Eliza Bird Child Convict

The streets of London in 1786 were not a safe place for orphan children, Eliza and Tom, when they ran away from their cruel master. Another orphan, Jack, helped them find food and shelter. Then Tom found a purse bulging with coins and their troubles got much worse.

• Provides a comprehensive series where literacy skills are developed sequentially through explicit teaching.
• Emphasises reading for learning and poses issues that affect children today.
• Provides a scaffold for children to understand and investigate those issues.
• Connects student learning to the real world and encourages them to contemplate what's happening in their daily lives.
• Integrated enquiry units support an enquiry-based learning approach.