Library Update
We’re open again!

Thanks to the hard work of our librarian, Miss Gaafar, and our amazing team of staff, students and parents, we are ready to reopen the library, as planned, on Monday 6^th February. 

A huge thank you is due to one of our governors, Mr. Goodbody, and his team of parents for giving up their time last Friday to help.  We are all very grateful and hope that you enjoyed having a look at some of the lovely new books we have purchased. We would also like to give a special mention to our Work Experience students - we couldn’t have done it without you!

Your child will now have a regular weekly time slot to visit the library with their form group.  They will have the opportunity to borrow two books which they read during individual reading time in registration each morning, and can take home to continue to practise their skills. We recommend they take one book within their reading ability to reinforce key skills developed during their Reading Intervention lessons and one book in their interest range to share with someone else to support engagement, build comprehension skills and develop language.  The library will also be open during break and lunchtimes, and they are welcome to visit at any time.  Many of our students have started to do this already as it provides an enriching and calm space in a busy school day.      

We are still adding new books, however, if you would like to see the books we have available so far and talk to your child about books they might like to borrow, please click on this link https://meadowhighschool.oliverasp.co.uk/library/junior.do.   Please note, we will be using a simple ‘film rating’ based system to ensure your child is only able to borrow books that are suitable for them. Miss Gaafar will be working closely with the Form Tutors, please address any concerns to them in the usual way. 

Home Reading Supporting Meetings:

Just a quick reminder of the dates/times for our next sessions:

Wednesday 22^nd February online meeting 5:00pm – 6:00pm

Friday 24^th February in person meeting 1.15pm – 2.15pm

If you would like to attend, please email me at asugden@meadowhighschool.org and let me know which session you would like to join.  We will be focusing on strategies to build confident roots for reading

• phonic skills refresher (letter sounds and blending)
• hearing syllables (and using phonic skills)
• comprehension (words, sentence and picture cues)
• exploring our school library

Anne Sugden                                               Claire Sojka
English & Communication                       Reading Intervention Manager
Faculty Leader