Peters Books for Schools

With a clear, colour layout and quirky bird characters to make it fun to use, this is a dictionary with a difference. The book divides into sections - the first provides explanations for all the grammar terms required for the primary curriculum, the second, punctuation marks and when to use them, and the third section provides spelling rules, tips and examples. New for this edition is a fourth section on how to discover different words and to grow your vocabulary.

A dictionary which utilises the Oxford Reading Tree Programme and features characters from the storybooks.

An ideal first Spanish dictionary for kids aged 5+ and above, designed to introduce Spanish vocabulary to children in a fun, easy and memorable way.

An ideal first French dictionary for kids aged 5+ and above, designed to introduce French vocabulary to children in a fun, easy and memorable way.

Explains mathematical concepts for Key Stage 2 age children.

Gives simple definitions of various scientific concepts.

An illustrated alphabetical dictionary featuring over 600 words used in the ORT stories.

An illustrated dictionary of computer terminology and concepts.

An illustrated dictionary for primary aged children.

An illustrated thesuaus for primary aged children.

An easy-reference German to English and English to German dictionary with key GCSE curriculum words highlighted and a practical, fun supplement covering key vocabulary areas.

Italian-English dictionary with grammar notes and language activities.

An easy-reference French to English and English to French Collins dictionary with key GCSE curriculum words highlighted and a practical, fun supplement covering key vocabulary areas.

Illustrated French-English, English-French dictionary for primary school children.

An easy-reference Spanish to English and English to Spanish Collins dictionary with key GCSE curriculum words highlighted and a practical, fun supplement covering key vocabulary areas.

Illustrated Spanish-English, English-Spanish dictionary for primary school children.

Learn Spanish in an engaging and active way. Packed full of colourful illustrations and activities, making learning fun. In addition there's plenty of support and guidance for parents and teachers.

Learn Spanish in an engaging and active way. Packed full of colourful illustrations and activities, making learning fun. In addition there's plenty of support and guidance for parents and teachers.

A new unique Oxford children's dictionary incorporating the imaginary words invented by Roald Dahl with normal everyday words along with their meanings.

An illustrated dictionary for primary school children.

An illustrated thesaurus for primary school children.

A dictionary containing a wide range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary for children aged 7 and over.

This thesaurus is especially designed for children aged 7 and over (Key Stage 2) and supports today's primary curriculum needs. Clear and accessible, it is an indispensable tool for young writers.

The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use.

The home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.

Provides simple, illustrated definitions of key first vocabulary

A dictionary of mathematical concepts and terminology.

The home of trusted Irish dictionaries for everyday language use.

A first illustrated dictionary for children aged 4-5

A first illustrated dictionary for children aged 3-4

Contains the full set of tenses for 115 important verbs in the French language, with practical exercises.

Explains the key essentials of Italian grammar for study from GCSE level.

Explains the key essentials of German grammar for study from GCSE level.

Contains the full set of tenses for 120 key verbs in Spanish, with practical exercises.

Explains the key essentials of Spanish grammar for study from GCSE level.

Explains the key essentials of French grammar for study from GCSE level.

An up-to-date, easy-reference Irish to English and English to Irish dictionary with a practical, fun supplement, ideal for learners of Irish.

Perfect for Italian revision offering beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to Italian verbs.

Perfect for Spanish revision offering beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to Spanish verbs.

Perfect for French revision offering beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to French verbs.

Perfect for German revision offering beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to German verbs.

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of French. Perfect for French exams revision.

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Italian. Perfect for Italian exams revision.

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of Spanish. Perfect for Spanish exams revision.

This book offers beginners a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of German. Perfect for German exams revision.

This book helps children to learn French in an engaging and active way. It is packed full of colourful illustrations and activities, making learning fun. In addition there's plenty of support and guidance for parents and teachers.

A handy 3-in-1 German study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand German reference and revision guide.

Grammar notes and vocabulary for Spanish language learners up to GCSE level.

A handy 3-in-1 Italian study book: grammar, verbs and vocabulary in one volume, ideal for beginners who need a clear and easy-to-understand Italian reference and revision guide.

Grammar notes and vocabulary for French language learners up to GCSE level.

Packed full of activities for children learning French for the first time. Colourful, fun activities will keep them engaged, while help is at hand if French isn't your strong point: there's plenty of support and guidance for parents and teachers.

Easy-to-use phrases in order to communicate naturally in the French language.

Easy-to-use phrases in order to communicate naturally in the Italian language.

Easy-to-use phrases in order to communicate naturally in the Spanish language.

Provides examples of rhyming words and how they may be used

The quickest way to study the essential Spanish words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning Spanish range.

