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100 fiction books all children should read before leaving primary school – according to teachers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
2 Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian
3 Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
4 Matilda by Roald Dahl
5 The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
6 The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis
7 The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
8 We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
9 Dogger by Shirley Hughes
10 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
11 Stig of the Dump by Clive King
12= Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
12= The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
14 Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
15 Winnie the Pooh by A A Milne
16 Funnybones by Allan and Janet Ahlberg
17= Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson
17= The Hobbit by J R R Tolkien
19 Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Seuss
20 War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
21= Grimm’s Fairy Tales by The Brothers Grimm
21= The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
23 Peace at Last by Jill Murphy
24 Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer
25 Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley Dodd
26 Not Now Bernard by David Mckee
27 Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
28 The Twits by Roald Dahl
29 I am David by Anne Holm
30 The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
31 The Paddington series by Michael Bond
32 Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman and Caroline Binch
33 Esio Trot by Roald Dahl
34 Five Children and It by E Nesbit
35 Clockwork by Phillip Pullman
36 The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
37 The Magic Far Away Tree by Enid Blyton
38 Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury
39 Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
40 The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier
41 The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy
42 The Alfie and Annie Rose series by Shirley Hughes
43 Shakespeare Stories by Leon Garfield
44 Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
45 Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
46 Sad Book by Michael Rosen
47 The Borrowers by Mary Norton
48= A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown
48= The Jolly Postman by Allan Ahlberg
50 Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
51 Coraline by Neil Gaiman
52 Zoo by Anthony Browne
53 Treasure Island by R L Stevenson
54 Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
55 Cinderella by Charles Perrault, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
56 Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman
57 The Railway Children by E Nesbit
58 Cloud Busting by Malorie Blackman
59= Kidnapped by R L Stevenson
59= The Sheep Pig by Dick King-Smith
61= Beegu by Alexis Deacon
61= The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
63= Eragon by Christopher Paolini
63= The Mr Men and Little Miss series by Roger Hargreaves
65= Gentle Giant by Michael Morpurgo
65= Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling
67 The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
68 Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti
69 Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
70 Theseus and the Minotaur by David Orme and Wendy Body
71= The Just William series by Richmal Crompton
71= On the Way Home by Jill Murphy
71= Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
71= Street Child by Berlie Doherty
71= The Happy Prince and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde
76= Angelo by Quentin Blake
76= The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Draywalt and Oliver Jeffers
76= The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
79 My Mum by Anthony Browne
80= The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
80= The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
82= Face by Benjamin Zephaniah
82= The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tyler by Gene Kemp
84 The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
85= Click Clack Moo: cows that type by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
85= The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
85= The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
88= I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
88= The Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy
88= The Early Years at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton
88= Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
92= Birds Beasts and Relatives by Gerald Durrell
92= The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner
94 The Mrs Pepperpot series by Alf Proysen
95= The Asterix Series by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
95= The Fib and Other Stories by George Layton
97 The Giant's Necklace by Michael Morpurgo
98 The Kipper series by Mick Inkpen
99= The Milly-Molly-Mandy series by Joyce Lankester Brisley
99= The Suitcase Kid by Jacqueline Wilson
Ofsted chief speaks of need to reverse 'teacher brain drain' from the UK
New teachers should be given golden-handcuffs deals, to prevent them from leaving the country as soon as they qualify, the Ofsted's chief inspector has said.
Sir Michael Wilshaw warned this morning that there is “a teacher brain drain from this country, just when the supply issue is reaching situation critical”.
Writing in his monthly commentary, Sir Michael pointed out that a growing number of newly qualified teachers were leaving to work in international branches of elite private schools adding to England's "serious teacher recruitment and retention challenge".
International schools on the rise
He said that number of people who left the UK to teach in English-language international schools reached 18,000 last year – higher than the number who qualified from postgraduate teacher-training courses in England over the same period.
TES reported on this phenomenon in 2014 when there were 7,000 international schools worldwide. Today Sir Michael warned that it was going to get worse – citing research from the International School Consultancy, which estimated that the number of international schools is likely to reach more than 15,000 by 2025.
