Mrs Roberts, Miss Snow, Mr Walton and Ted talk about adventure stories and why taking risks through stories is both safe and fun!

Mrs Roberts Hattie and Ben talk about books being relatable and why we all love a good cry!

In today’s episode Mrs Roberts and Amelia discuss ‘The Outside Boy’ by Jeanine Cummins whilst clumsily trying to avoid spoilers! It’s Amelia’s debut on the podcast so please give it a listen!

Mrs Roberts and Tea discuss the acclaimed novel ‘Never Let me Go’ by Kazuo Ishiguro  and whether this is a book well suited to study at GCSE.

Mrs Roberts and Tea discuss how much they both LOVED Tara Westover’s memoir ‘Educated’- a book that if it were fiction would seem unbelievable!

Mrs Roberts and Tea discuss whether we need a World Book Day as well as the two featured reads for this episode: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne and ‘Circe’ by Madelaine Miller.

‘Reading Together’ is a podcast where pupils from Ditcham Park School talk about the books that we love and why. Each episode features a different book that we have read. We talk about what we love, what we don’t and why reading should be the beating heart of every school community.