The quickest way to study the essential French words and the perfect companion to titles in the ever-popular Easy Learning French range.

A dictionary of Spanish idioms arranged by topic.

A dictionary of French idioms arranged by topic.

Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like "turbine," while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy.

Do you ever wonder where your stuff comes from, and what happens to it when you're finished with it? Did you know that you can make paper out of elephant poo? And plastic packaging out of seaweed? And did you know that if you throw away an old T-shirt, it can take 200 years to break down?

The stories of 35 inspirational activists from around the world who have taken positive action to protect various habitats or animals.

A search-and-find book looking at animals found in forests all over the world.

In a future world where sea levels have risen due to ecological disasters, two sisters and their friend become privy to a secret that could bring calamity to them all.

Introduces children to the many reasons why it's so important to protect Antarctica, from it's wildlife to what we can learn scientifically from it.

A collection of children's year-round outdoor activities to discover nature.

A look at the evolution of plants on Earth, the huge diversity found today, and the animals that rely on them.

Get the facts about how our planet's climate is changing and what the consequences will be. This essential guide explores Earth's climate, past and present, giving you the facts and figures behind one of today's most urgent issues, and investigates what we can all do to make a difference.

Poppy is accused of plagiarism when she enters her design for a competition to redesign the school playground.

Discover the key facts about waste and how we can produce less to help protect our planet.

A teenage boy trying to scavenge enough to live on in an e-waste dump in Ghana gets caught up in a gang war.

This timely picture book explores humans' impact on our Earth and how we can all make a difference.

A simple introduction to everyday changes that can be made to aid the environment.

An overview of the facts about climate change, causes and effects, and what we can do to change things.

An illustrated collection of 64 real life stories about animals from all around the world in various kinds of danger, with facts and information on broader themes as well.

A little girl makes friends with a new Syrian boy in her class and together they come up with an idea to bring bees into their part of town.

Explaining the various ecological issues facing our world and ways to help mitigate against them.

This book looks at the issues, as well as some STEAM solutions for how we could buy, use and get rid of things differently.

A young boy who's mother is a soldier protecting the Amazon is kidnapped to teach her a lesson - he escapes but must survive the wildfires all around him.

A girl has to keep the fact that she is actually a pop-star a secret from her friends at her new school.

Explores ways in which you can actively engage in reducing pollution and waste to help our environment.

We are bombarded by warnings about the health of our planet, but what can we actually do to help? This hands-on guide is filled with suggestions for everyday actions and choices that will help readers take better care of the Earth. Armed with this informative and helpful book, they can feel ready to make a positive difference.

Explains the process by which our rubbish and recycling is disposed of.

Explores ways we can all help to cut pollution and waste to protect our planet for the future.

Explores ways in which you can actively engage in reducing pollution and waste to help our environment.

Explains what happens to the plastic waste we throw away, and what we can do to reduce and reuse our plastic consumption and lessen its impact on our planet.

Simple ideas for reusing and recycling waste plastic, and reducing plastic consumption in general.

Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.

This book looks at the issues, as well as some STEAM solutions for how we could buy, use and get rid of things differently.

50 practical tips on how to conserve natural resources and be kinder to our planet.

Judy encourages her family to become more environmentally responsible.

Explores ways that we can minimise waste to stop pollution around the world.

A range of science experiements that uses recycled plastic bottles to help reinforce scientific principles.

Looks at the technology behind recycling waste materials, and why we should recycle more of our waste.

Explores ways that we can minimise waste to stop pollution around the world.

Describes different recycling programs

A guide to the contemporary art form of junk sculpture

Provides instruction on how to make a range of projects using recycled materials.

Follows the lives of a community on the outskirts of Cairo who make a living by sorting and recycling the city's rubbish

The essential guide to the science behind reading and its practical implications for classroom teaching in primary schools.

This is a must-have book for all teachers wanting to understand sensory processing differences, identify them in the primary classroom and implement effective strategies to support their pupils. With 100 ideas for recognising common sensory differences, using sensory equipment, aiding pupils' learning and involving parents, this is the perfect book for primary teachers looking for strategies to create a fully inclusive learning environment for all.

Refresh your approach to teaching reading comprehension with these original guided and whole-class reading activities for the primary classroom.

Make teaching reading comprehension simple, enjoyable and impactful with this proven mastery approach. Learn what works and why it works, take ownership of your teaching practice and meet the demands of the Key Stage 2 (KS2) National Curriculum with outstanding results.

This must-read guide to being a primary headteacher is filled with practical guidance, tips and advice on all aspects of headship to support and inspire new, current and aspiring headteachers.

