As this week is National Storytelling Week I thought it would be a great opportunity to read to some of our C29 and C28 students as part of Tranquil Tuesdays. Crew Leaders sent two students from each crew to join our reading circle.
It was wonderful to read Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’ to them and hear their thoughts and theories at the end.
Stay tuned for more reading opportunities in the next few weeks.
We spend a lot of time reading here at XP. East: we dedicate at least one Crew session a week to our accelerated reader programme and comprehension testing, as well as 15 minutes at the beginning of morning session, and another 15 minutes after lunch. We also expect students to read for 20-30 minutes at home. We are seeing some good progress in Crew Parker as students improve their reading age, and have strategies in place for those who need some extra support.
I do hear quite a few of our children grumbling when asked to get their reading books out, so it’s important to remind them why it’s so important, and why we invest so much time into reading:
As an ex-Librarian (or maybe that should be once a Librarian, always a Librarian!) I can’t promote the benefits of reading for pleasure enough. I don’t really care if it’s a physical book or an e-book; it’s the act of reading that counts.
