Reading Together

Get in touch! In this episode we discuss George's science fiction/dystopian choice 'Enders game' by Orson Scott Card. We discuss when is the not knowing what's going on annoying rather than interesting and whether if we did bump into an alien species whether we would even recognize each other as sentient lifeforms!

Get in touch! We were delighted to have two special guests join us for this episode: Mrs. Hayden from Finance and Mr. Phillips who is our resident Adventure Sports Coordinator. In this episode we discussed the classic science fiction novella, 'The Time Machine' by HG Wells. Our discussion took us everywhere from social inequality to the future of humanity. We were forced to ask ourselves...

Get in touch! In today’s episode the Reading Together Book Club get together to discuss some of their most favourite books ever and try to convince of why reading is good for you!

Get in touch! In today’s episode we discuss ‘Inkheart’ by Cornelia Funke - a galloping adventure story that is a powerful reminder of the power of stories to shape our reality.

Get in touch! The new Reading Together crew discuss the murder mystery novel ‘Of Mice and Murder’ by Sally Smith and talk about what makes a good crime fighting duo. 

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

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

Get in touch! 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!

Get in touch! 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.

Get in touch! 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!

Get in touch! ‘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. 

Get in touch! 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.