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Year 6 Reading Books

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Authors suitable for year 6. I have put together a list of authors that are appropriate and that will help the children progress with both reading and writing.

You will notice that this is not an exhaustive list, but is intended as a starting point. Any books not on list are still suitable because the more children read the better. If your child has a favourite author already, do not stop them reading these. It would be good; however, if some of these authors are also slotted into their reading diet alongside current favourites.

I have included some titles but there are many others.

Morris Gleiztman – Once, Then, Now
Elizabeth Laird – Oranges in No Mann’s Land, Welcome to Nowhere, Lost Riders
David Almond- Skellig
Eion Colfer- Artemis Fowl series, Half Moon Investigations
Cornelia Funke- Inkheart, Inkspell, The Thief Lord
Anthony Horowitz- The Power of Five series, The Stormbreaker series
Philip Pullman- His Dark Materials Series
Frank Cottrell Boyce- Millions, Framed, Cosmic
Charlie Higson- The Young Bond books
C. S. Lewis- Narnia
Lynne Reid Banks- The Indian in the Cupboard
Gillian Cross- The Demon Headmaster series, The Great Elephant Chase
Michael Morpurgo – Kensuke’s Kingdom Out of the Ashes, Private Peaceful, Alone on the
Wide Sea, Adolphus Tips, Why the Whales Came
Malorie Blackman- Hacker, Pig Heart Boy, Tell Me No Lies
Zizou Corder- Lionboy
J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter
John Boyne – The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas
Berlie Doherty – Street Child

Models for division

Year 6 Eagles have started their maths unit on division by exploring models for division. It was a really useful morning looking at different representations to support mental calculations, as well as reminding ourselves about the efficiency of the grouping method before we go onto more formal written methods of division.