RAINY DAYS ARE PERFECT FOR READING!
Good morning children! Thank you for all your participation in the Summer Reading Challenge! Although this is the last day of school, the reading challenge will go on for the rest of the summer. Unfortunately lots of us will not be able to go off on our holidays so we will have lots of time to fill over the next 6 weeks, so why don’t you create yourself your own personal challenge to read as many books as you can.
The Summer Reading challenge has gone digital this year to ensure children can still take part even though they’re unable to visit our libraries just now. Here are some details of this year’s challenge and information on how to join in:
Join the #SillySquad2020 by signing up at sillysquad.org.uk
Check out your West Lothian libraries webpage https://bit.ly/WLlibrariesSRC2020 and search for books you can borrow from us at https://bit.ly/BBoxChildren.
Summer holiday Challenge
Your teachers also know that you may have read all the books you have at home, so today we are going to ‘HIDE A BOOK, FIND A BOOK’ This is the perfect opportunity for us to share our love of reading and share the books we love with children in our community! Maybe your parents could do the same thing with adult books so that other people in the community can find a new book to read too. It would be great if you could share some videos or photos on twitter showing you on your way to hide a book/find a book, particularly if you are lucky enough to find a book! I will be following twitter all summer to see what books you have found.
Here is also some more reading prescriptions from more of your teachers in St Anthony’s and also a chance for you to meet a new teacher in our school who you will meet after the holidays. Her name is Mrs Creaney. Welcome to St Anthony’s Mrs Creaney!
Mrs Creaney
Children we are already on the way of showing the Scottish Book Trust that we deserve the accreditation of being a READING SCHOOL and are working towards receiving the silver award! Here is a link to record all the books you have read and rate them 1 to 5 stars over the summer to show how much the children in St Anthony’s love to read! remember to bring it to school with you on your first day back at school.
http://www.childrens-books-and-reading.com/reading-log.html
I am so proud of you all and have loved hearing about all the reading activities you have been doing. Some of your video clips on twitter have been fantastic! For those of you who have not been able to follow the activities, you can always revisit the blog pages and take part in the challenges. I would love to see more of your reading prescriptions, watch your Michael Rosen impersonations, look at the survey showing your favourite Michael Rosen poems, hearing what you thought of the T.S. Eliot poem and sharing all the books you have read throughout the summer. Let’s show the Scottish Book Trust that we are ready to pick up this reading schools award and get a silver star!
Take care throughout the holidays children. St Anthony’s teachers cannot wait to hear your lovely laughter and see your smiley faces in August! Stay safe and God bless.
