Summer Reading

🎮Computing – For Fans of Gaming

Boost Your Literacy, One Game-Inspired Book at a Time with the National Literacy Trusts book list – View the Full Resource here

⚽ PE – Get Reading – Through Football!

Author Tom Parker’s tips to get reading and writing using football- Click to view

🕹️Family Gaming database

This guide from Family Gaming Database and the National Literacy Trust showcases video games that make reading and writing part of the fun –View here

🔢Maths – The Code book by Simon Singh

Dive Into the World of Codes That Changed the World.

📚English – Twenty Thousands Leagues Under the Sea

Read Jules Vernes’ classic tale – click here to view

📖- Read modern fantasy, Hedgewitch, by Skye McKenna – view here

📜 History – To Kill a Mocking Bird

A powerful coming-of-age story that explores racial injustice and moral growth in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch.

🌍 MFL – The Book Thief.   Markus Zusak 

Following a young girl named Liesel in Nazi Germany as she discovers the power of words to resist, heal, and endure amidst the horrors of war.

🗺️Geography – The boy at the back of the classroom by  Onjali Q. Raúf

It is a heartwarming story about a group of children who befriend a Syrian refugee and try to help him reunite with his family.

✝️ RE – Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder

A novel introduces philosophy through a mysterious journey of self-discovery.

⚙️D & T – The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel” by Sheela Chari

Based on a podcast—about a group of gifted kids at a tech school solving a mystery involving missing students. Combines tech, curiosity, and adventure.

🎨 Art Design – The Gallery” by Laura Marx Fitzgerald

A historical mystery about a girl working in a 1920s mansion, uncovering secrets through art. Great for fans of both art and puzzles.

🧠PDE -Boys don’t cry by Malorie Blackman

A powerful story about a teenage boy whose life changes when he unexpectedly becomes a father.