Books and reading can take you on exciting journeys: you can visit other worlds, travel through time and meet lots of interesting characters.
Primary 4 thought about where they wanted their reading journey to take them.The children drew some of the things they think they will see along the way.
After break, Lindsay came to conduct a creative writing workshop with P7. She helped us develop a bank of creative ideas and encourage us to use strong adjectives in our writing about a mythical creature of our own creation. After a busy morning, she was kind enough to give us an interview which we will share with the school in our first Kirkie Catch Up news bulletin.
” I really liked Lindsay helping us with our imaginative writing and adding in more descriptive words.” James I.
“I liked how Lindsay shared her knowledge with us, and also the way that her journey to becoming an author wasn’t smooth. She explained that she had not been very resilient to start with but that this grew and helped her to become a writer.” Hazel
“I thought it was really nice that Lindsay came to visit. She was great at teaching us how to start writing.” Adam
We have been very inspired by Lindsay’s visit, and using the plan that she helped us to create on Tuesday, we have gone on to write some fantastic myths. Prepare to be entertained, frightened and thrilled at Meet the Teacher!
Research shows that creating excitement around texts is important when encouraging reading for pleasure. A range of texts were hidden around the playground for children to discover on their lunch break. These were purposefully selected to include fiction, non-fiction, poetry and comics to appeal to a wide range of children. If children found a text they could re-hide, borrow, keep forever or leave for someone else to find. Staff in the playground reported that the children seemed very excited to find books, so this is something we hope to repeat. Did your child find a book? Please feel free to share on Twitter using #KPSbooktreasure. NB: FMRC choose to use the social media platform Twitter to communicate updates: @FMReadChallenge if you wish to follow them.
In just under a fortnight we have read a grand total of…
446 books!
A fantastic effort by everyone involved. Here is the a breakdown by class of the total number of books read.
The Primary 1 boys and girls were very excited last week as published author Mrs Mc Lelland came to visit them! She read some of the stories that she has written and taught them how to draw a highland cow!
Welcome to Kirknewton Primary School’s 2018 Reading Challenge blog! This blog is specifically for sharing the activities we have been doing as part of the First Minister’s Reading Challenge. You will find photographs, interviews, book recommendations and more!
