Author Of Lark The Shark Will Be Returning To Broadford!

 

We are extremely excited to be welcoming back Natalie Newman, author of the Lark the Shark series. Natalie visited Reception and Key Stage One last February, where she read her story, Lark the Shark. The story was a huge hit with our younger pupils, teaching them the importance of keeping our oceans free from litter.

 

Helping us to celebrate World Book Day, Natalie will be returning to Broadford on Friday 3rd March 2023 to share her latest story in the series, Lark the Shark and Wonda the Whale. Children in Reception and Years 1 and 2 will be treated to a special reading of this wonderful tale full of adventure, friendship and kindness. 

Natalie will be selling signed copies of her book straight after school, under the canopy in the playground for £8. If you wish to purchase a copy, please bring cash with you on the day.

The Reading Scrapbook - More Pages Added!

Here is a little update on our Reading Scrapbook! Having spent a week in Oak Class, the pupils filled the pages with work based on Michael Morpurgo's story, The Butterfly Lion.

 Cherry Spinebreakers, Ali and Evie were very impressed with Beech's work based on Traction Man!

Flynn and Karimah, our Ash Spinebreakers, delivered the scrapbook to its next destination - Maple Class. We look forward to seeing what they have been reading!

Reading Assembly - Premier Reading League Winners Announced!

Mrs Nicholls lead the KS1 assembly this week with her copy of Craig Smith's 'The Wonky Donkey'. This book can be found on the Reception Reading Tracker. 

Miss Thomas was keen to introduce this week's story for the KS2 assembly. 'Find your Girl Squad', is an essential guide for building positive friendships. This must-read can be found on the Year 4 Reading Tracker.

105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford

A huge well done to Eason, Vanessa, Zachary and Torsten for reading 10 books and earning their Silver Certificates.

Fantastic effort from George and Maya, who have both read all 15 books from their trackers and have been awarded their Gold Certificates! 

Reading Achievements

Since September, we have been holding weekly peer-reading sessions in the library. These children have attended nine sessions! They have received certificates for their reading efforts. Well done Selina, Thabang, Eivis, Scarlett, Emmy, Darren, Spencer, Noah, Sophia, Kylie, Elliot and Hope.

Our Chatterbooks children, Eric, Jessica, AJ, Emma, Alice, Vikhyat and Adam have been studying Julia Donaldson's text, Superworm. They have visited the library weekly for shared reading and comprehension tasks.

Kevin has successfully read and reviewed a further six books using My Book Blog - well done Kevin!

Premier Reading League Winners 2023!

After ten long weeks, we saw The Premier Reading League come to an end on Friday. Our KS2 pupils have been working hard to collect points by reading and reviewing books. This league's winning team, with 475 points, is The Big Brains! Lead by Miss Betty, the year six team was made up of pupils; Shajia, Laura, Nicole, Carla, Brian and Ryan. For their reading efforts, they will be treated to a trip to Namco Funscape for a game of bowling, followed by a lunch of waffles and ice cream!  

Reading Assembly - The Iron Giant and The Bog Baby

Premier Reading League - Winners Announced!

The Premier Reading League has come to an end! The Big Brains took the title of 'Winning Team'. Made up of team members Nicole, Laura, Shajia, Carla, Brian, Ryan and Miss Betty, they earned a total of 475 points! As a reward for their reading efforts, they will be treated to a trip of their choice. Well done to everybody who participated. The Premier Reading League will return in the next academic year.

Miss Islam lead the KS1 reading assembly this week. The Bog Baby was the story of the week. This can be found on the Year 2 Reading Tracker.

For the KS2 assembly, Mrs Green returned with her copy of The Iron Man. She had previously introduced the story back in the Autumn Term and due to its popularity, she continued on to chapter 2! This book can be found on the Year 5 Reading Tracker.

Reading Achievements

Well done to Sophie and Samairah for reading five books and earning their Bronze Certificates. 

Well done to Alice, Lujah, Adam, Amerah, Ashton and Emily for reading ten books and earning their Silver Certificates. 

