Reading for Pleasure

At Langtoft Primary School, we believe that reading for pleasure is one of the most powerful ways to inspire curiosity, confidence, and a lifelong love of learning. When children enjoy reading, they develop stronger vocabulary, better imagination, and greater understanding of the world around them. 

We are proud to be a Silver-level Lincolnshire Reading Pledge school, and have our sights set firmly on achieving Gold. We are committed to making reading an enjoyable and valued part of every child’s day. We work hard to ensure every pupil discovers books they love and feels encouraged to read for fun, both in school and at home.

Reading is at the heart of our whole curriculum and is given high priority so that each child has the skills to be able to access all areas of the full curriculum.

Things we know are important for a whole school reading for pleasure culture:

We would like to introduce this year's new Reading Ambassadors: 

Maise and Leo from Year 2, Mia and Frankie from Year 3, Tauseef and Imogen from Year 4, Rory and Ava from Year 5, and Alfie and Agnes from Year 6.

Their roles and responsibilities include:

· Promoting a love of reading across the school.

· Recommending books to others and talk about your favourite authors.

· Demonstrating exemplary reading behaviours and being an excellent role model for others.

· Supporting pupils with reading.

· Helping keep the library and class book areas tidy and appealing.

· Being the voice for pupils across the school.

December Author of the Month – Laura Ellen Anderson

This month we are celebrating our Author of the Month, Laura Ellen Anderson. Laura is a British children’s book author and illustrator - she draws and writes her stories herself.

As a whole school, we took part in a quiz to find out which of her magical lands was the most popular and Rainbow Grey came out on top!

If you would like to explore more at home, you can have a go at the quiz and discover Laura’s magical worlds here: landoflaura.co.uk

Winter Mini Reading Challenge

This week your child will have come home with a Winter Mini Reading Challenge. The challenge is to read at least three books by 20th February.

You can choose to take part online by signing up to the Winter Mini Challenge. Reaching your reading goal will unlock a limited-edition online badge and a certificate of achievement to print and keep. Once the challenge is completed, your child will also be entered into a prize draw to win some amazing books!

You can find out more about the challenge here:
https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/about-the-challenge

Alternatively, if you prefer to keep things simple and offline, your child can:

• Read at least three books
• Complete the review sheet sent home
• Hand it in to Ms Bytheway to receive a printed certificate.

Please remember to add your child’s name and class to the review sheet.

Happy reading! 📚❄️