Reading Assemblies - Supertato and Occupation and Resistance!

              

 

For the KS1 Reading Assembly this week, Mrs Nur read Supertato. 

Meet Supertato! He's always there for you when the chips are down. He's the supermarket superhero with eyes everywhere - but now there's a pea on the loose. A very naughty pea. Has Supertato finally met his match?

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

Mrs Whiten read some extracts from Occupation and Resistance for the KS2 Reading Assembly this week. 

How did people live under occupation in World War Two? What happened after the war was over? Find the answers to these and other questions in this fascinating book. 

This book features on the Year 5 105 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 Zofia, Charlie, Gracie and Medhansh who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Zofia, Charlie, Luca and Medhansh who have received their Silver Certificate for reading 10 books.

Well done to Charlie, Eason and Shivanshi who have earned their Gold Certificates for reading all 15 books! 

Well done to all!

 Story Suitcases

This week, our Story Suitcases were taken home by Bright, Sophia, AJ and Tala . We hope you all enjoy a snuggly evening with a yummy hot chocolate.  

 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 - 05/05/25

          

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

The Book Fair Is Coming!

Please come and visit the Book Fair in the New Hall (Charlton). We will be there after school from 3:15pm this week from TODAY (Tuesday 6th May) until Friday 9th May. Lots of lovely books to buy with an exciting 3 for 2 offer (cheapest book free). We look forward to seeing you there! 

Raising Readers at Home

We have a new, regular library blog series all about helping parents and carers to grow, encourage and nurture children's love of reading at home. This series will offer tips, advice and ideas as well as simple steps you can take at home for your child to make reading fun and enjoyable. You can read our first feature with Top Tips for Reading at Home with your Child here

Lunchtime library club

Last Monday, our lunchtime library club was full of children enjoying lots of fun Minecraft-themed activities, including wordsearches, I-Spy and make your own bookmarks.  

On Wednesday, our lunchtime library club enjoyed some quiet reading. 

Chatterbooks sessions

Last week, the KS1 Chatterbooks groups listened to the story The Very Hungry Caterpillar! All of the groups discussed what delicious food they think their own Caterpillar would eat.

New KS2 Chatterbooks groups last week enjoyed shared reads of the fun book There's A Snake In My School! by David Walliams. All of the groups managed to get 10/10 in the questions at the end - super work everyone!

Spinebreakers

Our Year 2 Spinebreakers recently had an enjoyable trip to Harold Hill library, where they read stories and completed book reviews, took part in some shared reading and learnt how to use the library equipment to borrow and return books. Everyone had a great time!

Library displays

We have a lovely new selection of the popular Percy Jackson book series available for children to borrow.

105 Books reading achievements

Well done to Olivia and Harvey who has received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Aarav who have earned his Gold Certificate 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. 

Did you know that we have a Broadford Library Instagram page? Click here to follow us!

The Book Fair is here today!

    

The Book Fair is here today!

We are pleased to announce that the Book Fair is here today!

It will be held at the side entrance of the New Hall (Charlton) after school from 3.15pm on the following dates:

 

*TODAY* 

Wednesday 7th May

Thursday 8th May

Friday 9th May

 Books start from just £2.99.

There is a special promotion of 3 books for the price of 2 (cheapest book free) 

If you are planning on making a purchase, we would be grateful for plenty of change if paying by cash.

Contactless payments can also be made. 

A percentage of the money raised will go towards new books for our school library.

Raising Readers at Home: Top Tips for Reading at Home with your Child

 

Welcome to our new, regular library blog series all about helping parents and carers to grow, encourage and nurture children's love of reading at home. This series will offer tips, advice and ideas as well as simple steps you can take at home for your child to make reading fun and enjoyable.

"A child who reads for pleasure is more likely to be happier, healthier and do better in school."

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*Top Tips for Reading at Home with your Child*

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Please email Miss Flower and Mrs Jobber if you would like a copy of this advice sheet or have any library queries - include your child's full name and class in your email:

library@broadford.havering.sch.uk 

The Story Scrapbook has been on the move again!

              

The Story Scrapbook continues to travel around the school!

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!

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Last week, the Story Scrapbook was delivered to Beech class in Year 1. The class chose The Day the Crayons Came Home as their story and produced two wonderfully creative pages!

The Story Scrapbook was then returned to the library for some photos with Beech class's two Spinebreakers, Afrahim and Sadhana. 

The next lucky class to receive the scrapbook will be Alder in Reception. We look forward to seeing what they will do!

Reading Assemblies - The Proudest Blue and Questions and Answers About Our World!

             

 

For the KS1 Reading Assembly this week, Miss Myers read The Proudest Blue. 

This is an uplifting picture book with Islam at its heart, with a universal story of new experiences, the unbreakable bond shared by siblings and of being proud of who you are.

This book features on the Year 2 105 book list, which you can see here

Mrs Bamgboye read some extracts from Questions and Answers about our World for the KS2 Reading Assembly this week. 

A beautifully illustrated, geography book full of flaps to lift to find answers to questions such as "Where is the tallest waterfall?", "When can I see a shooting star?", and "What are clouds made of?".

This book features on the Year 4 105 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 Olivia and Harvey who have received their Bronze Certificates for reading five books.

Well done to Aarav who has earned his Gold Certificates for reading all 15 books! 

Well done to all!

 

 Story Suitcases

This week, our Story Suitcases were taken home by Elisa, Emir, Thomas and Darcie. We hope you all enjoy a snuggly evening with a yummy hot chocolate.  

 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.  

The Book Fair is coming!

   

The Book Fair is coming!

We are pleased to announce that the Book Fair is coming to Broadford once again!

It will be held at the side entrance of the New Hall (Charlton) after school from 3.15pm on the following dates:

 

Tuesday 6th May

Wednesday 7th May

Thursday 8th May

Friday 9th May

 Books start from just £2.99.

There is a special promotion of 3 books for the price of 2 (cheapest book free) 

If you are planning on making a purchase, we would be grateful for plenty of change if paying by cash.

Contactless payments can also be made. 

A percentage of the money raised will go towards new books for our school library.