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 - 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.

My Book Blog

We have received the sad news that no new books will be added to the My Book Blog site, however the site remains open and we can still subscribe. We are currently setting up new logins for pupils who work in the library each week. The website remains accessible at home, so if you would like us to create a login for your child, please let their class teacher know.

My Book Blog

 All pupils from Reception through to Year 6 should now have received their logins for My Book Blog.

To access the site please click on the link below.

https://mybookblog.org/plogin/broadford-primary-sc/

Begin by finding your class, followed by your name. You will then be able to select your colour, animal and number. Once you reach your personalised desktop, you can add a book by searching for it in the top right bar. After adding your book to the shelf you can begin answering the questions and completing the challenges.

Blogger Of The Week - Srinika

Congratulations to Srinika, who has been awarded with Book Blogger of the week for her fantastic review of Julia Donaldson's, 'The Snail and the Whale'. 

Book Blogger Of The Week - Frankie

Well done to Frankie for be awarded with the title of Book Blogger of the Week! He successfully navigated his way around the book blogging site to complete activities based on the story of Green Eggs and Ham. 

Book Blogger Of The Week - Layla-Rose

Well done to Layla-Rose for achieving 100% in her comprehension quiz based on Anthony Browne's story 'Gorilla'.

Book Blogger Of The Week - Tavia

Fantastic work Tavia, you are this week's Blogger of the Week for you brilliant review of The Huge Bag of Worries.

Don't forget, you can access My Book Blog at home. Simple visit https://mybookblog.org/plogin/broadford-primary-sc/

and follow the steps to complete your pass-code (found in your reading record).

There are hundreds of books to review. Once logged in, why not take a look at the book list and visit your local library to borrow, read and review a book?!

Book Blogger Of The Week - Izaan

Congratulations to Izaan, who is our Book Blogger of the week! He used My Book Blog to create a brilliant review of Little Beauty by Anthony Browne.

Book Blogger Of The Week - Nicole

This week our Book Blogger of the Week is Nicole with her review of Prince Cinders. Nicole achieved full scores on both her vocabulary and comprehension quizzes - excellent!

Book Blogger Of The Week - Iniya

This week we award 'Blogger of the Week' to Iniya for her book review of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

If you would like to access My Book Blog at home, please visit:

https://mybookblog.org/plogin/broadford-primary-sc/

Book Blogger Of The Week - Rebeca

Last week the pupils in Year 3 were introduced to My Book Blog - an online platform that allows them to access book reviews, comprehension quizzes and vocabulary tests that link to books they borrow from the school library. Each pupil in KS2 has their own unique log in that allows them to build a page packed with books they have read. Throughout their reading journey they can collect fun facts; build upon their vocabulary and vote share their thoughts on the stories they read.

Blogger Of The Week!

This week we give recognition for the review of, Woozy the Wizard: A Present for Pig, created by Elm Class pupil, Rebeca.