At Alver Valley Schools we aim to nurture and encourage children’s love of reading, from our youngest children in our onsite school Nursery all the way through to Year 6. We have two vibrant and well-stocked libraries, and engaging book areas in each classroom. On this page you will find recommended reads, photos of some of our reading areas, and more.
Reading Recommendations by Year Group
Click on the year group below to view a list of recommended books. Year R Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6
Book Finder
If you are looking for new reading recommendations why not try out the book finder from the Book Trust? You can search by your age and interests and the book finder shows you some brilliant recommendations based on your interests.
World Book Day at Alver Valley Schools
Hello Alver Valley Schools. Thursday 4th March 2021 is World Book Day! Although we will not be dressing up this year, we have still some exciting activities to hook you into books. Our first activity is the ‘Masked Reader’ below there is a video to watch, your job is to unmask the reader and guess
Emotional Menagerie Competition
Each week in our virtual assembly we have been sharing the book an Emotional Menagerie. Click on the video below to watch our whole school assembly where we share the first few pages of the book ‘An Emotional Menagerie’. The book is an A-Z of emotions. It likens emotions to animals, helping us to put
Reading at Christmas
Take a look at these fabulous Christmas themed suggested reads from picture books to favourite characters chapter books there is something for everyone! Also why not take part in the Christmas Reading Challenge?
Ten Little Pirates Drawing Challenge!
Illustrator Simon Rickerty made Alver Valley a pirate draw along video.