Year 3 Spinebreakers Visit Waterstones!

Yesterday, the Year 3 Spinebreakers spent a morning in Romford buying new books for our school library! Like Spinebreakers before them, they browsed the children's area of the store in search of some fresh, new titles. Once their choices had been made, they enjoyed sharing their new books over hot chocolates and cakes in Waterstones' Café.

 

All books are now available to borrow from our library. Take a look at the stories that were chosen:

Ali was passionate about sharing a little more about his faith, that's why he picked up 'Zahra's Blessing, A Ramadan Story'. His second book was from Dav Pilkey's series, Dog Man.

Elkah enjoys stories that feature mythical creatures like mermaids, fairies and unicorns. Her first choice was a book full of short stories, where all of the main characters are unicorns. Her second choice was Aziza's Secret Fairy Door and the Mermaid's Treasure.

Evie picked two books from the Isadora Moon series, Mirabelle Gets up to Mischief and Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic. Evie was drawn to the glittery front covers!

Year 3 have previously read 'Charlie Turns into a Chicken', so Ayaan was keen to read the second story in the collection, Charlie turns into a Mammoth. Ayaan's second pick was a David Walliams' tale, Fing.

Football fan Gabi picked up 'Figo', the story of the footballer's rise to success. His second book was James Smart's 'Bunny vs Monkey and the Supersonic Aye-aye!

Reading Assembly - Inspiring Stories

Miss Myers shared Nathan Bryon's thought-provoking tale, Look Up! During a holiday to visit her grandparents, Rocket is shocked by the amount of rubbish that is left littering their beautiful Caribbean island. Rocket feels passionate about clearing their island of plastic pollution. This book can be found on the Year 1 Reading Tracker.

The KS2 assembly was lead by Miss Wyatt. The story introduced was 'The Boy in the Back of the Class'. Told from a child's perspective on the refugee crisis, this story highlights the importance of friendship and kindness. This book can be found on the Year 4 Reading Tracker.

105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford

Well done to Emma, Asher and Harry for reading five books featured on their reading trackers. They have all earned their Bronze Certificates.

Well done to Manreet, Emma, Mateo, Asher, Harry and Sofia for earning their Silver Certificates by reading ten books.

Well done to Mateo, Leo, Nathaniel, Harry and Zachary for reading all fifteen books and earning their Gold Certificates!

Reading Assembly - Fantastic Mr Fox!

As we get nearer to the Summer Term, we thought it would be nice to introduce Key Stage One to the books they will be reading when they reach Year 3. Mrs Jennings introduced Roald Dahl's interesting tale of mischievous Mr Fox. This story was also shared during the Key Stage Two assembly. If you'd like to continue reading this book, please visit the library and pick up a copy. This book can be found on the Year 3 Reading Tracker.

Reading Achievements

Did you see the winners of our Best Dressed Competition for World Book Day 2023? The winners can be found here. They each received a £5 National Book Token to spend at their local book shop.

Well done to Roza and Damian for earning their Bronze Certificates by reading five books from their 105 Books trackers. 

Well done to Himanshi, Eddie, Roza, Gabriel, Daisy, Aryan and Ayva for reading ten books and earning their Silver Certificates. 

A huge congratulations to Himanshi, Roza, Ryan, Adam, Amerah and Emma for completing their 105 Books trackers by reading all fifteen books! 

The Spinebreakers Will Be Visiting The Library This Week

 

Just a quick reminder!

On Thursday 9th March, the Spinebreakers from Pine, Mulberry, Rowan, Larch and Birch 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!

Broadford's Best Dressed For World Book Day 2023!

Here they are! Our Best Dressed pupils for World Book Day 2023!

Eliza as Sherlock Holmes, Macie as Cruella, Tiger-Lily as The Thing and Rubie-Rae as The Trunchbull.

Adam as Billionaire Boy, Harry as Paddington, Jaxon as a pirate, Mavis as Isabela Madrigal and Tommy as Pinocchino.

Charlie as Paddington, Livi as Cindy-Lou and Leo as an Oompa-Loompa.

Evie as Pikachu and Pragya designed her t-shirt based on the series 'Tom Gates.

Yahya as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Jessica as The Rainbow Fish, Angie as Luna from Sailor Moon, Ella as Cruella and Laynie as Pippy Longstocking.

Aarav as the baker from Sun Bread and Dilan as Zog.

World Book Day 2023 - Just Two Sleeps Away!

Who is excited for WORLD BOOK DAY?!

Don't forget, we will be holding our World Book Day celebrations on Friday 3rd March 2023. Pupils are welcome to come to school dressed as a story character. To celebrate all things reading, the children will enjoy a day of fun activities - from creating classroom characters to designing National Book Tokens.

£1 Book Tokens

Don't forget to use your £1 Book Tokens! Head to your nearest supermarket or bookshop to exchange it for a free World Book Day story. The voucher can also be used to redeem £1 off of a book you have had your eye on! Make sure you enter the competition on the token to be in with the chance of winning a family holiday to Heide Park in Germany.

Natalie Newman To Visit

Author of Lark the Shark, Natalie Newman, will be visiting our younger pupils on Friday afternoon with the latest story in her series of books. There will be the opportunity to buy a signed copy of Natalie's new book in the playground after school. See the blog post here for more information.

We will share our day of fun over on our Facebook and Instagram pages throughout the day.

Reading Assembly - Have You Started Your Readathon Yet?

Mrs Nicholls lead the KS1 assembly this week with Rachel Bright's brilliant tale of 'The Lion Inside'. Little mouse dreams of becoming more like Lion - brave, courageous and bold. He knows he needs to start by learning to ROAR, so builds up the courage to ask Lion for help. Click here to listen to an audio version of this story. This book can be found on the Year 1 Reading Tracker.

Miss Kenealy shared Lara Williamson's tale 'A Boy Called Hope'. The story follows eleven-year-old Dan. Dan longs to reconnect with his father, who left the family home a few year prior. This book can be found on the Year 6 Reading Tracker.

Reading Achievements

Well done to Callie, Manreet, Parisa, Gurrehmat, Antonina, Pragya, Miya-Rose, Jefflyn and Khushbakht for reading five books from their '105 Books' tracker. They have all earned Bronze Certificates.

Excellent reading effort from Ava, Darcie, Laura and Albie. They have read ten books and earned their Silver Certificates. 

Well done to Alfie, Rithik, Olivia, Amaya and Emily. They have all completed their trackers by reading all fifteen books! 

Book Bloggers, Lottie and Maya-Rose, have read and reviewed another six books, taking their total to nine books on their virtual bookshelf. 

Readathon

A big shout-out to Maya-Rose, who has already raised over £60 in sponsors for our Readathon! Well done Maya-Rose! For more information on how you can help raise money for new books for our school and children's hospitals across the country click here.