This is the ultimate all-in-one guide for teaching writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar in the primary classroom. Providing practical advice on teaching grammar and writing techniques through the use of non-fiction texts, Grammarsaurus is closely aligned to the National Curriculum and ensures teachers are addressing the right topics at the right time.

This is the ultimate all-in-one guide for teaching writing, spelling, punctuation and grammar in the primary classroom. Providing practical advice on teaching grammar and writing techniques through the use of non-fiction texts, Grammarsaurus is closely aligned to the National Curriculum and ensures teachers are addressing the right topics at the right time.

'A thoughtful, prescient read for any mother or father parenting through the unique challenges of this racially polarised year, decade and beyond' Kenya Hunt

This book offers comprehensive guidance to support those involved in primary education in developing the curriculum to meet the requirements of the new Ofsted (2019) framework.

Mastery in Primary Mathematics contains clear, practical guidance for both teachers and leaders on how to implement a mastery approach in the classroom that transcends any particular context, school type or scheme currently being used. Filled with research-based evidence, case studies and concrete examples of teaching for mastery used successfully, this is the ideal toolkit to implementing a mastery approach across a school, regardless of expertise.

Looking for Learning: Loose Parts is a full-colour, practical guide to inspire child-led learning that's linked to to current policy and the EYFS framework.

Teaching Children to Listen in Primary Schools contains a wealth of interventions to improve listening skills across the school. It is perfect for classrooms where poor listening is an increasing barrier to teaching as the resultant distractible behaviour can make it difficult for the rest of the class to pay attention.

100 Ideas for Primary Teachers: Supporting Pupils with Autism is an essential resource filled with tried-and-tested ideas to best support the learning and development of pupils on the autism spectrum, in both mainstream and special schools.

Bloomsbury CPD Library: Raising Attainment in the Primary Classroom is a complete guide for primary teachers to assess, plan and excel in raising the attainment of every child. Children begin school with considerable differences in their literacy and maths skills. For some children, this gap widens as they go through school and may never close, leaving them without the basic levels required to succeed at secondary school. Experts Sonia Blandford and Catherine Knowles set out to help you understand the theory underpinning aspiration, access and achievement, and what you can do to close the achievement gap in your school. Bloomsbury CPD Library: Raising Attainment in the Primary Classroom specifically focuses on increasing access and raising aspirations of pupils as a means to improving attainment.

They're squealing for a packet of strawberry squiggles in the supermarket... refusing to put their coat on even though it's below freezing outside... squabbling over who gets the cup with the kangaroo on it... or running around with their pants on their head when they're meant to be putting their pyjamas on.

It's not unusual to find children in your class who are falling behind their peers, either academically or socially, but it can be difficult to understand exactly why this is happening and what to do about it. This book provides tried-and-tested interventions so that you can determine the specific needs of each child and help them overcome whatever issues they might be facing.

Developing a secure understanding of number in the Early Years is key to ensuring number confidence for future stages of learning. A wide variety of meaningful hands-on experiences are required to develop a child's deep understanding of number. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Exploring Number presents ideas that are all about doing - to not only stimulate the senses, but to also provoke thinking and talking, allow questions to be asked, and ensure that links are made between number concepts and the real world. The ideas require little preparation beforehand, can be used by practitioners without any specific expertise in teaching early number, and include easy-to-source materials. Each area of early number sense is covered from adding on and taking away to number stories, identifying and writing numbers.

Practical Behaviour Management for Primary School Teachers will provide you with practical strategies at every part of your teaching journey, enabling you to create an inclusive environment in your own classroom. By giving you step-by-step guidance on different strategies that you can implement, Tracey Lawrence supports you on the journey to unlock the potential of every child - because every child deserves a high quality education.

A handbook of creative ideas advice for teaching assistants to support primary school children

A Creative Approach to Teaching Science is filled with exciting and innovative ways to teach and meet the objectives for primary physics, chemistry and biology from Years 1-6. Each idea has been tried and tested, used in the classroom with children of the relevant age range, and all are deep rooted in practical enquiry with clear links to the statutory requirements for primary science.

A practical guide for schools to help children move on from reception class to year one.

A brand new title in the 'For Primary Teachers' series, this book is an accessible introduction to a key area that primary teachers need to excel in and show evidence of for Ofsted: lesson planning.

100 IDEAS: Quick - Easy - Inspired - Outstanding

Observation is an essential skill for all who work as carers and educators of children. This book provides guidance on observing children with SEN; suggests activities for promoting progress; and offers a breakdown of developmental milestones. It is suitable for CACHE, Edexcel, Open University and City & Guilds courses for childcare practitioners.