Year 6 Spinebreakers Visit Waterstones!

Yesterday afternoon, the Year 6 Spinebreakers ventured out on a visit to Waterstones in Romford. Armed with a book wish list, the children scanned the shelves in search of some new titles for the school library. They each chose two new books.

Srinika chose M. T. Khan's story, Nura and the Immortal Palace and Fireborn, Twelve and the Frozen Forest.

 

Chidubem enjoys stories that make him laugh so he headed straight for the 'Humour' section! He picked up David Baddiel's, The Parent Agency and Timmy Failure, We Meet Again by Stephan Pastis.

Louie was quick to pick up Marcus Rashford's, You Can Do It and the very popular, Bad Guys, Episodes 5 and 6. 

Sophia is a huge fan of Harry Potter and wanted stories which also feature mythical creates and magical settings. Her first choice was one we don't have in the library, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Her second pick was Tim Tilley's, Witchstorm.

Like Louie, Adrian was keen to get his hands on a Bad Guys book! He went with episodes 3 and 4. Fantastical Beass and Where to Find Them by J. K. Rowling was his second choice.

Meedea was drawn in by the Tales of Greek Heroes, once she spotted it she just couldn't put it down! Her second book was Malala Yousafzai's, I am Malala - this book is aimed at children 11 and above so will remain in the year 6 classrooms.

As if a wonderful afternoon browsing the shelves in Waterstones wasn't enough, we were also treated to two goody bags full of books, bookmarks and stationery by one of the Waterstones's employees who remembered Broadford from their previous visits.  

 

Finally, no Spinebreakers's trip to Watersones would be complete without a visit to the Waterstones's Café! They enjoyed some well-earned hot chocolates and cakes!

The journey back to Broadford was a quiet one! The children couldn't wait any longer to start reading the books they had chosen. They are going to be reading their books over the break. The books will then be available to borrow once we return to school.

Returning Books Raffle Winners - Autumn 1

The lucky winners of Autumn Term 1's Returning Books Raffle are Hayden, Darcey-Leigh and Alexandra! They have all received a book to keep!

  

Well done to all those children who remembered to return their books to the library. We will start our raffle again when we return after the October break. Who will be our lucky winners next time?!

The Year 6 Spinebreakers Are Off To Waterstones!

 Our Year 6 Spinebreakers, Medeea, Chidubem, Sophia, Adrian, Louie and Srinika, are off to purchase new books for our school library on Thursday 20th October 2022!

On returning to school, they will read, review and promote the books they have chosen.

Look out for blog posts and Instagram stories sharing the books they buy!

Reading Assembly - Our First '105 Books' Bronze Certificates This Year!

This week's reading assemblies featured two more books which can be found on the list of '105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford'!

 

Miss Islam lead the assembly for KS1. She shared 'Barry the Fish with Fingers! This story is by the same creators as Supertato and features on the Year 1 Reading Tracker. Click here to find your own Barry to colour!

Mrs Lewis read the opening chapter to Wigglesbottom Primary, Break-time Bunnies. This book can be found on the Year 3 Reading Tracker. Mrs Lewis also promoted the Premier Reading League, which will be starting after the half term break. For more information, click here.

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford - Bronze Certificates!

A huge well done to Vrisha (Year 2) and Aisha (Year 4) who have both read the first five books on their trackers, earning themselves their bronze certificates!

The Premier Reading League Is Back!

 

The Premier Reading League is back! Our popular reading challenge sees teams of pupils making their way up the leader board by earning points through reading and reviewing books.

Sign Up!

From now until the end of next week, pupils are invited to collect a sign up sheet from the school library. Once they have their sheet, they will need to give their team a name and list six children who will make up the team. They will then need to design a badge which will be used on our Premier Reading League board in the library. On the back of their sheet they can write the name of one adult (staff member) who will be joining their team too! Once completed, the sign up sheet is to be returned to Mrs McFarlane in the library where she can make a digital copy of the badge and create a table for recording points the team earn.

