Free School Resources

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Featured Free Resources for October 2026

• Ghostly, Gothic & Ghoulish Fiction - Booklists for KS2, 3 & 4

• KS2 Historical Timeline - 5 pages of fiction set in the British Isles

• Book Quest KS2 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Y7&8 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Year 9 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Y10&11 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

KS2

• KS2 Historical Timeline - 5 pages of fiction set in the British Isles

• Book Quest KS2 - 24 questions, activities and other book quests

• Year 3 & 4 2026/7 Booklist - Updated & revised for the 2026/27 school year

• Year 5 & 6 2025/6 Booklist - Updated & revised for the 2026/27 school year

• Summer Reading Challenge 6+

• Summer Reading Challenge Booklist 6+

• Celebrate Nature KS1/2 fiction

• Year 6/7 Transition Fiction Menu

• History set in the British Isles KS2

• Don’t Know What to Read? Fiction 10+

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships 10/11+

KS3

• Year 7 & 8 2025/6 Booklist - Updated & revised for the 2026/27 school year

• Year 9 2025/6 Booklist - Updated & revised for the 2026/27 school year

• Book Quest Y7&8 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Year 9 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Summer Reading Challenge 6+

• Summer Reading Challenge Booklist 6+

• Moodboosting Fiction 11+

• Moodboosting Fiction YA

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships 12/13+

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships Years 7 & 8

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships  Years 9 & 10

• Don’t Know What to Read? Fiction 12+

KS4

• Year 10 & 11 2025/6 Booklist - Updated & revised for the 2026/27 school year

• Book Quest Y10&11 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Summer Reading Challenge

• Summer Reading Challenge Booklist‍ ‍

• Moodboosting Fiction YA

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Relationships - Years 9 & 10

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Emotions - Fiction 15+

• Wellbeing & Mental Health: Emotions - Years 9 & 10

• Don’t Know What to Read? - Fiction 14+

Book Quests

• Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages Y7&8

• Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages Y9

• Book & Movie Trivia Quest - Ages Y10&11

• Book Quest KS2 - 24 questions, activities and other book quests

• Book Quest Y7&8 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Year 9 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Book Quest Y10&11 - 24 questions, activities and challenges

• Get them reading without them knowing it! - 6 fun reading activities

General Booklists

• Ghostly, Gothic & Ghoulish Fiction - Booklists for KS2, 3 & 4

• Summer Reading Challenge 6+

• Summer Reading Challenge Booklist 6+

• Women’s Rugby World Cup - Book lists for all ages

• Shortlisted Children’s/YA Fiction -2000 to 2025

• KS2 Historical Timeline - 5 pages of fiction set in the British Isles

• Detectives, Sleuths & Whodunnits - Ages 6+ (2025)

• Sporting Fiction -Chapter & Picture Books for 3-14+ (2024)

• Olympic Sports Fiction Book List - Fiction for 6 to 14+ (2024)

• Mighty Paralympians Who Write - (2024)

• Winter Wonderland - Fiction 7-14yrs (2024)

• Verse Novels - Ages 9+ (2023)

• AI, Robotic, Computing & Gaming Fiction - Ages 9+ (2023)

• Physical, Sensory, Cognitive, Neurological Diversity - Fiction 7-14yrs (2023)

• Some Favourites Reads - 11+/13+/14+ (2022)

• Challenging fiction - Y7&8 (August 2021)

R4P, Library and Display Material

• Small Action, Big Impact - 6 actions to show that you value R4P

• 6 Quick and Easy R4P Ideas - A simple action per week to promote R4P

• Roll and Chat - All Ages

• Reading for Pleasure Pledge -

• A Thriving R4P Environment Poster -

• Library Bingo - Any age

• 6 Quick and Easy R4P Ideas - A simple idea per week to promote R4P

• I am Reading - two posters for display

• Book Review Ideas - 6 different approaches to book reviewing

• My Bookshelf - Template bookshelf to write favourite books

• Author R4P Quotes - 12 quotes from authors for display

• Reading for Pleasure Bunting

• Dewey Decimal Posters - Including Shelf labels

• R4P Research Articles - A Bibliography

• 20:20 Poster - 20 Reasons for R4P

• Shared Reading and Book Groups - Poster atedr