Birthday Book Club

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

We have more books donated by our children to their library to celebrate their birthdays!

ARTEMAS – Little Gems – Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late – Mo Willems

Ava – White – Always and Forever – Alan Durant

Kayla – Little Gems – What’s the Time Mr Wolf? – Debi Gliori

Ellie – Red – Ten Little Elves – Mike Brownlow

Caio – Little Gems – Ten Little Dinosaurs – Mike Brownlow

Alfie – Ruby – The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle

Tochi – Red –Little Bear’s Spring – Elli Woollard

Thank you 

Parents/Carers

& Children

It shows great generosity to give a present for everyone to share on your birthday instead of receiving one!

Here are the details of the Birthday Book Club if you would like to JOIN in.

AUTHOR TRIP

FRANCESCA SIMON

Our Year 3 children had a fabulous afternoon on Wednesday 27th March. They were invited to Highgate School to meet Francesca Simon, award-winning author. 

Miguel (Emerald Class) - "It was so much fun!"

This was a community event including several other local primary schools - St Michael's C of E Primary, Whitehall Park and Highgate Primary. 

We had a lovely walk through Waterlow Park to Highgate School so that the children could enjoy the sights of the early spring flowers.

There was great excitement as the children waited quietly in the assembly hall at Highgate School for the arrival of Francesca, popular author of the world-famous 'Horrid Henry' series. 

Francesca was introduced to great applause and we listened to her very entertaining talk about her life and her writing. 

Francesca was born in America and adored reading from an early age. She came to England to study 'Old English' at Oxford University and now lives here with her family.

It was really interesting to find out that Francesca got the idea for Horrid Henry when a friend asked her to write a story about a horrid child.

Francesca: "I think there's a bit of Henry and Peter inside everyone."

We also found out how she comes up with her characters' names.

Francesca: "I think of funny adjectives, like "sour" or "rude" and match names to them. I love alliteration and use it as much as possible."

Francesca had some useful writers' tips for our children.

1. Carry around an ideas book so that you can note down things you see.

2. A story is like a journey with a beginning, middle and end but, you can write these parts in any order.

3. Decide on your character and what they want and how they can get what they want.

4. Think of the different types of stories and combine two of them such as ghosts and romance or animals and school.

Francesca treated us to a reading from her latest 'Horrid Henry book: 'Horrid Henry: Up, Up Away'. The children were entranced by the story and it was a real pleasure to hear exactly how the Horrid Henry stories should be read. Francesca really brought all her characters to life.

QUESTION TIME

Jenita ( Emerald Class) "How long does it take you to write a Horrid Henry Book?"
Francesca: "It can take up to a year for me to write one book."

Lucy (Green Class) - "Have you won any book awards?"
Francesca: "I won an award for 'Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman".

Francesca: "Love to read and write stories."

At the end of the talk the children who had purchased a copy of her latest book had it personally signed by Francesca and I got one for our School Library!

Thank you to  
Highgate School for their kind invitation.

Birthday Book Club

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

The Birthday Book Club is off to a fine start.

The first donations have been received and

we are so grateful.

Roise– Pearl – How Many Legs? – Kes Gray

Edmund – Pearl – Dinosaur Roar! – Paul Stickland

Elena – Red –  Peas and Tickles – Kes Gray

Ava Grace – Ruby – The Last Chip – Duncan Beedie

Henry – Red – Emergency! – Margaret Mayo

Tommaso – Pearl – Superkitty – Hannah Whitty

DYLAN – Ruby – Dear Zoo – Rod Campbell

AURORA – Pearl – Zog and the Flying Doctors – Julia Donaldson

ETHAN – Red – Owl Babies – Martin Waddell

JUSTIN TERRY – Pearl – The Pigeon Wants a Puppy – Mo Willems

OLIVER LEE – White – The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog – Mo Willems

ELISHEVA – Pearl – Click, Clack, Moo – Cows that type – Doreen Cronin

Jacob – Tanzanite – There’s a Yeti in the Playground – Pamela Butchart

Finn – Violet – Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down – Jeff Kinney

Henry – Indigo – Quest of the Gods: Shadow of the Storm Lord – Dan Hunter

Molly – Tanzanite – Fing – David Walliams

Martha – Emerald – The Dream Snatcher – Abi Elphinstone

 

Julia – Emerald – A Kitten Called Holly – Helen Peters

David – Emerald – The Adventures of the Wishing-Chair – Enid Blyton

Ava –Blue – There’s a Yeti in the Playground – Pamela Butchart

Kate – Sapphire – The Dog that Saved the World – Ross Welford

Elizabeth – Sapphire – Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls – Elena Favilli

Thank you 

Parents/Carers

NEW BOOKS

NEW BOOKS

Thanks to the money raised by our BOOK FAIR 

new books have started to arrive in the library.

Come along and check out our exciting 

new READS!

Splendid magical fantasy for fans of J.K. Rowling

Part story, part game, all mighty adventure! You are the hero of the story.

Fighting Fantasy series recommended by Mr Charles.

 If football is your thing we have the 'Frankie's Magic Football' series and 'Girls F.C.' series to get you excited about the game off the pitch as well as on the pitch!

And finally

 we have the amazing children's author, Cressida Cowell's, new series, 'The Wizards of Once'.

a magical fantasy set in ancient times.

Amazing choice of books for all!

Author Trip

Author Trip

We have been offered the wonderful opportunity for our Year 3 children to meet Francesca Simon, the award-winning children’s author of the popular ‘Horrid Henry’ series. 

