Wednesday 20 December 2017

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!

Wednesday 6 December 2017

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!!

Monday 4 December 2017

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.



Wednesday 29 November 2017

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!



Wednesday 22 November 2017

Library Lunch Times



LIBRARY OPENING TIMES

Lunch Times

12:15 - 1:00 pm




Come to the Library


Read Quietly
Change books





Wednesday 15 November 2017

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 17th 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 16th 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 17th 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.





Tuesday 7 November 2017

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!


Friday 20 October 2017

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 19th 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. 

Tuesday 17 October 2017

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.


Friday 13 October 2017

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.

Wednesday 4 October 2017

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 4th 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. 

Tuesday 3 October 2017

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 4th 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 3rd 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.


Thursday 28 September 2017

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