St Martin's Catholic Primary School

Homework will be set every Friday and handed in the following Wednesday

Homework Club will be every Monday lunchtime

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Fiction -

            Classic Children's Literature: Charlotte's Web by E.B White, The Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S Lewis

            Contemporary Children's Books: The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q Raúf​, When the Sky Falls by P Earle

            Fantasy and Adventure: Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan or The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

            Poetry: Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl or poems by Michael Rosen and Carol Ann Duffy

Non-Fiction -

            Biographies and Autobigraphies: Short and engaging accounts of inspiring individuals eg Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by E Favalli

            Educational Books: Topics of Science, History, Geography tailored for children eg Horrible Histories or DK's Eyewitness books

            Nature and Environment: The Big Blue Book of the Blue by Yuval Zommer

            Fact-based Reading: Guiness World Records or Ripley's Believe It or Not

            Instructional Texts: Recipe Books, Craft Guides or simple manuals that build functional reading skills

Magazines and Newspapers - 

           Children's Magazines: The Week Junior or National Geographic for Kids

           Newspapers: First News

Digital Texts - 

            Interactive eBooks: Platforms such as Epic! or Reading Eggs

            Blogs and Online Articles: Age-appropriate content related to hobbies or interests

            Online Encyclopedias: Simplified entries such as Britannica Kids

Scripts and Plays - 

            Short play scripts which can be acted out with peers, friends and family

Examples of work in English

Extended narrative with flashback based on characters

from The Harmonica by T Johnston and Rose Blanche by C Gallaz and R Innocenti