Cath Jones

Join Nam, Lin and her big, fat, dog Bong for a night in the woods. Deep in the Dark Woods is a low level phonics reading book. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 429-word fiction story features a fully decodable text, suitable for struggling teen and adult readers. Deep in the Dark Woods uses a carefully limited set of letters and sounds to make up all the words. (For UK schools this relates to Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds, the UK Government's synthetic phonics reading programme.) Deep in the Dark Woods is part of Ransom's Neutron Stars, a structured reading programme for teens and adults learning the basics of reading. The series offers progression through ten levels of reading, four phonics and six coloured book bands. More information on the structure of the scheme can be found here.

When Harry finds a magic helmet in his grandma's garden and puts it on, he's transported back in time! He finds himself on a Viking longboat and learns a lot about how they used to sail, plunder and bury their fallen men. But the best thing he learns is that his missing grandad isn't acutally missing - he travelled back too and now he's the Viking leader! Illustrated by Dean Gray.

This lovely pink band early reader includes two vibrant and simple stories about the loveable Nan running a race on Sports Day and a band of animals all trying to fit on one log.

The Queen is getting ready for her party when the postman comes. Her smart hat from the hat shop has arrived but, when she opens the box, she finds a brown owl instead In desperate need of a hat, the owl offers to be her hat and ends up dazzling onlookers with his hooting and dancing. At the end of day, the Queen says goodbye to the owl but feels very sad to see him go. In the morning, however, she gets a shock Everyone is wearing owl hats

This lovely pink early reader includes two vibrant and simple stories about Meg the pirate with her pet rat and a group of animals with lots of balloons to inflate.

Induction - the first year of a teacher's career - is a crucial, and potentially difficult, period. This book is the work of a well-known and highly respected team of experts on the subject and is based on a comprehensive nationwide research project into the implementation and effectiveness of the latest statutory regulations covering induction in England. It includes not only findings from this research, but also numerous ideas from, and examples of, best practice. Including case studies from primary and secondary schools, in the state and private sectors, this book raises awareness of the complexities entailed in inducting new teachers, addresses the issues, dilemmas and problems of induction and celebrates the achievements of the national induction policy. Its insights provide an invaluable guide to the effective implementation of induction in schools.

Induction - the first year of a teacher's career - is a crucial, and potentially difficult, period. This book is the work of a well-known and highly respected team of experts on the subject and is based on a comprehensive nationwide research project into the implementation and effectiveness of the latest statutory regulations covering induction in England. It includes not only findings from this research, but also numerous ideas from, and examples of, best practice. Including case studies from primary and secondary schools, in the state and private sectors, this book raises awareness of the complexities entailed in inducting new teachers, addresses the issues, dilemmas and problems of induction and celebrates the achievements of the national induction policy. Its insights provide an invaluable guide to the effective implementation of induction in schools.