In English, we have started a new reading initiative: each term each pupil has to read at least two books (fiction or non-fiction) and then write a review which will be posted on the Cedars Reading Blog.
Well done to Chloe Neilson and Ian Keir who have both done their term's homework already! Read their excellent reviews on the Reading Blog, as well as a few others that other pupils have contributed.
Check the blog out regularly to get some great ideas of what to read.
The second part of the reading initiative is weekly homework, which involves the pupils reading two articles of good quality non-fiction and completing a short reading activity based on each article. The purpose of this is to primarily help them improve their reading skills, which will help them with close reading. Hopefully, everyone will also find that as they read more quality literature, their writing skills will improve too! As the children now have an iPad each, they can easily access a wide range of articles on the internet- and it also means they don't need to wrestle the newspaper from Mum or Dad!
