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Buy our bundle of all 14 Progression Guides (School-wide digital licence) and save over £750. History, Geography, SMSC, Writing, Reading, Maths Vocabulary, Music, RE, Computing, PSHE, PE, Design & Technology, Art & Design, and Science. These progression guides give you clear examples of what each skill looks like for every year group, with useful examples of vocabulary. Fully aligned with the latest objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum, they will support the curriculum development and implementation under the new Ofsted Framework.
Choose any 4 Progression Guides as a school-wide digital licence from our collection of 14. These progression guides give you clear examples of what each skill looks like for every year group, with useful examples of vocabulary. Fully aligned with the latest objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum, they will support the curriculum development and implementation under the new Ofsted Framework.
Now available as a downloadable PDF, licensed for use across your school ... Our highly acclaimed Guide to Mathematical Vocabulary provides teachers with a clear framework for planning. Written by current practitioners, for current practitioners, this document is fully aligned with the objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about Art & Design. We have taken the National Curriculum for Art & Design and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about computing. We have taken the National Curriculum for Computing and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about Design & Technology. We have taken the National Curriculum for Design & Technology and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn how to be geographers. We have taken the National Curriculum for Geography and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
We have taken the National Curriculum for history and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively – and help pupils to add knowledge to their long-term memories. [This downloadable PDF is licensed for use across your school]
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about music. We have taken the National Curriculum for Computing and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about PE. We have taken the National Curriculum for PE and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about PSHE. We have taken the National Curriculum for PSHE and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
There is no statutory national curriculum for Religious Eductaion, yet all pupils must study it to the age of 18. This skills progression guide from TT Education is aimed at ensuring teachers have clarity and consistency in how they help pupils learn about Religious Education. We have applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression in R.E. to provide you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
Whilst there is no statutory national curriculum for SMSC, all pupils must study it – and be taught about British Values under the Education Act (2002). We have taken the guidance for SMSC and, having applied our experiences and understanding of learning and progression, provided you with a guide that will help structure learning effectively.
Now available as a downloadable PDF, licensed for use across your school ... Our highly acclaimed Guide to Progression in Reading provides teachers with a clear framework for planning. Written by current practitioners, for current practitioners, this document is fully aligned with the objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum.
Now available as a downloadable PDF, licensed for use across your school ... Our highly acclaimed Guide to Progression in Writing provides teachers with a clear framework for planning. Written by current practitioners, for current practitioners, this document is fully aligned with the objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum.
Fun with Non-Fiction is an inspiring collection of tailor-made model texts and teaching tips for every primary school year group. Designed to be funny, informative and engaging, with each text containing age-appropriate vocabulary, punctuation and grammar (based on the latest National Curriculum requirements), this book with put the fun back into non-fiction lessons.
Fun with Poetry is an inspiring and exciting collection of tailor-made, ready-analysed poetry for all Key Stage Two classes. Within these pages, not only will you find clear analysis and teaching tips for each of our hand-selected classic poems, but you will also find ten brand new poems for each year group. Poetry has never been this accessible, not only for the children, but also for you. So why not let us help you put the fun back into teaching poetry?
Lexisaurus is a cross between a game and a thesaurus! Expand your vocabulary by discussing, sorting, using and applying a range of similar words.
Fun with Spelling is the quick fire spelling game with infinite variations! Suitable for whole classes, teams or individuals and adaptable to anyone’s spelling requirements, this game will put the fun back into learning spelling!
Fun with Calculating is the quick fire maths game with infinite applications! Suitable for whole classes, teams or individuals and adaptable to anyone’s maths requirements, this game will put the fun back into maths!
Mrs. P is your cardboard teacher. She will help you verbalise your mathematical reasoning in order to explain how you worked out your answers. Each card has a sentence written on it, with blanks for the children to fill in. Using these prompts, children can push their thinking forward and explain how they are attempting to solve a mathematical puzzle. It will enable them to draw on previous knowledge and extrapolate from the number facts known.
Discovery Dog and Naughty Nora are your classroom explorer buddies! Discovery Dog, the adult sized puppet, is loveable and shaggy, whereas Naughty Nora, the child-sized puppet, is cheeky and sleek. Together they can go on maths adventures to discover the real-world application of number problems. Or perhaps they could go home with the children at the weekend and inspire some fabulous report or diary writing – it’s up to you! An absolute bargain for teachers of any year group.
