READING
Recommended books and what we are reading in class.
We use jolly phonics to support our teaching of Letters and Sounds as well as interactive games from websites like Phonics Play and other online resources.
RESOURCES TO AID PHONICS & READING
Big Cat Phonics
Big Cat Letters and Sounds,
Oxford Reading Tree Floppy Phonics,
Oxford Reading Tree Songbirds books
Oxford Reading Tree traditional tales
Then in our free choice selections we have non phonic Oxford Reading Tree books and a few books from other schemes such as Discovery World.
RECOMMENDED BOOK LISTS
HOW MANY have you read? Let your class teacher know which ones you've completed!
100 books to read in Year 3 and 4.pdf
100 Books to read in Year 5 and 6.pdf
NURSERY
We share many wonderful stories and have 2 story times a day, 1 with a topic focus and one which is a quality text. We often spend our story time in front of a 'crackling fire'!
RECEPTION
We have 6 story groups for pm story time and the books change weekly - children choose their story group. We also use a variety of story books linked to our topics.
YEAR 1
We are reading lots of different books linked to our topics AND we are working our way through '100 Books to Read in KS1!
YEAR 2
We are reading:
Hummingbirds - The lion, the witch and the wardrobe by CS Lewis AND we are working our way through '100 Books to Read in KS1!
Kingfishers - The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star by Jill Murphy
YEAR 3
We are reading:
Swifts - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling. We have FINISHED - Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling;
Robins - Dragons in Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett
YEAR 4
We are reading:
Badgers - The Firework Maker's Daughter by Phillip Pulman; We have FINISHED - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl; (Varjak Paw next!)
Otters - Danny, Champion of the World by Roald Dahl; We have FINISHED - Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo
YEAR 5
We are reading:
Giraffes - The Hobbiyt by J.R.R. Tolkien; We have FINISHED - The Twits & The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl; They Flying Classroom by Eric Kastner; Clockwork by Phillip Pullman; Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo & Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce; Dragons at Crumbling Castle by Terry Pratchett
Zebras - Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotson and The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien; We have FINISHED - Boy by Roald Dahl & Cosmic by FC Boyce; The Twits by Roald Dahl
Meerkats - The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien & The Creakers by Tom Fletcher
YEAR 6
We are focusing on Wonder by R.J. Palacio in our reading lessons. We are also reading:
Penguins - The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q Rauf;
Turtles - The boy at the back of the class by Onjali Q Rauf;
Dolphins - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Caroll