Education

Level: KS2
Subject: English Reading Comprehension

Targeted practice for every topic taught at school!

When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does bring progress! Matched to the National Curriculum, this Collins Year 4 Reading Comprehension workbook is designed to improve comprehension skills. This book contains relevant, diverse and engaging texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry and covering a range of styles and eras from well-known classics to modern authors.
Using a repeated practice method that is proven to work, this book improves performance in school, as well as in tests and assessments. Questions are organised into levels of increasing difficulty while progress tests throughout check children’s understanding along the way. Children can record their own results too, supporting awareness and boosting confidence. A handy answer section is also included to ensure every child can succeed in Year 4. We’ve got a Year 4 Maths Targeted Practice Workbook (9780008201708) available as well.

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Level: KS1
Subject: English Reading Comprehension

Targeted practice for every topic taught at school!

When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does bring progress! Matched to the National Curriculum, this Collins Year 2 Reading Comprehension workbook is designed to improve comprehension skills. This book contains relevant and engaging texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry and covering a range of styles and eras from well-known classics to modern authors.
Using a repeated practice method that is proven to work, this book improves performance in school, as well as in tests and assessments. Questions are organised into levels of increasing difficulty while progress tests throughout check children’s understanding along the way. Children can record their own results too, supporting awareness and boosting confidence. A handy answer section is also included to ensure every child can succeed in Year 2. We’ve got a Year 2 Maths Targeted Practice Workbook (9780008179007) available as well.

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The only official Minecraft maths book for children aged 8-9!

Children embark on a Minecraft adventure in each maths topic, using their maths skills and knowledge to complete the tasks and earn rewards.

This is a write-in maths practice workbook which uses the Minecraft game as a mechanism for practising the key maths skills covered in Year 4.

• Accomplish maths activities to help Minecraft characters on their missions
• Explore different biomes in each topic
• Earn emeralds as you work through the book, and choose how you spend them
• Go hardcore with challenging questions

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Packed with fun, expert-reviewed activities in line with the national curriculum, these workbooks are the perfect link between school and home learning.

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Take the stress out of preparing for Key Stage 2 Maths SATs with fun, simple exercises that cover all of the key skills. This clever workbook is packed with exercises that match the style of SATs test questions, plus a giant poster crammed with quick-fire memory boosters.

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Online answers as well as a selection of free supporting downloads are available from the Schofield & Sims website.

Mental Arithmetic provides rich and varied practice to develop pupils’ essential maths skills and prepare them for all aspects of the Key Stage 2 national tests. It may also be used as preparation for the 11+, and with older students for consolidation and recovery.

Structured according to ability rather than age, the series allows children to work at their own pace, building confidence and fluency. Two Entry Tests are available in the Mental Arithmetic Teacher’s Guide to help teachers, parents and tutors to select the appropriate book for each child.

Mental Arithmetic 1 covers the key subject areas of number, measurement, geometry and statistics, including place value, simple fractions, time tables, telling the time, giving change, and 2-D and 3-D shapes. The book includes:

• 36 one-page tests, each presented in a unique three-part format comprising: questions where use of language is kept to a minimum; questions using number vocabulary; questions focusing on one- and two-step word problems.
• Progress Tests to monitor learning as pupils work through the book
• Check-up Tests to identify any gaps in understanding.

  A separate accompanying answer book, Mental Arithmetic 1 Answers (ISBN 9780721708058), contains correct answers to all the questions, making marking quick and easy.

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Daily practice is the best way to improve children’s Mental Maths skills – that’s why we’ve written this fantastic Daily Practice workbook for the Year 6 Spring Term! Packed with colourful characters and engaging activities, there’s a page of Mental Maths practice for every school day of the term. It’s all matched to the National Curriculum and perfect for use in class or at home! For each day, there’s a short explanation of what to do, followed by a selection of Mental Maths questions. New topics are introduced gradually, then revisited throughout the book – the questions increase in difficulty through each week, and also through the term. Score boxes at the end of each page make it easy to track children’s progress and there are answers to every question at the back. For complete coverage of Year 6, check out our books for the Autumn (9781789087734) and Summer (9781789087789) terms too!

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Daily practice is the best way to improve children’s Mental Maths skills – that’s why we’ve written this fantastic Daily Practice workbook for the Year 1 Summer Term! Packed with colourful characters and engaging activities, there’s a page of Mental Maths practice for every school day of the term. It’s all matched to the National Curriculum and perfect for use in class or at home! For each day, there’s a short explanation of what to do, followed by a selection of Mental Maths questions. New topics are introduced gradually, then revisited throughout the book – the questions increase in difficulty through each week, and also through the term. Score boxes at the end of each page make it easy to track children’s progress and there are answers to every question at the back. For complete coverage of Year 1, check out our books for the Autumn (9781789087611) and Spring (9781789087635) terms too!

