Barbara Catchpole taught for over forty years before becoming a full time writer. Her interest in special needs education and disability issues was first sparked by her middle son, who was born profoundly deaf. Barbara has taught as a Special Needs Coordinator and has held leadership positions in several schools, including Academies. Barbara writes primarily for reluctant and struggling readers, with the aim of entertaining the reader and developing empathy for the characters.
Category:
Literacy
Strand:
Decodables
Meet Jim - who is 'all goo' - in this quirky low-level phonics reader. Part of Reading Stars Phonics - our structured programme of 133 fully decodable phonics readers to support the teaching of phonics using the UK Government's Letters and Sounds programme - Meet Jim! is a Phase 3 'Focus' book. It covers everything met in Phase 3 of Letters and Sounds, but provides extra focus on the following letters, sounds and high frequency words introduced in this Phase: j As well as being available to buy individually, this title appears in the following discounted Reading Stars Phonics (RSP) Packs: Phase 3 Focus - one of every Phase 3 Focus title Phase 3 Focus 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 Focus title Complete Phase 3 Pack - one of every Phase 3 title Complete Phase 3 6-Pack - six of every Phase 3 title Complete RSP Pack (Phases 2-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 2-5) Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 2-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 2-5) Complete RSP Pack (Phases 1-5) - one of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) Complete RSP 6-Pack (Phases 1-5) - six of every RSP title (Phases 1-5) For more information on how our Reading Stars Phonics packs work, head here. For more information on the programme itself, head to our dedicated Reading Stars Phonics section.