Author Trip

Year 5 children went to Highgate School to meet Ben Lyttleton, journalist, broadcaster and award-winning science and sports writer.

Ben is co-author of the inspirational book series 'Football School'. These books ingeniously explain the world through football. 

The books cover all the subjects of the school curriculum such as Biology, Geography and Drama using football as the focus. They are illustrated with hilarious cartoons and full of fun facts and quizzes.

 Ben explained to the children that he and his co-author, Alex Bellos, were inspired to write these books because they love football and thought that it would be a good way to learn about the world.

As a young boy, Ben always had a football with him and spent as much time as possible playing the game.

The books are based on a school timetable and divided into lessons. 

Here are a few examples of the lessons.

Biology

Question: What is the right sort of food for a footballer to eat before a match?

Answer: Chicken with boiled potatoes and carrots or Fish with rice and brocoli. These are foods that contain lots of carbohydrates that give you energy to run around for 90 minutes chasing a ball!

Ben and teacher doing the samba

Geography

Question: Why are Brazilian Footballers such skilled players?

Answer: Brazil's national music style is called samba and they all learn to wiggle their hips which is really useful if you are a footballer and need to wiggle pass defenders.

Michael - Tanzanite demonstrating a goal celebration

Drama

Question:What acting do footballers do on the pitch?

Answer: Diving - this is when a player acts injured to get penalties. Goal Celebrations - this is when a player does flips, somersaults and other gestures to celebrate a goal.

Ada - Tanzanite being shown a red card

Matteo - Tanzanite meets the author to get a signed copy of his book

The children all had an engaging morning learning about the world, football and books.

At times it was just like being in a football stadium with lots of cheering and booing!

Thank you to Ben Lyttleton, Highgate School and Pickled Pepper Books.

More information on interesting Football/School Facts can be found on   YouTube.com/Football/SchoolFacts

Love Football, love School!

Library Rules

Rules

Each class has a weekly session in the library and every child has an opportunity to borrow  a book. Please could you make sure that your child returns their library book each week on their library day so that they can either renew it or borrow another book. 

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
White	Blue	Green	Indigo	Red
Pearl	Sapphire	Emerald	Tanzanite	Ruby
Amber			Violet	Diamond
Orange			Amethyst	Yellow

If a book is lost please either replace it or provide a fee of £5 so that it can be replaced. This should be given to the school office in an envelope clearly marked for the attention of the Library with your child’s name and class.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries relating to the Library.

School Librarian

Mrs  Rooney

As a reward for returning books every child in Nursery and Reception classes will receive a star sticker (while stocks last!).

Well Done!

Librarians

Welcome to our new pupil librarians!

David – Tanzanite

Andrew – Tanzanite
Natalia – Violet

Lewhat - Violet

Victoria – Amethyst

Morgan – Amethyst

Addison – Indigo
Lekan – Indigo

The pupil librarians will be helping in the library during lunch times for the Spring term.
They will be learning how a library works and assisting other children to choose books. 

And having fun!

New Year

Welcome back to school. 

We have a few exciting events to look forward to this term.

Author Visit on Thursday 6th February

Year 5 going to Highgate School to meet Ben Lyttleton, author of
'Football School' series

&

World Book Day on Thursday March 1st 

Dress-Up Day and Best Costume Competition  

Every year our children come to school with the most marvellous costumes. The home-made ones are always the best and it is a chance for parents/carers to work creatively with children. 

BOOK FAIR

This year Pickled Pepper Books, our local bookshop in Crouch End,  will be organising an exciting Book Fair. 

More information to come so keep an eye on the Library Blog.

Library Awards

Junior Librarian Award

Every term we choose pupil librarians from our Years 5 and 6. These children are instructed by the school Librarian in how a library functions and they help with running and monitoring the library during lunch times.

This term our librarians have done an excellent job and to thank them they were presented at the final assembly this morning, Wednesday 20th December, with a Junior Librarian Award together with their library portraits.

Congratulations  

Alice - Violet

Maggie - Violet

Emeka - Amethyst

Onyedikachi - Amethyst

Shayne - Amethyst

Lola - Violet

Tamara - Indigo

Leonie - Indigo

Kidiana - Tanzanite

Lily - Tanzanite

Well done!

Your teachers will be selecting Junior Librarians for next term after the holidays so make sure you let them know if you would like to help in the Library.

Reading Award

Reading Awards were also presented at the assembly for children whose reading this term has been exceptional. The following children have been reading consistently and exploring new authors and genres.

Congratulations 

Amethyst Class - Scarlett, Ondine, Esther and Cherie

Violet Class - Lewhat and Natalia

Tanzanite Class - Ruby and Monty

Indigo - Alice, Richard and Jasmine

Sapphire - Jude and Kesanet

Blue - Giselle

Green - Max, Eleanor and Elizabeth

Emerald - Valentin

Well done!

Keep reading and maybe next term you too will have a 
Reading Award!

Christmas Fair

St Joseph's Christmas Fair 2017

 Pickled Pepper Books from Crouch End came to our Christmas Fair. 

They brought along a fantastic array of children’s books including the latest releases. 

They also very kindly donated a fantastic prize for the raffle – an original print of ‘What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday’ signed by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. 

There was great excitement with many children going home with early Christmas presents.

All the books sold has earned free books for your school library.

If you would like to continue to support your local bookshop and earn free books for our school library ask at the school office for a loyalty card or drop into Pickled Pepper Books https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/ 

and pick one up. 10 books bought means £10 worth of books for the school.

Many thanks for your continued support.
 

Pickled Pepper Books 

at our
Christmas Fair

Friday 8th December 2017
Key Stage 1 Infant Hall
2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Pick up a loyalty card and 10 books bought means £10 worth of books for the school.

Get your Christmas Shopping off to a flying start with books for all the children in your family!!

Christmas Lights

Reception class turned on the Christmas lights in the Library this morning.

They also turned over the first star in our Book-themed Advent Calendar.

Day One - 'The Railway Children' by E. Nesbit - a must-read for all children.