Bloomsbury Publishing Teacher's Resources July - December 2014

Bloomsbury Publishing Teacher’s Resources For Primary, Secondary & Early Childhood

July–December 2014 Please turn over for books for school libraries and class sets

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Contents

Key Contacts

Primary

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Primary: Behaviour Management

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Primary: Spelling

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Primary: Handwriting

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Primary: Dyscalculia

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Primary: ICT

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Primary: Grammar

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Primary & Secondary

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Secondary

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Secondary School Teaching

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Secondary: Philosophy

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Secondary: English

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Secondary: Maths

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Early Years

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Primary 100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Behaviour Management Molly Potter 100 practical ideas and strategies for managing the range of difficult behaviours that you will face as a primary teacher. Whether you are new to the profession or an experienced teacher, there will be ideas in this book for you, including how to create a positive classroom environment, strategies for solving individual student behaviour problems and whole class approaches. All ideas are tried and tested and easy to implement.

December 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408193655 • AU$24.99 NZ$29.99

Let’s do Spelling

Let’s do Handwriting

Andrew Brodie

Andrew Brodie

The Let’s Do Spelling workbooks provide all the practice children need to build their confidence and boost their ability to spell words correctly. Ideal for the classroom and additional home practice with parents and tutors. With 35 practice tests and 7 progress tests, each book includes over 400 words to learn accompanied by useful spelling tips and extra advice from Comma the cat. Further challenges, stretching children’s ability to apply spelling rules, take the form of Brodie’s Brain Boosters. Each book includes over 100 full colour reward stickers!

The Let’s Do Handwriting books provide everything that children need to write fluently and legibly.

Through guided practice in letter structure and the correct formation of joins, the children are encouraged to develop a clear, attractive style to use with fluency and speed in their everyday writing. The extensive handwritten practice of a wide range of words also helps to broaden vocabulary and spelling skills. Each book features regular progress checks as well as a wide variety of attractive reward stickers. To help the children along, Marjorie the Meercat gives lots of useful tips!

Available now • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • AU$7.99 NZ$9.99

November 2014 • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • AU$8.99 NZ$10.99

Let’s do Spelling 5–6 9781472908582

Let’s do Handwriting 5–6 9781472910233

Let’s do Spelling 6–7 9781472908599

Let’s do Handwriting 6–7 9781472910240

Let’s do Spelling 7–8 9781472908605

Let’s do Handwriting 7–8 9781472910257

Let’s do Spelling 9–10 9781472908629

Let’s do Handwriting 8–9 9781472910264

Let’s do Spelling 10–11 9781472908636

Let’s do Handwriting 9–10 9781472910271 Let’s do Handwriting 10–11 9781472910288

The Dyscalculia Solution Jane Emerson, Patricia Babtie A step-by-step guide to teaching children with numeracy difficulties. Follows on from the award winning book, the Dyscalculia Assessment.

The Ultimate Guide to Using ICT Across the Curriculum Jon Audain

Ideal for use with primary school children, but can easily be adapted for older students.

The monumental growth in technology has affected children’s attention, motivation and the way they learn developmentally forever.

This is a practical guide to utilising ICT to improve creativity, motivation and efficiency in the primary classroom and within the school community.

October 2014 • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • 9781441129512 • AU$69.99 NZ$85.00

Available now • 244 x 169mm • Paperback • 9781441144003 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99

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Primary A Creative Approach to Teaching Grammar

A Creative Approach to Teaching Writing

Peter Burrows

The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively is a vital life skill. Here is a toolbox of practical strategies and activities to help children aged 7-13 learn to write fluently and influentially. Bonus online resources also available.

Peter Burrows

A whole school approach to the teaching of grammar and punctuation.

With the shift towards elegant, wellconstructed sentences, this book offers the busy teacher simple steps to motivate and engage children.

December 2014 • 246 x 189mm • Paperback • 9781441176769 • AU$29.99 NZ$36.99

November 2014 • 246 x 189mm • Paperback • 9781472909022 • AU$29.99 NZ$36.99

Pocket PAL: Creating Enquiring Minds

Pocket PAL: Raising Boys’ Achievement

Pocket PAL: Multiple Intelligences

Gary Wilson

Mike Fleetham

Sara Stanley

A solid introduction to why boys underachieve at school, this practical book will enable all teachers to identify the main problems and provide strategies to plan a way forward.

Packed with ready-to-use activities to get you started, this is pocket-sized selection of practical ideas that will help you to infuse Multiple Intelligences into everyday teaching. Suitable for both primary and secondary school

An accessible, user-friendly guide to introduce philosophy to primary children. Encourage children to ask the right questions, reason effectively, think for themselves, and begin to understand more about themselves and the world around them.

August 2014 • 200 x 100mm • Paperback • 9781472909602 • AU$18.99 NZ$23.99

August 2014 • 200 x 100mm • Paperback • 9781472909572 • AU$18.99 NZ$23.99

August 2014 • 200 x 100mm • Paperback • 9781472909633 • AU$18.99 NZ$23.99

Primary & Secondary

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Teaching as the Practice of Wisdom

Critical Narrative as Pedagogy

David Geoffrey Smith

Ivor Goodson and Scherto Gill

Expanding upon Paul Freire’s philosophies, these essays address ways in which teachers can use traditional wisdom to confront contemporary problems in the classroom.

