Year Group | School Term | Book Band |
F2 | Autumn | Pink (Rocket Phonics) |
Spring | Red (Rocket Phonics) | |
Summer | Yellow (Rocket Phonics) | |
Year 1 | Autumn | Blue (Rocket phonics) |
Spring | Green (Rocket Phonics) | |
Summer | Orange (Rocket Phonics) | |
Year 2 | Autumn | Turquoise (Rocket Phonics) |
Spring | Purple (Rocket Phonics) | |
Summer | Gold (Rocket Phonics) | |
Year 3 | White and lime books | |
Year 4 | Lime and brown books | |
Year 5 | Grey and dark blue books | |
Year 6 | Dark blue and burgundy | |
Up until the end of Year 2, children will be following the Rocket Phonics programme, which includes reading books to consolidate phonics learning. From Year 3 onwards, children will be reading age-appropriate books within the book bands mentioned above. Teacher assessments will be made to decide which book band is appropriate at which stage for each year group.