English Reception/Year 1 Spring Letters and Postcards

1. My picture of a dog
2. Where do you live?
3. Stamp! Stamp!
4. Wooden spoon puppets

Essential Text
This Book Just Ate My Dog by Richard Byrne

Hamilton Group Reader
Letters from the Zoo by Ruth Merttens

Letters from the zoo
This is an outstanding text, based on letters written from animals in the zoo to their wild counterparts.  Stunning illustrations make the letters come alive and children will certainly be motivated to write their own replies. 

1. Seaside adventures
2. Camping capers
3. Love from...
4. What can you do there?

Hamilton Group Readers
Boris and Sid Meet a Shark by Ruth Merttens
Boris and Sid Go Camping by Ruth Merttens

Boris and Sid Meet a Shark
An account of a short holiday in which these two child-like characters meet a variety of weird and wonderful sea creatures. This very simple and pleasing text can be used alongside many non-fiction texts.

Boris and Sid Go Camping
This gives an account, told from a child’s perspective, of a fun camping trip where it rains – and rains! Many children will empathise with the familiar context while reading this simple recount.