Headwork Stories offer more extended reading for students than Headwork and English Headwork. DT Give a range of story themes and settings covering fundamental issues such as courage, honesty, aggression, revenge, and split loyaltiesDT Develop students' powers of reasoning and deduction with a 'What to do' section following each storyDT Provide stories with a relevant interest level to give slower readers a chance to empathise with characters facing all kinds of challenges and dilemmas, and to articulate their own ideas and feelingsDT Are written in a direct and readable style

Each Students' Book offers:· Varied subjects, often humorous, ranging from science fiction to everyday scenes· A task on every page, or pair of pages, often based on a picture and usually with a puzzles element· Practice of a variety of skills, including matching, sequencing, cloze, classifying, deduction, and interpreting simple flow charts and maps· Constant repetition of basic sight words and concepts· New and difficult work introduced in meaningful concepts to help learners comprehend what they read

This pack contains six special needs story books, including Go See Gran and Parents, Who'd Have Them?, aimed at reluctant readers at Key Stage 3. They use large print and illustrations to encourage readers at this very low level, and each story has no more than 800 words. They are part of the Headwork Reading Foundation Level series which begins at a level below Level 1. The Foundation Level Stories are part of the third wave of Headwork Reading - special needs reading resources for Key Stage 3. They offer 350-450 words per story in pack A and 650-800 words per story in pack B at reading ages of 6-7. Progression of reading stamina is provided between packs A and B which themselves act as stepping stones to Level 1 stories already published.

This special needs story book is aimed at reluctant readers at Key Stage 3. It uses large print and illustrations to encourage readers at this very low level, and each story has no more than 800 words. It is part of the Headwork Reading Foundation Level series which begins at a level below Level 1. The Foundation Level Stories are part of the third wave of Headwork Reading - special needs reading resources for Key Stage 3. They offer 350-450 words per story in pack A and 650-800 words per story in pack B at reading ages of 6-7. Progression of reading stamina is provided between packs A and B which themselves act as stepping stones to Level 1 stories already published.

The recent call to refocus on word and sacrament in church liturgy is explored in these musings about how parish ministers, choir directors, and lay leaders can return to basics in their Sunday services without changing the long-time programs valued by their congregations. The worry that that skillful public speaking and trained musicians may become "entertainment" for a passive audience is discussed, as is the challenge of finding a balanced approach to the "relevance" problem--the result of ministers focusing their sermons on modern social dilemmas at the expense of the more authentic church service of established liturgy and biblical interpretation.