Year 5 Spinebreakers Visit Waterstones!

On Thursday, the Year 5 Spinebreakers ventured out in the snow to visit Waterstones in Romford. Their mission: to purchase new books for the school library! On arrival, they explored the children's area - admiring the many new stories for the festive season. After choosing two books each, they enjoyed tasty hot chocolates and sweet treats in the W café.

Here are the books they chose:

Viviana headed straight for the 'books of the season' section.

 

With World Cup fever in the air, Riley chose two football-themed story books.

Elisa picked two stories by world famous authors.

Aliza was drawn to these animal stories.

 

Blake and Daniel were also caught up in the World Cup fever!

All books will be available to borrow from the Library when we return in the new year.

This Week's Reading Achievements!

Due to the school being closed on Monday and Tuesday last week we were unable to hold our weekly reading assemblies. As you'll see below, we have a long list of children to celebrate!

Wow! So many children have finished reading their fifth book and have earned their Bronze Certificates! Well done to Leo, Alfie, Nathaniel, Kai, Torsten, Adalind, Vivian, Eddie, Aryaan, Adra, Freddie, Liroshan, Jack, Tayla, Darcie, Ava, Roman, Rosie, George, Chuka, Arnish, Gabriel, Abdulahad, Olivia, Jide, Lily-Mae, Ahmed, Georgia, Emmy, Toby, Ibukunolowa, Teddy, Nasrat, Elkah and Kiara.

Well done to Kai and Rohith for achieving their Silver Certificates.

Well done to Kai, Iustin, Meerab and Jessica for completing their trackers and earning their Gold Certificates.

The winners of The Returning Books Raffle for Autumn Term 2 are Callie, Ikveera, Gabia and Miya-Rose. They each received a book to keep.

Kenzie has successfully completed six books using My Book Blog.

Finally, you may have seen over on our Instagram pages on Thursday that we held a day of festive shared reading. Quite a few of the children who attended picked up a sheet to design their own bookmark. Well done to Chisom, Aisha, Fatimah, Faizah, Amelia, Kamari, Laynie-Rose, James, Stephania, Eesa, Jessica, Tianna, Umar,Eddie, Meerab, Najhat, Grace, Fariha, Pragya, Faramade, Nethany, Darci, Oscar, Nyasa, Tommy, Pippa, Torsten, Adra, Darcie, Rosie, Laura, Lily-Mae, George, Toby, Freddie, Aisha, Abdulahad. Roman, Tayla, Ahmed, Chuka, Nasrat, Arnish, Ava, Kiara, Ibukun, Liroshan, Elkah, Rithik, Aiza, Gabi, Tesha, Adam, Aadya, Torsten, Anya and Osman.

The bookmarks were judged and one lucky winner was chosen to receive a National Book Token. Our winner, with their fantastic design, is Eddie! Eddie, you have captured the spirit of Christmas with your wonderfully decorated tree!

The Year 5 Spinebreakers Are Off To Waterstones!

Our Year 5 Spinebreakers, Blake, Elisa, Daniel, Aliza, Riley, Viviana are off to purchase new books for our school library tomorrow!

On returning to school, they will read, review and promote the books they have chosen.

Look out for blog posts and Instagram stories sharing the books they buy!

Reading Assembly - Race To The Frozen North

Due to the Christmas performances this week, our KS1 assembly was cancelled - we will have quite a few certificates to hand out next week!

Mrs Jennings shared the inspirational true story of Matthew Henson, the first man to reach the North Pole. This story features on the Year 4 Reading Tracker and is now available to borrow from the school library.

Reading Achievements

 Well done to Stanley, Elena, Paige, Veer, Elsie, Amelia, Lily, Ayaan, James, Leo, Alfie, Nathaniel, Kai, Torsten, Adalind, Vivian and Zhyan who have all received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books from their trackers.

Well done to Ryan, Rosie. Aisha and Teodor for achieving their Silver Certificates.

Well done to Harlie for reading all fifteen books and earning his Gold Certificate.

Grace successfully completed the Storytime Create a Comic Competition.

Reading Assembly - Super Readers!

Mrs Stanley was super excited to share Vivian French's 'Yucky Worms! This fantastic text is both fiction and non-fiction rolled into one! The story follows a little boy who visits his Gran. During the visit, they discover a wiggly worm hiding in the garden. Gran explains all about worms and how they are her gardening friends.

Did you know...

Worms have five pairs of hearts.

A worm's tail can regrow if it's cut off!

The pages are filled with extra pieces of information about worms - you'll find an index in the back of the book to help you find specific facts easily. This book is now available to borrow from the school library. If you are in year 1 or 2 and heard this story in the assembly this week, don't be put off by the fact it is listed on the Reception Reading Tracker, this book can be read by anyone!

  

Mrs Green read the opening chapters of Kid Normal; the first book from the series of five. Main character, Murph Cooper, starts a new school several weeks into the beginning of the term. Murph is filled with nerves after discovering his mum has enrolled him into a school for Superheroes by mistake. Murph doesn't possess any special powers, unlike his fellow students who can control the weather, fly and conjure up tiny horses! To find out more about Murph and his new school for superheroes, pick up a copy from the school library now! This book features on the Year 3 Reading Tracker.  

Reading Achievements

Well done to Albie, Fatima, Danni-Ella, Henry, Teodor, Sofia, Zachary, Poppy, Chloe, Jasmine, Cruz, Eridola, Emma, Tyler, Olivia, Amerah and Adam, who have all achieved their Bronze Certificates by reading five books from their trackers.

Well done to Fatima, Danni-Ella, Jessica, Jaxon, Cruz, Chloe, Tyler, Noura, Maya and Alariah who have been awarded their Silver Certificates for reading ten books from their trackers.

And a huge congratulations to Chloe, Elyssa and Rory for completing their trackers and earning their Gold Certificates.

Our wonderful artists, Nyasa, Angie and Ipsa all completed the Create a Comic Competition for Storytime Magazine. The competition is now CLOSED. All entries have been posted off to the Storytime Magazine creators - let's hope Broadford has a winner!

Bravo to Book Bloggers, Pranav, Megan, Kevin, Lottie and Chisom for successfully completing more comprehension tasks, vocabulary quizzes and book reviews using their personal Book Blogging accounts!

Our Year 1 Chatterbooks have come to the end of studying Julia Donaldson's text, Zog. They have completed six weeks of activities based on the text and have now be awarded their Smart Cookies Certificates. Well done to Callissya, Bella, Lucia, Amaira and Nashwan.