On Friday 7th October we issued the First Minister's Reading Passports to P4, P5 and P6 and reminded pupils what is involved in the Reading Challenge. P7 pupils have already received their passports and have begun using them. One of the entries in the Reading Passport asks pupils to name their local library and librarian and we again encouraged all our pupils to join their local library. There are many free resources to pupils and families through the Library Service via the Overdrive app - eBooks, audiobooks, free Mathetics maths resources and games, language resources. Not signed up yet? A great challenge to complete in the Ocober holiday! Ms French's Reading Challenge continues to be a great success with many more of her pupils achieving Gold awards for reading 15 books. We congratulated many pupils on recent achievements and enjoyed a wonderful, confident performance on guitar from Kevin, Riley, Hannah and Eloise. Our P3 whole school led Harvest Appeal for Foodbank launches next week and the P3 teams are busy organising. A collection will be made on Friday 28th October and ties in with international charity WE Free the Children's 'Scare Hunger' campaign. Free the Children will visit school in December and we are looking forward to welcoming them back again to help us with pupil led social action. P7 will be at Lagganlia Outdoor Education Centre next week and we watched a video to help us think about how team work, belief and encouragement can help us achieve! Class Teachers in P4-7 will inform pupils if and how their classes will celebrate Halloween this year.

1. Sciennes Primary
Assembly P4-P7
Friday 7th October 2016
Challenge Yourself!

2. FIRST MINISTER’S
READING CHALLENGE
NICOLA STURGEON
P4-P7

3. The First Minister’s Reading
Challenge
THE PASSPORTS
HAVE ARRIVED!
www.readingchallenge.scot

4. P7 TAKE UP THE CHALLENGE!

5. What is the Challenge?
The First Minister’s Reading Challenge is a
chance for you to go on a reading journey, read
whatever interests you, discover new books along
the way and tell us all about it.
Where will your journey take you? Are you
ready to take up the challenge P4, P5 and P6?

6. Your Reading
Passport
• You will all receive your very own Reading
Passport.
• This is for you to record books or any
reading materials you have read.
• You can rate a book by colouring in the
stars. You can also add notes about what
you liked and didn’t like about the book to
help you choose your next one.
• There is room in the Passport for you to
note down recommendations from your
friends.

7. Challenge Yourself!
• There will be an award for the pupil
who reads the most books
throughout the year
• Your teacher can nominate the
person in your class who they think
has made a real effort with their
reading… It could be you!
• There is also a prize for the school
who manages to read the most!

8. Challenge Yourself!
• Join a library!
• Write down the name of your local
library and librarian
• Fantastic FREE eBooks, audio
books!
• Learn a language! Free Mathletics!

9. All Reading is Good Reading!

10. Pupil Reading Journey
• You can enter the Reading Challenge by
sending us a creative piece of work to tell us
about a reading journey you’ve been on.
• You can do this by yourself, with a friend, as part
of a group or even as a whole class!

11. You could create a book trailer about a book which took you on
a journey. Tell us about why you chose it… Check out JANIS
MACKAY’S “THE ACCIDENTAL TIME TRAVELLER” from East
Kilbride Library:
Creative challenge

12. Creative challenge
You could make a comic strip about your reading
journey…
For an easy and free to use programme:
www.MakeBeliefsComix.com

13. Creative challenge
You could create a picture diary to show what
you’ve done…
This example uses photographs but you
could draw your own pictures!

14. Creative challenge
You could…
• Do a drama and film it
• Write a blog
• Write it as a story
• HOW WILL YOU SHOW THAT

15. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Jo-Jo Ms French’s Reading Challenge

16. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Sophie - Ms French’s Reading
Challenge

17. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Abbie Ms French’s Reading Challenge

18. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Anna - Ms French’s Reading Challenge

19. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Aminah - Ms French’s Reading
Challenge

20. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Peggy Ms French’s Reading Challenge

21. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Declan and Weston Monet Art

22. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Josh Takes Up Tae Kwon Do!

23. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Quinn Swimming Medals!

24. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Eilidh Swimming Medal!

25. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Emma Acapella Trophy

26. What have you done today that makes
YOU feel proud?
Aiden Dancing Trophies

32. NEW ECO REPS

34. Mon 10th – Fri 14th P7 Lagganlia
Thurs 13th
P6A World of Work Workshop at Museum
P6B 4 pupils Halloween Photocall
P6C CEC 1+2 Prize Winners! Panda Workshop!
Friday 14th – Tuesday 25th October HOLIDAY
28th October P3 Harvest Appeal
HALLOWEEN – Teachers will let you know if
celebrating in class