Library Awards

Junior Librarian Award

Every term we choose pupil librarians from our Years 5 and 6. These children are instructed by the school Librarian in how a library functions and they help with running and monitoring the library during lunch times.

This term our librarians have done an excellent job and to thank them they were presented at the final assembly this morning, Wednesday 20th December, with a Junior Librarian Award together with their library portraits.

Congratulations  

Alice - Violet

Maggie - Violet

Emeka - Amethyst

Onyedikachi - Amethyst

Shayne - Amethyst

Lola - Violet

Tamara - Indigo

Leonie - Indigo

Kidiana - Tanzanite

Lily - Tanzanite

Well done!

Your teachers will be selecting Junior Librarians for next term after the holidays so make sure you let them know if you would like to help in the Library.

Reading Award

Reading Awards were also presented at the assembly for children whose reading this term has been exceptional. The following children have been reading consistently and exploring new authors and genres.

Congratulations 

Amethyst Class - Scarlett, Ondine, Esther and Cherie

Violet Class - Lewhat and Natalia

Tanzanite Class - Ruby and Monty

Indigo - Alice, Richard and Jasmine

Sapphire - Jude and Kesanet

Blue - Giselle

Green - Max, Eleanor and Elizabeth

Emerald - Valentin

Well done!

Keep reading and maybe next term you too will have a 
Reading Award!

Christmas Fair

St Joseph's Christmas Fair 2017

 Pickled Pepper Books from Crouch End came to our Christmas Fair. 

They brought along a fantastic array of children’s books including the latest releases. 

They also very kindly donated a fantastic prize for the raffle – an original print of ‘What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday’ signed by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. 

There was great excitement with many children going home with early Christmas presents.

All the books sold has earned free books for your school library.

If you would like to continue to support your local bookshop and earn free books for our school library ask at the school office for a loyalty card or drop into Pickled Pepper Books https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/ 

and pick one up. 10 books bought means £10 worth of books for the school.

Many thanks for your continued support.
 

Pickled Pepper Books 

at our
Christmas Fair

Friday 8th December 2017
Key Stage 1 Infant Hall
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Pick up a loyalty card and 10 books bought means £10 worth of books for the school.

Get your Christmas Shopping off to a flying start with books for all the children in your family!!

Christmas Lights

Reception class turned on the Christmas lights in the Library this morning.

They also turned over the first star in our Book-themed Advent Calendar.

Day One - 'The Railway Children' by E. Nesbit - a must-read for all children.

Winter Reading Challenge

Winter Reading Challenge is here. 

Sign up at your local library from 1st December and read 6 Books

and a chance to win a very special prize.

Pop-in to your local library for more information.

Good Luck!

Library Lunch Times

LIBRARY OPENING TIMES

Lunch Times

12:15 - 1:00 pm

Come to the Library

Read Quietly
Change books

Illustrator Visit

Steven Lenton

Our Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes had a very exciting Friday afternoon. The wonderful illustrator, Steven Lenton came to visit. 

Steven read extracts of his new books, 'One Hundred and One Dalmatians' adapted by Peter Bently and the latest in the Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam series 'Jingle Bells' by Tracey Corderoy.

Then the children were treated to a-draw-along-Lenton! .

Steven drawing Slippery Sam

Ali - Amber Class

 Steven shared with the children how to draw his book character, Slippery Sam, and the children drew their own. Ali in Amber Class did a fantastic drawing where by Slippery Sam's hands look like they are actually moving.

It was lots of fun!

Afterwards there was a chance for the children to purchase Steven's books and have them personally signed.

Many thanks to Steven Lenton and the Pickled Pepper Books.

Steven Lenton

In order to support literacy and creativity in school we are delighted to inform you that the acclaimed illustrator, Steven Lenton, will be visiting our school on Friday 17^th November as organised in conjunction with Pickled Pepper Books, Crouch End.

Steven Lenton will be giving a lively and interactive presentation of reading and illustration to Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes based on his books, ‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’ adapted by Peter Bentley and ‘Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Jingle Bells!’, written by Tracey Corderoy.

Afterwards there will be a chance to purchase signed copies of the books. They are suitable for age 3+ readers.

If you wish to purchase the books in advance please pay using ParentPay and complete and return the payment slip to the office (email replies accepted) by Thursday 16^th November.  If you wish to purchase the book with cash please send with your child the exact money and completed payment slip, in a sealed envelope clearly marked with name and class, on Friday 17^th November. CASH SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN BEFORE THIS DATE.

We are, indeed, very privileged to have Steven Lenton visit our school and we hope that you will support this event.

Book Fair

BOOK FAIR

Congratulations 

Together we raised a staggering 

£1629.00.

This means that we have the fabulous sum of

£1000 

to spend on new books and resources for our library and school.

We transformed our library into a mini-bookshop and every child at St Joseph's had a chance to visit our Book Fair. We had a poetry competition for Year 3 - 6 and the winners got Book Vouchers to spend at the Book Fair.

