Hilary Minns Livres

This invaluable coursebook is designed for all trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in the UK. Covering the essential skills of planning, monitoring and assessment, and class management, the book relates these specifically to primary English. The text is structured around the current UK curriculum and incorporates the Primary National Strategy. Content is linked to the 2007 QTS Standards. This fourth edition includes links with the Early Years Foundation Stage and updated research summaries. The Assessing English chapter has been updated to include Assessment of Pupil Progress. Examples of cross curricular links with primary modern foreign languages are also added to this new edition.

Explains the background, causes and effects of the Irish Famine in the broader contexts of European history and of contemporary political and economic ideas.

This is the essential teaching theory and practice text for primary English that takes a focused look at the practical aspects of teaching.