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A fantastic autumn story to read with EYFS and KS1 children. Follow Hattie the Hedgehog as she gets ready for her Big Sleep - she wants everything to be perfect and even has a hibernation checklist.

With this story, your children can learn all about autumn, hibernation and what animals do during this season. The colourful cast of characters brings the topic to life.

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All the sea creatures agree that Stan is the most talented singing starfish in the bay. When he gets up on stage, all the sea life gather round to hear him sing.

But when danger strikes, will Stan's talent save the day? With the help of a galaxy of sea stars, see if Stan can give up his selfish ways to help keep the sea creatures safe.

'Starry-Eyed Stan' explores themes like friendship and teamwork, and features a diversity of ocean wildlife, including starfish, octopus, crabs and fish.

Rhyme

Seasonal

Rhyme

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Ronald the Rhino is big and strong, but Ronald is sad because he longs to be interesting like his forest friends. Can Ronald’s friends help him to realise how special he truly is?

This rhyming story is about friendship and self-confidence. Children will also be introduced to rhinos, leopards, pythons and the Javan rainforest of Indonesia.

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Jack, a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching up into the clouds. Jack climbs the beanstalk and finds himself in the castle of an unfriendly giant.

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Read about the adventures of Peter Rabbit as he escapes dangerous situations in the garden of Mr. McGregor. Develop comprehension, SPaG or GPS skills, phonics and writing skills by using the Year 2 Guided Reading planning and activities which accompany this fantastic classic.

Classics

Fairytale

Morals

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This story features Duncan, a young boy who really wants to colour! Unfortunately, when opening his box of crayons, all that was left were letters of complaint. Will Duncan convince the crayons to let him colour?

Duncan learns his crayons have different needs when they communicate their problems with the way he treats them. Its themes include: Walk in someone else's shoes & communicate needs and wishes to be understood and respected.

On Christmas Eve, Mila and Lumi find something special sparkling in the snow.

"Mila popped the collar around Lumi's neck to keep it safe until they could find the owner."

But is there more to the Christmas collar than meets the eye? Will Lumi find the real owner on her magical Christmas adventure?

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On route to success...

What should your child know by the end of year 2?

Year 2 marks the final year of key stage 1. As such, the DfE has outlined a number of goals for children to hit by the end of this important school year. Some of the goals relating to reading are as follows:

By the end of year 2, all children should be able to...

• Read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far;

• Read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above;

• Read words containing common suffixes; and

• Read further common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound.

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