Thursday 29 February 2024
World Book Day and Book Fair
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!
WHEN: Thursday 7th March - Wednesday 13th March
TIMES: 8:40 - 9:00am and 3:00 - 3:45pm
WHERE: New Conference Room
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.
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Thursday 7th
March |
Nursery, Reception,
Year 1 |
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Tuesday 12th
March |
Year 2, Year 3,
Year 4 |
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Wednesday 13th
March |
Year 5, Year 6 |
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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.
Tuesday 27 February 2024
Thursday 8 February 2024
Winter Reading Challenges
Winter Reading Challenges are still on.
Join in!
Islington Libraries' Winter Reading Challenge is on till 29th February 2024
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.
The Winter Mini Challenge run by The Reading Agency is still on until 19th February 2024.
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!
Wednesday 7 February 2024
JUNIOR LIBRARIANS
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
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| Giancarlo and Alfie holding a Reading Cloud Workshop |
Giancarlo and Alfie from Indigo Class have set up a very popular and helpful lunchtime workshop to demonstrate how to access and use our Reading Cloud for eBooks and eAudiobooks.
Many children have come along and have enjoyed reading online.
LUNCHTIME MONITORING
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| Nancy and Isla - Amethyst Class - organising books |
Isla and Nancy from Amethyst Class have been doing a fantastic job of keeping all our books tidy and in order. They help recommend and find books for younger children as well as teach others how the library is organised so everyone can enjoy it.
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| Isla and Nancy scanning books |
Aisha, Sadie and Eleonora from Tanzanite class have been busy issuing and returning books using our scanner for our library management system - READING CLOUD.
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| Aisha - Tanzanite Class issuing books |
READING BUDDIES at LUNCHTIME
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| A junior librarian as reading buddy. |
All our junior librarians are reading buddies for the early years children who use the library during lunchtime.
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!
HALF TERM
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Happy Holiday Reading!
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