LIBRARY NEWS
To help create a culture of reading in the classroom, Accelerated Reader and MyOn encourage pupils to read for pleasure, even among struggling and reluctant readers.
With over 13,000 enhanced digital books on MyOn and over 40,000 quizzes on Accelerated Reader, we ensure every pupil has access to personalised reading online/offline, 24 hours and 7 days a week.
This term in the library, pupils have shared the reading of The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo. This book is written in the form of a diary. Our tasks ask the pupils to write diary entries – encouraging them to focus on the content of their writing without worrying about the opinions of an audience. It is writing purely for themselves. Doing this regularly helps improve their thinking processes, which can even help them become more creative in how they think and write.
The Wreck of the Zanzibar is a gripping historical adventure from the author of An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Shadow, and An Elephant in the Garden. Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children’s Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.
Just before Easter, we celebrated another successful 100% club. Kion in year 8 headed the leader board and won a £20 gift voucher. The reading challenge was also won by Kion, who gained another £20 voucher. See below for the list of the top 10 pupils.
The overall winner for making the most progress during the Spring Term was Kion in year 8.