Reading Assemblies - Room on the Broom and Project Ancient Egypt

 

For the KS1 Reading Assembly this week, Miss Hines read Julia Donaldson's Room on the Broom. The kind and caring witch makes plenty of room on her broom for the animals she passes, with adventures along the way!

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

For the KS2 Reading Assembly this week, Miss Brimmer shared some interesting facts from the non-fiction book, Project Ancient Egypt. Did you know that the Nile, which can be found in northeast Africa, has long been recognised as the longest river in the world – stretching a massive 6,695km?!

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

Please email Miss Flower, School Librarian, 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 Elizabeth, Ryan, Wais and Abdulhafiiz who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading 5 books from their trackers.

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 - 14/09/26

               

Welcome to the Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter! 

Each week, I 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, Librarian & Reading Champion ~

Contact - library@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 

Welcome to the new academic year!

It was lovely last week to see so many familiar faces (and new ones) around the school. The library is fully stocked, with so many wonderful books waiting to be borrowed! Miss Flower has some exciting new books to put out in the next few weeks too!

 

Book of the Week

The Book of the Week last week was Piper the Puppy: First Day at School by Pat-a-Cake. It's Piper's first day at school and she's feeling a bit nervous. But when she gets to school, she has so much fun that she forgets all about her nerves and has a great time making friends, painting, playing outside and listening to a story.

105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford

If you have not already seen it, please read last week's Library blog post all about our 105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford here.

Summer Reading

Catch up with last week's blog post with the winners and runners-up of the summer's Get Caught Reading competition, as well as details of all the amazing summer reading that children did, here

Spinebreakers for 2026/27

Miss Flower was very excited to announce this year's chosen library Spinebreakers - you can read the blog post here

Non-fiction deliveries

Last week, non-fiction books started to be requested from the library again for the new academic year. Two packs were delivered - these are on the topics that the classes will be studying this half term - including Trees, Our World and Europe/Maps of the World.

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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 so many lovely books in our library but, unfortunately, many of them get borrowed by a child and then 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!

Meet the Spinebreakers for 2026/27!

   

We are very pleased to introduce our new library Spinebreakers for 2026/27! 

The Spinebreakers play an important role within our school library.
Their duties include:

* making links with our local library *

* helping to purchase books from Waterstones *

 * keeping their class library tidy *

* helping to promote reading challenges and competitions *

* delivering our Story Scrapbook to classes across the school *

* recommending books *

* helping Miss Flower, the school librarian, in the library *

Here are the Spinebreakers for this year. 

Year 1 Spinebreakers: Hamza, Eden, Thomas, Amaya, Matei and Ameera

Year 2 Spinebreakers: Jahmai, Jazelle, Eden, Elisa, Harry and Prisha

Year 3 Spinebreakers: Oscar, Chalva, Azlan, Abshara, Kajus and Alice

Year 4 Spinebreakers: Jason, Eridola, Damian, Elyssa, Kevin and Amaya

Year 5 Spinebreakers: Rehan, Gabrielle, Rohith, Darcey, Aisosa and Moyo

Year 6 Spinebreakers: Torsten, Amaira, Ayaan, Elizabeth, Adyaan and Faith

Congratulations to everyone!

Blue Peter Reading Badge

The Spinebreakers will also be working to earn their Blue Peter Reading Badges! 

Please return completed forms to the school Library. 

See how you can take part too here.

Summer 2026 Super Readers!

 

  Summer 2026 Super Readers!

This week, Miss Flower had a huge pile of certificates and some prizes to hand out to the children who participated in the summer reading challenges.

Get Caught Reading
Over the summer, so many of our Broadford Primary children enjoyed getting caught reading in all sorts of wonderful places - including forests, castles, museums, foreign countries, libraries, zoos, gardens, public transport, dens, bedrooms, and so many more! 

Congratulations to our winners and runners-up...

KS1 Winner: Oscar & KS1 Runner-Up: James 

KS2 Winner: Nikita & KS2 Runner-Up: Harry

Thank you to James, Nathan, Rayan, Amelia, Oscar, Maryam, Adalind, Alice, Azlan, Ashar, David, Adelina, Aryaan, Amerah, Andreea, Vikhyat, Prakhyati, Alice, Harry, Yehor, Torsten, Maya, Iustin, Amelia, Sadhana, Nyasa, Gabia, Nikita, Jessica, Lujah, Jessica, Harry and Afrahim for sending in your photos. All photos can be found over on our Library Instagram page.

National Summer Reading Challenge

Over the summer, lots of super readers took part in the Havering Libraries National Summer Reading Challenge.

A huge thank you to James, Ameera, Amelia, Oscar, Harry, Sadhana, Adalind, David, Vikhyat, Prakhyati, Torsten, Alice, Nikita, Alayna, Ayra, Alice, Jessica, Ashar, Azlan, Ryan, Rosie, Harry, Eliza, Amelia, Afrahim, Nyasa and Roza for sharing their photos and certificates. 

Broadford Library Summer Reading Challenge

Well done to Alice, Torsten, Oscar, Harry, David, Ryan, Freya, Adalind, James, Adalina, Bertha and Ayan on completing their Broadford Summer Reading Challenge Trackers.

Congratulations to David who was chosen at random as the winner of the prize draw for this challenge.

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A huge well done to everyone that has taken part in all the exciting reading challenges this summer!

Miss Flower, Librarian and Reading Champion

105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford

  

 

At Broadford, we aim to encourage a love of reading. By providing our pupils with quality texts and introducing them to strong characters and identifiable themes, we can broaden their perspectives of the world around them.

This is why we have our 105 Books to Read Before You Leave Broadford. This exciting reading tracker encourages pupils to explore a wide range of literature alongside their regular reading books.

