Science - Simon Greaves

A series of 12 activity books based on the weird and wonderful world of Spark Island and its inhabitants. All the activities support the National Curriculum, the numeracy and literacy frameworks for KS1 and KS2 and are designed to be fun as well as educational.

There are 6 titles for KS1 (Skills Practice as well as Test Practice in Reading, Writing and Maths) and 6 titles for KS2 (Skills Practice plus Test Practice in Maths, English and Science), all providing lots of opportunities for children to practise core skills at home.

KS2 Skills Practice Science reinforces topics done at school and includes lots of fun things to do at home - experiments, investigations, things to make, games, jokes and facts.

Spark Island is an online learning channel for children aged from 3-12. It has been designed, built and tested in close cooperation with teachers and education experts to help practise and develop core skills in a highly interactive and enjoyable way using all the capabilities of digital media. The content of the website is divided into a teacher and parent domain so it is designed to be used in the classroom and at home.

The books are set in two distinct areas of Spark Island (Sparklantis and Sparkopolis) and are aimed at two different age groups 5-7 (KS1) and 7-11 (KS2). Each area has its own environment and its own set of characters so in the underwater world of Sparklantis, children will encounter the Hair Care Crew consisting of a group of mullets, a pike and a plaice. In Sparkopolis, they might come across the Elders (or Wizards) that ride around on magic unicycles!