Monday, 6 January 2025

Winter Reading Challenge Reminder!

  



We have had quite a few completed Winter Reading Challenge sheets handed in already - don't forget to hand yours in to Miss Flower or Mrs Jobber in the Library by Monday 13th January 2025!

Friday, 20 December 2024

Festive fun in the Library - final week

   

The final week of festive fun in the Library! 

This week in the library, we enjoyed our final week of festive fun before the Christmas holidays begin.

Displays
We have a wide selection of Christmas, festive and winter-themed books and magazines for all ages in the library, which have been displayed all around for children to borrow. Children from all year groups have continued to enjoy the stories.



Reading Advent Calendar
Our Reading Advent Calendar continues to be incredibly popular! Examples of reading challenges for this final week have included 'Choose a book beginning with S', 'Choose a pink book' and 'Choose a non-fiction book'. 

The children have loved taking part, with lots continuing to come to the library every morning to check what that day's challenge is. Not only is this a fun activity for them to enjoy but it also encourages them to try out new authors, genres and books that they may not have chosen otherwise.



Libby the Library Elf
Libby the Library Elf has continued to have lots of fun and mischief around the library, to the delight of the children popping in to see her! We had a Christmas coded message that the children needed to crack and some fun with googly-eye Christmas books! 
We wonder if Libby will return to the library again next Christmas?



Lunchtime Library Club
On Monday, our lunchtime Library Club children continued to enjoy the Christmas-themed activities, including a fun elf activity booklet and Christmas wordsearches.



Winter Reading Challenge 
This week, we launched our Winter Reading Challenge, for children to take part in
over the Christmas holidays.

Once we return to school in January, children should hand their
completed tracker to Miss Flower or Mrs Jobber in the Library
by Monday 13th January 2025 and collect a Certificate!


What a fun-packed build up to Christmas we have had!


Wednesday, 18 December 2024

Broadford Library in numbers - Autumn 2 term 2024

    



It has been an extremely busy half term in the library! 


Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber have also completely reorganised and recategorised the picture books and non-fiction sections of the library, which have been huge tasks!




Thank you to everyone who has returned books to the library. We hope you all have a very happy Christmas break. See you all in January.


~ Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber, Librarians & Reading Champions ~

Contact us - library@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Tuesday, 17 December 2024

Reading Assemblies - Reading Achievements 17/12/24

     




105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

Well done to Laila-Lily, Eliza and Aadya who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Moyo, Bella and Aadya who has received her Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Aadya who has earned her Gold Certificate for reading all 15 books! 

Well done to all! 





Please email Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber if you are looking for one of the '105 Books to Read', with your child's full name and class.

library@broadford.havering.sch.uk 



  Blue Peter Reading Badge


Earn your Blue Peter Reading Badge! See how you can take part here or pick up an entry form from the library.  

Winter Reading Challenge 2024

 

Our Library challenges are always bursting with fun ways of keeping you
reading during your break away from school. 

The Winter Reading Challenge is now available to collect
from the Library for KS2 children.
In EYFS/KS1, please ask your child's class teacher for a copy.

Once we return to school in January, please hand in your completed
tracker to Miss Flower or Mrs Jobber in the Library
by Monday 13th January 2025 and collect a Certificate!


library@broadford.havering.sch.uk  

Monday, 16 December 2024

Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 16/12/24

   

Welcome to the Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter! 
Each week, we will be bringing you a look back on the previous week in the library, including the fun that our lunchtime library clubs have had, new books, children's book reviews, library displays and much more! 
~ Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber, Librarians & Reading Champions ~

Contact us - library@broadford.havering.sch.uk



Lunchtime library club
Last week, our lunchtime Library Club children enjoyed some Christmas-themed activities, including a fun elf activity booklet and Christmas wordsearches.
 
 
 Christmas in the Library 
We continued having lots of festive fun in the library - see our separate blog here



Winter Returning Books Competition
Our returning books competition back in July proved so popular with children and staff competing to win, that we decided to arrange a Winter Returning Books Competition!

 Each class has had the chance to compete within their own year group to see who could return the most library books back to the library before a certain deadline. 

We have had a large number of books returned, enabling us to restock lots of sections in the library. 

Congratulations to the following classes who returned the most books this term:

Year 1: Beech
Year 2: Pine
Year 3: Cherry
Year 4: Maple
Year 5: Lime
Year 6: Birch
An additional huge congratulations to Maple class for returning the most books in the school!
Well done to all the classes that took part. 



Book reviews
Jessica in Year 5 really enjoyed reading the Roald Dahl classic, The Witches. She gave the book 4.5 out of 5 and said it was very funny!



105 Books reading achievements
Well done to Laila-Lily, Eva, Roza, Aadhvik, Rebecca, Nicole, Zara, Asher, Harry and Bella who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.
 
Well done to Eva and Amelia who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Eva and Vrisha who have earned their Gold Certificate for reading all 15 books!
Well done to all! 


Blue Peter Reading Badge
  
Earn your Blue Peter Reading Badge! See how you can take part here or pick up an entry form from the library.  



Urgent request - Returning borrowed library books
We have had lots of lovely new books added to the library collection over the past couple of months but, unfortunately, many of them have been borrowed by children and never returned to the library. Please can you check at home to see if you have any Broadford library books (stamped inside/Broadford logo attached). If you do, please pass them to your child to return to the library asap, where our Book Monster is waiting to eat them! Thank you. 



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Friday, 13 December 2024

Festive fun in the Library - week 2

  

The festive fun in the Library continues! 

This week in the library, our festive fun has continued as we get closer to the Christmas holidays.

Displays
We have a wide selection of Christmas, festive and winter-themed books and magazines for all ages in the library, which have been displayed all around for children to borrow. Children from all year groups have continued to enjoy the stories.



Reading Advent Calendar
Our Reading Advent Calendar continues to be incredibly popular! Examples of reading challenges for this week have included 'Choose a book beginning with T', 'Choose a yellow book' and 'Choose a book about animals'. 

The children are still loving taking part, with lots continuing to come to the library every morning to check what that day's challenge is. Not only is this a fun activity for them to enjoy but it also encourages them to try out new authors, genres and books that they may not have chosen otherwise.



Libby the Library Elf
Last week, Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber were very excited to find a new addition to the library - Libby the Library Elf! She has continued to have lots of fun and mischief around the library, to the delight of the children popping in to see her! We had a visit from the 'Can Choir' to coincide with the children's Christmas concerts and of course Libby had to get involved in Christmas Jumper Day!



Lunchtime Library Club
This week, our lunchtime Library Club children have enjoyed some Christmas-themed activities, including a fun elf activity booklet and Christmas wordsearches.



What a fun-packed second week!