Recommended Reading
Following on from the National Year of Reading in 2008 we have decided to make 2009-10 the Year of Reading at St. Joseph's. All pupils are expected to read for at least 20 minutes a night and record their reading in their homework diaries. We also encourage them to gain a reading passport. In Y5 and Y6 this entails reading 10 books of different genres and in Y7 and Y8 they have to read 15 books.
We thank all parents for their support.
There are several recommended websites that support reading. They provide some great ideas as to how you can help your child with reading.
Recommended reading
We have listed below books that are in the top 100 books children should read. Many of them are in our school library but others can be borrowed for the local library or bought at any good bookshop. However, all reading is good reading!
Years 5 and 6 Reading list
Stig of the Dump Clive King
Ballet Shoes Noel Streatfield
Just So Stories Rudyard Kipling
Danny,Champion of the World Roald Dahl
George's Marvellous Medicine Roald Dahl
Underwater Adventure Willard Price
Erik the Viking Terry Jones
The Iron Man Ted Hughes
The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame
The Worst Witch Collection Jill Murphy
Peter Pan JM Barrie
A Little Princess Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
Cue for Treason Geoffrey Trease
Swallows and Amazons Arthur Ransome
Jennings Goes to School Anthony Buckeridge
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket
The Twits Roald Dahl
The Cat in the Hat Dr Seuss
Charlotte's Web EB White
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones
The Borrowers Mary Norton
Struwwelpeter Heinreich Hoffman
The Magic Faraway Tree Enid Blyton
Tintin in Tibet Herge
The Complete Grimm Fairy Tales
When the Wind Blows Raymond Briggs
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats TS Eliot
The Owl and the Pussycat Ted Hughes
Mr Majeika Humphrey Carpenter
The Water Babies Charles Kingsley
I'm the King of the Castle Susan Hill
The Wave Morton Rhue
Comet in Moominland Tove Jansson