This week is Book Week Scotland and the P1 pupils will bring home their bookbug bags today (Monday 21 November).  Bookbug Bags are free and full of brilliant books and goodies for you to share with your child. We hope you’ll enjoy exploring and developing a love of reading together at home.

Bags are given to every child in Scotland, from birth to Primary 1. Your child will receive four bags in total: Baby Bag, Toddler Bag, Pirate Bag and the P1 Family Bag. There are also Gaelic versions of each bag available.  Further information about the stories can be found on the scottish book trust website.

Primary 2 and Primary 3 pupils have received their ‘Read, Write, Count’ bags.  Read, Write, Count is a new campaign to support parents of children in primaries 1 to 3 who want to take a more active role in their children’s learning.

Read, Write, Count’s website gives lots of simple ideas for working fun reading, writing and counting activities into your daily life. These are things you can do while shopping, on the way to school, at bedtime or mealtimes. You can have fun and help your child get the best start in life!

Read, Write, Count also gifts free bags of books, counting games and writing materials to all children in P2 and 3. Writing and counting materials were added to the  Bookbug Primary 1 Family Bag.  We hope you enjoy using these resources to support your child with suggested activities.