Reading

Spelling Bee - coming to Crossdale! We are excited to announce that after half-term, Year 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be taking part in our first ever Crossdale spelling challenge. Teachers will share the words with you for the half-term holiday and the id

During the week beginning 4th March, we will celebrate book week at Crossdale. This includes World Book Day which this year is on Thursday 7th March. Below are some of the exciting things we have going on that week... (Note you can come dressed as

Here are some of our youngest learners, enjoying sharing science books about animal offspring with a friend. The children shared lots of amazing facts and are excited to look at some different books another day. We are so pleased we have reorganised

On Friday afternoon, children in Year 5&6 got to join in with a live talk and Q&A by the author, SF Said. Children in Base 3 have been learning the story of Zelda Claw so this was a really exciting opportunity to find out more about him.

He has written several other books which children might enjoy reading including Varjak Paw and Phoenix.

SF Said is a British Muslim author of Middle Eastern origin.  He was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and came to live in Britain when he was 2 years old.  He told the story of how he went from being a young reader like the children to writing award-winning books such as Tyger, Phoenix and Varjak Paw, which was listed by BookTrust as one of the 100 best children's books of the past 100 years.  His talk included material about his own childhood reading, insights into the writing process, a reading from Tyger, and a live Q&A at the end!

Have you seen that you can apply for a Blue Peter badge for reading? See details below:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/findoutmore/blue-peter-apply-for-a-book-badge