{"id":4281,"date":"2026-01-30T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/?p=4281"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T08:35:50","slug":"reading-schools-scotland-week-2nd-6th-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/01\/30\/reading-schools-scotland-week-2nd-6th-february\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Schools Scotland Week 2nd &#8211; 6th February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4282\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/01\/30\/reading-schools-scotland-week-2nd-6th-february\/reading-schools-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"400,192\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"reading schools\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools-300x144.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4282\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools-300x144.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools-300x144.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/uploads\/sites\/839\/2026\/01\/30083431\/reading-schools.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the 2nd to the 6th of February we will be taking part in Reading Schools Scotland Book Week.\u00a0 There is a theme for each day connected to reading for pleasure culminating on Friday afternoon with our Giant Book Swap.<\/p>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> &#8211; Ask me what I&#8217;m reading &#8211; children will be wearing stickers with the book they have read and want you to ask them about it.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> &#8211; Drop everything and read &#8211; Children will have the opportunity to drop everything and read in school and we would encourage them to send in photos of them reading for pleasure at home.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">4<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; Storytelling &#8211; the art of telling stories.\u00a0 As part of the week and combined with Storytelling Week children will have the opportunity to discuss stories , create their own stories to tell and retell favourite stories<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">5<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; Author take over &#8211; There will be online author events, visitors in to read to some of the classes children.\u00a0 Anyone wishing to share a story with the children should contact Mrs Milne via the office.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">6<sup>th<\/sup> &#8211; Big Book Bonanza &#8211; pupils get an opportunity to choose a preloved book from books that have been donated.\u00a0 There will be an opportunity for parents to come in and choose books later in the afternoon. Any donations you have of books both children&#8217;s and adult reading will be welcome and should be handed in to Mrs Milne or the class teachers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Many other activities will be taking place across the school during the week.<\/div>\n<div>Thank you for your continuing support.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the 2nd to the 6th of February we will be taking part in Reading Schools Scotland Book Week.\u00a0 There is a theme for each day connected to reading for pleasure culminating on Friday afternoon with our Giant Book Swap. 2nd &#8211; Ask me what I&#8217;m reading &#8211; children will be wearing stickers with the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/2026\/01\/30\/reading-schools-scotland-week-2nd-6th-february\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reading Schools Scotland Week 2nd &#8211; 6th February<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4681,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4681"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4283,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4281\/revisions\/4283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/GalstonPrimarySchool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}