Now available with a CD-ROM for classroom use, Descriptosaurus is the first book for creative writing that is a thematic expansion of a dictionary and a thesaurus. This book provides children with a comprehensive resource with which to expand their descriptive vocabulary, experiment with language and sentence structure and build narratives.
In the tradition of classic fairy tales for children, Carol Ann Duffy and Jane Ray have created a truly compelling, surprising and beautiful story for children of all ages. What would happen if we lost the happy endings to stories – imagine the tears at bedtime! A fantastic and magical tale about what happens when, one night, a wicked witch steals the happy endings to bedtime stories. It is up to Jub, the keeper of the happy endings, to save the day and ensure sweet dreams everywhere in this lyrical story about storytelling.
Fourteen black-and-white drawings, each accompanied by a title and a caption, entice the reader to make up his or her own story. A beautifully detailed and fascinatingly imaginative book. Each picture has one bizarre detail, which gives an oddly Gothic spin to the book. Weirdly wonderful, this is an inspiring mystery.
Concept Cartoons have been thoroughly researched in classrooms around the world. Simple cartoon-style drawings present learners with their own misconceptions and generate discussion and argument. They are remarkably easy to use in the classroom as a part of normal teaching. The ideas children come up with will leave you amazed and them inspired.
Concept Cartoons have been thoroughly researched in classrooms around the world. Simple cartoon-style drawings present learners with their own misconceptions and generate discussion and argument. They are remarkably easy to use in the classroom as a part of normal teaching.
What would you do if a penguin arrived through the post every morning for a year? This is the novel problem facing the family in Jean-Luc Fromental and Joelle Jollivet's fabulously funny story.
Outdoor learning is not just about taking what we do indoors and moving it outside. It involves unique and exciting equipment and experiences. Designed to be used as a dip in dip out collection of easy to use ideas for EYFS and KS1, this book shows how exciting outdoor learning can be developed on even the smallest of budgets.
Now available as a downloadable PDF, licensed for use across your school ... Our highly acclaimed Guide to Progression in Science provides teachers with a clear framework for planning. Written by current practitioners, for current practitioners, this document is fully aligned with the objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum.
A worldwide bestseller, Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' is now available in a version designed specifically for (Key Stage 2) children. Fantastically interesting, readable and amusing, this non-fiction book will educate as well as entertain.
Appletters is the addictive game for early readers that helps to develop reading and spelling skills, enhance strategic thinking, encourage co-operation, promote turn-taking and improve concentration.
Bananagrams is a fast and frantic race against time (and your opponent) to build your own crossword grid. Suitable for KS2, this game can be played individually or in groups of up to eight, promoting spelling, reading and vocabulary development. The best bit is – it’s fun!
A beautiful story told through the illustrations of the incomparable Quentin Blake, 'Clown' is a wonderful way to spark the imagination of children of all ages. There is no text to accompany the images - no words at all - which means that children must invent the story themselves. For younger children, a chance to find their way through story structure and playing with language. For older children, a chance to write a wonderfully detailed story, with the gorgeous images as their inspiration.
Some fun facts about maths, designed to help children remember interesting number facts and translate this to their maths attainment. Interesting, readable and educational, this will switch children on to maths in a brand new way!
In this beautifully illustrated, wordless picture book, a boy goes to the beach to collect anything floating that has been washed ashore. Nobody expects what happens next…
For EYFS or EAL children, the easily recognizable fruit and color patterns make Fruitominoes much simpler to play than classic dominoes, while keeping their focus on the numbers.
Alistair Bryce-Clegg’s fantastically readable and practical book helps teacher focus on how to improve children’s understanding of the mechanics of writing and how to plan engaging activities.
A beautifully illustrated story about a boy who lives in a library, How to Live Forever will captivate children's hearts and stimulate their imaginations.
With such a fantastic range of ideas and activities to choose from, this is a wonderful resource to help with planning lessons or a series of lessons to really inspire children to progress in their non-fiction writing.
Featuring fun, short entries about planets, stars, galaxies, and more, this charming book is perfect for reading aloud or for beginning readers to enjoy by themselves.
Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English.
With over 10,000 entries, beautifully illustrated with drawings or photographs, these dictionaries are colourful, clear and accessible, featuring simple, easy-to-read numbered meanings.
This unique dictionary makes it easy to explain how ‘sun’ and ‘Cinderella’ both start with the ‘s’ sound and how ‘dance’ has the same ‘s’ sound at the end, while ‘egg’ and ‘eat’ start with the same letter but different sounds.
