Nelson Phonics Handwriting and Spelling is a supplementary series aimed at Reception and Key Stage 1. It provides lesson guidance and activities for the key skills of handwriting and spelling using the phonics sequence supplied by DfES Letters and Sounds and can be linked to Jolly Phonics, which are the two main phonics courses in UK schools.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

This book was published 2010 by Oxford University Press .

John Jackman is one of Collins' leading authors for Primary literacy. A former primary schoolteacher, he is an established, successful author of English language resources. Among his other publications for Collins are Collins Focus on Writing and Collins Focus on Grammar and Punctuation (consultant).