By Literacy, in English - Friday, 6 June 2025
We would like to say a huge thank you for our Amazon wish list donations so far! The children have enjoyed exploring and reading the new books we have received.
If you would like to donate, please follow the link below to help us promote a love of reading!
https://amzn.eu/98VxbIx
By Kim Ferguson, in English - Friday, 6 June 2025
We Need Your Help!
Read for Good will be giving five schools across the UK and Ireland the chance to win £1,000 in National Book Tokens so they can fill their library shelves with new books. Each winning school will also receive £300 in cash to make improvements to their library space, making it fun and welcoming for all.
We would like you to nominate our school, and if we are one of the five winning entries, you will also win a £100 National Book Token to spend in your favourite bookshop! Remember, the more entries we receive for our school, the higher the chance we have to win – so don’t forget to spread the word.
nationalbooktokens.com/schools-prize
By Literacy Team, in English - Thursday, 15 May 2025
We are delighted to announce that we will be re-launching our Amazon Wishlist as part of an initiative to promote a love of reading and ensure children have access to a range of books that they can share with their peers, but also take home. We would like to increase the book stock to include books that reflect our school community, but also spark the children's interests'. We have researched and taken feedback from all teachers who have shared that the children would like more non-fiction texts, comics, magazines and books from our Take One Book scheme.
We welcome you to take a look at the selected books we have chosen for each year group and if possible, you can kindly donate by following the link below. We thank you for your continued support and generosity and look forward to updating you about future initiatives to promote a love of reading at Fairlands!
By Literacy Team, in English - Friday, 9 May 2025
This term, our whole school focus is 'Learning through talk'. As a school we will be working to promote oracy skills in and out of the classroom to give our pupils the tools to express themselves fluently and grammatically in speech. We will be; increasing opportunities for talk, not just in language-focused lessons (but across all curriculum areas), developing confidence in speaking, expanding vocabulary to help children integrate richer language into their responses as well as encouraging active listening and response.
Early Years have been focusing on 'noticing' things in their environment and developing their language to articulate what they can see, hear, smell and feel. As well as, sharing special items from home as they present their 'Story in a box' to their group. This has enabled the children to learn about what makes their families special as well as celebrate the diversity in the class. Keep a look out on the blog this term, to see how we develop our oracy skills across the year groups!
By Kim Ferguson, in English - Friday, 14 March 2025
At Fairlands we have been lucky to have recieved some fantastic new books from our local Tesco supermarket. The school librarians took great pleasure in organising, stamping and distributing them to our Early Years pupils for them to enjoy.