His comments come a week after TES a analysis revealed the failure of government attempts to tackle the teacher recruiment crisis.
Taxpayer-subsidised training
“At a time of well-documented shortages, should we not be putting more effort into holding on to those who have gone through their teacher training in England?” Sir Michael wrote.
“After all, let’s remember, much of this training is subsidised by the taxpayer in the form of bursaries.”
He argued that trainees’ bursaries should be conditional on their working in England after qualifying.
“Is it unreasonable to ask someone who has been trained in our system to make a contractual commitment to teach in that same system for the first few years of their career?” he said.
“I would…urge policymakers to consider the idea of some form of golden handcuffs, to keep teachers working in the state system that trained them for a period of time.”
The nobility of teaching
And, he said, there needed to be as much discussion of the successes of the state system as of its problems: “We need to hear more about the nobility of teaching, the impact that it has, and the particular rewards derived from improving the chances of children from poorer and more difficult backgrounds – far greater, I’d argue, than teaching the gilded offspring of the Chinese or Qatari ruling classes.”
Leora Cruddas, of the Association of School and College Leaders, welcomed Sir Michael’s suggestion. “More needs to be done to incentivise teaching as a career,” she said.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of headteachers’ union the NAHT said: “We welcome the chief inspector’s signal that England has a serious teacher recruitment and retention challenge on its hands; something the government still fails to prioritise.
“The government must look at why some teachers are choosing to work abroad at a time of shortages in the UK. Pay flexibilities do not work when schools have insufficient funds to use them; enforced pay freezes are making starting salaries uncompetitive. Excessive workload, poorly planned change and constant criticism drive out experienced teachers.
"We don't need golden handcuffs to keep trained teachers in the UK. We just need to treat them with respect. It has the advantage of being cheaper, as well as being the right thing to do.”
Palestinian teacher wins million-dollar global teacher prize
anan Al Hroub recognised with 'Nobel-style' award
A Palestinian teacher who grew up in a refugee camp has won a million-dollar award dubbed the “Nobel Prize for teaching.”
Hanan Al Hroub, from Samiha Khalil School in the West Bank, was awarded the Global Teacher Prize at a ceremony in Dubai today.
The award was announced by Pope Francis via a video link, and Ms Al Hroub beat candidates from the UK, Pakistan, Kenya, the USA, Japan, Finland, Australia and India. The prize recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to the profession.
"An incident of this level elicits a long history of human struggle to achieve victory for the human being," she said after winning the prize. "I accept this as a win for all teachers in general and Palestinian teachers in particular."
"We, as teachers can build the values and morals of young minds to ensure a fair world, a more beautiful world and a more free world."
Ms Al Hroub went into primary education after her children were left deeply traumatised by a shooting incident they witnessed on their way home from school.
She embraces the slogan ‘No to Violence’. She focuses on developing trusting, respectful, honest and affectionate relationships with her students and emphasises the importance of literacy.
In an interview with TES last week, Palestine's education minister Dr Sabri Saidam said a victory for Ms Al Hroub would be the key to unlocking Palestine's potential.
“If something of this magnitude happens, the world can no longer ignore the right for Palestinians to prosper and be free," he said.
In a video message, Prince William congratulated all the prize's finalists. "A good teacher holds the power to influence, inspire and shape a young person's life for the better," he said. "They represent the key to real change in this world."
Ms Al Hroub will receive $1m, about £630,000, and will be required to serve as a global ambassador for the Varkey Foundation, which runs the prize. She will also be required to remain working as a classroom teacher for at least five years, a condition of winning the prize.
Speaking ahead of the announcement, Sunny Varkey, founder of the Varkey Foundation, said he hoped the award would “shine a light on the incredible work teachers do throughout the world every day.”
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Simple yet effective stimulus for writing.
Simple yet effective stimulus for writing.
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Amazing non fiction resource supported by Pie himself
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