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• Can you be a Reading Fairy?

  Thu 17 Oct 2019 FRJS

  Reading in School

   

  Reading is the most important thing that we do in school - it is the key to the door for learning across the curriculum and a life skill that we all need to master.

   

  Sadly, there is no ‘reading fairy’ who can just make it all happen. Children get better by reading more and this helps them to increase their vocabulary and fluency.

   

  We have asked all children to read 5 times every week at home and I know that many of you not only do this, but go the extra mile to make it an everyday experience. This is the central part of their weekly homework. 

   

  Children read in school in a number of ways, but we’d love to hear them even more. 

   

  We’d love to have extra staff to hear children read, but there is just not the money to pay for them! We would therefore like to increase our team of school reading volunteers who come in just to hear children read. It makes a huge difference to children and may even help the volunteer on the pathway to a new career!

   

  If you think you can be a reading volunteer and spare a couple of hours, please email me on adrianantell@frjs.co.uk and I’ll make sure you get the information that you need. Maybe you could be the person who can unlock a love of reading into a child in our school community?

  
   

  

• Introducing Rosie!

  Thu 03 Oct 2019 FRJS

  ROSIE THE READING DOG

   

  Rosie paid her first visit to school this week and the response was amazing! The children loved her visiting classes and one Y5 child stated very loudly to his Teaching Assistant "I love Rosie!" 

   

   

  Rosie is our family dog but she has lots of skills. She has visited a variety of schools as well as Nursing Homes and she has passed lots of assessments to make sure she is safe with children and adults. She is a registered Pets as Therapy dog, but we have insured her as a school dog so that she can visit us a little more.

   

  We want Rosie to come to our school each week to be a reading dog. We also want her to help children who are struggling with other worries as there is lots of research to show that animals can really help with this. We also just want her to be part of our school community.

   

   

  Once Rosie is settled in with the children, we will start to use her in situations which may benefit them. This may include “reading time”, telling her their worries and therapeutic stroking.