Meet the crazy, organic apple pie baking greenie grandma as she uses her secret tried and tested method to catch robbers hiding in the swamp around her house. This witty, fun-filled book is sure to surprise with its punch line at the end
Tried-and-tested by specialist educational consultants Hay Management Consultants, this volume will help head teachers and subject leaders make the most out of performance management in their schools. The government's insistence that each school in England (whether primary or secondary) implements a performance management system has lead schools to see this imposition as yet another bureaucratic chore. This volume shows how performance management can be turned to a school's advantage to improve teaching and school performance. Highly practical in tone, the book shows how schools can turn a government imposition into an opportunity for realistic and tangible improvement.
Tried-and-tested by specialist educational consultants Hay Management Consultants, this volume will help head teachers and subject leaders make the most out of performance management in their schools. The government's insistence that each school in England (whether primary or secondary) implements a performance management system has lead schools to see this imposition as yet another bureaucratic chore. This volume shows how performance management can be turned to a school's advantage to improve teaching and school performance. Highly practical in tone, the book shows how schools can turn a government imposition into an opportunity for realistic and tangible improvement.
Dedicated support for work-based learners taking the new Pearson Edexcel� Level 3 Diploma in Children's Learning and Development (Early Years Educator). Covers all mandatory and selected optional units. �
*** 2 books in 1 bundle *** CONVERSATION SKILLSMaster People Skills Through Emotional Intelligence, Conversation & Body Language Cutting through the nonsense, this book offers a simple and easy to understand solution to mastering conversation and people skills using a variety of skills. No fancy gimmicks, just solid and actionable advice. Some of the topics covered in this book include: * Steps To Better Conversation Skills For Any Situation* The Secret To Creating Flowing Conversations* Master Body Language * Conversation Starters* How To Read Other People and Know What They Want* Effective Speaking & Listening* Master Social and Emotional Intelligence* Charisma: How To Improve It & How To Use It* Simple Ways To Improve Your Conflict Management Skills* How To Be More Assertive* Becoming A More Flexible Person* Building Rapport With People and so much more -------------------- HOW TO NEGOTIATEPersuade Using The Power of Influence and Conversation Skills to Increase Your Confidence in Negotiation Would like to learn how to negotiate with anyone, in any situation?Would you like to improve your influence, respect, assertiveness, conversation skills and confidence? Master the art of negotiating with easy to follow steps and real life examples in this best selling guide by Natasha Baker and James Fisher. Topics covered include: * Negotiation in a Professional / Formal Setting* Traits of a Good Negotiator* Using Body Language To Always Win* How To Be More Assertive & Confident* Controlling Anger and Anxiety* Real Life Negotiation Fails and What They Should Have Done* Persuading anyone to say YES * Establishing Trust & Likeability* Negotiating With Someone You Don't Trust* Relationship / Personal Life Negotiations* Always Know What To Say* Detecting Deception* Dealing with Job Interview / Offers / Promotions* How to Really Prepare for a Negotiation* The 80/20 Rule* Easily Avoid The Negotiation Missteps* Best Practices to Follow in ANY Situation* The Abilene Paradox* Reading Other Peoples Body Languageand so much more "An incredibly useful and informative guide, getting to the information fast and without fuss. Learn how to negotiate your way through life in any situation and get what you want "Chris Jenkins
Six captivating and engaging stories with clear phonics progression, ideal for children who are developing early reading skills. Read about Buzz's dream of going into space in his big, red bucket, join Fang as he faces his fear of the dentist, and find out what happens when some meerkats discover an umbrella⦠With a variety of stunning artwork styles and six funny, heart-warming and exciting stories, this collection has something for everyone! The stories have been specially written to support and develop your child's early reading skills as they practise using letters and sounds to read simple words and short sentences. Activities after every story make reading fun and reinforce comprehension. Each collection also features tips for parents to help you support your child's developing reading skills. Featuring much-loved characters, great authors, engaging storylines and fun activities, Read with Oxford offers an exciting range of carefully levelled reading books to build your child's reading confidence. Read with Oxford Stage 2 equates to Oxford Levels 2 and 3 used in schools. For more information about the Read with Oxford Stages, as well as practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress, go to readwithoxford.com. Let's get them flying!
