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Class Authors

Our classes are named after authors with the aim to inspire a love of reading and raise the profile of high-quality authors. Each class name is age appropriate and linked with books in the curriculum.

Year Group

Children’s Author

Class Name

Linked picture books and novels 

Nursery

Julia

Donaldson

Donaldson

The Gruffalo

The Snail and The Whale

Reception

Benji Davies

Davies

The Storm Whale/Grandad's Island

Year 1

Oliver Jeffers

Jeffers

The Way Back Home

Year 2

Mini Grey

Grey

The Pea and the Princess

Year 3

Atinuke

Atinuke

Anna Hibiscus

Year 4

Philip Pullman 

Pullman

Clockwork

The Firework Maker's Daughter

Year 5

William

Shakespeare

Shakespeare

Macbeth 

The Tempest

Year 6

Malorie Blackman

Blackman

Pig Heart Boy