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The Reading Spring Edition 2021
If you have some reading
Round-Up
news to share in next terms
edition, please email
amy.greatrex@southwilford.
nottingham.sch.uk
Editors Letter: Welcome to the Spring edition of ‘The Reading Round-Up’, a newsletter designed to celebrate
Reading for Pleasure at South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary School. We have had a fantastic term, with the
highlight being our World Book Day celebrations. We are also developing so many areas of this subject and there is
a real buzz around school about these developments. This edition will explain those developments, share key events
and highlight some interesting books for well-being. I recently listened to Helen Oxenbury on ‘Desert Island Discs’ and
something she said reminded me of one of the main reasons this area is so important… ‘Children should associate
books with just pure pleasure. I always think half the beauty of a picture book is the time that little children spend
quietly and concentratedly with parents and teachers.’ Books can foster so much love and really are so magical!
My book recommendation to you this term is ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig, it made me think
about regrets in a completely different way and was fantastic for improving my mental health. I am
also very excited to read ‘Rebecca’ by Daphne Du Maurier for the first time. It would be fantastic to
include your reading at home in next terms edition, please contact me at the above email to be
included. I hope you enjoy our reading newsletter! Mrs Greatrex
BookFlix Display JavaScript must be enabled.
A huge thank you to Mrs Hallgren and our
wonderful Teaching Assistants for creating our
BookFlix display. Children can see newly released
books, favourites (Charlie from reception loves ‘The
Book With No Pictures’) and trending now! The
winner of the ELS InspiREAD picture book award
2020 ‘Gnome’ by Fred Blunt is included, it was
also on the Book Trust's great books guide 2020
list. Click the links to discover
other winners and recommendations!
Recipe
Reading a recipe is such a fun way of getting children to
recognise reading is everywhere! Making a smoothie is a
really quick, healthy and fun way
to engage children. I normally get
my children to mash some fruit,
add a yoghurt and a dash of
Friday 14th May — Pyjamarama milk—it
Week beginning 21st June — always tastes so good! Click here
to access a selection of different
Summer Reading Festival
smoothie recipes!
Year 3 Tops Reads
As part of the Teacher’s Reading Group myself and Mrs Spotlight on Mr Precious
Marusiak are part of, we have been developing lists of How would you define reading for pleasure? Taking
our top reads in certain areas. The group felt that Year the time to read for no other reason than for enjoy-
3 can be a trickier year group to find books for. ment.
Here are a selection of the What is your top tip for reading with children? Firstly,
enjoy the book with them and forget about the outside
teachers recommendations for this
world for a few minutes. Take turns reading different
age group:
sections and experiment with different voices! Ask
questions at certain points to get them to think about
the characters and plot.
Boy with the Bronze Axe by Kathleen Fidler What did you enjoy reading when you were a child? I
Horrid Henry by Francesca Simon and Tony Ross loved listening to all of the Roald Dahl collection. My
Planet Omar by Zanib Mian and Nasaya favourites were Danny the Champion of the World and
Mafaridik Fantastic Mr Fox. I loved the mischievous nature of his
Bad Nana by Sophy Henn different characters.
Edgar and the Sausage Inspector by Jan Fearnley What is your favourite children’s book? Danny the
Black Dog BY Levi Pinfold Champion of the World.
What book are you currently reading? I am reading ‘A
Pugs of the Frozen North by Philip Reeve and
Song for the Dark Times’ by Ian Rankin.
Sarah McIntyre
What do you read that’s not a book? Sports articles
The Legend of Kevin Series by Philip Reeve and on BBC sport and Fantasy football articles!
Sarah McIntyre Where do you find out about new books? Normally
Go, Mo, Go Series by Mo Farah and Kes Gray my dad recommends/gives me books once he has
Greta’s Story by Valentina Camerini finished with them!
Somebody Swallowed Stanley by Sarah Roberts
and Hannah Peck
The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice by A.F.