The children will have the opportunity to hear her speak and purchase signed copies of her latest book.

This event will take place at Highgate School in the afternoon of Wednesday 27^th March 2019. The children will walk to Highgate School after lunch accompanied by members of the school staff. They are expected to wear their school uniform and they will return to school in time for dismissal.

Please complete and return the reply slip to the class teacher no later than Wednesday 20^nd March 2019. If you wish to purchase a signed copy of the book please complete and return the slip on the parental letter making payment via Parentpay only by Wednesday 20th March 2019. After this deadline we cannot guarantee that signed copies will be available.

World Book Day Costume Competition

COSTUME COMPETITION

The children had an opportunity to parade their costumes in a whole-school assembly. It was truly amazing to see such a display of the children’s creativity with many of the costumes home-made. We had characters from such celebrated books as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Roald Dahl’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and ‘Matilda’. We had Cruella de Vil from ‘‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’ not to mention many Gangsta Grannies and Grandpas from David Williams’ popular books. The children also showed their creativity in the choice of book characters. One child in Year 3 had transformed herself into the Mad Hatter’s tea party table from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll and another had come as a very convincing bookworm! Puck from Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ also turned up.

Each class had the daunting task of selecting the best costumes which were awarded ‘Willy Wonka Golden Ticket’ style book vouchers. All the winners were invited to our Scholastic Book Fair and with great excitement they all exchanged their Golden Tickets for a book of their choice.

Amethyst – Eadie – Queen of Hearts – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Violet – Leonie – Queen of Hearts – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

Tanzanite – Emily G – Mr Monroe – Ottoline by Chris Riddell

Indigo – Joshua – Ninja-Kid – Ninja Kid by Anh Do

Sapphire – Leon– Grandpa – Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams

Blue – John Joseph – Puck – A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Green – Bethany – A Bookworm

Emerald – Nicholas – Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi

Diamond – Jessica – Sofia Sofa – The World’s Worst Children by David Walliams

Yellow – Milo – Ben – Gangsta Granny by David Walliams

Orange – Tommy – Marcel – The Boy who Unplugged the sea by Paul Brown

Amber – Evelyn Rose – Matilda by Roald Dahl

Red – Hugh – Red Crayon – The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers

Ruby – Ava-Grace – Saucepan Man – The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton

Pearl – Rosie – Cruella de Vil– The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith

White – Robin – Thomas – Thomas the Tank Engine by Rev. W. Awdry

Little Gems – Damien – White Owl – The Little White Owl by Tracey Corderoy 

Well Done Everyone!

World Book Day

World Book Day at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Highgate was celebrated in style on Thursday 7^th March with both children and teachers coming to school in wonderful book character costumes

To encourage imagination and the fun of reading children and teachers came to school dressed as their favourite book characters. The children were greeted in the morning by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, otherwise known as Michal, the Premises Manager, the Senior Leadership and Administrative Team!!

The children had an opportunity to parade their costumes in a whole-school assembly. It was truly amazing to see such a display of the children’s creativity with many of the costumes home-made. We had characters from such celebrated books as J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Roald Dahl’s ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ and ‘Matilda’. We had Cruella de Vil from ‘‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’ not to mention many Gangsta Grannies and Grandpas from David Williams’ popular books. The children also showed their creativity in the choice of book characters. One child in Year 3 had transformed herself into the Mad Hatter’s tea party table from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis Carroll and another had come as a very convincing bookworm! Puck from Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ also turned up.

Each class had the daunting task of selecting the best costumes which were awarded ‘Willy Wonka Golden Ticket’ style book vouchers. All the winners were invited to our Scholastic Book Fair and with great excitement they all exchanged their Golden Tickets for a book of their choice.

                            

The children were also encouraged to participate in the World Book Day campaign of ‘Share a Story’ and they spent much of the day sharing stories with each other in class, in the library and in the playground; with older children reading to the younger ones.

Our week long Book Fair helped us celebrate World Book Day and gave the children an opportunity to get a book using their £1 World Book Day token.

Angela Noronha, Head of School, said “World Book Day is a great opportunity to raise the profile of reading across the whole school community and helps children to engage with books in exciting ways”.

                     

Book Fair - Going Going Gone!

Next 

Book Fair

7th November - 14th November 2019

The Book Fair has now gone!

We had so much fun!

2 for 1 

When you buy a book at the Book Fair you are also buying one for our school library!

Thanks to everyone that came to support us and raise money for

FREE BOOKS 

for our school library.

World Book Day!

WORLD BOOK DAY is tomorrow

THURSDAY 7TH MARCH

Children to dress up as a book character 

&

bring in a book to share a story.

Let's share a story from breakfast to bedtime!

Book Fair Leaving!

BOOK FAIR 

IS 

LEAVING!

Every child was given a World Book Day

£1 token.

Come along to the Book Fair and get £1 off any book!

(or exchange it in a bookshop for a £1 World Book Day book)

It would be fabulous if every child had a new book to celebrate WORLD BOOK DAY!

 Look forward to seeing you there!

Book Fair!

LAST DAY

BOOK FAIR EXCITEMENT!

The children have been visiting our Book Fair. 

They have been choosing books and listening to stories.

 

Come along and help your school get 

FREE books for the school library!

Each child has been given a World Book Day Token. 

Spend it at the Book Fair or exchange it in your local bookshop for one of the special 

World Book Day books. 

See you there!