In Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose, Bob Cox introduced teachers to engaging strategies which use literary heritage texts as the stimulus for excellent learning. The new companion books, Opening Doors to Quality Writing for ages 6-9 and 10-13, put the focus on pupils producing quality writing “ developing their literacy skills and a love of reading in the process.

We can now share with you a collection of written work produced by school children aged 10-13 who are following the passages and exercises related to the texts included in these books on a dedicated feature page where you can view and/or download the works and see which unit of the book they came from.

Click here to visit the page and here to take a look inside the Opening Doors to Quality Writing: Ideas for Writing Inspired by Great Writers for Ages 10 To 13 book.

‹Shaun Allison, co-author of the 2016 ERA award-winning title Making Every Lesson Count, has uploaded a new post to his Class Teaching blog in which he summarises the outcomes of his school's subject planning and development sessions.

Click here to read Shaun™s blog piece and here to take a look inside his title Making Every Lesson Count.

Dr Russell Grigg, author of the recently published title Big Ideas in Education has written a feature for Teachwire.net discussing what it means to teach with moral purpose.

Click here to read Russell™s article and here to take a closer look at his book, which provides readers with a concise and reliable introduction to 12 ideas which are at the core of educational practice. The ideas chosen are general rather than subject-specific in nature. In turn, they invite the reader to look at teaching in wider society, address elements of learning which teachers actively promote, raise questions about why, how and what to teach and, finally, look at ways of improving the quality of education.

Jackie Beere, author of the recently published GROW: Change your mindset, change your life, has an extract from her book published in Flybe airline™s Flight Time magazine on ˜visualising success™ and getting the outcomes you want by using simple techniques and nudge strategies for an improved mindset.

Click here to read Jackie™s extract and here to take a look inside her book.

We have been working closely with WJEC and Eduqas to ensure endorsement of a new series of textbooks for modern foreign languages. These textbooks cover the reformed GCSEs which will be taught from 2016 and awarded for the first time in 2018. The new textbooks, covering the German & Spanish GCSE qualifications, have been designed in conjunction with examiners, specification developers and experienced teachers to support learners through the challenges of the new specifications.

The textbooks offer engaging and relevant content and provide comprehensive coverage of the WJEC and Eduqas themes and sub-themes, incorporating all of the new exam components, including:

¢ Literary and authentic texts

¢ Listening and reading tasks that correspond to the regulator™s requirements

¢ Role plays, photo cards and conversation questions

¢ Translation (from and into the language studied)

¢ Increased focus on grammar including grammar in context sections



¢ Opportunities for stretch and challenge

Click here to take a closer look at the WJEC GCSE textbooks and here to see the Eduqas GCSE MFL textbooks.

The WJEC and Eduqas GCSE French student textbooks will be available later this month.

As part of their latest giveaways, Toppsta are offering you the chance to win a copy of Georgina Jonas˜s recently published title Art Attack to review (and to keep!).

Click here to enter the competition and here to view the College Collection titles and take a look inside the books for yourself.

The College Collection centres around five main characters, Luca, Anda, Jim Jam, Woody and Nolan. In each of the first five books in this set we meet a different character, and learn about their personalities, backgrounds and what they did before they arrived at Parkfield College. 

The College Collection is designed to support and extend the acquisition of reading skills, and the enjoyment of reading, through exciting stories and relatable characters. The books reinforce high frequency words and the core phonic skills needed to access basic reading levels. Each set provides stories which bridge the gap between base level schemes and longer, more challenging texts. They are suitable for readers who still need a formatted reading scheme and are not yet ready to go onto free readers, but who still want interesting, engaging, real-life books. They are flexible, so no matter what other schemes you may be using, these books stand alone, enhancing and extending any reading experience.