-0-00-741284-6 9

Animal Coats Claire Llewellyn When it rains, we put on a raincoat. Animals have coats to protect themselves, too. 978-0-00-741286-0

Best Bird B L Laura Hambleton Owl thinks he is the best at everything, but O he keeps meeting other birds who are better h tthan him. 978-0-00-741285-3 9

World of Football Daniel Nunn Everyone can play football, anywhere in the world! Find out what you need to play the game and where in the world it is played. 978-0-00-741287-7

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Band 2B Red B – simple story development and a satisfying conclusion Fiction

Non-Fiction

Tec and the Litter

At the Dump

Tony Mitton Tec the detective decides to ﬁnd out where some litter has come from.

Claire Llewellyn Explore recycling on a visit to the dump, in this illustrated non-ﬁction book.

978-0-00-718565-8

978-0-00-718563-4

Ben and Bobo

Bones

Martin Waddell Ben and Bobo are painting, but Bobo is very clumsy and things keep going wrong.

Jonathan Emmett What bones have you got in your body? Where are they? Are they big or are they small?

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978-0-00-732921-2

Super Ben

What Are You Making?

Steve Smallman There’s a shark in the duck pond, aliens at the roundabout and even a monstrous toad in the puddle.

Alison Hawes Piece by piece, the children make something that is ﬁnally revealed as an amazing monster.

978-0-00-718656-3

978-0-00-718657-0

Where is the Wind?

The Oak Tree

Celia Warren Mole sets out to see the wind. He sees Bee blowing about, but he doesn’t see the wind!

Anna Owen What lives in, on or under the oak tree? Find out in this simple non-ﬁction book.

978-0-00-718566-5

978-0-00-718562-7

Pirates

Let’s Go Shopping

Paul Shipton A band of pirates are searching for some hidden treasure. One by one, they get into trouble.

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Betty Moon This colourful book takes children through the experience of shopping.

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What do you like? Woody’s Week Michaela Morgan Woody decides he can’t wait for his dad to build his playhouse.

Anna Owen What types of food do you like to eat, and when? 978-0-00-718564-1

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What’s for Breakfast? Paul Shipton Three hungry ants send their dad out to hunt for food but aren’t satisﬁed by what he brings back! 978-0-00-718668-6

The Lion and the Mouse T Anthony Robinson A A tiny mouse accidentally disturbs a ssleeping lion - but the lion lets him go. 978-0-00-741288-4 9

Bad Bat B L Laura Hambleton Bad Bat enjoys tricking the other animals B when they are sleeping. w 978-0-00-741289-1 9

My Exercise Diary Alison Hawes Follow a week in the life of a boy who loves to run, swim, rollerblade and trampoline in this simple non-ﬁction book. 978-0-00-718669-3

River Journey Fiona MacDonald Follow a river from its source to tthe sea and see how it adapts to its surroundings. 978-0-00-741290-7

All in a Month A Monica Hughes One boy describes the events in his life in the past month. 978-0-00-741291-4

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The New Kite

The Wind T

Julie Sykes Mum tries out Lenny’s new kite. She holds on tightly, y,, but trips over the dog and falls into the pond.

Monica Hughes M T This book informs early readers about the w wind by showing its effects.

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It Was a Cold, Dark Night

Water Bears W

Tim Hopgood Ned is looking for a home in the cold, dark forest. 978-0-00-732922-9

Around the World James Carter Travel through sun, snow and showers with two children. 978-0-00-718658-7

Sam the Big, Bad Cat Sheila Bird Sam the big, bad cat isn’t feeling well and Tom wants to take him to the vet. 978-0-00-718572-6

Percy and the Rabbit Nick Butterworth When Percy’s cap, scarf and gloves go missing, they end up being used by some mischievous mice!! 978-0-00-718570-2

Collins Big Cat

Band 3 Yellow – varied sentence structure and natural language

Sue Gates S E Explore the extraordinary world of water bears, ttiny animals that you can ﬁnd all around. 978-0-00-732923-6 9

The Baby Turtle T Andy and Angie Belcher A F Follow the ﬁrst day of a baby turtle, from h hatching on the beach onwards. 978-0-00-718659-4 9

Where is my School? W Alison Sage A S See the exact location of Kim’s classroom w within her school, and then locate her sschool in the city. 978-0-00-718569-6 9

Hands H Thelma Page What can you do with your hands? There are lots of ideas in this simple explanation book. 978-0-00-718587-0

Rat-a-tat-tat Michaela Morgan Rat-a-tat-tat! Who is that? Open the door and see. 978-0-00-718573-3

Dance to the Beat Uz Afzal Find out how to perform some simple dance moves in this instruction book. 978-0-00-718576-4

Rebecca at the Funfair

How to Have a Party H

Frances Ridley Rebecca didn’t like the hall of mirrors, and the rollercoaster made her turn green.

Susan Gates S F Follow a young girl on the day of her p party as she checks though her list of p preparations.

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978-0-00-718574-0

Lights

The Little Egg T T Tanya Landman ‘A little egg was in its nest. Pick! Peck! Pock!’ But what happens to the little egg next? B

Monica Hughes Learn about the qualities of each kind of light and the relationship between darkness and light.

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Rolling R

The Helper Bird T

Gareth Owen G Follow a group of children as they climb to the F ttop of a hill and race each other to the bottom.

Anita Ganeri A T This little bird may be small, but it’s very h helpful to bigger animals.

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Doing Nothing D

Night Animals N

Petr Horácek P The frog is sitting at the bottom of the pond, doing T nothing. But other animals keep coming after him… n … 978-0-00-741293-8 9

Louise Spilsbury L W When we go to sleep at night, some a animals are just waking up. 978-0-00-741295-2 9

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Band 4 Blue – longer, repeated patterns with sequential events Fiction

Non-Fiction

Bert’s Band

Sounds

Martin Waddell Bert’s band like to play as they march down the street.

Julie Sykes Crash! Buzz! Hum! There are sounds all around you. Which sounds do you like?

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978-0-00-718584-9

The Steam Train

Blast Off to the Moon!

Ian Whybrow Follow the rhythm and the rhyme of the steam train as it heads to the hills.

Michaela Morgan How did we ﬁrst try to get to the Moon? What creatures have visited space?

978-0-00-732924-3

978-0-00-732925-0

Mojo and Weeza and the New Hat Sean Taylor Mojo and Weeza looked smart. But could they keep things that way?

Colours

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Satoshi Kitamura Inspired by an art show, a girl wonders what life would be like if the world was only one colour.

Mojo and Weeza and the Funny Thing M g

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Sean Taylor S This is a story about two monkeys, Mojo and T Weeza, who discover a funny thing. W 978-0-00-718579-5 9

Percy and the Badger Nick Butterworth Percy tries to persuade a reluctant Badger to take a bath.

Top Dinosaurs Maoliosa Kelly All the top dinosaur facts, from how to say their name, to their size and special features. 978-0-00-718571-9

The Fantastic Flying Squirrel

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Nic Bishop Go through one night with the ﬂying squirrel, from waking up in her den to hunting for food.

Funny Fish

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Michaela Morgan Three funny ﬁsh were swimming in the sea. One funny ﬁsh said, “Look at me!”

Robots

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Jonathan Emmett Find out about real robots and what they are used for in this non-ﬁction book.

Talk Talk Talk

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Martin Waddell One day Bill’s door opens and a new giant friend appears.

What’s Underground?

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Gill Munton Meet animals who live underground and follow pipes, wires and cables deep into the ground.

The Mermaid and the Octopus

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Julia Donaldson Under the sea, the mermaid was having tea. Butt a greedy octopus wanted to eat her for his tea.

Harry’s Garden

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Kim Wilde Kim Wilde and her son, Harry, show how to make a garden in an old wheelbarrow. 978-0-00-718676-1

The Lonely Penguin Petr Horácek Penguin is lonely – he can’t ﬁnd his friends. Follow him on his journey across Antarctica. 978-0-00-741296-9

Growing and Changing Teresa Heapy As we grow up, our bodies grow and change with us. 978-0-00-741298-3

Tod and the Trumpet T

New from Old: Recycling Plastic

Charlotte Middleton C Tod is a shy tortoise who hides away, T especially when it’s time to tidy up! e

Anthony Robinson We all know recycling is important, but what actually happens to the things we recycle?

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Non-Fiction

Worm Looks for Lunch

Spines, Stings and Teeth

Julia Donaldson Worm is fed up with earth for lunch and goes looking for something more exciting.

Andy and Angie Belcher What dangers do animals that live underwater face and how do they stay safe from harm?

978-0-00-718592-4

Collins Big Cat

Band 5 Green – patterned language and varied characters

978-0-00-718589-4

Too Hot To Stop! Steve Webb The desert is too hot to stand still, so Hoppit and his friends keep moving. 978-0-00-733608-1

I’ve Just Had a Bright Idea! Scoular Anderson Find out all about inventors and their amazing inventions. 978-0-00-733609-8

Ella the Superstar Ian Whybrow Ella is a superstar baby, but how did she become a star? 978-0-00-718681-5

Crunch and Munch Nora Sands This recipe book is all you need to make some great healthy meals that are fun too. 978-0-00-718665-5

Jodie the Juggler Vivian French Mum isn’t keen on Jodie’s juggling because he keeps breaking things. 978-0-00-718598-6

Nick Butterworth: Making Books Nick Butterworth Author Nick Butterworth shows us how he works, from the ﬁrst spark of an idea to the published book. 978-0-00-718595-5

I Want a Pet! Kaye Umansky When you go to the Strange Pet Shop, there’s no knowing what bizarre animals you’ll ﬁnd there.

Big Cat Babies Jonathan and Angela Scott Stunning photography introduces Africa’s big cats and their babies.

978-0-00-718591-7

978-0-00-718594-8

The Magic Pen

A Day at the Eden Project

Hiawyn Oram Mr Big is big and normal-sized things are just that little bit too small for him.

Kate Petty A young girl and her friend visit the Eden Project in Cornwall.

978-0-00-718588-7

978-0-00-718593-1

Scary Hair

Super Sculptures

Ian Whybrow Rex is a kind dinosaur who just wants to give animals super haircuts, but his dad has other ideas.

Tasha Pym Take a look at some of the most fascinating sculptures ever made. 978-0-00-718686-0

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The King of the Forest Saviour Pirotta A fox was having a nap when a tiger leapt out at him. Could the fox use his cunning to save his own life?

Seahorses Mara Bergman Follow the life cycle of the seahorse – from its birth to ﬁnding a mate and breeding. 978-0-00-746191-2

Olympic Heroes

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Wellies Steve Webb Wally the penguin makes all sorts of wellies – red ones, yellow ones, ﬁsh ones and star ones..

Jillian Powell Find out which athletes have overcome racial inequality, illness and disabilities to earn their medals. 978-0-00-746190-5

978-0-00-746192-9

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Band 6 Orange – varied text and characters Fiction

Non-Fiction

Arthur’s Fantastic Party

How to Make Pop-up Cards

Joseph Theobald Arthur is having a party – but he wants it to be so fantastic that only fantastic guests can come!

Monica Hughes This instruction book shows children how to make pop-up cards.

978-0-00-718597-9

978-0-00-718601-3

Bugs! Sam McBratney Take a look at the good and bad aspects of micro-organisms in this fun rhyming poem. 978-0-00-733610-4

A Day in India Jonathan and Angela Scott Find out all about living in India as we follow Gini on a day in her life in Jaipur. 978-0-00-733611-1

First Day

What is CGI?

Kes Gray It’s Flynn’s ﬁrst day at school and he’s feeling a bit nervous.

Alison Sage and Jon Stuart Enter the world of computer-generated animation through this fascinating stepby-step tour.

978-0-00-718666-2

978-0-00-718667-9

The Brave Baby Malachy Doyle The Indian chief was brave and ﬁerce, but Wasso, the brave baby, was not afraid. 978-0-00-718596-2

Kind Emma Martin Waddell Kind Emma lives all alone in her little cottage by the wood, with no one to talk to. 978-0-00-718590-0

Morris Plays Hide and Seek Vivian French Morris wants to eat his kitty biscuits, but his mother sends him off to play hide and seek instead.

A Letter to New Zealand Alison Hawes Have you ever wondered what happens when you drop your letter in the postbox? 978-0-00-718611-2

Fire! Fire! Maureen Haselhurst Action photos show ﬁres being tackled on land, at sea and from the air. 978-0-00-718603-7

Bounce, Catch, Kick, Throw Janice Marriott What makes a ball bounce? How is a football made? Which ball can’t bounce? 978-0-00-718602-0

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Marathon

When Arthur Wouldn’t Sleep

John Foster Find out all about one of the toughest and popular running events.

Joseph Theobald It was bedtime and Arthur was still awake. Where could he go where no-one ever sleeps? 978-0-00-718688-4

Lost Sock Tim Hopgood What happens when a lucky pair of socks goes missing? Where do all the lost socks go?

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Pompeii Fiona Macdonald When the volcano Vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago, the city of Pompeii disappeared. 978-0-00-746187-5

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Clementine’s Smile

The Titanic T

Lynne Rickards Clementine the crocodile is known for having a big smile, but one day she gets toothache…

Anna Claybourne A In 1912, the largest passenger ship ever I built set sail for America, but she never b got there. g

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Harry the Clever Spider

Fly Facts

Julia Jarman When Mum needs to go to the dentist and no one can ﬁnd the car keys, Harry saves the day.

Janice Marriott Everything that you ever wanted to know about ﬂies – and maybe a few things you didn’t.

978-0-00-718607-5

978-0-00-718608-2

Collins Big Cat

Band 7 Turquoise – longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms

What’s that Building? Going for a Drive Wendy Cope A beautifully illustrated anthology of Wendy Cope’s poems.

Richard Platt Travel the world and look at some of the most amazing buildings – inside and out! 978-0-00-733613-5

978-0-00-733612-8

Harry the Clever Spider at School Julia Jarman Harry the spider goes on a ﬁeld trip to Clare’s school, but escapes in the classroom. 978-0-00-718670-9

Going Fast Janice Vale This fact packed book looks at the fastest animals and machines in the world. 978-0-00-718671-6

Castles

Good Fun Farm Ian Whybrow At Good Fun Farm, the animals are fed up. The sign says Good Fun Farm, but they never have any fun.

Maggie Freeman All you ever wanted to know, from how castles were built to where you can see castles today. 978-0-00-718600-6

978-0-00-718605-1

A Visit to the Farm

The Stone Cutter Sean Taylor The poor stone cutter wished he was a rich man. But is the grass really greener on the other side?

Michael Morpurgo An account of a child’s stay at a farm, it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals.

978-0-00-718606-8

978-0-00-718610-5

Horses’ Holiday

How to Make Storybooks

Kaye Umansky Hooray! Hooray! It’s the horses’ holiday! They come by coach, they come by car, they come from far away.

Ros Asquith Ros Asquith, cartoonist and author, gives a masterclass on writing and illustrating.

978-0-00-718604-4

978-0-00-718609-9

Africa’s Big Three

Chewy Hughie Jane Clarke Chewy Hughie chews anything and everything he can get his paws on, driving his owners to distraction! 978-0-00-718692-1 9

Brown Bear and Wilbur Wolf B S Sarah Parry Brown Bear loses his sense of smell and Wilbur B Wolf is too old to hunt for food. Can the two ﬁnd W a way of working together?

