It was Read ‘n’ Treat time today for the boys and girls to celebrate Book Week Scotland.
We brought our favourite mugs from home and cosied up for some quiet reading time with a Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows. Some chose to dip into audiobook readings on David Walliams’ favourite titles or on our class book for this term – Holes by Louis Sachar, which has been made into a film. You can access the QR codes here.
Book Week Scotland AudioBook LInks
While we were reading, we sketched the mental images that appeared in our minds, using our HOTS creativity skills.
We also watched Dr. Suess’ The Sneetchers, which is all about discrimination. This links with our learning about our rights, in particular Article 2. It also connects with our Anti-Bullying work to participate in Anti-Bullying Week, which coincides with this event. We had a discussion on the meaning of the story . The children were very insightful, linking this to how people might be treated differently on the basis of their race, religion, gender or protected characteristics.
The children enjoyed the chill out time, building those all important connections of reading for pleasure. Reading just 20 minutes a day can make such a difference to a child’s achievement too – Win, Win!
Primary 1-3 pupils were very excited this afternoon to receive their Bookbug (P1) / Read, Write, Count (P2-3) gift bags. Parents were invited in as part of our launch of this Scottish Government initiative which aims to inspire a lifelong love of reading, writing and counting, and strengthen links between home and school learning by supporting parents in taking an active role in their child’s learning to give them the best start in life. They were shown the contents of the bags and given suggestions for helping to develop literacy and numeracy at home using these resources. After presenting the boys and girls with their bags, everyone headed down to the classroom where we spent time exploring our new books and games. The pupils are really looking forward to using the contents of their bags at home!
UNCRC – Article 29: Aims of Education