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Daily practice is the best way to improve children’s Mental Maths skills – that’s why we’ve written this fantastic Daily Practice workbook for the Year 3 Autumn Term! Packed with colourful characters and engaging activities, there’s a page of Mental Maths practice for every school day of the term. It’s all matched to the National Curriculum and perfect for use in class or at home! For each day, there’s a short explanation of what to do, followed by a selection of Mental Maths questions. New topics are introduced gradually, then revisited throughout the book – the questions increase in difficulty through each week, and also through the term. Score boxes at the end of each page make it easy to track children’s progress and there are answers to every question at the back. For complete coverage of Year 3, check out our books for the Spring (9781789087727) and Summer (9781789087772) terms too!

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CGP’s KS2 Mental Arithmetic Targeted Question Book contains stacks of practice questions – all matched to the Year 5 curriculum. It also makes great prep for the 11+ exams. This brilliant workbook covers a huge variety of questions to build pupils’ maths skills. The book is split into three sections which get progressively trickier, so pupils can develop their abilities and grow in confidence as they work through the book. There are three sets of Progress Tests to help pupils keep track of how they’re doing. And to top it all off, there are nine Listening Tests, and the audio is available online. Plus there’s no paying extra for answer books here! Full answers to every question (including the Listening Tests) are free online.

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CGP’s KS2 Mental Arithmetic Targeted Question Book contains stacks of practice questions – all matched to the Year 6 curriculum. It also makes great prep for the 11+ exams. This brilliant workbook covers a huge variety of questions to build pupils’ maths skills. The book is split into three sections which get progressively trickier, so pupils can develop their abilities and grow in confidence as they work through the book. There are three sets of Progress Tests to help pupils keep track of how they’re doing. And to top it all off, there are nine Listening Tests, and the audio is available online. Plus there’s no paying extra for answer books here! Full answers to every question (including the Listening Tests) are free online.

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100 Fun Sudoku Puzzles in BSL with solutions: (Vol.2)

British Sign Language Sudoku is a game of Sudoku that can be played using British Sign Language (BSL). Sudoku is a popular logic-based puzzle game that involves filling a 9×9 grid with numbers from 1 to 9, with each number appearing only once in each row, column, and 3×3 box. In BSL Sudoku, the puzzle is solved using sign BSL numbers.

INSIDE OF THE BOOK:

• Includes instructions and solutions!
• Each page is numbered to make it easy to see the solution to each puzzle
• 105 Pages
• Premium Matte Cover Finish Design
• Size: 8.5” x 11”

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Daily practice is the best way to improve children’s Mental Maths skills – that’s why we’ve written this fantastic Daily Practice workbook for the Year 2 Autumn Term! Packed with colourful characters and engaging activities, there’s a page of Mental Maths practice for every school day of the term. It’s all matched to the National Curriculum and perfect for use in class or at home! For each day, there’s a short explanation of what to do, followed by a selection of Mental Maths questions. New topics are introduced gradually, then revisited throughout the book – the questions increase in difficulty through each week, and also through the term. Score boxes at the end of each page make it easy to track children’s progress and there are answers to every question at the back. For complete coverage of Year 2, check out our books for the Spring (9781789087642) and Summer (9781789087666) terms too!

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• One-topic-per-page format helps students revise more quickly, without the hassle.
• Exam-style worked examples match the new specification and demonstrate good exam technique.
• ‘Now try this’ exam-style practice questions let students test their understanding of a topic.
• Key formulae tell students exactly which formulae they need to learn for their exam.
• Target level indicator shows students exactly what level they are working at.
• Problem solving support throughout including tricky questions on easy topics and strategies and techniques for answering AO2 and AO3 questions.
• Video worked solutions show students exactly how to answer tricky questions.
• Complete coverage of the new specification including brand-new topics like functions and Venn diagrams.
• Visual explanations of key concepts help students revise quickly and recall key skills in their exams.

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Embark on an enlightening journey with “50 Science Questions for Curious Minds,” your accessible guide to the wonders of the natural world and the innovations shaping our everyday life. Suited for readers aged 8 to 80, this treasure trove of knowledge unravels some of the most captivating mysteries of science in a language everyone can understand.

From the depths of the oceans to the vast expanse of space, from your kitchen to the farthest reaches of Earth, this book dives into a variety of topics that are as diverse as they are engaging. Written in clear, accessible language, each question is a conversation starter, an invitation to look at the world through the lens of science.

Find out why leaves change color, how honey is made, and what gives diamonds their dazzling brilliance. Discover the inner workings of your smartphone, unravel the secrets of the stars, and explore the invisible forces that bind our solar system together.

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Exam Board: AQA
Level: GCSE Grade 9-1
Subject: Maths Foundation
Suitable for the 2024 exams

Get the edge in your GCSE Maths Foundation exams by mastering the full range of exam questions. Understand precisely what the examiner is looking for and how to craft your answer.

