NEW! The Dangerous Curriculum

This book is designed to motivate pupils to write and feel more engaged with the curriculum. The ‘Scouts for schools’ type activities are designed to play on the strengths of pupils who enjoy danger, challenge, risk taking and problem solving. The Academy of Danger is a unique website that accompanies the book, which pupils can use to track their achievements and compete with the rest of the class. Although this book was written with boys in mind, many girls will benefit from the activities too.

NEW! Curriculum Quest

This book is a step-by-step guide to developing your curriculum. It takes you through everything you need to ensure the curriculum builds the character of your school, meets the pupil’s needs, and promotes high standards. It can be used to lead a training day or for teams to undertake curriculum development. A CD accompanies the book, providing key activities for curriculum leaders.

NEW! Lesson Launcher

This is a unique web-based interactive lesson planning tool. It uses our bestselling Key Skills to help teachers plan, assess and report on pupils’ progress. It’s a perfect accompaniment to schools using our Key Skills approach to planning.

Online Curriculum Planner

This is an online planner for the current National Curriculum content.

It is a simple, user-friendly way to create a long-term curriculum map. This leaves teachers free to deliver the content with the full assurance they are covering the statutory content of the curriculum.

Key Skills in National Curriculum Subjects

Key Skills are the essential skills children need to make progress in subjects.  This book shows progression in Key Skills from National Curriculum level 1 through to level 5 for all subjects.  Some subjects share the same Key Skills, so the book has the subjects grouped together, but retains subject specific vocabulary, techniques and disciplines.

Key Skills in the Early Years

Key Skills are the essential skills children need to make progress in subjects.  Key Skills in the Early Years is designed to help practitioners observe and describe the progress children make throughout the Early Years.

Creative Themes for Learning

The themes are designed to inspire children through an imaginative curriculum.  The file contains 6 Key Stage 1 and 10 Key Stage 2 creative themes.

Each theme promotes:

• Community Cohesion
• Enterprise Skills
• Environmental Understanding
• Spiritual and Moral Development

Secrets of Success Book (Personal Edition)

Do you want a successful, creative child?

Do you want them to know how to really succeed?

Based on research from all over the world this exciting book, written especially for 7-13 year olds, reveals the 8 secrets of success, and shows them everything the need to be successful in life.

The things that they don't teach at school.

Secrets of Success (Educational Edition)

An exciting, new PSHE resource

Why wait to discover the things that really make you successful?

Based on research from all over the world, this book, written just for children, reveals the 8 secrets of success.

The Complete Guide to OFSTED and Self-Evaluation. 2009 Framework

This publication is based on the OFSTED 2009 framework and is designed to help primary schools to be fully prepared for inspection.

Planning A Skills Based Curriculum Book

This book is designed to give comprehensive skills development for subjects and learning to learn skills. Subjects are cross-referenced to the programmes of study of the National Curriculum, making ASSESSMENT easier.

A CD accompanies the book, which gives all of the resources in Microsoft Word so that you can alter and format to suit your planning needs. Also included on the CD is a long-term planning grid to ensure coverage of the national curriculum. See the screen shots below.

How to Observe A Lesson

This book is designed to help you to refine your observation skills.

It comes with 2 DVDs showing footage of 8 lessons in a primary school.

The book covers everything from the purpose of lesson observations to making and recording judgements.

Making Good Teaching Great

Four areas of review to help good teachers consider what it would take for them to become great.

All slides on Power Point with facilitator notes.