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Schofield & Sims resources are written by experienced teachers to support the Early Years Foundation Stage and the National Curriculum for key stages 1 and 2. Focusing on the core subjects of maths, English and science, many of our books are suitable for whole-school use.

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Complete ComprehensionView Series

Complete Comprehension is the essential companion for teaching reading comprehension in your school. Written by a team of expert authors, it provides you with everything you need to develop the individual comprehension skills identified in the National Curriculum, alongside the broader vocabulary and background knowledge required for effective reading comprehension.

Age group: 5 to 11 | Author: Jo Gray, Laura Lodge, Jane Sowerby

Grammar and PunctuationView Series

Comprising six pupil books and six accompanying teacher’s guides, one for each primary school year, Schofield & Sims Grammar and Punctuation is a comprehensive programme for teaching grammar and punctuation while also building on vocabulary, reading and writing skills.

Age group: 5 to 11 | Author: Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds Phase Two Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Two Readers introduce the first 23 GPCs as well as tricky words ‘the’, ‘to’, ‘I’, ‘go’ and ‘no’.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds Teacher Handbooks View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Teacher Handbooks include everything you need to teach systematic synthetic phonics with confidence. Based on a more robust and fully resourced version of the original 2007 Letters and Sounds, the handbooks provide a high level of support, both for teachers that are new to phonics teaching and for more experienced practitioners looking for planning that matches the latest best practice.

Age group: 4 to 6 | Author: Carol Matchett

Primary Practice View Series

Primary Practice is the must-have series for mastery of the English and maths curriculums. With high expectations for all learners, these books use a structured approach to ensure children develop a deep understanding of key knowledge and skills.

Age group: 4 to 11 | Author: Sarah-Anne Fernandes, Trevor Dixon, Emma Scott, Giles Clare

The Complete Primary Dictionary View Series

The Complete Primary Dictionary is a completely new dictionary aimed at pupils in Key Stage 2 and above, containing over 75 000 words, definitions and examples. As well as offering precise definitions written in clear and accessible language that children will easily understand, The Complete Primary Dictionary provides a wealth of additional information, displayed in more than 3000 information panel.

Age group: 9 to 11 | Author: Michael Janes

WriteWellView Series

Schofield & Sims WriteWell is a complete course designed to guide children from their first steps in mark-making towards the development of secure, fluent and comfortable joined handwriting that can be adapted for a range of purposes.

Age group: 3 to 11 | Author: Carol Matchett

KS2 Comprehension View Series

Key Stage 2 Comprehension provides a collection of stimulating texts, together with questions that both build reading comprehension skills and widen vocabulary. Children are encouraged to pay close attention to literal meaning, make inferences and deductions, observe how writing is structured and identify literary devices.

Age group: 7 to 11 | Author: Celia Warren

English Skills View Series

English Skills provides graded questions that develop pupils' literacy skills at Key Stage 2. Each test is divided into three distinct sections, a 'Warm-up', 'Word work' and 'Sentence work', and key areas are constantly revisited, giving pupils the intensive practice that is essential if they are to become fully literate.

Age group: 6 to 11 | Author: Carol Matchett

Get Set Literacy View Series

Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Sophie Le Marchand and Sarah Reddaway

My Letters and Sounds Phase Three Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Three Readers introduce 25 GPCs as well as tricky words ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘we’, ‘me’, ‘be’, ‘was’, ‘my’, ‘you’, ‘they’, ‘her’, ‘all’ and ‘are’, as well as some simple two-syllable words.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds Phonics Practice Pupil Books View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Practice Pupil Books can be used flexibly, at school or at home, to consolidate the work done in the daily phonics teaching session. They provide practice in the key phonic skills of grapheme recognition and recall, blending to read and segmenting to spell, and build children’s confidence in reading and writing captions and sentences.

Age group: 4 to 6 | Author: Carol Matchett

First Comprehension View Series

First Comprehension provides an early introduction to written comprehension, developing children’s enthusiasm for reading and their ability to interpret texts. A downwards extension of the award-winning Key Stage 2 Comprehension, First Comprehension is suitable for children who have not previously attempted formal written comprehension.

Age group: 6 to 8 | Author: Celia Warren

SpellingView Series

Schofield & Sims Spelling is a structured programme designed for Years 1 to 6. This accessible series, ideal for whole-school use, gives pupils extensive practice in using their phonic knowledge to spell words and encourages them to become effective spellers.

Age group: 5 to 6 | Author: Carol Matchett

A Time to Speak View Series

An illustrated poetry anthology with accompanying Teacher's Guide, structured around the verses beginning, 'There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven'. The 100 poems in the collection give pupils an unforgettable introduction to the richness and variety of poetry as a literary form.

