St. Joseph's Library: March 2018

Thursday 29 March 2018

World Book Day

Dress Up

Competition

Pearl – Diego – Zog from ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson. Prize: ‘Dinosaurs Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman

White – Fryderyk – Dinosaur from ‘How to Grow a Dinosaur’ by Caryl Hart. Prize: ‘Zog and the Flying Doctors’ by Julia Donaldson

Red – Joe - Stickman from ‘Stickman’ by Julia Donaldson. Prize: ‘Owl Babies’ by Martin Waddell

Ruby – Evie – Matilda from ‘Matilda’ by Roald Dahl. Prize: ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson

Amber – Dominic – Dusty from ‘Disney Planes’. Prize: ‘Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam’ by Tracey Corderoy

Orange – Isabella-Mia – White Rabbit from ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll. Prize: ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ by Judith Kerr

Yellow – Ella-Grace – Owl from ‘Blossom Wood’ by Catherine Coe. Prize: ‘The Fox and the Ghost King’ by Michael Morpurgo

Diamond – Reece –Kung Fu Panda: The Junior Novel by Susan Korman. Prize: ‘The Enormous Crocodile’ by Roald Dahl

Green – William – Steve from Minecraft. Prize: ‘My Brother is a Superhero’ by David Solomons

Emerald – Anna – Miss Root from ‘Demon Dentist’ by David Walliams. Prize: ‘The Last Wolf’ by Michael Morpurgo

Blue – Celino – Giant Peach from ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by Roald Dahl. Prize: My Brother is a Superhero’ by David Solomans

Sapphire – Frankie – Zog from ‘Zog’ by Julia Donaldson. Prize: ‘The Treehouse Fun Book’ by Andy Griffiths (Signed copy)

Indigo – Maisha – Gangsta Granny from ‘Gangsta Granny’ by David Walliams. Prize: ‘The Witches’ by Roald Dahl

Tanzanite – Nina – London Eye from ‘The London Eye Mystery’ by Siobhan Dowd. Prize: ‘Four Children and It’ by Jacqueline Wilson

Amethyst – Leo – Skulduggery Pleasant from ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’ by Derek Landy. Prize: ‘There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom’ by Louis Sachar

Violet – Georgine – Hilda from ‘Hilda and the Troll’ by Luke Pearson. Prize: ‘My Gym Teacher is an Alien Overlord’ by David Solomons

Congratulations to the winners of our World Book Day Dress Up Competition.
Thank you for everyone who participated and made such wonderful and creative costumes.

HAPPY EASTER

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Friday 23 March 2018

New Books

NEW BOOKS

Our Book Fair free books are already arriving in the library from Pickled Pepper Books.

We have the new Pamela Butchart book - 'The Phantom Lollipop Man!' and we have a few new books by Tracey Corderoy featuring the exciting detective duo - 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam'.

We have for Years 5 and 6 the surprising and beautiful novels, 'The Light Jar' by Lisa Thompson and

'What not to do if you turn Invisible' by Ross Welford.

There is also another book in Andy Griffith's very enjoyable 'Treehouse' series, 'The 39-Storey Treehouse' and the charming illustrated series 'Mango and Bambang' by Polly Faber and Clara Vulliamy.

Come in and take a look!

World Book Day

This year we celebrated World Book Day on Friday 9^th March due to the adverse weather conditions.

World Book Day Dress Up was a roaring success with all children and staff dressing up as their favourite book characters. It was a chance for creativity to shine and many costumes were home-made.

We had a costume parade as part of our World Book Day Assembly and every child received a World Book Day Token which they could use to get a special World Book Day Book from the Book Fair.

The child with the best costume from each class was awarded a golden ticket to be exchanged for a book of their choice. They were all so brilliant so it was hard to choose.

Congratulations to the following golden ticket winners: Diego, Fryderyk, Joe, Evie, Dominic, Isabella-Mia, Ella-Grace, Reece, William, Anna, Celino, Frankie, Maisha, Nina, Leo, and Georgine.

Share A Story was the theme of this year’s World Book Day and the children were encouraged throughout the day to share a story anytime and anywhere. Special stickers were given to the children as a reward.

Nursery and Reception classes visited Years 5 and 6 classes where they shared stories with their buddies.

We invited one of our local bookshops, Pickled Pepper Books, to arrange a Book Fair for the week and we transformed our library into a mini-bookshop with a fantastic selection of children’s books. We also had the wonderful World Book Day books for which the children could exchange their World Book Day Tokens; a book for every child.

Together we raised more than £700 and earned credit to use on new books for our school library. We will be able to choose from the latest releases so that we keep up-to-date with children’s books.

Thank you to everyone for helping to make it such a fantastic day!

Book Fair News

BOOK FAIR

Congratulations!

Together we raised more than £700 which means we have £150 to spend on new books for our school library. We will be able to choose from the latest releases so that we keep up-to-date with children's books.

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

Thank you to Pickled Pepper Books.

Thursday 8 March 2018

Dress Up Day

World Book Day Dress Up Day

Friday 9th March

Here at St Joseph's we are celebrating World Book Day with a whole-school Dress Up Day.

World Book Day 2017

Executive Headteacher as Gangsta Granny WBD 2015

Come along dressed as your favourite book character and join in the celebrations.

There will be prizes for the best costumes.

Be creative!

Wednesday 7 March 2018

Book Fair News

BOOK FAIR

Today is the last day for our Book Fair.
It closes at 3:45pm.

Last chance to pop into the Library and exchange your World Book Day £1 token for a World Book Day Book and purchase a book.

Every book purchased means FREE BOOKS for the school library.

Thank you for your continued support.

Friday 2 March 2018

Book Fair News

Book Fair has been extended to Wednesday 7th March

We have invited, Pickled Pepper Books, one of our local bookshops, to organise our Book Fair. With lots of exciting new children's books to browse and buy there's sure to be a book for everyone.

Don't forget that every book you buy can help towards FREE BOOKS for our school library!