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• Read for My School

  Tue 17 Sep 2013
  Children in Years 5 and 6 are taking part in the Read for My School competition.

   

  Two children from each class will receive a goody bag packed with exciting prizes. The winners will be selected based on the number of books they have read and the quality of their book reviews.

   

  Read for My School is the exciting new national schools reading competition from The Pearson Foundation and Booktrust, with support from the Department for Education

  Reading for pleasure is at the heart of the initiative, which aims to generate excitement about books and cultivate long-lasting positive attitudes towards reading.

   

  Read for My School is:

  • free for all primary schools in England
  • open to children in years 5 and 6
  • running in 2013 from 21 January to 22 March
     
    
    
    
    

  Children who attend participating schools will be encouraged to:

  • read as much as they can
  • explore a variety of genres and formats
  • make their own choices as readers
  • recommend titles to friends

   

  

• Reading Journals

  Mon 16 Sep 2013

  All children from Year 2 upwards have a  Reading Journal to complete. They can then choose a fun activity from a bank of ideas to complete for every 5th book read.  

   

  Actiivties include - designing a new book cover, drawing the story as a cartoon strip, designing a Quiz about the book to test their friends, writing a different ending for the story, writing a newspaper report about something in the story.

   

  There are lots of different and enjoyable activities to choose from which will help develop their understanding of the stories they have read.