BOOK FAIR

 Dear Parents/Carers,

Celebrate Reading at our Book Fair!

Reading for pleasure is transformative for children’s academic success and wellbeing. We are hosting a Book Fair to bring books to the heart of our school. There will be 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.

When: Thursday 4th November – Wednesday 10th November

Times: 8:40 – 9:00am and 3:00 – 3:45pm 

Where: New Conference Room 

Our Scholastic Book Fair has gone paperless and where possible cashless.

Please follow this link to your Book Fair Invitation

https://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/f1/e7/scholastic-uk-primary-invitation-autumn-2021-2028899.pdf

Whether you are attending the Book Fair in person or ordering from home, you can now pay for your books securely online. Please follow this link for information on how to pay online https://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/e3/0e/scholastic-fairs-payment-instruction-flyer-2034069.pdf

Also, pre-paid gift vouchers are available. Go to www.bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/gift-vouchers to buy vouchers for your child before the Fair.

Your child will be visiting the Book Fair during the school day with their class when they will be able to select their own book(s) or fill in a wish list that they can share with you at home

Thursday 4th November     Reception, Year 2, Year 5

Friday 5th November           Year 3, Year 4

Monday 8th November       Nursery, Year 6

Tuesday 9^th November        Year 1 

If you wish, your child will be able to bring in cash on the day of their class visit. Please provide the money in an envelope clearly marked with their name and class and give it to your child or teacher.

If you are attending the Book Fair please, where possible, come on the day after your child’s class has visited the Fair. Please wear a face covering unless exempt, use the free-standing hand sanitisers and socially distance.

To keep up-to-date with our Book Fair news, log on to our library blog at:  ilovereadingatstjosephs.blogspot.com.

Don’t forget that every book you buy can help to get FREE BOOKS for our school library!

It’s the perfect place to begin your Christmas shopping!

Mrs Grainne Rooney

School Librarian 

National Poetry Day Competition

 National Poetry Day

COMPETITION

Years 1-6 can write a poem on any subject they choose.

The deadline for entries is today

THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER

The best poem from each class will be chosen by the teachers and 

the winners will each receive a prize of a poetry book.

Prizes 


The prizes will be awarded after half-term.

GOOD LUCK!

Book Fair

 LOOK OUT

our

BOOK FAIR

arrives

Thursday 4th November

To get ready go to scholastic website

and check out the free author readings and videos at:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/chapter-one

Join in and help get free books for your school.

GET ISLINGTON READING explained

 #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.

Find out more at getislingtonreading.org.uk

#getislingtonreading

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE AWARD

 

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

 

Congratulations

This year, as a special treat, our local libraries have given us the Summer Reading Challenge certificates and gold medals to award the children who joined in.

Congratulations to our children who joined in and well done to all our children who kept reading throughout the summer holidays. 

Please also join in with your local libraries Summer Reading Challenge ceremonies.

Award Assembly - Years 1 and 2

Award Assembly - Years 3 and 4 

Award Assembly - Violet Class

Award Assembly - Amethyst Class

Cienna - Junior Librarian - Amethyst Class

In order to support literacy in school every year we encourage our children to join ‘The Summer Reading Challenge’. The Challenge is a nationwide initiative run by the Reading Agency at your local libraries. It aims to encourage children aged 4-11 to include reading as part of their summer holiday activities. It runs from July until mid-September. 

To find out more go to the Summer Reading Challenge website and get ready for next year’s challenge

Get Islington Reading

 PUPIL READING SURVEY

Please find below a link for a pupil survey for the Get Islington Reading project. In order to help the Literacy Trust measure reading habits and attitudes in our school they have asked us for our children's participation in the project. Ideally, this survey should be completed by as many children in Year 3, 4,5 and 6 as possible by the 15th October.

https://research.literacytrust.org.uk/s/GIR_year2_St_Josephs_Catholic/

SCHOOL LIBRARY GOLD AWARD

 

 CONGRATULATIONS 

to our

School Library

Our Junior Librarians were delighted to accept the

GOLD

School Library Award

Awarded by ISLINGTON EDUCATION LIBRARY SERVICE with the School Library Association

READING BUDDIES

 

Reading Buddies

We have a new reading buddy initiative.

