Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 10/03/25

       

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

Last Thursday, the whole school celebrated World Book Day in style, with lots of fun throughout the day! You can read all about it here.

Lunchtime library club

Last Monday, our lunchtime library club had great fun with some freestyle creativity on a big strip of paper - their task was to draw their favourite book character. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups enjoyed listening to The Gruffalo! Everyone is excited to start their activity. 

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups started enjoying Julia Donaldson's classic, What the Ladybird Heard. Everyone had great fun acting out the animal sounds throughout the book while wearing the matching masks! 

Library Displays

Spring into Reading in the library! We recently asked lots of children and adults in school to write onto a handprint something they love about reading - like their favourite children’s book or author, or why they enjoy our library. We have now used these to create a wonderful new wall display to celebrate the arrival of Spring - a beautiful, blossoming tree and flowers made out of the handprints!

New books in the Library

We have a lovely new selection of books available for children to borrow from the library, including firm favourites like Diary of A Wimpy Kid, David Walliams and Percy Jackson, as well as a wonderful new boxset of Shakespeare classics, which lots of children in Year 4 particularly are very keen to start reading!

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Ahmad, Torsten, Olivia, Elsie, Ambica and Chirag who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Ahmad, Natalia, Bernice, Gabia and Adela who have received their Silver Certificates for reading 10 books.

Well done to Ashar and Natalia 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. 

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