St Maria Goretti

Reading

National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day was celebrated at SMG on Thursday 1st October. A selection of poetry was explored throughout the school and recited.

Please see Year 5 reciting their class author’s inspired poem.

Recommended book reads YR to Y6.

Phonics Workshop for Parents Presentation

Big Cat Collins e books

https://collins.co.uk/pages/support-learning-at-home

READING!

Stimulate the Imagination!

Develop the language!

Develop the understanding!

Be the role model for reading!

Forest Library Launch

Our new forest library was launched to parents, governors, pupils and the local newspaper with the help of a very special guest Peter Kennedy, who also delivered a fantastic reading workshop for our parents and governors.

Our forest library is a special area for pupils to read for pleasure, research a variety of texts and borrow books to enjoy in their own time.

Thank you to our school librarians for taking their roles very seriously and being fantastic role models for Reading.

A very exciting time for Reading at SMG!

Our local librarian Amy, came to deliver a training session for our school librarians.

They had opportunities to learn about the skills involved in this career path,

skills to use in looking after their school library and to enjoy reading for pleasure.

The librarians are now making plans to create opportunities for the whole school

to use the library as a service where pupils can borrow books and provide book recommendations.

Reading at SMG

At SMG, Reading is the core of all learning. On March 5th 2020, our pupils and staff celebrated ‘Reading for Pleasure’ by coming into school in their pyjamas and blankets, as well as becoming authors. Both pupils and staff were inspired by their very own author and illustrator Phil Calvert.

Mr Calvert shared his published work and what inspired him to illustrate and write.

Our pupils implemented the advice during this special day as you can see in these fantastic photographs.

Well done everyone.

A fantastic day!

"Reading takes you to a land of inspiration and when you feel like you have nowhere else to go."

by Ellie-Mae (Y6)

Reading - Watch me Learn - Presentation

Watch me Learn Workshop Presentation

Watch Me Learn

St. Maria Goretti Catholic Academy

Wednesday 6^th November 2019

Reading the picture

Say sentences beginning with I can see… / I can hear… / I wonder...

Sentence tennis

Take turns adding to the sentence to make it longer.

Thought-tracking

Speak aloud what a character in a story might be feeling or thinking.

Magic microphone

Interview a character using a toy/ imaginary microphone.

Hot-seating

Put the character on the ‘hot-seat’ and ask him/her questions.

Role on the wall

Draw an outline of a character; write what you know round the outside and feelings on the inside.

Blankety Blank (rhyming books)

Read sentences from the book but replace a word with ‘blank’ then try to guess the correct word.

Dialogue

Take a character each and read aloud only what they say using different tone, expression and volume.

Opinion line

Stop at a critical moment in a story and discuss what a character might do next.

Choose a page (any page)

Ask your partner to choose a page number or say stop as you flick through the book then read and discuss that page.

Peter Kennedy - Drama in Education

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Here are some reading resources to access at home: ENJOY!

https://collins.co.uk/pages/support-learning-at-home

(Free e-books) - Go to Collins Connect and click on the Teacher portal and enter:

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password: Parents20!

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

(FS/KS1)

https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses

(KS2 audio books)

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

https://stories.audible.com/start-listen

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