Wednesday 24 January 2024

Reading Assemblies - This week a tiger came to tea and many of year 1 pupils reached bronze.


This week Miss McClenaghan read the classic picture book "The Tiger Who Came to Tea". The story of Sophie and her extraordinary teatime guest has been loved by millions of children since it was first published more than fifty years ago. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger!
This warm and funny picture book story is perfect for reading aloud, or for small children to read to themselves time and again. 
You will find this book on the year 1 105 book tracker here



In KS2 Miss Jennings read "The Bad Begining" which is the first novel of the children's novel series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. The novel tells the story of three children, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, who become orphans following a fire and are sent to live with Count Olaf, who attempts to steal their inheritance.
This title features on the year 6 book list which you can see here

Reading Achievements

Well done to Manreet, Darcie, Evie, Gabi, Temmy, Zach, Emily, Rory, Ahmad, Freya, Ayva who have read five books and earned their Bronze Certificates. 


Wednesday 17 January 2024

Reading Assemblies - This week the children have looked at bodies and heard voices!

On Monday this week Miss Hurrell read The Human Body to our KS1 pupils and discovered the secrets of the human body. Within this book readers can see muscles flex as a football is kicked, watch food travel through the digestive system as an apple is eaten, and take a peek at the skeleton holding a small boy upright while his height is measured. This title can be found on the Reception 105 book tracker.


During the KS2 assembly Miss Munnelly read Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. In this story we hear four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. The radically different perspectives give a fascinating depth to this simple story which explores many of the author's key themes, such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane. This book can be found on the 105 reading books year 3 tracker.







 

Friday 1 December 2023

Year 2, Birch and Almond Spinebreakers Visit Harold Hill Library!

Yesterday, the Spinebreakers from Year 2, Almond and Birch enjoyed a trip to our local library for a morning of sharing stories. After listening to lots of festive tales, we were lucky enough to spot the deer on our journey back to school.

 

 

 

Blue Peter Badges - More Forms In The Post!

Well done to Ayaan, Manuella and Joshua for working hard at home to complete their application forms. All completed forms have been sent. If, you'd like to earn a badge, pop into the Library to pick up an application form.

A big congratulations to Chloe, who was very excited to receive her Reading Badge in the post this week!

Wednesday 29 November 2023

Reading Assemblies - Who Has Been Given The Story Suitcases This Week?



Meerkat Mail was the story chosen for the Key Stage One Reading Assembly this week. Emily Gravett's story follows the life of a meerkat who is unhappy with his hectic home life so decides to set off on a journey around the world. This book an be found on the Year 2 Reading Tracker.


Miss Betty read the opening to Michelle Magorian's classic, Goodnight Mr Tom. Set during World War One, young William is evacuated from his home to live in the countryside. This book can be found on the Year 6 Reading Tracker.

Reading Achievements

Well done to Samairah, Daria, Ashton, George, Kailen, Damian, Isaac, Mason, Jason, Aiza, Jack, Leo, Joshua, Aditi, Aayush, Gabia and David, who have read five books and earned their Bronze Certificates. 

Great effort from Hallie, Lucas, Ipsa, Jessica, Logan, George, Isaac, Rushika, Tyla, Joshua, Asher and Gabia, who have been rewraded witht their Silver Certificates for reading ten books. 

Super stars, Teodor, Lucas, Chirag and Vikyhat, have completed their trackers and have earned their Gold Certificates.

Story Suitcases

During assembly, our Story Suitcases were presented to Vienna, Jessica, Eason, Adbulkarim and Karimah. They will keep the suitcases for the rest of the week.

 

 

Friday 24 November 2023

More Blue Peter Reading Badges Arrive!

We are so happy to see more and more of the Blue Peter Reading Badges arriving! This week, Tesha, Shivanshi, Emir, Roza,Victoria and Cruz received theirs in the post! You can see by their faces that they are very pleased to be the proud owners of such wonderful badges!

 

 

 

Well done to Chloe, Natalia and Harry, who all completed their application forms at home.

In school this week, Thomas, Miqdaad, Kezia, Himanshi, Oliver and Maalik completed their forms. They wrote about their favourite stories, which included; Danny the Champion of the World, Anthony Browne's Gorilla, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Fantastic Mr Fox and Supertato!

They are all looking forward to the day when their badges arrive! Don't forget, application forms can be picked up from our school library.

 

 

  

The Story Suitcases Have Been Enjoyed At Home This Week!

Our Story Suitcases were taken home with Eden, Megan, Tesha and Fatima this week. They were all so proud to show-off the pages they had filled in inside their scrapbooks! It is so lovely to see our pupils enjoying the stories at home. We have had so many children eager to be added to the waiting list. It is the highlight of Ms Jennings' week when she pops into the Reading Assembly to announce who they are going home with.

 

Eden happily shared his story with his big brother, Millen.

 

Megan and Tesha were so excited to take home the Story Suitcases. Megan and younger sister, Vanessa, snuggled by the Christmas tree to listen to their story.

 

Fatima gave her book a big thumbs-up!