Year 4

Daily Reading sessions and phonics interventions begin

Children learn the expected behaviours for Destination Reading lessons

These include: partner work, group discussions and paired reading

Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography credited to South African President Nelson Mandela. It was ghostwritten by Richard Stengel and first published in 1994 .

This is the story of a young Rwandan refugee now living in the UK. 

Christophe is having trouble getting used to his new school, new language and new life. 

Life has been very lonely for him. Most of all he misses his grandfather who they had to leave behind. 

The novel tells the story of a livestock pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. 

When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur such as "Some Pig" and "Humble" in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live.

Children really enjoy delving in this classic tale. 

The sounds of the blows rang through the forest. The wood of the tree was very hard. Chop! Chop! Chop!

The Great Kapok Tree is an American children's picture book about rainforest conservation. 

This links to geography and science topics

After surviving a summer with the legendary ninja librarian Spud Murphy, not much can scare brothers Will and Marty Woodman. 

Until, that is, they travel with their family to the small seaside town famous for its resident ghost. 

Legend has it that when the sea glows at night, pirate Captain Augustine Crow haunts the shore searching for a new cabin boy. 

Of course, nine-year-old Will knows this can't be true. 

But one night, he is out late, and the sea is lit with an eerie glow…and, is that a ghostly voice calling his name?

Written by the late Clive King, it relates the tale of a bored schoolboy, Barney. 

Barney who meets a caveman called Stig living in an unofficial rubbish dump in a chalk pit. 

The two become unlikely friends and learn to communicate, as Barney helps Stig to refurbish his cave home with recycled rubbish from the dump.

The Iron Man tells the story of a gigantic metal robot who appears out of nowhere, crashing onto the beach and shattering into many parts. 

He is discovered by Hogarth, a young boy. 

The Iron Man proceeds to devour farm machinery, until the farmers rise up against him.