Blog Author: tebrey

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…

The winners of the Five Reads A Week Challenge is Owl Class, with Kingfishers as the runners up! Keep reading, everyone!

Library time....

As the weather's getting colder and darker and wetter, we all start looking for indoor activities. It's time to shout out to our local libraries!…

The scores are in!

Kingfisher Class is top of the tree this week, with Robins as runners-up - but there are only a few percent points in it so please keep up with your five reads. Every single one counts!

Ringfenced story time

The nights are starting to draw in! Snuggling up on the sofa…

This week, we thought you might like to see our amazing Owl Tracker map, which is on our Geography display in the classroom and is, for several members of Owl Class, the most important thing in the room! 

Every mission a squad member goes on is recorded on the board so we know who is where, and…