12 December 2018 Dear Parent/Carer At Caludon Castle, we are committed to giving students opportunities to develop academically, creatively and personally. Research has consistently proven that reading for pleasure supports and promotes these key areas, as well as providing numerous other benefits to knowledge, wellbeing and communication. Considering the many benefits of reading, we want to reinvigorate reading for students, particularly those in Year 9 and beyond. To do this there will be a number of opportunities available in school in the New Year and we would also appreciate your support outside of school. In this pack you will find a list of just some of the many advantages to reading, some practical ways in which you could support your child reading at home, and a list of recommended books. Within school: • A reading competition will be launched in January for all students. The aim is to read as many of the books on the suggested reading list as possible, trying to read even more than the teacher! • Year 9 will be issued with a reading log and will be expected to visit the library either before or after school, or during break or lunch, to choose their books. They can take out multiple books at a time completely free of charge. • Years 9, 10 and 11 will visit the library with their English teacher to familiarise themselves with the books available. • Assemblies will communicate the benefits of reading with students • We will continue to read for 10 minutes at the start of every English lesson for Years 7, 8 and 9. • We will continue to set reading as home learning for Years 7 and 8. • World Book Day on 7 March will be an opportunity to celebrate reading throughout the whole school. Ways you could help or support: • Ask your child questions about the book they are reading, or what types of books they like to read. • Listen to them read as often as possible. • Consider a 10-minute ‘phone-free’ time in the evening to concentrate on reading. • If your child is in Year 7, 8 or 9, check their reading logs and sign them to confirm that they have read at home. • Discuss books you are reading or have enjoyed with your child. • Visit the school library in the evenings when it is open to the community. • Visit websites such as booktrust.org and readingagency.org for recommended books to suggest to your child. We thank you for your support. Yours faithfully Miss Catherine Knight English Teacher Recommended Reads: Carnegie Winners 2017 Ruta Sepetys, Salt to the Sea 2016 Sarah Crossan, One 2015 Tanya Landman, Buffalo Soldier 2014 Kevin Brooks, The Bunker Diary 2013 Sally Gardner, Maggot Moon 2012 Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls 2011 Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men 2010 Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book 2009 Siobhan Dowd, Bog Child 2008 Philip Reeve, Here Lies Arthur 2007 Meg Rosoff, Just in Case 2005 Mal Peet, Tamar 2004 Frank Cottrell Boyce, Millions 2003 Jennifer Donnelly, A Gathering Light 2002 Sharon Creech, Ruby Holler 2001 Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 2000 Beverly Naidoo, The Other Side of Truth 1999 Aidan Chambers, Postcards from No Man's Land 1998 David Almond, Skellig 1997 Tim Bowler, River Boy 1996 Melvin Burgess, Junk 1995 Philip Pullman, His Dark Materials: Book 1 Northern Lights 1994 Theresa Breslin, Whispers in the Graveyard 1993 Robert Swindells, Stone Cold 1992 Anne Fine, Flour Babies 1991 Berlie Doherty, Dear Nobody 1990 Gillian Cross, Wolf 1989 Anne Fine, Goggle-eyes 1988 Geraldine McCaughrean, A Pack of Lies 1987 Susan Price, The Ghost Drum 1986 Berlie Doherty, Granny was a Buffer Girl 1985 Kevin Crossley-Holland, Storm 1984 Margaret Mahy, The Changeover 1983 Jan Mark, Handles 1982 Margaret Mahy, The Haunting 1981 Robert Westall, The Scarecrows 1980 Peter Dickinson, City of Gold 1979 Peter Dickinson, Tulku 1978 David Rees, The Exeter Blitz 1977 Gene Kemp, The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler 1976 Jan Mark, Thunder and Lightnings 1975 Robert Westall, The Machine Gunners 1974 Mollie Hunter, The Stronghold 1973 Penelope Lively, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe 1972 Richard Adams, Watership Down 1971 Ivan Southall, Josh 1970 Leon Garfield & Edward Blishen, The God Beneath the Sea 1969 Kathleen Peyton, The Edge of the Cloud 1968 Rosemary Harris, The Moon in the Cloud 1967 Alan Garner, The Owl Service 1965 Philip Turner, The Grange at High Force 1964 Sheena Porter, Nordy Bank 1963 Hester Burton, Time of Trial 1962 Pauline Clarke, The Twelve and the Genii 1961 Lucy M Boston, A Stranger at Green Knowe 1960 Dr IW Cornwall, The Making of Man 1959 Rosemary Sutcliff, The Lantern Bearers 1958 Philippa Pearce, Tom's Midnight Garden 1957 William Mayne, A Grass Rope 1956 C S Lewis, The Last Battle 1955 Eleanor Farjeon, The Little Bookroom 1954 Ronald Welch (aka Ronald Oliver Felton), Knight Crusader 1953 Edward Osmond, A Valley Grows Up 1952 Mary Norton, The Borrowers 1951 Cynthia Harnett, The Woolpack 1950 Elfrida Vipont Foulds, The Lark on the Wing 1949 Agnes Allen, The Story of Your Home 1948 Richard Armstrong, Sea Change 1947 Walter De La Mare, Collected Stories for Children 1946 Elizabeth Goudge, The Little White Horse 1944 Eric Linklater, The Wind on the Moon 1942 'BB' (D J Watkins-Pitchford), The Little Grey Men 1941 Mary Treadgold, We Couldn't Leave Dinah 1940 Kitty Barne, Visitors from London 1939 Eleanor Doorly, Radium Woman 1938 Noel Streatfeild, The Circus is Coming 1937 Eve Garnett, The Family from One End Street 1936 Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post Recommended Reads: Classics to Challenge You For younger readers The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett The Railway Children, Edith Nesbit Black Beauty, Anna Sewell Peter Pan, JM Barrie Anne of Green Gables, LM Montgomery Little Women, Louisa May Alcott The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, CS Lewis Carrie’s War, Nina Bawden The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling Warhorse, Michael Morpurgo Swallows and Amazons, Arthur Ransome Matilda, Roald Dahl The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien For older readers Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte Great Expectations, Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen 1984, George Orwell To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee The Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier Lord of the Flies, William Golding I Capture the Castle, Dodie Smith Brave New World, Aldous Huxley The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins Frankenstein, Mary Shelley Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle .