Reading

Cosy reading day 16/12/24

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Family Story Time

Dear parents and carers,

Please join us in school for Family Story Time on Monday 13th January and Monday 10th February (2:45-3:15pm). We really value reading for pleasure and love to share story time with parents and carers.

Reading for Pleasure Events

During this half term we will be having a reading cafe in classes in which the students get to taste books from different genres and set some targets for their reading in 2025.
Happy reading! Mrs Hall

Last half term we had a pop-up Cosy Christmas reading time for the students on 16/12/24. It featured festive stories and non-fiction books about animals from frozen lands. The students had time to relax and share books with their friends.

All classes enjoyed taking part with National Poetry Day on Thursday 3rd October. The theme was 'Counting'. We read, discussed and wrote poems throughout the week. Classes also learned poems to perform at the Harvest festival. On National Poetry Day each class visited a pop-up Poetry Cafe in which they shared new and familiar poetry books with their friends.

Snuggle up and enjoy a book from our Winter Reading Recommendations!

Mrs Hall recommends:

Parent Reading Recommendations

Reader Leaders 2024-2025

Pop-up Poetry Cafe

Parent and School Reading Partners

Parent and School Reading Partnership

Our School Library- The Heart of St. George's

Our library is well-stocked and well-loved. It supports our lessons and reading for pleasure throughout the whole school.

Our aim is to have a unified approach across the school in the provision and maintenance of book collections in the main library and classroom collections.

The purpose of the Library:

To provide children with a stimulating and inviting, yet relaxing environment, in which they feel comfortable in selecting texts and learning materials of their choice.
To provide a core collection of non-fiction books for teacher reference.
To provide core collections for children to learn information skills, such as using books effectively for research.
To provide fiction suitable for the entire age and ability range, to include series by well-known authors, joke books, books for reluctant and and advanced readers, dual language books etc.
To provide opportunities for children to read for pleasure.
To teach children how to use, handle and respect books, and to use with confidence he library system independently and efficiently.
To promote libraries as places which provide enjoyable and exciting activities.
To provide opportunities for children and their families to take part in literacy-related activities, such as book clubs.

Accommodation:

The main library is situated at the centre of the school in an area that is situated between KS1 and KS2, and includes an outdoor courtyard reading area.
The library is utilised on a daily basis by whole-class visits. TAs supporting groups of children, and open-library times staffed by volunteers during lunch time, and before and after school.
The layout of the library ensures that it is accessible to all children and adults within the school, including wheelchair users.
The library provides an authentic ‘Library Experience’ through the organisation of the fiction books in alphabetical order by author’s surname and the use of the Dewey System combined with a colour-coded system for the non-fiction books.
There is a desk with a computer, where the Librarian, staff or children use the computer programme to check in and out books.
In addition to the main library there will be a selection of reading material in each classroom. This will be selected from the stock in the library to reflect the current topics and interests of the class, and will be changed regularly.
Posters give children further support in using the library independently.
Children’s learning is also displayed in the library.

Community links:

The staff will work together to arrange fun after school events to promote a love of reading and its importance in lifelong learning.
Links with New Mills Library are promoted with good success, such as can be seen by the summer reading programme run by Derbyshire Libraries.
A growing number of parents listen to our children read one-to-one to boost confidence, develop expression and diction when reading aloud.

Our library, the heart of our school.

NEW READING BOOKS!

We have boosted resources in KS1 and the Juniors have a wonderful new reading scheme! We are using Collins Big Cat readers, as we do in KS1. The books are bright and modern with plenty of variety to interest all the children. The huge variety of genres will build and develop our students' vocabularies.

Each child will be bringing home their class reading book and a book that they have chosen from the library to read for pleasure. Please listen to them read most nights each week. Please sign and write a note about their reading in their reading diary. If you find your child is reading fluently and confidently, please develop their vocabulary skills by discussing new language in their books.

Each class has a new reading scrapbook that will come home with children throughout the term. Please use the scrapbook to create a double page spread all about a book that your child is currently enjoying. This book could be an old favourite from home, their class reader or their library book. Get creative and present your book review however you choose! We are inspiring the children to recommend books to each other to encourage their love of reading.

Happy reading!