Dear Parents,
We know that home schooling has brought many challenges and stresses AND FUN to your homes. Here at St Anthony’s we would like to tell you what a great job you are doing and to guide you toward one of the very best things you can do to help your child. Encourage your child to to read for pleasure. We invite you to read with your child and encourage your child to READ as much as possible. It’s the magic potion of learning…. and it is usually quiet too! 🙂 Let us help you cast that spell, not only this week but for the whole of the summer holidays and beyond!
So what to read? Mrs Gardner, our head teacher will start off by telling you about a book she loved as a child and you will also hear from your teachers too!
We hope we will inspire you to GET READING!
MRS GARDNER
MRS CANNING
MISS SLOAN
MRS MCGILL
MRS STANNERS
MR PATERSON
MRS MOFFAT
Our support staff love to read too! Here is Mrs Rybak telling you about her favourite book.
Now its time to hear from Mrs Llaza’s best friend from primary school. This is Miss McCauley and she is a high school teacher. I think she was definitely the best friend anyone could have to encourage me to read lots on rainy days when we felt bored and were stuck indoors. She still passes all the books she has read onto me! What a brilliant reading friend to have! Primary 7’s just listen to how much fun high school teachers are!
Now let’s here from some writing stars. Primary 1-3 I’m sure you will love to hear a story from Shirley Hughes!
Everyone’s favourite! Roald Dahl!
David Walliams is always making us laugh.
NOW ITS YOUR TURN! BE A…
I would love you to become a book doctor and write a prescription for a good book. You should give this prescription to someone in your family or to a friend you have in St Anthony’s school. We would love you to post a photo or a video of you writing your book prescription on the blog or on the school twitter page (REMEMBER NEVER SAY OR WRITE YOUR NAME ALONGSIDE A PHOTO OR VIDEO OF YOURSELF ON THE SCHOOL TWITTER PAGE)
WE CAN’T WAIT TO RECEIVE OUR BOOK PRESCRIPTIONS!
Today we would also like to raise awareness of children who find reading an even bigger challenge. Children identified as having dyslexia can sometimes lose the joy of reading as it can be very tiring and frustrating for them, but worst of all it can make them lose their confidence as a learner. Fortunately, we are learning more and more about dyslexia and are finding ways to make reading and learning a pleasure for dyslexic learners too! Parents and children please take the time to listen to the video clips in the links to understand dyslexia and just how fantastically wonderful and smart dyslexic children and adults are!
To gain a better understanding of what dyslexia is. Click on the link below.
http://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/create-and-share/videos/see-dyslexia-differently
To understand how children with dyslexia are supported in school, click the link below.
https://www.sendgateway.org.uk/whole-school-send/find-wss-resources/nqt-videos.html
Here are some wonderful children who tell of some of the tricky things and all the amazing things about being dyslexic. Click on the link below.
http://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/create-and-share/videos/dyslexia-presentation
http://unwrapped.dyslexiascotland.org.uk/create-and-share/videos/lyla-when-i-was-seven
WE HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED DAY ONE OF THE SUMMER READING CHALLENGE. We look forward to you joining us tomorrow to hear some authors live interviews, hearing some of your teachers read live, meeting a real life Katie Morag and more!
DO NOT FORGET TO POST YOUR READING PRESCRIPTIONS!
SEE YOU TOMORROW!
