Year 7 and 8 to Focus on Reading for Pleasure and Learning
Our Library is now open to all students at lunchtimes.
Every student in Years 7 and 8 now has one timetabled Library lesson a fortnight and the Library is open to students in Years 7 and 8 every Monday and Tuesday lunchtime.
Reading for pleasure is a key way to support students in all their subjects. Recent research has shown that students who read for twenty minutes a day will be exposed to 1,800,000 words in a year! Therefore, starting from Monday 21st June, all students in Years 7 and 8 are expected to have a reading book in their school bag. They can take a book from the school library or are welcome to bring in a reading book from home.
The English Department will also be introducing reading homework. This is the only English homework the Department will be setting between now and the summer holidays. Each student will have their own reading record on their English Google Classroom. Students need to read independently for a minimum of one hour a week, and log their reading on their record.
Students can choose how they want to do their reading – they could choose to do two long blocks of 30 minutes, or break it down into only 12 minutes every week night. They can read on their own, or they can read with a member of the family – whatever works for them!
Students will also have opportunities to read in form time every Tuesday morning. English teachers will be checking the reading logs once a week in lessons.
“Thank you so much for all the support you give the students – it makes a huge difference”. 
Happy reading everyone!
Miss Christie
Second in English