World Book Day

 We had a special guest visitor come into Year 1 to read us their favourite book… The Gruffalo. Which we thoroughly enjoyed!

We then read the story Speak Up!  We discussed various ways that we can support others and make positive changes where ever we are and how to become good citizens and role models. We identified that this also relates to our school value for this term (Citizenship). To help create ideas of how we can be good citizens we created posters.

Towards the end of the day we read a wonderful poem called Caterpillar cake we created actions to some of the words. Then we decorated our own caterpillar biscuit faces!

Throughout the day we visited our book corner to share our favourite books with our friends.

Year  1 would like to challenge you to read in different places! Reading 10 minutes a day can increase your vocabulary over time by up to 700,000 words!

Did you know…

Additional reading at home has proven to boost a child’s school performance, as well as increase vocabulary, build strong communicational skills, improve self-esteem, and spark their imagination.

Other benefits of reading include:

• Reduces stress & anxiety
• Improves sleep
• Increases empathy
• Lengthens lifespan
• Increased levels of concentration

Reading has so many benefits so lets start the reading challenge and log it in your reading records!