Offers a unique understanding of teaching and learning, with a range of case studies showing how life narratives can be useful and inspiring pedagogical tools.

August 2014 • 216 x 138mm • Paperback • 9781472909572 • AU$36.99 NZ$45.00

August 2014 • 216 x 138mm • Paperback • 9781623563523 • AU$36.99 NZ$45.00

Education in the Balance Mapping the Global Dynamics of School Leadership

Raphael Wilkins Maps the global issues and developments in the strategic leadership of schools and school systems, worldwide, and the implications for professional development.

December 2014 • 216 x 138mm • Paperback • 9781623563523 • AU$45.99 NZ$55.00

Primary & Secondary Getting the Buggers to Behave

Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today

Sue Cowley

Richard Gerver

A fully updated edition of THE behaviour management bible. This is an area that almost every teacher struggles with. The book is aimed at all teachers in all schools.

A companion website offers extra material, links and ideas.

A fully updated edition of a bestselling book by the UK’s most in-demand education speaker and expert. A fascinating manifesto for how education systems should be set up in order to ensure all children reach their full potential.

November 2014 • 216 x 138mm • Paperback • 9781472909213 • AU$36.99 NZ$45.00

November 2014 • 234 x 156mm • Paperback • 9781472906915 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99

Secondary The Spider Strategy Marcella McCarthy A six-part plan that shows how to sustain excellent teaching and how to organise your teaching so that the outstanding features are built into the way you structure your lessons. Includes practical tips, case studies and resources.

January 2015 • 244 x 169mm • Paperback • 9781472908643 • AU$36.99 NZ$45.00

100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Teaching Philosophy and Ethics John L. Taylor A brand new title in the bestselling 100 ideas series. Activities, strategies and step by step instructions for teaching philosophy and ethics in Secondary schools.

January 2015 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781472909565 • AU$27.99 NZ$32.99

100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding English Lessons

100 Ideas for Secondary Teachers: Outstanding Maths Lessons

Angella Cooze and Mary Myatt

Mike Ollerton

100 fully updated strategies and activities for secondary teachers to teach outstanding english lessons. Includes step by step instructions, teaching tips and taking it further ideas.

100 fully updated strategies and activities for you to integrate into your everyday teaching to ensure your lessons are consistently outstanding and include all the mathematics skills secondary students need to know.

November 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194935 • AU$27.99 NZ$34.99

November 2014 • 198 x 129mm • Paperback • 9781408194874 • AU$27.99 NZ$34.99

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Early years

50 Fantastic Ideas to Captivate Boys Sally and Phill Featherstone

Capture boys’ interest with fifty great ideas for things that make the most of the ways boys learn.

Available now • 245 x 170mm • Paperback • 9781472909466 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99

The Little Book of Scissor Skills Sharon Drew A variety of easy, fun activities which suit different ages, stages of development and levels of skill with scissors.

Available now • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472908711 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99

50 Fantastic Ideas for Imaginative Thinking Marianne Sargent Fire young children’s imaginations and get them talking and thinking. Exciting and stimulating learning experiences that will surprise and delight.

August 2014 • 245 x 170mm • Paperback • 9781472908469 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99

Ros Bayley & Sally Featherstone For a child, moving from early eduction to ‘big school’ can be a huge change.

This fully updated straightforward guide contains advice for teachers and parents on supporting children though and beyond the move.

November 2014 • 297 x 210mm • Paperback • 9781408189122 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99

Featherstone

50 ideas for using free, cheap and recycled materials for creative and independent play and for specific projects.

November 2014 • 245 x 170mm • Paperback • 9781472909473 • AU$22.99 NZ$26.99

The Little Book of Maths Problemsolving

The Little Book of Drama and Performance

A wonderful range of easy-to-follow activities and opportunities for maths problem-solving, both indoors and out.

Fun techniques and ideas including mime, facial expressions, clapping and rhythms, use of props and dressing up.

Judith Dancer and Carole Skinner

Available now • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472906106 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99

Smooth Transitions

50 Fantastic Ideas 50 Fantastic Ideas for Found Materials for Rain, Wind and Sally and Phill Snow

Clêr Lewis and Rebecca Aburrow

October 2014 • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472909497 • AU$19.99 NZ$24.99

Early Childhood Theories and Contemporary Issues An Introduction

Mine Conkbayir A comprehensive guide to early child development theories and concepts, drawing together classic and contemporary theory with best practice.

December 2014 • 244 x 169mm • Paperback • 9781780937533 • AU$39.99 NZ$49.99

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Sally and Phill Featherstone

Simple, easy to prepare activities to do in the rain, wind or snow (and in fog, frost, mist and sunshine!).

November 2014 • 245 x 170mm • Paperback • 9781472909480 • AU$22.99 NZ$26.99

The Little Book of Storytelling Mary Medlicott How to develop a key skill: telling stories without a book. You will enjoy the experience as much as the children will.

November 2014 • 210 x 148mm • Paperback • 9781472912749 • AU$22.99 NZ$28.99