Jonathan and Angela Scott A look at the lives of Africa’s biggest animals – the elephant, the rhino and the hippo. 978-0-00-718693-8

T Journey of Humpback The W Whales Andy Belcher A Discover the fascinating world of D humpback whales, including their childhood and their search for food. 978-0-00-746182-0 9

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Skara Brae S

The Bogeyman Mij Kelly In the middle of a game, Carrie said to Harry “Don’t step on the lines or the Bogeyman will get you”.

Mick Gowar M In Scotland, a great storm washed away I ttonnes of soil to reveal remains of a village tthat existed 4,000 years before.

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Band 8 Purple – literary language with some challenging vocabulary Fiction

Non-Fiction

Star Boy’s Surprise

Let’s Go To Mars!

Jana Hunter Star Boy lived all alone on a star, with only his robot, Ace, for company.

Janice Marriott Written in the style of a travel brochure for Mars.

978-0-00-718613-6

978-0-00-718615-0

Twinkle, Twinkle, Fireﬂy John Agard and Grace Nichols A wonderful anthology of poetry by awardwinning poets John Agard and Grace Nichols. 978-0-00-733614-2

Chicken Licken Jeremy Strong The sky is falling down, fears Chicken Licken – or is it just an acorn?

Inside the Puppet Theatre Claire Llewellyn Take a trip inside the Little Angel Theatre and meet Ronnie the puppeteer. 978-0-00-733615-9

Living Dinosaurs

978-0-00-718672-3

Jonathan and Angela Scott Ever wondered why the dinosaurs didn’t survive? 978-0-00-718673-0

Hector and the Cello

Were They Real?

Ros Asquith Hector the Hippo longs to play the cello. Follow his search for a teacher who won’t growl or hiss at him!

Scoular Anderson You’ve heard of Robin Hood, Boudicca and Count Dracula, but did these people really exist?

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978-0-00-718616-7

Buzz and Bingo in the Monster Maze Alan Durant One moonlit night, Buzz and his dog Bingo ﬁnd a sign pointing to a Monster Party. 978-0-00-718617-4

Unusual Traditions John McIlwain All around the world, people take part in traditions that might seem unusual, but are actually great fun. 978-0-00-718614-3

Pet Detectives: Tortoise Trouble Jana Hunter The Pet Detective faces a special challenge when Kara’s pet tortoise, Rocket, goes missing. 978-0-00-718622-8

The Pot of Gold Julia Donaldson Bonny and Sandy are always arguing. Then a little man comes to stay and it looks as though their luck might be changing. 978-0-00-718696-9

Paciﬁc Island Scrapbook Andy and Angie Belcher This book provides a scrapbook of mementoes from a visit to the Paciﬁc island of Vanuatu. 978-0-00-718619-8

How to Draw Cartoons Ros Asquith Ros Asquith helps you to illustrate your own cartoons – with help from Trixie Tempest and others. 978-0-00-718697-6

Harry the Clever Spider on Holiday Julia Jarman When Clare and her family go on holiday, she is not allowed to take her pet spider Harry with her… … 978-0-00-746180-6

The Digestive System Harriet Blackford We know we all need to eat, but why do we need to and where does it go? 978-0-00-746198-1

If Mij Kelly Using the inﬂuence of Rudyard Kipling’s “If”, this book explores living in a world ﬁlled with monstrous people. 978-0-00-746185-1

Captain Scott: Journey to the South Pole Adrian Bradbury One hundred years ago, the explorer Captain Scott wanted to be the ﬁrst person to reach the South Pole. 978-0-00-746199-8

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Non-Fiction

Pirate Party

How to be a Pirate

Scoular Anderson It was Pirate Captain Codspawn’s birthday. But what was his birthday surprise?

Scoular Anderson So you want to be a pirate? This book shows you how in 10 easy stages.

978-0-00-718620-4

978-0-00-718621-1

Escape from the Island

Buried Treasure

Michael Butt As ﬁve friends paddle around the bay in their dinghy, none of them see a storm coming until it’s too late.

Juliet Kerrigan Have you ever gone looking for buried treasure? Find out all about being an archaeologist.

978-0-00-733616-6

978-0-00-733617-3

Peter and the Wolf

How to be a Knight

Diane Redmond An exciting playscript retelling of Prokoﬁeff’s classic tale.

Scoular Anderson So you want to be a knight? Here is everything you need to know, from being a page to being knighted.

978-0-00-718674-7

Collins Big Cat

Band 9 Gold – stories with distinctive characters

978-0-00-718675-4

Buzz and Bingo in the Fairytale Forest

How Does it Work?

Alan Durant When Buzz and Bingo went down to the woods one day, they got a big surprise!

Gill Matthews and Sylvia Karavis Have you ever wondered how a friction car, a yo-yo or a kaleidoscope works?

978-0-00-718624-2

978-0-00-718627-3

The Woman who Fooled the Fairies

Swimming with Dolphins

Rose Impey The fairies loved a woman’s cakes so much, they decided to steal her!

Andy and Angie Belcher Join a young girl on the adventure of a lifetime as she swims with dolphins off the coast of New Zealand.

978-0-00-718612-9

978-0-00-718623-5

Pet Detectives: The Ball Burglary

Ice Cream!

Jana Hunter The Pet Detective has his work cut out when his favourite football goes missing.

Sue Graves Find out lots of fascinating facts about ice cream and its history in this mouthwatering book.

978-0-00-718626-6

978-0-00-718625-9

Mountain Mona

Animal Ancestors

Vivian French Mona the goat is good at growing sunflowers. But when she meets a big, fierce lion, Mona finds out she’s good at something else too!

Jon Hughes Can you imagine a world with giant earth moles and whales that could walk?

978-0-00-718700-3

Brilliant Bridges

I’m Growing a Truck in the Garden

Kay Barnham Bridges come in all different shapes and sizes. How were bridges made in the past? How do they work?

Kenn Nesbitt A collection of weird and wonderful poems. 978-0-00-746200-1

978-0-00-718701-0

978-0-00-746202-5

China's Terracotta Army

Catching Flies June Crebbin A beautiful poetry book exploring the themes of wildlife, the seasons and life’s simple pleasures.

Juliet Kerrigan Learn about the army of over 6,000 terracotta warriors in the tomb of the First Emperor of China. 978-0-00-746203-2

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Band 10 White – more complex sentences and figurative language Fiction Buzz and Bingo in the Starry Sky Alan Durant Buzz and Bingo find themselves in Outer Space trying to help a lost alien find its parents.

Non-Fiction Is There Anyone Out There? Nic Bishop Are we alone in the universe? Find out about spacecraft sent to other planets in the search for alien life. 978-0-00-718635-8

978-0-00-718630-3

Cinderella

Fossils

David Wood Will this hilarious retelling of the traditional fairytale, as a rhyming play by dramatist David Wood, end happily ever after?

Dr Andrew Ross Explore the extraordinary world of fossils; ﬁnd out how they’re formed, where to ﬁnd them and how to identify them.

978-0-00-733618-0

978-0-00-733619-7

The Sneezles

Antarctica: Land of the Penguins

Jeremy Strong Mysterious green clouds arrive in a fairytale kingdom, bringing an outbreak of mayhem and sneezing.

Jonathan and Angela Scott The beauty of Antarctica and its penguin population is brought to life.

978-0-00-718628-0

978-0-00-718640-2

Class Six and the Very Big Rabbit

Rally Challenge

Martin Waddell It’s just a normal lesson on a normal day at school, except Mrs Bennett has turned into a very big rabbit. 978-0-00-718629-7

Andy and Angie Belcher One of New Zealand’s foremost adventure photographers takes on the New Zealand Targa Rally. 978-0-00-718632-7

Tiger’s Tale

The Camel Fair

Michaela Morgan One day Tiger accidentally gets locked in the library over a holiday!

Wendy Cooling Learn about the spectacular Pushkar Camel Fair in Northern India.

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I Never Know How Poems Start

Your Senses

Michael Rosen Inspiration for poetry can come from anywhere – a memory, an insight and even broccoli!

Sally Morgan Look at each of our senses in turn and learn how they work and why they are so important.

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A Christmas Carol Penny Dolan A retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel. 978-0-00-746205-6

Why Can’t Humans Fly? Sarah Fleming Find out how animals are designed for their habitats, and discover the role that evolution has played. 978-0-00-746207-0

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Hercules: Superhero Diane Redmond Young Hercules is challenged by the King to carry out seven labours. 978-0-00-718638-9

Fabulous Creatures – Are They Real?

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Scoular Anderson Giant squid, the minotaur, and the Yeti – did they really exist? 978-0-00-718639-6

The Monster under the Bed Kevin Dyer When Ben ﬁnds a monster under his bed he has an idea – the two swap identities for the day, with hilarious results!

Blood Martin Bolod What is blood? How does it help us? How does it travel around the body? 978-0-00-733621-0

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Think Again!

Cloud Forest

Geraldine McCaughrean A humorous tale inspired by creation myths from a variety of cultures.

Nic Bishop A fascinating introduction to one of the world’s most beautiful and mystifying types of forest.

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Tig in the Dumps Michaela Morgan School Book Character day is coming up and Tig is worried as his mum has found him a frilly Little Boy Blue outﬁt.

Where on Earth? Scoular Anderson Learn about many of the great explorers, and some lesser known ones.

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The Amazing Adventures of Batbird

Building High

Jane Clarke Dunkan the duck is driving his family and friends mad with his superhero antics.

Maggie Freeman This book focuses on the fascinating business of using scaffolding – from its earliest origins to the present day. 978-0-00-718642-6

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Charles Dickens The Porridge Pincher David Wood A fun rhyming play based on the classic fairytale.

Jim Eldridge Discover the life of Dickens, from his childhood working in a factory to starting his writing career.

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Oliver Hilary McKay A wonderful retelling of the classic Charles Dickens tale. 978-0-00-746209-4

Plague and Fire Richard Platt Learn about London’s plague in 1665 and the Great Fire the following year and how the city survived. 978-0-00-746211-7

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It can be fun in the peloton. We all know each other, as we

Just like in football, if a goal is scored it’s the person who

race week in, week out together. A lot of the time my job will

scored the goal that is publicly named, but the whole team has

be to help the team sprinter or the guy trying to win the Tour

worked hard and helped to set them up for that goal.

de France. This is hard work as at various points you have to shelter them from the wind, keep them at the front and out of

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In some races I have the team helping me. It helps to have done that job before so you really appreciate the work they do.

trouble, and get food or drinks. There’s a great buzz if your teammate wins, and the whole team is happy when he goes on

I don’t like dropping out of the lead pack because I’m very

the podium.

competitive and it’s a great challenge to try to be there in the real crunch parts of the race, when it really matters.

Everyone knows the sprinter is the best and stands a chance of winning, but we ultimately know it’s also a win for the team.

I’m the one in the black outﬁt, doing my bit to help the team in the peloton.

Inspirational non-ﬁction titles such as autobiographies from Olympians Ellie Simmonds and Beth Tweddle or this book on The Tour de France give a fresh perspective to pupils’ reading

Sample pages from The Tour de France

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I always ﬁddle with my goggles before a race.

I just thought I could get a medal, so I went for it, which paid off because I came ﬁrst! I was on such a high, I don’t really remember much about the swimming, just that the others were very close to me. We were all in a line, and I thought to myself that I could do it if I just pushed myself a tiny bit harder. When you watch the recording of the race back, you can see that when I actually hit the wall I didn’t know I’d won because the race was so close. I’m looking at the scoreboard and you can see the moment when it registers because I just started to shake. It was so emotional because it was my dream and I’d tried so hard, I was just so happy with myself; that’s

The 200-metre IM was on the ﬁrst day, which is one of

why I cried, because I was so happy.

the races I was hoping to get a medal in, but I didn’t in the end – I think because I was so nervous. When I’m standing on the blocks before a race, I’m quite ﬁdgety. I’m very aware of

crying with happiness at my 100-metre win

my goggles – I don’t want them to leak so I’m always touching them and my hat. I’m also thinking about the race. It sounds weird, but I think about whether it’s the 100-metre freestyle, or the 400-metre freestyle, I think about how many lengths it is, what stroke it is, how I’m going to swim it; that’s all going through my head. The nerves got the better of me on that first day. I just felt that I couldn’t do it, so didn’t do as well as I’d hoped. But I think missing out on that is what spurred me on to go for it in my 100-metre freestyle race the next day, and I qualified second going into the final. 49

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Band 12 Copper – longer chapters that develop reading stamina Fiction

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The Monster Joke Book

Weird Little Monsters

Shoo Rayner Fiendishly funny monster jokes and cartoons that will have you splitting your sides.

Nic Bishop Watch your step! These weird little monsters are hard to spot.

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Mind the Gap

Animals on the Move

Roger McGough This hilarious set of poems explores the weird and the wonderful.

Deborah Chancellor Have you ever been amazed at how far animals migrate each year?

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Monster in the Mirror

How to be an Ancient Egyptian

Jean Ure Stretch the cat and Wofﬂes the dog have their lives turned upside down.

Scoular Anderson From living off the land to building pyramids and making mummies.

978-0-00-733623-4

978-0-00-733625-8

The Alien on the 99th Floor

Living with Climate Change

Jenny Nimmo When Fred takes the lift up to the 99th ﬂoor by mistake, he discovers another world …

Alison Sage Explore the issue of climate change through the experiences of children.

978-0-00-723117-1

978-0-00-723118-8

Spider McDrew and the Egyptians

True Life Survival

Alan Durant Scatty schoolboy and lovable misﬁt Spider McDrew goes on a class trip.

Janice Vale Three people who faced unimaginable danger and survived.

978-0-00-723076-1

978-0-00-723078-5

Something’s Drastic

How to be a Viking

Michael Rosen A fantastic collection of poems from the UK’s leading children’s poet.

Scoular Anderson Find out all about Viking homes, lifestyle and fashion sense.

978-0-00-723077-8

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The House in the Forest

Air-sea Rescue

Janet Foxley A wonderful retelling of the classic story Hansel and Gretel.

Chris Oxlade Every year, air-sea rescue teams rescue hundreds of people.

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Star Gazing

Chocolate

Celia Warren A beautifully illustrated poetry book focuses on the delights of the natural world.

Anita Ganeri Trace the journey chocolate makes, from the cocoa bean on the tree.

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The Gigantic Turnip Tug

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Lois Walker ‘It’s time to tug up that gigantic turnip’ says the old man.

Lois Walker This play includes a funny old man plus a pizza-eating boy.

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There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

The Crazy Critters

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Brown Bread and Honey

Mark Carthew and Michael Rosen The Old Lady starts by swallowing a mere ﬂy.

Mark Carthew The King loved his food! But he was getting slower and fatter.

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Spider’s Big Match

Football Spy

Alan Durant Spider McDrew is the unlikely hero of the Parkﬁeld football team.

IC Tallent Understand how to study a football game.

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Let’s Go Camping!

Cave Wars

Jillian Powell Find out how to read maps, set up camp, and even track wild animals.

978-0-00-723086-0

Gillian Cross Ruby and Tom love playing in the caves by their house, but that’s before the Gang arrive.

978-0-00-733628-9

978-0-00-733626-5

How to be an Anglo-Saxon

The Three Princes

Scoular Anderson From ﬁghting the Vikings and praying to gods, to making books from animal skin.

Berlie Doherty Three Princes are challenged to ﬁnd the most magical gift.

978-0-00-733629-6

978-0-00-733627-2

The Olympic Games

Tiger Dead! Tiger Dead!

John Foster When did the Olympics begin? What’s it like to compete?

Grace Nichols and John Agard Two tales from the Caribbean, with beautiful illustrations from Satoshi Kitamura.

