Oxford Ideas

Oxford Ideas provides a bank of activity ideas for you to use to target the priorities identified for
your pupils through i-nfer plan e-assessment. The ideas are based on carefully selected
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops books.

The TreeTops books currently featured in Oxford Ideas are listed below.

Click on the text type (e.g. Information/Non-linear) to explore the different
ideas for this text type.
Click on the title (e.g. Amazing Paint! by Becca Heddle) to see the ideas for
this book.

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Reading

Lower Key Stage 2

Castle Poems chosen by John Foster - Poetry
Amazing Paint! by Becca Heddle - Information/Non-Linear
Amy the Hedgehog Girl by John Coldwell - Stories
A-Z of Survival by Matt Minshall - Information/Non-Linear
Bertha's Secret Battle by John Coldwell, adapted by David Calcutt - Playscripts
Bertha's Secret Battle by John Coldwell, adapted by David Calcutt - Playscripts
Bertie Wiggins' Amazing Ears by David Cox and Erica James, adapted by David Calcutt - Playscripts
Cutters and Crushers by Claire Llewellyn - Information/Non-Linear
Dangerous Trainers by Susan Gates - Stories
Dragon Poems chosen by John Foster - Poetry
Ghost Poems chosen by John Foster - Poetry
Let's Look at Adverts by Elaine Canham - Information/Non-Linear
Sea Poems chosen by John Foster - Poetry
Snooty Prune by Pippa Goodhart - Stories
The Boss Dog of Blossom Street by Rita Ray - Stories
The Lie Detector by Susan Gates, adapted by David Calcutt - Playscripts
The Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om by John Coldwell, adapted by David Calcutt - Playscripts
The Wrong Letter by Alan McDonald - Stories

Upper Key Stage 2

Carnival King by Sean Taylor - Biography
Climbing in the Dark by Nick Warburton - Stories
Explosions by Becca Heddle - Explanation
Eyes of Every Shape and Size by Elspeth Graham - Explanation
Eyes of Every Shape and Size by Elspeth Graham - Explanation
Gandhi by Pratima Mitchell - Biography
Go to the Dragon-Maker by Shirley Isherwood - Stories
Maps, Measurements and Meanings by Sarah Fleming - Explanation
Snowblind by Paul Stewart - Stories
The Ghosts of Bracken Hill by Anne Mackintosh - Stories
Tomahawk Beckwourth by Michael Cox - Biography
What's Left Behind? By Becca Heddle - Explanation
Whitemen by William Bedford - Biography