For the last three years, we have held ‘Bookfest’; our very own yearly festival of reading. We set ourselves reading challenges and shared our love of books with one another in the build up to exciting festival-themed days of activities. Below you will find some pictures of our Bookfest celebrations.
Reading for pleasure is a key focus for us at Uplands all year around. Below you will find website links and documents designed to support our families in finding books that will enjoy and discovering a love of reading that lasts a lifetime!
You will also find a range of stories and poems recorded by current and ex-members of staff for you to enjoy.
Here is a selection of photos from World Book Day 2022:
Reading bingo
For readers who like a challenge! How many of these reading tasks can you tick off?
For readers who like a challenge! How many of these reading tasks can you tick off?
As part of our Bookfest celebrations and drive to further build a reading community, our English subject leader has recommended her favourite books for children.
As part of our Bookfest celebrations and drive to further build a reading community, our English subject leader has recommended her favourite books for adults. Please note these books are not suitable for children.
Back by popular demand, another round of book recommendations for adults. As part of our Bookfest celebrations and drive to further build a reading community, we asked our staff to recommend their favourite books for adults. We have gathered twenty good reads to share with you and hope this may be of interest to you. Please note these books are not suitable for children.
As part of our Bookfest celebrations, we worked as a school to write two stories with the same title: One Starry Night. Each class wrote a section of the story and then passed it up to the next class to continue. We had a lot of fun writing it. We hope that you enjoy it!
As part of our Bookfest celebrations, we worked as a school to write two stories with the same title: One Starry Night. Each class wrote a section of the story and then passed it up to the next class to continue. We had a lot of fun writing it. We hope that you enjoy it!
Our Reading Ambassadors asked the following questions:
Who is the best literary villain?
If you could step inside a book, which would you choose?
Which book could you not put down?
Where is your favourite place to read?
This site has suggestions of the best books to read for different age ranges:
https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations/100-best-books/
Books recommended by age range and also by genre or theme. This website also has lots of good tips for helping your child with reading:
http://wordsforlife.literacytrust.org.uk/
This site contains free audiobooks for children:
This is an online magazine about children’s literature, including reviews and recommendations of titles:
Rosie Revere Engineer read by Mrs Brooker
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Dear Fairy Godmother read by Mrs Mileman
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The Tell Tale Heart read by Mr Sherwood (For Year 6 children)
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Maybe read by Mrs Butler
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The Raven read by Mr Sherwood
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One Snowy Night read by Mrs Mileman
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The Minpins read by Mr Sherwood
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The Last Noo Noo read by Mrs Deeks
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Little Red Riding Hood read by Mrs Deacon
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Beware of the Storybook Wolves read by Mrs Mileman
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Fox in Socks read by Mr Sherwood
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What the Ladybird Heard read by Mrs Crease
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Don’t Touch my Hair read by Mrs Ashmore
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The Same But Different Too read by Mrs Evans
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The Mole and the Baby Bird read by Mrs Ahmed
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Here are some photos of the day’s events:
Here are some pictures of the day’s events:
Here are some pictures of the day’s events:
