Pupils in Reception and Year 1 are eagerly awaiting a Virtual Author visit at 10:30am this morning from author, Lotte Jeffs and illustrator, Sharon Davey. They will introduce themselves and their new book, 'My Magic Family,' which is out next week. This follows the success of the Spring term virtual author visit in Years 4, 5 and 6. Classes will listen to a reading from the book and view the illustrations, join in and talk to a partner about what they remembered from the story, watch a live draw-a-long and create their own superhero family so an action-packed morning awaits!

Lotte Jeffs is an award-winning journalist and former acting Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editor of ELLE Magazine. She writes for various publications and is the host of the LGBTQ+ Parenting Podcast Some Families.

Sharon Davey is a children's illustrator based in Surrey, England. She worked as a set and costume designer for 15 years before moving into illustration.

To find out more information, please click here.

If your child receives a Pupil Premium grant, they will receive their own copy of the book to take home in the coming weeks. 

Pupils in Years 2 and 3 are also looking forward to a Virtual author visit on Friday 17th June from Sharna Jackson, author of, 'The Good Turn.' Copies of the book have been purchased for children who receive a Pupil Premium grant in these year groups. To find out further information, please click here. 

It has been a pleasure to see even more pupils at Fielding being awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold and even Platinum Reading Awards this week. These are achieved for pupils having read  5, 10, 15 or 25 books from their year group recommended reading lists and completing response activities (from the options provided in their reading record). Response activities can be submitted to class teachers on Teams under their class notebook, in the recommended reading section or handed in to their class teachers in person. We look forward to celebrating more reading achievements next week! 

You can view your child's current recommended reading list when you sign their reading record or click on this link and scroll to the bottom of the page. English | Fielding Primary School. In preparation for next academic year, teachers have updated the  lists to include even more of a diverse range. These can also be viewed by following the above link. These will be published in your child’s new reading record which they will receive in September.

£1500 has been spent on new book stock in the KS1 and KS2 libraries and the delivery has begun to arrive this week! Children will have an opportunity to look at the new books during their timetabled library sessions with our school librarian, Mrs Hodge, and will continue to be able to borrow books to bring home. Please do ensure that your child remembers to return the books once they have finished reading them so that others can enjoy them.

Please do continue to take the time to read daily with and/or listen to your child read for 20 minutes and sign their reading record. This is invaluable as it instils a love of reading amongst our pupils and essential to teachers as they continue to monitor the books that their pupils are reading at home and recommend new books based on their interests.