Reading Programme
At Holmleigh Park, we think reading is a big deal! Apart from being great fun, reading teaches you about a wide range of other people and cultures, and teaches you to appreciate different points of view. It has also been proven that the more you read, the more you're likely to be successful in your education.
Tutor Time Reading
Every day at HP starts with reading. Every tutor group spends the first 25 minutes of the day reading together - the tutor reads a book and the class track it. This helps you develop as an excellent reader and learn new vocabulary. You can click below to find out what books we're reading in each year group. If you think we've missed a great book, please email our Literacy Coordinator, Ms Tomlin at [email protected]
Year 7
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Title |
Author |
Year |
Genre |
| George | Alex Gino | 2015 | Coming of age LGBTQ+ |
|
The Wizard of Oz |
L Frank Baum |
1900 |
Fantasy |
|
The Pearl |
John Steinbeck |
1947 |
Adventure |
|
My Family and Other Animals |
Gerald Durrell |
1956 |
Non-fiction |
|
The Diary of a Young Girl |
Anne Frank |
1947 |
Non-fiction |
|
The Jungle Book |
Rudyard Kipling |
1894 |
Children's literature |
|
Wonder |
R.J. Palacio |
2012 |
Children's literature |
|
The Silver Sword |
Ian Serallier |
1956 |
Children's literature |
|
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe |
C.S. Lewis |
1984 |
Fantasy |
|
Ender's Game |
Orson Scott Card |
1985 |
Science fiction |
|
A Little Princess |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
1905 |
Children's literature
|
Year 8
|
Title |
Author |
Year |
Genre |
| Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo | 2020 | Coming of age |
|
The Hiding Place |
Corrie ten Bloom |
1971 |
Biog/autobiography |
|
Dracula |
Bram Stoker |
1897 |
Horror, gothic |
|
Lion |
Saroo Brierley |
2013 |
Non-fiction |
|
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |
Mark Haddon |
2003 |
Mystery |
|
Revolver |
Marcus Sedgwick |
2009 |
Mystery, historical fiction |
|
A Monster Calls |
Patrick Ness |
2011 |
Fantasy |
|
I Am Malala |
Malala Yousafzai |
2013 |
Biog/autobiography |
|
The Giver |
Lois Lowry |
1993 |
Sci-fi, dystopian fiction |
|
The Woman in Black |
Susan Hill |
1983 |
Horror |
|
One |
Sarah Crossan |
2016 |
Young adult fiction |
Year 9
|
Title |
Author |
Year |
Genre |
|
Lord of the Flies |
William Golding |
1954 |
Allegory, young adult |
|
The City of Beasts |
Isabelle Allende |
2002 |
Young adult |
|
Wuthering Heights |
Emily Bronte |
1847 |
Gothic fiction |
|
The A.B.C. Murders |
Agatha Christie |
1936 |
Mystery, crime fiction |
|
To Kill A Mockingbird |
Harper Lee |
1960 |
Historical fiction |
|
Hidden Figures |
Margot Lee Shetterly |
2017 |
Non-fiction |
|
Anita and Me |
Meera Syal |
1996 |
Biog/autobiography |
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
Stephen Chobsky |
1999 |
Young adult fiction |
|
Things a Bright Girl Can Do |
Sally Nicholls |
2017 |
Historical fiction |
|
Every Day |
David Levithan |
2012 |
Young adult, romance |
|
Things Fall Apart (34) |
Chinua Achebe |
1958 |
Historical fiction |
| The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 1979 | Science Fiction |
Year 10
|
Title |
Author |
Year |
Genre |
| More Than This | Patrick Ness | 2013 | Young adult |
| The Art of Being Normal | Lisa Williamson | 2015 | Identity LGBTQ+ |
|
Moby Dick |
Melville, Herman |
1851 |
Adventure |
|
Room |
Donogue, Emma |
2010 |
Psychological fiction |
|
Brighton Rock |
Greene, Graham |
1938 |
Thriller, suspense, crime |
|
Far from the Madding Crowd |
Hardy, Thomas |
1874 |
Novel, romance |
|
A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Hosseini, Khaled |
2007 |
Novel |
|
Their Eyes were watching God |
Hurston, Zora Neale |
1937 |
Psychological fiction |
|
The Lovely Bones |
Sebold, Alice |
2002 |
Psychological fiction |
|
To the Lighthouse |
Woolf, Virginia |
1927 |
Novel |
|
The Bunker Diary |
Kevin Brooks |
2013 |
Young adult |
|
I am Legend |
Richard Matheson |
1954 |
Sci-fi, vampire |
|
Flowers for Algernon |
Daniel Keyes |
1959 |
Sci-fi, psychological fiction |
|
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings |
Angelou, Maya |
1969 |
Biog/autobiography |
Year 12
|
Title |
Author |
Year |
Genre |
|
Bounce |
Matthew Syed |
2010 |
Psychology |
|
Divided |
Tim Marhsall |
2018 |
Geopolitics |
|
The Handmaid's Tale |
Margaret Atwood |
1985 |
Dystopian |
|
The God of Small Things |
Arundhati Roy |
1997 |
Psychological Fiction |
|
Wolf Hall |
Hilary Mantel |
2009 |
Historical |
|
White Teeth |
Zadie Smith |
2000 |
Hysterical Realism |
|
Becoming |
Michelle Obama |
2018 |
Autobiography |
|
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? |
Philip K Dick |
1968 |
Sci-fi |
|
Long Walk to Freedom |
Nelson Mandela |
1994 |
Autobiography |
|
Catch 22 |
Joseph Heller |
1961 |
Satirical, War |
|
The Wasp Factory |
Iain Banks |
1984 |
Pyschological Fiction |
|
The Midnight Library |
Matt Haig |
2020 |
Fantasy |
DEAR Time
The day also ends with DEAR Time - Drop Everything And Read. In this period we expect students to read their own choice of book. It's a lovely, calm finish to the day.
The Library
Our school library has thousands of fiction and non-fiction books for students to choose from. We encourage students to borrow books as much as possible.
Please note, due to COVID-19, only one year group bubble can use the library each day:
Mondays - Year 7
Tuesdays - Year 8
Wednesdays - Year 9
Thursdays - Year 10
Fridays - Year 11