Jack Dempsey Shares 'The Story Of The Little Mole, Who Knew It Was None Of His Business' For National Share-A-Story Month


Tomorrow is the start of May, and it's National Share-A-Story Month! To celebrate, we will be uploading videos to YouTube of our pupils reading books from our school library. Visit the library blog everyday at 6pm to watch the latest video!


Click on the link below to watch Jack share a story for National Share-A-Story Month.



Jack And Archie Dempsey Share 'The Queen's Hat' For National Share-A-Story Month

Tomorrow is the start of May, and it's National Share-A-Story Month! To celebrate, we will be uploading videos to YouTube of our pupils reading books from our school library. Visit the library blog everyday at 6pm to watch the latest video!

Click on the link below to watch Jack and Archie share a story for National Share-A-Story Month.



Year 2 Spinebreakers Visit Waterstones!

Yesterday, the year 2 Spinebreakers took their turn in visiting Romford's Waterstones store to choose some new titles for our library.

 

Aaliyah-Shae picked two books suitable for pupils across EYFS and KS1. Her first choice was one of the latest releases from Abie Longstaff, The Fairytale Hairdresser and Aladdin. Aaliyah-Shae's second pick was Peppa Pig's I Love You, Mummy Pig. Both books are extremely glittery - I can see why they appealed to her!

 

Freddie thought this book about Space was so interesting! Throughout the book are flaps to lift and facts to discover. Freddie's second choice was, Dinosaur Roar!

Like Aaliyah-Shae, Katlyn was drawn in by Abie Longstaff's bright and sparkly illustrations, making The Fairytale Hairdresser and the Little Mermaid her first choice. After browsing the shelves, Katlyn chose Izzy Gizmo from author, Pip Jones.

 

Blake was excited about his visit and was originally planning on buying a Dogman book. However, with so many wonderful books available, he soon changed his mind. His picks were Rob Biddulph's Kevin, and There is no Dragon in this Story!

After their task of picking fantastic new books, the Spinebreakers were treated to Hot Chocolates and sweet treats in Costa.

The final group to visit Waterstones will be the year 1 Spinebreakers. Their trip has been arranged for Thursday 28th June. 



Update: The Usborne Sponsored Read

The response for the Usborne Sponsored Read has been incredible! Pupils from Reception through to Year 6 have helped raise more than £500.

Well done, and thank you, to...

Ruby Welch for reading for 205 minutes, raising £55.
Frankie Barrick for his £35 contribution - he read for 210 minutes in total.
Ehan Mollah was sponsored £5 to read for 180 minutes.
Danny Howe for his £30 donation.
Finally, Apple, Aspen and Alder class have been collecting money this week, adding an additional £43.43 to our total.


Once the money is handed over to Mrs Ayres we will beginning the process of selecting and ordering new books for our library.

Update: The Usborne Sponsored Read

We have had more sponsorship forms and money handed in since yesterday.

Thank you to...

Megan Lewis who was sponsored to read for 55 minutes, Megan has raised £10.

Peter Joy was also sponsored £10 - fantastic!

Aksanan Jegathas read for 120, raising £5.

Amelia Barnett was sponsored my 14 people. Amelia read every evening after school for a total of 215 minutes, raising £122!

Amazing reading efforts by all! Thank you to all who have participated. The money raised will be handed over to Mrs Ayres in the next few days. Mrs Ayres will then let us know how much we have earned to spend on new books for our school.



Update: The Usborne Sponsored Read

Thank you to those who returned their sponsorship forms and money in today.

Well done to Freddie Lewis who was sponsored to read for 65 minutes.

Blake Maddox in year 2 has been reading every night for more than 30 minutes. His family sponsored him a total of £80! That brings our overall total to £196.

Tomorrow is the last day to hand your sponsorship money in at the office or to Mrs McFarlane in the library.



Summer Term Premier Reading League - Sign Up Now!

You can sign up to take part in the Summer Term reading league now.

Last term was the first time we had introduced the reading league to pupils in KS1. We found it to be very successful, with more and more pupils wanting to participate. With that in mind we have decided to add an extra KS1 member to the teams, meaning you'll have five KS2 pupils, two KS1 pupils and one adult mascot.

The point system will remain the same - you'll earn 2 points for each book or 100 pages you read; 1 point for each newspaper, magazine or comic read; 3 points will be awarded when you complete a book review (these can be collected from the library); and finally 6 points will be given when you complete a book using your personal Book Blog account.

All pupils should be familiar with how My Book Blog works, but if you require any further information please do not hesitate to visit the library and speak to Mrs McFarlane.

You will be able to start collecting points from Monday 23rd April. The closing date will be Thursday 28 June, with the winners being announced in the Friday's assembly.