Category: Reading support

• Free audiobook guide: The Boy at the Back of the Class

  

  I loved teaching Onjali Raùf’s The Boy at the Back of the Class to my Year 5 group. When an empty chair is taken by Ahmet, the narrator thinks he’s a little strange, not least because he doesn’t like sherbet lemons! But the more that the narrator and her friends learn about Ahmet, the more…

  Carys Randeria

  31st Jul 2024

  11 plus, Comprehension, Creative Writing, Free audiobook guide, General Primary, ks2, Reading support

  book-review, books, free-resouces, ks2, learn-to-read, primary-school, reading, tutor, writing

• Free Audiobook Guide: Goodnight Mister Tom

  

  Good stories about friendship, loss, adventure and growing up are timeless, and Goodnight Mister Tom is no exception. It is currently free to listen to with a Spotify Premium subscription, and this free audiobook guide will help you support your child’s English skills whilst listening along.

  Carys Randeria

  24th Jul 2024

  11 plus, Comprehension, Creative Writing, English, Free audiobook guide, General Primary, ks2, Reading support, SATs

  11plus, books, children, Comprehension, Creative Writing, free-resouces, freeworksheets, learn-to-read, primary-school, reading, Revision, SATs, school

• Free Audiobook Guide: The Nowhere Emporium

  

  The Nowhere Emporium is well and truly open for business. As part of a series of free resources to support your child’s reading this summer, this audiobook guide will help them to explore key themes, analyse figurative language, and plan their own sensory description. It might be almost a decade old, but Ross MacKenzie’s The…

  Carys Randeria

  18th Jul 2024

  11 plus, Comprehension, Creative Writing, English, Free audiobook guide, General Primary, ks2, Reading support, SATs

  11, book-review, books, free-resouces, ks2, learn-to-read, primary-school, reading, tutor, writing