Reading Events
Book Events 2024 - 2025
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Year 1 Book Event: Blown Away
Year 1 enjoyed their Book Event based on the story 'Blown Away'. They enjoyed making kites just like Penguin Blue - we had the perfect kite-flying weather! Luckily, no children flew away with their kite!
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It’s a windy day, and he has a brand-new kite – but where’s he going on this maiden flight?
Penguin Blue and his friends go on a gloriously illustrated adventure full of good ideas, homesickness and the perils of kites, from the bestselling and multi-award-winnning Rob Biddulph.
Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Year 3 Book Event: Grace Nichols Poetry
Year 3 had their final book event this year based on poetry by Grace Nichols. The children went searching for leaves on the field and made parrot pictures with them.
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Grace Nichol’s poems are full of imagination and surprise, taking in the biggest ideas – like the universe and the stars – as well as the most homely, like pets, family or school friends. A generous, witty and warm poet, Grace has written about what it was like for her growing up, as well as how it feels to be far away from home, having been born and grown up in Guyana in the Caribbean before coming to live in England.
Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Year 5 Book Event: Lady of Shalott
Another fantastic book event! We made some very sturdy paper boats and the children created some beautiful watercolour picture inspired by The Lady of Shalott.
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Four gray walls, and four gray towers, Overlook a space of flowers, And the silent isle imbowers The Lady of Shalott.
Tennyson's romantic poem, full of atmosphere and emotion, tells the story of the mysterious Lady of Shalott. Charles Keeping's evocative pictures take us to Camelot, a fabled world of knights and castles, to witness the cursed life and tragic death of a beautiful but doomed maiden.
20th March 2025 - Year 4 Book Event: Until I Met Dudley
The children enjoyed making their own contraptions using a variety of equipment and explaining how they work. They were very inventive and spoke with passion about their contraptions.
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Have you ever wondered how a toaster works? Or a fridge-freezer, or a washing-up machine? In this fun-filled book of how things work, Dudley, the techno-wizard dog, provides the answers. Roger McGough's delightfully ingenious text and Chris Riddell's striking illustrations take children from the furthest realms of fantasy into the fascinating world of technology to discover the workings of familiar machines.
At first, it describes how a child thinks things work... (gnomes in the toaster) and then Dudley tells you how the various household appliances really work.
Year 3 Book Event: A River - 11th March 2025
Last week during their book event, Year children enjoyed making their own river scenes with a moving boar using their DT knowledge of levers and books with moving parts. The was based on the beautiful picture book ‘A River’ Marc Martin.
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‘A River’ is a beautiful geographical story with lush landscapes and poetic text from an award-winning Australian illustrator.
There is a river outside my window.
Where will it take me?
So begins an imaginary journey from the city to the sea. From factories to farmlands, freeways to forest, each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations and poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator.
Year 5 Book Event: Everest - 4th March 2025
During their recent book event based in ‘Everest: The Remarkable Story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay,’ Year 5 may not have visited Mount Everest, but they were certainly ready to! The teams participated in "real life scenario" training, such as crossing the dangerous Khumbu Icefall, running equipment to camp, and (attempting) to build an emergency shelter. All this was was washed down with some authentic mountain climbing refreshments.
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This beautifully illustrated book tells the incredible story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, the first people ever to set foot on the top of Everest. Ideal for readers aged 8+
In the late morning of May 29th 1953, the sun was shining brightly on the roof of the world, a gentle breeze was blowing, and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and the roof of the world was Everest.
This is the breathtaking story of how two very different yet equally determined men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds and death-defying ridges to climb the world's highest mountain. Join these two unlikely heroes on the most amazing of adventures and discover the impact of hundreds of men and women who helped Hillary and Tenzing achieve their goal. But triumphs can be marred with tragedy, as not everyone who climbs Everest survives...
With a beautiful foreword by the greatest living explorer of our time, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, this brilliant book combines fresh and contemporary illustrations by Joe Todd-Stanton with Alexandra Stewart's captivating writing. This unique narrative tells the story of how Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made their mark on the world from birth right up to their final days and the impact they've had on Nepal today.