978-0-00-723120-1

978-0-00-723119-5

What Happened to the Dinosaurs?

Flash Harriet and the Loch Ness Monster

Jon Hughes The mystery of why the dinosaurs disappeared from Earth is yet to be solved.

Karen Wallace Flash Harriet, girl detective extraordinaire, goes to Scotland to solve her next case.

978-0-00-723084-6

978-0-00-723082-2

Kings of the Wild

Bungleman

Jonathan and Angela Scott BBC documentary makers take us deep into the kingdom of the brown bear.

Jeremy Strong Whenever the townsfolk are in trouble, they know they can rely on Bungleman.

Rapunzel

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Band 13 Topaz – more demanding reads for children to investigate

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Harriet Tubman

Rapunzel

Philip Steele Harriet Tubman was born as a slave in America.

Ian Beck This fabulous retelling by Ian Beck breathes new life into the well-known tale.

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Ian Beck Alessandra Cimatoribus

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Breath

Greedy Anansi

Claire Llewellyn Every human has to breathe, but how do we do it – and why?

Beverley Birch Inspired by three traditional African tales, follow the crafty spider Anansi. PLAY

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The Brementown Musicians

David Wood A humorous retelling of the traditional tale.

Eleanor Boylan A donkey, dog, cat and rooster are abandoned by their owners.

978-0-00-722875-1 PLAY

978-0-00-722864-5 PLAY

Molly Whuppie and the Giant David Booth Can Molly outsmart the hungry giant once again?

Jack and the Baked Beanstalk

The Hairy Toe Mark Carthew A strange sound came from the darkness outside. 978-0-00-722867-6

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Band 14 Ruby – develop skills of inference and deduction Fiction

Non-Fiction

Stowaway!

How to be a Tudor

Julia Jarman The tale of a young Tudor boy as he stows away on the Golden Hind.

Scoular Anderson Find out all about Tudor monarchs, homes, food and much more.

978-0-00-723088-4

978-0-00-723090-7

Gathering in the Days

Extreme Sports

Gareth Owen A wonderful collection of poems about childhood by award-winning poet Gareth Owen.

Adrian Bradbury Find out the dangers people face in extreme sports.

978-0-00-733635-7

978-0-00-733632-6

Sophie’s Rules

Evolution

Keith West This play sensitively tackles the issue of bullying.

Steve Alton Find out all about Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.

978-0-00-733634-0

Flash Harriet and the Mystery of the Fiendish Footprints

978-0-00-733633-3

Karen Wallace Flash Harriet, the famous girl detective, is back and on the trail of a new crime.

Scoular Anderson From the battle ground to building roads – ﬁnd out the real facts to Roman living.

978-0-00-723121-8

978-0-00-723123-2

The Gargling Gorilla

Oceans Alive

Margaret Mahy A boy agrees to pet-sit for his neighbour.

Angie Belcher What lies under the ocean? Why are oceans important?

How to be a Roman

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Flash Harriet and the Missing Ostrich Eggs

Karen Wallace

Andy Rowland

The Footballing Frog T

Where Do You Live?

A Jungman Ann A selﬁsh prince rues the day he breaks a promise tto the frog who rescued his football.

Janice Vale Meet children from all over the globe and learn where they live.

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Black Holes B

F Flash Harriet and the Missing Ostrich Eggs

Anna Claybourne A What is a black hole? Where do they come W ffrom? What do they do?

K Karen Wallace Flash Harriet has a problem - the ostrich eggs at a nearby farm are being stolen. e

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Surgery Through Time S

Jaws and Claws and Things With Wings J s

Anne Rooney A Learn about the journey surgery has made. L

Valerie Bloom A poetry collection inspired by the strange and wonderful creatures of the natural world. w 978-0-00-746539-2 9 PLAY

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PLAY

Tiddalick the Thirsty Frog T Mark Carthew M Tiddalick was the biggest frog in the entire! T

Short Pants Kath Locke What happens when too many people try to help?

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Bendemolena

The Billy-Goats Tough T

Edel Wignell Bendemolena has a message to deliver.

T O’Brien Tim A host of characters feature in this ffairytale play.

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Non-Fiction

Brother Aelred’s Feet

What Are You Looking At?

Gillian Cross Brother Aelred’s feet are so smelly that the other monks don’t want him around.

Clare Gittings Take a look at the hidden messages in portraits.

978-0-00-723093-8

978-0-00-723091-4

Caliban’s Cave

My Olympic Story

Judith Nicholls An atmospheric collection of new poems about the sea and earth.

Kwame N. Acheampong Follow Kwame’s amazing life.

Collins Big Cat

Band 15 Emerald – a widening range of genres including science-ﬁction

978-0-00-733636-4

978-0-00-733630-2

In the Rue Bel Tesoro

Code Making, Code Breaking

Lin Coghlan Omar and Sasha wander through war-torn streets with their dog Valentine.

Richard Platt What are codes for and who uses them? 978-0-00-733644-9

978-0-00-733631-9

Matti’s Miracle

On Safari

Ann Jungman Berlin in 1938 is not a safe place to be if you’re Jewish.

Jonathan and Angela Scott Find out what it’s really like to go on safari. 978-0-00-723125-6

978-0-00-723124-9

The Masai: Tribe of Warriors

Pirate!

Jonathan and Angela Scott Find out all about the people, their history and how they live.

Susan Gates It’s the ﬁrst day at a new school for a young boy and his little sister.

978-0-00-723097-6

978-0-00-723095-2

Olaudah Equiano

The Games Player of Zob

Paul Thomas Olaudah Equiano became a leading exponent of the abolition movement.

Paul Shipton The games player of Zob landed his spaceship in the garden.

978-0-00-723096-9

978-0-00-723094-5

Discovering Tutankhamun's Tomb

Great Expectations

Trea

sure Box

Poems by Pauline Stewart Illustrations by Bee Willey

PLAY

Hilary McKay A An inspired retelling of the classic novel.

Juliet Kerrigan Find out what was inside the tomb and what we can learn from it.

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978-0-00-746544-6 Br Your ain

Treasure Box T

SSally lly Morga Morgan M n

Pauline Stuart A poetry collection that focuses on treasures.

Sally Morgan Discover how this important part of your body works.

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The Princess and the Pea

PLAY

Archie the Big Good Wolf A Allan Baillie Archie Wolf is drawn into the country’s worst crime wave.

Donna Abela How do you test a girl to make sure she is a Princess?

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978-0-00-722866-9 PLAY

Your Brain

Maui Tames the Sun

PLAY

Alan Trussell-Cullen Long ago, the sun raced across the sky. 978-0-00-722871-3

Kaleidoscope Mark Carthew and Michael Rosen An anthology of plays, based on poems by Michael Rosen. 978-0-00-722870-6

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Non-Fiction

The Golden Turtle and Other Tales

The Ultimate World Quiz

Gervase Phinn Three folk tales from around the world.

Claire Llewellyn Where can you see rockets blast into space? Which is the driest place on Earth?

978-0-00-723108-9

978-0-00-723100-3

Life Cycles Sally Morgan Explore the fascinating life cycle of the salmon in this highly photographic book.

The Hedgehog Mystery Ally Kennen When Gran’s new lodger disappears with her motorbike, Ellie and Morris decide to take matters into their own hands.

978-0-00-733640-1

The Big Bang

978-0-00-733638-8

Andrew Solway What was the Big Bang? What was the Universe like just after the Big Bang? Who discovered it?

The Leopard Poachers Kathy Hoopmann Sameer and Ali escape through the Arabian mountains, terriﬁed that they will fall victim to the leopard poachers.

978-0-00-733641-8

Michael Rosen: All About Me Michael Rosen In his autobiography Michael Rosen tells us all about his life, from childhood to poet and Children’s Laureate.

978-0-00-733639-5

Trixie Tempest’s Diary Ros Asquith Trixie Tempest wants to be a famous trumpet player, horse rider and ﬁrst child president of the world.

978-0-00-723127-0

978-0-00-723122-5

How to be an Ancient Greek

Great Greek Myths

Scoular Anderson A quirky insight into how to live like an Ancient Greek – in twenty-ﬁve easy stages!

Diane Redmond Heroes and monsters; gods and goddesses; adventure and excitement.

978-0-00-723107-2

978-0-00-723128-7

The Traveller’s Guide to the Solar System

The Monkey Puppet

Giles Sparrow Bored of spending all your holidays on Mars? Travel further into space with this fact-packed guide.

Leon Rosselson Daniel ﬁnds out that his new friend is in trouble – but can he help him in time? 978-0-00-723099-0

978-0-00-723101-0

A Paralympian's Story They Came From Class 6C!

Tommy Donbavand

Julian Mosedale

They Came From Class 6C! Tommy Donbavand Tiddles, the class hamster, has eaten the teacher!

:=> :=>IBM:G A Paralympian’s Story

Ade Adepitan Paralympic medal winner and successful TV presenter, Ade Adepitan has led a remarkable life.

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978-0-00-746548-4

The Black Dog

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Goodwin Annie, George and Jed are lost in the woods when they hear a howl ...

Amanda Mitchison Anti-slavery campaigner and political statesman, Douglass was one of the greatest men of his age.

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978-0-00-746549-1

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Non-Fiction

Moving Out

Hard Times: Growing up in the Victorian Age

Sally Prue World War Two is over, and things in Britain are changing.

Collins Big Cat

Band 17 Diamond – more complex, underlying themes

Jillian Powell Imagine you were a child in Victorian times. What did you wear, eat and play with?

978-0-00-723104-1

978-0-00-723106-5

The Lost Gardens

Benjamin Zephaniah: My Story

Philip Osment Stumbling upon a long-forgotten garden, three friends ﬁnd themselves transported to World War One.

Benjamin Zephaniah Find out what it’s like to be a famous poet, author and performer in this fascinating autobiography.

978-0-00-733643-2

978-0-00-733645-6

The Boswall Kidnapping Keith Gray When Alex’s dad drags him to the local shop, he never expects to ﬁnd himself thrown into a world of kidnap and spies.

Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero

978-0-00-733642-5

Dan Lyndon Follow Walter’s life, from the orphanage to the football ﬁeld and his ﬁnal days in the trenches.

Nightmare: Two Ghostly Tales

978-0-00-733637-1

Berlie Doherty Two ghostly tales from double-Carnegie winner Berlie Doherty.

Designing Places and Spaces Adrian Bradbury What’s the tallest building in the world? How long did it take to build the Eiffel Tower?

978-0-00-730790-6

978-0-00-718682-2

Fearless Flynn and other tales Geraldine McCaughrean, Gillian Shields and Martin Waddell Three spooky tales, perfect for telling around the ﬁre on a dark, windy night.

Fragile Earth Claire Llewellyn Is the world’s climate changing? We all know the theory, but here is the evidence.

978-0-00-723105-8

978-0-00-723110-2

Selim-Hassan the Seventh and The Wall

How to Make Manga Characters

Vivian French In these two magical tales from far-off lands, a teenager is determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps.

Katy Coope Have you ever wondered how to draw your favourite manga character, or design a character of your own?

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978-0-00-723102-7

Project Bright Spark Annabel Pitcher Briony uncovers a secret conspiracy so amazing that she could never have believed it was true.

My Jou My Joouurne Journe Jo rrnne ney Acro ccrrrooss ossss tthhe the he In Inddia India diia ia n O Ocea ceea ccea ean James Adair

978-0-00-746550-7 I Have a Dream … Levi David Addai Qi Debrah

My Journey Across the Indian Ocean James Adair Sharks, huge waves and months at sea – these are just a few of the things that James and Ben had to battle against. 978-0-00-746552-1

I Have a Dream

How to be a Victorian

Levi David Addai Raheem can’t understand why he should care about Martin Luther King. But then he falls asleep and wakes up in 1963…

Scoular Anderson From dirty streets and factories, to watching Punch and Judy – ﬁnd out the real facts of Victorian living.

Scoular Anderson

978-0-00-746551-4

978-0-00-746553-8

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Band 18 Pearl

– challenging themes to facilitate sustained comprehension

Fiction

Non-Fiction Three Weird Days and a Meteorite

A Time-Traveller’s Guide to the Future

Judy Allen Odd things are happening. First a meteorite strikes, then the garden starts sinking ...

Isabel Thomas Take a closer look at the amazing changes the future may hold. 978-0-00-742835-9

978-0-00-742832-8

Daybreak

What If We Run Out of Oil?

Ally Kennen Tomorrow is Linnie’s birthday, and all she wants is to see the bore.

Nick Hunter What impact is our use of oil having on the environment?

978-0-00-742828-1

978-0-00-742834-2

The Football Shirt

Virginia Hall

Cathy MacPhail When Ross sees a football shirt pinned to a tree, he can’t resist taking it.

Adrian Bradbury Follow the true story of a young American spy as she bravely aids the French Resistance.

978-0-00-742829-8

978-0-00-742836-6

Beneath the Waves Harriet Goodwin and Leon Rosselson Joe, struggling to come to terms with his mother’s death, ﬁnds himself drawn into a spooky legend.

Becoming an Olympic Gymnast Beth Tweddle What’s it like to be one of Britain’s greatest gymnasts?

978-0-00-742830-4

978-0-00-742837-3

The House Across the Quaggy

Swimming the Dream

Chris Powling There’s something mysterious about the big, old house across the river.

Ellie Simmonds Find out Paralympian Ellie’s story of professional swimming and living with Achondroplasia Dwarﬁsm. 978-0-00-742838-0

978-0-00-742831-1

Wild Cat

The Tour de France

Berlie Doherty Catrin hears a distant, eerie howl from the nearby mountain – a wild cat.

Sean Callery Find out how the Tour began, what stages are involved and what prizes can be won.

978-0-00-742833-5

978-0-00-742839-7

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KS2

Collins Big Cat

Age 4-11

Bring reading to life with read-along versions of all your favourite Key Stage 1 books â&#x2014;? Talking books help your pupils to work out how words look and how they sound,

which develops language acquisition skills â&#x2014;? Ideal for less confident children, including those with special needs or EAL,

they are perfect for whole class or individual use

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Collins Big Cat

Age 4-6

KS1

eResources Turning readers into writers ●

Each CD-Rom brings a Collins Big Cat story to life with music, sound effects and animation, which helps to take the child’s learning beyond the story page.

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Pupils then use the story creator software to create their own books, using a word bank and artwork taken from the original story.

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Collins Big Cat

Age 4-6

Apps Animated iPad App versions of your class’s favourite Collins Big Cat stories strengthen home-school links and the love of reading – allowing learning anytime and anywhere. ● Parents can become involved in their child’s reading and writing with help from

guidance notes for parents included in each app ● Record children’s own narration of the story and play it back as they read, boosting

their engagement with the book ● Children become storywriters within minutes, creating their own book using the

key vocabulary, characters and backgrounds in the story creator section

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Collins Big Cat

Collins Big Cat Writing Competition Judged by Collins Big Cat authors Berlie Doherty and Michael Rosen

Are you looking for an exciting writing incentive for your class? This year we are looking for a story about bravery or a poem about a secret hideaway. The closing date is 15th February 2013, so don't delay!

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Inspire your pupils to become published authors – the winning entries will become real published books and sold internationally as part of the Collins Big Cat programme!

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Not only this, but if one of your pupils is successful, you will win £250-worth of books of your choice. The winners also help with the design of their books, just like a real author.

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Nine children have had their entries turned into real books so far - could the next ones come from your class?

