Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 21/10/24

 

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 week in our lunchtime library club, the children celebrated Harry Potter book day. They answered some questions to work out what Sorting Hat they would be in. Some of the children were happy with the results; however, we did have a few Slytherins in the group! They also looked at different types of dragon eggs that featured in the Harry Potter world and took part in designing their own dragon eggs.

Library displays 

We were recently very lucky to receive a wonderful donation of lots of Harry Potter books. This coincided perfectly with Harry Potter book day last Thursday, meaning we had a great selection of lovely books available for children to borrow.

 

New in the Library 

The UEFA Nations League international football competition is in full swing! We have lots of lovely football-themed chapter book sets for children to borrow, including Girls F.C, Frank Lampard's Frankie's Football Magic and the Jamie Johnson series.

Visitors to the library

Last week, our Chatterbooks library sessions continued. Our KS1 children carried on with their Funnybones theme, making their own skeletons using different resources for each year group. 

 

The KS2 groups continued with The Rainbow Fish, enjoying lots of fun activities including colouring their own rainbow fish (complete with special silver scales) and completing fish/sea-related matching games, word searches, crosswords.

Book reviews

Lily in Year 5 recommended 2x2=BOO! by Loreen Leedy. She loved how the spooky stories helped to make maths fun!

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Jaxon and David who have read five books, earning their Bronze Certificate.

Well done to Emir who has read all 15 books, earning his Gold Certificate and completing his tracker.

Well done to Isaac and Leo who have read all 15 books, earning their Bronze, Silver and Gold Certificates and completing their tracker.

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

More Reading badge application forms have been posted! Well done to Princess and Faramade for completing the task at home. Fingers crossed your badges arrive soon!

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! 

Year 6 Spinebreakers visit Waterstones

 Our Year 6 Spinebreakers had a lovely trip to Waterstones in Romford yesterday. 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 books by David Walliams, Michael Morpurgo and Jeff Kinney, and popular choices like Tom Gates, Dork Diaries and Guinness World Records.

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

On our return to school, the Year 6 Spinebreakers headed to the library, where some of the group completed book reviews about previously read books, while others started their Blue Peter Reading badge applications. 

 Their final job to end a fun morning was to mark off some successfully completed tasks from their Spinebreaker trackers - * Purchased new books for the library and *Recommended a good book.

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

The Story Scrapbook is back for another year!

 

We are delighted to announce that the Story Scrapbook is back for another year!

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 had its first delivery to Birch class in Year 6. The class chose Spaceboy by David Walliams as their theme and produced some wonderfully creative artwork!

Ryan and Aida, Birch class Spinebreakers, then returned the Story Scrapbook to the library for some photos before delivering it to Maple class in Year 4 for their turn. We look forward to seeing what Maple class will choose to do!

Reading Assembly - A schoolboy meets a caveman!

 

Miss Jewell introduced the story Stig of the Dump to KS2. This modern-day classic is a firm favourite. It follows bored schoolboy Barney, who meets a caveman named Stig living in a rubbish dump. 

This book features on the Year 5 105 book list, which you can see here

This weeks books can be found in our school library to borrow.

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 Jaxon who has read five books, earning his Bronze Certificate.

Well done to Emir who has read all 15 books, earning his Gold Certificate and completing his tracker.

Well done to Leo who has read all 15 books, earning his Bronze, Silver and Gold Certificates and completing his tracker.

Well done to all!

Story Suitcases

This week, our Story Suitcases were taken home by Ronnie, Kateryna, Kosta and Aida. We hope you all enjoy a snuggly evening with a yummy hot chocolate. 

Please return all suitcases back to school by Friday 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 - 14/10/24

   

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 clubs

Last week, we spoke about the importance of rules and behaviour while in the library. The children took ownership of the task and worked on their own rules, coming up with some lovely, creative ideas in the form of LIBRARY acrostics.

Library displays 

Make SPACE for reading...

From 4th-10th October, we celebrated World Space Week in the library, with a super display about space and a selection of space-related books for all ages - some of these books you will find in our 105 Books to Read Trackers. 

 

New in the Library 

A book a day keeps the monsters away... 

The children have loved seeing the scary changes added to the Library ready for Halloween. 

We have a SPOOKTACULAR selection of Halloween books for all ages that the children can borrow. 

Why not get wrapped up in a good book?!? 

Visitors to the library

Last week, our Chatterbooks library sessions continued with a new group of children from each class. Our KS1 children have started listening to the story Funnybones and are very excited to begin their activity this week. 

The KS2 groups are enjoying The Rainbow Fish, taking part in a shared reading of the book, answering group questions about the story and making their own Rainbow Fish using rainbow scratch notes. 

The Chatterbooks sessions are proving to be very popular with all the children around the school. It is so lovely to see everyone getting excited when we go to pick the new group from each class!

A special Librarian certificate was awarded last week to Amari, who had such fun taking part in his Chatterbooks session that he even persuaded Mrs Nicholls to enjoy reading Man on the Moon with him too!

Each week, we also take a variety of books to Nursery and read to a group of children during both the AM and PM sessions. We are so happy to be able to give all children in the school an opportunity to listen to a story, complete fun activities and share the joy of reading.

Book reviews

Jessica in Year 5 recommended How to Scare a Ghost by Jean Reagan. Her favourite part was when the ghost and children scared the parents.

105 Books reading achievements
Well done to Isaac, Mason, Tyla-Beau, Amelia, George and Elyssa who have read five books, earning their Bronze Certificates.

Well done to Elyssa, Ryan and Emir who have read 10 books, earning their Silver Certificates.

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

More Reading badge application forms have been posted! Well done to Afrahim for completing the task at home. Fingers crossed your badge arrives soon!

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!