First Friend | Cambridge Global English | Cambridge Primary English | Cambridge Primary Science | Cambridge Primary Maths |
-To develop language skill. | -“Language detective” features highlights key structures. | -To develop language skills for first language English learners, encouraging them to actively explore, use and apply their core listening, speaking, reading and writing skills through individual, group and pair work. | -Engaging, learner-friendly design. | -To describe and explain number pattern. |
-To develop a basic understanding of English. | -“Writing Tips” give useful reminders to help with writing. | -To provide opportunities for differentiated learning and promote creativity and critical thinking by using engaging activities, sounds and games and problem solving work. | -Use of illustrations in explaining concepts to help visual learners and those with lower literacy. | -To estimate and compare measures of distance, angle and time. |
-To foster a positive attitude toward learning English. | -“Words to remember” boxes highlight key vocabulary. | -To provide learners range of fiction, non-fiction and poetry texts suited to the age and Stages of the learners. | -Activities to develop Scientific Enquiry skills and support learning through discovery. | -To experiment with properties of shapes and geometric patterns. |
-To become familiar with the English alphabet. | -Project spreads give opportunities and ideas for creative activities to round off units. | -To supply spelling activities that can be used for separate or integrated spelling lessons. | -“Words to learn” point out key vocabulary. | -To develop mathematical vocabulary, logical thinking and problem solving skills. |
| -“Look what I can do” feature provides opportunity for light-touch self-assessment. | | -“What you have learnt” summaries point out key learning points. | |
| -Picture Dictionary in end pages support vocabulary development. | | -“Check your progress” questions offer opportunity for assessment and preparation for tests. | |