Winter Reading Challenge

 WINTER READING CHALLENGE

To support literacy over the holiday period, we welcomed librarians from Islington Library Service to come to our Christmas fair to encourage our children to join their local library and the Winter Reading Challenge.

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 2 December 2024 and 28 February 2025.  There will be a certificate for all those who complete the challenge. 

If you are not already a member of your local library visit https://www.gov.uk/local-library-services to find the library nearest to you. Join today and start borrowing FREE books, eBooks and eAudiobooks.

For more information on the Winter Reading Challenge, and more activities taking place in Islington Libraries, please visit www.islington.gov.uk/libraries.

Remember to bring in your certificates to share with your teachers.

Thank you to our Islington Librarians!

 

Book Returns

REMINDER

We are collecting all library books in before Christmas.

 

If you have lost the book please contact the school office to arrange to pay a fee of £5 on Parent Pay so that it can be replaced. 

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!🎄

Winter Reading Challenge

 WINTER READING CHALLENGES

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There are two challenges; the Winter Reading Challenge run by Islington libraries and the Winter Mini Challenge run by The Reading Agency. The challenges aim to encourage children to continue reading over the winter holidays.

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 2nd December 2024 and 28^th February 2025.  There are certificates for all those who complete the challenge. For more information on the Winter Reading Challenge, and more activities taking place in Islington Libraries, please visit www.islington.gov.uk/libraries.

If you are not already a member of your local library visit https://www.gov.uk/local-library-services to find the library nearest to you. Join today and start borrowing FREE books, eBooks and eAudiobooks. 

Taking part in the Winter Mini Challenge is free and online. Children need to read 3 books or more between 1^st December 2024 and 20^th February 2025. Visit the dedicated children’s website, www.wintermini.org.uk, and gain rewards for reading and reviewing books! 

Please send into school any reading certificates awarded so we can celebrate the achievement with the children.

Keep reading over the holidays!

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Junior Librarians

 

Junior Librarians at work!

Our junior librarians have been chosen from children in Year 5 and Year 6.

Since the beginning of our autumn term they have been busy helping to run our school library.

They have many duties such as the following:

·      To keep the library tidy and in correct order

·      To keep book corners around school tidy

·      To help issue and return books

·      To recommend books to other children

·      To help children to find books

·      To be reading buddies 

Thank you to all our enthusiastic and creative junior librarians who help to make our library such a special place and to encourage reading for pleasure.

 

BBC 500 Words

 BBC 500 Words

Filming

Wednesday 17th July 2024

500 Books

To encourage a love of writing and storytelling our literacy lead teacher submitted stories by some of our children for the BBC 500 Words competition. 

As part of the competition St Joseph’s were the lucky winners of the random prize draw and won 500 books and a literacy wall art. The 500 books have enhanced our wonderful library and the literacy mural is now an interactive and colourful educational addition to our Upper Junior assembly hall.

Literacy Wall Art

On Wednesday 17^th July the BBC 500 Words team came to St Joseph’s to create a film about the impact 500 Words has made on the school. This short video is posted on the 500 Words website and aims to inspire teachers and children nationally to enter 500 Words 2024/25.

Filming in the library

 

Some of our children were interviewed about their experience of participating in the 500 Words competition and the positive impact both writing and reading has had on them. We are so proud of them.

Giancarlo & Athena - Year 5

Not only does the BBC 500 Words competition inspire children to be creative writers but it connects our school to the wider community.

Literacy Lead

Follow link to video

 

Scholastic Book Fairs

 

Junior Librarians

 

Junior Librarians

Autumn Term 2024

Welcome to our new junior librarians for the autumn term who have been selected for this important role from our Year 5 and 6 children.

Cillian, Elena, Ronli & Millie - Junior Librarians - Mondays

Mylo, Abigail, Isaac & August - Junior Librarians - Tuesdays

Phoebe, Evelyn, Rafi & Sorayah - Junior Librarians - Wednesdays

Casey, Dylan, Risti & Sebastian - Junior Librarians - Thursdays

Sadie, Ellie, Liza & Alba - Junior Librarians - Fridays

Congratulations to them on successfully completing the application. 

They will have the important job of making sure the library is a quiet, neat and cosy place to read for all. They will be inspiring their peers with book recommendations. 

Our junior librarians will be responsible for monitoring our book corners throughout the school as well as being reading buddies for our younger children in the library at lunchtimes.

They have all now had their library induction and completed their Library Detective Book Hunt. They will be building on their library information skills throughout the year. Learning about the workings of the library, how to shelve and retrieve books using Dewey system for Non-Fiction and alphabetical system for Fiction.