This exam practice workbook takes you through all the different question types in AQA GCSE Maths Foundation, breaking them down, step by step, to show what you need to do to gain full marks. QR codes link to videos to provide extra support when you need it. Then it’s practise, practise, practise with plenty of exam questions organised by question type and topic to hone your exam technique.

• Developed with teachers and exam experts
• Perfect for practising active recall
• Command words fully explained
• Model answers and partial worked examples
• Graded exam practice questions
• Timing guidance
• Calculator/non-calculator questions highlighted
• Answers and guidance for self-marking

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Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic books that together provide a consistent and highly effective approach to teaching phonics.

Dimensions: 117x77mm (Cards)

A set of 43 phonics flashcards to support children who are using Little Wandle for Letters and Sounds Revised at school and the perfect tool to support phonics learning at home.

The Little Wandle complete systematic synthetic phonics programme has been developed for schools by schools, and is fully validated by the Department for Education.

For further advice and videos visit collins.co.uk/LittleWandleAtHome

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Become a maths whizz by practising your key skills every day. Set the timer and try your best for a perfect score. Can you beat the clock?

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Achieve fluency and reinforce learning with homework questions matched to topics in the Pupil Books. Provide practice for all tiers within the third year of KS3 with this one book.

• Set additional practice questions for homework which is matched to the Collins Maths Frameworking course
• Assign differentiated homework easily with tier 1 marked as one star, tier 2 flagged as two stars and tier 3 with three stars
• Access maths practice for all levels per year, with questions to reinforce, core questions and stretch and challenge
• Challenge more able pupils with ‘Brainteaser’ extended questions per topic
• Easy for pupils to take home with the slim portable format
• Access answers online

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Level: KS3
Subject: Maths (Higher level)

Complete revision and practice covering the KS3 course

This all-in-one KS3 Maths study and practice book is your one-stop shop for KS3 Maths! Excellent value for money, it combines a full revision guide and workbook in one book.

Clear and concise revision notes, plus seven practice opportunities for every topic. For even more practice QR codes link directly from the topics in the revision guide to online interactive quick recall quizzes and to worked solution videos in the workbook.

• quick tests to check understanding
• end of topic practice questions
• topic review questions later in book
• mixed practice questions at end of book
• online quick recall quizzes for every topic
• online video solutions for every topic
• free Q&A flash cards to download online
• more topic-by-topic practice and mixed practice questions in the added workbook!
• now with free ebook – visit collins.co.uk/ebooks and follow the step-by-step instructions

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A-MINUTE-A-DAY is a series of three *precision- teaching based books, [Phonics. Mental Maths and High Frequency Words], which aim to improve basic reading and mental maths skills, in a challenging yet fun way. The books contain photocopiable games, each one focusing upon a specific group of letters, words or numbers. The aim of each game is for the child to give 30 correct verbal responses within 1 minute. NO WRITING SKILLS ARE REQUIRED. The games may be used by a teacher or parent to provide intensive practice in specific areas. Each page may be used repeatedly by the child for practice both in school and at home, and progress assessed by the teacher in just A-MINUTE-A-DAY. This approach has at its roots, a method known as *precision- teaching, which, since its inception in 1964, has been adopted by an ever increasing number of teachers, and its proven success in both mainstream and special needs education is indisputable. The value of precision- teaching lies in identifying a specific area of need for a particular child, followed by a daily period of teaching, testing and evaluating progress. Normally, this process would take around 10-15 minutes of completely undivided attention for a particular child. Whilst this can be considered a short enough period to offer any child, for a teacher without ancillary support and with multiple children requiring similar help, it can often be impossible to achieve. A-MINUTE-A-DAY offers a new methodology, which, by engaging parents as partners, enables teachers to offer their pupils tailored, systematic practice and monitoring of progress on a daily basis, whilst drastically reducing the amount of teacher involvement, ie it is a TEACHER TIMESAVER. Included at the end of each book are three content free games, which may be used by the teacher to create additional questions to suit an individual child, or to offer a game with high repetition for children who learn at a slower rate.

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Teaching at sentence level is essential to improve writing. Knowing this, I desperately searched for a book packed full of sentence models that I could use to inspire my students. On discovering that no such book existed, I spent the next year poring over hundreds and hundreds of books to tap into the magic formula of what makes a great sentence. I sorted all these fantastic sentence structures into the domains through which we write stories: action, setting, character, feelings, physical effects, thoughts, the senses, and dialogue.

This book contains hundreds of those sentence models. Each chapter also contains practical advice on effectively teaching the different aspects of story writing. The sentences can be used as creative writing exercises, inspiration for your exemplary text, or ideas for writing lessons. This book will reveal the magic formula behind great writing and give you a secret window into how this writing is created.

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