WANTED - Book Reviewers of all ages!

If you hadn't heard, 2008 is the Year of Reading! So, Friends of English Martyrs have decided to do a number of things to help the Year of Reading go with a "....shhh...we're reading!"

First of all we wanted to know what everyone is reading at the moment. Is there a book you want to rave about or one that perhaps you didn't like? Is there a book you'd like to recommend for children or perhaps there's one you'd like to suggest for grown-ups?

Please take a little time to help your children write a book review for us and in return we'll publish it right here on our Blog and on our notice board at school.

You can either leave a comment after this post, email us (joanna at sayersmedia dot co dot uk) or hand in your reviews at school.

We'll keep you posted on all the events coming up this year.

Help Kids Read

'One in five children leaves primary school

in the UK unable to read properly.'

That's a shocking statistic!

If you are interested to learn more about encouraging your child to read have a look at Channel 4's excellent site Lost for Words. Synthetic Phonics are the latest buzzwords in Literacy these days and there's an excellent guide to read and download. There's also an opportunity to watch a video of the excellent documentary 'Dispatches: Why our children can't read'. Lost for Words is packed full of interesting information, celebrity snippets, videos, a forum and favourite books - have a look when you have a moment, it really is worth it.

If you'd like to purchase a book for your child's class or the school library, please click on the link below. By purchasing through Amazon, you help us raise money for our school at no extra cost to you.