"How refreshing it is to find literacy materials that appeal not only to children, but also to their teacher. Rigby Dimensions is a series of interactive CDs that integrate with colourful and engaging pupil books to make whole-class literacy teaching truly meaningful... Dimensions is a new and refreshing approach to thematic learning, using a variety of interactive resources, including video clips, high quality annotated stories and poems, interviews, and pictures to stimulate discussion... Natural links are formed across many subjects, so the children in my class became immersed in a topic, naturally applying what they had learnt, in meaningful contexts. Dimensions incorporates many opportunities for assessment too... Themes include using drama, writing reports, writing stories, writing poetry. myths and legends, writing play scripts and writing instructions. All this is supported by a very clear and useful teachers' book and planning guide with clear reference to learning objectives, extension activities and cross curriculur links. It adds a new dimension to any class."