Thank you for your efforts today, you all looked amazing!  It was very difficult to choose the winners of our dress as a word competition!

They were:

Nursery Harrison and Raine

Reception Harriet, Maya, Frankie, Olive and Kailem

Year 1 Isaac, Imraan, Everlyn and Amara

Year 2 Gaby, Theo, Penny, Caleb and Tiwalade

Year 3 Janessa, Harrison, Esme, Luke

Year 4 Mia, Ivy, Aurora, Hope, Emre and Paisley

Year 5 Ava, Hermione, Ella, Michael, Marcus, Grace, Chester

Year 6 Louie, Eve, Lacy, Katie, Raini, Isabella, Bella and Jake

The stage is full of decorated toilet roll tubes for our second comptetion.  Wow! You are all so crafty and imaginative.  The winners were:

Nursery Dinachi and Ivy

Reception Alfie, Daisy, Tomas, Jude

Year 1 Holly, Charlotte, Hector, Raven

Year 2 Lorcan, Xander, Skye, Caleb

Year 3 Elliot, Lacey, Hughie, Lacey-Mae

Year 4 Ralphie, Lucia, Frabkie-Jai, Niamh

Year 5 Amelia, Lidiyana, Chester, Isaac

Year 6 Louise, Jasper, Amber, Hallie, Ronnie

Enjoy using your World Book Day voucher!  It’s safe to say 4S we’re happy with theirs, watch the video they made! Click here.

Our book swap was very popular today! Thank you to everyone who took part!

World Book Day 2026 Thursday 5^th March

Wow, how time flies!  It is that time of year again, our favourite day where we celebrate a love of reading and all things books! We would like to invite all children to join in with the following events and competitions:

Competition:  Exactly as the name of the competition suggests, decorate a tube (or multiple tubes) as a book character/scene from a book. You can be as simple or elaborate as you wish.  There are some examples on the reading blog for you to look at:  https://reading.russellscottblogs.net/toilet-roll-tubes-examples/

And here:

https://reading.russellscottblogs.net/2022/03/03/world-book-day-2022-2/

Make sure you label your entry with your name, class and the name of the character/book scene you have created.  Please send your entry to school by Tuesday 3rd March so that we can judge them before World Book Day.

BOOK SWAP TUESDAY 3rd  MARCH  –  Do you have an old book that you have finished with?  Bring it to school and swap it at our book swap, then go home with something different!  Please make sure that children know which books they are allowed to bring – we are unable to retrace books once swapped.  Books should be in good condition so that others can enjoy them.

DRESS UP AS A WORD:

On Thursday 5th March, all children are invited to dress up for World Book Day.  We had such great feedback last year that we would like you to dress as a word again!  This can be any word of your choice – you could be brave, tired, silver, illuminated, glamorous, superhero, princess, romance, horror… 

Here are some photos from last year:

https://reading.russellscottblogs.net/2025/03/06/world-book-day-2025/

There are some more examples here, but again please be as creative as you wish.  http://reading.russellscottblogs.net/dress-as-a-word-examples/

We know that some children love dressing up and others aren’t so keen, some of you will have planned your costumes months ago and others will be very last minute…hopefully this open ended approach will suit every child and family.  We can’t wait to see what you come up with!  Please find a way of displaying your word on your costume on the day. 

YEAR 5 children can dress up on Friday 6^th March as their school trip falls on the Thursday!

Look out for your child’s World Book Day token which will be sent home on the day.  This can be exchanged for a free World Book Day book at many shops and supermarkets, or can be used as £1 off a more expensive book.  Your child will also bring home another bookmark challenge to complete.  How exciting!

MYSTERY READER:  Do you have a passion for reading?  Would you like to read to children?  We are looking for adults to volunteer as mystery readers.  Come and read to a class or a small group of children – but don’t tell your child that you will be doing it! Shhhhh it’s a secret!

If you would like to be involved please email reading@russellscott.tameside.sch.uk with the following details: your name, name of your child, when you would be available and whether you will bring a book or would like to borrow one from school.  This doesn’t need to be a weekly commitment, just a one-off visit would be great.  We will then contact you to make arrangements.

CONTACT US:  We are always looking for new ways in which to improve reading for pleasure.  If you have any suggestions or reading news for us, or would like to volunteer some time to read with our children, please email reading@russellscott.tameside.sch.uk

Thank you for helping us to build a reading community.  We are looking forward to a jam-packed week at school full of reading events, prizes and surprises! 

Miss Zauscinski, Miss Cotton and The Book Council

Well done to all the children who completed the challenge and were awarded their certificates from the library. They have also earned a busy star for their Golden Owl or Owlet chart.  Fantastic!

Following the success of this year’s Summer Reading Challenge, The Reading Agency are back for another awesome reading challenge.

The Winter Mini Challenge will launch on 1 December and run until 20 February.

To take part, simply read three books or more – these can be any books of your choice. Every time you finish a book, you add it to your Challenge website profile and leave a short book review.

Reaching your online reading goal will unlock a limited edition virtual badge and a new certificate to print off and keep!  Show this to your teacher at school to earn a busy star.

You will also be able to find fun activities, videos and reading recommendations, plus an exciting competition.

You can visit the Winter Mini Challenge website at www.wintermini.org.uk from 1 December to start rating and reviewing your books and enjoying the online activities.

Looking for books to give as Christmas gifts?  The Book Trust website has lots of ideas – we love this page which lists 100 great books from 2025 and categorises them by age.

Books for Topics also have some recommendations:

Nursery book recommendations 2025

Reception Book recommendations 2025

Year 1 book recommendations 2025

Year 2 book recommendations 2025

Year 3 book recommendations 2025

Year 4 book recommendations 2025

Year 5 book recommendations 2025

Year 6 book recommendations 2025

Here are some of the exciting new books arriving onto Lime band this week. We try to keep the book bands refreshed regularly. Please take good care of our school books though as they are very expensive to replace!