Happy Easter

 EASTER HOLIDAYS!

Please RETURN all school library books before the Easter holidays.

YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY – FREE BOOKS

Have you joined your local library? 

Did you know that anyone who lives, works or studies in the borough can join Islington Libraries?

Our nearest library is at Archway, near the underground station. A perfect place to go to after school to share a story!

Membership is FREE giving you access to amazing FREE books, eBooks eAudiobooks and many other resources. 

To find your local Islington libraries click here

Join today and help St Joseph’s children be happy, confident readers.

Happy EASTER!

Book Fair

BOOK FAIR

 

and we have received our first delivery of new books.

THANK YOU!

World Book Day

 

St Joseph’s Primary School Celebrates World Book Day with Creative Dress-Up

In a celebration of literacy and creativity, St Joseph’s Primary School marked World Book Day with children invited to come to school dressed as a ‘word’; bringing language to life in a vibrant and imaginative way.

The school was alive with children transformed into colourful walking embodiments of words, such as triumphant, iridescent, fatigued, spotty and storm, to name but a few. From "sparkling" princesses to "enchanting" wizards, the costumes were as diverse as the words they represented. All this sparked curiosity, conversation and excitement throughout the school.

Children from Emerald Class dressed up in costumes that represent the words: 'retro', 'spotty', 'soldier', 'wizard', 'dazzle' and 'storm'. 

In the morning, a ‘reading swap’ was organised so that children in KS2 joined our children in KS1, Nursery and Reception to share a beautiful moment reading with them.

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.

Junior Librarians celebrating World Book Day at the Book Fair

As the day ended, children gathered for a special assembly where they joined in with a quiz and shared their creative alternative book covers. Prizes of book vouchers for the book fair were awarded to the winners of the best book covers. It was a fitting conclusion to a day filled with creativity, laughter, and a shared love of books.

Cillian - Amethyst Class - with winning book cover design.

Rionagh - Sapphire Class - with winning book cover design.

The children all agreed that they had the most magical, fun day sharing their favourite books.

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.”.

Book Fair

 Our

BOOK FAIR

has now been collected.

You have helped us get FREE books for our School Library.

Thank you to everyone!

A Robot in the Library

BookyKid

Junior Librarian, Cillian with our library robot

Our Junior Librarians, Sadie and Cillian from Amethyst Class have been hard at work with our digital lead, Mrs Suliga, preparing a robot to enhance our library experience.

BOOKYKID

They have been busy coding the robot to be able to assist children with recommending books to read.

Junior Librarians, Sadie and Cillian, coding library robot Junior Librarians, Sadie and Cillian, coding library robot

Sadie and Cillian launched our library robot, BOOKYKID, this week in the library to classes.

They demonstrated how BOOKYKID will be able to suggest books according to Year group and genres.

 

Cillian and Sadie unveiling BookyKid in the library

 

                                                                                Just ask

"WHAT TO READ NEXT?"

and you will get some brilliant suggestions from BOOKYKID.

Cillian and Sadie as part of their junior librarian responsibilities will be running lunchtime workshops to demonstrate to children how our library robot works. 

We are so excited to welcome our very special library assistant!

 

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Book Fair

The

BOOK FAIR 

has arrived!

Our celebrations for WORLD BOOK DAY have begun.

Classes have been visiting the Book Fair during the school day and the children have been 

enjoying looking at the books and making Wish Lists that they can share at home.

Every child will receive a World Book Day £1 Book Token that can be used at the book fair 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 log-on to https://worldbookday.com

If you wish to purchase any books from the Wish List you can pay for their chosen books using the online payment system 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.

Children will be able to bring money to purchase books on the day that they are scheduled to come to the Fair. Please provide the money in an envelope clearly marked with their name and class and give it to your child, teacher or the school office. 

Payments can be made at the fair using contactless and cash.

You can purchase gift vouchers or make payments online. Go to www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to buy vouchers. Please let the school know what books have been purchased online so that we can give them to your child.

Remember when you buy one book we get one FREE for the library!

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Book Fair

 BOOK FAIR

Thursday 27th February - Thursday 6th March

Come and visit before or after school

8:40 - 9:00am & 3:00 - 3:45pm

Find us in the New Conference Room

Each class will visit the Book Fair during school and will be able to bring in cash to purchase books on that day. Please put money in an envelope clearly marked with your child's name and class.