Ilaria - Tanzanite said "I love the Book Fair. I bought 'Harry Potter Wizarding World' which I love reading"

Thank you to everyone for being part of another successful book fair!

We waved goodbye to the Book Fair!

We had a lot of fun!

Thank you to everyone who came to the Book Fair. 

Every book bought helps to get FREE BOOKS for our school library!

THANK YOU!

Final Day for the Book Fair.

It is in the School Library until 3.45pm today.

See you there!

National Poetry Day Competition Winners

Winning Poem by Julius (Indigo)

FREEDOM

Free us, Free us, Free us,

Free us, Free us, Free us

Let us live as our wish

Let us lead the way we need

Give us the scope to fly so high

Give us the way to reach so high

Let us be part of the game

Though we lose or though we gain

Let us show our height and weight

Give us the chance to read and write

Give us the chance to know and think

Let us be with you

Let us be along with you 

Give us a chance to sing and dance

Give us a chance to spring and blossom

Let us be as great as you

Let us be equal to you

Let us express our thoughts and feelings

Let us exhibit our talents and ideas

Free us, Free us, Free us

Free us, Free us, Free us

A fabulous poem!

Winning Poem by Emeka (Amethyst)

FREEDOM

Freedom the scorching light of the sun

But if I stay they'll find me like a burnt bun

I have to run, I have to run

Nowhere to have any fun

They catch me, they kill me

Fear not for they will not see

The traps are only trouble

I want to fly away in a small little bubble

Fantastic adventures await me on my steed

The perfect match of velocity and speed

The calm rolled out seas

The summer sets out its bees

I have not long in this paradise

This is a game of cat and mice

Is it all how it seemed

no it was all a dream

Great use of vocabulary. An intriguing poem.
Well done!

Winning Poem by Robert (Sapphire)

FREEDOM

Freedom is going outside,
flowing free like a river 
into the sea.

Freedom is running through a field.
Freedom is flying through the sky like a 
beautiful Eagle.

Excellent Poem

Well done!

Winning Poem by Thomas (Green)

FREEDOM

I love freedom it makes me so alive. 

It's so lovely it makes me burst with pride.

A man who fought for freedom his name was 

Martin Luther King.

He was a man who had a dream. 

Freedom is an everlasting hope that once reached

cannot be taken away.

I hope that we can all live in peace and harmony and 

enjoy freedom one day.


Beautiful thoughtful poem.
Well done!

Winning Poem by Isabella (Emerald)

FREEDOM

Freedom should give you a more joyful life

when you could do whatever you like.

If I had the chance to do whatever I wanted to 

I would visit the Statue of Liberty

with my friends of different nationalities and when we arrived we would drink lemonade to celebrate the day.

To celebrate Freedom!

A lovely thoughtful poem.
Well done!

Winning Poem by Giselle (Blue Class) 

FREEDOM

Freedom is
Running in big fields
Exploring everywhere
Educating yourself
Doing what you love
Opening your eyes to the world
Making your dreams come true.






What a lovely poem and really well presented.

Well done!

Book Review

Book Reviews

Each week a child from classes Years 3 to 6 has been chosen to write a review of the book they have borrowed from our School Library. The completed review is shared with their class and displayed for all to see in the Library on our Special Book Review Board.
Each half-term the best review will win a prize of a £5 book voucher for our Book Fair. 

This term our winning entry is from Leoni in Tanzanite Class for Jacqueline Wilson's 'Double Act'.

 Read the Review here:

Congratulations Leoni! 

Who will be the next winner?

Competition

National Poetry Day Competition

Congratulations to the winners of our poetry competition.

Feyi - Violet

Emeka - Amethyst

Nina - Tanzanite

Julius - Indigo

Blue - Giselle

Sapphire - Robert

Green - Thomas

Emerald - Isabella

There creative poems are on display in the library and I will be featuring them in this blog next term.

Each of the winners won a £5 Book Voucher for our November Book Fair.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Book Fair!

Book Surgery

The Book Surgery at Parent’s Evening on Thursday 19^th October.

One of our local bookshops from Crouch End, Pickled Pepper Books, who have organised several successful author events with our school, were on hand to help parents and carers with suggestions of titles to encourage a love of reading for pleasure in reluctant readers, as well as to recommend newer titles for keen readers to try.

We are pleased that many parents and carers came along to discuss with the book seller the various books on offer and avail of his experience when choosing for all types of readers. There was an atmosphere of real excitement about the books with many delighted children going home with a new book.

Thanks to all for coming along to support this new initiative.

Thanks to Pickled Pepper Books. 

Black History Month

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

To celebrate Black History Month come in to the library and read some of the books we have on the inspirational lives of people like 

Barack Obama

Malorie Blackman

Mo Farah

 Mary Seacole

Martin Luther King

Gandhi

and many more.

