Families Reading Together Programme
4-4-2 Reading Challenge
Livingston FC, West Lothian Youth Foundation, the SPFL Trust and Scottish Book Trust have teamed up to launch a pioneering pilot project, which aims to encourage kids to read.
The Lions are working in partnership with 14 SPFL clubs and local libraries, to deliver the 4-4-2 Reading Challenge which aims to inspire children aged 5-12 to read four books in exchange for match tickets.
The initiative centres on a reading “challenge card” which participating clubs and libraries will issue. For every book read, children will receive a stamp on their card.
When they have read four books, participants will receive a FREE match ticket for a home league match at The Tony Macaroni Arena, while an accompanying adult will be able to purchase a discounted ticket.
We are delighted to be part of this initiative, and our children are lucky they have a library on their doorstop. Our cards will be arriving this week and children can visit our Community Library at the times below to borrow a book and collect their card.
- Monday: 2:00-5:00pm
- Wednesday: 2:30 – 4:30pm
- Thursday 2:00-6:00pm
For more information visit the website:
http://livingstonfc.co.uk/community/4-4-2-reading-challenge/
Term 3 Celebration Assembly
Today we had our first Celebration Assembly to celebrate all our achievements during Term 3.
We had our first Dojo Top Scorers for each of our houses – they received a £10 gift voucher for WH Smith.
Each teacher nominated a child in their class for the Remarkable Reader Award for making progress in their reading.
They also nominated a child in their class for the STEM Superstar Award for making progress in Science, Technologies, Engineering and Maths.
We gave out Sumdog Awards for the Top 5 in Reading and Maths during our Snow Days.
P7 Young Leaders who took part in the Families Reading Together session received a Head Teacher Award.
The children who took part in the West Lothian Burns festival received a Head Teacher Award.
Miai and Jessica told us about representing our cluster on a trip to London.
Almond won the house points for this term.
Well done to everyone who received an award, and thank you to the families who joined us.
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/celebration-assembly-term-3
Families Reading Together in Our Community Library
Due to the success of our Families Reading Together sessions during World Book Week, our community library would now like to offer them every Thursday during term time.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Celebration Assembly – Thursday 15th March 2018
On Thursday 15th March we are holding our first Celebration Assembly to mark our achievements this term.
Teachers have nominated children for a STEM Superstar and Remarkable Reader Awards in each class, if your child is receiving one of these awards you should have received a special invite last week.
We will also be giving out Head Teachers Award, Sumdog Awards, Top Scorers and the House Winners, so please feel free to come along and and join us at 9:15am if you wish.
Primary 1 – World Book Day
We are learning to … read and listen to stories for enjoyment.
I can … take part in a story.
I can … retell stories in different ways.
I can … share likes and dislikes in stories.
As part of World Book Day, P1 heard lots of new stories and created lots of art and writing linked to them. We had a big discussion about everything we did and what we thought about reading books.
What was your favourite story this week and why?
Harrison: Aliens love Underpants. I liked making my own underpants!
Hannah: Blown Away. I enjoyed making my own kite. The story is about animals who are blown away on a kite.
Lewis: I enjoyed Aliens love Underpants. My favourite part was when the aliens were dancing!
Jacob: My favourite was Supertato. The best part was when the carrot was stuck in the elevator. I put eyes, masks, legs on different vegetables like celery and carrots.
Which story character did you dress up as this week?
Sophie: I dressed up as Belle from my favourite book!
Jessica: Anna from Frozen.
Christopher M & Christopher J: We were both Spiderman!
Kenzie: I loved being a red Power Ranger!
Jacob and Mitzi – We were Horrid Henry.
What books do you like to read at home?
Corey: I like fact books about sharks.
Iona: I like Frozen books
Danielle: I like interesting animal books or books about the seashore. I have lots of different ones.
Hannah: My favourite book book is Rapunzel.
Connor: ‘The Back to Front Bat’ is my favourite.
Grace: I like scary stories.
Logan: I like dinosaur stories.
Emma – Leigh: I like non-fiction books.
Ben: I like Room on the Broom.
Leah: I like Bat-girl stories and I dressed up has Bat-girl.
Ruraidh: I like The BFG.
Christopher Pickwell: My favourite story is Who’s in the Loo? It’s a funny story!
Can you spot us all below?
World Book Day: Supertato
In our workshop, we looked at the book ‘Supertato’ by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet. We talked about the main character and looked at a short video about how the authors created the caped potato superhero!
We then discussed the next book, ‘Supertato Veggies Assemble’. In this book, the vegetables decide to work together as a team of ‘Super Veggies’! All of the children then created their own super vegetable character.
Primary 2
For ‘Pumphy Book Day’, we took part in activities linked to different stories.
So, what did we do?
Miss McLaughlin – We were looking at ‘This Book just ate my dog!’. We made our own greedy books and created our own titles (‘This book just ate…’).
Mrs Strachan – We were looking at ‘Aliens love Underpants’. We got to design our own aliens or our own pair of underpants!
Miss McLennan – We were looking at ‘Blown away’. We got to design and make our own kites!
Mrs Dugan – We were looking at ‘Supertato’. We got to make our own ‘Super’ vegetables!
We also got to dress up as our favourite book characters!
What did we do at home?
Some of us took part in the ‘Families reading together’ sessions. We got to make bookmarks, models and masks. Some of us tried to make our own books at home, with nice and nasty characters. We also made use of our ‘Book Bug’ and ‘Read, Write, Count’ bags. We’ve been doing lots of extra reading at home too!
World Book Day: George’s Marvellous Medicine
In our workshops, we looked at the book ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ by Roald Dahl. We read an extract from the book and discussed what the book is about and why it’s such a great book. We then made a group ‘medicine’ using a variety of ingredients you could find in a kitchen or bathroom. Everyone got a chance to choose an ingredient and decide how much of it to put in. After putting it in the bowl and giving it a good mix, the children wrote their ingredient up on the whiteboard to create our group recipe. Our ‘medicines’ smelled as horrible as they looked! After creating our group recipe, everyone got the chance to write a recipe of their own. If anyone makes their own ‘medicine’ (under adult supervision) remember to post a photo on the blog.
World Book Day Assembly
https://www.slideshare.net/PUSCPS/world-book-day-89964966