Year 2 Book Event: The Dot - 4th March 2025
Year 2 have had a very creative evening at their Book event. They had a biscuit (priorities 🍪), read 'The Dot' story, then learnt about Pointillism and how to paint pictures just using dots! Each class had different pictures to paint using cotton buds and paints. The children really enjoyed getting creative and even learnt about making shapes using 'negative spaces'. They'll bring their wonderful artwork home tomorrow when they're less squidgy! 🙂
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One little dot marks the beginning of Vashti’s journey of surprise and self-discovery in Peter H. Reynolds' multiple award-winning modern classic.
In this inspiring, award-winning story of self-expression and creativity, Vashti thinks she can’t draw. But her teacher is sure that she can. She knows that there’s creative spirit in everyone, and encourages Vashti to sign the angry dot she makes in frustration on a piece of paper. This act makes Vashti look at herself a little differently, and helps her discover that where there’s a dot there’s a way… With wit, charm and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds encourages even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark – and follow where it takes us.
Year 1 Book Event: Super Bat - 21st January 2025
In Year 1, the children enjoyed their book event based on the story of 'Superbat'! They made superhero masks and enjoyed a yummy biscuit!
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Pat the bat decides to be special... a SUPERBAT! But he soon realises this is harder than it looks. All his bat friends have amazing hearing. All of them can fly. And all bats can find their way in the dark. Pat is starting to think that he will never stand out - until a family of mice see him for what he really is... A HERO! This is a hilarious, heart-warming and strikingly illustrated picture book by Matt Carr.
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Year 2 Book Event: Stick Man - 21st November
We really enjoyed our Year 2 book event inspired by Stick Man and the children were so enthusiastic.
They listened to the story and created their very own unique Stick Man to take on adventures.
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A heartwarming modern classic, perfect for sharing at Christmas.
'Stick Man lives in the family tree
With his Stick Lady Love
and their stick children three.'
But it's dangerous being a Stick Man.
A dog wants to play with him, a swan builds her nest with him. He even ends up on a fire!
Will he ever get back to the family tree in time for Christmas? Perhaps Santa can help...
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Year 4 Book Event: Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx - 19th November
Year 4 solved the riddle of the sphinx at their book event on Tuesday. They hunted for clues, found Roman numerals and unlocked the padlock before having to bury the scroll in sand without touching the container. Their problem solving and team work was put to the test and they all did very well!
The children have been reading ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ by the brilliant Joe Todd Stanton in their English lessons this term.
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Buried amongst the treasures in Professor Brownstone’s vault, lie his most prized possessions – a humble collection of books. Filled with stories from his ancestors, they contain tales of fearless fighters, unlikely heroes and legends from years gone by. Many years have passed since the tale of Arthur and the Golden Rope and Arthur is now a world-famous adventurer. If only his daughter Marcy shared his enthusiasm for exploration... Determined to bring out Marcy’s adventurous side, Arthur sets off to Egypt to bring back the legendary Book of Thoth. When Arthur doesn’t return, Marcy must follow in his footsteps. Can she overcome her fears and rescue her father from the clutches of the Great Sphinx?
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Year 5 Book Event: Armstrong - 7th November 2024
Year 5 let their inner Armstrong soar last night. They built balloon rockets and explored the night sky, taking in different planets and constellations. Highlights included, Miss Davies and Mr Youdale racing balloons, and children saying "Mr Nicholson, I've found Uranus"!
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This term, children have been reading the book ‘Armstrong - the adventurous journey of a mouse to the moon.’
‘A long time ago a mouse learned to fly . . . and crossed the Atlantic. But what happened next? Torben Kuhlmann's stunning book transports readers to the moon and beyond! On the heels of Lindbergh: The Tale of a Flying Mouse comes Armstrong: A Mouse on the Moon where dreams are determined only by the size of your imagination and the biggest innovators are the smallest of all. The book ends with a brief non-fiction history of human space travel from Galileo s observations concerning the nature of the universe to man's first steps on the moon."
