Public libraries are also now open and offering a full browse and borrow service. Guidelines are being followed in terms of social distancing, wearing of face masks, hand sanitiser stations and limited numbers permitted in the building at any one time. There are revised opening times for all libraries, Harold Hill library is open on Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Full information is available from the Havering Council website.

 

www.havering.gov.uk

 

 

SUMMER READING CHALLENGE

This year the summer reading challenge is a bit different, instead of visiting your local library, it is online. The theme is silly squad and it is celebrating books that make you laugh and feel happy. The silly squad are a group of unusual animals that love adventure and fun. They adore reading and playing games. There are badges to earn along your journey, games to play and a certificate to print if you manage to complete the challenge. If you would like to take part you will need to register and create an account with the summer reading challenge website, all of the information you need will be there as well as lots more fun and create ideas.

https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/

Everybody Worries

Even the bravest of the brave and the coolest of the cool worry. Worrying is normal when so much has changed.

Everybody Worries offers your child the reassuring message that this crisis will pass, we are there for them, and we will get through this together.

https://en.calameo.com/read/000777721945cfe5bb9cc?authid=Xu9pcOzU3TQx

Competition Time

Would you like to win a £10 National Book Token for yourself and everyone in your class to spend in any bookshop? If you would you can use your time and skills to create a new design for the Nation Book Token gift card. Let your imagination run wild, there are endless possibilities and try to make your design as eye catching as you can. One design will be chosen and printed weekly for the next seven weeks. Anyone is able to buy a gift card from the National Book Token website, supermarkets, bookshops and WH Smith, therefore many people will be able to see your artwork. The competition is open now until 28th June, all entries need to be submitted online. For all the information you need please visit the National Book Token website

http://www.nationalbooktokens.com


Good luck.

Reading websites

Reading for pleasure is a fundamental part of our lives. Here are some useful websites where you can browse online books. Happy reading!

freechildrenstories.com

browse by age: 3-5 years 5-8 years and 8-10 years

no download or app needed

Cbeebies

App needed to download stories

www.booktrust.org

stories for younger infant children

no download or app needed

www.magickeys.com

stories for young and older children and young adults

no download or app needed

funbrain.com

stories for various age ranges

no download or app needed

Year 5 - Writing to persuade

In Year 5, we have been writing to persuade. Before we did this, we had a class debate about whether Aunt Glo and Rashid should contact the press as their son has disappeared. Surprisingly Year 5 were were extremely good at arguing their point using evidence from the text.

We then used the information from the debate to write to persuade the reader. The last part of the journey was to edit our work.

We used editing stations to remain focused with what we needed to include. These stations included; punctuation, grammar, sentence structure, uplevelling words and spelling. Here are some pictures of our editing stations.