Book Fair

 

Celebrate Reading at our Book Fair!

 

To celebrate National Poetry Day, we will 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.

 

When: Thursday 3^rd October – Wednesday 9^th October

 

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

 

Where: New Conference Room

 

Please follow this link to your Book Fair Invitation scholastic-primary-invitation-autumn-2024-2270926.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 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.

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 3rd October	Year 5 and Year 2
Friday 4th October	Nursery and Reception
Monday 7th October	Year 1 and Year 3
Tuesday 8th October	Year 6 and Year 4
Wednesday 9th October	Last Day of Book Fair
Thursday 10th October	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.

 

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 £1500 in FREE BOOKS.

 

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

Book Fair

 BOOK FAIR

Arriving 

Thursday 3rd October until Wednesday 9th October

Author Trip - Adam Kay

ADAM KAY

Highgate Junior School

Thursday 12th September

YEAR 6

 This week Year 6 were incredibly lucky to be invited to Highgate Junior School to meet the acclaimed author, Adam Kay. Adam is best known for his best-selling books ‘Kay's Anatomy' and 'Kay's Marvellous Medicine'. 

The children were not only treated to a talk by Adam but there was a surprise guest, the illustrator, Henry Paker. Henry did some live drawing with the aid of a digital screen and shared some of his tips for successful drawing. Adam and Henry were very amusing and the children were delighted. 

The talk was followed by a book signing for Adam's new book – Dexter Procter which is all about a precocious10 year old child. Dexter started talking at four seconds old, by the age of three, he had 86 A-levels, from Afrikaans to zoology, and at aged ten he was a pediatrician at Lilydale General Hospital. 

We are all very excited about Dexter Procter and can’t wait to read it! 

Thanks again to Highgate Junior School for inviting us to this wonderful event.

Author Trip - Adam Kay

 YEAR 6

Author Trip – Adam Kay

Thursday 12^th September

We have been offered a brilliant opportunity for our Year 6 children to meet Adam Kay, the acclaimed author of popular books such as ‘Kay’s Marvellous Medicine’ and ‘Kay’s Incredible Inventions’. The author will give a talk and the children will have an opportunity to ask questions. Signed copies of his brand-new book ‘Dexter Procter: The 10-Year-Old Doctor’ along with ‘Kay’s Incredible Inventions’ will be available for purchase.

This event will take place at Highgate Junior School on Thursday 12^th September.

The children will walk to Highgate Junior School after lunch accompanied by members of the school staff and will return to school by 3:15pm. All children must wear full school uniform, and wear a coat suitable for the weather that day.

 

Please complete the permission slip below for your child to attend the trip and return it no later than Friday 6^th September.

 

If you wish to purchase any of the books please complete and return the slip below making payment via ParentPay by Monday 9th September. Alternatively, children will be able to bring in cash to purchase books on the day of the visit. Please put money in an envelope clearly marked with your child’s name and class.

 

To find out more information about the author and his books please go to the following website:

https://www.adamkay.co.uk/

https://www.adamkay.co.uk/