Harrold and Mini Grey
Varjak Paw by S.F Said and Dave McKean
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by
Eugene Trivizas and Helen Oxenbury
Too Small Tola by Atinuke and Onyinye Iwu
Willow Wildthing Series by Gill Lewis
Krindlekrax by Philip Ridley
Sam Wu is Not Afraid of Ghosts by Kevin Tsang
and Katie Tsang
Dork Diaries by Rachel Renee Russell
The Pobble App Mrs Marusiak’s Corner
This term Mrs Marusiak would like to recognise
have developed Lacey as her Reader of the term! Lacey has made
this cool poster great progress in reading and the ‘hook’ was an
with 25 Early Reader Horrid Henry text. Well done Lacey,
everyone at South Wilford is proud of your
activities for progress and developing confidence in your ability
as a reader.
Book Lovers
Mrs Marusiak has been researching and sourcing
that are non- new books for Early Years and KS1. Once these
screen based. To are purchased children will have new phonic
reading texts to take home, alongside a reading
view it on the for pleasure text. Mrs Marusiak has also added
webpage please reading forms to our library areas so teachers can
recommend similar texts to children, matching
click here.
their reading preferences.
World Book Day 2021
This year’s focus was the book ‘The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy. The
children were tasked with creating a piece of art in the style of this book and based around the theme
of hope. Here is a small selection of the wonderful work created on the day at home and at school…
The website will host our World Book Day Gallery very soon!
World Book Day 2021 Continued
It was wonderful to share: the importance of World Book Day during our pre-recorded assembly, ‘The Masked
Reader’ and the reading identity questions. This can all be found on our Reading for Pleasure webpage if you would
like to access any of the resources from this day.
The reading identity questions are brilliant at helping children to identify their reading preferences and habits, they
would be great conversation starters at meal times too!
Spotlight on Miss Maccabe
How would you define reading for pleasure? I think it is all about finding joy in reading, and also see-
ing it as a key part of everyday life. I think once you have found a good book that you can really get
into it becomes pleasurable and in turn you forget that it was ever a ‘task’ we had to do at school.
What is your top tip for reading with children? Find what you enjoy, and enjoy reading it! That could
be from reading factual books about racing cars to fiction fairy tale stories, but once you have found
some good books the rest will follow!
What did you enjoy reading when you were a child? I loved reading the BFG when I was younger.
My Dad would read it to me and I would join in and read bits too. I think it was partly the story of
the unlikely friendship that I found endearing, but also the routine of the bedtime story with my Dad
who I didn’t get to see that much which was special.
What is your favourite children’s book? That is very hard… I do love books with a rhyme or poem so any Julia
Donaldson, especially the Snail and the Whale because the pictures are so scenic.
What are you currently reading? I am currently reading a few books, I find it tricky to read non-fiction so I usually
have both a non-fiction and fiction on the go. I have one book called ‘The Flat Share’ by Beth O’Leary which is a story
about a girl living in London, and my factual books are one about Mindfulness and another about how to talk about
Racism with children.
What do you read that is not a book? Recipe books, these are my favourite. Especially the ones with big sections
about the chef’s life and other fun hacks.
What was you ‘book of the year’ for 2020? My favourite book in the last year was ‘Cilka’s Journey’ by Heather
Morris which is the sequel of ‘The Tattooist of Auschwitz’. It was a tough read but her life was completely admirable
and I would get so lost in it that I could stay awake for hours reading it!
Where do you find out about new books? Good reads website, Waterstones, and generally people recommending
them. My grandad gives me a lot of new ideas of what to read.
Comic Suggestions!
The Teacher’s Reading Group will be
Early Years Reading Corner
exploring Comics in our April session, The early years reading corner has
we will be considering which ones to been developed to include themed
stock in our libraries. One that has shelves, related to previous books
been recommended by the children have focused on.
Mel Thwaites at ELS is
The children’s favourite
‘The Phoenix’. If you
books have been
have a comic you love
‘Mixed Up Fairy Tales’
and would like to
by Hilary Robinson and
recommend for our
Nick Sharratt, and our Mr Men book collection.
school, please email Mrs Greatrex.
Spotlight on Miss Bradley
How would you define reading
for pleasure? Happily escaping Pyjamarama raises money for BookTrust, it
to a different world. will be our first time participating and we will
What is your top tip for reading be wearing our pyjamas to school and having
with children? Buy beautiful, a reading sleepover in our classrooms! More
quality books to read together as a reward. A joy for everyone! information will be sent out nearer the time.
