Oxford English Dictionary for Schools

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Please complete the form below and your local Oxford Primary Consultant will be in touch to arrange a consultation. The Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date middle primary dictionary, covering all the latest words students need to know. This fantastic new edition will boost your children’s vocabulary with new words and meanings from across the curriculum. A helpful new spelling, grammar and punctuation section is included to enhance language skills and bring the dictionary up to date. Oxford early primary dictionaries are informed by the Oxford Wordlist, an extensively-researched list of the 500 most frequently used words by Australian children in their first three years of school. The Oxford Wordlist classroom poster includes the 500 most frequently used words and is a free resource available to schools. Register to claim a free Oxford Wordlist poster for your school. Firmly established as Australia's best-selling school dictionary, the seventh edition of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated, with hundreds of new words you won't find in any other Australian school dictionary.

The updated supplement provides grammar and punctuation information to support children’s reading and writing, making it the ideal dictionary for boosting reading skills and building word power.

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Our Read with Oxford series features the much-loved characters who have been helping children learn to read for over 30 years. With thousands of headwords and hundreds of vibrant illustrations and photographs, this resource is designed to build students’ confidence with dictionary skills. Fully reviewed and updated, it has been informed by data-driven insights from the Oxford Australian Children’s Language Corpus. The Integrated Primary Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus 4E designed especially for upper primary school students (ages 10 to 12), this innovative Australian integrated dictionary and thesaurus features over 15,000 dictionary headwords and 8,000 thesaurus headwords. You can also find some highlights from Oxford Children's books in our Books section: Oxford Children's Fiction > Contains all Oxford Wordlist 500 words, ensuring students can find the words they are most likely to read and write

They are perfect for teachers to use in the classroom or for parents at home with their children, with up-to-date coverage of a range of everyday and curriculum vocabulary, and including example sentences demonstrating how the word is used correctly. New for the NSW Mathematics Syllabus, Oxford Maths provides differentiated instruction, making mathematics accessible and enjoyable for all. Collins online dictionaries for schools are practical, everyday tools that build confidence and develop children’s understanding and use of language. They provide a safe, ad-free environment with age-appropriate content compiled specially for primary and secondary school children. Oxford University Press has donated books that will help educate disadvantaged children in Papua New Guinea.

Drawing on the very latest Australian research into the words most commonly used by Australian children in Years 3 and 4, the Australian Middle Primary Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus combines a dictionary and thesaurus using an innovative 'one-stop' entry format. This essential resource contains two books in one – the complete texts of the Australian School Oxford Dictionary and the Australian School Oxford Thesaurus. All the entries have clear and simple definitions with word classes and inflections given in full. Children will discover example sentences from the authors they love to read, such as Cressida Cowell, Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling. Victoria's most trusted Legal Studies series has been updated with high-interest case studies and accessible language designed to engage students of all abilities.It is uniquely powered by the Oxford Children’s Corpus, the largest bank of children’s language in English, so you can be confident that all entries are clearly written in child-friendly language that children actually understand. Each example is perfectly age-appropriate, making it easy and enjoyable for every child to use. My Personal Dictionary 4th Edition is a powerful personal reference tool for young writers and researchers. It has been updated to include the first 500 Oxford Wordlist words and includes blank spaces for students to record their own special-interest words. Schools who are registered with Oxford Owl can provide pupils with access to an additional 30 Oxford Primary eBooks, plus a separate library of 50 Read Write Inc. titles all for free using a class login associated with their Oxford Owl for School. Covers contemporary Australian terms and includes words from the areas of environment, technology, popular culture, science, medicine, economics and food Find more support and resources for Read Write Inc. in our parents' guide to Read Write Inc.> Looking for printed books for phonics practice at home?

An additional illustrated section including thematic wordlists such as numbers, shapes, time, seasons, fruit and vegetables, and parts of the body

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The The Australian Primary Oxford Dictionary is an essential reference for Australian Upper Primary students with appendix words that identify core words in key learning areas. Now in its fifth edition, this authoritative source on Australian English has been updated with new and revised headwords and phrases based on the latest Australian-language research. I’m satisfied with this dictionary. Very helpful for my child I’m satisfied with this dictionary. Very helpful for my child If your child is using Letters and Sounds, you can find this list of eBooks by Letters and Sounds Phases useful. Bear in mind the following: