Reading Newsletter - Autumn 1

Book Worms Reading Newsletter –Autumn 1 ‘If a child can’t read, they can’t get on in life.’

Welcome to first edition of our Chapelford Reading Newsletter this year. At Chapelford, we believe being able to read is one of the most important life skills you will ever learn. We want to celebrate your reading achievements, give you some reading top-tips, share book recommendations and keep you informed about reading at our school.

We have already had a very busy first term, filled with lots of exciting books shared in the classroom. We have loved seeing our children get stuck into reading at home and seeing some great reading percentages across the school! Remember, you need to read 5 times at home and have your reading diary signed by an adult.

We would like to do a shout out to the five classes with the highest reading percentages this term: Class 13: 83%

Class 6: 86%

Class 22: 91%

Class 9: 92%

Class 22: 100%

The first step to encouraging your child to read, is finding a book they love. With half term coming up and lots of children looking forward to Halloween, we wanted to share with you some ‘spook-tactular’ books that you could enjoy reading at home over the break…

KS2 recommendations: KS1 recommendations:

REMEMBER: The Reader Teacher is a great website for helping you find a book you love!

WE NEED YOU! Reading Ambassadors Do you have a passion for reading? Is curling up with a good book your favourite thing to do? Do you want to help others find books to lose themselves in? Then you are the person the English team in school are looking for! They are on the hunt for some reading enthusiasts to become Chapelford Reading Ambassadors.

You would wear a special badge and be invited to write a book review each half term to appear in our reading newsletter so that you can share your passion with others and inspire them. You will also be given some tasks to support the English team and promote reading in school.

Want to apply? It’s simple. Over the holidays, just choose one of your favourite books to write a short book review about and tell us why you would make a good reading ambassador. You can draw a picture or write about your favourite parts and give other children a sneaky peak about what might happen – don’t give away too much though! Your teacher will have a template for you to use if you want a little head start. Give your completed to reviews to your teacher by Friday the 11th November to be considered for the role.

Read what this year’s Chapelford Reading Ambassadors have to say about their role in school last year…

Grace, Year 5 says:

Daniel, Year 4 says:

I enjoyed being involved in reading events, such as the Easter competition to create an

What I enjoyed most about being a

egg based on a character from a book. It’s good to see everyone getting stuck into reading!

Emily, Year 4 says: I really enjoyed being responsible for collecting the reading percentages each week, to see how well each class did with reading at home.

reading ambassador, is we got to judge the entrees for World Book Day and see all the amazing character spoons everyone had made!