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22/11/24

🎉 Stratford, you rock! ✨A huge shoutout to all the amazing runners, families, and schools who made Sunday’s event such an unforgettable day!A massive thank you to our sponsors, Brookfield and Savills Investment Management 🙏and our incredible volunteers 🙌 pic.twitter.com/zajlbis96b

16/11/24

Don’t forget to sponsor your child or loved one for the Chobham event tomorrow! https://t.co/KXo2Qp6uIn

09/07/24

📺 NEW TEACHER RECRUITMENT ADVERTWatch our new teacher recruitment advert; an invitation, from teachers, to join their amazing profession.The film was made with teachers who know the joys and complexities of school life. They helped us write the script and draft the messaging pic.twitter.com/RXt2USnc07

21/06/24

Today we hosted a mini Newham Maths Bee with Year 5 children from Newham schools! Congratulations to for winning! Thanks to William Davies, St. Luke's, and WHCS for joining the fun too. We had a blast tackling challenging problems and having maths fun in the sun! pic.twitter.com/tmsdIfB67k

15/06/24

Great start to our annual Governor Conference, choir. pic.twitter.com/cy8D0hgYEX

01/04/24

Liora is running the Manchester Marathon for Chobham Friends!You can help raise money for Chobham Friends by donating online https://t.co/37hFmmQGEl

08/03/24

choir representing at a national choral competition last weekend - WOW 🔥🙌🏾👏🏼🫶🏿⚡️! Three part harmony, syncopated body percussion and in Portuguese 🇵🇹. We are so proud of how hard you worked and can’t wait to hear what you do next! pic.twitter.com/6FXMoePk7D

08/03/24

choir representing at a national choral competition last weekend - WOW 🔥🙌🏾👏🏼🫶🏿⚡️! Three part harmony, syncopated body percussion and in Portuguese 🇵🇹. We are so proud of how hard you worked and can’t wait to hear what you do next! pic.twitter.com/6FXMoePk7D

08/03/24

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08/03/24

A fantastic International Women’s Day at Chobham today! Celebrating all women and helping to 💜💜 pic.twitter.com/8dffQkuDVd

04/03/24

Our penultimate choir is from the Olympic Park in London: Harris Academy Chobham Junior Choir. Great percussion accompaniment! pic.twitter.com/tBKi9iedjL

04/03/24

Our penultimate choir is from the Olympic Park in London: Harris Academy Chobham Junior Choir. Great percussion accompaniment! pic.twitter.com/tBKi9iedjL

03/03/24

We are sooooo proud of our choir who are competing on Manchester today! We send all the luck and positivity! https://t.co/v0ZDGUNhkC

29/02/24

Year 2’s first ever visit to the primary school library for their first Accelerated Reader session! These readers are super excited to get their hands on the big books! pic.twitter.com/nY65QV5uaG

29/02/24

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29/02/24

Our YUCAN group were lucky enough to go to Shrek’s Adventure and then for a trip on the London Eye this week! So much fun for these amazing pupils! pic.twitter.com/wxQYqDyqfZ

29/02/24

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29/02/24

Year 4 were happy historians at The British Museum last week learning all about things from the past. pic.twitter.com/SFC2KNy8zu

29/02/24

Get along to Chess Club on Thursdays at the Lighthouse and Gardens! With an amazing teacher every week for only £6 per child! pic.twitter.com/mqFwkiRE3A

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Chobham's Recommended Reads

I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book. - J.K. Rowling

During primary school, it is absolutely crucial that children read widely and at length. This helps to develop their reading stamina and fluency, supports inference and encourages students to fall in love with reading. Fostering a love of reading and an appreciation of truly great stories is absolutely the key to success in English and beyond. In order to do this, children need to have the opportunity to read excellent quality literature and get lost in stories that are relevant to them and the world they live in.

We’ve picked recommended reading lists for each year group containing the titles we think every child should read during the year. These contain some of the children’s classics, which are still firm favourites today, plus new features that have been handpicked to reflect the interests and diversity of our cohort.

These lists can be found below. 

Additional resources: 

https://www.thereaderteacher.com/

The Reader Teacher is a fabulous website. Created by a fellow primary school teacher, it recommends and reviews both current and classic children’s literature. Across the top of the website, you will find a number of tabs to investigate, but we recommend the following:

  • The ‘Home’ tab, where you will find 100 recommended reads for year groups from Nursery up to Year 6
  • The ‘Book Match’ tab, where you will find suggested reads for fans of particular authors. For example, children love the stories of David Walliams, but it’s helpful for children to know there are other authors who write similarly entertaining books.
  • The ‘Year Group and Key Stage Lists’ tab. In particular, the Lower Key Stage 2 and Upper Key Stage 2 pages on this tab’s drop down menu. The reason why these two options are so helpful is that it sub-divides the recommendations into suggestions for read louds, reluctant readers, picture books, non-fiction books and poetry. Below is an image of the non-fiction and picture book recommendations for LKS2, but there are lots more on the website:

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Title Date  
Nursery Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Reception Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 1 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 2 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 3 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 4 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 5 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download
Year 6 Recommended Reading List 23rd May 2024 Download