The look on the children's faces seeing the winning books being made is priceless. Martin Heaton, teacher of two previous Writing Competition winners

If you think that your class is up to the challenge. . . . . . Visit www.collinsbigcat.com to ﬁnd out how to enter and to download your entry sheets.

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The competition has been running since 2010, here are the books already published… I’m building a rocket, as soon as I’m done,

Collins Big Cat

Previous winners’ books

I’m taking my friends on a trip to the Sun.

Sample pages from Let's Build a Rocket

Blue

Yellow

Previous winners’ books

The Dancing Dog Jasmin Glynne The Dancing Dog can do lots of dances – but can he do all of them? By 9 year old 2010 winner Jasmin Glynne. 978-0-00-737811-1

Milo’s Moustache Katie McDougall Milo the dog is very proud of his moustache, but one day a bird comes and steals it from him. By 9 year old 2010 winner Katie McDougall. 978-0-00-737812-8

Baby Dragon and the Animal Olympics Eliza Jones Baby Dragon is excited about the Animal Olympics, but will he ﬁnd an event that suits him? 978-0-00-749425-5

Let’s Build a Rocket Going to the Zoo Wait and See! Super Sam Fishy Friends Nicole Sharrocks Reece Cox Louisa Kelly Kaitlin Broadfoot Kipp Whysall Follow one girl as she Join one boy and his family Mr Cat is carrying a big Sam is an ordinary dog Sam and his family go to builds a rocket and plans as they go on a trip to the bag. His friends, Mrs Bear, who likes to sit around and the beach, and Sam makes zoo. This isn’t a normal Mr Fox, Mrs Duck and sleep in his a new friend while they’re to takes all of her friends on an amazing trip to zoo, though – it’s full of Mr Mouse, are all very basket – but Sam has a there… a crab! By 9 year the Moon – by 11 year some very extraordinary interested to ﬁnd out secret. By 10 year old 2011 old 2012 winner Kipp old 2011 winner Nicole animals. By 11 year old what he has inside… By winner Kaitlin Broadfoot. Whysall. Sharrocks. 2011 winner Reece Cox. 10 year old 2011 winner 978-0-00-744535-6 978-0-00-749424-8 978-0-00-744536-3 978-0-00-744537-0 Louisa Kelly. 978-0-00-744538-7

Knock! Knock! Dominic Butters Joe was waiting for his friend Harry. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. Who was it? By 9 year old 2012 winner Dominic Butters. 978-0-00-749423-1

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Collins New Primary Maths

Collins New Primary Maths Series editor: Peter Clarke

Collins New Primary Maths is a whole-school numeracy resource that is designed to make planning easy, inspire your pupils, and give you a comprehensive range of resources to cater for all ability levels.

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Enable every child to reach their full potential with a personalised programme of support which can be adapted for individual ability levels.

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Increase your pupils’ confidence, skills and mathematical fluency with pupil resources that are genuinely accessible and engaging for all.

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Free up your time with concise and simple planning that also gives you the freedom to customise your lessons your way.

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Monitor your pupils’ work and track their progress with straightforward assessment and record-keeping tools that are built-in.

Collins New Primary Maths has been expertly written … It offers excellent planning to support your teaching, learning and assessm assessment and will save you time. Teach Primary

Free online www.collinsprimarymaths.com EYFS 2012 guidance Mixed-age planning resources Northern Ireland Matching Chart Scottish Matching Chart Welsh Matching Chart

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KS1

KS2

Unit A2 Lesson n1

Unit A2 Lesson 2

Sweet estimating

Rabbit rounding up

• Estimate up to about 100 objects

• Round any two-digit number to the nearest 10

Work in pairs. Take turns to point out a sweets pattern to your partner. Ask your partner to guess the number of sweets. Now count the actual number of sweets. Find the best way to guess.

How far has each rabbit travelled? Write your answer to the nearest 10 metres.

f metres

1 Round each length to the nearest 10 metres. G a

The number on the label shows how many sweets are in a full jar. Estimate how many sweets are in each jar. a

100

150

17 m

93 m

100

120

2 Round each distance to the nearest 10 metres. G b

a e

22 m

45 m

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

c Park 53 m

Beach 35 m

Library 18 m

e Museum 96 m

Toilets 104 m

The lengths of the fish have been rounded to the nearest 10 cm.Write five possible lengths for each fish.

A game for 2 or 3 players. G Take it in turns to pick up a handful of cubes and drop them on the sheet of paper. G Each player then estimates the number of cubes on the paper. G Count the cubes. G The player with the closest estimate wins one point.

You need: G cubes

a 10 cm

G paper

70 cm

b d

100 cm 40 cm 5

Sample pa Sample page ge fro from m Pupi P upill Book Book 3B Pupil

Unit B1

B1 Securing number facts, understanding shapes L5

Lesson

Subtraction number facts to 5

Objective

Pupil activities Activity Book 1A Juggle the jugs Page 16

• Derive and recall all addition facts for totals to at least 5; work out the corresponding subtraction facts

Vocabulary zero, one, two…; count on/back /to/from; less; how many less than?; take away; leaves

Additional activity

Oral and mental starter

child works out the answers to their calculations. When each child has done this, they swap calculations and work out the other calculations.When each child has done this, they pool the cards, and compare answers.

Choose an activity from Strand 2 or Strand 3 or Strand 4 Software Teach B1 L5

Main teaching 1

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Display the 0–10 number line with the frog at 3 and the snail at 0.

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Show this to the children, as you say: The frog was on number three, she made two jumps back, and she landed on number one.

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Write and say: 3 – 2 = 1.

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After each calculation, ask the class to identify the missing sign and choose a child to write in the missing mathematical symbol.

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Next, move the frog to 3 on the number line, and the snail to 1, and say: The frog is at number three, but has to jump to number one.

• • • • • • • • •

Resources RCMs 24 and 25, Subtraction number facts to five with missing numbers (per pair); pencil and paper (per child)

What to do Children divide the calculation cards evenly amongst themselves. Each

Additional activity

Resources 0–10 number line (per child); counter (per child); 1–6 die (per child); pencil and paper (per child)

What to do Children place their counter on six on the number line. They roll the

Say: The frog is going to make two jumps, back towards the snail. Ask: Which number will she land on? (1)

die, e.g. 2, and move their counter back that number of spaces. They record this as a subtraction calculation, i.e. 6 – 2 = 4. They then put the counter back on six and repeat several times. Variation: children place the counter on seven, eight, nine or ten.

Repeat above several times writing each complete calculation on the board. Now repeat above, but this time omitting either the subtraction or equals sign from the written calculations.

Plenary 2

Write 3 – = 1.

• Display the four subtraction calculations. • Ask individual children to offer the answers. • Display the four subtraction calculations for six, this time including

the answer, but omitting

the second number.

• Ask individual children to offer the answers. Encourage the children to explain their thinking.

Say: Three and how many jumps back to reach one? (2)

Ask: What is the answer to this number sentence? How do you know? How did you work it out? Did anyone work it out in a different way?

Count and show the frog making two jumps back. Write and say: 3 – 2 = 1. One is two less than three. Write 4 – = 2.

• Can you use these numbers and signs to make a subtraction calculation? 4 3 1 – = • Can we start the number sentence with the smallest number? Why not? • If you know that 4 – 1 = 3, what other subtraction calculation do you know? • What if we change the – to a +? What number sentences can we write now?

Ask: Four and how many less will leave two? (2) Count and show the frog making two jumps back. Write and say: 4 – 2 = 2. Two less than four is two. Repeat above several times, using different shapes to stand for the unknown number. Start the subtraction calculations for three, (e.g. 3 – 2, 3 – 1), before starting with larger numbers (e.g. 4 – 0, 4 – 3, 5 – 1, etc.).

Common difficulties and remediation Children sometimes find subtraction facts to be abstract, and may remember them without really understanding them. If they have not remembered them accurately then, without understanding the processes involved, they will find it hard to see their mistakes. Explain the subtraction facts using concrete examples to illustrate each calculation. Relate these where possible to the children’s everyday situations to make their learning more meaningful.

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Assisting Maths Discussion Book & Teaching Guide

Enriching Maths

Speaking and Listening

CrossCurricular Word Problems

Investigations

Software

Assessment Pack

Differentiation Pack

Homework Pack

Teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide

Activity Book / Pupil Book

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Year 1/P2 Year 2/P3 Year 3/P4

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Enriching Maths

Speaking and Listening

CrossCurricular Word Problems

Investigations

Software

Assessment Pack

Differentiation Pack

Homework Pack

Teacherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide

Activity Book / Pupil Book

Year 5/P6

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Year 6/P7 Year 6+

Collins New Primary Maths

Assisting Maths Discussion Book & Teaching Guide

Year 4/P5

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Collins New Primary Maths

Activity Books & Pupil Books Engage your pupils from the start – whatever their ability – and increase their conﬁdence and mathematical ﬂuency with resources that are genuinely accessible.

Activity Books Clear objectives and teacher’s notes explaining the activity are included on every page.

To start children off, worked examples show how to tackle different problems.

Unit B1 Lesson 9

Date

Unit B1 Lesson 10

Date

Propeller problems

Picnic problems

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• Solve word problems

Describe patterns and relationships

Tom has bought 14 chicken rolls and 12 salad rolls. 3

14 + 12 = 26 rolls

Ayesha has 13 packets of cheese crisps and 16 packets of plain crisps. +

Tom drops 4 on the way! 26 – 4 = 22

Tom has

Megan has 15 cartons of apple juice and 17 cartons of orange. +

cartons

packets

She buys 3 more on the way! +

rolls left.

packets of crisps.

Ayesha has

Marcus has 13 saltfish patties and 12 vegetarian patties. +

patties

She and Leona drink 2 of them! He collects 10 more. + = – =

Megan has

cartons left.

Marcus has

patties altogether.

Teacher’s notes

On each aeroplane propeller, write 2, 3, 4 or 5 in the circles and write the total in the box. Make as many different calculations as you can. You can use the same number twice.

Write the correct numbers into each addition or subtraction calculation and then work out the answer to each problem.

Sample S l page ffrom A Activity ti it B Bookk 2A

Fun and colourful illustrations to engage children from the start.

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KS1

KS2

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Pupil Books Engaging activities help pupils practise maths concepts and develop skills.

Children really grasp what they are trying to do in the activity, with child-friendly objectives clearly set out at the start of what they are learning.

Unit A1 Lesson 6

Number sequences • Recognise and extend number sequences 1 Copy and complete the number sequences. G a 6, 12, 18,

b 9, 18, 27,

c –36, –30,

Go forward in 6s

Minor accidentgo back in 10s

2 Add 6 to each of these numbers. G a 42

b 64

c 72

d –12

e –60

f 66

d 99

e 54

f –90

Spaceship sighted! Go back in 5s

3 Add 9 to each of these numbers. G a 27

b –36

c –54

1 Copy and complete the number sequences. G a 1, 7, 13,

b 2, 11, 20,

, ,

c –50,

, ,

, –23, –14,

d 60,

e 60,

, 36, 30,

Blast off !

Go forward in 9s

, 6, –3, –12 ,

2 Find your way back to the spaceship by following the G correct sequence on the footprints.

Go back in steps of 6

1 Choose a different starting number G each time and make 10 jumps.

Go forward in 6s

Go back in steps of 9

Jump forwards in: a 4s b 9s c 11s Jump backwards in: d 6s e 8s f 5s 2 Record each number in sequence. G

Sample page from Pupil Book 5A

Three clear levels of differentiation ensure that all your pupils are provided with an appropriate level of challenge.

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Collins New Primary Maths

Teacher’s Guide Clear, concise and accessible planning notes make it very quick and easy to plan out your lessons – saving you time.

Unit Overview The introduction to each unit provides a clear summary of everything you need to know before teaching to help you plan for the needs of your class.

An overview and the unit objectives are set out together over a double page, so you know at a glance exactly what needs to be achieved. The main objectives are also summarised in the Key aspects of learning.

B1 Securing number facts, understanding shape

B1 3 weeks

Securing number facts, understanding shape

Unit overview continued Children solve one-step and two-step word problems set in real-life contexts, including money problems, by choosing and using appropriate number operations and methods. They share ideas and listen to others, suggesting how methods could be improved and incorporating the proposals of others where appropriate. They pose their own word problems, and solve number puzzles by drawing on their understanding of number patterns, properties and relationships.

Objectives for this unit

Children solve problems involving solid shapes. They investigate the properties of prisms, hemispheres and other 3-D solids, naming and describing them, and sorting them by their properties.

PNS Framework objectives Using and applying mathematics • Represent the information in a puzzle or problem using numbers, images or diagrams; use these to find a solution and present it in context, where appropriate using £.p notation or units of measure • Identify patterns and relationships involving numbers or shapes, and use these to solve problems

Knowing and using number facts • Derive and recall all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20, sums and differences of multiples of 10 and number pairs that total 100 • Derive and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 times tables and the corresponding division facts; recognise multiples of 2, 5 or 10 up to 1000 • Use knowledge of number operations and corresponding inverses, including doubling and halving, to estimate and check calculations

Understanding shape • Relate 2-D shapes and 3-D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualise, classify, draw and make the shapes

National Curriculum 2000 KS2 programme of study

They work with a greater range of 2-D shapes, and recognise quadrilaterals. They draw 2-D shapes and make them, using paper, geostrips, and other shapes. They list the properties of the shapes that they create.

• Use notation diagrams and symbols correctly within a given problem • Check results and ensure that solutions are reasonable in the context of the problem

N1g D1e/N4c /S1d

• Recognise, represent and interpret simple number relationships • Search for pattern in their results; develop logical thinking • Recognise and describe number patterns, using these to make predictions

N4d

• Recall all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20 • Work out what they need to add to any two-digit number to make 100 • Recall multiplication facts to 10 × 10 and use them to derive quickly the corresponding division facts • Recognise two- and three-digit multiples of 2, 5 or 10 • Develop further their understanding of the four number operations and the relationships between them including inverses; use the related vocabulary • Make mental estimates of the answers to calculations; check results • Estimate answers by approximating and checking that their results are reasonable by thinking about the context of the problem, and where necessary checking accuracy [e.g. by using the inverse operation, by repeating the calculation in a different order]

N3d

• Visualise 3-D shapes from 2-D drawings • Describe 2-D and 3-D shape • Make and draw 2-D and 3-D shapes; recognise their geometrical features and properties including faces and symmetry, and use these to classify shapes

S2d S2b S2c

N1k N2b

N3e N3f N2b N3a

Children’s targets • Solve word problems involving ‘real life’ and money • Describe patterns when I solve problems, including

Count on and back in steps of 2,5 and 10

Key aspects of learning • Enquiry • Problem solving • Reasoning • Managing feeling • Social skills • Communication

Know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and use them for division facts

Vocabulary

Recognise multiples of 2, 5 and 10

problem, solution, calculate, calculation, method, problem, solution, calculate, calculation, operation, inverse, answer, method, explain, reasoning, pattern, predict, estimate, approximate

those including odd and even numbers

• • • • • • • • •

Know and use addition and subtraction facts for all numbers to 20 Add and subtract multiples of 10 in my head

Estimate and check my calculations Recognise 2-D and 3-D shapes from drawings Describe and group 2-D and 3-D shapes Identify patterns involving shapes

add, subtract, multiply, divide, group, sum, total, difference, plus, minus, double, halve pound (£), penny/pence (p), note, coin,

N1e N4c

Key objectives for this unit are in bold.

