World Book Day 3rd March
Reading Challenge
This week we are launching a reading challenge to run for the next two weeks finishing on the Friday of Book Week. We would like every child to record how many minutes they spend each day reading or being read to - sharing books or enjoying them on their own. You can download a Reading Log to record this at home and at the end of each week we would be really grateful if you could enter the number of minutes into an online form so that we can collate it and see how many minutes we spent in total as a school.
In addition to this, we are trying to replace the non-fiction books in our school library and so, if you wish to do so, you can get sponsored by family and friends for every minute you spend reading. A sponsorship form can also be downloaded and we would appreciate if any money collected could be paid to school via Parentpay by Friday 10th March.
The Reading Log and Sponsorshop forms will be sent by separate email, if you are unable to download or print them then don't worry - just create your own on paper at home.
We hope that everyone joins in the Reading Challenge, whether or not you get sponsored to do so.
To record the minutes :
Week 1 https://forms.gle/GFdST1RPTxHpmYdNA
Week 2 https://forms.gle/4BNfmuvTdWGNJgkQA
World Book Day Dress-up
On World Book Day, Thursday 3rd March, we would invite children to come to school dressed as their favourite book character. The costume does not have to be elaborate or expensive and there are ideas for simple homemade costumes here https://www.worldbookday.com/dressing-up-ideas/ We love seeing which books the children are enjoying, and it's a great way to get reading ideas from your friends by looking at their costumes.
Story Potato Competition
We are also running a competition for any children that want a creative challenge. A 'story potato' is a potato decorated to represent a character from a story. If your child would like to take part in the competition then they should bring their potato to school on Wednesday 2nd March, please ensure that it is clearly marked with your child's full name and class.
Online Book Fair
We also have an online Book Club running with Scholastic Books here https://schools.scholastic.co.uk/marlow-ce/digital-book-club
All the books in the Book Club are discounted, some by as much as 50%. Any books you buy help us to buy books for our school library - for every £1 you spend the school receives 20p to spend.
You can see the leaflet for the Book Club here