Year 5 Ages 10-11 years old. In Excel Basic Ski lls: English and Mathematics Year 5 your child will find: t hirty carefully graded double-page units. Each unit has work on numbers, measurement and shape inMaths and comprehension, grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary in English. a wide variety of interesti ng exercises four term reviews to test work covered each term marking grids to identify strengths and weaknesses a li ft-out answer section This book aims to build basic skills in reading, comprehension and maths. It supports schoolwork by having s tudents practise key basic skills on a regular basis. This allows your c hild to learn new concepts while revising program work.

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the selective schools and scholarship tests (usually undertaken in Year 6). The book contains sections on all four types of tests - Maths, English, General Abi lity and Written Expression - so students can prepare for exams wi th a minimum of stress and maximum results. In this book your chi ld will find: an introductory section on how best to prepar e for selective schools and scholarship examinations hundreds o f practice questions for Mathematics, English, General Ability and Writt en Expression answers to all multiple-choice questions explanations that outline the thinking skills required for each questio n a complete trial test paper

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Mathem atics Tests Year 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the select ive school and scholarship tests (usually undertaken in Year 6). The boo k contains hundreds of multiple choice questions based on the three majo r strands of maths - numeration, measurement and space - so students can prepare for exams with a minimum of stress and maximum resu lts. This book is intended to give you the opportunity of doing a variety of questions based on the three major strands of Mathematics (N umeration, Measurement and Space). The more familiar you are with the ma terial the more confident you will feel - and the better you will do in your tests. In this book your child will find: an in troductory section on how best to approach selective school and scholars hip test examinations hundreds of practice multiple choice ques tions answers to every question explanations that outl ine the thinking skills required for each question nine complet e practice tests

Science is an important subject in our school syllabus. It is also on e of the most fascinating subjects students can learn about. Science exp lains how our world works - from the natural world of weather and enviro nment, to the made world of transport and electricity. Excel Basic Skills: Science and Technology Years 5-6 is a comprehensive g uide through the Science syllabus, intended to help students revise and consolidate what they have learned at school. It aims to increase confid ence in a range of scientific topics, using easy-to-understand text, dia grams, quizzes and practical exercises. The important features of this book are: interesting topics: each unit covered in th e book correspond with a unit in the syllabus. Each new concept is conta ined to one page, making it easy for students to complete one topic at a time quick questions and exercises: there is a set of quick qu estions or a quick exercise to complete on every page. This makes sure s tudents are absorbing the information and thinking about each topic something to do: these are fun and informative practical activities for students to try at home - always under adult supervision. The activ ities use household items to demonstrate a scientific concept t ests: two tests are included in the book, one halfway through the topics and one at the end. The tests can be used to assess the student's under standing of the concepts covered in the book lift-out answers: answers to all the activities and tests are provided in a convenient lif t-out section in the middle of the book

Excel Writing Skills provides activities an d exercises designed to improve the quality of students' written express ion. The exercises are based on ten common text types in which specific grammar, punctuation and language skills are used. This book will develo p students' writing skills for all school subjects. In this book your child will find: exercises based around ten common tex t types a wide variety of interesting activities fun v isual exercises to stimulate the imagination revision sections throughout for constant reinforcement a lift-out answer section

Excel Maths: Addition and Subtraction for Year 3 and Year 4 is designed to help make students feel confident in the basic processes of addition and subtractions of whole numbers. It will help to satisfy t he needs of slower learners, and provide enrichment opportunity for quic ker learners. Mathematics is a highly important subject in our sc hool syllabus. It is the study of numbers - which surround us everywhere in our lives. Computers and calculators have become the order of the da y and are quite handy, but the human mind still controls it all. Whateve r we put into the mind during the child's formative years is extremely i mportant, and most significant for the years to come. In this boo k your child will find: eight self-contained, carefully gra ded units hundreds of practice exercises quick questio ns and revision pages to stay in touch with previous work diagn ostic and mastery tests to measure students' knowledge a lift o ut answer section

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

Excel Maths: Fractions, Decimals and Percentages is divided into four skill levels. Although the earlier units cover lower primary s chool work, older children who are having trouble will benefit from work ing through them. Children often have problems with fractions and decima ls because they don't fully understand the basic skills involved. Once t hey have learnt these fundamental concepts, the student can work through the unity relevant to their Year level. Year 3 children having t rouble with fractions should start at Unit 1 Year 4 children havi ng trouble with equivalent fractions or decimals should start at Unit 2 Year 5 children having trouble with mixed fractions and equivalen t fractions should start at Unit 3 Year 6 children who require re vision of fractions, decimals and percentages should complete Unit 4. The activities in all units of this book reflect current classroom practice. There is a strong emphasis on understanding as new concepts ar e introduced. Children's confidence will grow as they complete the pract ice examples. In this book your child will find: 8 s elf-contained, carefully graded units Hundreds of practice exer cises Quick questions and revision pages to stay in touch with previous work Diagnostic and mastery tests to measure student's knowledge A lift-out answer section.