🍂📚 HPS BRONZE READING CHALLENGE 📚🍂

 

Dear Parents, Carers and Young Readers,

Autumn is here, which means it’s the perfect time to curl up with a brilliant book and take on the first part of HPS Bronze Reading Challenge! 🍁

🥉 What is the Bronze Reading Challenge?

📚 Read 5 books before Thursday 22^nd October

Choose 5 books that are additional from your Scheme Book and Sharing/Choice Book – 3 fiction, 1 non-fiction and 1 poetry.

📚 After the half-term holidays, we will ask you to read 5 more books, before Friday 11^th December, to achieve your Bronze Award.

🍂 Try something new!

We would like you to explore different authors, genres and styles of writing.  You might even discover a new favourite book or author!

Need ideas? Then ask us at school or visit this website - https://www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/recommended-reads/

🦔 What do you need to do?

1. CHOOSE 📖

Choose a book to read and enjoy.

2. READ 🍁

Enjoy reading your book at home on your own or with someone else.  Take your time and enjoy the adventure! Talk to your grown up at home about the book you have read and ask them to sign your sheet.

3. BRING 📋

Bring your Bronze Challenge sheet to school every Friday to show you teacher.

4. GET IT SIGNED ✏️

Your Class Teacher will check your progress and sign your sheet to show which books you have completed.

5. TAKE IT HOME 🏡

Remember to take your challenge sheet home again, ready to read more!

 

Information for Parents/Carers:

🍁 How can we enjoy the books at home?

There is no single right way to enjoy a book. Every child is different. We encourage families to use a mixture of approaches that help their child feel confident, successful and excited about reading.

📖 Independent Reading
Encourage your child to read independently when they feel confident and comfortable doing so. Give them time to become absorbed in the book and enjoy reading at their own pace.

👨‍👩‍👧 Shared Reading
Why not read together? You might take turns reading a page, paragraph or chapter, or simply enjoy discussing the text together. Shared reading is a lovely opportunity to talk about unfamiliar vocabulary, interesting characters and what might happen next.

🗣️ Modelling Reading
Sometimes, your child may benefit from hearing you read aloud to them. Modelling reading allows children to hear how an experienced reader uses expression, pace and intonation. It is also a wonderful way to enjoy a more challenging book together.

🍂 Most importantly...

Please use your knowledge of your child to decide which approach, or combination of approaches, works best for them. At school, we will also use our knowledge of the children to enable success for all, making appropriate adaptations.

 

The Bronze Reading Challenge should encourage a love of reading. Whether your child is reading independently, sharing the reading with you or listening as you model excellent reading, we would love children and families to talk about books, share stories and enjoy reading together. 📚❤️

 

🍂 Ready, set… READ! 📚