Reading across the school
Happy 107th birthday Roald Dahl!
Roald Dahl Story Day is celebrated every year on his birthday, the 13th of September, and people all over the world come together to celebrate the magic he brought to, and continues to bring, children everywhere.
On this day, we celebrated by sharing some of his books, discussing how they make us feel when we are reading them and launching our first reading competition of the Autumn term 2023.
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What a way to inspire our children to live out their dream than having a local author 'Alex Foulkes' to visit our school; Alex explained that she has always loved writing but was never the best out of her class. She remained determined to make the minds of others travel to places they did not even know existed. It was a great day! We all learned a lot, asked lots of questions and had a lot of FUN.
Finley and Dean in Year 6 have been discussing who is going to take her book, 'Rules for Vampires' out of the library first - they can't wait for it to arrive.
Kaleb in Year 2 said, "I had such a fun day going to Hednesford Library and meeting a real author. I can't decide which part of the day was the best!" He continued to say that he loved being able to get his questions answered.
Sy in Year 1 said, "We got to see the front cover of her book and it looked really cool. It had bats on it and looked mysterious."
KS2 spent time with Alex using their imagination and creativity to create their own SECRET BASE - just like she did in her books.
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Teachers at St Joseph's Hednesford are committed to promoting a love of reading within our pupils.
We always try to find time within our school day to read to our children, modelling excellent story-telling voices and engaging their imagination.
During this term, the children have already been exposed to a range of books.
In Year 1, teachers have read There's a Superhero in Your Book by Tom Fletcher and Lights on Cotton Rock by David Litchfield.
In Year 2, teachers have read Beastly Pets by Adrian Bradbury, Stormy by Guojing and Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne.
In Year 3, teachers have read Romans on the Rampage by Jeremy Strong.
In Year 4, teachers have read Stone Age Boy by Sitoshi Kitamora.
In Year 5, teachers have read chapters from ...
In Year 6, the children have heard chapters from Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Who Let the Gods Out by Maz Evans and The Nowhere Emporium by Ross McKenzie.
