Introducing Book Week
RESOURCES:
Please choose from the links below to download an item of interest:
- Book week timetable
- Book week quiz (compressed file containing many documents)
- Joseph dreams pack (compressed file containing many documents)
This year we based our book week around World Book Day. As this also coincided with the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible, Father Andrew worked together with the school to look at a way to link the two themes together. We wanted to find a story from the bible that would engage each key stage or KS1 / KS2 and something linked to EYFS. After looking at different stories of the bible e.g. Noah, Creation we looked at stories that could run across the whole school.
Father Andrew and I met to discuss different ideas and how we could see Book Week working with links to the bible / assemblies and the outcomes we wanted for the week. Finally we looked at Joseph as we felt this was something all key stages could engage with on different levels and the older children could look at in more depth, focussing on the different themes in a deeper way.
Initially I looked at finding key texts across each key stage as a starting point that was approriate for each year group. KS1/ KS2 had “Parragon Illustrated Bible Stories” bibles in their classes which gave a detailed account of the story of Joseph (although the wording around Potiphar’s wife was a little racy!). As this is a popular well known story there were many ICT / CD resources for this story, as well as obviously the musical.
Each key stage was given a planning grid with a few ideas to get everyone started, as well as information about the King James bible and ideas from different resources (see resource list). Key texts on the story of Joseph appropriate for each key stage was shared amongst staff as well as access to book such as Messy Church and The People’s Bible. The planning grids also directed teachers to ICT resources. (Planning grids available on Key Stage pages)
An outline for book week was planned including silent reading, assemblies, peer reading, a book week quiz, a character day, a church assembly where parents were invited to celebrate work produced across the week, local author visits and trips to the library as well as Foyles Book Shop. (see timetable). Each class was encouraged to produce a class book or make a book with the children as part of their book week activities.
A display board was put aside for parents about book week so they could keep up to date with the different daily activities as well as write any comments. 3 reading meetings for parents, focussing on Reading for Pleasure were carried out across the week to help get parents on board as well as a scheme to loan parents reading books belonging to the school. A competition was held for the best photograph of children reading with a prize at the end. Children across N-Y6 were highlighted as reading mentors and given Reading Mentor badges to encourage them to support other children in their reading.
