Next week is Scottish Book Week and all our P1-3s are bringing home a Book Bug Bag with books and ideas to share reading at home.
Our P4-7s will be given a Reading Passport to allow them to take part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. This is a booklet to record the books they read between now and next June. There are national prizes for schools in June 2017.
We also have two packs of Scottish children’s books, written by Rennie McOwen, kindly donated by Rowantree Publishing, which we will raffle with those P4-7 pupils who complete 12 or more books by our mid-term break in February 2017. Our P4-7s also have ongoing Accelerated Reading books to read for pleasure which can be used for the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. We also have been donated a box of books (which are more suited to older readers) and these will be used as prizes for those pupils achieving their Autumn and Winter term Accelerated Reading target.
Next week the Scholastic Book Fair will be here and all classes will have the opportunity to visit the Fair and buy books if wished
I hope that our younger pupils enjoy sharing their Book Bug Packs at home and would encourage all our P4-7s to take part in the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. Reading is a key area in our curriculum and, by developing reading skills at school and encouraging reading for pleasure at home, we can together ensure that all children reach their full potential.