Blog by Tag: Reading

Owls take the top spot in our first reading count up this term with Kingfishers second and Robins third - well done everybody. 

Reading - skill or pleasure? 

The National Literacy Trust says: 
"There can be few things as powerful as regularly reading to a young child. It has astonishing…

Our first reading countup of Autumn 2 will be this Monday - hopefully everybody has already logged their five reads this week, but don't forget to get those reads in over the weekend if you haven't!

Why do we make such a fuss about reading anyway? 

"You're always going on about reading, Mrs…

And this week's winners are....



Owls AND Robins! Both tying for the top spot with an impressive 76% of children completing their five reads a week. Kingfishers were a close runner up. Well done everyone! KEEP READING! 

Reading records will come home over half term. Obviously this is a…

Congratulations Owls who take first place for the second week running with 72%, with Robins the runners up. Still everything to play for - the leaderboard for the term is very tight indeed, only a couple of points in it! Keep up your five reads a week. 

Favourite books? 

One of the best…

The winners of the Five Reads A Week Challenge is Owl Class, with Kingfishers as the runners up! Keep reading, everyone!

Library time....

As the weather's getting colder and darker and wetter, we all start looking for indoor activities. It's time to shout out to our local libraries!…

The scores are in!

Kingfisher Class is top of the tree this week, with Robins as runners-up - but there are only a few percent points in it so please keep up with your five reads. Every single one counts!

Ringfenced story time

The nights are starting to draw in! Snuggling up on the sofa…

This week's leaderboard sees Owls and Robins taking joint first place, pushing Kingfishers into third by a whisker! Well done everyone - it's still really close. Make sure you do your five reads this week! 

The league table leaders are Owls, but there's hardly anything in it - anything could…

AND THE WINNER IS......

The first reading scores of the year are in! Kingfishers take the lead this week, followed narrowly by Owls in second place and Robins in third. To keep things interesting and celebrate the achievements of all classes, we're having an Olympic medal table this year with…

You should all have your gorgeous cherry red reading records by now, and be right into the swing of getting those five reads a week. On Monday we'll be counting them up for the first time, so don't forget to read over the weekend! We'll let you know how your child's class got on on the blog next…

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. 

If…