Festive fun in the Library - final week

   

The festive fun in the Library finishes for another year! 

This week in the library saw the final lot of festive fun before the Christmas holidays.

Displays

 Lots more Christmas, festive and winter-themed books were borrowed by children, and by staff to read aloud for end-of-day stories. 

Reading Advent Calendar
Children also enjoyed taking part in the final Reading Advent Calendar challenges. 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'. 

All of the children who took part had their names entered into a competition to win a super prize. The lucky winner randomly chosen was Elyssa in Year 2 and the runner-up was Amaira in Year 5. Everyone else who took part received a lovely bookmark. Congratulations to all!

Lunchtime Library Club

This week, our lunchtime Library Club children enjoyed some lovely festive colouring sheets.

Winter Reading Challenge

This week, Miss Flower launched the Winter Reading Challenge for children to take part in at home over the Christmas holidays.

Once we return to school in January, children should hand their completed challenge to Miss Flower in the library by Friday 9th January 2026 in order to receive a special certificate and the chance to win a prize!

What a fun-packed build up to Christmas we have had! See you in January!

Miss Flower :-)

Festive fun in the Library - week 2

  

The festive fun in the Library continues! 

This week in the library saw lots of festive fun continue as we head nearer towards the Christmas holidays.

Displays

We still have a wide selection of Christmas, festive and winter-themed books for all ages in the library, which have been displayed all around for children to borrow. The books continue to be very popular, with lots of children enjoying 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'. 

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 festive week!

Miss Flower :-)

Festive fun in the Library - week 1

  

Let the festive fun in the Library begin! 

This week in the library saw the start of lots of festive fun as we head towards the Christmas holidays.

Displays

We have a wide selection of Christmas, festive and winter-themed books for all ages in the library, which have been displayed all around for children to borrow. The books have proved very popular already, with lots of children enjoying the stories.

Reading Advent Calendar

After its huge popularity last year, Miss Flower has brought back the library Reading Advent Calendar for the month of December! This is displayed in a prominent position in the library for all children to access. Each school day leading up to the Christmas holidays, there is a reading challenge that children can take part in. 

Examples so far this week have included 'Read a book beginning with A', 'Read a BLUE coloured book' and 'Read a book with AND in the title'. 

The children are loving taking part, with lots coming 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.
All children who take part will have their name put in the draw to win a special prize!

Christmas Stories Advent

Last week, two Year 6 Spinebreakers, Gabby and Rojure, helped Miss Flower deliver an exciting package to every class in the school! These are a little treat for the month of December - three festive books for each class to read in the three weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays. All of the classes were very excited to be given their package and cannot wait to see what fun books they have received!

What a fun-packed first festive week!

Miss Flower :-)

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!

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!

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. 

Did you know that we have a Broadford Library Instagram page? Click here to follow us!

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!

Festive fun in the Library - week 1

 

Let the festive fun in the Library begin! 

This week in the library saw the start of lots of festive fun as we head towards the Christmas holidays.

Displays

We have a wide selection of Christmas, festive and winter-themed books for all ages in the library, which have been displayed all around for children to borrow. The books have proved very popular already, with lots of children enjoying the stories.

Reading Advent Calendar

This year, we have introduced our Reading Advent Calendar for the month of December. This is displayed in a prominent position in the library for all children to access. Each school day leading up to the Christmas holidays, there is a reading challenge that children can take part in. 

Examples so far have included 'Read a book with AND in the title', 'Read a BLUE coloured book' and 'Read a POPULAR AUTHOR book'. 

The children are loving taking part, with lots coming 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

On Monday, Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber were very excited to find a new addition to the library - Libby the Library Elf! She has already been having lots of fun and mischief around the library, to the delight of the children popping in to see her!

What a fun-packed first week!