Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 17/02/25

       

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

World Book Day

  We will be celebrating World Book Day on THURSDAY 6TH MARCH 2025!

To coincide with this year's 'Read Your Way' theme, we are inviting children to come into school on World Book Day in either their Favourite Character Costume or their Snuggly Pyjamas. 

Please remember, as this time of year is particularly cold, it is really important that the children are dressed appropriately and have suitable footwear (such as long sleeves, trousers and outdoor shoes) to be able to enjoy any outdoor activities on the day.

Lunchtime library club

Last Monday, the children had great fun with some giant colouring and activity sheets.

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups enjoyed listening to Goldilocks and the Three Bears! The children enjoyed acting out the story using our Puppet Theatre. Year 2 enjoyed colouring their own bookmarks. 

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups started to enjoy Chicken Clicking, an engaging book all about helping children to stay safe online - which coincided perfectly with last week's Internet Safety Week. Everyone enjoyed shared reading of the story and trying to get 10/10 with the questions about it at the end!

Spinebreakers

Last week, our Year 4 Spinebreakers had a very productive trip to Waterstones in Romford where they purchased lots of wonderful new books for the library. 

Library Displays

February is Michael Morpurgo month. Michael is one of Britain's best loved authors for children. We have great selection of his books available for children to borrow from the library.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Poppy, Eason and Alfie who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Noura, Teodor, Eddie, Poppy and Ronnie who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to David and Teodor 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 in numbers - Spring 1 term 2025

     

It has been another extremely busy half term in the library! 

Thank you to everyone who has returned/donated books and World Book Day costumes to the library. We hope you all have a very happy half term break.

~ Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber, Librarians & Reading Champions ~

Contact us - library@broadford.havering.sch.uk

Year 4 Spinebreakers visit Waterstones

  

 Our Year 4 Spinebreakers had a lovely trip to Waterstones in Romford yesterday morning. Their mission was to purchase a selection of new books for the school Library!

The children spent lots of time perusing the shelves to find books from favourite authors and series that they knew would be welcome additions to our library. They made some great selections, including popular series like Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson and Isadora Moon.

Once they had chosen and purchased their books, the Spinebreakers headed upstairs to enjoy tasty hot chocolates and sweet treats in the W Cafe while completing some wordsearches.

On our return to school, the Year 4 Spinebreakers headed to the library, where their final job to end a fun morning was to mark off another successfully completed task from their Spinebreaker trackers - * Purchased new books for the library.

The lovely range of new books purchased will soon be going on display in the library for everyone to borrow and enjoy!

World Book Day is coming!

  We will be celebrating World Book Day on THURSDAY 6TH MARCH 2025!

The theme for this year is 'Read Your Way!' At Broadford Primary School, we love reading and thoroughly look forward to World Book Day every year. We have been busy making preparations for a day of book-themed fun! Here are just a few things we are looking forward to:

Character Costume Or Snuggly Pyjamas

To coincide with this year's 'Read Your Way' theme, we are inviting children to come into school on World Book Day in either their Favourite Character Costume or their Snuggly Pyjamas. 

Please remember, as this time of year is particularly cold and wet, it is really important that the children are dressed appropriately and have suitable footwear (such as long sleeves, trousers and outdoor shoes) to be able to enjoy any outdoor activities on the day.

We know that shop-bought costumes can be a little expensive, so why not try making something to wear instead... a character mask maybe? 

Here's a few ideas! 

£1 Book Tokens
You should have received your £1 Book Token by now - don't forget to head to your nearest bookshop or participating retailer (like Waterstones or WHSmith) to exchange it for one of the free World Book Day books. The voucher can also be used to redeem £1 off of a book you have had your eye on!

Design a Bookmark 

To celebrate World Book Day, we have put together a competition in each class during the day. Each child will be designing their very own bookmark. All children will then get two votes for their favourite bookmark designed in class and the chosen winner from each class will receive a prize. 

Copies of the winning bookmarks will be found in the Library afterwards for the whole school to access. 

105 Book Hunt 

This year, we have put together an exciting book hunt for each class to participate in. Classes will have the opportunity during the day to head outside to search for front covers from our 105 Books to Read Before you leave Broadford. 

Please remember, it is really important that the children are dressed appropriately and have suitable footwear as they will be outside. 

If you are not familiar with our '105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford' please see them all here.

Costume donations 

We would like to say a massive thank you for all of the lovely costume donations for World Book Day. If you do still have anything that you would like to donate, please bring it into the school office.

Book donations

We are always grateful and lucky to receive lots of book donations from generous parents, carers and children. If you have any books in good condition that are no longer wanted, please either hand them into the school office or give them to your child to bring into the library. Thank you.

Reading Assemblies - Flat Stanley!

       

Mrs Bamgboye read the first chapter from Flat Stanley for the KS2 Reading Assembly this week. 

Stanley Lambchop was just an ordinary boy – until a noticeboard fell on him. Now he’s flat as a pancake! Being flat is fantastic, but it’s not all fun and games, there are thieves in town. Can the flattest boy in the world be its biggest hero?

This book features on the Year 3 105 book list, which you can see here

Please email Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber if you are looking for one of the '105 Books to Read', with your child's full name and class.

library@broadford.havering.sch.uk  

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

Well done to Poppy and Eason who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Noura, Eddie, Poppy, Ronnie, Ade and Aaira who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to David, Alfie, Emem, Elisa, Eden and Andrew who have earned their Gold Certificates 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.  

Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 10/02/25

      

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, the children took part in designing their favourite Character Costume. They all came up with some very creative designs. Everyone was excited to add another sticker onto their Library Cards. On Wednesday, the children also came along to our quiet reading session. A big well done to Elizabeth, who was the first to collect five stickers and choose a prize. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups continued with The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs! They enjoyed acting out the story with masks and made their own house.

The KS2 Chatterbooks groups continued enjoying the Chatterbox Bear. They all got creative, making their own Chatterbox Bear masks with crazy eyebrows!

Library Displays

February is Michael Morpurgo month. Michael is one of Britain's best loved authors for children. We have great selection of his books available for children to borrow from the library.

Last Friday, 7th February, was the birthday of Charles Dickens, one of the most influential writers of the 19th century. He is most known for his classic novels, like Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol and Great Expectations. We have a range of his books available in the library for borrowing.

Librarian Awards

Special Librarian Award certificates were given to Faramade and Princess from Year 6 last week. This was in recognition of the wonderful job they have done in taking it upon themselves to reorganise their class library, making it fully stocked and accessible for their classmates. Amazing work, girls!

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Azlan, Afrahim, Henzo, AJ and Francesca who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Afrahim, Eliza, Lama, AJ, Ashar, Aiza and Lukas who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Afrahim, Eliza, Lama, Jahmai and AJ 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!