Well done to Jaxon and Alariah for reading all fifteen and earning their Gold Certificates. 

Winter Reading Challenge

These children successfully completed their Winter Reading challenges - Nyasa, Nashwan, Iustin, Adam, Osman, Liroshan, Zhyan, Arnish and Madalina.

Poetry Corner - New Books Now In!

 We are super excited to introduce our newest addition to Broadford library – Poetry Corner.

Recently, we won a competition and were gifted with ten beautiful new books full of poetry for our children to enjoy.

Poetry plays an important role in children’s learning as it supports the development of children's emotional literacy. They can learn to manage and reflect on their emotions, feelings and behaviour through drawing on experiences they hear about in poems shared. Poetry can also help children tap into their creativity by encouraging them to think about the new and unexpected relationships between words.

The First Reading Assemblies Of 2023!

With the start of a new term, we seethe return of our weekly Reading Assemblies again. Our reading assemblies are used to promote the texts featured on the '105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford' list and celebrate the reading successes across the school. 

This week, KS1 were lucky enough to attend two reading assemblies. The first one (on Friday) was lead by Mrs Nicholls. Julia Donaldson's text, Tyrannosaurus Drip, was the book shared. This book can be found on the Reception Reading Tracker. 

The second assembly was lead by Miss Myers. The story shared was 'Giraffes Can't Dance'. This book can be found on the Year 1 Reading Tracker.

Both books are now available to borrow from the school Library.

Miss Wyatt held the reading assembly for KS2. She shared Elizabeth Laird's 'The Fastest Boy in the World'. This story follows the hopes and dreams of eleven-year-old Solomon. Set in Ethiopia, he dreams of following in the footsteps of his heroes, the great athletes of the Ethiopian national team, by becoming a gold-medal-winning athlete. This book can be found on the Year 6 Reading Tracker.

Reading Achievements

105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford

Well done to Alfie, Maya, Anya-Marie, Joshua, Tianna-Louise, Umar, Archie, Victoria, Flynn, Dunsin, Eesa, Elliot, Laynie-Rose, Dina, Poppy, Jessica, Osazemen, Kamari, Erikas and Afreenish, who have read five books on from their trackers! They have all be awarded their Bronze Certificates.

Well done to Alfie, Ryan, Anya-Marie, Teodor, Theodore, Amaya, Shivanshi and Emma for reading ten books and earning their Silver Certificates.

Well done to both Anya-Marie and Teodor for completing their trackers by reading all fifteen books listed! They have both been awarded their Gold Certificates.

Winter Reading Challenge

We are pleased to see so many children have completed their Winter Reading Challenges over the festive break. Well done to Anish, Awwal, Elyssa, Tesha, Eddie, Darcie, Aisha, Pragya, Eason, George, Ayaan, Natalia, Teodor, Samairah, Meerab, Eleni, Aushri, Shivangi, Aisha, Nisa, Ayva, Maya, Ashton, Angie, Praharsh and Nevaeh.

Winter Reading Challenge - Hand Your Completed Sheets In By Monday!

We have had quite a few completed Winter Reading Challenge sheets handed in already - don't forget to hand yours in to Mrs McFarlane in the Library by Monday 9th January 2023!

Winter-Themed Reading Day!

 You may have seen over on our Library Instagram page that we held a Winter-themed Reading Day at the end of the Autumn Term. Classes were invited to the new hall to enjoy a huge selection of festive and wintery tales. Each class was paired up with a class from another key stage. The Year 6 Spinebreakers were on hand throughout the day to assist the classes as they arrived and oversaw their festive stations. The children thoroughly enjoyed sharing stories with their peers.

Take a look at some of the photos we took during the day.

The Spinebreakers Are Off To Harold Hill Library Next Week!

Just a quick reminder!

On Thursday 12th January, the Spinebreakers from Apricot, Beech, Walnut, Willow and Maple will be walking to Harold Hill Library to return and choose new books to read back at school.

We hope they look forward to their afternoon of sharing stories!