It has been wonderful to see so many children walking around with their head in a book. Fly away with a good book! 100 must-read books for your Year 6 class. Let them transport you to new worlds and introduce you to amazing people who live exciting lives. In a similar vein, I only included Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Girls with the intention of it being for a very select few readers. 5 100 Books to Read in Year 5 and 6 How many of these books have you read? Downloads. ( Log Out / Finally, I had got a lot of messages about which version of The Diary Of Anne Frank to use, and it’s so complex for so many Y6 readers that I thought instead I would include the fantastic Goodnight Stories For Rebel Girls. The books range various genres to cover all interests. Anyway, the list is downloadable below, it’s editable as always and completely free. This seems pointless now, so I’ve replaced with Sophie Anderson’s sensational new folklore tale The House With Chicken Legs, as I think there are so many things that can be done with this book and it’s a great way of getting children into old fairy tales and the like. This won’t be a popular decision, but there are so many people who just use the resource without (understandably) having read all 100 books, and this isn’t a book to just hand to anyone. I’ve also taken A Monster Calls off. Wild Animals of the North. The House with Chicken Legs. Cheshire
Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Jessica Townsend. It’s emotionally fraught and heavy going and I can only think of 3 or 4 readers over the last few years I’d have been happy to hand it to. Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Cr. Once you've read a book from the list remember to tick your name off on the display that can be found in each of the Year 5 & 6 classrooms. Philip Reeve. They did, and it’s been madness to see it shared up and down the country and committed to displays. Let them transport you to new worlds and introduce you to amazing people who live exciting lives. I hope someone finds it of use. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It’s well documented that this is a historically inaccurate novel, almost to the point... Mortal Engines . - Parent Survey, It is a really friendly school, I have been made to feel very welcome. ( Log Out / How many will you manage to read this year? Two older fiction books, three newer fiction books and a newer non-fiction book. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Some argue that we should show it to primary school children and contrast with what actually happened, but I don’t believe any Year 6 children across the country have the depth and breadth of knowledge about WW2 to accurately make the comparison without embedding a plethora of misconceptions. Thinking back to which books from the list had been returned the most without being finished, sadly The Diamond of Drury Lane lost its place, but this is still a fantastic book that I encourage you to read. Highlight the ones you’ve read; read over 50 by the end of Y6 and win a prize! You can use a text widget to display text, links, images, HTML, or a combination of these. Website & VLE by School Spider, We couldn’t be happier with St Vincent’s, our children are really happy there. I whittled it down to 100, threw it onto a very basic document and shared it in case anyone wanted it. - Parent Survey, It is a wonderful environment, our children are flourishing - Parent Survey, The school ethos gives the children excellent opportunities to develop their spirituality and knowledge of their faith. Edit them in the Widget section of the, View wordpressdotcom’s profile on Twitter, View wordpressdotcom’s profile on Instagram. Find the best 100 books for Year 5 to stock up your classroom library. While I wish the book had a better title, I do think it’s a really important piece of recent non-fiction work. The New And Slightly Improved 100 Books To Read In 5/6 The Boy In The Striped Pajamas . Neil Gaiman’s Coraline is still sensational, but two years down the line I can’t overlook how much better than it I think The Graveyard Book is, so I simply swapped them around. - Parent Survey, We love St Vincent’s, keep doing what you are doing! Lisa Thompson. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. All lists are in word format and can be edited to your liking, to suit your classes needs, or … admin@stvincents.trafford.sch.uk, © Copyright I took it off the list and replaced it with Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. Two or three years ago I spent a weekend thinking about what books I would want my class to read. WA15 8EY, Tel: 0161 911 8040 Sophie Anderson. . Change ). Pique is a one-page scrolling theme designed to show your business in its best light.