GET ISLINGTON READING

 GET ISLINGTON READING

is now

 FINISHED.

St Joseph's have been participating in  GET ISLINGTON READING, a three-year project to develop a community of happy, confident readers,

It was delivered by the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency, working with local Islington libraries to support children aged 9-14. The project aimed to inspire young people to keep reading in the transition between primary and secondary school.

Over the last three years we have benefitted from a range of new books for our school library and participated in many reading activities such as: 

• new books covering wellness and diversity
• new books for languages, graphic novels and manga
• new books on transition to secondary school
• new magazines and comics
• an ebook & eAudiobook online platform
• author and illustrator workshops in school 
• virtual author and illustrator events

THANK YOU

to

GET ISLINGTON READING

The National Literacy Trust

&

The Reading Agency

&

Islington Libraries

Summer Reading Challenge

The Summer Reading Challenge 2023

In order to support literacy in school we wish to encourage all children to join in with the Summer Reading Challenge. The Summer Reading Challenge not only helps maintain and even improve reading levels but promotes reading as a fun activity.

Every year our public libraries team up with the Reading Agency to run the Summer Reading Challenge. This year they have joined with Youth Sport Trust to bring a sports and games themed reading Challenge that will encourage children aged 4-11 to pick up a book and love reading over the summer holidays.

We have invited Islington librarians to come into school in July to talk to the children about joining the Summer Reading Challenge and they will also have a stand at our Summer Fair on Friday 14^th July.

To join in visit your local library (Library Finder) and sign up or go online at summerreadingchallenge.org.uk. Children set a reading goal, borrow and read books, eBooks and audiobooks and collect rewards for their reading. It’s FREE and FUN to take part.

If you have any questions, please contact me at office@st-josephs.islington.org.uk. 

Get Islington Reading: Pupil Reading Survey

YEARS 3, 4, 5, & 6

Get Islington Reading: Pupil Reading Habits Survey

Our school is working with The National Literacy Trust, The Reading Agency and Islington Borough Council as part of the Get Islington Reading project to help our children be happy, confident readers. Please see attached leaflet.

In order to help The National Literacy Trust measure reading habits and attitudes in our school they have asked us for our children’s participation in completing a survey.

Please see below our school's link to the GIR pupil reading habits survey which needs to be completed before 13^th July.

https://research.literacytrust.org.uk/s/GIR2023FinalPupil/ 

Thank you for your participation.

BOOKS FOR BIG CHANGE

 

BOOKS FOR BIG CHANGE

Going to secondary school is a big change, and it’s natural to feel nervous, excited, or just confused! 

Here are our favourite books that tackle the theme of big change. 

You can find books from the ‘ten top picks’ in your school, and your local library.

Fiction 

• When Secrets Set Sail by Sita Brahmachari: a magical and moving adventure story about unlocking stories and secrets of the past. 

• The Gifted, The Talented, and Me by William Sutcliffe: a brilliantly funny book about fitting in, falling out and staying true to your own averageness. 

• Arctic Star by Tom Palmer: a gripping story of courage and survival about three young Royal Navy recruits on their first mission. 

Graphic novels 

• Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley: A two-colour graphic novel offering a unique perspective on Autism, told with humour and heart. 

• Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi: a world of man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, a giant robot, and two ordinary children on a life-or-death mission.

Non-fiction 

• You are Awesome by Matthew Syed and Toby Triumph: Practical, insightful and positive, this is the book to help you build resilience and embrace your mistakes. 

• Go Big: The Secondary School Survival Guide by Matthew Burton: From your first day to your final exams, this handbook will have you achieving, succeeding and being the best you can be.

Poetry 

• Everything All at Once by Stephen Camden: A collection of poems about the highs and lows of one week in a secondary school, where everything happens all at once. 

• A Hurricane in my Head by Matt Abbott: A collection of honest poems on themes of friendship, bullying, technology and being a teenager

There are so many great books that tackle big changes! 

Thank you to the National Literacy Trust and the Get Islington Reading project

for donating these books to our school library.

Sita Brahmachari- Author Visit

 Author Visit

SITA BRAHMARCHARI

Tuesday 27th June

Year 6 

Workshops on theme of TRANSITION

Sita Brahmarchari will be coming into school on Tuesday 27th June to deliver TRANSITION workshops to our Year 6.

GET ISLINGTON READING is working with our school to support our Year 6 children as they make the big change to moving to secondary school.

They have donated 2 classroom sets of Sita Brahmarchari's book 'When Secrets Set Sail' in preparation for Sita's workshops.

Thank you to #GET ISLINGTON READING project run by the National Literacy Trust and the Reading Agency

Comic Artist Visit

 

COMIC ARTIST

Kev F Sutherland

Thursday 9^th March

Comic Art Masterclasses – Year 5

This event is part of the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency #GET ISLINGTON READING project.