There are 15 books per year group. Each year, pupils can earn their Bronze, Silver and Gold reading certificates along their reading journey.

By the time children leave us in Year 6, they would have made their way through a great list of books, from children’s classics to contemporary new reads. 

Books can be read independently or together at home. Many are available in our school library, at your local library, or as audio/ebooks online.

Something a little different for KS2:

Your Reading, Your Way: Read all 15 or 10 from us and 5 from you!

Children in KS2 (yrs 3/4/5/6) can either read all 15 books from the list, or can choose 10 books from the list and 5 books of their own choosing.

Tracking your child’s progress

A tracker poster will shortly be sent home with your child. You can use the tracker to keep your own record at home of what your child has read.

To let us know which books your child has completed, simply write “105 Books” and the title of the book in their Reading Record or email us at: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk School staff will then log their progress and certificates will be awarded for reading 5, 10 and 15 books.

Happy reading! 

Examples of how to log progress in your child's Reading Record book:

Here are all of the year group books:

Reception

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Year 6

Please email Miss Flower, school Librarian, 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

Get Caught Reading Reminder!

  

  Get Caught Reading Reminder!

Don't forget to share your 'Get Caught Reading' photos! Children may be caught reading on holiday somewhere, snuggled up at home, in the local library, up a tree in the garden - the more creative, the better! 

There is ONE entry per child. Please send one photo (with your child's full name and new class) of your child caught reading over the summer - that is all you need to be entered into the challenge!

Send your photo via:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  OR Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

We will choose one winner and one runner-up from each Key Stage. These lucky ones will be rewarded with a prize, and everyone will receive a special certificate for taking part. All entries need to be in by Friday 4th September 2026. Winners will be announced the following week. 

To view all photos, please head over to our Instagram Page: 

@Broadfordlibrary

We cannot wait to see where you will be caught reading this summer!

National Summer Reading Challenge reminder!

 National Summer Reading Challenge!

This year's theme is Read to the Beat!

Hopefully, you have had the chance to sign up to the National Summer Reading Challenge at your local library or online. If not, there is still time!

You can read more about the challenge here 

If you complete the challenge, let Miss Flower know via the school library Instagram or email:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

Get Caught Reading Reminder!

   

  Get Caught Reading Reminder!

Don't forget to share your 'Get Caught Reading' photos! Children may be caught reading on holiday somewhere, snuggled up at home, in the local library, up a tree in the garden - the more creative, the better! 

There is ONE entry per child. Please send one photo (with your child's full name and new class) of your child caught reading over the summer - that is all you need to be entered into the challenge!

Send your photo via:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  OR Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

We will choose one winner and one runner-up from each Key Stage. These lucky ones will be rewarded with a prize, and everyone will receive a special certificate for taking part. All entries need to be in by Friday 4th September 2026. Winners will be announced the following week. 

To view all photos, please head over to our Instagram Page: 

@Broadfordlibrary

We cannot wait to see where you will be caught reading this summer!

National Summer Reading Challenge reminder!

  National Summer Reading Challenge!

This year's theme is Read to the Beat!

Hopefully, you have had the chance to sign up to the National Summer Reading Challenge at your local library or online. If not, there is still time!

You can read more about the challenge here 

If you complete the challenge, let Miss Flower know via the school library Instagram or email:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

Get Caught Reading Reminder!

    

  Get Caught Reading Reminder!

Don't forget to share your 'Get Caught Reading' photos! Children may be caught reading on holiday somewhere, snuggled up at home, in the local library, up a tree in the garden - the more creative, the better! 

There is ONE entry per child. Please send one photo (with your child's full name and new class) of your child caught reading over the summer - that is all you need to be entered into the challenge!

Send your photo via:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  OR Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

We will choose one winner and one runner-up from each Key Stage. These lucky ones will be rewarded with a prize, and everyone will receive a special certificate for taking part. All entries need to be in by Friday 4th September 2026. Winners will be announced the following week. 

To view all photos, please head over to our Instagram Page: 

@Broadfordlibrary

We cannot wait to see where you will be caught reading this summer!

National Summer Reading Challenge reminder!

 National Summer Reading Challenge!

This year's theme is Read to the Beat!

Hopefully, you have had the chance to sign up to the National Summer Reading Challenge at your local library or online. If not, there is still time!

You can read more about the challenge here 

If you complete the challenge, let Miss Flower know via the school library Instagram or email:

Instagram: @broadfordlibrary  Email: library@broadford-havering.sch.uk 

Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter - 20/07/26

  

Welcome to the Broadford Library Weekly Newsletter! 

Each week, I 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, Librarian & Reading Champion ~

Contact - library@broadford.havering.sch.uk

 

Lunchtime library club

Last week, the lunchtime Library Club children enjoyed lots of summer-themed activities.

Book of the Week

The Book of the Week last week was The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton. Erin loves to lie on the jetty, looking for the weirdest fish in the sea - the weirder, the better! And she knows the best ones must be further out, where her mum won't let her go... Out there in the deepest sea lies the Black Rock: a huge, dark and spiky mass that is said to destroy any boats that come near it! Can Erin uncover the truth behind this mysterious legend?

Summer Reading Challenges

You can find out all about our Summer Reading Challenges to keep you busy enjoying reading over the summer holidays here

Broadford Library In Numbers - Summer 2 term

Summer 2 was a very hot and extremely busy one in the library, with lots of groups, activities and trips, and so many super readers enjoying the bumper range of books that the library has to offer! Read the latest Broadford Library In Numbers for Summer 2 term here

105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford

If you have not already seen it, please read the separate Library blog post all about our 105 Books To Read Before You Leave Broadford here.

Urgent request - Returning borrowed library books

We have so many lovely books in our library but, unfortunately, many of them get borrowed by a child and then 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!