Online Reading Provision
Oxford Owl
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-pupils/pupil-home
The school username and password will be available on your Purple Mash email.
A range of ebooks, sortable by age group or series. There is an especially wide range of KS1 books in the eBook library.
Wiltshire Library eBook Portal
https://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/libraries-ebooks
Members of Wiltshire libraries will be able to download eBooks, audio books and eMagazines via the library portal. As with all libraries, adult supervision will be required to make sure that book choices are age appropriate.
Project Gutenberg Children’s Literature Shelf
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/20
This is an eLibrary with digital copies of books with open copyright. There are a number of classic texts that would be suitable for Year 5 and 6 readers. As with all libraries, adult supervision will be required to make sure that book choices are age appropriate.
Audible Discovery
https://stories.audible.com/discovery
Audible has a library of free audiobooks for a range of ages. This can be listened to from the website, so does not require an Audible account.
The Book of Hopes, Literacy Trust
https://literacytrust.org.uk/family-zone/9-12/book-hopes/
Completely free for all children and families, the extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children’s writers and illustrators.
Purple Mash – Serial Mash
https://www.purplemash.com/#tab/pm-home/serialmash
This part of our Purple Mash provision has a range of chapter books and reading resources for all ages. Each chapter comes with comprehension resources to make sure that the children are thinking about what they are reading.