Bookworms
Bookworms is aimed at primary school children in Years 4 to Year 6. Every week we will suggest a great book to read and give you a ‘word of the week’ to enhance your vocabulary. You can also check out the Reading List Booklet below for further fabulous fiction and non-fiction books to get stuck in to.
BOOK OF THE WEEK
The Other Side of Truth, by Beverley Naidoo
Sade and her brother Femi are refugees who had to leave Nigeria for Britain because their father was a journalist who criticised the government and their mother was killed. A book that looks at what it’s like to be considered ‘illegal’.
WORD OF THE WEEK
OBSTREPEROUS
Pronounced: ob-strep-er-ous.
Meaning: difficult to deal with and noisy.
READING LIST
