Reading
Our school Phonics programme is Read, Write, Inc. Find out more about our Phonics curriculum and how we teach it here.
EYFS
Books covered in Literacy include:
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
The Train Ride
Rosie's Walk
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
Owl Babies
The Diwali Gift
Stick Man
Spring 1
Book studies include:
Iris and Isaac
Penguin
The Night Iceberg
Spring 2
Book studies include:
Little Turtle and the Changing Sea
Don't Worry Little Crab
Somebody's Swallowed Stanley
Summer 1
Book studies include:
The Little Red Hen
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Bloom
Summer 2
Book studies include:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldy Luck and the Three Pandas
The Jolly Postman
Year 1
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
A Little Bit Brave
The Koala Who Could
Anna Hibiscus Song
There’s a Snake in My School
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
The Squirrels who Squabbled
Winnie the Witch
One Snowy Night
On the Way Home
Spring 1
Book studies include:
Supertato
The Invisible
Spring 2
Book studies include:
Ravi’s Roar
Alien’s Love Underpants
Billy and the Dragon
Summer 1
Book studies include:
Billy and the Beast
The Wall and the Wild
The Scarecrows’ Wedding
The Extraordinary Gardener
Summer 2
Book studies include:
Zog
Tiddler
The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark
Billy Monster’s Daymare
Year 2
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
Where can we Go?
The Dark
Voices in the Park
The Proudest Blue
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
The Hodgeheg
Coming to England
The Velveteen Rabbit
Spring 1
Book studies include:
The Lost Homework
Charlotte’s Web
Fungus the Bogeyman
Where the Wild Things Are
Spring 2
Book studies include:
Barbara Throws a Wobbler
Wild
Lord of the Forest
Summer 1
Book studies include:
The Elves and the Shoemaker
The Kindest Red
Marv and the Pool of Peril
Summer 2
Book studies include:
Bugs Save the World
Storm in a Jar
Lubna and Pebble
Finn’s Little Fibs
Year 3
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
What Makes Your Body Work?
The Magic Finger
The Accidental Prime Minister
An Emotional Menagerie
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
Anisha Accidental Detective
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
The Rhythm of the Rain
The Sound Collector
Spring 1
Book studies include:
Stone Age Boy
Little Leaders - Visionary Women Around the World
Horrible Histories - Savage Stone Age
My Shadow
Spring 2
Book studies include:
The Secret Garden
Little People, Big Dreams - David Attenborough
It was a Dark and Stormy Night
Summer 1
Book studies include:
Little People, Big Dreams - Emmeline Pankhurst
Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
The Railway Children
What is Pink?
Summer 2
Book studies include:
Wildsmith
Leon and the Place Between
The Invisible Boy
Courage Out Loud
Year 4
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
The Land of Roar
The Time Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess
The Tunnel
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
The Incredible Book Eating Boy
The Man who Walked between the Towers
Welcome to My Crazy Life
Spring 1
Book studies include:
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Wild Robot
The Magic Box
Spring 2
Book studies include:
The Legend of Podkin One Ear
Tuesday
Tyger, Tyger
Summer 1
Book studies include:
The Creakers
Troglodytic Owner-Occupier
Summer 2
Book studies include:
The Boy at The Back of the Class
The Varmints
Year 5
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
Who Let the Gods out?
Coraline
The Highwayman
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
The Island at the Edge of the Night
Cloud Soup (Poems)
Earth Shattering Events
Can You Get Rainbows in Space?
Spring 1
Book studies include:
Curiosity: The Story of a Mars Rover
Phoenix
Rise Up: Ordinary Kids with Extraordinary Stories
Spring 2
Book studies include:
Inside Out & Back Again
Time Travelling with a Hamster
El Deafo
Summer 1
Book studies include:
Room 13
The Boy in the Tower
Rhythm and Poetry
Summer 2
Book studies include:
Tom’s Midnight Garden
Little People, Big Dreams - Vivienne Westwood
Against the Odds: The Incredible Struggles of 20 Great Adventurers
Year 6
Autumn 1
Book studies include:
Vi Spy Licence to Chill
The Windrush Child
The Place for Me: Stories about the Windrush Generation
Young, Gifted & Black
Autumn 2
Book studies include:
The Wall Between Us
Wonder
Absolutely Everything! A History of Earth, Dinosaurs, Rulers, Robots and Other Things too Numerous to Mention
Spring 1
Book studies include:
Wolf Brother
The Girl of Ink and Stars
Overheard in a Tower Block
Spring 2
Book studies include:
The Breadwinner
Malala: My Story Standing Up for Girls’ Rights
Summer 1
Book studies include:
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit
The Viewer
The Fossil Hunter
Summer 2
Book studies include:
The Illustrated Mum
The Hunger Games
A Time Traveller’s Guide to Life, the Universe & Everything