Our League Leader Board!

The league board will be updated every Friday. In order for points to be added, pupils will need to let Mrs McFarlane know when they have finished reading a book or completed a challenge or book review. Our points system is below:

1 Point for each book or 100 pages read.

3 Points for each book review completed (sheets available in the library).

5 Points for reading a book which is listed on the '105 Books' book list.

10 Points for completing any of our termly reading challenges. 

Champions of the League!

For the last week of the challenge we will remove the teams from the board. Children will then be submitting their points in secret - building suspense before the winning team are announced! The winners will be announced during the following week's reading assembly. The winning team will then make the decision on where they would like to go as a reward. They can choose between the cinema, bowling or Kidspace! The trip is planned to take place on Wednesday 1st February 2023.

Kick Off!

The challenge will start on Tuesday 1st November 2022 and will run for 12 weeks (including termly breaks). The final day for submitting points will be Friday 20th January 2023.

Black History Month Reading Challenge!

October is Black History Month, and what better way to celebrate it than by reading books about the people in history who have helped shape our world! Using the money raised from our recent Book Fair, we have purchased some new titles with black leading roles.

To run alongside the books we have to offer, we have put together a reading challenge which can be collected from the school library. Simply read three books and list one interesting fact or point for each. Give your chosen titles a star rating then drop them in at the library for your chance of winning a copy of Alison Hammond's, Black in Time.

 

Please return you completed challenge sheet by Tuesday 1st November 2022. All participating pupils will receive a certificate and be entered into our raffle to win a copy of Alison Hammond's, Black in Time. Winners will be announced in the weekly reading assembly.

My Book Blog

We have received the sad news that no new books will be added to the My Book Blog site, however the site remains open and we can still subscribe. We are currently setting up new logins for pupils who work in the library each week. The website remains accessible at home, so if you would like us to create a login for your child, please let their class teacher know.

Our Reading Scrapbook Update...

 

You may have seen over on our Library Instagram page that the new Reading Scrapbook has been travelling through Broadford over the last few weeks.

It spent a week in Almond Class, where the pages were filled with creativity based on the story 'Call Me Lion'. The Walnut Spinebreakers collected the book and delivered it to it's next destination - Pine Class! 

Pine Class were super excited to start sharing their end of day read, Gangsta Granny. They even bought wigs to dress up as David Walliams's mischievous character!

The scrapbook was collected by Olaf and Munsha, our Beech Spinebreakers. After writing their notecard, they dropped the scrapbook in to Larch Class, where the children filled the pages with work based on the story Krindlekrax.

Today, Pine Spinebreakers collected the scrapbook and passed it onto Cedar Class. The children will have a week to share what they have been reading as part of their end of day read.

Reading Assemblies - Year 2 Chatterbooks Group Earn Their First Certificates!

 

Like previous assemblies, our main focus this week was to promote books which feature on our '105 Books to Read Before you Leave Broadford' book list.

Mrs Stanley kicked off Monday's reading assembly with a classic - The Very Hungry Caterpillar! Did you know this story was first published 53 years ago?! This book can be found on the Reception Reading Tracker.

Key Stage 2 held individual assemblies in their classrooms. They were introduced to 'The Indian in the Cupboard', this can be found on the Year 6 Reading Tracker. The young boy in this tale receives a cupboard for his birthday. He is surprised to discover that the cupboard holds magical powers and can make his toys come to life!

We have purchased extra copies of each title, all of which can be borrowed from the library now.

Year 2 Chatterbooks

Bella, Callissya, Adam, Lucia, Nashwan and Amaira have been visiting the library this term to study Julia Donaldson's story 'The Highway Rat'. During each visit they have completed comprehension tasks based on the text, receiving a sticker on their trackers for each task completed. Having now filled their trackers, they have earned themselves certificates!

During one library session, the group compared The Highway Rat to the bad character who feature in Julia Donaldson's latest story, The Baddies. The group agreed that no character was quite as bad as the Highway Rat!