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World Book Day Y3!

4th March 2022J Devlin

Y3 have had a fantastic day reading lots of our favourite books and engaging in lots of fun book day activities! Take a look at our superb costumes of our favourite book characters!

English,Reading News,Year 3

Reading Awards

4th March 2022D Fawkes

Congratulations to Lucy in Y5L. She has become Y5’s second Half Millionaire, reading over 500,000 words this academic year. Well done Lucy.

Congratulations to children in Mrs Fawkes’ English class who achieved their Points Target on Accelerated Reader last half term. It was wonderful to see their enthusiasm and motivation towards reaching their target.

 

All News,English,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 5,Year 6

February Reader’s of the Month

28th February 2022P Mullea

This month we were very excited to be able to celebrate our Reader’s of the month on World Book Day! The children have been chosen because of their fantastic achievements in Reading at school and at home.

Well done everyone, we are so proud of you!

Y1A- Emilia Carr

Y1S- Oliver Lee

Y1B- Leo Bonhomme

 

Y2P- Charlie Snailham

Y2L- Daniel Hall

Y2M- Lucas Taylor

 

Y3S- Charlotte Henderson

Y3W- Lilly Storey

Y3D- Mya Fennel

 

Y4E- Amelie Iddon

Y4C- Maizie Wann

Y4B- Abbey Nichols

 

Y5F- Zofia Bean

Y5W- Miley Twigg

Y5L- Alfie Pitt

 

Y6F- Caitlin Young

Y6A- Ellie May Jopling

Y6D- Tommy Lewis

 

 

 

English,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 1,Year 2,Year 3,Year 4,Year 5,Year 6

Reader of the Month- January

8th February 2022P Mullea

Meet our ‘Readers of the Month’ for January. The children have been chosen for their amazing efforts with reading in school. Reading is such an important part of our curriculum and we know the children love reading, sharing books and celebrating their achievements. We are so proud of you all!

1A Hunter Telfer
1S Leon Mills
1B Belle Russell

2P Liam Woodrow
2L Ben Chisolm
2M Adam Ivanov

3S Jacob Vacher
3W Charlie Heslop
3D Derek Flynn

4E Jaycob Hudson
4C Remmi Spiller
4B Max Cockburn

5F James McCourt
5W Maratha Finnegan
5L Maxwell Marley

6F Maizie Railton

6A Molly Brown

6D Lily Davies

 

Congratulations, we hope you enjoy reading your new books at home.

 

 

English,Front Page News,Reading News,Uncategorized,Year 1,Year 2,Year 3,Year 4,Year 5,Year 6

Millionaire Club

4th February 2022D Fawkes

We have our first WORD MILLIONAIRE of the academic year.

Congratulations to Harry in Y6A who is our first millionaire. We are so proud of him and this wonderful achievement. Harry is a huge fan of the Harry Potter books and he is currently working his way through the Series of Unfortunate Events books. Harry said he loves to read every night before he goes to sleep.

Harry has received an engraved trophy, certificate and a book of his choice as a reward.

We also have some Half Millionaires to congratulate! Well done to Lily in Y6D and Erin in Y5L (first in Year 5).

What superstar readers we have here at Harton!

 

All News,English,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 5,Year 6

Our AR library is expanding!

2nd February 2022D Fawkes

Lots of our children have requested more higher level non-fiction texts in our Accelerated Reader library.

We have a wide range of new books on so many topics including space, sport and history.

Why not have a browse next time you are in the AR library?

Happy reading!

All News,English,Front Page News,Reading News,Uncategorized,Year 4,Year 5,Year 6

Books for Topics – Ones to Watch: New Children’s Fiction for Spring 2022

25th January 2022D Fawkes

Books for Topics have been on a mission to dig out the best books to look forward to!

Their team has been taking a look at some of the new middle-grade titles (ages 8-12) coming up this term. They’ve picked out ten top recommendations to watch out for from January to April 2022.

Read more about the upcoming titles here:

https://www.booksfortopics.com/post/ones-to-watch-new-children-s-fiction-for-spring-2022?utm_campaign=ad04492b-376e-4497-ba4e-2b21063cb20b&utm_source=so&utm_medium=mail&cid=0ce497f5-ca26-4099-9bd1-4bb5a674585a

 

 

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Half Millionaire

18th January 2022D Fawkes

Congratulations to Jack (Y6A) who has read over 500,000 words on Accelerated Reader this academic year before we are even half way through the school year. We have no doubt that Jack will be a Word Millionaire very soon.

Well done Jack!

All News,English,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 6

Books for Topics – December

16th December 2021D Fawkes

Take a look at the Books for Topics site for their December “Books We Love This Month”. This month’s recommendations are full of wonderful books linked to Christmas.

Link to Books for Topics Website

 

 

English,EYFS,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 1,Year 2,Year 3,Year 4,Year 5,Year 6

Our first Half Millionaire this year

12th November 2021D Fawkes

A huge congratulations to Harry in Y6A.

Harry has already read over 500,000 words on a Accelerated Reader and is now a Half Millionaire.

We are so proud of Harry and his enthusiasm towards reading.

Harry was the first child to become a Word Millionaire in Y5 last year. Will he be the first child in the school to achieve it this year?

English,Front Page News,Reading News,Year 6

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