Unit overview Children solve problems and puzzles involving numbers and shapes, using their increasing understanding of number facts and properties of shapes and numbers. They identify patterns and relationships involving odd and even numbers.

Prior learning Build on previous learning by checking children can:

triangle, square, rectangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, circle, semi-circle, cube, cuboid, pyramid, cone, cylinder, prism, sphere, hemisphere, face, edge, vertex/vertices, surface, solid, side, straight, curved, diagram, right-angled

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solve one-step word problems involving numbers, money or measures

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recognise whether answers to word problems are sensible

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identify number or shape patterns, predicting the next number or shape in a sequence and trying examples to check whether their prediction is correct

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say or write all addition and subtraction facts for all numbers to 10, all number pairs totalling 20 or less, and all number pairs of multiples of 10 totalling 100 or less

Cross-curricular links

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say or write multiplication facts and the corresponding division facts for the times tables for 2, 5 and 10

Rocks and soils: Measure the diameter of puddles on different surfaces. (Sci 3d))

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identify two-digit multiples of 2, 5 and 10

Speaking and listening Sustain conversation, explaining or giving reasons for their views or choices.

Science

sort a set of common 2-D and 3-D shapes recognise the properties of common 2-D and 3-D shapes and relate actual shapes to pictur s of them

They practise addition and subtraction facts for all numbers to 20, and for multiples of 10. They recognise that addition is the inverse of subtraction and vice versa, stating related subtraction and addition facts, and use this relationship to check the results of calculations. Children use what they know about counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10 to help them recall the multiplication and division facts for these numbers. They recognise two-digit and three-digit multiples of 2, 5 or 10.

Sample S Sam ple l page ffrom rom Teach T Teacher’s her’’s Guid G Guide ide 3

Each unit has focused cross-curricular links so you can build other subject areas into your lessons very simply and with minimum fuss.

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KS1

KS2

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Lesson Plan Each lesson plan is broken down into clear steps to provide complete support, ideal for sharing with non-specialist teaching assistants.

Clear objectives and important mathematical vocabulary are highlighted for each lesson.

Suggestions for activities differentiated to three levels are provided with the appropriate resources clearly ﬂagged up, so that you can see what you need for each group at a glance.

Unit B1

B1 Securing number facts, understanding shape L7

Lesson

Reviewing the 2, 5 and 10 times tables

Objective

Main teaching continued

3 – 5

• Derive and recall multiplication facts for the 2, 5 and 10 times tables

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Revise the 10 times table by displaying various quantities of multibase ten blocks, e.g. pointing to 2 tens, ask: How many altogether? (20) What is this as a calculation? (2 × 10 = 20) If appropriate, write: 2 × 10 = 20.

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Continue with a few more examples. Ask: What patterns do you notice?

Vocabulary lots of; groups of; sets of; times; multiply; multiplied by; add; equals; two times; five times; ten times;

Pupil activities

times table; product

Pupil Book 3A Terrific tables Page 20

Oral and mental starter Choose an activity from Strand 3 Software Teach B1 L7

Main teaching 1

Easier examples are closer to the key facts, 3 × 2 or 9 × 2. Harder examples are further from the key facts, e.g. 7 × 2 or 8 × 2.

Differentiation Pack Patterns of 2, 5 and 10 ECM 7

Resources coloured pencils (per child)

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Review children’s knowledge of the 2 times table by asking them to double numbers in random order between 1 and 10.

• • •

Display the four key facts for the 2 times table.

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Ask: Using these number facts, what is the answer to 9 times 2? (18) Write the calculation above 10 × 2 = 20.

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Ask: How can you work out the answer to this fact using the key facts? (10 × 2 is 20 so 9 × 2 is 2 less than 20, which is 18)

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Repeat for the remaining multiplication facts writing the calculations in the appropriate places.

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When all the 2 times table facts are on the board, rub out the answer to one number fact at a time in random order and ask children to recall the answer.

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Display the multiples of 5.

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Ask: What can you tell me about the number facts we have just written? (they are similar to the ones used for the 2 times table, they are the key facts)

Common difficulties and remediation

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Say: Now let’s use these number facts to help us recall the other multiplication facts for the 5 times table.

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Follow the same process as for the 2 times table until all of the number facts for the 5 times table are on the board.

If children experience difficulties in recalling the multiplication facts, spend more time working on recalling the ‘key multiplication facts’ and using these to help them derive the answers to unknown multiplication facts.

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Erase all of the calculations, leaving only the multiples. Ask quickfire questions, e.g. What is 7 times 5? Be sure to use a range of appropriate mathematical vocabulary.

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Say: The 10 times table is the easiest. We don’t need the key facts to help us remember these.

Ask children for answers to these facts and write them on the board.

Plenary 6

Say: These are the easiest number facts for the 2 times table. We can use these to help us with all of the other remaining facts for the 2 times table.

Ask: Who can tell me which of the four facts for the 5 times table equals 50 / 25 / 10 / 5? Write the number fact to the left of the multiple, i.e. 10 × 5 = 50.

• Display the 1 to 10 number cards and ‘× 2’. • Say: When I point to one of the number cards I want you to multiply that number by 2 and call out the answer as quickly as possible.

• Once the children have called out the answer, reveal the multiple of 2 on the other side of the card.

7 – 8

• Continue until all of the multiples of 2 have been revealed. • Repeat with × 5 and × 10. • Remind children to use the key facts to help them work out the answers to any unknown facts.

• What is 10 times 4? • Tell me a multiplication fact with an answer of 40. • Did you know that tables fact by heart? If you didn’t, how did you work it out?

Homework

Homework Pack Revising × 2, × 5, × 10 HCM 7

Sample S l page ffrom T Teacher’s h ’ G Guide id 3

In addition to the questions and activities throughout the Main teaching, key questions to support Assessment for Learning are provided on every lesson plan, so that you can easily assess your pupils’ progress without the need to move off the page.

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Age 4-11

KS1

KS2

Homework Pack Differentiated photocopiable worksheets providing practice and consolidation opportunities for pupils at home. ●

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Webs of doubles and halves

Linked to the daily lesson plans to provide practice for the lesson’s objective.

whole numbers, multiples of 5 and multiples of • Double 10 and the related halves

Clear instructions support children in their learning beyond the classroom and enable parents to support their child effectively.

Double each number on the spider’s web. a 20

120

b 900

le ub

Glasgow

a The Smoothies

Raw Donkey

Grace Spender

Heartbeat

48 250 12 twice

200 65

200 CDs sold Band

24 75

Number of CDs sold

500 halve 170

16 32

Four music bands touring the country together sold their own CDs.The pie charts show their sales in Birmingham and Glasgow.

Band

350

The Smoothies

400

100

Represent data in different ways and understand its meaning

Birmingham

Musical pie charts •

b 16

Complete each number web by following the instruction in the centre.

Y6 C3 L7 HCM 61

Name _________________________Date ____________

Y3 E2 L8 HCM 46

Name _________________________Date ____________

45 150

12 500 24 48 1 180 140

2 600 32 1000

Number of CDs sold

Total

Complete the table for Birmingham.

Raw Donkey sold 16 CDs in Glasgow. a What percentage did Raw Donkey sell? b How many CDs were sold altogether? c Complete the table for Glasgow.

Write two sentences comparing the sales in the two cities.

Sample page from Homework Pack 3 You need: G Small circular

object, e.g. rim of a cup G protractor G ruler G colouring

materials

Rachel’s mp3 player has 30 pop, 20 classical, 40 rap and 10 jazz tracks. Draw a pie chart for this data on the back of this sheet.

Sample page from Homework Pack 6

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KS2

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Differentiation Pack Support and challenge activities to help children to consolidate or extend their understanding of particular mathematical objectives. ●

Photocopiable worksheets to accompany each teaching unit, with support worksheets for children yet to master the objective and extension worksheets to challenge children who are ready to move on.

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Simple instructions and child-friendly objectives set out at the beginning of each worksheet ensure children know what it is they are learning.

Name _________________________Date ____________

What time am I?

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Name _________________________Date ____________

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Look at the clues for each clock to help you tell the time. Draw the time each clock face shows and colour in the digital clock which shows the matching time.

Sample Support Copymaster from Differentiation Pack 2

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Age 4-11

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Assessment Pack Take your tracking and evidencing of pupils’ progress a step further with activities and resources for three different types of differentiation.

Adult Directed Tasks

Task 2 Using and applying mathematics Objectives

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Adult-directed tasks can be used at any time throughout the year to check the understanding of a particular objective with a group or individually.

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Self-assessment tasks are completed by each child at the end of a unit.

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Tests for Years 2-6 are taken at the end of each term to provide an indication of the performance of your class, to inform future planning, and to aid teacher assessment when assigning an overall level in mathematics.

NC AT 1

NC Level 2

• Describe patterns and relationships involving numbers or shapes, make predictions and test these with examples • Present solutions to puzzles and problems in an organised way; explain decisions, methods and results in pictorial, spoken or written form, using mathematical language and number sentences • Identify and record the information or calculation needed to solve a puzzle or problem; carry out the steps or calculations and check the solution in the context of the problem

Resources

2: Puzzles 1 • RCM 3: Puzzles 2 • RCM (per child) • ruler • pencil and paper (per child)

Task

to the task, decide which puzzle/investigation to give individual children from RCM 2 and RCM 3. • Prior Alternatively, use puzzles or investigations of your own. Success criteria: Describe patterns and relationships Make predictions Solve puzzles and problems Explain decisions, methods and results each child a puzzle/investigation from RCM 2 or RCM 3 and a pencil and a piece of paper. • Give each child to read through their puzzle/investigation. Ask: Andy, what is your puzzle/ • Ask investigation about? What do you have to find out? What do you know already that can help you solve this?

discuss the puzzle/investigation with each child. • Briefly I now want each of you to work on your puzzle/investigation. If you need anything, or are • Say: unsure of something just ask me. the children sufficient time to spend on their puzzle/investigation. As the children work through • Allow the task, ask specific questions to help individual children with the task as well as to assess children’s ability to interpret and complete the task.

each child has completed their task, ask each child to talk about what they did and what they • Once found out. each child to justify why they worked the way they did. Encourage them to explain their methods • Ask of working and recording. Ask: Why did you…? How else could you have gone about it? What did

Year 2 Self assessment Unit B1

you find easy/difficult about what you did? If you had to do this puzzle/investigation again, how would you do it differently next time?

• If appropriate, repeat the above for other puzzles/investigations.

Self assessment Unit B1 Name _________________________ Date ____________

• I can continue a number pattern

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• I can explain to others how I solve a problem

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• I can solve problems involving money

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• I can recall addition and subtraction number facts for

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• I can count in steps of 2, 5 or 10

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• I can double and halve numbers

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• I know that if I double a number then halve the answer

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• I can check the answer to an addition by doing a

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• I can look at pictures of 2-D shapes and name them

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• I can sort a set of 3-D solids

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• I know the order of the days of the week

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each number up to 10

I get back to the number I started with

related subtraction

Sample S l page ffrom A Assessmentt P Packk 2

Sample page from Assessment Pack 2

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Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Investigations A set of open-ended real-life mathematical investigations aimed at stimulating the interest of your pupils whilst improving and sharpening their maths and problem-solving skills. ●

Traffic and transport Our bodies

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Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 1

How tall? If you measure three times around your head you’ll find out how tall you are.

Each resource has 60 or more investigations to choose from which will improve the maths skills of your class while maintaining their interest, through problems set in cross-curricular contexts.

• measuring equipment • pencil and paper

You are six of your feet tall.

• Is Rebecca right?

• How many hand spans tall are you?

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The activities can be included in your daily maths lesson or as additional activities throughout the day and there is support on assessing pupils’ progress.

• Is what you found out the same for other children in your class? © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2009

✂ Our bodies

Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 1

Body links • Join the tip of your middle finger to the tip of your thumb. Is this the same size as around your wrist?

Our solar system

• measuring equipment • pencil and paper

What do you notice about: – how far you can reach and how tall you are? – the size of your neck and the size of your wrist? – the size of your index finger and the distance from the tip of your nose to your chin?

Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 6

Orbiting the Sun • pencil and paper

• Think about other parts of your body that are the same length, or where one part is twice the length of the other. © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2009

Jupiter takes about 12 years to orbit the Sun.

The Earth takes one year to orbit the Sun.

Sample from Investigations 1

• Investigate how long each of the other planets takes to orbit the Sun.

Someone who is 12 years old on Earth would be 1 year old on Jupiter. • Approximately how old would you be on each of the other planets in our solar system? © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2009

✂ Our solar system

Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 6

Speeding planets • pencil and paper

The Earth orbits the Sun. It travels a distance of 107 292 km each hour. • Calculate how far the Earth travels in: – the time it takes you to walk across the classroom – a maths lesson – a school day.

It takes one year for the Earth to orbit the Sun.

• Approximately how many millions of kilometres does the Earth travel in one year?

Mercury is the fastest travelling planet. It travels a distance of 172 318 km each hour. • How much further does Mercury travel than the Earth in 24 hours? © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2009

Sample from Investigations 6

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Cross-Curricular Word Problems Using scenarios and topics from other curriculum areas, these differentiated word problems will get children using and applying their maths skills in real-life, everyday situations. ●

Each resource has 40 activities to help children practise and consolidate their maths skills.

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Differentiated to three levels – catering for differing abilities within your class to ensure all pupils gain experience with problem solving.

Problems involving measures

Name

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Science: 5A. Keeping healthy

What types of food do we eat?

Show any working on the back of this sheet.

I How much meat and vegetables altogether do people in the UK eat?

Problems involving numbers, money or measures History: 10. What can we find out about ancient Egypt from what has survived?

2 The people of which country eat the least amount of fruit and vegetables combined?

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3 How much more fruit than vegetables do Australians eat?

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4 The people of which country eat about I 0 times as much vegetables as meat?

Ancient Egypt I A person from which country eats I 2 kg more cereal than fruit?

2 A person from which country eats 34 kg less meat than a person from the USA? 3 Which country has the greatest difference between the amount of meat they eat and the amount of vegetables? 4 How much of the 5 types of food combined does the average person in the UK eat in a year? I The people of which country eat 50% more fruit than people from the UK?

Show any working on the back of this sheet.

2 How many kilograms of vegetables does a family of 6 eat in Greece?

I The main passage inside the largest pyramid in Egypt is 97 metres high. How much less than I 00 metres is this?

3 A French person eats I 25 kg of vegetables each year. People from which country eat –5I more vegetables than this? 4 What is the ratio between the amount of vegetables eaten by a French person and an Italian?

2 Tuthmosis II was pharaoh for only 3 years. Tuthmosis III was pharaoh for 30 years longer. For how long was Tuthmosis III pharaoh? 3 The most famous pyramids in Egypt are the 3 pyramids at Giza. There are the remains of at least 77 other pyramids in Egypt. How many is this altogether?

Collins New Primary Maths: Cross-Curricular Word Problems 5 © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2010

Sample from Cross-Curricular Word Problems 5

I Ramesses the Great ruled Egypt for 67 years. His wife Neferteri died in the 30th year of his reign. For how many years after his wife’s death did Ramesses continue to reign?

2 Most ancient Egyptians were farmers. Every I 2 months they had 3 seasons of the same length. How many months were in each season? 3 Queen Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for 22 years. Ramesses ruled Egypt for 67 years. For how many more years did Ramesses rule Egypt? 4 The sides of the Great pyramid of Kufu were originally 230 metres long. Stones have fallen off in the 4500 years since it was built, and they are now only 227 metres long. How many metres less are they now? I There are about 700 hieroglyphic symbols in ancient Egyptian writing. There are 26 letters in our alphabet. How many more Egyptian symbols are there than letters in our alphabet?

