Blog Author: tebrey

How did you get on yesterday? Remember you can always go back and listen again! 

Tuesday's mystery readers below. Who's behind the mask today? 

TURTLE
https://youtu.be/3cLjtSr2xG4

GERBIL
https://youtu.be/7VGj5ArpTYY

BEE
https://youtu.be/jMhDAwJls-Q

SNOWMAN
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Welcome to The Masked Reader! Copy the video links and paste them in your browser to listen to four brilliant poems or story extracts, read (with a bit of voice alteration!) by four brilliant adults who work in our school. But who's behind the mask? Listen carefully. Can you guess? 

You can…

(with apologies for lack of liaison due to technical glitches the past two weeks!) 

This week's joint winners are Owls and Robins, with a very healthy 72% each! Well done everybody - it was a very close one this week. Keep reading!

Next week is the last one before half term, and that means…

In our final week, Owls and Wrens tie for first place - well done everyone. 

Keep reading over Christmas! Your child will have brought home a Reading Bingo square with lots of ideas for reading activities you might enjoy over the Christmas holidays - why not try some of them together? 

Julia…

(Sorry, glitch in the matrix last week and it didn't update!) 

This week's joint winners are Robins and Wrens! 

Well done everybody (and well done to Owls for squeaking into the lead last week, sorry you didn't get reported!) 

The Advent Book Stack

Here's a little idea to try. Advent…

Owls take the top spot in our first reading count up this term with Kingfishers second and Robins third - well done everybody. 

Reading - skill or pleasure? 

The National Literacy Trust says: 
"There can be few things as powerful as regularly reading to a young child. It has astonishing…

Our first reading countup of Autumn 2 will be this Monday - hopefully everybody has already logged their five reads this week, but don't forget to get those reads in over the weekend if you haven't!

Why do we make such a fuss about reading anyway? 

"You're always going on about reading, Mrs…

One by one, our little Owl Squad are returning home. They've been a long way! The final leaderboard looks like this: 

The owls flew an amazing more than 14,000 miles altogether, to destinations all over the UK (plus a sneaky trip to Italy for naughty Lorraine!) That would get you all the way to…

And this week's winners are....



Owls AND Robins! Both tying for the top spot with an impressive 76% of children completing their five reads a week. Kingfishers were a close runner up. Well done everyone! KEEP READING! 

Reading records will come home over half term. Obviously this is a…

THIS WEEK: Breaking news from our rogue owl, Lorraine, whom we last saw living the high life in London. She then found her way to the airport and snuck onto a Ryanair flight to Naples. You can see her in the photograph admiring Mount Vesuvius, and she also enjoyed a pizza and a visit to the ruins…

Congratulations Owls who take first place for the second week running with 72%, with Robins the runners up. Still everything to play for - the leaderboard for the term is very tight indeed, only a couple of points in it! Keep up your five reads a week. 

Favourite books? 

One of the best…

A teachable moment this week when Pastel Sandra exceeded her baggage allowance and we had to bail her out before the post office would deliver! Meanwhile Lost John went to Southampton, decided to extend his stay and spent the weekend in Cardiff visiting the castle and watching the runup to the…