Optional Reading Lists for all areas
Maths
Maths games for clever kids’ Buster Brain Games
https://www.waterstones.com/book/maths-games-for-clever-kids/gareth-moore/chris-dickason/9781780555409
The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Night -time’ Mark Haddon
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time/mark-haddon/9780099450252
The Housekeeper and the Professor Yōko Ogawa
https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-housekeeper-and-the-professor/yoko-ogawa/9780099521341
The Conspiracy Theorist’s Puzzle & Activity Book
https://summersdale.com/titles/jamie-king/the-conspiracy-theorists-puzzle-and-activity-book/9781800079977/
The Life Of Pi Yann Martel
https://www.waterstones.com/book/life-of-pi/yann-martel/9781786891686
English – KS3
Wider Reading
There are so many incredible modern and classic texts which we could recommend but here are some of our favourites.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Percy Jackson & the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Wonder by R.J. Palacio
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Maze Runner Series by James Dashner
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Holes by Louis Sachar
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Eragon by Christopher Paolini
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
English – KS4
KS4: Core texts
Macbeth – William Shakespeare
An Inspector Calls – J.B Priestley
A Christmas Carol – Charles Dickens
KS4: Wider Reading
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Jekyll and Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
Notes From a Small Island – Bill Bryson
Science
Computing
Hello Ruby: adventures in coding Linda Liukas
Once Upon An Algorithm Martin Erwig
Computational Fairy Tales Lauren Ipsum and Carlos Bueno
Algorithmic puzzles Levitin & Levitin
Animal Care
Small animal care & management Dean Warren
Guinea pigs : understanding and caring for your pet Anne McBride
Exotic animal care & management Vicki Judah and Kathy Nuttall
Environmental enrichment for captive animals Robert J. Young
Geography
Usborne Map activity book Floodland Marcus Sedgwick
Accidental Detective: Beach Disaster Serena Patel
Into the Volcano Jess Butterworth
History
While the storm rages Phil Earle
When Hitler stole Pink Rabbit Judith Kerr
Lady Mary Lucy Worsley
Henry VIII’s Secret Diary Terry Deary
Small Island Andrea Levy
The Lonely Londoners Sam Selvon
The Silver Donkey Sonya Hartnett
The Foreshadowing Marcus Sedgwick
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
My Story: Slave Girl Patricia C McKissack
My Story: Mill Girl Sue Reid
Spanish
Primary:
La chica espanglish/The Spanglish Girl Natalia Simons
La chica mexiglish/The Mexiglish Girl Natalia Simons
Dinner on domingos Alexandra Katona
Secondary:
Don Quixote (Usborne Young Reading) Miguel de Cervantes
Toro! Toro! Michael Morpurgo
Time Twins: Los Mellizos Del Tiempo (Spanish/English Parallel text) Stephen Rabley and Elisabeth Eudes-Pascal (translator)
French
Le petit prince/The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Les jumeaux à travers le temps (French/English Parallel text) Stephen Rabley and Marie-Thérèse Bougard (translator)
Religious Education
A little history of Religion Richard Holloway
Religion Explained Pascal Boyer
I may be wrong Bjorn Natthiko Lindeblad
World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism (KS3 Knowing Religion) Tristan Elby
12 Major World Religions: The Beliefs, Rituals, and Traditions of Humanity’s Most Influential Faiths Paperback Jason Boyett
A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals Christopher Corr
All Kinds of Beliefs Anita Ganeri
Discovering places of worship Izzi Howell
Drama
National Theatre All About Theatre
https://shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk/products/national-theatre-all-about-theatre
Puppets and Puppet Making
https://www.crowood.com/products/puppets-and-puppet-theatre-by
Stage makeup
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stage-Makeup-Richard-Corson/dp/0367183323
PHSE
P.E
The Burpee Bears Joe Wicks
The Football School Encyclopedia Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton
Against the Odds Alastair Humphreys
You Have The Power Leah Williamson and Suzanne Wrack
The Playbook 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life Kwame Alexander