2 The Great pyramid of Kufu is I 37 metres high. When it was built it was 9 –2I metres taller. How tall was it when it was built? 3 Queen Cleopatra was the last queen of Egypt. She ruled for 2 I years. Her family had ruled for 28 I years before her. How long did she and her family reign for altogether? Collins New Primary Maths: Cross-Curricular Word Problems 3 © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2010

Sample from Cross-Curricular Word Problems 3

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Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Speaking and Listening Ideal to encourage mathematical reasoning, this set of quick activities will develop and maintain your pupils’ speaking, listening and memory skills. ●

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Recognise that addition can be done in any order (and that more than two numbers can be added together).

Say to the children:

Resources

Designed to last 20 minutes, each activity contains questions to ask, a record sheet for the children, and further discussion questions.

Provide each child with the following: ■ a copy of Activity 18 pupil sheet ■ a pencil

Listen carefully. I am going to tell you some things to do. I will say them only once, so listen very carefully. Do only the things you are told to do and nothing else.

Key words

If you make a mistake, cross it out. Do not use an eraser.

zero, one, two…twelve add plus makes equals

Each activity is also available as an editable Word document to enable you to customise the activities for your class.

There are 10 parts to this activity.

Answers

The activity 1. Look at rocket eight. Four, one and what other number make eight? Write that number on the rocket. 2. Look at rocket ten. Six, three and what other number make ten? Write that number on the rocket. 3. Look at rocket seven. Three, two and what other number equals seven? Write that number on the rocket.

4. Look at the astronaut. Write your name on the astronaut’s suit. 5. Look at rocket six. Two plus one plus what other number make six? Write that number on the rocket.

Child’s name

6. Look at rocket twelve. Six, four and what other number equals twelve? Write that number on the rocket.

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7. Look at rocket four. One add two add what other number equals four? Write that number on the rocket.

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Multiply and divide numbers to 1000 by 10 and then 100 (whole-number answers), understanding the effect; relate to scaling up or down. ■ (Add and subtract 1, 10, 100 and 1000 to or from any whole number.)

8. Look at rocket five. Two and what other two numbers make five? Write these numbers on the rocket. 9. Look at rocket nine. Write down any three numbers that, when added together, make nine.

11 Any two numbers that when added to 2 equal five. Any three numbers that when added together equal nine.

10. Look at the last rocket. Five add two add four equals what number? Write that number on the rocket.

Date

Discussion questions Look at rocket eight. What is four plus one? (5) Five and how many more equal eight? (3) Look at rocket four. One add two add what other number equals four? (1)

Look at the last rocket. What does five add two add four equal? (11) Look at rocket five. Two and what other numbers make five? (1, 2) Did anyone write anything different? (3, 0)

Look at rocket nine. What are three numbers that when added together make nine? (e.g. 3, 4, 2)

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Did anyone write some different numbers? (e.g. 2, 2, 5) Are there any others? (e.g. 1, 2, 6)

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Sample from Speaking and Listening 4

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Age 4-11

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KS2

Software Visually stimulating and interactive activities that provide a rich bank of resources to support teaching and learning. ●

30 interactive maths tools including a fraction tool, place value cards, pictograms, clocks and function machines. The tools are organised by strand and can be customised with your own data to demonstrate key concepts.

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A set of whole-class teaching slides is provided for every single Collins New Primary Maths lesson plan to save you preparation time. Sample screen from Software 1

‘Teach’ contains slides for every unit linked to the adult-led activities in your Collins New Primary Maths Teacher’s Guide.

Sample screen from Software 6

‘Tools’ contains simple interactive maths tools that can be used by teachers and pupils on an interactive whiteboard.

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Collins New Primary Maths

Assisting Maths Deliver a personalised programme of intervention support for those children working below age-related expectations.

Teaching Guide A consistent teaching approach of ‘assess, teach, practise, apply, review and assess’ provides effective help and repetition in getting across maths concepts to children who are struggling to grasp them.

Detailed lesson plans with key vocabulary and mathematical ideas and methods highlighted encourage discussion and help children relate maths to the world around them.

Unitt 4 Understanding addition ion n and subtraction ion n

Focus

Understand that subtraction is the inverse of addition and vice versa and use this to derive and record related addition and subtraction number sentences

Unit 4 Understanding addition and subtraction Focus H continued

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Referring to the first row for the number facts for 6, ask: How many oranges are there? (1)

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Write ‘1’ on the large sheet of paper.

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Write ‘6’ on the sheet of paper.

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Next to the ‘6’ write: ‘– 5 =’.

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Say: So, 1 add 5 equals 6, is the opposite of 6 take away 5 equals 1.

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If appropriate, repeat for the addition and subtraction number facts for 8 using Discussion Book 2 page 37.

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Conclude by writing an addition number fact that the children are secure with on the other side of the large sheet of paper, e.g. 3 + 2 = 5.

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Ask: Who can tell me the subtraction fact that goes with this addition fact? (accept 5 – 2 = 3 and/or 5 – 3 = 2) Write the corresponding subtraction fact(s) underneath the addition fact.

Elicit from the children that they show apples and oranges and that these are both fruit.

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Say: These pictures can help us to learn the addition and subtraction number facts for 6.

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Repeat several times.

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Ask: How many pieces of fruit can you see in each row? (6)

Teach continued NC Level 2

Vocabulary number; zero; one, two, three… twenty and beyond; +; add; addition; more; plus; make; sum; total; altogether; one more, two more... ten more... one hundred more; how many more to make…?; how many more is… than…?; how much more is…?; subtract; subtraction; take (away); minus; leave; how many are left/left over?; one less, two less… ten less… one hundred less; how many fewer is… You may wish to extend this further, so that the children derive the four related addition and subtraction number facts, i.e.

than…?; how much less is…?; difference between; =; equals; sign; is the same as; balance

Resources Discussion Book 2 pages 35 and 37; Discussion Book 2 pages 32–34, 36, 38 and 39 (per pair, optional); RCMs 37–44 (enlarged to A3, optional); large sheet of paper and marker; set of 0–10 number cards (per pair, using the cards from RCM 3 if necessary); RCM 35 (per pair); Discussion Book 2 page 37 (per pair); pencil and paper (per pair)

1+5=6 5+1=6 6–5=1 6–1=5

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You may wish to extend this further, so that the children derive all the related addition and subtraction number facts, i.e.

Teach

Practise

2+4=6 4+2=6 6–4=2 6–2=4

Occasionally, ask questions such as: How did you get that answer? How did you work that out?

Show the children the number facts for 6 on Discussion Book 2 page 35.

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Say: Look at these pictures. Ask: What do they show?

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Begin by asking questions to review and assess children’s ability to derive and recall addition and subtraction number facts to 10. Ask questions such as: What is 2 add 3? (5) Subtract 2 from 4. (2) What is the sum of 3 and 5? (8) What is 5 add 4? (9) What is the difference between 2 and 9? (7) What is 10 subtract 8? (2) Tell me two numbers with a total of 8. (e.g. 6 + 2) What is 8 plus 7? (15) What is 9 minus 3? (6) Tell me two numbers with a difference of 6? (e.g. 10 – 4)

Review and Assess

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This teaching sequence focuses on the addition and subtraction number facts for Adapting the 6 and 8 to help children develop an understanding that subtraction is the inverse of teaching sequence addition and vice versa, and to use this to derive and record related addition and subtraction number sentences. If appropriate, use one of the other addition and subtraction number facts to 10, substituting Discussion Book 2 pages 35 and 37 for either Discussion Book 2 pages 32–34, 36, 38 or 39, or RCMs 37–44.

Practise

Ask: How many apples are there? (5) Next to the ‘1’ write: ‘+ 5 =’. Ask: So, how many pieces of fruit are there altogether? (6) Complete the calculation so it reads: ‘1 + 5 = 6’. Still referring to the first row of fruit ask: How many pieces of fruit are there altogether in this row? (6) Do we need to count them? (no) That’s right, we know that there are 6 pieces of fruit. Ask: If I were to take away all the apples from this row, how many apples would I take away? (5) Cover the apples with your hand and ask: How many pieces of fruit are left? (1) Complete the calculation so it reads: ‘6 – 5 = 1’. Referring to the two calculations written on the sheet of paper, say: Look at these two number sentences. Ask: What can you tell me about them? (one is an addition, the other is a subtraction, they both contain the same three digits: 1, 5 and 6) Repeat the above for the remaining rows for the number facts for 6, eliciting from the children the following facts: 3 + 3 = 6 and 6 – 3 = 3 2 + 4 = 6 and 6 – 4 = 2 0 + 6 = 6 and 6 – 6 = 0 After each pair of facts has been identified, be sure to discuss with the children the relationship between each pair of addition and subtraction facts.

Repeat several times. Finally, write a subtraction fact on the sheet of paper for the children to offer the related addition fact(s).

Say: There are 6 pieces of fruit in each row. Remember that, I’m not going to add any more fruit or take away any, there will always be 6 pieces of fruit. So we don’t need to count each row of fruit every time. We know there will always be 6 pieces of fruit in each row.

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Sample from Assisting Maths Teaching Guide 2

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Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Pupil Discussion Book This practical, hands-on approach with plenty of models and images is ideal for intervention and helps to engage children.

Children can easily follow and understand the maths content on the pages as they are clear with plenty of models and images for a practical, hands-on and highly visual approach – ideal for intervention.

Unit 4 Focus H Unit 5 Focus A

Addition and subtraction number facts for 2

Addition and subtraction number facts for 4

Addition and subtraction number facts for 3

Sample from Assisting Maths Discussion Book 2

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Enriching Maths Challenge children working above age-related expectations with a bank of activities that offer genuine breadth, depth and pace without repetition or pre-empting next year’s teaching. Teaching Notes Straightforward teaching notes are included in each Resource Pack to enable you to extend high achievers with little additional planning time.

The planning and guidance is very straightforward and practical, so you can deepen your pupils’ understanding, assess their progress and set them new challenges easily and with little additional preparation time.

Activities are differentiated to ensure children are working at the appropriate level.

Issue 1 Whole numbers

Issue

Issue 1 Whole numbers

Whole numbers

Page 2 continued Famous Mathematicians • Ensure children have completed the Famous Mathematicians activity on page 1 before attempting this activity.

Prerequisites for learning

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Identify and use patterns, relationships and properties of numbers

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Make estimations and approximations

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Investigate a statement involving numbers and test it with examples Propose a general statement involving numbers

Work with the children, drawing a dot array for the ﬁrst statement, e.g.

Recognise and continue number sequences formed by counting on or back in steps of constant size

Resources pencil and paper; RCM 2: My notes (optional); RCM 3: Pupil self assessment booklet (optional); calculator (optional); computer with internet access

Page 3 Famous Mathematicians • Ensure children fully understand the table and the problem before setting them off to work independently on the activity.

Teaching support

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Page 1 Famous Mathematicians • Most children should know square numbers up to and including 102, but not all may be familiar with triangular numbers and oblong numbers.

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The important aspect of this activity is not being able to write the 5th to 10th square, triangular and oblong numbers, but rather working out a rule or formula for ﬁnding any square, triangular or oblong number.

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If children are not conﬁdent with writing a mathematical rule or formula, discuss with them possible ways of writing this, including the use of symbols such as a or n.

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Page 4 Looking for Patterns • Ensure children have completed the Famous Mathematicians activity on page 3 before starting on this activity.

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Children include a decimal point or the minus sign to show a negative number. What is the smallest number possible they can display from a given number of light bars?

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Children discuss how they could use less paper. For example, working as a pair or group with only one taking notes.

Focus on Science • Ensure children have completed the above before starting on this activity.

Page 2 The Puzzler • Allow the children to use a calculator for reference. Children explore how many three-digit numbers they can make with, for example, ten light bars only. What about four-digit numbers with only ten light bars?

Children investigate further the life and work of Fibonacci.

Let’s Investigate • Ensure children complete this activity before starting on the Focus on Science activity which follows.

If appropriate, discuss with the children the algebraic convention for omitting the multiplication sign when writing an algebraic expression, i.e. n(n + 1) rather than n × (n + 1).

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Once the children have completed the activity, discuss with them their methods of working. Were they able to identify the pattern and apply the rule to working out how many pairs of rabbits there would be at the end of the year?

Let’s Investigate activity

Estimates vary hugely from 8000 to 100 000 sheets, as to how much paper is produced from one tree. The most important aspect of this activity is the children justifying their comparisons.

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KS2

Collins New Primary Maths

Age 4-11

Pupil Activities Each Resource Pack contains pupil activities that encourage children to reason mathematically and apply problem-solving skills.

Engaging activities and problems set in stimulating contexts focus on challenging the knowledge, skills and understanding that your pupils already have, whilst also developing their middle- and higher-order thinking skills.

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Issue 1 Whole numbers

Name:

Looking for Patterns Look at the number of pairs in the table in the Famous Mathematicians activity on page 3. This pattern is referred to as the Fibonacci sequence. Apply the rule to write the ﬁrst 20 numbers of the Fibonacci sequence.

Let’s Investigate Approximately how much paper do you use in a day?

Famous Mathematicians Pythagoras was a Greek philosopher (569–500 BC). He made many important discoveries in mathematics, particularly in geometry.

Write about how you arrived at your approximations. Be prepared to justify your approximations.

Approximately how much paper does your class use in a day?

Pythagoras also showed how whole numbers could be represented as geometric shapes. A square number can be represented by dots in a square pattern. These are the ﬁrst four square numbers:

What about in: a week? a term? throughout the entire school year?

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

These are the ﬁrst four triangular numbers: 1st

2nd

3rd

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A triangular number can be represented by dots in a triangular pattern.

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An oblong number can be represented by dots in a rectangular pattern, where one side is longer than the other.

Focus on Science

These are the ﬁrst four oblong numbers:

Investigate how much paper is produced from one tree.

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Can you work out what the 5th to 10th square, triangular and oblong numbers are?

How does this compare with how much paper you and your class use in:

What about the 50th square, triangular and oblong numbers?

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• a day? • week? • term? • throughout the entire school year?

Can you work out a rule for ﬁnding any square, triangular or oblong number? © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2011

Volume 4

Date:

What pattern do you notice?

Sample from Enriching Maths 4

The newspaper-style layout helps to engage the interest of pupils.

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Collins Primary Focus

Age 4-11

KS1

KS2

PYP

IPC

Collins Primary Focus Authors: Rachel Axten-Higgs, John Jackman, Wendy Wren, Sarah Lindsay, Louis Fidge, Joyce Vallar, Carol Doncaster and Sue Peet

Collins Primary Focus offers a rigorous and enjoyable set of resources that support children in developing key language and literacy skills. The series covers Comprehension, Writing, Grammar and Punctuation, Spelling, Vocabulary and Handwriting plus new revision and practice support.

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Flexible, affordable, pick-up-and-teach resources that can be used to develop core technical English skills alongside any reading programme.

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Three clear levels of differentiation throughout make it easy to provide the right material to support the individual needs of each child.

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Learning aims are clearly stated at the start of each unit, followed by a clear explanation of the subject, and activities that allow children to practise, develop and extend their understanding.

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Integrated assessment helps you to identify the learning needs of your pupils and check progress easily.

