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The Busy Ant Maths programme ensures confidence from the start for teachers and pupils, embedding best practice across the school.Using the planning together with this guide offers you a complete solution for planning and delivering inspiring maths lessons, helping promote learning and raising attainment for all children.The Busy Ant Maths programme ensures confidence from the start for teachers and pupils, embedding best practice across the school.A complete solution for planning and delivering inspiring maths lessons, helping promote learning and raising attainment for all children.Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.

Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Pupil Book 1C is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the new Primary Maths National Curriculum.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1C contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.

The Busy Ant Maths programme is based on differentiation, to ensure that each pupil is completely catered for.Using the Progress Guide, teachers can reach every child with support and extension activities, to raise pupil attainment and ensure rapid progression for all children.The Busy Ant Maths programme is based on differentiation, to ensure that each pupil is completely catered for.Using the Progress Guide, teachers can reach every child with support and extension activities, to raise pupil attainment and ensure rapid progression for all children.Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.

The Busy Ant Maths programme ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start inside and outside the classroom.Homework is linked to the lesson plans in order to consolidate classroom learning, and the guide contains shared activities so parents can support their child’s learning.The Busy Ant Maths programme ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start inside and outside the classroom.Homework is linked to the lesson plans in order to consolidate classroom learning, and the guide contains shared activities so parents can support their child’s learning.Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start. Supporting the 2014 National Curriculum, the homework guide provides you with differentiated homework exercises to support every child’s mathematical development.

Check pupils are on track and making expected progress in Year 5 maths with 12 tests per year (6 arithmetic and 6 reasoning tests) which follow the Primary White Rose Schemes of Learning. Photocopiable and editable, these informal tests help identify gaps in learning and next steps.Assess pupils’ arithmetic and reasoning skills in Year 5 with questions that use the latest SATs style language to help build familiarity and confidence for the KS2 maths tests.Measure progress every half term with tests that follow the White Rose Small Steps.Check pupils are on track for the expected standard with guidance and clear SATs style mark schemes.Easy to use with national curriculum objectives and content domain references in a yearly overview.Save time with high quality tests written by primary maths experts and with a free editable download so you can adapt for your school.Available for Years 1–6/P2–P7, you can provide a consistent and systematic way of assessing maths in your school.

Check pupils are on track and making expected progress in Year 6 maths with 12 tests per year (6 arithmetic and 6 reasoning tests) which follow the Primary White Rose Schemes of Learning. Photocopiable and editable, these informal tests help identify gaps in learning and next steps.Assess pupils’ arithmetic and reasoning skills in Year 3 with questions that use the latest SATs style language to help build familiarity and confidence for the KS2 maths tests.Measure progress every half term with tests that follow the White Rose Small Steps.Check pupils are on track for the expected standard with guidance and clear SATs style mark schemes.Easy to use with national curriculum objectives and content domain references in a yearly overview.Save time with high quality tests written by primary maths experts and with a free editable download so you can adapt for your school.Available for Years 1–6/P2–P7, you can provide a consistent and systematic way of assessing maths in your school.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.The Busy Ant Maths programme ensures confidence from the start for teachers and pupils, embedding best practice across the school.Using the digital content together with this guide offers you a complete solution for planning and delivering inspiring maths lessons, helping promote learning and raising attainment for all children. The 2nd edition incorporates the ready-to-progress criteria, built into Unit Overviews and Lesson Plans, to highlight the most important knowledge and understanding in the national curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1A is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1A contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1A is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1B is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1B contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1B is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1C contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1A is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1A contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1A is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1B is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1B contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1B is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Written by an expert author team with over 50 years’ combined classroom experience, Busy Ant Maths is a flexible, whole-school mathematics programme that ensures conceptual understanding and mathematical fluency from the start.Collins Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is packed with exciting activities to help build and develop the skills needed to be successful in Maths. Each page features lots of hands-on, highly visual activities and representations with a low level of text to give pupils confidence in learning maths.Activity Book 1C contains:• fun activities to consolidate the objectives covered in the daily maths lesson• objectives at the top of each page so the child is in control of their own learning• space to record answers, providing structure to each exercise• simple text.• engaging, colourful graphics.Used in conjunction with the Teacher's Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, the Busy Ant Maths Activity Book 1C is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Project X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. This pack contains 1 set of guided reading notes and 5 reading books, 1 of each of: Under Siege, Dungeon Danger, The Story of Sir Dave, Find Me a Castle! and The Knight's Handbook.

Designed for classroom and independent study, our Revise Key Stage 2 Revision Workbooks provide simple, brilliantly smart support to Year 6 learners practising for the National Curriculum tests. Features include:

‘Write-in’ format so that children can write their answers directly onto the page as they would in National Tests

One-to-one page match with the Revision Guide so students can find the practice they need quickly and easily

Guided practice questions on every page demonstrate good technique and build confidence

Loads of practice questions in the style of the new exams

Hints and tips helps students avoid common pitfalls

The Year 6 Tutor Assessment Pack for Maths contains checkpoint challenges, 38 end of lesson tests and formal practice papers. They cover the main topic areas addressed in the national curriculum tests: • Number, ratio and algebra • Geometry, measurements and statistics

Pinpoint is a series of activities and resources created to provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in English.

68 page teaching guide, A4 size Flexible bank of activities, enough for 30 lessons  Curriculum-linked activities for all areas of English using the context of the novel (writing, reading, comprehension, spelling & grammar, spoken language) Vocabulary builders and cross curricular activities using themes from the text Includes Photocopy Masters to support the activities Introduces contemporary themes that today’s children can relate to Saves teachers time searching for engaging activities to use across the curriculum, linked to the stimulus text Ideas for differentiation included to help tailor activities to children’s needs

Pinpoint Whole Class Reading is a new series of teaching guides providing flexible and creative lessons for classic modern children’s books.

 

This book provides 30 starter, main and plenary activities for teaching The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce in Year 5 / P6. These can be used interchangeably over a half term or over a longer period. Activities use three levels where appropriate, showing how the content can be adapted for children who need more support or challenge. 

 

The Unforgotten Coat sensitively addresses the contemporary issue of immigration through a friendship between two refugees from Mongolia and one of their classmates in Liverpool, offering links with current affairs, geography and art.

 

 

 

Pinpoint is a series of activities and resources created to provide you with highly focused resources for specific needs in English. 

64 page teaching guide, A4 size Flexible bank of activities, enough for 30 lessons  Curriculum-linked activities for all areas of English using the context of the novel (writing, reading, comprehension, spelling & grammar, spoken language) Vocabulary builders and cross curricular activities using themes from the text Includes Photocopy Masters to support the activities Introduces contemporary themes that today’s children can relate to Saves teachers time searching for engaging activities to use across the curriculum, linked to the stimulus text Ideas for differentiation included to help tailor activities to children’s needs

Pinpoint Whole Class Reading is a new series of teaching guides providing flexible and creative lessons for classic modern children’s books.

 

This book provides 30 starter, main and plenary activities for teaching Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo in Year 5 / P6. These can be used interchangeably over a half term or over a longer period. Activities use three levels where appropriate, showing how the content can be adapted for children who need more support or challenge. 

Beowulf is an accessible way for teachers and children to engage with the oldest surviving epic in British literature. Its focus on action will appeal to reluctant readers and, as an old English poem set in Denmark, it offers opportunities to explore multiculturalism, myths and legends, history, drama and art.