Thursday 20 December 2018

Book Fair

THANK YOU!

We wish to thank you for supporting our Book Fairs and helping us raise funds to maintain our fabulous School Library.

Leoni and Lily showing off our certificate for raising £1134.00 at our November Book Fair.
All the money will go to buying new books for the library.


Holiday Reading

Remember to keep reading over the holidays. 

Just sign up to the Winter Reading Challenge 
run by Islington Libraries and read
 6 books of your choice from your local library before 
28th February 2019

To find your local Islington libraries follow the link below:

https://www.islington.gov.uk/libraries-arts-and-heritage/libraries

You can join Islington Libraries if you live or go to school in Islington.

Good Luck!




Library Awards

Junior Librarian Award


This morning at our end of term assembly our Junior Librarians received an award for the fantastic work they have done looking after our school library throughout this term.

Congratulations

Jude - Indigo
Grace - Indigo
Sofia - Violet
Tamara - Violet
Ruby - Indigo
Giselle - Tanzanite
Emily - Tanzanite
Montague - Amethyst
Mikolaj - Amethyst
Matteo - Amethyst


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.

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.

Tuesday 18 December 2018

Book Returns

REMINDER


We are collecting all library books in for Christmas


If you have lost the book please provide a fee of £5 so that it can be replaced. This should be given to the school office in an envelope clearly marked for the attention of the Library with your child’s name and class.

Please do not hesitate to contact the School Librarian, Mrs Rooney, if you wish to discuss this matter.


Thursday 6 December 2018

Reading Challenge

JOIN IN

with

The Winter Reading Challenge

from 1st December  2018 to 28th February 2019

It is simple.

1. Register at Local Library

2. Read 6 books

3. Collect prizes and certificate

To find out more go to: http://www.islingtonreads.co.uk/

GOOD LUCK!


Tuesday 4 December 2018

Advent

ADVENT CALENDAR


Our library has our very own Advent Calendar counting down to Christmas with a selection of the children's favourite books.

As part of our Christmas celebrations during the class sessions the children will be turning over the advent stars to discover a new book every day.


Inspirational! 


Friday 16 November 2018

Donation

Magazines


We are very grateful to the parents of Eleanor in Sapphire Class who have very kindly donated a collection of BBC Wildlife magazines to the school.



These are now in the school library and available for our children to browse during lunch times and their weekly library sessions.

Many Thanks!

Competition

Book Review Competition


The winning Book Reviews are now on display in the library.

Please drop in and take a look at this brilliant work.


Also some Book Reviews of the excellent runners up are on display.
It was so difficult to choose the winners as they were all so good.


Come in and take a closer look!


PRIZES


The winners of the Book Review Competition have now all received the books they selected from the  Book Fair.


Harry from Emerald Class receiving his prize


Tiannah from Amethyst Class receiving her prize.

Rose from Indigo Class receiving her prize.

Well done!




Donation

Book Donation

St Joseph's recently donated a selection of second-hand books to the Elora Destiny International School in Oyigbo, Nigeria. This was kindly organised by Miss Chinwenwa Ubani, mother of Callistus (Red Class) and Assumpta (Sapphire Class).




They have sent us their appreciation for the books and we are very pleased that they are enjoying them. 



We wish all the staff and children at the Elora Destiny International School well.

Monday 12 November 2018

Competition

BOOK REVIEW COMPETITION

The winners of our BOOK REVIEW competition have been chosen and during our Monday assembly they were presented with their prize of a Book Voucher. Each winner will get to choose a book which will be ordered especially for them.

The entries were fantastic and it was extremely difficult to choose the winners. We will be displaying a selection of book reviews in the library for everyone to enjoy!
Drop-in and take a look!

WINNERS

Tiannah - Amethyst
Dara - Violet
Giovanni - Tanzanite
Rose - Indigo
Kate - Sapphire
Darragh - Blue
Harry - Emerald
Elizabeth - Green

Congratulations!

Friday 9 November 2018

Book Fair



We had a fantastic Book Fair in our bright and spacious New Conference Room.  There was lots of room for both books and people! 

All classes had a chance to visit the Fair as class library sessions where held in the Book Fair and the children had chance to browse the books, make wish lists and listen to new stories.



It is always an exciting moment for the children as having our own Fair is like having a bookshop in school.

Congratulations to all who came to support us.
Together we raised just shy of £2000.00.

This means that we have a sum of £1,100.00 to spend on new books for our school library which means there will be books for all.


Thank you to everyone for being part of yet another successful Book Fair.


Next Book Fair in March 2019

Friday 2 November 2018

BOOK FAIR


REMEMBER

Our Book Fair is on until Wednesday 7th November. 
It is in the New Conference Room (beside the School Office)
Drop-in before or after school and help get FREE BOOKS for our School Library.


Thank you for your support.

Tuesday 30 October 2018

BOOK FAIR

Our Book Fair has arrived.





When: Thursday 1st - Wednesday 7th November
Where: New Conference Room (next to office)
Times: 8:30 - 8:40am & 3:00 - 3:40pm

Come along before and after school and help us raise money to get FREE BOOKS for our school.


See you there!


The BOOK FAIR is arriving this week on
Thursday 1st November 





Wednesday 17 October 2018

Competition

Book Review

COMPETITION



This Book Review Competition will be part of Half-term homework 
for children in Years 3 -6.

Friday 12 October 2018

Pupil Librarians

Meet 

our 

Pupil Librarians












Our pupil librarians will be helping to monitor the library during lunch times. Their duties will include making sure that the children adhere to the rules of the library -
1. Quiet
2. Remove shoes
3. Care of books
and help and advise children on choosing books.

