Birthday Book Club

 BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Does your child have a Birthday this month?

Why not celebrate by joining our 

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Donate a book in honor of your child's birthday and help our school library to grow.

1. Pay £6 on Parent Pay.
2. Your child chooses a book for the library with the help of our school librarian.
3. A dedication plate with your child's  first name, class and birth date is put in the book. 
4. Your child is the first to borrow the book and share with you at home.

A perfect way for your child to actively help their school and learn the importance of giving and sharing.

THANK YOU!

Author Visit

 

AUTHOR VISIT

Katie & Kevin Tsang

Tuesday, 19^th September

Year 4, Year 5, & Year 6

Katie and Kevin loved our library and book nook.

What a fabulous start to our autumn term!

We were delighted to welcome to St. Joseph’s the wonderful authors, Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of the bestselling, ‘Dragon Realm’ books. St. Joseph’s was their first stop on their tour to promote the first book, ‘Dragon Force’, of their latest action-packed series.

Year 4, Year 5, and Year 6 children gathered in the Upper Junior Hall to listen to a fun and interactive talk given by Katie and Kevin. They began by explaining how they worked to produce their books and shared tips on how to be inclusive when working together, building on ideas. 

The children were keen to find out about their new story, ‘Dragon Force’, so Katie and Kevin treated them to lively reading from the beginning of the book. It was so quiet in the hall as both teachers and children were mesmerized by the story.

Then there was a fun and interactive moment where the children, helped by the authors, got to create their own dragon. Katie and Kevin explained how they created characters for each of their dragons giving them each a superpower such as shape-changing or replicating. The children contributed their ideas and together came up with a dragon called Gemma Claus, who had the following features:

Flaming red eyes

Diamante fangs

Green lightning horns

Gem-stone tail 

Glowing green wings

Superpower: size-changing

Oh! And likes hot chocolate!!

The children had an opportunity to ask the authors questions at the end of the talk.

Finally, there was a personalized book-signing for the children who had pre-purchased books.

“It was amazing to meet the authors and the story. ‘Dragon Force’, is so exciting that I am already on page 200!!", said Asuadoba (Violet Class).

Thank you to the authors for coming into St Joseph’s to share their books with us and inspire our children. Keep writing!!

Thank you to all who supported this event by purchasing signed copies of the books and to our local bookshop, Pickled Pepper Books.

Author Visit - Katie & Kevin Tsang

 AUTHOR VISIT

Katie & Kevin Tsang

Year 4, Year 5 & Year 6

Tuesday 19th September

We are really excited to be celebrating the start of term with an author visit from the fabulous Katie and Kevin Tsang.

On Tuesday 19^th September, Katie and Kevin Tsang, co-authors of the bestselling ‘Dragon Realm’ books, will be visiting St Joseph’s to talk all about their brand-new action-packed series, ‘Dragon Force’ for 8+ readers. They will be signing books after the event!

If you would like to support this event and pre-order a book/books for your child to have signed, please visit Pickled Pepper Books’ website and order on this link:

 

https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/collections/katie-and-kevin-tsang-author-event-at-st-josephs

Make sure to place your orders by Friday 15^th September!

 

Please remember to add your child’s name and class to the ‘notes to the book fairy’ when ordering.

We are, indeed, very privileged to have Katie and Kevin Tsang visit our school and we hope that you will support this event.

 

Welcome Back - Reading Cloud

Encouraging Your Child’s Reading for Pleasure:  Our new school OVERDRIVE digital book collection now available on our online READING CLOUD library management system.

Our school is strongly committed to improving literacy and knows the importance of reading for pleasure.  There is good evidence to suggest that young people who read for pleasure daily perform better academically.  We want to encourage children to enjoy reading and to read a wide range of good quality literature.

The Reading Cloud is our online library and reading resource that allows pupils, staff and parents to access our digital book collection and read eBooks and listen to audiobooks. Our school library catalogue can also be viewed and pupils are encouraged to use this resource to help with research, to write reviews about books they have read, blog about what they are reading and their favourite authors and search for new books.

Each child has a username and password which has been either given to them or sent home by their class teacher.

To access the Reading Cloud and to find out more about the library, please go to the News tab on the school website https://st-josephs.islington.sch.uk/.

We hope that you find this facility to support your child’s reading, both educational and enjoyable. If you have any questions please contact the school librarian, Mrs Rooney, at office@st-josephs.islington.sch.uk.