New Releases by Jane Buxton

A class of primary school children look at different ways of constructing bridges for toy cars to travel over. Materials used include paper, straws, iceblock sticks, sticky tape and cardboard. The class write up their findings in each experiment as an engineers report. Suggested level: primary.

Special Needs Scheme that builds fluency and comprehension through audio assisted learning. Ideal for struggling readers and English language learners. For Key Stages 1-2 (P1-6). Contents include: 5 levels of books and audio cassettes. 20 books and audios per level. Plus, teaching support material with lesson plans, videos and assessment. Rainbow Reading provides clear audio-tape models of fluent reading, levelled high-interest books, by a variety of authors, opportunities for students to reread in a supportive environment, one-to-one conferencing with teacher or tutor, encourages students to self-monitor and to read fluently, for meaning. Teaching support material is ideal for assessing and improving comprehension, for practice in reading and following instructions, for improving spelling and word identification, for improvement in writing and reading, training video for staff.

Special Needs Scheme that builds fluency and comprehension through audio assisted learning. Ideal for struggling readers and English language learners. For Key Stages 1-2 (P1-6). Contents include: 5 levels of books and audio cassettes. 20 books and audios per level. Plus, teaching support material with lesson plans, videos and assessment. Rainbow Reading provides clear audio-tape models of fluent reading, levelled high-interest books, by a variety of authors, opportunities for students to reread in a supportive environment, one-to-one conferencing with teacher or tutor, encourages students to self-monitor and to read fluently, for meaning. Teaching support material is ideal for assessing and improving comprehension, for practice in reading and following instructions, for improving spelling and word identification, for improvement in writing and reading, training video for staff.

Discusses the moon and its appearance. Suggested level: junior.

A simple discussion of different forces which can change the physical form of the land.

A little girl does an arts and crafts project.

Dad has a tough time photographing his family at the beach.

An orange level reader about a woman who takes her donkey, Ambrosia, on a picnic. Suggested level: primary.

Special Needs Scheme that builds fluency and comprehension through audio assisted learning. Ideal for struggling readers and English language learners. For Key Stages 1-2 (P1-6). Contents include: 5 levels of books and audio cassettes. 20 books and audios per level. Plus, teaching support material with lesson plans, videos and assessment. Rainbow Reading provides clear audio-tape models of fluent reading, levelled high-interest books, by a variety of authors, opportunities for students to reread in a supportive environment, one-to-one conferencing with teacher or tutor, encourages students to self-monitor and to read fluently, for meaning. Teaching support material is ideal for assessing and improving comprehension, for practice in reading and following instructions, for improving spelling and word identification, for improvement in writing and reading, training video for staff.

Ambrosia benefits from the harvesting and storing of hay, a process simply described in this book.

Marnie''s Dad asks her to buy some cheese and a treat for herself at the corner shop but she has trouble remembering anything else but the treat.