Blog Author: tebrey

Meet the Owl Squad! 

This term, Owl Class are doing a Geography topic on the United Kingdom. We are sending these little owls off in envelopes to destinations all over England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, to take a photograph of the places they find before hopping back in the post to fly back…

Welcome back to school and welcome to a new look reading blog where you will find the week's reading "scores on the doors", any information about Reading Cafe, Book Week when it rolls around, and hopefully lots of other goodies once we get into the swing of things!

This week's headlines! 

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And that's (nearly!) a wrap for Book Week 2024.

What a brilliant week - some amazing reading experiences for our school family and more than £250 raised to spend on lovely new books for our classrooms and library.

There's still time to collect a freebie or two from our local…

BOOK WEEK IS HERE!

We absolutely can't wait to see your fantastic costumes tomorrow! Please do encourage your child to bring their book in with them, too - please do write their name in it so it doesn't get lost! As ever, no guns, swords, wands or other weapons in the playground, please. 

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BOOK WEEK IS GO!

Starting tomorrow morning - Book Week Freebies!

Your child should have come home tonight with one of these vouchers stapled to the inside of their reading record. From tomorrow morning all the way through to closing time on Sunday 17th March,…

ROUND 1: WHAT?

1. What was the food that Mr Strong ate every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner? Eggs
2. What type of animal was Hermione Granger’s pet, Crookshanks? A cat
3. What did the Grinch try to steal from Whoville? Christmas
4. What stringed instrument does Sophie’s mother play in…

We've had some cracking entries for our Extreme Reading photos - look out for the gallery next week (if you've sent one, please do confirm that you're happy for us to share.) If you fancy taking one of your own over the weekend, please do - there's still time! 

In the meantime, enjoy this…

ROUND 4: WHO?

1. Who turns into Captain Underpants?
2. Who lives in the teapot in Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland?
3. Who tries to persuade the grumpy Grinch to eat green eggs and ham?
4. Who feeds Mr Twit wormy spaghetti?
5. Who looked after Zog whenever he hurt himself?
6. Whose bed did…

ROUND 3: WHERE?

1. Where does Mary Lennox live at the beginning of The Secret Garden? (what country)
2. Where does Matilda go to school?
3. At the start of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, where does Mrs Rabbit tell Peter, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail that they must not go?
4. Where is Moonface’s…

ROUND 2: WHEN?

1. In which month of the year were both Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom born?
2. What time did Cinderella’s magic run out?
3. The White Witch has cast a spell on Narnia which means that it’s always winter, but never when? ……………………..
4. In what academic year does August Pullman…

MONDAY
ROUND 1: WHAT?

1. What was the food that Mr Strong ate every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner?
2. What type of animal was Hermione Granger’s pet, Crookshanks?
3. What did the Grinch try to steal from Whoville?
4. What stringed instrument does Sophie’s mother play in Rooftoppers?
5. …

We've had some brilliant entries already - do please keep them coming in, and let us know if you're happy for us to share them on the school website. We'd love to put together a little photo album of all the ones we get!