What is the most effective way of teaching pupils
all the phonics they need to know?

Keeping track of the phonics that pupils have learned can be something of a challenge.

Not just because there are so many phonics in the English language, but because a phonic that one pupil may have successfully learned is not necessarily the phonic that another pupil has understood.

Our Phonic Limerick Friends resource gives pupils the opportunity to see and hear the phonic sounds repeatedly and in context, helping them to internalise the link between the grapheme and the phoneme.

The resource contains 26 humorous limericks, one for each of the letters of the alphabet and features characters with which the children will become familiar, characters such as Alfie the Ant, Bella the Bat, Danny the Dog, Frankie the Frog, and so on…

Each limerick contains at least 8 words using the phonic sound that is being focused on. For example, for ‘j’, they will see and hear: Jenny, jet, jumbo, jumper, jams, jiggles, jump, juicy and jelly, eg:

Jenny the jet flies through the skies,
In a jumbo sized jumper that covers her eyes,
It jams her jets,
It jiggles her belly,
And makes her jump into juicy jelly!

The pack of 6 Phonic Limerick Friends books are suitable for reading independently, for 1:1 reading sessions and reading in small groups.

Our Phonic Limericks with Zoë Zebra and Friends resource provides the pupils not only with the 26 limericks which can be found in the Phonic Limerick Friends book but also with a number of supporting reproducible worksheets and activities to reinforce their phonic knowledge.

What’s more, there are also a number of handwriting activities to promote correct letter formation.

The accompanying CD contains full-colour versions of the limericks which can be displayed on an interactive whiteboard, copies of the reproducible worksheets to enable easy printing, and Smartboard versions of the reproducible sheets.

Free sample teaching resources can be found on our website.

You can order in the following ways:

• On our website. Click here for Phonic Limerick Friends and here for Phonic Limericks with Zoë Zebra and Friends
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What is the most effective thing a school can do to help students whose aim is to be an entrepreneur?

Traditionally we think of our students going on after education to be office workers, chemists, shop assistants, academics, engineers, accountants, solicitors, police officers…

And by and large we aim to give our students the skills that will allow them to get a job commensurate with their abilities which will enable them to do the job they want.

Yet it seems (at least from what politicians tell us) that what the country also needs besides the office workers, chemists etc, is lots of entrepreneurs. And yet these same politicians tend to be a little vague on just how we can help students who think this might be a good idea.

Indeed, the question that can arise is, what is an entrepreneur? What do they actually do that leads them to make significant amounts of money, often by a very young age? Is it all IT skills, or good luck, or drive and determination or is there something else?

Given that there is no school subject in, no exam in, and no inspection report on the training up of entrepreneurs, such thoughts can go by the wayside, perhaps associated with the notion than anyone with the ability to become an entrepreneur is going to become an entrepreneur, no matter what.

And yet the fact is that many students who could create their own businesses, create jobs for others, and make a considerable contribution to our nation’s economy, never get started on the road to entrepreneurial work. And often that is simply because no one has ever helped them understand how to start.

Indeed that is the issue. What can each and every teacher who wishes to help, do to enable students take their first steps towards being an entrepreneur?

It is to answer this question that the magazine Fresh Young Millionaire was launched. Backed by the Social Venturing Fund set up by The Big Issue Invests the magazine comes with a range of learning activities which can stand alone or be integrated into Business Studies, English,. PSHE, Maths, History, ICT and citizenship lessons.

The magazine exists to engage, equip and inspire young people and to make a real difference, so that those students who want to move into entrepreneurial activities know what entrepreneurial activity is, how to proceed, what questions to ask, and where to find the information they need.

Everyone can make a contribution, and indeed if there is one way to impress Ofsted it is by going this extra mile to ensure that this element of education, along with all items they are there to inspect, is covered by the school.

You can read more about Fresh Young Millionaire at www.freshyoungmillionaire.com and you can also subscribe to the magazine on line

If you quote HH5 when you order you will receive two extra copies free, a saving of 33% off the total cost.

If you have any questions please do email info@freshyoungmillionaire.com We’ll be very happy to help.

David Stoll’s KEY STAGE 2 COMPOSING is designed to reference, use and fulfil the requirements of the curriculum in a new way which allows all primary school teachers – not just music specialists – to encourage and develop creativity in their pupils. The lessons and projects, carefully described and with full practical notes and explanations, are fun and rewarding. Based on listening and analysing sounds, and then making patterns and stories out of them, they are, in fact, an excellent back-up for lessons in all subjects.

KEY STAGE 2 COMPOSING covers every aspect of primary school creative music making. Each lesson in the book is broken down into five and ten minute blocks, with each step fully detailed and accompanied by explanatory notes for the teacher. As well as a complete set of lessons there are several short- and long-term composing projects for the pupils to work.

Though full of strategies and tips for teachers with a music background, KEY STAGE 2 COMPOSING is specifically written for teachers who have no knowledge of music theory at all and little confidence in teaching music. The book is copiable throughout which means it can be shared by KS2 teachers throughout the school.

David Stoll is the well-known composer of SEALSONGS as well as concert, theatre and television music. He was commissioned by the DfES to run a project investigating how composers may work with teachers in primary schools, and to write a handbook for schools and composers: Building music (DfES 2005). David regularly runs composing workshops and delivers INSETs in schools and for LEAs around the country.

Sample pages of the book may be downloaded from http://www.pdf.firstandbest.co.uk/primary/T1752.pdf

Publisher’s catalogue number T1752emn; ISBN: 978 1 86083 714 2

Prices

• Book or CD: £24.95 plus £3.95 delivery
• Book plus CD: £31.94 plus £3.95 delivery
• Download from the on-line shop: £16.95

Methods of ordering – please quote catalogue number T1752emn

• By post to First and Best, Hamilton House Mailings plc, Earlstrees Ct., Earlstrees Rd., Corby, Northants NN17 4HH
• By fax on 01536 399 012
• By phone with a credit card or with an official school order number on 01536 399 011
• On line with a credit card at http://shop.firstandbest.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=48_98&products_id=666