Putting reading for pleasure at the heart of our school!
We are currently committed to building a reading culture for our learning across our whole school community. We are doing this through Reading Schools, which is the Scottish Book Trust’s National accreditation programme. We will be sharing our journey and learning this session on this page, so please stay tuned!
Our Reading Schools Pupil Leadership Group
Guess the Reader
Staff are Readers Too!!!! Our staff were very busy reading their favourite children’s books and they tried really hard to disguise themselves. Children were able to enter a competition to guess the readers hiding behind the books. Here are a few photos from the competition.
Lunchtime Book Club
Our P6 Pupils from the Reading Schools Leadership Group are running a Book Club for P2 pupils. The club will run for 5 weeks and P2 pupils will be invited to come along and share their love of reading.
Library Improvements
Our Pupil Leadership Group carried out a Library Audit. They spoke with pupils and staff within the school and then planned to make improvements to our Library. They reorganised the books to allow pupils to browse and find books that interest them. They rearranged the furniture to ensure that the library felt relaxing and comfortable. New mobile shelving was purchased to allow our younger readers to access the books more easily. There is now a ‘Sign-out’ sheet which classes have to use to ensure that our Library is kept tidy and is accessible for all. The layout plan and photographs created by the Pupil Group on the wall help with this. We now have Library Inspections which take place daily, again to ensure that our Library is cared for and valued by all.
Rockstar Readers
Every week at assembly, a pupil from each class is awarded a Rockstar Reader Award. This could be awarded for showing a love of reading, showing a commitment to reading books, class work completed at school, bringing in books to share with the class, regularly using the class Borrow Basket or any other reasons which the class and/or the teacher think is deserving of a Rockstar Reader Award.
Presenting at Assembly
Members of the Pupil Leadership group have presented at assembly. They updated the whole school on the Library Improvements and new system which has been put in place. They introduced the new ‘Drop Everything And Read’ sessions which take place every Friday.
Drop Everything And Read (DROP Sessions)
Our DROP sessions take place every Friday from 2.15pm until 2.30pm. This is to encourage and promote our Reading for Enjoyment ethos. We want all pupils and staff at NRPS to be given the opportunity to develop a love of reading.
Rights Respecting Schools Approach to Book Week Scotland
This session we took a Rights based approach to Book Week Scotland. We ordered in brand new books which helped us to talk about and learn more about ‘Our Rights’, encourage our love of reading and develop our Literacy skills.
BOOKZILLA
A number of our P4-7 pupils have been using the BOOKZILLA app. This is a free app which allows children and young people to find books which will be of interest them by using the filters. They can get book recommendations from other children and play games and quizzes.
Staff Development
Our school staff are always thriving to improve their own knowledge and understanding of Reading. They are on a continuous learning journey and regularly attend meetings and CLPL opportunities to better equip themselves to provide the best learning and teaching for our pupils.
Borrow Baskets
The Reading Schools Pupil Leadership Group have created Book Borrow Baskets. They introduced them to pupils at a whole school assembly. There is a Borrow Basket in every class and pupils will be encouraged to bring in a book that they are finished reading. They can add it to the basket for other children to borrow and they can choose a book from the basket to read. They can do this as often as they wish. If your child wishes to have their books back at the end of the year, they can write their name inside the cover.
