Blog by Tag: Reading

A lovely afternoon at our local library for our Year 6 pupils! 

It was wonderful to see so many children excited and enthusiastic about choosing a book to take home. The library shelves were full of great discoveries, and the pupils took their time exploring different stories and…

Nursery enjoyed World Book Day today by dressing in their pyjamas or as their favourite book character, we had Bluey, dinosaurs and even a Marmalade bear. We shared stories in class in the provision and read the story, Shark in the Patk. Our Nursery 1 children had some fun in Year 4 sharing…

Reception celebrated World Book Day 2026 by dressing up in amazing costumes or coming to school in their cosy pyjamas. Throughout the day, the children took part in many fun activities to help promote their love for reading. They enjoyed making their own colourful bookmarks, colouring pictures,…

We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day in Year 6. Everyone came to school dressed either as a character from a book or in their cosy pyjamas, which made the day feel extra fun and relaxed.

One of the highlights of the day was taking part in The Great Big World Book Day Footy and…

Year 3 enjoyed a Live Lesson online and created their top 10 favourite book list today. They celebrated World Book Day 2026 by looking fantastic in pyjamas and book character costumes, sharing a book with Reception and designing their own bookmarks. They also reviewed their favourite book in…

Year 1 had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day. They spent the day sharing their favourite stories. Year 1 designed and created their own bookmarks. It was lovely sharing story time with Year 6 for even more stories. 
 

Year 4 have had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day 2026. We began with the BBC live lesson, exploring our own, individual reading vibes, thinking about how we want books to make us feel.  Inspired by our class enjoyment book, The Faraway Tree, we then created our own black out poetry,…

Year 1 had a fantastic trip to the Library today. While they were there they learned about how the library works, chose their own book and checked it out, read with their friends and listened to a spooky story read by Ms. Bond. The librarian commented on how polite and well behaved the children…

Year 6 walked to their local library this afternoon to renew or return and withdraw a book of their choice. Some children learned how to use the automated machine to return their book. They all enjoyed exploring the wide range of books available to borrow and sharing some really lovely…

This week we had our first visit of the new school year to Egremont library. Here we shared stories and chose new library books…not forgetting to take back the ones we had already borrowed!
 

Congratulations to everyone in Year 1 who has worked so hard to do their best in the Phonics Screening Test. We are very proud of everyone. A big thank you to all our families who have continued to support learning at home. 
 

Our final visit to Egremont Library together as a St St Bridget’s pupil. Great to see everyone returning, selecting and withdrawing books independently with confidence, ready to be independent library users.