Age group: 7 to 13 | Author: Edited by Celia Warren, Foreword by Wendy Cope

My Letters and Sounds Phase Four Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Four Readers include words containing adjacent consonants as well as polysyllabic words. The tricky words ‘said’, ‘so’, ‘like’, ‘some’, ‘come’, ‘have’, ‘were’, ‘there’, ‘little’, ‘one’, ‘do’, ‘when’, ‘out’ and ‘what’ are also introduced in the Phase Four story texts.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds Phase Two Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Two Readers introduce the first 23 GPCs as well as tricky words ‘the’, ‘to’, ‘I’, ‘go’ and ‘no’.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

Early Comprehension View Series

Early Comprehension develops children's ability to make sense of pictures and text through activities such as story sequencing, reading for meaning and traditional comprehension work. Exercises are put in a 'real-world' context and texts include advertisements, book covers and speech bubbles.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Anne Forster and Paul Martin

Understanding EnglishView Series

Understanding English is a series of topic-based study books for children in Key Stage 2, providing rigorous practice of key subject areas. Each topic contains a concise summary of the information required by the National Curriculum, making the series ideal for use as preparation for the Key Stage 2 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test.

Age group: 7 to 11 | Author: Carol Matchett

Handwriting Practice View Series

The Handwriting Practice books are fully compatible with any school handwriting scheme and work methodically through letters and joins. The simple format of the books enables children to work independently, and workbook-style exercises, such as copying items onto a menu, consolidate learning.

Age group: 5 to 11 | Author: Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds Phase Five Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Five Readers introduce 18GPCs as well as tricky words ‘love’, ‘looked’, ‘oh’, ‘people’, ‘their’, ‘your’, ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’, ‘asked’, ‘called’, ‘could’, ‘would’, ‘should’, ‘our’, ‘here’, ‘house’, ‘mouse’, ‘water’, ‘want’, ‘who’, ‘whole’, ‘where’, ‘any’, ‘many’, ‘two’, ‘school’, ‘work’, ‘different’, ‘thought’, ‘friend’, ‘through’, ‘once’, ‘eye’, ‘laughed’, ‘because’, ‘beautiful’, ‘hour’, ‘parent’, ‘shoe’, ‘move’ and ‘improve’. In Phase Five, the non-fiction texts include more sophisticated non-fiction devices, such as fact boxes and simple diagrams. Many of the non-fiction texts in this Phase also include photographs.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Clare Helen Welsh, Isabel Thomas, Hawys Morgan

My Letters and Sounds Phase Three Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Three Readers introduce 25 GPCs as well as tricky words ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘we’, ‘me’, ‘be’, ‘was’, ‘my’, ‘you’, ‘they’, ‘her’, ‘all’ and ‘are’, as well as some simple two-syllable words.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

My Spelling Book View Series

My Spelling Book allows children to record and practise spellings using the strategy, ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check’. Perfect for weekly spelling practice, the book contains space for 40 sets of 15 spellings. 

Age group: 7 to 11 | Author: Schofield & Sims

Understanding Reasoning View Series

Understanding Reasoning helps pupils to understand and answer the reasoning questions found in the 11+, 12+, 13+ and other school selection tests. The books provide explanations and examples of all 11+ question types, together with 'how to' instructions and workbook-style activities to consolidate learning.

Age group: 9 to 13 | Author: Siân Goodspeed and Rebecca Brant

My Letters and Sounds Phase Four Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Four Readers include words containing adjacent consonants as well as polysyllabic words. The tricky words ‘said’, ‘so’, ‘like’, ‘some’, ‘come’, ‘have’, ‘were’, ‘there’, ‘little’, ‘one’, ‘do’, ‘when’, ‘out’ and ‘what’ are also introduced in the Phase Four story texts.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Kasia Reay, Carol Matchett

First Thesaurus View Series

The First Thesaurus contains more than 2000 headwords and a further 10 000 synonyms, as well as a special children's introduction to the thesaurus. The thesaurus can be used alongside the First Dictionary, and both are supported by the First Dictionary & Thesaurus Activities.

Age group: 5 to 9 | Author:

My Letters and Sounds Phase Five Readers View Series

The My Letters and Sounds Phonics Readers are exciting, fully decodable stories that perfectly match the progression of the My Letters and Sounds SSP programme. Phase Five Readers introduce 18GPCs as well as tricky words ‘love’, ‘looked’, ‘oh’, ‘people’, ‘their’, ‘your’, ‘Mr’, ‘Mrs’, ‘asked’, ‘called’, ‘could’, ‘would’, ‘should’, ‘our’, ‘here’, ‘house’, ‘mouse’, ‘water’, ‘want’, ‘who’, ‘whole’, ‘where’, ‘any’, ‘many’, ‘two’, ‘school’, ‘work’, ‘different’, ‘thought’, ‘friend’, ‘through’, ‘once’, ‘eye’, ‘laughed’, ‘because’, ‘beautiful’, ‘hour’, ‘parent’, ‘shoe’, ‘move’ and ‘improve’. In Phase Five, the non-fiction texts include more sophisticated non-fiction devices, such as fact boxes and simple diagrams. Many of the non-fiction texts in this Phase also include photographs.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Clare Helen Welsh, Isabel Thomas, Hawys Morgan

