Year 3 Spinebreakers visit Harold Hill Library!

   

Yesterday, our Year 3 Spinebreakers enjoyed a lovely trip to Harold Hill Library with Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber. 

First, they browsed the shelves before each choosing a book to read.

Once they had read their books, they each completed a book review.

                                                                    

The Spinebreakers then listened to a story, before learning about how the library works and the process of borrowing books. To practice, they each had a turn of using the library machine to check out a book. 

 

Those children who do not already have one were given an application form for a Library Card.

Everyone had a lovely time and it was great to tick some more tasks off of their Spinebreaker trackers for this year!

The Story Scrapbook makes its first journey of 2025!

        

The Story Scrapbook has made its first journey around the school of 2025!

Every week, a different class around the school is delivered the scrapbook by two of our Spinebreakers. The class's task is to fill a double-page spread with work based on a book of their choice - this could be their end-of-day story or a class favourite. Classes can fill their pages with drawings, paintings, writing, collages - they just need to be creative and use their imaginations!

Last week, the Story Scrapbook was delivered to Redwood class in Year 6. The class chose to do their current Literacy book, Rooftoppers. The children produced two very creative pages full of reviews, quotes and information about the book.

The Story Scrapbook was then returned to the library for some photos with Redwood class's two Spinebreakers, Harvey and Elise. They then delivered it to Apricot class in Year 1 for their turn. 

We look forward to seeing what Apricot class will choose to do!

Reading Assemblies - The Human Body and Voices in the Park!

   

Mrs Nur read The Human Body for the KS1 Reading Assembly this week. The unique design of the book allows children to discover a “hidden“ image by holding the page up to a bright light, or shining a torch behind the page.

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

Mr Cardwell read extracts from Voices in the park for the KS2 Reading Assembly this week. Four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. 

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 Albie, Noura, Daisy, Eridola, Ashar and Faith who have received their Bronze Certificate for reading five books.

Well done to Adelina, Maya, Daisy, Eridola, Jason, Zaviyar and Shivanshi who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Maya, Eridola, Amelia, Alice, Aadhvik and Zaviyar who have earned their Gold Certificate for reading all 15 books! 

Well done to all! 

Story Suitcases

This week, our Story Suitcases were taken home by Stefania, Amelia, Callissya and Ollie. We hope you all enjoy a snuggly evening with a yummy hot chocolate.  

Please return all suitcases back to school by THURSDAY morning.  

  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 - 13/01/25

      

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

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the first Broadford Library newsletter of 2025! 

Last week, Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber had a very busy week refreshing the library and planning lots of fun for the Spring term.

Library displays

We are all feeling very chilly at the moment in the wintery weather, so our new display board is perfect timing!

Lots of children are enjoying taking part in our New Year, New Genre challenge - the aim of which is to encourage children to try reading from a book genre that they have not tried before, such as 'history', 'mystery' or 'science fiction'. 

If children cannot decide which new genre to try first, they can pick a colour from a Genre Jar and then choose a book from the genre that it relates to.

To go alongside this challenge, we have created a bookmark for children to use so that they can tick off each new genre as they read a book from it.

Book donations

We are always grateful and lucky to receive lots of book donations from generous parents, carers and children. If you have been making space for new books received as Christmas presents at home and 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.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Scarlet and Oscar who have read five books, earning their Bronze Certificates.

Well done to Aadhav and Oscar who have read 10 books, earning their Silver Certificates.

Well done to Aadhav, Alice and Oscar who have read all 15 books, earning their Gold Certificates and completing their trackers.

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. 

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