Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 24/03/25

         

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 Monday, our lunchtime library club enjoyed some Spring mindfulness colour-by-numbers activity sheets. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups enjoyed listening to Ruby's Worry! We had a discussion about times when we have been worried and spoke about how we feel when we speak to someone. 

One child mentioned that he felt nervous starting Year 1 and he spoke to his Mum. She helped him feel better and his worry disappeared. 

Another child felt worried about his Literacy work. He spoke to his teacher and she helped him. 

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week started enjoying the popular classic, Supertato. Everyone enjoyed shared reads of the story and all groups managed to get 10/10 with their group questions. Great work everyone!

In the Library

For less confident readers or those who just want to grab a short book, we have a wide range of 'Quick Read' books for all ages and reading abilities.

Book Review

Roza in Year 3 thoroughly enjoyed reading Spaceboy by David Walliams and gave it 5 stars!

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Hephzibah, Aarav, Azlan, Max and Munsha who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Azlan, Aarav, Max and Munsha who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Vanessa, Azlan, Mujtaba, Luna, Max and Munsha who has earned his Gold Certificates for reading all 15 books! 

Well done to all! 

You can find the books from the 105 Books list for your child's year group here

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!

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!

Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 09/12/24

  

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

The Library Club was very popular this week. Everyone enjoyed making a start on their Comic Books. We have seen some lovely ideas. Well done all!

 

 

 New in the Library 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..... 

We have been very busy getting the Library ready for Christmas. 

Read here for more information and photos!

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups listened to the story There's No Such Thing As... ELVES.  Everyone enjoyed searching for the Elves in the story and taking a 'Selfie' with the Elf hats, as well as completing a fun activity before finishing the session.  

 

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups enjoyed a festive-themed story and activity with The Smelly Sprout. Everyone had great fun making their own sprout characters!

Book reviews

Aida in Year 6 really enjoyed reading one of the very popular Dork Diaries series books - Pop Star. She highly recommends it as she says reading it makes you feel like a pop star!

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Daman, Aurika, Evie, Teodor and Chloe who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to all! 

You can find the books from the 105 Books list for your child's year group here

Blue Peter Reading Badge

More children have continued receiving their Blue Peter Reading Badges in the post! Congratulations to Jessica, Kindah and Tala! 

  

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!

Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 18/11/24

    

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 in the library, our lunchtime club got creative, making some wonderful odd socks to display as part of Anti-bullying Week's Odd Socks Day, and Pudsey Bear masks for Children in Need.

Library displays 

Last week was Anti-bullying Week and the theme was 'Choose Respect'. Our library display included the fab odd socks that the lunchtime club children had made.

Last week was also Nursery Rhyme Week and we celebrated it with a great selection of books available for children to borrow, as well as some favourite nursery rhyme characters.

 New in the Library 

We received another kind donation of books from a parent last week, which included some wonderful, non-fiction books all about lifecycles, such as Puppy to Dog and Acorn to Oak Tree.

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups continued with the Giraffes Can't Dance. They had a variety of activities to choose from and enjoyed dancing like Gerald the Giraffe. 

 

 

The KS2 Chatterbooks groups continued enjoying Tell Me A Dragon. Everyone had great fun using their imaginations to design their own dragons!

Book reviews

Our Year 6 Spinebreakers completed some great book reviews during their trip to the library last week.

Spinebreakers

Last week, our Year 6 Spinebreakers had a lovely visit to Harold Hill library. They read stories, completed book reviews, learned how the library works and had a try of using the library machine to borrow books. Everyone had a great time! 

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Layla, Natalia, Adalind, Alice and Ronnie who have read five books, earning their Bronze Certificates.

Well done to Matthew, Layla and Alice who have read 10 books, earning their Silver Certificates.

Well done to Elyssa who has read all 15 books, earning her Gold Certificate and completing her tracker.

Well done to all!

You can find the books from the 105 Books list for your child's year group here

Blue Peter Reading Badge

We are delighted to hear that some of our Spinebreakers have been receiving their Blue Peter Reading Badges in the post! 

Congratulations to Nikita, Sadhana, Laynie-Rae, Harvey and Lyra! 

   

  

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!