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February Reading List: Perfect Pets

February 8, 2021February 1, 2021Oxford Primary Leave a comment
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This month’s reading list is full of books about pets and animals, great for building children’s empathy and introducing difficult topics.

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January Reading List: Inspiring Inventions

January 20, 2021January 19, 2021Oxford Primary

Start the new year with these books full of impressive inventors and their inspiring inventions.

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December Reading List: Winter Warmers

December 1, 2020November 25, 2020Oxford Primary
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Awaken your Christmas spirit with a collection of winter warmers and cosy classics that will boost wellbeing for the end of term and leave you and your class with a warm glow that will last throughout the holiday season.

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November Reading List: Anti-bullying books

November 3, 2020November 3, 2020Oxford Primary

Anti-Bullying Week 2020 takes place from Monday 16th – Friday 20th November. We’ve gathered together a collection of anti-bullying books to encourage your class to work together to make a difference and help put a stop to bullying.

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October Reading List: Spooky Stories

October 1, 2020September 29, 2020Oxford Primary
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Enjoy a spooky story, from ghosts and ghouls to wacky witches, join us for a creepy crawl through these books full of things that go bump in the night and a fair share of superbly silly spooks too!

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September Reading List: Side-splitting Stories

September 1, 2020August 28, 2020Oxford Primary
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A collection of side-splitting stories to tickle your funny bone. From funny fiction to riotous rhymes, they’re guaranteed to get your class giggling and will help everyone to look on the bright side as we start the new school year.

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August Reading List: Resilient Reads

August 3, 2020October 6, 2020Oxford Primary
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This month’s collection of books is all about resilience and full of resilient characters, to help children learn how to bounce back from setbacks, enjoy challenges and stick at things they find tricky.

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Reading suggestions from Christopher Edge

July 16, 2020July 16, 2020Oxford English Team 1 Comment
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Part 1: science fiction, fantasy and dystopia Whether you’re looking to widen the genres you try or just want to dig deeper to find more of the kind of books you love, I hope these reading suggestions might help you to explore the science fiction, fantasy and dystopia genres. Please note, some of the books […]

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A summer of talk and reading

July 3, 2020July 2, 2020Oxford English Team

The term ‘word gap’ is used to describe how children with a smaller vocabulary than others are disadvantaged in a range of ways. There are two main ways you can support your child and help them to build their vocabulary – by encouraging reading for pleasure, Here we share a range of ideas to help […]

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July Reading List: Sporty Stories

July 3, 2020July 3, 2020Oxford Primary

Here’s our selection of sporty reading recommendations to get children moving. Find stories and free eBooks to keep them active over the summer months, from adrenalin-fuelled extreme sports to football-playing zombies.

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