Mrs M's Reading Blog

When you just can't put a book down! What do you do? Share it with your friend.

Shireen Class is named after author and illustrator Nadia Shireen. We have enjoyed reading several of her books during story times in the autumn term. We contacted Nadia to wish her a Happy Christmas; Nadia very kindly took the time to send a video to the children in response! The children were…

Reading the lyrics to five popular Christmas songs as part of taught reading sessions in school in Year R – 6.
Then, enter stage left: one very talented parent: professional pianist and music Teacher, Louisa Gard. Louisa plays, we sing. Such fun.
Thank You, Louisa. We loved it! Can’t wait to see…

An every-year feature here at school: we celebrate the wonderful literature our pupils study in every class.  Come and have a look at the great testimonials underneath  from the pupils themselves! 

Back again with front-of-house, front-facing books to fire the enthusiasm - tinsletastic!

Lovely to hear over these past few weeks how many of our parents have sacrosanct, protected time with their children, snuggling up at night to a good book.  A wonderful routine to establish.  Again, supporting the love for wider reading – and a good night’s sleep!

Hard not to feel inspired by children approaching me at the gate or in school with all their extra-curricular reading, research and writing, sparked by their interest of the topics studied this half term.  These extra Reading Miles not only spark our pupils’ curiosity and love for curricula, but…

Thanks to your children and the role of the school councillors, we now have some top quality feedback about the books children would love to see more of in our library, including author names & genres for fiction books; specific topics of interest for non-fiction, and other useful suggestions for…

Anti-Bullying Week 2023 - front-facing, beautiful books on friendships, bullying & recognising emotions.

Really proud of our children, who – despite the excitement of being able to dress up for Halloween in school – really focussed hard on their descriptive reading & writing lessons liked to all things spooktacular.

There was also an opportunity for us to read the classic book, ‘FunnyBones’…

Our new topic boxes in the Hall will prove an ideal location to celebrate, entice and signpost our young readers to any literature (both fiction & non-fiction) with front-facing gorgeous books linked to school events & themes; like Halloween, for example – spooktacular!