Syllabus

Main vocabulary

numbers 110, girl, boy, dog

Hello!

black, blue, grey, orange,

red, yellow, brown, white,
pink, green
pencil case, pen, bag, pencil,
rubber, book

Main structures

Cross-curricular themes

Lets explore!

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Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi
Kuala LumpurMadridMelbourneMexico CityNairobi
New DelhiShanghaiTaipeiToronto
With offices in

Its a
Yes / No

Materials

First day at
school

School

Ive got a
Its

Make music

Toy shop

Toys

I can see a

Milk

The farm

farm, tractor, duck, rabbit

tired, happy, sad, angry

This is my
Hes
Shes

Celebrations

The beach

Food

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acknowledgements
Cover illustrations by: Alberto de Hoyos (main characters); John Paul Early/
Illustration Agency (explorer icons)

Song artwork by: John Gordon/Beehive

peaches, melons, olives,

oranges
mountain, house, tree,
flower, lake, bird
tent, fish, boat, river

Outdoors

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Theres a

Shadows

The great
outdoors

Cross-curricular storycards

The publisher would like to thank the following for their permission to reproduce
photographs: Unit 2: Alamy Images (girl playing guitar/Richard G. Bingham
II); DK Images (girl playing violin/Dave Rudkin); Photolibrary (girl playing
drum/Image Source), (girl playing flute/Radius Images), (Boy playing trumpet/
Photodisc); Unit 4: Alamy Images (wedding/Paula Solloway); Photolibrary
(moving house/Digital Vision), (family portrait/Radius Images); PunchStock
(girl blowing out candles/Comstock)

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The Toys artwork by: Andy Elkerton/Sylvie Poggio Artists Agency

The market

Illustrations by: Alberto de Hoyos

Cross-curricular photocards

Cover photography by: Mike Stone

How fruit grows

Storycards

Database right Oxford University Press (maker)

Main character illustrations by: Alberto de Hoyos

I like
I dont like

Illustrations by: Alberto de Hoyos (Units 16, Set 1); John Gordon/Beehive (Units
16, Set 2)

The moral rights of the author have been asserted

Explorer icons by: John Paul Early/Illustration Agency

bananas, apples, cakes,

tomatoes, sausages, pears

Flashcards

Illustrations by: Katie Saunders/Advocate (Unit 3); Claudia Venturini/Plum

Pudding Illustration (Unit 6)

Printed in China

mum, granny, dad, sister,

brother, grandad

25(Jersey cow/Ingram), 25(Shetland pony/Photodisc), 25(pig/Photodisc),

25(cat/Photodisc), 25(chicken/Photodisc), 33(family portrait/Photodisc),
33(sister/Photodisc), 33(grandad/Photodisc), 43(tomatoes/Ingram), 43(pears/
Stockbyte), 49(wicker/Corel), 51(Mt. Fuji/Photodisc), 51(gull in flight/Digital
Vision); Photolibrary pp.7(rubber/Stockbyte), 11(childs chair/C Squared
Studios/Photodisc), 11(rubber/Stockbyte), 11(table on wheels/Ryan McVay/
Photodisc), 15(scooter/Chris Collins/Solus), 15(toy guitar/Stockbyte), 19(flute/
Stockbyte), 33(brother/OJO Images), 49(table place setting/Joy Skipper/Fresh
Food Images); PunchStock p33(granny/BLOOMimage).

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isbn: 978 0 19 450856 8

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The Farm

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GuatemalaHungaryItalyJapanPolandPortugalSingapore
South KoreaSwitzerlandThailandTurkeyUkraineVietnam

