Reading is the core of everything we do!

Leaders have thought carefully about the literature and poetry we use within each year group. This is to ensure that children read high-quality texts which link with other, current, or previous learning. The texts were also chosen to ensure that our pupils are exposed to different characters, settings, themes and authors. 

Guided Reading 

Year 1

Poetry: Animal Poems, We’re going on a Train Ride

Year 2

Poetry: Smiling by Spike Milligan, Firework Poems, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Duck and the Kangaroo, Roald Dahl Character Poems

Year 3

Poetry: A Simple Gesture, Back to the Stone Age, Winter Wonderland, On the Day of the Dead, Life Cycle of a Plant, A Trillion Tropical Leaves

Year 4

Poetry: Kennings, The British Poem by Benjamin Z, Polluted and The Raging River, The Rainforest Doesn’t Talk, Ancient Egypt Gods, The Naming Ceremony

Year 5

Poetry: Jabberwocky, Tiger Poem, Humpty Dumpty – The Truth, 'If' Rudyard Kipling, Nature Poetry, My Longest Journey

Year 6

Poetry: Giant, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Grannie, Rain & Rain in Summer