NEW BOOKS
Another bus load of books have arrived at the library.
CHANGE for CHANGE
On Tuesday 29th April we held our ‘Change for Change Day’!!!
Pupil leadership
groups ran stalls to raise money for their chosen charity – FAIRTRADE.
Our junior
librarians ran a book stall from donations of second-hand books.
Junior librarians,
Ronli, Liza, Sadie and Cillian from Year 6 and Sebastian from Year 5 led the book
stall.
It was a fabulous day and the beautiful weather meant that all the stalls could be set up outside in our KS1 playground,
In
the afternoon all classes had a chance to visit the stalls and spend their ‘change’
on books,
toys, potted
plants and cakes. There was also a game stand offering a chance to participate
in a penalty
shoot-out.
It was wonderful of see the enthusiasm, creativity and generosity of our school community.
It was a great success in raising funds for FAIRTRADE.
Thank you to
our pupil leadership groups, to our junior librarians in particular and to
everyone for
supporting ‘CHANGE for CHANGE’.
LIBRARY AWARDS
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St
Joseph’s Primary School Celebrates World Book Day with Creative Dress-Up
In a celebration of literacy and
creativity, St Joseph’s Primary School marked World Book Day with children invited to come to
school dressed as a ‘word’; bringing language to life in a vibrant and
imaginative way.
The school was alive with children
transformed into colourful walking embodiments of words, such as triumphant, iridescent,
fatigued, spotty and storm, to name but a few. From "sparkling" princesses
to "enchanting" wizards, the costumes were as diverse as the words
they represented. All this sparked curiosity, conversation and excitement
throughout the school.
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| Children from Emerald Class dressed up in costumes that represent the words: 'retro', 'spotty', 'soldier', 'wizard', 'dazzle' and 'storm'. |
In the morning, a ‘reading swap’
was organised so that children in KS2 joined our children in KS1, Nursery and
Reception to share a beautiful moment reading with them.
St Joseph’s also hosted a Scholastic
Book Fair giving the children an opportunity to use their World Book Day £1
book token to either get a £1 off a book of their choice or swap it for one of
the especially published World Book Day books.
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| Junior Librarians celebrating World Book Day at the Book Fair |
As the day ended, children
gathered for a special assembly where they joined in with a quiz and shared
their creative alternative book covers. Prizes of book vouchers for the book
fair were awarded to the winners of the best book covers. It was a fitting
conclusion to a day filled with creativity, laughter, and a shared love of
books.
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| Cillian - Amethyst Class - with winning book cover design. |
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| Rionagh - Sapphire Class - with winning book cover design. |
The children all agreed that
they had the most magical, fun day sharing their favourite books.
Executive Headteacher, Miss
Clare McFlynn, expressed her delight at the creativity displayed by the children,
stating, "World Book Day is a wonderful opportunity for our children to
celebrate the joy of reading and language.”.
Our
BOOK FAIR
You have helped us get FREE books for our School Library.
Thank you to everyone!
