Category: Library

5th May 22

This week, we have been busy looking at some of the children’s reading challenge booklets within Pre-Prep. It has been amazing  to see how many of the books from the BCS recommended reading list have been enjoyed and reviewed by our pupils! We have now introduced BCS reading charts within each of the classrooms in…

2nd July 21

Since we launched the Blue Coat Reading Challenge along with the new Recommended Reading Lists back in November the children have shown an incredible commitment to reading and reviewing books – an amazing 925 book reviews have been written by Prep Children and nearly 8,000 books issued to the whole school in that time.  As…

30th April 21

Next week we are delighted to welcome Prep children back into the library at break and lunch times on a rota basis.  This will be Monday Year 6, Tuesday Year 4, Wednesday Year 5 and Friday Year 3 However, we still want to encourage use of the Reading Cloud to reserve books and especially to…

5th March 21

The Big Bad Wolf, The Cat in the Hat and his reliable Thing 1, The BFG, Miss Trunchbull, as well as a Tiger all came to the Mad Hatter’s tea party in order to help celebrate World Book Day. Lockdown could not deter the enthusiasm of all the children and staff at Blue Coat, who embraced the day in high spirits,…

5th March 21

In Pre-Prep the children have been diving into brilliant books and watching an array of live author/illustrator events this week to celebrate World Book Day. Ladybirds, caterpillars, cats, witches, wizards and a host of other fascinating faces lit up our screens yesterday as we explored the wonder of reading. Reading for pleasure is at the…

5th February 21

As well as it being Children’s Mental Health Week, this week has also been National Storytelling Week. Taking time out to enjoy a good story can do the world of good for our wellbeing and so both themes coincided nicely for our Blue Coat pupils. To kick start the week the staff had been busy…

21st January 21

In their PSHE lessons, Year 2 have been celebrating ‘Achievements’. Mrs Straw was most impressed to learn that Caterina has published her own story book complete with incredible illustrations. During the first Lockdown, Caterina wrote a collection of  14 short stories which she illustrated and had published into a special book called ‘Tremendous Tales’.  Ranging…

27th November 20

PRE-PREP Over the last couple of weeks, the children in Pre-Prep have dived into books and engaged with the BCS Reading Challenge. Reading allows us to immerse ourselves in another character’s world or to relate to a familiar setting or character. Books can be mirrors and windows to exciting new worlds. We are so proud…

13th November 20

We all know how important reading is for children – not only does it underpin all aspects of learning but a reading habit developed young is a lifelong source of relaxation, entertainment and education.  Here at Blue Coat we want to nurture all of our children into readers for life. Staff across the school have…

18th September 20

 A Warm Welcome Back to the Library It has been absolutely wonderful to see children back in the Prep Library this week!  Starting with Year 4, pupils are visiting with their classes on a year-group-per-week basis allowing for a deep clean of the space at weekends.  It was lovely to hear enthusiastic lists of books…