Suited for children in Year 2, aged 7-8 years old, this book bu ilds basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoo lwork by having students practise key basic skills on a regular basis. T his allows your child to learn new concepts while revising previous work . In Excel English and Mathematics your child will find: thirty carefully graded double-page units. Each unit has w ork on numbers, measurement, shapes in Maths and comprehension, grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary in English a wide variety of interesting exercises four term reviews to test work covere d each term marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answer section

"The Excel series of Start Up Maths for Years 37 have been specifically designed to be used as classroom or homework books in order to assist students, teachers and parents with their understanding of mathematics. Each book in the series covers the yearʼs work in detail. Innovative features provide an integrated and supportive approach to learning. All units of work, review tests and Start Up sections are interrelated and cross-referenced to each other"--Publisher's website.

Year 1 Ages 6-7 years old. In Excel English and Mathematics Year 1 your child will find: thirty carefully graded double-page units a wide variety of interesting exercise s four term reviews to test work covered each term mar king grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a lift-out answ er section This book aims to build basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoolwork by having students pra ctise key basic skills on a regular basis. This allows your child to lea rn new concepts while revising program work.

The Excel series of Start Up Maths workbooks for Years 3&nda sh; ...7 have been specifically designed to be used as classroom or home work books in order to assist students, teachers and parents with their understanding of mathematics. Each book in the series covers the year,,s work in detail. Innovative features provide an integrated and supportiv e approach to learning. All units of work, review tests and Start Up sec tions are interrelated and cross-referenced to each other. This series o f books is a must for students who want to cover the year,,s work compre hensively, with no gaps in their knowledge. The completion of this workb ook in Year 4 will ensure that a student will be fully prepared for the work in Year 5. In this book your child will find: 176 units of work to complete 35 review tests for revision over 2000 exercises to practise a Start Up section fo r extra help with understanding questions comprehensive coverag e of the year,,s work

Books in Start Up Maths Series: 5 Pag es: 160 pp. Specification: Softcover, p erfect bound, 275 mm x 201 mm Category: Workbook Publication date: March 2007 The Exc el series of Start Up Maths for Years 3-7 have been specifica lly designed to be used as classroom or homework books in order to assis t students, teachers and parents with their understanding of mathematics . Each book in the series covers the year,,s work in detail. Innovative features provide an integrated and supportive approach to learning. All units of work, review tests and Start Up sections are interrelated and c ross-referenced to each other. This series of books is a must for studen ts who want to cover the year,,s work comprehensively, with no gaps in t heir knowledge. The completion of this workbook in Year 6 will ensure th at a student will be fully prepared for the work in Year 7. In th is book your child will find: 176 units of work to complete 34 review tests for revision over 2000 exercises to p ractise a Start Up section for extra help with understanding qu estions comprehensive coverage of the year,,s work

Mental Maths is the maths we do in our heads without the use of calcu lators and without writing down the calculation. Mental Maths strategies are the etricks,, we use to do Maths in our heads. There are different ways of finding the answer to any Mental Maths problem, and such strate gies are the focus of this series. Even though calculators and computers play an enormous role in the modern world, we still need to go back to the basics % we do need to know how to check that the sales assistant a t the counter is giving us the right change! Mental Maths has become mor e important than ever and new primary Maths syllabuses in Australia are reflecting this. For example, NSW has placed an emphasis on Mental Maths in its primary syllabus, and even the Year 10 School Certificate examin ation has a compulsory non-calculator section. Features of this b ook include:- 32 double-page units of Mentals are included % 8 units for each school term rach unit is divided into four sets (A,B,C and D) of 20 questions each rach numbered question covers particular Maths topics throughout the book: for example, Questio n 1 always covers addition, while Question 20 always covers geometry a special e'Help' section,, at the front of the book gives differ ent strategies and explanations to help students solve Mentals problems. These are also numbered so they link to the question numbers in each Me ntals unit a eFun Spot,, unit, containing fun activities, and a eRevision,, unit are included at the end of each 8 units ext ra practice,, sections which reinforce particular strategies appear in t he lower part of each page answers to all questions are in a li ft-out section in the centre of the book