This week we have been reading ‘Whatever next’ by Jill Murphy. We had lots of discussion around what we would take to the moon if we were going and what it would be like to be in a real rocket. The children have really enjoyed retelling the story using a cardboard...
Today, Year 5, explored our new class text 'The Boy at the Back of the Class'. We investigated the author, used a range of sources linked to the book to predict how each item related to the text and explored key vocabulary within the text. We can't wait to read the...
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed our World Book Day activities. From dressing as a favourite character to walking down the catwalk to guessing the masked reader to sharing favourite stories and to making selfies of themselves as book characters - everyone had lots of...
Year 3 have started to read Fantastic Mr Fox. This week, we have shown our understanding of the story through role-play. We summarised what we had read so far and acted the parts of Boggis, Bunce, Bean, Mr Fox and Mrs...
We've had an amazing World Book Day. We dressed up as one of our favourite characters and played Guess the Masked Reader. After that we showed our fabulous costumes off on the catwalk. Then we read some books, did a word search and played some games based around...
In 2022, we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of World Book Day – with the message for all children ‘you are a reader‘! The day was filled with lots of exciting, celebratory ways to promote reading for pleasure on World Book Day, and all-year...
Voting for the laugh out loud 2022 book awards is soon to open. To find out more and see previous winners goto... https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/lollies/about ...
May is national share a story month. Why not share some of the stories below ? A playful, warm and funny story following a boy with a wild imagination and his lively family, from brand new creative duo: Swapna Haddow and Dapo Adeola. Shhh. Beware. My dad is a...
Here are some great reads for March . . . . RHS Created with RHS, the UK's leading gardening charity. This fun-filled RHS adventure handbook is bursting with ideas to help kids discover the great outdoors and get closer to nature. Grow your own herb garden, build...
Snuggle up with some good reads for February . . . . Ten Tremendous Tales The latest brilliant instalment in the number one bestselling series from author and illustrator, Liz Pichon. A laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated collection of stories starring Tom Gates and...
We believe in nurturing children’s pleasure for reading as children who read on a regular basis, in school and at home, have a higher chance of fulfilling their academic potential and achieving success in later life. We would like to share the below resources and...
Oak Academy are thrilled to launch the #VirtualSchoolLibrary in partnership with @Literacy_Trust, which will offer free books and audiobooks to pupils as they learn from home. ? This week, you can read @FansofJWilson's The Story of Tracy Beaker....