Holiday Reading
Keep reading over the holidays!
Competition – BBC 500 Words
Many of our children
submitted stories for the BBC 500 Words competition. Liza from Tanzanite Class submitted
a story which was chosen for a special prize and she had the honour of visiting
Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations. St Joseph’s school was chosen in
a prize draw to receive 500 books and an art mural for our Upper KS2 hall.
Liza - Tanzanite Class |
The competition was launched in 2011 to encourage children of all abilities to use their creativity and imagination to write a story they would love to read. Every story entered into the competition is sent to Oxford University Press who use the stories to help understand the language children are using and what they are interested in to ultimately improve the way English is taught in schools.
Our Junior Librarians receiving our 500 books. |
Liza (Tanzanite Class) with our 500 books in the library.
St Joseph’s Primary School Celebrates World Book Day with Creative Dress-Up
In a celebration of literacy and imagination, St Joseph’s
Primary School (Outstanding 2023 Ofsted Rating)
marked World Book Day with a unique twist this year. Instead of donning the
costumes of their favourite characters, children embraced the power of words by
dressing up as literary terms, bringing language to life in vibrant and
imaginative ways.
The halls of St Joseph’s were alive with children transformed
into colourful walking embodiments of words, such as quirky, affluent, fragile,
somnolent and float, to name but a few. From "sparkling" fairies to
"mischievous" foxes, the costumes were as diverse as the words they
represented. All this sparked curiosity, conversation and excitement throughout
the school with Billy (Year 3), who came as a “playful” pup, saying it was “the
most incredible World Book Day ever”.
Executive Headteacher, Miss Clare Mcflynn, expressed her delight
at the creativity displayed by the children, stating, "World Book Day is a
wonderful opportunity for our children to celebrate the joy of reading and
language. It was a truly inspiring day”.
St Joseph’s also hosted a Scholastic Book Fair giving the
children an opportunity to use their World Book Day £1 book token to either get
a £1 off a book of their choice or swap it for one of the especially published
World Book Day books.
Isaac (Orange Class) lucky winner of quiz at the book fair. |
Tahlia (Diamond Class) lucky winner of book cover competition. |
Cain (Indigo Class) lucky winner of quiz.. |
Please follow this link to your Book Fair Invitation scholastic-book-fair-invite-spring-24-2238488.pdf
At the fair you will be able to purchase books using contactless credit or debit cards or cash.
If you’re unable to visit the book fair, your child will be sent home with a Wish List and you can pay for their chosen books using the online payment link at www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/pay. Please make sure the Wish List is returned to school so that the books can be given to your child.
Pre-paid gift vouchers are also available. Go to www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to buy vouchers.
Your child will have an opportunity to visit the book fair during the school day with their class.
Thursday 7th March | Nursery, Reception, Year 1 |
Tuesday 12th March | Year 2, Year 3, Year 4 |
Wednesday 13th March | Year 5, Year 6 |
Thursday 14th March | Book Fair Collected |
They will be able to bring in cash to purchase books on that day or they will be given a Wish List. Please put money in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and class
Every child will also receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token that can be used at the book fair if they so wish or swapped for one of the World Book Day books either at our fair or at your local bookseller. To find out more about World Book Day and how you can use the £1 book token log-on to www.worldbookday.com.
To keep up-to-date with our book fair news log-on to our library blog at www.ilovereadingatstjosephs.blogspot.com.
Celebrate Reading at our Book Fair!
Every child will also receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token
that can be used at the book fair if they so wish or swapped for one of the
World Book Day books either at our fair or at your local bookseller. To find
out more about World Book Day and how you can use the £1 book token log-on to www.worldbookday.com.
St Joseph’s World Book Day and
Book Fair
Thursday 7th March 2024
St Joseph’s World Book Day 2024 will take place on Thursday 7th March.
To celebrate World Book Day, we will also be hosting a Book Fair, with hundreds of new children’s books to browse and buy. With prices starting from only £2.99, there’s sure to be a book for everyone.
Celebrate Reading at our Book Fair!
Please follow this link to your Book Fair Invitation scholastic-book-fair-invite-spring-24-2238488.pdf
At the fair you will be able to purchase books using
contactless credit or debit cards or cash.
