Well done to all students who took part in the 'Go All In Challenge' over Easter and to the winner of the raffle- Alvin Leung (8M).

This year is the 'National Year of Reading' and we are being challenged to 'Go All In'.

Reading is important because it affects almost every aspect of a person’s life (Breadmore et al., 2019). It provides students with opportunities to improve their written style, understand the world outside the school curriculum, and widen their vocabulary. Furthermore, “Students who cannot read, write, and communicate effectively are highly unlikely to access the challenging academic curriculum in secondary schools and are more likely to have poor educational outcomes across all subjects” (Ricketts, Sperring, and Nation, 2014).

A student who reads for 20 minutes each day will read 3,600 minutes in a school year, equivalent to 60 extra whole school days. They will be exposed to over 1,800,000 new words (Department of Education, 1999).

Below are some information pages and wider links that you may wish to visit to help:
1. SGS' Reading at home information page: https://www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk/information/parentcarer/reading-at-home/

2. The SGS Library page and blog:
https://www.suttongrammar.sutton.sch.uk/sgs-library-blog-archive/

3. Raising Readers page for wider inspiration:
https://www.raisingreaders.co.uk/landing-page/raising-readers-ages-12/

4. SORA (where students can access audiobooks and ebooks for free)
https://soraapp.com/welcome

Lastly, the free book shelf has been very popular amongst students. If you are doing a spring clean and have some books that you'd like to get rid of, please get your child to take them to room 8!

Ms Roberts