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When anyone ever asks what can I do to get better at English, the answer always has to be to read as much as possible. Reading builds essential understanding which supports learning in every single subject. While any reading at all is fantastic, the following is a list of books which pupils might like to have a look at. If there are any great books that you'd like to recommend please get in touch so others can enjoy them. The average family will use around 6000 words on a day to day basis at home whereas teen favourite Twilight contains 8507 unique words. It's a great way to expose you to a wider range of vocabulary and expression.
Book Clubs at Iveshead School. At Iveshead we offer a range of book clubs for different year groups.
Year 7 - Miss Browne's book club - After school on a Tuesday, I run a year 7 book and reading club. We started the club off by reading a collection of mythical short stories, reading a story a session and discussing characters and plot to solidify our understanding and appreciate each other's ideas surrounding the stories. Moving forward, we are going to explore books that cover a range of current issues (appropriate to age range) and work on our debating and communication skills, whilst enjoying the content of the stories and books that we are reading. The students seem to also enjoy the fact that there are occasionally free treats brought in!
Year 8 - Reading Rampage with Mr Jenkins - Reading Rampage is an initiative taking place throughout Leicestershire to encourage reading for pleasure in students. All participants, children across over 30 schools, are challenged to read as many of the 12 books provided as possible, rating them as they go. The most borrowed and most highly rated books across all schools will win prizes in a virtual online awards event taking place in June. The books themselves vary widely in genre, reading ability needed, size and representation of diverse backgrounds in both content and authors. As well as reading for pleasure, it's hoped that in reading these books participants' horizons are broadened as to what they read. The club itself will meet every Monday lunchtime on Week 1 in an informal setting where books read can be discussed and activities to do with them completed. Food will no doubt probably make an appearance at some point also. There's also the opportunity for (virtual) author visits and for students to win prizes to do with the event.
Year 9 - The Carnegie Book Challenge is going to be launched soon.
Key Stage 3 Recommended Book List
Key Stage 3 Recommended Book List
(books in bold are more challenging reads)
The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper
Wolf - Gillian Cross
The Seeing Stone - Kevin Crossley
Boy - Roald Dahl
The Goldfish Boy - Lisa Thompson
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
A Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle
Wonder - RJ Palacio
The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
Pig Heart Boy - Malorie Blackman
Alex Ryder: Stormbreaker - Anthony Horowitz
See you in the Cosmos - Jack Cheung
The Harry Potter series - J. K. Rowling
Sabriel - Garth Nix
The Red Pyramid - Rick Riordan
Brock - Anthony McGowan
Flour Babies - Anne Fine
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Rick Riordan
Northern Lights - Philip Pullman
Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
The Malory Towers series - Enid Blyton
Bubble Boy - Stewart Foster
Nation - Terry Pratchett
The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins
Madam Doubtfire - Anne Fine
Black Beauty - Anne Sewell
The Cay - Theodore Taylor
Blitzcat - Robert Westall
Raptor - Paul Zindel
The Graveyard Book - Neil Gaiman
War Dog - Michael Morpurgo
Watership Down - Richard Adams
The Princess Diaries - Meg Cabot
Kick - Mitch Johnson
Billionaire Boy - David Walliams
Ratburger - David Walliams
Blood Fever - Charlie Higson
The Maze Runner - James Dashner
Boys Don't Cry - Malorie Blackman
The Lottie Project - Jacqueline Wilson
Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah
Flambards - K. M. Peyton
Key Stage 4 Recommended Book List
Key Stage 4 Recommended Book List
(books in bold are challenging reads)
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
The Magicians' Guild - Trudi Canavan
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
The Woman in Black - Susan Hill
Stardust - Neil Gaiman
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole - Sue Townsend
Bird Song - Sebastian Folkes
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Lord of the Rings - J. R.R. Tolkien
The Diary of Anne Frank - Anne Frank
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
I Am Malala - Malala Yousafzi
One of Us is Lying - Karen McManus
Nation - Terry Pratchett
Paper Towns - John Green
The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
Last Seen Leaving - Caleb Roehrig
Endangered - Lamar Giles
The Cheerleaders - Kara Thomas
Paper Butterflies - Lisa Heathfield
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
1984 - George Orwell
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
The Turn of the Screw - Henry James
Junk - Melvin Burgess
Merlin - James Mallory
The Earthsea Quartet - Ursula Le Guin
Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve
The Time Machine - HG Wells
The Gilded Ones - Namina Forna
Boys Don't Cry - Malorie Blackman
Key Stage 5 Reading Lists
Key Stage 5 Reading Lists
Empire of the Sun - J G Ballard
The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Game of Thrones - G.R.R. Martin
Atonement - Ian McEwan
The Kite Runner - Khalid Hosseini
American Gods - Neil Gaiman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Ken Kesey
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Lucky - Alice Sebold
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Brick Lane - Monica Ali
Beloved - Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Dracula - Bram Stoker
Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
The Woman in White- Wilkie Collins
Link to the Iveshead Library Page https://eclipse.microlibrarian.net/
Link to the Iveshead Library e-borrowing page https://ivesheadschool.eplatform.co/
If you have any issues accessing either of the sites above please contact our school librarian Mr Jenkins.
If you have a favourite book that you'd like to recommend let me know
Book Fairs - Scholastic book fairs have always been popular at our school. These will be running twice a year one in November and one in March. Our next fair is on the 15th March 2022.
Our November book sale raised £488 pounds - £195 which was returned to the school in order for us to buy exciting new books for our library. These are some of the books we purchased.
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