Holiday Reading

 Holiday Reading

Here are some fun and FREE ways to help to keep reading over the holidays!

READING CLOUD – eBooks & eAudiobooks

Log-on to our school library and read from our selection of eBooks & eAudiobooks.

This is a fabulous resource.

Winter Reading Challenges

Islington Libraries

Join your local library if you are not a member already and join in with the 

WINTER READING CHALLENGE

at your local Islington Libraries or online.

For more information follow this link.

The Reading Agency 

Join in on line with the Reading Agency's WINTER MINI CHALLENGE.

For more information follow this link.

Merry Christmas

keep reading over the holidays.

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Winter Reading Challenges

 

Winter Reading Challenges

To support literacy over the holiday period, we welcomed Islington Library Service to come into school for our Christmas Fair to encourage our children to join their local library and the Winter Reading Challenge.

There are two challenges; the Winter Reading Challenge run by Islington libraries and the Winter Mini Challenge run by The Reading Agency. The challenges aim to encourage children to continue reading over the winter holidays.

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 1^st December 2023 and 29^th February 2024.  There are certificates for all those who complete the challenge as well as a chance to win a special prize!

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

Taking part in the Winter Mini Challenge is free and online. Visit the dedicated children’s website, www.wintermini.org.uk, and gain rewards for reading and reviewing books!  

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.

Winter Reading Challenges

There are two challenges; the Winter Reading Challenge run by Islington libraries and the Winter Mini Challenge run by The Reading Agency. The challenges aim to encourage children to continue reading over the winter holidays.

Winter Reading Challenge - Islington Libraries

Read 4 books between 1st December and 29th February to get a certificate and the a chance to win a prize!

To support literacy over the holiday period, we welcomed librarians from Islington Library Service to come to our Christmas fair to encourage our children to join their local library and the Winter Reading Challenge.

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 1^st December 2023 and 29^th February 2024.  There will be a certificate for all those who complete the challenge and a chance to win a special prize!

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.

Winter Mini Challenge - The Reading Agency

Taking part in the Winter Mini Challenge is free and online. Visit the dedicated children’s website, www.wintermini.org.uk, and gain rewards for reading and reviewing books!

Keep reading during the holidays!

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

Winter Reading Challenges

 

Islington librarian

To support literacy over the holiday period, we welcomed a librarian from Islington Library Service to come into school to encourage our children to join their local library and the Winter Reading Challenge.

 

There are two challenges; the Winter Reading Challenge run by Islington libraries and the Winter Mini Challenge run by The Reading Agency. The challenges aim to encourage children to continue reading over the winter holidays.

 

Taking part in the Winter Reading Challenge is simple and free. Children need to read 4 books from their library between 1^st December 2022 and 28^th February 2022.  There are certificates for all those who complete the challenge as well as a chance to win a special prize!

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

 

Taking part in the Winter Mini Challenge is free and online. Visit the dedicated children’s website, www.wintermini.org.uk, and gain rewards for reading and reviewing books! 

 

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.

  

Get Islington Reading - READING ADVENTURE GAME

 

Dear Parents/Carers of Year 6,

Get Islington Reading: The Reading Adventure Game

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 October our school was chosen to launch The Reading Agency’s exciting new online reading game for children called ‘The Reading Adventure’. The aim of the game is to get children reading more and trying different types of reading activities.

The Reading Agency has sent us leaflets with details of how to access this game. A copy is attached. We will also be sending them home with your child. To join in with the game you may need to help your child set up an account using the 6-digit school code found on the leaflet.

Islington libraries will be hosting a range of free workshops and you and your child will be notified about these through the online game.

Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any queries relating to this project.

Yours faithfully,

 

Mrs Rooney

School Librarian

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