Collins Big Cat - Spider’s Big Match: Band 13/Topaz

Spider McDrew gets the chance to play for the Parkfield school football team, in the end-of-season cup draw. As usual though, things are not plain sailing for Spider who lets his side down by giving away a crucial penalty kick. Poor Spider is a pitiful sight as he stands on the touchline all alone. Then, he is asked to take one last corner kick.

• Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.
• Text type – A humorous story with a familiar setting.
• A reader response page provides lots of opportunities for speaking and listening and scaffolding writing.
• Curriculum links – ICT: Combining text and graphics; PSHE: Developing good relationships.
• This is the second SpiderMcDrew tale by Alan Durant and Philip Hopman.
• This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.