Curriculum

Curriculum Reading Lists

English

KS3 Read 1	War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
KS3 Read 2	I am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
KS3 Read 3	1984 by George Orwell

KS4 Read 1	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
KS4 Read 2	Regeneration by Pat Barker
KS4 Read 3	My Name is Why by Lemn Sissay

History

KS3 Read 1	The Viking Saga by Henry Treece
KS3 Read 2	Eliza Rose by Lucy Worsley
KS3 Read 3	The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

KS4 Read 1	Black and British by David Olusoga
KS4 Read 2	The Five by Hallie Rubenhold
KS4 Read 3	The Cold War by John Lewsi Gaddis

RE

KS3 Read 1	Give: Charity and the Art of Living Generously by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow
KS3 Read 2	YouCat: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
KS3 Read 3	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

KS4 Read 1	My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
KS4 Read 2	Batman and Philosophy by William Irwin
KS4 Read 3	Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint by Nicola Gori

Computing and ICT

KS3 Read 1	Lauren Ipsum by Carlos Bueno
KS3 Read 2	Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica
KS3 Read 3	Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

KS4 Read 1	Hackers - Stephen Levy
KS4 Read 2	Alan Turing: The Enigma - Andrew Hodges
KS4 Read 3	Algorithms Unplugged - Ed Vocking

Business

KS4 Read 1	Quiet Leadership by Carlo Ancelotti
KS4 Read 2	How I Made It: 40 Successful Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Made Millions - Rachel Bridge
KS4 Read 3	Strong Woman: The Truth About Getting To The Top by Karren Brady

Health and Social Care

KS4 Read 1	How Children Learn by Joh Holt
KS4 Read 2	The Language of Kindness: A Nurse’s Story by Christie Watson
KS4 Read 3	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Science

KS3 Read 1

Chris van Tulleken & Xand van Tulleken, Medical Milestones and

Crazy Cures (Operation Ouch!)

KS3 Read 2

Jeanne Bendick, Archimedes and the Door of Science

KS3 Read 3

Dara O’Briain, Beyond the Sky and the Universe

KS4 Read 1

Mad about Physics by Christopher Jargodzki

KS4 Read 2

How to Dunk a Doughnut: The Science Of Everyday Life by Len Fisher

KS4 Read 3

Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?: And 114 Other Questions ed.

Mick O'Hare

Geography

KS3 Read 1	Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay - Alexandra Stewart
KS3 Read 2	When the Sky Falls - Phil Earle
KS3 Read 3	Old Enough to Save Planet Earth - Loll Kirby

KS4 Read 1	Prisoners of Geography - Tim Marshall
KS4 Read 2	Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
KS4 Read 3	The Winter King - Bernard Cornwell

MFL

French

KS3 Read 1	Va-t’en Grand Monstre! - Ed Emberley
KS3 Read 2	Chapeau! - Dominique Maes
KS3 Read 3	L’Afrique tu connais? - Lire Davantage

KS4 Read 1	Le Soleil, la Lune et les Planetes - Doc a Doc
KS4 Read 2	Ramadan A Dijibouti - Bazyli Solowi
KS4 Read 3	Mario Ramos C’est moi l plus fort - Mario Ramos

Spanish

KS3 Read 1	David va al colegio - David Shannon
KS3 Read 2	Lavate las Manos - Tony Ross
KS3 Read 3	Y Por Que? - Yael Vent des Hove

KS4 Read 1	Cuerpo y Salud - Everest
KS4 Read 2	Soy la Mas Guapo - Mario Ramos
KS4 Read 3	Los Dinosaurios - Mini Larousse

DT

KS3 Read 1

Annotated Guides: Architecture by Neil Stephenson

KS4 Read 1

Between Humanism and Materialism by Alvar Aalto

PE

KS3 Read 1	Between Humanism and Materialism by Alvar Aalto
KS3 Read 2	Women in Sport- Rachel Ignotofsky
KS3 Read 3	Talent to Triumph- Amy Williams MBE

KS4 Read 1	The Greatest- What Sport Teaches us about Achieving Success- Matthew Syed
KS4 Read 2	Mental Toughness for Young Athletes- Moses and Troy Horne
KS4 Read 3	Trust the Grind- Jeremy Bhandari

Drama

KS3 Read 1	National Theatre: All About Theatre by National Theatre
KS3 Read 2	The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas play text by John Boyne, adapted by Angus Jackson.
KS3 Read 3	Monologues for Teens: 60 original monologues. Mike Kimmel

KS4 Read 1	National Youth Theatre Monologues by Michael Bryher
KS4 Read 2	An Actor Prepares by Constantin Stanislavski
KS4 Read 3	A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney

Art

KS3 Read 1	Information on WWF website: https://www.wwf.org.uk/
KS3 Read 2	Star, Branch, Spiral, Fan: Learn to Draw from Nature’s Perfect Design Structures by Yellena James
KS3 Read 3	David Hockney articles on website, such as: https://www.wallpaper.com/art/from-david-hockney-to-modern-horror- the-enduring-symbolism-of-the-swimming-pool

Food & Nutrition

KS3 Read 1	https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/11-14-years/
KS3 Read 2	https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/

KS4 Read 1	https://www.foodafactoflife.org.uk/14-16-years/
KS4 Read 2	https://www.nhs.uk/healthier-families/

Maths

KS3 Read 1	50 Mathematical Ideas You Really Need to Know - Tony Crilly
KS3 Read 2	The Math Book - Clifford A Pickover
KS3 Read 3	Alex's Adventures in Numberland - Alex Bellos

KS4 Read 1	The Monty Hall Problem: Beyond Closed Doors - Rob Deaves
KS4 Read 2	Chaos - James Gleick
KS4 Read 3	The Language of Mathematics - Keith Devli