Book Surgery

Come to our Book Surgery 

at Parent's Evening

on Thursday 19th October
Key Stage 2 Junior Hall 

At parent's evening your class teacher will be discussing personalised areas for development in reading.

We have invited one of our local bookshops from Crouch End, Pickled Pepper Books, who have organised several wonderful author events with our school, to be on hand to help parents and carers with suggestions of titles to encourage a love of reading in reluctant readers as well as recommend newer titles for keen readers.

Books will be available for purchase on the evening and the school will receive 10% on all book sales which means more books for our School Library.

We hope that you will find this book surgery useful.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Author Trip

Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano

Children from Year 6 went to Coleridge Junior School to meet Eoin Colfer, former Irish Children’s Laureate and the author of the popular science fantasy novels ‘Artemis Fowl’. He was there to talk about his latest book, a graphic novel entitled ‘Illegal’, a timely story about a migrant boy’s epic journey across Africa to Europe.

There was great excitement as we walked to Coleridge in Crouch End on the morning of Wednesday 4^th October. Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin , co-author, gave a lively, fun and informative presentation on the making of their graphic novel. 

Meanwhile in the background the Italian illustrator, Giovanni Rigano, was demonstrating with his live drawing the speed and accuracy of his craft to the obvious delight of the children who applauded after each drawing was finished.

Eoin and Andrew explained that all the news covering the desperate blight of migrants had touched their hearts and they had been drawn to write this story. They felt a responsibility to bring more awareness and understanding to the terrible journeys that our fellow humans are subjected to in their search for a better life. Their message to the children was that everyone matters and that we should do all we can to help.

Eoin and Andrew’s made their presentation very light-hearted and funny. They shared the secrets of their writing including the good advice of always making a plan before writing and being observant of the world and people around us.

And at the end there was an opportunity for the children to ask the authors questions:

Georgine asked: if you could be in any of your books, who would you be and why?

Priscilla asked: where did you two first meet?

Michaela asked: will you continue writing serious books or go back to comedy?

Finally, there was a book signing for those children who had pre-purchased copies of ‘Illegal’.

Eoin said he was delighted to meet us all and that, hopefully, next time he would visit us.

Something to look forward to!

Thank you to Coleridge Primary School and Pickled Pepper Books for organising this event. 

Author Trip

Eoin Colfer

Year 6 children are off to see Eoin Colfer, former Irish Children’s Laureate and the author of the popular science fantasy novels ‘Artemis Fowl’, at Coleridge Primary School on Wednesday 4^th October.

The children will have the opportunity to hear him speak and purchase signed copies of his new graphic novel ‘Illegal’, a timely story about one boy’s epic journey across Africa to Europe.

If you wish to purchase the book please make payment via Parentpay only by Tuesday 3^rd October.  After this deadline we cannot accept any further orders for signed books. 

This is a fantastic opportunity and we are all very much looking forward to it.

Challenging Books

Challenging Books for Years 5 and 6 

In our School Library we have a selection of books appropriate for high-level readers. The purpose of which is to provide a greater challenge and to allow the exploration of a greater range of themes. Some of these books may be unsuitable for younger readers due to the subject matter, which is aimed at much older children (Secondary School and beyond).

The following is a list of the books 
available at present.

AUTHOR	TITLE
Blackman, Malorie	Noughts And Crosses series, Thief, Pig-Heart Boy
Boyne, John	Stay Where You Are And Then Leave
Colfer, Eoin	Artemis Fowl – The Graphic Novel series, Warp Series
Collins, Suzanne	The Hunger Games series
D'lacey, Chris	The Last Dragon Chronicles
Durrell, Gerald	My Family and Other Animals
Doyle, Arthur Conan	The Extraordinary Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles
Horowitz, Anthony	Alex Rider series - The Graphic Novels
Landy, Derek	Skulduggery Pleasant series
Lane, Andrew	Young Sherlock Holmes series
Martel, Yann	Life Of Pi
Masson, Richard	Boone
Millwood, Kiran	The Girl of Ink and Stars
Ness, Patrick	Chaos Walking: A Trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This
Palacio, R. J.	Wonder
Paolini, Christopher	The Inheritance Cycle (Series)
Pullman, Philip	Northern Lights
Reeve, Philip	Mortal Engines series
Sachar, Louis	There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom, Holes
Schmatz, Pat	Bluefish
Stine, R.L.	Goosebumps Series
Stroud, Jonathan	Lockwood & Co series
Tolkien, J. R. R.	The Lord Of The Rings: Trilogy, The Hobbit
Zusak, Markus	The Book Thief

Parents and Carers are invited to opt in to this service if they wish their child to borrow this type of reading material from the library.

I would appreciate it if you could confirm your agreement that your child may borrow from this list by signing the permission slip on the letter that has been sent home. 

Please return it to the school office.

Thank you,

Mrs Rooney

School Librarian