 

Our Junior Librarians have been busy being reading buddies for our KS1 children.

On free-flow lunchtime days the junior librarians go and collect any children that wish to visit the library. They bring them to the library and read to them and help them choose books to read independently in our special cozy book nook.

 

Both KS1 children and librarians enjoy a special reading moment together.

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Junior Librarian's Rota

 

Junior Librarians

Autumn Term

Lunchtime Rota

Junior Librarians - MONDAYS

Junior Libraians - TUESDAYS

Junior Librarians - WEDNESDAYS

Junior Librarians - THURSDAYS

Junior Librarians - FRIDAYS

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Junior Librarians

Junior Librarians

Autumn Term

Welcome to our new junior librarians for the autumn term who have been selected for this important role from our Year 5 and 6 children.

Congratulations on successfully completing your application and interview.

 

They will have the important job of making sure the library is a quiet, neat and cosy place to read for all. They will be inspiring their peers with book recommendations.

 

Junior Librarians also have the responsibility of looking after their class book corners and monitoring the library during their class sessions.

They have got their library badge and are ready to start! 

National Poetry Day Competition

National Poetry Day

Thursday 7th October 

COMPETITION

We have launched a poetry competition to

celebrate poetry.

Years 1-6 can write a poem on any subject they choose.

The deadline for entries is

THURSDAY 21st OCTOBER

There will be a prize of a poetry book for the best poem from each class.

Join in 

&

Good Luck!

GET ISLINGTON READING

Photo courtesy of Islington Council

The Mayor came along with Cllr Valerie Bossman-Quarshie (Reading Champion) and Cllr Una O'Halloran (Lead member for Libraries) to launch an exciting new digital reading game for children in Years 5 & 6. It has been developed by The Reading Agency in partnership with Get Islington Reading for children in Years 5 & 6. 

Read about it in the Islington Gazette

https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/islington-youngsters-trial-the-reading-adventure-game-8397676

National Poetry Day

 National Poetry Day

Thursday 7th October

We were delighted to welcome to St Joseph's the poet, Paul Lyalls. 

As part of the Reading Adventure Game Launch on Wednesday 6th October 

Paul came to treat 

the children to a poetry recital.

Paul delighted the children with his amusing poems and gifted the school 30 copies of

his book 'A Funny Thing Happened'. 

Thank you Paul 

and Islington Libraries for organising.

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

Certificates and Gold medals were presented by 

The Mayor of Islington 

to some of our children who participated in the Challenge.

We will be awarding certificates and gold medals to all children who joined the SRC 

at their class assemblies.

WELL DONE!

GET ISLINGTON READING

# GET ISLINGTON READING

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Islington 

to St Joseph's on Wednesday 6th October.

Photo: courtesy of Islington Council

The Mayor came along with Cllr Valerie Bossman-Quarshie (Reading Champion) and Cllr Una O'Halloran (Lead member for Libraries) to launch an exciting new digital reading game for children in Years 5 & 6. It has been developed by The Reading Agency in partnership with Get Islington Reading for children in Years 5 & 6.

Karen Napier, CEO of The Reading Agency introduced The Reading Adventure Game and Tony Brown from Islington Libraries walked the children through how the game works.

Visit https://readingagency.org.uk/readingadventure for more information.

St Joseph's was delighted to be able to host the launch of the Reading Adventure Game and help support the borough in encouraging the pleasure of reading.

See below link to Islington Council's media page:

https://www.islington.media/news/the-reading-agency-launches-countrys-first-digital-reading-adventure-for-young-people-in-islington