Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 26/05/25

            

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 week, our lunchtime library club followed two draw-along videos of some favourite characters, Sonic and Dogman. Everyone enjoyed the activity and produced some great drawings. The children are very excited to do more like this in the future. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups enjoyed listening to There's a Dragon in your book! Everyone enjoyed a variety of Dragon themed activities. 

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week had great fun getting creative making peas and other vegetable characters while listening to The Runaway Pea!

Spinebreakers

Last week, our Year 2 Spinebreakers had a very productive trip to Waterstones in Romford where they purchased lots of wonderful new books for the library. 

Library displays

Children were very excited last week to see some of our new books out on display for them to borrow. We will be adding more to the collection after half term.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Albie, George and Lucas who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Albie, Logan and Riya who have earned their 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 - 19/05/25

            

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 mindfulness activities to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week.

Raising Readers at Home

Our new, regular library blog series all about helping parents and carers to grow, encourage and nurture children's love of reading at home continued last week with tips on how 3 simple sentences can boost your child's reading comprehension. You can read more here

Chatterbooks sessions

We had no Chatterbooks sessions last week due to Year 6 SATs taking place.

Library displays

Last week, we displayed a number of relevant books to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Tiya and Maya who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Isabella who has received her Silver Certificate for reading 10 books.

Well done to Ayesha, Chalva, Isabella, Adelina and Gabia who have earned their 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 - 12/05/25

           

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

Book Fair 

Thank you so much to everyone who supported us by purchasing books at our Book Fair last week. Thanks to your generosity, we have been able to add an amazing 56 new books to our library collection!

Raising Readers at Home

Our new, regular library blog series all about helping parents and carers to grow, encourage and nurture children's love of reading at home continued last week with tips on how your home can help create strong readers. You can read more here

Lunchtime library club

Last Wednesday, our lunchtime library club took part of a variety of VE Day/World War 2-related activities. Children also enjoyed completing the Reading Challenge to accompany it.

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups continued with the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Everyone enjoyed a variety of activities. 

KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week continued enjoying There's A Snake In My School! by David Walliams. Everyone got creative and made lovely paper snakes!

Library displays

To commemorate last Thursday’s VE Day 80th anniversary, we displayed a wide selection of books about World War 2 for children to read, as well as a special Reading Challenge for them to take part in.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Gracie, Medhansh, Charlie and Zofia who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Medhansh, Charlie, Luca and Zofia who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Charlie, Eason and Shivanshi who have earned their 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 - 05/05/25

          

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

The Book Fair Is Coming!

Please come and visit the Book Fair in the New Hall (Charlton). We will be there after school from 3:15pm this week from TODAY (Tuesday 6th May) until Friday 9th May. Lots of lovely books to buy with an exciting 3 for 2 offer (cheapest book free). We look forward to seeing you there! 

Raising Readers at Home

We have a new, regular library blog series all about helping parents and carers to grow, encourage and nurture children's love of reading at home. This series will offer tips, advice and ideas as well as simple steps you can take at home for your child to make reading fun and enjoyable. You can read our first feature with Top Tips for Reading at Home with your Child here

Lunchtime library club

Last Monday, our lunchtime library club was full of children enjoying lots of fun Minecraft-themed activities, including wordsearches, I-Spy and make your own bookmarks.  

On Wednesday, our lunchtime library club enjoyed some quiet reading. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups listened to the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar! All of the groups discussed what delicious food they think their own Caterpillar would eat.

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week enjoyed shared reads of the fun book There's A Snake In My School! by David Walliams. All of the groups managed to get 10/10 in the questions at the end - super work everyone!

Spinebreakers

Our Year 2 Spinebreakers recently had an enjoyable trip to Harold Hill library, where they read stories and completed book reviews, took part in some shared reading and learnt how to use the library equipment to borrow and return books. Everyone had a great time!

Library displays

We have a lovely new selection of the popular Percy Jackson book series available for children to borrow.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Olivia and Harvey who has received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Aarav who have earned his Gold Certificate 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 - 31/03/25

          

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 got creative with some lovely Mother's Day crafts.  

On Wednesday, our lunchtime library club enjoyed some quiet reading. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups continued with the story Ruby's Worry! Everyone enjoyed making their own Worry Monster.

The KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week continued with Supertato. Everyone enjoyed themed activities, including colouring sheets, wordsearches and mazes!

Spinebreakers

Last week, our Year 3 Spinebreakers had a very productive trip to Waterstones in Romford where they purchased lots of wonderful new books for the library. 

Library displays

Last week in the library, we celebrated Shakespeare Week 2025 with a great selection of William Shakespeare's classics available for children to enjoy.

We also celebrated Mother's Day with a lovely selection of books.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Elsie and Vikhyat who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Violet, Surabhi, Eliza, Olivia and Wais who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Surabhi, Adelynn, Noura and Olivia who have earned their 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!