Core Books and Poems
We have introduced core books and poems this year - see chart below. These are books and poems that we will read and re read to enable the children to develop a broad and balanced repertoire of good quality texts.
CORE BOOKS | Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Traditional Tale | Three Little Pigs | Jack and the Beanstalk | Hansel and Gretel |
Julia Donaldson story | Super worm | The Snail and the Whale | A Squash and a Squeeze |
Classic text | Peace at Last | Dogger | Hairy Maclary |
Diverse text | And Tango Makes Three | Shine | Proudest Blue |
Text that promotes one of the 12 values in the RESPECT code | The Lion inside | The Selfish Crocodile | Wanda's Words Got Stuck |
POEMS | Reception | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Nursery Rhyme | Polly Put the Kettle On | 10 Green Bottles | Jack and Jill |
Michael Rosen Poem | Lunchtime | Do I Know You? | The Book |
Nonsense Poem | Hey Diddle Diddle, | On the Ning Nang Nong | The Owl And The Pussycat |
Alliterative Poem | Peter Piper | Tim the Terrifying Tiger | Slithery, Slidy, Scaly, Old Snake |
Poem that promotes one of the 12 values in the RESPECT code | Look After Your Friends, | Kind Hearts are the Gardens | Aim High to the Sky |