Steve May

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed by WJECHelp every student to develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best with the market-leading series for WJEC GCSE History.> Guides you through the key questions and content in the specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage from a team of expert examiners, teachers and authors> Builds understanding of Welsh, British and wider-world history through a clear, detailed narrative that is accessible to all students> Enables students to practise and improve their enquiry, analytical and evaluative skills as they progress through carefully-designed activities in each chapter> Enhances subject knowledge and interest by including a range of stimulating source materials for discussion and reflection> Prepares students for assessment with practice questions, sample responses and step-by-step guidance on approaching questionsPlease note: this is a Welsh-language edition

Exam board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: History First teaching: September 2016First exams: Summer 2018Endorsed for EdexcelTarget success in Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision. Key content coverage is combined with exam-style questions, revision tasks and practical tips to create a revision guide that students can rely on to review, strengthen and test their knowledge. With My Revision Notes every student can:> Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner> Enjoy an interactive approach to revision, with clear topic summaries that consolidate knowledge and related activities that put the content into context> Build, practise and enhance exam skills by progressing through activities set at different levels> Improve exam technique through exam-style questions and model answers with commentary from expert authors and teachers> Get exam ready with extra quick quizzes and answers to the activities available online

Exam Board: WJECLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2017First exams: Summer 2019Endorsed by WJECHelp every student to develop the in-depth knowledge and historical skills they need to achieve their best with the market-leading series for WJEC GCSE History.> Guides you through the key questions and content in the specification, with thorough and reliable course coverage from a team of expert examiners, teachers and authors> Builds understanding of Welsh, British and wider-world history through a clear, detailed narrative that is accessible to all students> Enables students to practise and improve their enquiry, analytical and evaluative skills as they progress through carefully-designed activities in each chapter> Enhances subject knowledge and interest by including a range of stimulating source materials for discussion and reflection> Prepares students for assessment with practice questions, sample responses and step-by-step guidance on approaching questions

Are you beginning a creative writing course? Or thinking about taking one? Doing Creative Writing is the ideal guide to what you should expect, what will be expected of you and how you can get the most from your course. It clearly and concisely outlines:the contexts for creative writing courses, explaining where the subject has come from and why that mattersthe content, structure and delivery of the courses, helping you to understand how your course will be shaped, what you will be asked to do and whythe skills you will develop, from self-discipline and time management through to the organization of ideas, 'reading as a writer' and editingpossibilities beyond the course, showing how you continue to benefit from what you've learned. Drawing on years of teaching and writing experience, as well as interviews with a wide range of students, Steve May provides all the background, advice and encouragement you need to embark on a creative writing course with complete confidence and to get maximum benefit from every writing session.

Are you beginning a creative writing course? Or thinking about taking one? Doing Creative Writing is the ideal guide to what you should expect, what will be expected of you and how you can get the most from your course. It clearly and concisely outlines:the contexts for creative writing courses, explaining where the subject has come from and why that mattersthe content, structure and delivery of the courses, helping you to understand how your course will be shaped, what you will be asked to do and whythe skills you will develop, from self-discipline and time management through to the organization of ideas, 'reading as a writer' and editingpossibilities beyond the course, showing how you continue to benefit from what you've learned. Drawing on years of teaching and writing experience, as well as interviews with a wide range of students, Steve May provides all the background, advice and encouragement you need to embark on a creative writing course with complete confidence and to get maximum benefit from every writing session.

Jim wants a dog so much that he invents one. The problem is, no one in his class believes him. They want proof: 'If your dog's so real, why don't you enter him for the pet show?', so Jim's got twenty-four hours to find a dog - any dog.

What I really want is to score a goal for a realy team with shirts, on a real pitch with lines and flags, in a real goal with posts so the ball goes bulging intothe net and everyone shouts "Yes!". But before you can score, you've got to make the team, and Danny is seriously useless.

Twelve-year-old Emmy Dugdale has recently moved from Brighton to Grossop and finds herself alone in a new area with only her arguing parents for company. She soon makes friends with Shirley but when Nicola, her old best friend comes to stay, the new friendship is threatened and loyalties are tested. Previously published as The Fish Fly Low in 1993.