The Level 5 pack contains 6 books, one of each of the following titles: Camel-Back Mountain, Highest Mountain, Deepest Canyon, The Treasure Map, Map, Compass, Explore!, The Strange Beast, Beast Feasts. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics that children will be learning about in the classroom. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings encourage children to read and relish both text types from an early age, develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress. These books are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable words to enrich the texts and support language development. Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with their child. Free teaching notes and help with childrens reading development is available on Oxford Owl at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.
The Level 5 pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: Camel-Back Mountain, Highest Mountain, Deepest Canyon, The Treasure Map, Map, Compass, Explore!, The Strange Beast, Beast Feasts. Oxford Reading Tree Explore with Biff, Chip and Kipper is a series of paired fiction and non-fiction books linked by curriculum-related topics that children will be learning about in the classroom. Each pair consists of an engaging story featuring well-loved characters and a compelling non-fiction book. These topic-linked pairings encourage children to read and relish both text types from an early age, develop and deepen their reading comprehension and foster a love of reading. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it is easy to match every child with the right book and enable them to progress. These books are phonically decodable featuring a small number of pre-taught, non-decodable words to enrich the texts and support language development. Each book contains inside cover notes to help adults read and explore the content with their child. Free teaching notes and help with children’s reading development is available on Oxford Owl at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.
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Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Russia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Brush up on your Soviet and imperial history in Moscow and St Petersburg, explore European Russia and its gingerbread cottages and golden domes, or lose yourself in the wilds of Siberia and the east -all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Russia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet’s Russia Travel Guide: Colour maps and images throughoutHighlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interestsInsider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spotsEssential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, pricesHonest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks missCultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, literature, music, architecture, performing arts, landscape, wildlife, environment, religion, Russia todayCovers Moscow, St Petersburg, the Golden Ring, Kaliningrad, the Urals, Volga, Sochi, Caucasus, Siberia, the Russian Far East, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Russia, our most comprehensive guide to Russia, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled. Looking for a guide focused on Moscow or St Petersburg? Check out Lonely Planet’s Moscow and St Petersburg guides for a comprehensive look at all these cities have to offer; or Pocket Moscow & St Petersburg for a handy-sized guide focused on the can’t-miss sights for a quick trip. Travelling further afield? Check out Lonely Planet’s Trans-Siberian Railway, focused on the can’t-miss sights for a trip of a lifetime, or Eastern Europe, for extensive coverage of the whole region. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.
Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains six books, one of each of the following titles: How Can I Help You?, Snack Attack, How We See, Dive! Dive!, Space Dad and Up in the Air.
Oxford Reading Tree inFact is a compelling non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does. The series includes 36 titles which are all phonically decodable, with some high-interest topic words to develop vocabulary and impart knowledge. The imaginative approach and variety of intriguing topics mean there are books to interest every child. The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every reader to the right book. This pack contains 36 books, six of each of the following titles: How Can I Help You?, Snack Attack, How We See, Dive! Dive!, Space Dad and Up in the Air.
An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA Goop Book Club Pick"If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer."--Joanna Goddard, Cup of JoA stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend."When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed." So ends Kate Baer's remarkable poem "Things My Girlfriends Teach Me." In "Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels" she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother's cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem "Deliverance" about her son's birth she writes "What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?" Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.
An Instant #1 New York Times BestsellerA Goop Book Club Pick"If you want your breath to catch and your heart to stop, turn to Kate Baer."--Joanna Goddard, Cup of JoA stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend."When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed." So ends Kate Baer's remarkable poem "Things My Girlfriends Teach Me." In "Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels" she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother's cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem "Deliverance" about her son's birth she writes "What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?" Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Bear proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.
An Instant New York Times BestsellerThe author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of erasure poems created from notes she received from followers, supporters and detractors--an artform that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful. "I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill""Women WANT a male leader . . . It's honest to god the basic human playbook"These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online. Like countless other writers--particularly women--with profiles on the internet, as Kate's online presence grew, so did the darker messages crowding her inbox. These missives from strangers have ranged from "advice" and opinions to outright harassment. At first, these messages resulted in an immediate delete and block. Until, on a whim, Kate decided to transform the cruelty into art, using it to create fresh and intriguing poems. These pieces, along with ones made from notes of gratitude and love, as well as from the words of public figures, have become some of her most beloved work. I Hope This Finds You Well is drawn from those works: a book of poetry birthed in the darkness of the internet that offers light and hope. By cleverly building on the harsh negativity and hate women often receive--and combining it with heartwarming messages of support, gratitude, and connection, Kate Baer offers us a lesson in empowerment, showing how we too can turn bitterness into beauty.
