Collins Big Cat - Jack in Goal: Band 08/Purple

• Themes of family and friendship are explored in this exciting tale of school football.
• Text type – A story with a familiar setting.
• The storyboard on pp 22-23 offers children the opportunity to recap and retell the story in their own words.

Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support and ebooks available.

Collins Big Cat is a whole-school reading programme that provides complete support for primary reading. Children will become fluent readers through hundreds of high-quality fiction and non-fiction banded books by award-winning authors and illustrators. In-depth teaching resources support you in developing and assessing key reading skills at all stages from early reading through to phonics, to guided, whole-class and independent reading for more confident readers.