Our Club has supported Dictionaries for Life over many years and currently supplies more than 350 dictionaries each year
to primary school leavers from six local schools
St John’s Primary School, Redhill
Burstow Primary School, Horley
St Matthew’s Primary School, Redhill
Wray Common Primary School, Reigate
Furzefield Primary School, Redhill
St Joseph’s Primary School, Redhill
The Usborne Illustrated Dictionary 4 Life comprises 1,000 illustrations, 10,000 entries and 20,000 definitions printed in full colour on leaflet grade paper from a sustainable forest and contains 288 pages.
By using dictionaries efficiently children explore spellings, meanings and derivations for example by using alphabetical order, abbreviations and definitions with understanding. One of the most positive aspects of being able to use a dictionary is that it helps to develop autonomy and confidence in the learner — one of the core goals of education. It promotes books and the printed word. It will be a “possession” for the child. It will enable both first and second language users to extend and improve the accuracy of their vocabulary. It should help children with their homework in secondary education. In some homes it may also form a reference work for all the family.
