Books published by Brilliant Publications

Bonne Idee provides key vocabulary, word and picture matching cards, activity sheets and puzzle pages for 20 popular French primary school topics. Use the suggestions given or develop your own games with these flexible sheets. Sentence building sheets for each topic provide top tips for extending the vocabulary.

French Festivals and Traditions, KS3 is an invaluable and time-saving resource for teachers, providing intercultural ideas for every month of the year. Ideas vary from making cards and writing poems, to playing games and research projects.

Spanish Speaking Activities, KS2 contains 60 time-saving photocopiable activities for promoting oral communication at Key Stage 2. Activities range from role plays and surveys to quizzes, presentations and games. All encourage pupils to practise speaking autonomously, leading to more pupil-speaking time and less teacher-speaking time.

How to Dazzle at Oral and Mental Starters contains 43 photocopiable ideas for use with Key Stage 3 (KS3) pupils who are working at levels 2-3 of the National Curriculum. The tasks are varied and teach pupils to understand and use mental strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in a range of contexts.

Learn French with Luc et Sophie is a story-based approach to teaching French at Key Stage 2. It is a two-part scheme, with Part 1 (1e re Partie) aimed at Years 3-4 and Part 2 (2e me Partie) at Years 5-6. Learn French with Luc et Sophie, 1e re Partie will not only provide you with 14 specially written French storybooks, it will also provide you with a wealth of creative teaching ideas to ensure coverage of the Foreign Language Programmes of Study in the September 2014 National Curriculum for England in Years 3 and 4. The scheme is designed with non-specialists in mind and will make implementing the National Curriculum easy. There are 14 units in Learn French with Luc et Sophie, 1e re Partie. Each unit is based around a story featuring a young brother (Luc) and sister (Sophie) and their friends and family. The topic-based stories are written in simple sentences and introduce key vocabulary and language structures. In the Learn French with Luc et Sophie, 1e re Partie Starter Pack, you will find everything you need to get started: 14 specially written French storybooks; a comprehensive teacher's guide; an audio CD containing the stories, acted out by native French speakers, songs, instrumental files for the songs, vocabulary lists and listening exercises; a CD-Rom with pdf versions of all the stories, to enable them to be displayed on an IWB, a pdf of the teacher's book and games, vocabulary files and sentence building activities for use on a Smartboard. The author has 12 years of experience teaching French to 4-13 year olds, and prior to this was a secondary French teacher.

What╩╝s Worrying Eddie? is the fourth book in Set B of Sam╩╝s Football Stories. There are two sets, each containing six books.When Sam and Danny arrive at school on Monday, Liza, Janey and Fran are already there playing football with the other boys. The boys are surprised at how well the girls play.Then at the Devils╩╝ first home game in the league, who is Eddie talking to?What has happened?

Painting is a Class Act, Years 3-4 provides a structured approach to the development of painting skills at Key Stage 1 (KS1). Using a skill-based approach to painting will raise standards in art, boost children's self-esteem and confidence, which in turn will help promote high standards in other curriculum areas.

Painting is a Class Act, Years 5-6 provides a structured approach to the development of painting skills at Key Stage 1 (KS1). Using a skill-based approach to painting will raise standards in art, boost children's self-esteem and confidence, which in turn will help promote high standards in other curriculum areas.

The logic puzzles in this book are a fun and engaging way to practise reading French. They are designed to consolidate and extend French vocabulary on a variety of topics whilst training the participant's brain to solve problems.The puzzles in Les Problèmes Logiques et Latéraux take French cross-curricular! The puzzles are arranged into the main topics that are taught at KS3 and KS4 to make it easy to find a puzzle which fits a lesson objective. Whether it is finding out which reindeer is pulling which coloured sleigh, which monkey has eaten which fruit, who won the cycle race or completing sudoku games your students will become expert in French problem-solving.Written in French, the puzzles are accessible to all whether a native or a learner of French.The puzzles have been extensively trialled in the secondary classroom, and work well when used as starters, in plenaries and as a homework task. Students find the puzzles engaging, challenging and most importantly fun, especially when they are set as a class competition.This book is a not only a useful resource for practitioners of French, but also for cover teachers, because the easy to use answer section gives the teacher or learner immediate access to the answers, ideal for non-specialists and specialists alike.Love puzzles? Love French? This book is also an ideal book of entertainment for puzzle lovers who can read French, whether sat at home, travelling or on holiday.

The activities in How to Dazzle at Writing concentrate on composing skills. They help Key Stage 3 (KS3) pupils with special educational needs to write in different genres, from letters and reports to song lyrics, stories and poetry. Each activity includes stimulus material to set the scene and where necessary provides an example of the genre.

Text Level Work contains 42 photocopiable activities which introduce one concept per sheet making it ideal for use with slower learners or children with special needs. It provides additional practice and support for those children who are struggling to learn concepts and skills first introduced at Key Stage 1.

In Stewie Scraps and the Super Sleigh is specially designed to appeal to reluctant boy readers. Slower learners will identify with Stewie, who isn't very good at school, but does like technology.

In Stewie Scraps and the Giant Joggers is specially designed to appeal to reluctant boy readers. Slower learners will identify with Stewie, who isn't very good at school, but does like technology.

In Stewie Scraps and the Space Racer is specially designed to appeal to reluctant boy readers. Slower learners will identify with Stewie, who isn't very good at school, but does like technology.

Water contains enjoyable play activities designed to develop important preschool skills and a deeper understanding of the world and are linked to the Early Learning. The ideas and activities in this book use the children's enjoyment of water play to create meaningful learning experiences.

Shopping contains enjoyable play activities designed to develop important preschool skills and a deeper understanding of the world and are linked to the Early Learning Goals. The practical activities include setting up innovative shops in the home corner; investigating weights; using money to buy items, and making items to sell in a baker's shop.

Pets contains enjoyable play activities designed to develop important preschool skills and positive relationships and are linked to the Early Learning Goals. Activities based on the theme of pets help children, particularly those who are unable to keep pets at home, to learn to respect and care for animals and small creatures.

Caring and Sharing: Activities for 3-5 Year Olds contains enjoyable play activities designed to develop important preschool skills and positive relationships and are linked to the Early Learning Goals of the 2012 Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.