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big, small, old, new

chicken, cat, cow, horse, pig,

sheep

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Hello
Goodbye
Im

chair, notebook, crayon, ruler

scooter, bike, ball, guitar,

doll, car

Song music by: Vince Cross

Other illustrations by: Adrian Barclay pp.5(map), 11(tree, classroom),
13(map), 19(playing instruments), 21(map), 29(food on table), 31(map),
37(birthday icons, cards), 39(map), 47(activity 2), 49(map), 55(activity 2),
57(map); Sharon Harmer/Advocate pp.60(banner), 61(banner); Tom Hughes
pp11(banner), 19(banner), 29(banner), 37(banner), 47(banner), 55(banner);
Garry Parsons p.47(activity 1); Katie Saunders/Advocate p.29(activity 1);
Claudia Venturini/Plum Pudding Illustration p.55(activity 1)
Commissioned photography by: Mike Stone pp.12(classroom and school),
13(teacher in classroom), 15(car), 20(toyshop), 21(toyshop), 30, 31(tractor,
straw), 38, 39(top and background), 48(market), 49(market), 56, 57(mum and
children); MM Studios pp.3, 7(book), 10, 18, 28, 36, 47, 54, 61, 63
The publisher would like to thank the following for their kind permission to reproduce
photographs: Alamy Images pp13(classroom/Braddock Park), 21(grass and
sky/Andres Rodriguez), 31(farmland/Graham Morley), 43(cakes/Andrew
Twort; cooked sausages/foodfolio), 51(house/Adrian Sherratt), 51(aerial view
of lake/imagebroker), 57(tent/David L. Moore); DK Images pp7, 11(pencil/
Dave King, Courtesy of Rotring UK Ltd), 11(red rubber ball/Stephen Oliver),
11(pens/Steve Gorton), 19(drum/Dave King), 19(violin/Peter Chadwick),
19(trumpet); Fotolia pp.39(frame/Tudor Stanica), 43(apples/grekoff ), 51(oak
tree/marilyn barbone), 51(flower/Profotokris); Getty Images p56/57(check
tablecloth/Michael Goldman); Hemera Technologies Inc. pp7(backpack),
43(bananas); iStockphoto pp7, 11(pencil case), 25(sheep/Eric Issele);
Oxford University Press pp7(pen/Mark Mason), 11(notebook/Image Source),
11(blue notebook/Mark Mason), 15(mountain bike/Stockbyte), 15(beach ball/
Stockbyte), 15(knitted doll/Mark Mason), 19(acoustic guitar/music Alan King),

Cross-curricular posters
Unit 1 poster
Illustrations by: Tom Hughes (header)
The publisher would like to thank the following for their permission to reproduce
photographs: Alamy Images (rubber tapping/Phil Cawley), (paper/Johnny Greig
LSL), (wood/Ace Stock Ltd.); DK Images (wooden ruler/Steve Gorton), (pencil/
Dave King, Courtesy of Rotring UK Ltd.), (red rubber ball/Stephen Oliver);
Oxford University Press (trees/Digital Vision), (notebook/Image Source), (blue
notebook/Mark Mason); Photolibrary (rubber/Stockbyte), (childs chair/C
Squared Studios/Photodisc)
Unit 5 poster
Illustrations by: Garry Parsons (poster); Tom Hughes (header)
ABC Poster:
Illustrations by: John Paul Early/Illustration Agency (Explorer characters, apple,
Christmas, drum, green, house, jump, kite, map, nine, rain, sun, umbrella,
x-ray, yellow)
The publisher would also like to thank the following for their permission to reproduce,
photographs: Alamy Images (London bus/Seapix), (Easter egg/mediablitzimages
(uk) Limited), (girl eating ice cream/Keith Morris), (aerial view of London,
England/Robert Harding Picture Library Ltd), (Oxford, England/Paul Thompson
Images), (park/Roger Cracknell 05/London), (Black cab/Ian Miles-Flashpoint
Pictures), (violin/Jiri Hubatka), (wedding/Paula Solloway), Corbis (Queen
Elizabeth II/Pool Photograph); DK Images (playing football/Russell Sadur);
Oxford University Press (Zebra/Ingram)
Lucky Says poster
Commissioned photography by: MM Studios
Review posters
Illustrations by: Alberto de Hoyos
We would also like to thank the following for their help: St Barnabas Primary School,
Oxford; The Toy Shop, Moreton-in-Marsh, Oxfordshire; Mead Open Farm,
Billington, Bedfordshire; Parkdean Holidays, Challaborough Bay, Near
Bigbury-on-Sea, South Devon; McCarthy Bros., Oxford Covered Market;
Northmoor Trust, Wittenham Clumps, Oxfordshire.
The Publisher advises that activities involving cutting and sticking
should be carried out under the supervision of an adult.

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