Last term,
Year 5 and 6 were involved in a national reading initiative aimed at developing
their reading skills and fostering their love of reading.
Schools
across the country were competing against each other for a range of awards
(books were on offer for those schools who reached the top 25) and two girls
who did their utmost for our school were Lily Constanti and Florrie Hulbert.
The girls read a staggering 165 books between them. This is what the girls
thought about the initiative…..
“I really
enjoyed it because wherever I verified a book I felt proud that I had read
another one. It felt nice to have a reading target instead of just reading for
the sake of it. I felt that whenever I went onto www.readformyschool.com I was so immersed in reading from each category that I
didn`t realise that my ` computer time` was over and it was my brother`s turn.
When our school got on the leader board (only for a little while) I felt like
having a party!”
Florrie
Hulbert(NS)
“Read For My
School made me become more engrossed in my reading because I was determined to
get our school into the top twenty five leader board ( which we were for about
5 minutes). I enjoyed challenging myself to read as many books as possible. I
also tried to read a variety of books which was a target I think I had
achieved. I always felt delighted when I finally completed a book. My favourite
online book was: Cinderella: The Real Story.”
Lily
Constanti (NS)
