Sample booklet
Contents
Reception
Introduction to Bug Club
Shared Reading Where Next, Dinky? ...............................page 4-7
The Colourbot.........................................page 8-11
Bug Club Shared is a new primary reading scheme that
uses high-quality books, designed to be read aloud, to
encourage excitement around reading for pleasure. With a Teacher Resources.................................page 12-13
structured, systematic approach to vocabulary progression,
these beautifully illustrated books teach children a carefully
selected set of curriculum-linked vocabulary from the non-
core subject areas of Geography, History, Science and Art.
The scheme has been developed in collaboration with
curriculum expert Mary Myatt and leading knowledge-rich
curriculum MAT, the Knowledge Schools Trust, to ensure the
effective delivery and retention of knowledge.
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Jia and Dinky Dragon travelled together.
They were in England with Auntie, The bus moved.
touring London on a bus.
BUMP!
It hit a hole, and
do
wn
fell Dinky.
“Oh, dear!” he said.
He landed in the flowers of a fancy hat.
“Dragons don’t like getting lost,” Dinky
said. He pulled a United Kingdom map
from his pocket.
“Dragons like to see,” Dinky grumbled.
He marked his map.
He wiggled out to peek when …
Where’s
Jia?
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Dinky gripped the hat as the woman hurried to a train station.
“West to Wales, platform five!” an announcement called.
Soon, a conductor called:
She dashed into a carriage, and – clickety-clack – “Cardiff! All change!”
they sped away. Dinky watched hills climb and fall.
Dinky marked his map.
Is Jia here, too?
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Mr Braithwaite was a painter and decorator. He was clever, The robot flashed its lights
for he’d invented a robot to help him paint. cheerfully, and then whizzed
“I call it ‘Colourbot’,” he declared, as he arrived through its work in a jiffy.
at his first job that morning. He was going to
BLEEP!
paint a fence for Mrs Potts. “It can paint any
colour you like – blue, yellow, green, red –
even a rainbow.”
“I’d just like a nice, plain white, please,” said Mrs Potts nervously. “Well done, Colourbot,” said Mr Braithwaite.
“No problem,” said Mr Braithwaite. “White is the easiest colour of all.” The robot gave a satisfied bleep.
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Their second job that day was to freshen up a factory wall. The robot beeped, flashed its lights, and
“The same old grey colour will do,” said Mr Snobbs, then shot through its work in moments.
the factory manager.
“Good job, Colourbot!”
But when Mr Braithwaite turned his back,
Colourbot stretched out its arm and squirted
“No problem,” beamed Mr Braithwaite. “Colourbot is loaded with some more paint.
white and black. It’s amazing – it can mix the two colours together It left behind something new: a tiny portrait
to make any shade of grey you like.” of its own robot face!
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Helps reduce teacher
workload!
Videos of each book
being read aloud by
professional readers.
Ready-made adaptable
lesson plans helping
teachers save time
planning and organising
their shared reading
sessions. Videos to help deliver Professional
Development training to broaden
knowledge about the benefits of
shared reading.
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Engaging stories with curriculum-linked
vocabulary progression
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