Our Year 5 children had a very entertaining and productive day in the company of Kev F Sutherland, Scottish comedian, caricaturist and comic strip creator who has drawn for a variety of publications, including The Beano.

Kev gave two 2-hour sessions teaching the children all about how to draw a comic strip. Indigo class had the morning session and Tanzanite class had the afternoon one.

For everyone who thinks they cannot draw Kev gave a useful and inspiring demonstration of how drawing is just a series of shapes and lines on a page and he had the children drawing confidently in no time.

With the expert help of Kev the children set about creating their very own comic strip. Firstly, they all had to suggest a title and then they all voted and the favourite one was chosen. 

"Go Crazy" - Indigo Class

"Dingleberry Town" - Tanzanite Class

The time was spent drawing with Kev sharing lots of tips for making a successful comic strip and lots of fun in-between.

 

All along Kev made the lively interactive sessions really entertaining and laughter filled the Art room.

He also made a caricature of each child to include in the final comic.

At the end of the day every child was given a copy of the comic strip they had all contributed to making. 

Title pages of our comic strip finished by Kev.

The children were delighted and agreed that it had been "so much fun and had taught them an easy way to draw". 

Kev had a quick visit to our library and was very impressed with our array of graphic novels.

Thanks Kev! 

& 

Thank you

to the

National Literacy Trust 

GET ISLINGTON READING

a three-year project with 

The Reading Agency & Islington Library Service

Find out more at 

https://literacytrust.org.uk/communities/islington/

 #GetIslingtonReading

Our school is working with the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency and Islington Borough Council to make Islington a borough of happy, confident readers.

 

Virtual Event - National Geographic Journalist - GIR

 

Virtual Event - Writing for the Planet

National Geographic Journalist

Tim Herbert

Monday 28th November 

Years 3, 4, 5 & 6 joined the National Georgaphic journalist and editor, Tim Herbert, 

for a session exploring writing for the planet and top tips for writing your own non-fiction 

about the world around you. 

This was an inspiring talk with lots of chances to ask questions.

Thank you to 

GET ISLINGTON READING

as organised by

The National Literacy Trust

World Mental Health Day - 10th October

 

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY

Monday 10th October

St Joseph's will be joining in as part of the 

Get Islington Reading 

program launched by the National Literacy Trust & The Reading Agency. 

Throughout the week we will be encouraging children, teachers and parents 

to drop everything and READ! 

We can all help in improving our mental health by starting a new daily habit of 

reading for 10 mins and feeling good.

Get Islington Reading

sent us a selection of books for our children to read and learn more about 

mental health.

There are lots of tips and activities for families to encourage reading at home on the 

National Literacy Trust

Words for Life.

NEW BOOKS

 

We have just received some fabulous new books for our library. 

Manga

(Year 5 & 6)

Modern Foreign Languages

We now have books at various levels in the following languages:

Spanish

French

Italian

Ukraine

German

Bengali

Portuguese

Polish 

 

Transition 

(Books for change; moving from Primary to Secondary)

Thank you

to 

National Literacy Trust's 

GET ISLINGTON READING

a three-year project with 

The Reading Agency & Islington Library Service

Find out more at 

https://literacytrust.org.uk/communities/islington/

 #GetIslingtonReading

Our school is working with the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency and Islington Borough Council to make Islington a borough of happy, confident readers.

BOOKMARKS

Emily in Sapphire Class has made us some lovely new book marks.

Come into the library and choose one of our new books 

and get one of our new book marks.

Limited-edition only!

Thanks Emily!

GET ISLINGTON READING

 

MANGA & GRAPHIC NOVELS

Children from Indigo Class

We have today received some new books for our school library.

Thanks to the National Literacy Trust and GET ISLINGTON READING initiative 

we have been able to grow our graphic novels and manga selection.😄

THANK YOU!!

Mental Health Awareness

Virtual event

with

Ant & Dec 

10am on Tuesday 10 May 2022

Across the school classes dropped what they were doing and

joined Ant & Dec celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week.

The children had fun listening to Ant & Dec sharing their new book

'Propa Happy' and encouraging children to #Take10ToRead daily.

Indigo Class

Start a daily reading habit at home and encourage our children to read for pleasure and wellbeing.

Tanzanite Class in the Library doing the #Take10ToRead challenge

For support on reading at home go to @Literacy_Trust 

Words for life

https://wordsforlife.org.uk/

Reading is great for your wellbeing!

#GetIslingtonReading

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Virtual event

with

Ant & Dec 

10am on Tuesday 10 May 2022

We will be joining in with the #Take10ToRead event with superstar TV presenters and authors Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly!

To celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week, Ant & Dec will chat about the importance of reading for wellbeing, introduce pupils to their debut book Pr😄pa Happy  and lead the nation in our #Take10ToRead moment.

READING for just 10 minutes a day can make a huge difference to your wellbeing 

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