"Kate Baer's poems are so full of life--life as it is now, that I can hear them breathing. I loved this book."--Emma Straub"How About Now is a balm, a banister, and a battering ram. Her very best yet."--Catherine NewmanThe third full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman.Renowned poet Kate Baer returns with a bold and compassionate collection that confronts the march of time in a shifting world.With her trademark candor and curiosity, Baer explores what it means to grow older, to release children into the wildness of their own lives, and to reclaim the ever-evolving self. Raw, luminous, and urgent, this collection channels Baer's own journey to middle age into poems that are profoundly intimate yet resound universally, identifying the beauty, resilience, and fragility that arrive in every stage of life.How About Now is a striking declaration of ongoing transformation and self-discovery. From the poet who has captured the heartbeat of the modern woman, this collection reaffirms Kate Baer's place among the most vital voices of our era.
"Kate Baer's poems are so full of life--life as it is now, that I can hear them breathing. I loved this book."--Emma Straub"How About Now is a balm, a banister, and a battering ram. Her very best yet."--Catherine NewmanThe third full length poetry collection from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman.Renowned poet Kate Baer returns with a bold and compassionate collection that confronts the march of time in a shifting world.With her trademark candor and curiosity, Baer explores what it means to grow older, to release children into the wildness of their own lives, and to reclaim the ever-evolving self. Raw, luminous, and urgent, this collection channels Baer's own journey to middle age into poems that are profoundly intimate yet resound universally, identifying the beauty, resilience, and fragility that arrive in every stage of life.How About Now is a striking declaration of ongoing transformation and self-discovery. From the poet who has captured the heartbeat of the modern woman, this collection reaffirms Kate Baer's place among the most vital voices of our era.
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of found poems created from notes she received from followers, supporters and detractors - a ritual that reclaims the vitriol from online trolls and inspires readers to transform what is ugly or painful in their own lives into something beautiful. 'I'm sure you could benefit from jumping on a treadmill''Women WANT a male leader . . . It's honest to god the basic human playbook'These are some of the thousands of messages that Kate Baer has received online. Like countless other writers - particularly women - with profiles on the internet, as Kate's online presence grew, so did the darker messages crowding her inbox. These missives from strangers have ranged from 'advice' and opinions to outright harassment.At first, these messages resulted in an immediate delete and block. Until, on a whim, Kate decided to transform the cruelty into art, using it to create fresh and intriguing poems. These pieces, along with ones made from notes of gratitude and love, as well as from the words of public figures, have become some of her most beloved work.I Hope This Finds You Well is drawn from those works: a book of poetry birthed in the darkness of the internet that offers light and hope. By cleverly building on the harsh negativity and hate women often receive - and combining it with heart-warming messages of support, gratitude, and connection, Kate Baer offers us a lesson in empowerment, showing how we too can turn bitterness into beauty.
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller'Gorgeous.' Glennon Doyle'Sharp observations on modern womanhood.' Sunday Times'Exquisite.' Fi GloverA stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today, and the many roles we play - mother, partner, and friend.'When life throws you a bag of sorrow, hold out your hands/Little by little, mountains are climbed.' So ends Kate Baer's remarkable poem 'Things My Girlfriends Teach Me.' In 'Nothing Tastes as Good as Skinny Feels' she challenges her reader to consider their grandmother's cake, the taste of the sea, the cool swill of freedom. In her poem 'Deliverance' about her son's birth she writes 'What is the word for when the light leaves the body?/What is the word for when it/at last, returns?'Through poems that are as unforgettably beautiful as they are accessible, Kate Baer proves herself to truly be an exemplary voice in modern poetry. Her words make women feel seen in their own bodies, in their own marriages, and in their own lives. Her poems are those you share with your mother, your daughter, your sister, and your friends.
From Kate Baer, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Kind of Woman, comes her much anticipated second full-length traditional poetry collection, And Yet.I will love and be loved. Save and be saveda thousand times. I will let the want intomy body, bless the heat under my skin.My life, I will not waste it. I will enjoy this life.And Yet dives even deeper into the themes that are the hallmarks of Kate's writing: motherhood, friendship, love, and loss. Taken together, these poems demonstrate the remarkable evolution of a writer and an artist working at the height of her craft, pushing herself and her poetry in a beautiful and impressive way.In this collection, Kate offers much needed inspiration to find the joy, and the hope, in all of life's mess and miracles.