PAYMENT AT OUR BOOK FAIR

1. By card via card reader machine or using the online payment link at 

www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/pay

and simply selecting your school from the menu.

2. Pre-paid gift vouchers are available. Go to 

www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers 

to buy vouchers for your child before the Fair.

3. If you can't attend the Fair in person, your child can order books via a Wish List which they will get when their class visits the Fair.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

BOOK FAIR

Arriving this Thursday 27th February

HELP earn free books for your school.

Remember every book you buy means that we get a book for our library.

Arriving

Thursday 27th February 2025

Leaving 

Thursday 6th March 2025

Where

 New Conference Room

Open Daily 

8:40 - 9:00am & 3:00 - 3:45pm

Follow this link to your invitation scholastic-book-fair-invitation-spring-2025-2299252.pdf  

We look forward to seeing you all.

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World Book Day and Book Fair

 

St Joseph’s World Book Day and Book Fair
Thursday 6^th March 2025

St Joseph’s World Book Day 2025 will take place on Thursday 6th March. 

On the 6th of March we would like the children to come into school dressed as a ‘word’. Your child may come to school dressed as an adjective such as “colourful” and wear their rainbow clothes; other adjectives may include: contagious, sparkly, spotty or horrifying. Alternatively, they may come to school as a noun and dress as “Christmas” in their best Christmas jumper or “Princess” in their favourite costume. There are lots of examples online and we encourage you to be as creative as you can be. We would also like all children to redesign an alternative book cover for their favourite books illustrating it with colourful images. There will be £5 book vouchers for our Book Fair to be won for the best book covers.

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-invitation-spring-2025-2299252.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 27th February	Year 3 and Year 2
Friday 28th February	Nursery and Reception
Monday 3rd March	Year 1 and Year 5
Tuesday 4th March	Year 6 and Year 4
Wednesday 5th March	Last Day of Book Fair
Thursday 6th 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 £2000 in FREE BOOKS.

We thank you for your support and look forward to seeing you at the book fair.

Winter Reading Challenge

  WINTER READING CHALLENGE

The Winter Reading Challenge is ending on 28th February.
There is still time to take part.

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 2 December 2024 and 28 February 2025.  There will be a certificate for all those who complete the challenge. 

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.

For more information on the Winter Reading Challenge, and more activities taking place in Islington Libraries, please visit www.islington.gov.uk/libraries.

Remember to bring in your certificates to share with your teachers.

Children's Mental Health Week

 Children's Mental Health Week

3-9th February 2025

This year’s theme is ‘Know Yourself, Grow Yourself’.

'Know Yourself, Grow Yourself' puts a spotlight on how we can build resilience, grow and develop by understanding who we are and what makes us tick.

Class sessions in the library reflected on emotions, what they are and how to share them so that we can strive to be happy and healthy. Reminding everyone that reading is a great way to relax, be happy and confident. 

Amber class sharing 'A Book of Feelings' by Amanda McCardie

We have a good stock of Wellness books appropriate for every year group.

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Library - Donations - Happy New Year!

 

DONATIONS

We have a very special library here at St Joseph’s and we wish to maintain its high standard in meeting all the learning needs of our children. Donating a book helps to build our library collection with the very latest in children’s literature. It is the perfect way to support your child and school.

 Christmas Wish List📚🎄

We have received some wonderful new books for our library.

Many thanks to everyone who sent the school a Christmas gift.

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB📚

Celebrate your child’s birthday with a donation to our school library!

We also have a Birthday Book Club which provides you with an opportunity to donate a book to our school library in honour of your child’s birthday and ensures that we have new and exciting books for your children each year.

Join the Birthday Book Club by making payment of the membership fee of £6.00 via ParentPay. Your child will then be able to select a book with the help of the school librarian.

All books will have a bookplate placed inside with your child’s name and birth date and they will be the first to borrow the book.

Your support in our endeavour to keep our library well-resourced and an inspiring place for our children is invaluable. Your gift will become part of our library and a source of enjoyment and learning for many others.

Thank you to everyone who has joined and donated a book to our library!

A book is a gift that keeps on giving for years to come.

Happy New Year!