On Thursday, we had a visitor in assembly who told the story of Liskeard Library's building founder to inspire the children to participate in this year's summer reading challenge.
This year's summer reading challenge theme is 'Story Garden' and is about nature, story-telling and reading!
What is the Summer Reading Challenge?
Organised by the charity 'The Reading Agency' (www.readingagency.org.uk) and the UK public library network since 1999, the Summer Reading Challenge is the UK’s biggest annual reading promotion for children aged 4 to 11. The Summer Reading Challenge combines FREE access to books with fun, creative activities during the summer holidays. Throughout the Challenge, library staff and volunteers support the children, helping them to discover new authors and illustrators and to explore a wide range of different types of books and ways of reading.
How the Challenge works:
Children sign up through their local library from Saturday 5th July and receive a bookmark.· Children borrow and read library books of their own choice during the summer, collecting a booklet, and special stickers and extra incentives along the way.· Library staff and volunteers are on hand to advise and run family-friendly activities.· Children who complete the Summer Reading Challenge are presented with a certificate and a medal.· The official Challenge website hosts digital rewards, author videos, games and more for children to enjoy all summer: www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk.
To further celebrate the children's love of reading over the summer:
Please send in photographs of your children reading in nature over the summer holidays (e.g. in their garden, on the beach, in the woods on the moors, to secretary@pensilva.cornwall.sch.uk. We would love to add these to our library space for further celebrate our children's love of reading.