This book is not awful, but by no means is it particularly great. With so many schools now adopting the creative curriculum approach, what books like this need to provide is a skeleton of lessons and sequences that cover the objectives in a logical order but leave themselves open to easy adaptation to suit a range of topic needs. Suggested contexts might be useful, but this book especially tries far too hard to tie itself to the prescribed QCA topics - putting lessons in a range of contexts (such as WW2) that may not be any use to you. As suggestions these would be fine, but the lessons are so intrinsically linked to the topic that if you are not using that theme then you may as well not… Read more
It's been quite the experience for readers following Adrian Mole; no longer the pimply-faced 13 and 3/4 year-old we once knew, he is now on the cusp of forty with yet more turmoil on the horizon. As someone that has snooped in his diaries since I was a young boy, this latest novel is a very emotional read; not least because the previous story seemed to finish so happily. The journey it takes you through is, at times, a touch predictable with the world-weary amongst us spotting the the trends very early on; but the way in which it is told is eholly engaging nonetheless. Indeed, Sue Townshend writes the character with very obvious affection and rightly so, guiding the reading delicately and… Read more
A book packed full of information even the most ardent of supporters may not be aware of, this is undoubtedly a must-have for any fan of the club that is written with great passion and knowledge. Buy it.
