
Your child will receive regular reading homework so please ensure you listen to them read as frequently as possible and discuss the text that they are reading. If you have any questions, please see Mr Rodger.
It is important that your child reads texts which are suitable for their age and ability and which challenge their thinking. Remember - just because a book is popular, does not mean it is worthwhile. Please help your child to choose appropriate books.
Spelling homework is given on a Monday and to be completed for a Friday, when there will be a spelling test. Your child should use the 'Look, Cover, Write, Check' method to learn their spellings.
The Grimm's Fairy Tales online.
We will be reading these Fairy Tales this week:
Rapunzel
The Golden Goose
The Old Woman in the Wood
The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
There are online versions of these Fairy Tales available here:
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/
RECOMMENDED READING FOR YEAR 5 (AGE 9-10)
- Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt
- The Children of Green Knowe, Lucy Boston
- Millions, Frank Cottrell Boyce
- The Demon Headmaster, Gillian Cross
- Danny the Champion of the World, Roald Dahl
- The Gorgeous Georgians, Terry Deary
- The Slimy Stuarts, Terry Deary
- The Terrible Tudors, Terry Deary
- The Vile Victorians, Terry Deary
- Rumpelstiltskin and other Grimm Tales, Carol Ann Duffy
- My Family and Other Animals, Gerald Durrell
- The Little White Horse, Elizabeth Goudge
- From the Mixed up Files of Mrs, Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
- Goodnight Mr Tom, Michelle Magorian
- The Box of Delights, John Masefield
- Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery
- The Phoenix and the Carpet, Edith Nesbit
- Tom’s Midnight Garden, Philippa Pearce
- The Indian in the Cupboard, Lynne Reid Banks
- The Silver Sword, Ian Serraillier
- Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
- Shakespeare Stories: The Tempest, Andrew Matthews
- 101 Dalmatians, Dodie Smith
- Charmed Life, Diana Wynne Jones
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
RECOMMENDED READING FOR YEAR 6 (AGE 10-11)
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- Skellig, David Almond
- Carrie’s War, Nina Bawden
- Artemis Fowl, Eoin Colfer
- The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper
- Boy: Tales of Childhood, Roald Dahl
- A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens (Puffin)
- Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens (Puffin)
- Coraline, Neil Gaiman
- The Owl Service, Alan Garner
- King Solomon’s Mines, Rider Haggard (Puffin)
- I am David, Anne Holm
- Biggles: The Camels are Coming, W.E. Johns
- Stig of the Dump, Clive King
- Skulduggery Pleasant, Derek Landy
- The Thieves of Ostia, Caroline Lawrence
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
- The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, Penelope Lively
- Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
- Shakespeare Stories: Antony and Cleopatra, Andrew Matthews
- Private Peaceful, Michael Morpurgo
- Wonder, R.J. Palacio
- A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
- The War of the Worlds, H.G. Wells
- The Machine Gunners, Robert Westall
(Especially demanding texts in bold)