Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary for age 8-9 has been developed to help children begin to prepare for the increased focus on these core language skills, as demanded by the National Curriculum and through selective school testing. Bond, with 50+ years of experience in helping children to develop the skills they'll need to succeed, has combined with Oxford Dictionaries to harness the very latest research into children's language usage. This ensures that this book begins to establish competent spelling and the confident understanding of the words expected by the latest National Curriculum tests, including end of year, SATs and the Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling Test, and prepares for the 11+ and Common Entrance tests.