Symondsbury Church of England VA Primary School

Recommendations

Welcome to our new page. There are so many great books out there, this page will include some fantastic ones that we have come across that we are sure you and your children will love. Keep checking back as we update our recommendations. Some books we have in school, but remember that Bridport Library can always order in a book for you (for free!).

The No Shelf Control Newsletters are also worth a read for recommendations, interesting author Q and A's and other general book stuff!

24th January 2025

Everyone has been back to our wonderful Forest School site this week, so we have recommended 'Forest Reads'.

17th January 2025

The children have been thoroughly enjoying their Maths Week, this week, so let's combine numbers and letters for our book choices!

10th January 2025

Happy New Year! New Year is the obvious theme for this week's recommendations.

13th December 2024

As we have enjoyed a Science Day this week, I have combined the themes of science and Christmas for some super reads!

6th December 2024

This week we have recommended a few shorter chapter books, perfect for readers who are gaining confidence in reading independently.

29th November 2024

We have been inspired by our fantastic sports stars who have been competing in The Kenway Cup football tournament this week. Our non-fiction recommendations are linked to football and sports this week.

22nd November 2024

The extreme weather we experienced this week has inspired our non-fiction suggestions for this week.

15th November 2024

With Remembrance Day this week, we have picked 2 books on this them. It was also Michael Rosen Day!

8th November 2024

Did you know it is Non-Fiction November? It is important to celebrate this genre of books too so for November our recommendations will be (mostly) fantastic non-fiction books. Our theme this week is 'Celebrations'.

25th October 2024

As we come to the end of our Harvest Week, we have used this theme for our recommendations.

18th October 2024

Our recommendations are inspired by our very funny author zoom with Rob Harrell. We have included his books as well as some other funny reads.

11th October 2024

Following National Poetry Day last week, here are some fantastic collections you could enjoy.

3rd October 2024

With the whole school demonstrating such Kindness, during our Kindness week, this had to be the theme for this week's recommendations.

27th September 2024

With Class 2 so enthusiastic about their 'Space' topic, we thought some Space recommendations would fit in nicely.

13th September 2024

Welcome to a new academic year. Our theme this week is 'New Beginnings'.

No Shelf Control Newsletter - August

12th July 2024

The wonderful Wizard of Oz production by Class 4 has inspired our theatre theme this week! Enjoy!

No Shelf Control Newsletter - July

5th July 2024

Seeing as we are in the middle of the European Championships, our recommendations this week all have a football theme.

28th June 2024

After such a fantastic Sports Week, we have to do sports themed recommendations!

21st June 2024

It was recently Empathy Day, so these recommendations are all good for developing empathy in children.

7th June 2024

A rather obvious theme of We Day this week, these books are all inspirational!

24th May 2024

Our theme this week is 'Bees', inspired by World Bee Day which we celebrated this week.

17th May 2024

Our theme this week is resilience, inspired by our fantastic Year 6 children who have faced their SATS this week.

10th May 2024

Our theme this week is history. There are lots of fantastic books with a historical theme out there, just a couple of recommendations and a fantastic puzzle solving mystery book too!

5th May 2024

Our recommendations this week are all Graphic Novels - whole stories written in a comic book style. This genre has really grown in popularity lately as the benefits are becoming more widely known. The highly illustrated style helps children develop visual literacy, their ability to 'read' and interpret the pictures for clues and understanding about characters and plot development. Picking this information up from the pictures then supports their understanding of the text and new vocabulary. They also tend to be shorter and quicker reads, which appeals to some children. We have just added some graphic novels to every class's book corners and the library.