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The Busy Ant Maths programme has assessment at the heart and from the start, embedding best practice across the school. Using the assessment tool on Collins Connect together with this guide offers you a simple and robust way of assessing and capturing progress and communicating it effectively to pupils, other teachers and parents. The Busy Ant Maths programme has assessment at the heart and from the start, embedding best practice across the school. Using the assessment tool on Collins Connect together with this guide offers you a simple and robust way of assessing and capturing progress and communicating it effectively to pupils, other teachers and parents. 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 Art of the Tutu is a generic description of how a ''performance'' ballet tutu costume is made and is only to serve as a basic ''concept'' to what effort is required to create such a costume.In what has become one of the most identifiable symbols of Classical Ballet it is in fact a relative newcomer in the story of Ballet. The tutu as we know it today developed during the closing decades of the 19th Century at the height of the Russian Imperial Ballet creative potency. To follow was the ''English'' style that developed from years of copying those of various individual costumes of visiting artists to England and later from the ''Ballets Russes'' at the turn of the 20th Century. Over time, the ''English'' style would become the unofficial international standard worn by the likes of Pavlova and Fonteyn.

''Collins Easy Learning'' practice skills books help children develop their literacy and numeracy skills, through lots of fun activities. Helpful tips and answers are included to help support 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.

Enriching Maths Resource Pack 4 provides a bank of activities for children working above age-related expectations, which can be slotted in alongside the maths programme for your class. The engaging activities enrich and extend the objectives you''re already teaching, offering breadth and depth for those children who need an extra challenge. Enriching Maths Resource Pack 4 features: * a bank of easy-to-use activities, saving you time in thinking up new enrichment ideas * support for practitioners in identifying and teaching gifted pupils, including those who are not subject specialists * fun activities in a newspaper-style format that will ensure children use and apply their mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding * links to the entire primary curriculum, via a range of cross-curricular contexts * puzzles that require children to read, consider, then choose the methods and equipment to solve the problem, fostering independent thinking and working * All materials are available as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to tailor them to the needs of your pupils.

Even as a baby, Abraham feels the guiding warmth of God''s star, and through his early steps, his parents instill tales of a great and loving God. One night, under the starry sky, Baby Abraham learns about God''s promises--specifically, the pledge of descendants as numerous as the stars. As Baby Abraham grows, his faith takes its first steps, mirroring the Good Shepherd''s kindness. The narrative beautifully depicts the growth of Abraham''s faith, akin to a tiny seed planted deep within his heart. From these humble beginnings, Abraham evolves into a young boy dreaming big dreams, guided by the understanding that God''s plans surpass imagination. The tale closes with Abraham''s faith flourishing, becoming a blessing not just for himself but for the entire world. The story is a delightful introduction to faith, trust, and the wonders of God''s promises, offering a gentle and inspiring journey for the youngest readers.

The Busy Ant Maths Pupil Book 4B contains three levels of differentiated challenge built-in to each lesson as well as extra consolidation and extension activities to ensure rapid progression for every child.

Collins New Primary 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.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging.

Extension and enrichment for all through problem-solving and mathematical investigations. Cambridge Primary Mathematics Word Problems Stage 3 provides a database of over 500 mathematical problems matched to the Cambridge Primary curriculum. Questions can be selected according to level of difficulty, operation and topic, allowing you to create and customise differentiated activity sheets and whiteboard screens for consolidation and practice of problem solving skills.

Challenge and stretch Year 6 pupils with this resource designed to broaden and deepen children''s mathematical understanding. This book supports the classroom teacher in delivering structured guidance and support for gifted children who are exceeding age-related expectations in mathematics. contains 36 photocopiable newspaper-style issues packed with investigations, problem-solving activities and maths challenges specific teacher guidance (and answers) in the accompanying teachers notes for all 36 issues all content is within the years programme of study evaluate children''s learning and identify the next steps for progression with detailed assessment guidance encourage children to apply their mathematical knowledge and skills across the curriculum with cross-curricular activities

Collins International Maths Foundation and Foundation Plus provide inspirational, fun and age-appropriate learning for children in early years and kindergarten classes.The materials have been developed in consultation with expert practitioners to be easy to use in the classroom and to support children following a range of early years curricula and who are preparing for their first year of primary education in an international school, including schools following the Cambridge Assessment International Education primary framework.The course introduces young children to maths concepts in an age-appropriate way through topic-based discovery and activity-based learning, with plenty of opportunities to explore maths through games and hands-on exploration. Careful progression ensures children develop the skills they need to be ready for maths in their first year of primary and beyond.Each level comprises Activity Books A, B and C - one for each term - supported by a carefully selected collection of colourful stimulus materials in the Reading Anthology and Teacher''s Guide. Schools can opt to use the course over one or two school years.The Teacher''s Guides provide accessible support for teachers and teaching assistants, including detailed guidance, ideas for teaching maths in the early years classroom, support for assessment, advice on resources, songs and games, and additional photocopiable activity sheets.Collins International Maths Foundation and Foundation Plus can be used on their own, or alongside Collins International English Foundation and Foundation Plus and Collins International Science Foundation and Foundation Plus to provide a comprehensive early-years programme.

Collins International Primary Maths supports best practice in primary maths teaching, whilst encouraging teacher professionalism and autonomy. A wealth of supporting digital assets are provided for every lesson, including slideshows, tools and games to ensure they are rich, lively and engaging.

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 Pupil Book 6B contains three levels of differentiated challenge built-in to each lesson as well as extra consolidation, extension activities and varied number representations to ensure rapid progression for every child. Used in conjunction with the Teacher''s Guide, Textbook, Progress Guide and Homework Guide, this book is the best way to ensure that pupils achieve all the learning objectives of the Primary Maths National Curriculum.

Collins New Primary Maths: Speaking and Listening 1 is a series of activities that can be used during the daily maths lesson to improve children''s speaking, listening and memory skills. Each activity offers questions for the teacher to ask the class, a sheet for children to record the answers, as well as further questions for discussion. * Contains around 30 x 20-minute activities, each matched to an objective from the Renewed Framework * Perfect for the starter or plenary sessions * Guidance is given on how to assess pupil''s progress * Comes with a CD of editable Word files, so you can tailor the activities to the needs of your class

Collins New Primary Maths: Investigations 3 encourages children to practise and consolidate the skills of using and applying mathematics. The investigations build problem-solving skills while developing other key mathematical skills and concepts, and enable children to apply their mathematical knowledge to other areas of the curriculum. * Contains approximately 60 investigations, each matched to an objective from the Renewed Framework * Can be easily integrated with the daily mathematics lesson * Guidance is given on how to assess pupil''s progress * Comes with a CD of editable Word files, so you can tailor the investigations to the needs of your class.

Enriching Maths Resource Pack 2 provides a bank of activities for children working above age-related expectations, which can be slotted in alongside the maths programme for your class. The engaging activities enrich and extend the objectives you''re already teaching, offering breadth and depth for those children who need an extra challenge. Enriching Maths Resource Pack 2 features: * a bank of easy-to-use activities, saving you time in thinking up new enrichment ideas * support for practitioners in identifying and teaching gifted pupils, including those who are not subject specialists * fun activities in a newspaper-style format that will ensure children use and apply their mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding * links to the entire primary curriculum, via a range of cross-curricular contexts * puzzles that require children to read, consider, then choose the methods and equipment to solve the problem, fostering independent thinking and working * All materials are available as editable Word files on the accompanying CD-ROM, allowing you to tailor them to the needs of your pupils.

This book is a fascinating insight into the author''s journey along part of the Great Silk Road through Uzbekistan where he discovers a wealth of original and restored architecture dating back to the time when Genghis Khan came, conquered and destroyed it in the 13th century.

Rachel goes shopping for her mum. She only needs to buy a few things. How will she get on?

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The Mughal Dynasty dominated India for three centuries, rivalling the greatest rulers of Europe and the East in its power and splendour. Under such enlightened rulers as Akbar the Great in the 16th century and Jahangir and Shah Jahan in the 17th century, this vast Muslim Empire covered an area from the Kashmir and Afghanistan in the north and west to the Deccan in the south at its height. The English East India Company set up operations in India after being granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1600 and it developed into an organisation powerful enough to raise its own army and conquer more and more territory. This book focuses on the key events from the reign of the Emperor Shah Jahan, who masterminded the creation of the Taj Mahal between 1631 and 1653, through to the final demise of the Dynasty and the rise and ultimate takeover by the British in 1858, marking the beginning of the Raj, which would rule over India until 1947.Interspersed throughout the book are short sections in italics that describe other relevant major world events happening at that time to give some context with what was happening in India.