What book did you enjoy reading as a child? I loved ‘Holes’ by
Louis Sachar, it has such brilliant stories interwoven with each
other. There are some really hateable villains too! My year 6 Summer Reading Festival
teacher read this to our class way back in 2003. Our Summer Reading Festival is going to be a
What is your favourite children’s book? ‘Wonder’ by R.J. Palacio chance for us all to share our favourite book
and the spin-offs because the message is to be kind, above all else. and develop our oracy skills in our beautiful
What book are you currently reading? I’m currently reading a wild flower garden! Inspired by the ‘Desert
mind boggling murder mystery called ‘The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Island Reads’ project run by Dodford First
Hardcastle’ by Stuart Turton. School, children and staff will be asked to
What do you read that’s not a book? I have a really good daily bring their favourite book into the space and
bible reading app. explain to their peers why it is the book they
What was you book of the year for would take to a desert island! I wonder which
2020? ‘Floodland’ by Marcus Sedgwick book you would take?
because it created some amazing We are also hopeful that we will be able to
discussions. have a book swap at pick-up and be able to
Where do you find out about new books? invite parents and carers for a reading session
www.thereaderteacher.com has some too, depending on COVID restrictions. More
great ideas! information about this event will be sent out
nearer the time.
Birthday Book Donation
A huge thank you to Florrie in early years, who gifted a book for her
birthday to the unit. What a thoughtful way to celebrate your
birthday with your peers! The book is in pride of place on the Elmer
desk and has been treasured by both classes. Happy Birthday Florrie
and thank you for such a wonderful gift, the book ‘One Hundred
Steps’ by Captain Sir Tom Moore and Adam Larkum, celebrates
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s life and achievements.
Storytime with
Links with Edale Rise Primary School
Miss Frankish As a school we are beginning to collaborate with Edale Rise
A BIG thank you to Miss Frankish in early Primary School in Sneinton. After an initial meeting with their
years for reading to the children over Tapestry Reading for Pleasure lead Lucy Dolby, we are developing a
daily during Lockdown. The children thoroughly project for the Summer called ‘Reading Rivers’, this will help
enjoyed the range of stories and graphics that the teachers understand children’s book preferences. It will
you added—you are a true Lockdown Legend! just involve a photograph of children’s
favourite reads from home. More
information will be shared about this in our
next newsletter! From September we are
hoping to develop our social reading environments and work
collaboratively on World Book Day 2022!
Books for Well-being and Mental Health
A growing body of worldwide research suggests regular reading builds better mental wellbeing (see National Literary
Trust’s fascinating 2018 report), and that reading fiction can actually increase our brain’s capacity for empathy.
According to EmpathyLab, 98 per cent of us can train our brains to become more empathetic through reading. And
why is this a good thing? Being empathetic – practising tolerance, kindness, and understanding of others – has a
basic positive impact on mental health. Secondly, and quite simply, empathy enables us to live in another’s shoes. It
helps us to imagine what life is like for someone who is not us. Studies have shown that when you get lost in a book,
your brain actually puts you into the story. When the character makes decisions, you – the reader – start to under-
stand why. “Books can play a powerful role in supporting children as they navigate their way through difficult experi-
ences and challenging times. Children can find stories that gently suggest ways for coping with shyness or anxiety,
and books that offer valuable messages of hope or understanding during a significant life change or a family illness.
Books can also help them understand the experiences and emotions of others, and so develop their empathy and
kindness.” Alexandra Strick, BookTrust Consultant. (The above is taken from the BookTrust website).
Here are some of our top suggestions for picture books that develop empathy and can support our children’s mental
health, remember picture books are perfect for all ages—even grown-ups!
Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival.
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas.
While We Can’t Hug by Eoin McLaughlin and Polly Dunbar.
Lubna and the Pebble by Wendy Meddour and Daniel Egneus.
The Feelings Book by Todd Parr.
Kaya’s Heart Song by Diwa Tharan Sanders and Nerina Canz.
The World Made a Rainbow by Michelle Robinson and Emily Hamilton.
Book Awards Next terms edition will be focusing on our
12,000 children’s books are published a year! Pyjamarama day, Summer Reading Festival and
If you would like to see some of the best new acclaimed explaining our Summer Reading Rivers and
fiction for children please explore the following links Summer Reading Challenge further.
The Blue Peter Book Awards
CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Awards We hope you have a very Happy Easter and find
lots of joy in books
The Alligator’s Mouth Award (Aged 6-8)
over the break.
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