Parental Bulletin - 22nd March 2019

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English News We are running a Read for Good Sponsored Read from 25 th <strong>March</strong>-5 th April and all Year 7 students will be able to get involved both in and out of school. Please note that students from any year group are welcome to get involved if they would like to participate out of school and should contact Miss Walston (awalston@ktemplar.herts.sch.uk) if they would like more information or sponsorship cards. It’s been proven that children who read for pleasure are more likely to be successful and happy throughout their lives (OECD). The charity Read for Good encourages children to read through its unique motivational approach inspiring reluctant readers to give reading a go, and keen readers to read more widely. Pupils can choose whatever they want to read - from comics to classics and audio books to blogs - they are not being assessed, it’s all about reading for fun. And, they are motivated to read because the money they raise in sponsorship helps to provide a regular supply of brand new books and a resident storyteller to every major children’s hospital in the UK. Teachers, parents and pupils tell us that the freedom to choose what to read, combined with the knowledge that they are directly helping children in hospital compels pupils to get involved. All you have to do is: 1. Take a look at what they plan to read, or help them complete their list of books to read. Remember they can read whatever they want: books, e-books, poetry, comics – anything goes! Sharing books is fine too (in fact recommended!) as well as listening to audio books. 2. Help your child find sponsors among family and friends. The easiest way to sponsor a child is at www.readforgood.org/sponsor (which family and friends can use too) or return the sponsor card with a cheque (s) or cash sent to school. Sponsor money needs to be handed in to Miss Walston by 30 th April. Please support your child’s sponsored read as much as you can. They’ll be helping kids in hospitals get books, as well as helping themselves. And our school receives free books worth 20% of our grand sponsorship total – so there really is something in it for everyone. For more information, check out your child’s sponsorship card and visit www.readforgood.org. Miss A Walston
LIBRARY NEWS this week.. Some quotes from our NHSBA participants…. “I enjoyed it, it was a new experience for me” “Quite interesting getting to talk to the other kids from the other schools” “Quite interesting and inspiring” “I enjoyed Lucy Adlington’s talk” “It was good to cooperate with the other schools about reading” The North Herts Schools Book Award event at Fearnhill was a resounding success yesterday. Our thirteen students from Years 7 through to 9, who had prepared themselves well for the Award event, were exemplary – both in terms of their behaviour and involvement, as well as asking lots of questions of the guest author, Lucy Adlington who was both inspirational and entertaining. Well done to you all. The voting was very close, with the winner of the younger category The land of neverendings by Kate Saunders and the older category was convincingly won by Frances Hardinge’s A skinful of shadows. Our next challenge (!)… is the national Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Award <strong>2019</strong> with the announcement this week of the shortlisted titles. If students would like to participate in this Award by shadowing (ie: reading, discussing and reviewing) one or more of the shortlisted titles, please let Mrs Evans or Mrs Martin know in the Library. ALL Year groups are invited to join in and books should be available to borrow before the end of next week. Here’s the Carnegie Award shortlist (two titles from our North Herts Schools Book Award!) :
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