If you’re unable to visit the book fair, your child
will be sent home with a Wish List and you can pay for their chosen
books using the online payment link at www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/pay. Please make sure
the Wish List is returned to school so that the books can be given to
your child.
Pre-paid
gift vouchers are also available. Go
to www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to buy vouchers.
Your child will have an opportunity to visit
the book fair during the school day with their class.
Thursday 7th
March |
Nursery, Reception,
Year 1 |
Tuesday 12th
March |
Year 2, Year 3,
Year 4 |
Wednesday 13th
March |
Year 5, Year 6 |
Thursday 14th March |
Book Fair
Collected |
They will be able to bring in cash to purchase books on that day or they will be given a Wish List. Please put money in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and class
Every child will also receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token
that can be used at the book fair if they so wish or swapped for one of the
World Book Day books either at our fair or at your local bookseller. To find
out more about World Book Day and how you can use the £1 book token log-on to www.worldbookday.com.
To keep up-to-date with our book fair news
log-on to our library blog at www.ilovereadingatstjosephs.blogspot.com.
Don’t forget that every book you buy helps towards FREE BOOKS for our school library. The last Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success for St Joseph’s making over £1500 in FREE BOOKS.
We thank you for your support and look forward to
seeing you at the book fair.
Winter Reading Challenges are still on.
Join in!
The Winter Reading Challenge run by Islington libraries is FREE. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 1st December 2023 and 29th February 2024. There are certificates for all those who complete the challenge as well as a chance to win a special prize!
For more information on the Winter Reading Challenge, and more activities taking place in Islington Libraries, please visit www.islington.gov.uk/libraries.
If you are not already a member of your local library visit https://www.gov.uk/local-library-services to find the library nearest to you. Join today and start borrowing FREE books, eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Taking part in the Winter Mini Challenge is FREE and online. Visit the dedicated children’s website, www.wintermini.org.uk, and gain rewards for reading and reviewing books!
JUNIOR LIBRARIANS
Our Year 5 and Year 6 Junior Librarians have done a fabulous job of encouraging reading, caring for our wonderful library and book resources at St Joseph's.
READING CLOUD LUNCHTIME WORKSHOP
Giancarlo and Alfie holding a Reading Cloud Workshop |
Isla and Nancy scanning books |
A junior librarian as reading buddy. |
OUR BOOK CORNERS
We are lucky to have a book corner in every year group area and our junior librarians have been busy making sure that they are always tidy and relaxing places to read.
WELL DONE!
Book Borrowing
Each class has a weekly session in the library. Every child has an
opportunity to borrow a book each week and return it on their library day to
borrow another. Year 5 and Year 6 can borrow 2 books at a time.
Red Class choosing books. |
Please make sure that your child returns their library book each week.
TUESDAY –Gems/Pearl/Tanzanite/Indigo/Amber/Orange/Yellow
WEDNESDAY – Diamond/Ruby/Red
THURSDAY – Green/Emerald/Blue/Sapphire /Violet/Amethyst
LOST or DAMAGED BOOKS
If a book is lost or damaged please either replace it or contact the school office to arrange payment of £5 on ParentPay.
Pearl Class borrowing books. |
Enjoy your books over half-term and remember you
can also read digital books and listen to audiobooks on our READING CLOUD.
.
Happy Holiday Reading!
READING CLOUD TROPHY
eBooks & eAudiobooks
The class that reads the most eBooks & listens to the most eAudiobooks on our
READING CLOUD each month will be awarded the READING CLOUD TROPHY.
Did you know that there are over 4000 eBooks and 600 eAudiobooks to choose from?
There are over 400 comics, graphic novels, manga and magazines.
Log-on today and help win the trophy for your class.
NEW BOOKS
Christmas WISH LIST
We have just received new books ordered
with the book fair rewards that we earned with our November Scholastic book
fair.
Many thanks to everyone who supports our school library at our Book Fairs, with our Christmas Wish Lists ⭐🎄⭐
Next BOOK FAIR will be in February.
Join our BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
anytime on ParentPay to celebrate your child's birthday.