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Collins Primary Focus

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Writing

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Collins Primary Focus

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Age 10-11

Year 6

English Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test Revision and Practice Boost children’s core language skills in preparation for the year 6 Grammar, Spelling and Punctuation test. ●

A structured revision programme, with strategies and advice for progressing all children’s technical English skills throughout year 6.

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Diagnostic questions and advice help to analyse children’s strengths and weaknesses, enabling targeted intervention work with individuals or groups.

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Structured lesson plans and guided activities for each curriculum objective covered in the test for levels 3 to 6.

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Follow up tasks to consolidate learning independently, and the further practice sheets are perfect for homework.

Sample page from Teacher’s Guide

Sample page from Pupil Resource File

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Age 6-11

KS2

PYP

IPC

Collins Primary Focus

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Writing Develop children into conﬁdent, independent writers. Build children’s understanding of how to write for different audiences and purposes, plus ideas for group composition work, along with support for modelling and scribing with the class. ●

Includes fiction and non-fiction texts from classic literature and popular children’s authors.

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The stimulating source material gets children thinking, talking and writing for a range of genres.

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With a wealth of shared and independent writing activities for use in class or as homework.

Vocabulary Boost word knowledge, encourage a love of the English language and enable the effective use of a wide vocabulary across the curriculum. The range includes activities that develop understanding of word origins, help to build ﬂuency in reading and enrich children’s writing. ●

A step-by-step approach for progressing vocabulary skills through fun, practical activities.

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Includes group work activities for use in class, as well as follow-up tasks to consolidate learning independently.

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Offers three levels of differentiation with enrichment ideas for support and extension.

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Collins Primary Focus

Age 6-11

KS2

PYP

IPC

Comprehension ●

Help children develop and consolidate essential reading and comprehension skills with stimulating fiction and non-fiction texts and practical comprehension activities.

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Extensive teacher support and three levels of differentiation as well as assessment guidance ensure each child is able to engage with literal, deductive, evaluative and inferential questions at an appropriate level. Unit

Mrs Wobble the Waitress

2. She is very worried. How does Mrs Wobble feel about serving food?

Narrative: stories with familiar settings; significant authors

3. The Wobble children catch the food. Who catches the food that Mrs Wobble drops?

Planning

4. The customers think it is fun. What do the customers think about the food being dropped and caught?

• Learning objectives 7: Infer characters’ feelings in fiction and consequences in logical explanations 7: Identify and make notes of the main points of section(s) of text 8: Empathise with characters and debate moral dilemmas portrayed in texts 1: Sustain conversation, explain or give reasons for their views or choices 2: Follow up others’ points and show whether they agree or disagree in whole-class discussion 3: Actively include and respond to all members of the group 9: Use beginning, middle and end to write narratives in which events are sequenced logically and conflicts resolved 9: Write non-narrative texts using structures of different text-types

• Cross-curricular links Citizenship: living in a diverse world • Assessing Pupils’ Progress Reading: AF1, AF2, AF3 Writing: AF1, AF2, AF6 Speaking and listening: AF1, AF2

CPL Pupil Book 3 Unit 1

Introduction Overview This is an amusing narrative extract about Mrs Wobble the Waitress (from the series Happy Families ) who finds it difficult to carry food out to her customers.

Before you read • SL: AF1, AF2 Discuss the attributes that are needed for a job waitressing in a café or restaurant. Ask the children which jobs they would like to do and discuss what skills might be required for those jobs.

Reversing sentences • R: AF1, AF2

Working with phrases; deductive answering in sentences • R: AF2, AF3; W: AF6 1. Choose words from each column to make sentences about the story. Their sentences should be: Mrs Wobble was very upset when she lost her job. Master Wobble skated to the rescue to catch the chicken. Miss Wobble skated to the rescue to catch the soup. 2. Write a sentence to answer each question. a) Why did the customers cheer? The customers cheered out of relief. b) Why did the customers think their meal was “more fun than a circus”? They thought that the activities and atmosphere in the restaurant was very entertaining.

Summarising; outcome prediction; critical evaluation of content • R: AF3; W: AF1, AF2 1. Write a summary of the story of Mrs Wobble the Waitress in your own words. Your summary should be no more than 40 words. (Children’s own answer.) Notes: This summary writing can be difficult for some children. Support the children by having an initial discussion (class or groups) to isolate the main idea and key events. 2. Write a few sentences to tell how you think the story might finish. Try to make it interesting or funny. (Children’s own answer.) Notes: This requires children to have understood the story in order to predict possible outcomes. Choose other, similar stories to be read aloud to the class. 3. Write a set of rules to make sure your kitchen at home is a safe place. (Children’s own answer.) Notes: This question requires the children to draw on experience outside the text.

Author biography • Allan Ahlberg was born near London in 1938. • He was a teacher for ten years before he wrote his first book, The Brick Street Boys. • Allan collaborated with his wife Janet, who illustrated many of his prize-winning titles, before she sadly died in 1994. • They worked closely together in a process he described as ’getting an idea and batting it around, like table tennis’. • Allan has continued to write collections and picture books as well as novels and poetry, most of which are inspired by his years as a teacher.

Answers Do you remember?

More to think about

Now try these

Here are the answers to four questions about the story. Write the question for each one. One has been done to help you.

An enrichment section provides extension activities to challenge more able learners.

Enrichment • In groups, the children can discuss whether it was fair of Mrs Wobble’s previous employer to sack her and, indeed, sensible for her family to set up a café for her in their own home. (R: AF3; SL: AF2) • Talk about how both children and adults with disabilities can be enabled to participate as fully as possible in activities which they might otherwise find difficult. (SL: AF2)

• Ask the children to imagine they have a condition that means they can’t stop shaking. Ask them to make a list of the things they might find most difficult to do. (W: AF2) Resource Sheet 20A (R: AF2; W: AF6) Resource Sheet 20B (W: AF2)

Further reading Also by Allan and Janet Ahlberg: Happy Family series: Mrs Plug the Plumber (Puffin, 2005); Mr Tick the Teacher (Puffin, 2004); Mr Biff the Boxer (Puffin, 2005). Funnybones series: Funnybones (Puffin, 2010); Dinosaur Dreams (Puffin, 2005); The Pet Shop (Puffin, 2004); Skeleton Crew (Puffin, 2005).

1. Mrs Wobble keeps dropping the food she is serving. What does Mrs Wobble keep dropping?

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KS2

PYP

IPC

Collins Primary Focus

Age 6-11

Grammar and Punctuation ●

Develop children’s knowledge and understanding of essential grammar and punctuation skills with extensive practice and consolidation activities.

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Save time with comprehensive teaching notes for every unit, including learning objectives, background information and definitions, and an ‘in-context’ activity to introduce each concept. Unit

Now try these

Adjectives (1)

1. Copy these sentences. 1 Leave out the adjectives. The first one has been done to help you. a) The brave knight fought the fiery dragon.

An adjective is a describing word. Adjectives give us more information about nouns. Adjectives make sentences more interesting.

The dragon came out of the cave.

We can improve this sentence by adding some adjectives.

b) The mighty wind ripped up the old tree. c) Some green racing cars sped along the wide track. d) Where have the gigantic dinosaurs gone? e) The small, wooden boat was tossed about by the rough sea. f) A strange little man with a pointed hat sang a sad song.

The fearsome, fiery dragon came out of the huge, dark cave.

2. Copy these sentences. 2 Put in some adjectives to make the sentences more interesting. The first one has been done to help you.

Getting started Choose the best adjective to fill each gap.

a) The dog ate the bone.

1. The __________ beggar wore __________ clothes. (poor, bright, dirty, new)

b) The boy climbed the tree. d) The girl went out on her bike.

2. The __________ giant lives in an __________ castle. (ugly, cold, old, blue)

c) A burglar forced the door open. e) The house was in the woods.

3. The __________ girl ate a __________ apple. (purple, little, juicy, hairy) 4. The __________ lady smiled as she sat on the __________ bench. (wooden, cheerful, red, rubber) 5. The __________ cat chased the __________ mouse. (fat, dry, noisy, tiny) 6. The __________ monster had a __________ nose. (wobbly, long, strange, metal) 7. The __________ clown tripped over his __________ boots. (funny, thin, heavy, big) 8. A __________ hedgehog walked up the __________ path. (narrow, high, prickly, quiet)

Practise your punctuation P Punctuate the sentences in this story correctly. Each time you come to the adjective nice, replace it E with a more interesting word. w ssaturday was a nice day youssef dressed in some nice clothes he called for alice she lived in a nice house n they went for a nice walk in the park youssef bought th a nice drink alice bought a nice ball they played on the swings and had a nice time th 13

Sample S Sam ple l ffrom rom G Grammar rammar a and nd dP Punctuation nct ation i P Pupil pil il B Book ookk 2

Simple introductions provided for each grammar concept.

A punctuation activity provides further practice of the grammar concept while establishing clear links between grammar and punctuation.

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Age 4-11

KS1

KS2

PYP

IPC

Spelling ●

Encourage the development of good spelling across all areas of the curriculum with practical and effective teaching ideas.

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Help children remember key spelling rules by investigating how they work.

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Enable children to consolidate spelling knowledge and broaden their vocabulary through building a personal dictionary using write-in Word Books.

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Additional Practice Books, perfect for use at home or in the classroom, reinforce each spelling rule with a ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check’ excercise.

Unit

Adding -y

What happens when you add -y to a word? For most words just add -y. sleep sleepy For words ending in -e, take off the final -e and add -y. laze lazy After a short vowel sound, double the final consonant and add -y. fur furry

Getting started 1. Add -y to each root word in the box, and write the new words. chill ice

grump noise bend fun nut mess run grease

shine snap

2. Copy and complete these sentences. Use a word you made in Question 1 to fill each gap. a) The car skidded on the ___________ road. b) The film was very ___________. c) The ___________ man moaned about the noise. d) The boys were asked to tidy their ___________ room. 16

Sample from Spelling Pupil Book 1

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KS2

PYP

IPC

Collins Primary Focus

Age 4-11

Handwriting ●

Introduce, practise, reinforce and progress handwriting skills with this practical, photocopiable step-by-step programme.

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Progress handwriting skills from the introduction of fine motor movements, through precursive and cursive styles at KS1, to different handwriting styles, calligraphy and links to computer fonts at KS2.

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Detailed teaching notes in the introduction support development of key handwriting skills and provide ideas for whole-class, guided or group sessions.

Letter joins Name

Extensive opportunities to practise letter joins to develop a cursive style. Date

¡[h ªc[h Practise these letter joins by writing the words in the box.

Think about this!

Remember to Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check! When you have finished, write each word three more times on another sheet of paper.

ªc[l]a¡[h ¶h[u¡[h ¡[h]a[l[l ¡[«¨e[t ¡[«e[l[l ¡[h]ow ¡[l]oã[h ¶wi¡[h ªc[h]a[t ªc[«e¡[t ªc[h[i]c[„ ªc[h[i[n ¶i[n]c[h ¶i[t]c[h ¶m[u]c[h ¶p[i[n]c[h Write all of the words that have the ¡[h letter join.

Write all of the words that have the ªc[h letter join.

How did Brilliant! you do?

I need another try.

Sample from Handwriting Book 2

Build conﬁdence with self-assessment opportunities.

Also available as non-photocopiable workbooks

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Collins Primary Literacy

Age 4-11

KS1

KS2

Collins Primary Literacy Series Editor: Kay Hiatt

Collins Primary Literacy is a whole school literacy programme with full planning support, clear differentiation and fully integrated assessment and software.

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Support every child with three clear levels of differentiation in all components to help you cater for the range of abilities and classroom management.

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Grab pupils’ attention with multimedia warm-ups, fantastic interactive texts, and planning and writing frames with prepared examples where children can apply and develop their writing skills.

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A Anyone could pick up the teacher’s guide id d and present an excellent lesson that follows the framework. Normally this would mean that the scheme would be prescriptive, but with careful thought and a good measure of differentiation included, Collins Primary Literacy can be extended or dipped into very effectively. Primary Choice Magazin Magazine ne (now Teach Prima mary ry y) Primary)

Identify learning needs, and track progress across the lesson, term and year with built-in assessment opportunities. Save planning and preparation time with at-a-glance lesson plans that also come as fully editable Word documents.

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Language Skills

Age 4-11

KS1

KS2

English Skills ●

Provide progressive, sustainable development in comprehension, grammar, creative writing and study skills with activities that build critical literacy skills.

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Use with the whole class, small groups or individuals, this flexible approach is ideal for both extension and reinforcement.

Practise with Puzzles – Phonics and Spelling ●

Reinforce learning in spelling and phonics with these fun photocopiable activities, alphabet puzzles and word games.

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Engage children with word building activities, crosswords, word searches and other age-appropriate activities, linked to the phonics and spelling requirements for each year group.

Words with

a and ai

The long rocket has words with ai. The short rocket has words with a. Blend the phonemes to read the words in the word bank. Add the missing phonemes to make the words in the rockets. The phonemes you need are in the rockets’ smoke.

Word bank

rain fan rat sail map tail

ai r ai n

a a

l s

n r

f l

Phonics and Spelling 1

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KS1

KS2

Collins Dictionaries

Age 2-11

Collins Primary Dictionaries Collins Primary Dictionaries are practical, everyday tools that help children understand and use language. Providing a complete range of dictionaries and thesauruses to meet the needs of all children aged 2-10+.

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Accessible, easy-to-use dictionaries and thesauruses with bright illustrations and clear headwords give children all the support they need to build language skills in the classroom and at home.

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Clear progression throughout the range means children learn consistent definitions from age 2-10+.

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Developed in consultation with teachers, children’s lexicographers and educational consultants who know best how to help children learn vocabulary.

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z n o p q r s t u v w x y z television

toast

train

Let’s all watch television.

That toast looks very tasty.

The train chugs along the track.

thumb

toe

tree

Poor dog has hurt his thumb. Ouch!

Sam can touch his toes. Can you?

Look who is stuck in the tree!

tiger

toy

trumpet

The tiger is a big fierce cat.

Everyone likes to play with toys.

Who is that playing the trumpet?

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Collins Dictionaries

Age 2-3

Early Years Dictionaries Collins First Picture Dictionary ●

A colourful dictionary that teaches very young children simple word and picture association, with simple illustrations that support every word to help children read and learn.

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Each page spread contains a selection of common everyday words, grouped in familiar themes with bold, colourful illustrations.

Let’s play in the garden lawnmower

wheelbarrow

bird

butterfly

bike

watering can

Collins ABC Dictionary ●

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Help young learners build their vocabulary and recognise whole words with colourful humorous pictures. Build understanding, with examples of how every word is used in a sentence with engaging pictures to share and talk about.

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y n o p q r s t u v w x y television

toast

train

Let’s all watch television.

That toast looks very tasty.

The train chugs along the track.

thumb

toe

tree

Poor dog has hurt his thumb. Ouch!

Sam can touch his toes. Can you?

Look who is stuc in the tree!

An alphabet on every page helps children learn how to look for and find words.

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Collins Dictionaries

Age 4-5

KS1

Dictionaries for ages 4-5 Collins First Dictionary ● Help children find the right words, building

language skills and confidence with clear colour headwords and the alphabet on every page. ● Improve understanding with simple definitions,

inviting illustrations to show what the word means and a full sentence to highlight how it might be used.

Collins Big Cat Picture Dictionary ● Arranged thematically, children can look

and find lots of words in a variety of familiar, colourful settings, from At the Beach, to On the Farm. ● Big Cat’s questions on every page give you lots

h i j k Ll m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

ladybird

laugh

A ladybird is a red and black insect.

You laugh when you are happy.

lamb

leaf

A lamb is a baby sheep.

