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The Basic Skills Book Awards are part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s National Basic Skills Strategy to raise the standards of basic skills of children, young people and adults. This unique scheme, jointly run by Basic Skills Agency and the Welsh Books Council, recognises excellence in books and other material.
The Basic Skills Book Awards will help teachers, librarians, and parents to select the best material for improving literacy and numeracy. The award winning material is of a high quality, appropriate for the age group and relevant to Wales.
The first ever Basic Skills Book Awards ceremony was in Cardiff on 24 November 2003. The winning publishers were:
Overall Excellence Award: Hodder and Stoughton: Fast Forward Maths by Hilary Koll and Steve Mills.
Primary Age-group Awards
Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes: A&C Black:Go Facts: Animal Starter Pack by Paul McEvoy, Katy Pike and Sharon Dalgleish.
Literacy: Welsh-language basic skills books or schemes: Centre for Educational Studies, Aberystwyth Cyfres Clic 1 a 2
Non-book materials: Oxford Brookes University with the support of the Caxton Trust: The Catch Up Programme by Dee Reid, Diana Bentley and Suzi Clipson-Boyles
Dyfal Donc, adaptation Anne Kenyon
Secondary Age-group Awards
Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes: UWIC Press:New Plays from Wales for Young People, Various authors
Literacy: Welsh-language basic skills books or schemes: Gwasg Gomer: Cyfres Saeth, Various authors
Numeracy books or schemes - in English or in Welsh: Hodder and Stoughton:Fast Forward Maths by Hilary Koll, Steve Mills
Adult Awards
Literacy: English-language basic skills books or schemes: David Fulton Publishers:Literacy for Childcare Students - a Basic Skills Guide (part of the Excellence in Childcare series by June Green
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