Daisy Lane Pre-school View Series

The Daisy Lane Home-School Readers are lively stories for adults and children to enjoy together. Written to support the Foundation Stage curriculum, every book includes stimulating ideas for reading activities which will guide and inspire you as you use the story to nurture children's early literacy skills.

Age group: 3 to 5 | Author: Carol Matchett

Daisy Lane Young Children View Series

The Daisy Lane Home-School Readers are lively stories for adults and children to enjoy together. Written to support the Foundation Stage curriculum, every book includes stimulating ideas for reading activities which will guide and inspire you as you use the story to nurture children's early literacy skills.

Age group: 3 to 5 | Author: Carol Matchett

My Letters and Sounds e-reader phonics library View Series

The e-reader library features digital versions of every Phonics Reader from the My Letters and Sounds programme. These electronic books are provided in a flexible and secure FlippingBook format that can easily be displayed on digital devices.

Age group: 4 to 7 | Author: Schofield & Sims

My Reading Record Key Stage 1 View Series

Schofield & Sims reading records help to ensure effective communication between schools and those reading with children at home. Practical notes explain the importance of reading at home and outline the priorities for children's reading at the appropriate key stage, while vocabulary lists and review pages encourage children and adults to take an active role in reading.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Carolyn Richardson

Picture Dictionary View Series

The Picture Dictionary features over 500 headwords, with high-frequency words shown in bold type, and provides an alphabet strip on every double-page spread. Attractive illustrations indicate the meaning of each word, and separate lists of verbs, opposites, colours, days, months and numbers to 20 are also included.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author:

My Reading Record Key Stage 2 View Series

Schofield & Sims reading records help to ensure effective communication between schools and those reading with children at home. Practical notes explain the importance of reading at home and outline the priorities for children's reading at the appropriate key stage, while vocabulary lists and review pages encourage children and adults to take an active role in reading.

Age group: 7 to 11 | Author: Carolyn Richardson

First Dictionary View Series

The First Dictionary helps to widen children's vocabulary and develop their reading, writing and spelling skills as they transition from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 2.

Age group: 5 to 9 | Author: Schofield & Sims

First Dictionary & Thesaurus Activities View Series

This workbook has been specially written for use with the First Illustrated Dictionary or First Dictionary and with the First Thesaurus. The activities encourage effective use of both dictionary and thesaurus, focusing on word meaning, spelling and synonyms.

Age group: 5 to 9 | Author: Carol Matchett

First Illustrated Dictionary View Series

A progression from the Picture Dictionary, the First Illustrated Dictionary contains more than 2000 headwords, as well as short forms, irregular plurals and pronunciation. Lists of colours, months, days and numbers are also given, and the dictionary is supported by the First Dictionary and Thesaurus Activities.

Age group: 5 to 9 | Author:

My Letters and Sounds Reception Resources and Classroom KitsView Series

The My Letters and Sounds Reception Resources and Classroom Kits feature over 600 durable, colour versions of the core teaching resources used frequently and repeatedly in Reception lessons.

Resources can be purchased as a kit containing everything you need or as individual components.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Schofield & Sims

My Letters and Sounds Year 1 Resources and Classroom KitsView Series

The My Letters and Sounds Year 1 Resources and Classroom Kits feature over 700 durable, colour versions of the core teaching resources used frequently and repeatedly in Year 1 lessons.

Resources can be purchased as a kit containing everything you need or as individual components.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Schofield & Sims

Nursery View Series

Schofield & Sims Nursery Books is a range of colourful and fun workbooks written to help children aged 3 years and above develop the essential skills for life. 

Age group: 3 to 5 | Author: Kathryn Linaker, Sally Johnson

My Word Book View Series

My Word Book includes over 800 words arranged alphabetically, and a further 300 arranged by word type or theme, alongside spaces for children to add their own words. Colourful illustrations provide attractive reminders of word meanings, and space is provided for the teacher to note the child's specific targets in writing.

Age group: 5 to 7 | Author: Sally Johnson

Get Set Literacy View Series

Schofield & Sims Get Set Early Years is a comprehensive and engaging early years scheme that aims to bridge the gap between play and formal learning, helping all children to become school-ready by the end of Reception.

Age group: 4 to 5 | Author: Sophie Le Marchand and Sarah Reddaway
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