Junior Librarian Rota

Monday - Jude and Grace
Tuesday - Giselle and Aaliyah
Wednesday - Tamara and Mollie
Thursday - Lekan and Laura
Friday - Mikolaj and Matteo

Enjoy!

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Thursday 11 October 2018

Poet

Kate Wakeling

Visiting Poet to celebrate National Poetry Day.



Thank you Kate for a wonderful day of poetry!

Wednesday 10 October 2018

National Poetry Day



NATIONAL POETRY DAY


POET VISIT

KATE WAKELING

Kate Wakeling is a poet and she studied music at Cambridge University.


‘Moon Juice’ is her first poetry collection for children and won the 2017 CLiPPA (The Award for the Best Children’s Poetry Book). It is a delightful book. Borrow it from the library today!



Award-winning poet, Kate Wakeling, visited St Joseph’s on Thursday 4th October to help us celebrate National Poetry Day. Kate spent the day touring the school sharing her poems along with tips on writing poetry with all our children. Her engaging and interactive recitals made it a very happy and memorable day for our school.




NATIONAL POETRY DAY COMPETITION

We had our own poetry competition to celebrate. Children in Years 3 to 6 wrote poetry on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘Change’. The best poem from each class was selected and we held a poetry recital assembly at the end of the day inviting Kate Wakeling to be the judge. She awarded a signed copy of ‘Moon Juice’ to the poems that came in first, second and third place.
Well done to the winners!

Take a moment to read these fabulous poems!



First place – Nina – Amethyst Class


Recycling

Mum says there is climate change
The polar caps are melting
It should be getting cooler now
But it’s absolutely sweltering

Mum says we have to recycle now
To try to make a change
To try and get back to when
The weather wasn’t so strange

If only my Mum remembered
To separate all the plastic
There would be less climate change
And the World would be fantastic!

Second place – Ella-Grace – Emerald Class




Third place – Tilly – Blue Class





Congratulations to our winners!

and


Thank you to Kate Wakeling for such a fabulous poetry-filled day!




Friday 28 September 2018

National Poetry Day/Poet Visit



National Poetry Day





In order to support literacy and creativity in school we are delighted to inform you that the award-winning poet, Kate Wakeling, will be visiting our school on Thursday 4th October as part of our National Poetry Day celebrations.
.
Kate Wakeling’s delightful collection of children’s poems, ‘Moon Juice’, (7+) was the winner of the 2017 CLiPPA,(The Award for the Best Children’s Poetry Book). Kate will be doing a poetry tour of the school; visiting the children in their classrooms with an engaging presentation of her poetry along with sharing tips on writing poetry.


As part of our celebration of National Poetry Day there is a poetry competition on this year’s theme of ‘Change’ for children in Years 3 – 6. The winners will be chosen by Kate and presented with a copy of her poetry book, ‘Moon Juice’, at an afternoon assembly followed by a book signing.

If you wish to purchase signed copies of ‘Moon Juice’ please pay in advance using ParentPay and complete and return the payment slip to the office (email replies accepted) by Wednesday 3rd October.  If you wish to purchase the book with cash please send in with your child the exact money and completed payment slip, in a sealed envelope clearly marked with name and class, on Thursday 4th October.
CASH SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN BEFORE THIS DATE.

We are delighted to have Kate Wakeling visit our school and we hope that you will support this event.




Wednesday 26 September 2018

National Poetry Day


National Poetry Day

Thursday 4th October



We are delighted to announce that the award-winning poet, 

Kate Wakeling

will be coming to St Joseph's to help us celebrate 
on

Thursday 4th October


Her first collection of poems for children, Moon Juice, won the 2017 CLiPPA Prize and was nominated for the 2018 Carnegie Medal.

We are so looking forward to her visit.





Thursday 20 September 2018

Author Visit


Author Visit
Piers Torday

On Wednesday 19th September the award-winning children’s author, Piers Torday, came to visit St Joseph’s.
Piers Torday is a British Children’s writer and winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for his book ‘The Dark Wild’.



His new book, ‘The Lost Magician’, is his homage to ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ by C.S. Lewis. It is about four evacuee children during the Second World War who discover a magical kingdom.


Years 4, 5, and 6 were treated to an inspirational talk.
He spoke to the children about his happy childhood living in the countryside and how his parents inspired and nurtured his love of reading. His mother had a bookshop named ‘Toad Hall’, after ‘The Wind in the Willows’ by Kenneth Grahame. He used to sit in the bookshop and read, “maybe too much”! He loved to read books but, also cereal boxes and the local newspaper!
He talked about the importance of libraries and that when he was a boy their library was mobile (in a van) because it use to go around to all the villages. He spent hours sitting on the floor of the mobile library reading.
His father inspired his creative storytelling by taking him and his siblings on walks in the local woods and making up stories about it being haunted with all sorts of creatures. He was keen to stress the importance of exercise as well as reading.
The children were enthralled with his interactive presentation and he was keen to get their ideas on their favourite books and on storytelling. He was very funny and engaging making the children roar with laughter by showing them amusing images of him and dinosaurs!!
He also shared with them his personal feelings of growing up and how difficult it can be sometimes. He gave had some helpful tips for being creative such as staring really hard and long out of the nearest window until you imagination is engaged.

The children (and teachers) were so delighted. “Best presentation ever!”


Afterwards many of the children got to meet him personally as he signed their copies of his books. He was truly impressed with the children and the school and was very keen to come back again sometime.


Thank you, Piers.

Thank you too to Children’s Bookshop, Muswell Hill who made this event possible and to all the Parents/Carers who supported us by purchasing books.