Through Juniper Education we are going to take part in a project, which promotes reading communities. I have invited a selected group from Class 5 to a book club, where we will read newly published books (follow the link below) and write reviews, which are used to judge a winning author from the selection and best review.

https://junipereducation.org/juniper-book-awards/#books

Autumn 2019 English Hub - Reading for Pleasure

Since September, I have been engaged with the English Hub. centred around Elmhurst School near Stratford. So far we have explored strategies for positive impact on reading enjoyment and engagement.

At North Crescent I have:

• trailed wrapping books to take home
• regular messages in partnership books to prompt reading
• maintaining our Golden Ticket reward system
• creating waiting lists for popular books
• engaging in informal book chat
• recommending books which complement the pupil's current choice
• from assessment along with frequency of reading out of school, classes have a priority list of readers, who require additional support
• bidding for awards, which will improve our book selection
• begun a book club

In addition, phonics in EYFS and Classes 1 and 2 have been re-scheduled; new decodable books have been bought; the library has been redecorated, our library books have been reorganised (old books were donated to a charity, which distributes donations overseas schools in need) and engaged with the Essex library service.

Next steps are to record the strategies, which a focus on reading communities, towards a research project in partnership with the OU. Collect baseline data of TaRs (teachers as readers), parents and the pupils and then by implementing strategies, looking for a change in the data.