Library/Reading
Update
Afternoon all,
As promised here is a short update on where we are with our Library
and new Home Reading books.
Today we ordered 300+ new books for children across the school
as part of our new reading launch. As you may be aware levelling has gone but
book banding still exists and we’ve decided to band our books all the way to Year
6, this means that children will have an appropriately challenging book
throughout the school and that the free-reader system will cease to exist.
Classrooms will still have a selection of books for children
to read but every child will have their own banded book to bring home. I’m sure
you’ve seen the new reading diaries, they not only have spaces for comments but
also book reviews to complete and a passport on the back to encourage children
to read a variety of texts, from recipes, to newspaper articles.
The diaries also have a wealth of tips and tricks for reading
with your child at home so do take a minute to look through them.
The last bits of library furniture (the shelving) should be
here very soon and then we can move the books from our temporary upstairs
library to their new forever home.
Next Thursday, Mrs Simpson, Mrs Stallard and myself have the
opportunity to select some amazing new texts for 9+, 10+ and 11+ readers from
Waterstones, WHSmiths and Scholastic, this will ensure that our children have
the option to read the newest and highest rated books for their age group. If
you have any great recommendations then do email me- ilewis@st-judes.portsmouth.sch.uk
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