World Book Day – 3rd March

World Book Day

A day of celebrating all things bookish will be taking place on 3rd March. The theme this year is characters from books and we are inviting children to come into school dressed as a character or to bring in a prop from a book. If your child is dressing up or bringing in a prop they should bring in the book as well. If they are not dressing up then they should wear school uniform as normal as it is not a non-school uniform day.

Throughout the day children will be able to share their favourite stories with each other and participate in lots of activities. £1 World Book Day vouchers will also be given out and these can be exchanged for World Book Day books at participating retailers.

For more information about World Book Day and £1 books please visit: www.worldbookday.com

Serena Patel Author Visit

British Asian author Serena Patel talks Children's Books | DESIblitz

Children from Years 3 and 4 will be visited by author Serena Patel on Friday 11th February. Serena will be talking to the children about being an author and about her books and will then invite children to ask her questions.

Workshops will then take place over the duration of the day for children in Year 4.

For more information about Serena’s books please visit her website:

Serena Patel – Children’s author (serenakpatel.com)

Year 2 Author Event

Author and illustrator Bianca Vickers will once more be visiting school, this time children in Year 2 will have a session with Bianca who will be sharing her latest book; The Travelling Turtle’s Christmas Adventure.

There is the opportunity to pre-order this book and also The Travelling Turtle’s First Adventure which Bianca will then sign on the day of her visit.

To place an order visit Parentpay.

Closing date: Friday 10th December.

Class Librarians

This morning Miss Cooke and Miss Whiteley met for the first time with the Class Librarians (one child from each class from Reception – Year 6 had been nominated to take on this role). The librarians were first each presented with a badge and then Miss Whiteley spoke to the librarians about their duties during class sessions such as scanning books and making recommendations. Miss Cooke later went to to explain the role in their classrooms.

The meeting closed with a group photo to make the occasion.

Parent/Child Library Sessions

Over the last few weeks we have had a great turnout of families from Years 1 and Reception and they have very much enjoyed exploring the library and sharing stories with one another.

If you would like to come along to one of the sessions please sign up on Parentpay as there are limited places.

Year 1: Tuesdays 3.00-4.00pm

Reception/Nursery: Wednesdays 3.00-4.00pm