Year 5
Autumn 1- Earth and Space
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
Children learn about Earth and Space in this book for curious cosmic kids.
They discover what's inside the sun, and what's outside the solar system.
From mini-meteors to giant galaxies: the universe is within these pages!
Autumn 2- James and the Giant Peach
James Henry Trotter is a boy who lives happily with his parents in a house by the sea.
Unfortunately, when he is four years old, an oddly carnivorous rhinoceros escapes from the zoo and eats James' parents.
He ends up with his two cruel aunts, Spiker and Sponge.
Spring 1- What a Waste
Everything you need to know about what we're doing to our environment, good and bad, from pollution and litter to renewable energy and plastic recycling.
This environmental book will teach young ecologists about how our actions affect planet Earth.
This educational book will teach young budding ecologists about how our actions affect planet Earth and the big impact we can make by the little things we do.
Did you know that every single plastic toothbrush ever made still exists? Or that there is a floating mass of trash larger than the USA drifting around the Pacific Ocean?
Spring 2- Oranges in a No Man's Land
A gripping story of a ten-year-old girl who risks death to make a lifesaving dash through war-torn Beirut.
Since her father left Lebanon to find work.
Her mother tragically died in a shell attack, ten-year-old Ayesha has been living in the bomb-ravaged city of Beirut with her granny and her two younger brothers.
Based on true events
Summer 1- Greek Myths
Featuring all of the best-known stories, including Theseus & the Minotaur, Heracles, Daedalus & Icarus, The Wooden Horse and Pandora's Box.
Retold by master storyteller, Geraldine McCaughrean, with full colour artwork throughout,.
"These powerful stories are brought to a young modern audience with a verve and simplicity that makes them shine in our minds" - Michael Rosen
Summer 2- Mark of the Cyclops
"It seems you have a talent for solving problems. I believe Gaia is innocent. Find the real culprit and I'll pay you in gold..."
Athens, 434 BC.
Nico's new friend Thrax has a strange knack of figuring things out.
And when a valuable wedding vase is broken Thrax's special skills might just come in useful.
Can the boys prove that slave girl Gaia is innocent, and discover what the mark of the cyclops means?
Join Nico and Thrax for a mysterious adventure set in ancient Greece.
