Update on Reading For Fun Week 2010
Ali Sparkes returns to St Francis
We were lucky to have Ali back again the week after SATs to do an X factor writing workshop with year 6. The morning involved voting on Ali's books from reading the blurb and opening sentence and assessing the cover. Ali's new book Wishful Thinking, to be published in July, won the vote.
Then the children worked in groups to come up with their own story beginning and blurb and voted for their favourite. It was a very close contest between I've Lost My Head and Consequences.
We were lucky to have Ali back again the week after SATs to do an X factor writing workshop with year 6. The morning involved voting on Ali's books from reading the blurb and opening sentence and assessing the cover. Ali's new book Wishful Thinking, to be published in July, won the vote.
Then the children worked in groups to come up with their own story beginning and blurb and voted for their favourite. It was a very close contest between I've Lost My Head and Consequences.
The children were very inspired and came up with some fantastic story ideas-there are definitely some budding writers in year 6.
Reading For Fun Week got off to a fantastic start when we welcomed local author Ali Sparkes to our school first thing on Monday morning. Ali inspired the children with ideas for their writing and played a number of games with them involving the power of description. Unfortunately due to a pressing engagement in London, Ali was unable to stay for the afternoon and is rescheduling some time to return to school and work with year 6. The children were however able to see Ali on Blue Peter the following evening when she was presented with the Blue Peter Book Award for Frozen In Time in the category “book I couldn’t put down”.
Ali returned to school on 2nd March to sign her books bought by the children during the Book Fair and the following day we learned on Blue Peter that Ali’s book was the overall winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year.
Ali returned to school on 2nd March to sign her books bought by the children during the Book Fair and the following day we learned on Blue Peter that Ali’s book was the overall winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year.
The Book Fair was very successful and thanks to the generosity of parents raised over £1000 in books for the school.
Throughout the week we collected books for children in Africa. The husband of a staff member has links to a charity in Kenya (through the local Fire Brigade) and came into school to tell the children about the charity’s work. The children put a book plate into their books to explain why they thought the book would be enjoyed.
Throughout the week we collected books for children in Africa. The husband of a staff member has links to a charity in Kenya (through the local Fire Brigade) and came into school to tell the children about the charity’s work. The children put a book plate into their books to explain why they thought the book would be enjoyed.
We held a Get Caught Reading raffle throughout the week where children were given a raffle ticket if they were seen reading. A draw was made at the end of the week and two lucky children won a £5 book token each.
The culmination of the week was a dressing up day when children (and staff) came to school dressed as a book character. Everyone made a tremendous effort with characters as diverse as Harry Potter and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, a collection of Mr Men, Tracey Beaker and Percy Jackson. The staff even provided a pack of (almost 101) dalmations that ran amok during
assembly!The culmination of the week was a dressing up day when children (and staff) came to school dressed as a book character. Everyone made a tremendous effort with characters as diverse as Harry Potter and Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, a collection of Mr Men, Tracey Beaker and Percy Jackson. The staff even provided a pack of (almost 101) dalmations that ran amok during
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