A leaf grows on a tre or plant.

At school alphabet book

box classroom

clay crayon

to investigate and talk about. cupboard desk

display drawer

Collins First School Dictionary ● Support the language and literacy skills of

children starting school with colour headwords and the alphabet on every page to help find the right word. ● Make dictionaries fun with brainteaser quizzes

and help with spelling, grammar and writing to build language skills.

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Collins Dictionaries

Age 6-7

Dictionaries for ages 6-7 Collins Junior Illustrated Dictionary ● Assist children in choosing the right word with clear

barn barn barns NOUN A barn is a large building where a farmer stores hay and other crops.

definitions of each headword and synonyms shown in context. ● Build vocabulary with full sentence definitions, child-

friendly example sentences, colourful illustrations and photographs, colour headwords and an A–Z on every page.

NOUN 2 A bat is also a a mouse with leather night, and sleep hang VERB 3 If you are batt having a turn at hitti bat in cricket, baseba

bath baths NOUN A bath is a con is big enough to sit or can wash yourself all

barrel barrels A barrel is a large wooden, metal or plastic container for holding liquids. NOUN

barrier barriers NOUN A barrier is something like a fence or wall, that stops people getting past.

base bases 1 The base is the bottom of something. 2 Number bases are a whole pattern of counting. A base ten counting system uses units, tens and hundreds. NOUN NOUN

basement basements

bathroom bathroom NOUN The bathroom the bath or shower is.

battery batteries NOUN A battery is an electric power. There a for things like watche batteries for torches.

battle battles NOUN A battle is a fig forces, on land, at sea

bawl bawls, bawling, VERB If a child is baw very loudly and angr

Collins Junior Illustrated Thesaurus ● Build confidence and writing skills with example

sentences for every synonym. ● Improve vocabulary with antonyms, picture pages

and word lists. ● Increase understanding of each word with full

definitions.

Collins Rhyming Dictionary ● A lively reference tool packed with rhymes for

over 190 key sounds and spelling patterns, as well as lots of ideas for writing your own amazing rhymes. ● Entries are arranged alphabetically, with each

entry providing a wide variety of rhyming words.

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Collins Dictionaries

Age 7+

KS2

Dictionaries for ages 7+ Collins Grammar Rules

Verbs

● Essential grammar support for ages 7+ with short, clear

definitions of all key grammatical concepts plus lots of examples, tips on spelling, and dictionary and thesaurus work. ● A full A-Z index ensures children can find what they

want to know fast. ● Fun examples, cartoons and explanations support

understanding.

Collins Maths Dictionary ● Contains over 375 entries following the yearly

vocabulary recommended for Years 3 to 6 and beyond. ● Headwords, guidewords and a thumb index follow

important dictionary conventions and support independent use. ● Includes introductory sections for teachers, pupils

and parents.

‘Looks like I’m going to VERB you!’

Verbs are the most important words of all. Every sentence must have a verb in it. Verbs can tell us two things: ● the action performed by a noun (or pronoun): The door opened. The milkman entered. I thought he was going to cry. ● the state of being of a noun (or pronoun):

l Mm n o p q r s t u v w x y

mirror line Look at these shapes and the dotted lines.

If a shape can be divided into two matching halves ‘mirrors’ the other. The dividing line is called a mir If you hold a mirror so that it stands on that mirror line, it looks as if you can still see the whole shape – just as it was before. You see a reflection of half of the shape in the mirror.

Some shapes have more than one mirror line. Loo the mirror lines have been marked in.

Collins Junior Dictionary ● Find the right word with clear, colour headwords,

simple definitions and the alphabet on every page. ● Introduce key parts of speech, including nouns,

verbs, adjectives and adverbs, building key dictionary skills.

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KS2

Collins Dictionaries

Age 8+

Dictionaries for ages 8+ Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary ●

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Find the right word and use it correctly with full sentence definitions, example sentences, parts of speech, synonyms, word histories, cross-references and pronunciation. Support grammar, writing and spelling with themed pages and games to help improve language skills.

torch A B C D E F G H I J K L M

torch torches a small electric light carried in the hand and powered by batteries. [from Old French torche meaning “handful of twisted straw”, which was set on fire and held up to provide light]

NOUN

the past tense of tear.

torment torments tormenting tormented NOUN 1 great pain or unhappiness. VERB 2 If something torments you, it causes you great unhappiness. 3 If someone torments you, they keep deliberately annoying you.

torn VERB

NOUN 1 the n several num VERB 2 If you together to f ADJECTIVE 3 c

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a large tropical bird with a large, colourful be

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touch touch the past participle of tear.

tornado tornadoes or tornados a violent storm with strong circular winds around a funnel-shaped cloud.

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Collins Dictionaries

Age 9+

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Dictionaries for ages 9+ Collins Primary Dictionary

jelly jelly jellies

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noun 1 a clear, sweet food eaten as a dessert. 2 a type of clear, set jam. I like mint jelly with roast lamb.

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jellyﬁsh jellyﬁshes noun a sea animal with a clear, soft body

and tentacles that may sting.

jerk jerks jerking jerked verb 1 If you jerk something, you give it a sudden, sharp pull. 2 If something jerks, it moves suddenly and sharply.

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jersey jerseys noun a knitted garment for the upper half of the body.

jet jets noun 1 an aeroplane that can ﬂy very fast. 2 a rush of air, steam or liquid that is forced out under pressure.

jetty jetties noun a wide stone wall or wooden platform at the edge of the sea or a river, where boats can be moored.

Jew Jews noun a person who practises the religion

jingle jingles noun 1 a short, catchy phrase or rhy with music, used to advertise somet 2 a gentle ringing sound.

job jobs noun 1 the work that someone does earn money. 2 anything that has to be done.

jockey jockeys noun someone who rides a horse in

joey joeys noun a young kangaroo.

jog jogs jogging jogged verb 1 If you jog, you run slowly, ofte for exercise. 2 If you jog something, you knock it slightly so that it shakes or moves. jogger noun

jogging noun

join joins joining joined verb 1 If you join a club, you become

a member of it. 2 When two things join, or when on joins another, they come together. join in verb 3 If you join in an activi take part in it. Synonyms: (sense 2) connect, link

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Collins Bi-lingual Dictionaries Very First Words (Age 3+)

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History and Geography

Primary History

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Atlases Collins Children’s World Map: with free stickers (Age 3+) Excite children as young as 3 with colourful stickers on a journey of discovery around the countries of the world. 978-0-00-735273-9

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Activities for class, group and individual work.

Citizenship and PSHE

Age 4-11

Citizenship and PSHE Cover the Citizenship curriculum using real-life starting points children can relate to. ●

Help your pupils to become informed, active, responsible citizens.

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Detailed teacher’s notes with extension activities and key issues to explore.

Citizenship

Rights and responsibilities in the community

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Belair

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Belair Early Years

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Belair Early Years Nurture early learning with a wealth of creative and practical ideas for learning through play ideal to support the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012. Twelve exciting books offer ideas across all areas of learning. ●

Tried-and-tested activities provide a flexible and non-prescriptive approach to working with children, with clear learning intentions provided for each topic.

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Imaginative themes encourage children to play, explore and learn actively in the classroom and outdoors.

Language and Literacy

Creative

Choose a numeral and make a book about that number. • Draw a large numeral on the front cover. Inside, draw or

a set of • Provide construction equipment or linking cubes on a table or mat. Ask the children to make a model from a specific number of pieces, for example ten. Any pieces can be chosen, but the model must contain the correct number of pieces. Make a label for each model, showing who made it and what it is. Display the models with a sign saying ‘Look what we can make with 10 cubes!’

stick examples of that number of items. Add the children’s writing (or scribe for them). up a story orally with the children, using objects and • Make numeral cards as props, for example: ‘Mr Bear went to the shops to buy three apples. He chose three big, red apples and counted them into the bag, one, two, three.’

a range of musical instruments. Set up a class orchestra with groups • ofExplore children playing a particular instrument. Point to each group and show them a numeral card to tell them how many times to shake, blow or strike their instrument. Choose a confident child to take over as conductor.

Outside Our World

out a line of cones • Set with a spot card attached

a large batch of • Make pizza dough and give

to each one. Balance a light plastic toy on the top of each cone. Rinse and fill some squeezy bottles with water. Use the water to knock the toys off the cones, as in fairground shooting games. Give instructions such as ‘Knock the object off number five.’ How many toys can each child knock off with one bottle of water?

each child a chunk to flatten into a pizza shape. Help each child to spread the top with crushed tomato or tomato purée.

Home Links

out some cardboard apples or use • Cut plastic ones. Attach loops to the apples and hang to the lower branches of trees around the setting. Prepare some numeral cards. Ask a child to pick a card, then run and collect that number of apples from the tree. Use both red and green apples, and once a few children have had a turn ask questions such as: ‘How many red apples are on our tree today?’; ‘How many green ones?’ Extend the questioning to include such questions as: ‘How many would be left if one fell off?’

Photographs of real children’s work to illustrate potential learning outcomes.

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Provide some separate bowls of toppings prepared with pictorial number cards that specify the amount of each topping that can be used, such as two slices of mushroom, three slices of cheese, four olives. The toppings need to be items that can be counted rather than a mass such as grated cheese.

the children to read the numeral • Encourage card and count out the required amount of

Ask parents or carers to:

• look out for numerals around the home

their child ‘How many?’ • ask questions frequently.

topping. Arrange the toppings on the pizza and bake. The children could take the pizza home to share.

Sample page from Number and Calculating

Extension activities to promote home-school links and involve parents.

“The Belair Early Years series covers a comprehensive range of innovative and creative activities across the curriculum. The ideas promote exciting learning opportunities through exploration whilst developing children’s skills through play.” Sarah Deas, Early Years Practitioner

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Play Foundations

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Age 0-5

Play Foundations

New editions of the award-winning Play Foundations series, fully revised and updated to match the Early Years Foundation Stage 2012 curriculum. ●

An exciting collection of play-based activities focused on child-initiated learning with six books for children aged 0 to 3 and six books for children aged 3 to 5.

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The focus of each activity is clearly identified by prime and specific areas of learning and development in a straightforward planning chart.

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Books for children aged 3 to 5 include an engaging CD-ROM with photos, film clips, stories, songs and rhymes for children to use with adult support.

Stepping stones

References to the Early Learning Goals and statements from Development Matters to support observation and assessment of progress.

CD-ROM resources Beach

Early learning goal Children use everyd to talk about size, ay language weight, capacity, position, distanc e, compare quantit time and money to ies and objects and to solve problems. They and describe pattern recognise, create s. They explore characteristics of everyday objects shapes and use and mathematical langua to describe them. ge

Setting up Collect materials in different textures suitable for the he children to walk on (a small paving stone, roof slate, artificial grass, a folded towel, a square of carpet, a prickly doormat, a square of sponge foam, a fluffy rug, cork tile, vinyl floor tile, a blanket, a large square of rough sandpaper, square of fur fabric). Arrange the items around the outdoor area in a ‘stepping stone’ line so that children can step from one piece to another.

Getting started • Look at the ﬁlm clip ‘Beach’ on the CD-ROM and talk about what it feels like to go barefoot. Many children may not associate their feet with the sense of touch. Take them outdoors to the texture trail and ask them to remove their shoes and socks. Invite the children to walk along the ‘toe-tickling trail’ from one stepping stone to another. Encourage them to tap, rub and stamp on the different materials and describe the feeling underneath their feet. • Draw the children’s attention to the direction and placing of the stepping stones and encourage the use of positional language: Where is the paving slab? Which stepping stone is behind you? What is the stepping stone before the cork tile?

Let’s talk! Ask, Which stepping stone is between the roof tile and the towel? What is thee last stepping stone made of? Which stepping stone is next to the carpet tile? For children needing support, ask Which stepping stones feel prickly under your feet? For children requiring challenge, ask Can you take three steps forward (two steps back)? What does that stepping stone feel like under your feet? Note which children understand and use positional language such as before, next to, around, behind, in front of, middle, beside, end and so on during their exploration of the stepping stones.

Texture alphabet CD-ROM resources ABC song

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Early learning goal Children listen attentiv ely in a range of situations. They e accurately anticip listen to stories, ating key events and respond to what they hear with relevant comme nts, actions. They give questions or their attention to what others say appropriately, whileand respond engaged in another activity.

Top tip

Reach every child with ideas for adapting the activities to meet varying abilities and rates of development.

Give the children sufﬁcient time and opportunity to explore the textures with their feet, encouraging them to suggest their own ideas for materials to use and devising their own stepping stone trail, with adult support.

Cut out large lower-case letters of the alphabet from card or thick paper (about 15cm by 15cm). Gather an assortment of materials whose starting letter of the alphabet is easily identiﬁable. For example, sandpaper, sequins or sand for the letter ‘s’, cotton wool balls for ‘c’, buttons or birdseed for ‘b’, ﬂocked wallpaper pieces for ‘w’, kitchen roll or old keys for ‘k’.

Differentiation

Getting started

Further ideas

• Listen to the ‘ABC song’ on the CD-ROM and encourage the children to sing along. Show the alphabet letters to the children and ask them to identify any that they can. Invite them to select one of the letters and trace around it with their ﬁnger. Can they say what it is? • Let the children examine the collection of materials closely, feeling the texture, looking at the colours and saying what they think the materials are. Ask them to select something that begins with the same letter that they are holding in their hand and stick it on to their letter. When completed, ask the children to stand in a line holding their letters, beginning with the letter ‘a’, and sing the ‘ABC song’. Display the texture alphabet around the walls.

• Have a treasure hunt in the outdoor area by hiding pieces of the materials and asking the children to ﬁnd something rough/smooth, hard/soft or warm/cold.

Use a smaller number of stepping stones with children who need support. Let them walk along the trail with a partner to hold their hand and help them to step from stone to stone. For children requiring challenge, fold towels into triangular shapes, cut round pieces of artiﬁcial grass, fur fabric and so on and use a square paving slab and rectangular roof tile for them to identify on a ‘shapes’ toe-tickling trail.

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Let’s talk! Ask, What letter have you chosen? What sound does your letter make? What does your letter feel like? For children needing support, ask What have you chosen to glue on to your letter? For children requiring challenge, ask What else could you use on your letter ‘r’ other than red ribbon? Notice those children who can name the letters of the alphabet. Who can recognise the initial sound in a word? Note those children who can link sounds to letters.

Top tip Support children whose ﬁrst language is not English. Pronounce the letter sounds clearly during this activity and also during everyday activities. Draw the children’s attention to Braille and sign language which are used by children who are hearing or visually impaired.

Differentiation Concentrate on one letter at a time with children who require support. Make a feely box and place a selection of the texture alphabet letters inside. Ask children needing challenge to identify the letter and the materials used to create the texture.

Further ideas • Some more ideas for letter textures are noodles for ‘n’, lace or paper doilies for ‘l’, dried peas or pasta for ‘p’, red ribbon or rice for ‘r’, dried grass or grain for ‘g’, teabags for ‘t’, small umbrella shapes cut from fabric for ‘u’, zig-zag shapes for ‘z’.

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g a dictionar y Usin A dictionary tells us the meaning of words. The words are listed in alphabetical order. dog

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fast

eel

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something that keeps food cool

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quick

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cold

unhappy

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sleepy

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Jess is quick, she is _____________________.

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Tuhil is sad, he is _____________________.

Which word looks like a snake?

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ill

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cheerful

jug _____________________________________________________ kite _____________________________________________________

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fast

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