With a variety of different games based on the four complete sets of alphabet tiles in Pairs in Pears, this is a flexible, versatile resource. Children can play the games in pairs, they can build words individually or they can work in larger groups. The games can be used to boost weaker pupils, stretch the more able or deepen understanding and develop fluency with spelling and reading.
Payday is the quick-fire, real-world game of investment, profit and loss that will have children really using their maths skills in a fun and competitive way. Payday is the ideal resource for upper Key Stage 2 teachers wanting to give their children an idea of how money really works. What better way to learn to manage money than by practising it in a fun, engaging manner?
Buy our bundle of 10 Progression Guides (School-wide digital licence) and save over £500. History, Geography, SMSC, Writing, Reading, Maths Vocabulary, Music, RE, Computing, & Science. These progression guides give you clear examples of what each skill looks like for every year group, with useful examples of vocabulary. Fully aligned with the latest objectives and expectations of the Primary National Curriculum, they will support the curriculum development and implementation under the new Ofsted Framework.
Drawing on the author’s own research project in order to identify good practice in promoting reading for enjoyment, the book presents specific activities which teachers can use to develop their own whole school and classroom practice, enabling them to put the fun back into reading. This book includes examples of planning from schools where successful reading cultures have been not only created, but also sustained.
Concept Cartoons have been thoroughly researched in classrooms around the world. Simple cartoon-style drawings present learners with their own misconceptions and generate discussion and argument. They are remarkably easy to use in the classroom as a part of normal teaching. Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and stimulate thinking. Concept Cartoons make concepts problematic and provide an engaging stimulus for learning. Every Concept Cartoon is guaranteed to provoke ferocious discussion and leave children wanting to find out more! The ideas children come up with will leave you amazed and them inspired.
Concept Cartoons are quick, simple and effective. They are designed to intrigue, provoke discussion and stimulate thinking. Concept Cartoons make concepts problematic and provide an engaging stimulus for learning. Every Concept Cartoon is guaranteed to provoke ferocious discussion and leave children wanting to find out more! The ideas children come up with will leave you amazed and them inspired.
Create tales filled with action with these Rory's Story Cubes, perfect to use on their own or mixed with other Story Cubes. Each picture in this pack represents a commonly used verb. Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination…
Perfect on its own or used as an extension pack, this set of story cubes comprises three cubes, which can be used to craft tales of intrigue, thrills and mystery! Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination...
Perfect on its own or used as an extension pack, this set of story cubes comprises three cubes, which can create fantastic and enchanting fairy tales! Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination…
With 9 cubes, 54 images and over 10 million possible combos, just roll the cubes, begin with “Once upon a time …” and let the images spark your imagination. Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination…
Perfect on its own or used as an extension pack, this set of story cubes comprises three cubes, which can create exciting prehistoric tales of dinosaurs and cavemen! Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination…
Create tales of epic adventure with these Rory's Story Cubes, perfect to use on their own or mixed with other Story Cubes. Just roll the cubes and use the tiny images to spark your imagination...
Over 70 clearly described and ready-to-use activities, covering each of the rules that children are expected to know and use in the SATs during Year 6. Through acting out parts of speech, letter strings and punctuation, children will internalise the language and absorb ideas, skills and understanding. They will be able to draw on this stored knowledge and use it wherever they need it in the future – when they are being tested – but, more importantly, in their own writing.
“Tell Me” offers practical information about book talking in the classroom, explaining some of the processes and outlining the ground rules developed by teachers and others who work with children and books. “The Reading Environment” describes, with many practical examples, the surroundings and attitudes that support children’s encounters with books in school, enabling them to become thoughtful, willing readers. Together, they provide a clear and helpful explanation of the ways in which teachers can help children become thoughtful, discursive, engaged readers.
The pictures in this book are so beautiful, perhaps you could use them as a stimulus for creative writing. Equally, you could use the idea of combining information with story to ask the children to create their own information-story on the topic they have been studying. A really beautiful and stimulating resource, there are lots of lovely ways to use this fantastic book.
Children’s experience of texts is no longer limited to words on printed pages – their reading and writing worlds are formed in multimodal ways. This book is a practical guide for teachers in making sense of multimodal approaches to teaching writing.
With this fun, printable resource, children can solve a mystery by using their maths knowledge.
With this fun, printable resource, children can solve a mystery by using their maths knowledge.
With this fun, printable resource, children can solve a mystery by using their maths knowledge.